Anagrams of recriminate
Word recriminate has
694 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of recriminate.
- metrician
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noun,
a metrist.
- inerratic
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adjective,
not erratic or wandering; fixed:
- criminate
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verb (used with object),
to charge with a crime.
- anti-icer
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noun,
a device used to prevent the forming of ice, as on an airplane propeller.
- antimere
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noun,
a segment or division of the body having a corresponding segment or division that is opposite to it relative to the longitudinal axis of the body.
- Recamier
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noun,
a backless day bed of the Directoire and Empire periods, having raised ends of equal height.
- increate
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adjective,
not created; uncreated.
- McIntire
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noun,
Samuel, 1757–1811, U.S. architect and woodcarver.
- criteria
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noun,
a standard of judgment or criticism; a rule or principle for evaluating or testing something.
- re-trace
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verb (used with object),
to trace again, as lines in writing or drawing.
- creatine
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noun,
an amino acid, C 4 H 9 N 3 O 2 , that is a constituent of the muscles of vertebrates and is phosphorylated to store energy used for muscular contraction.
- retainer
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noun,
a person or thing that retains.
- recreant
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noun,
a coward.
- iterance
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noun,
iteration.
- Terceira
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noun,
an island in the Azores, in the N Atlantic. 153 sq. mi. (395 sq. km). Capital: Angra do Heroismo.
- centiare
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noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- ceriman
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noun,
a climbing, tropical American plant, Monstera deliciosa, of the arum family, characterized by cordlike, aerial roots and large, perforated leaves.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- centime
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noun,
a monetary unit of various nations and territories, as Lichtenstein, Martinique, Senegal, Switzerland, and Tahiti, the 100th part of a franc.
- Creamer
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noun,
a person or thing that creams.
- emirate
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noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- terrine
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noun,
a casserole dish made of pottery.
- Cairene
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noun,
a native or resident of Cairo, Egypt.
- terrane
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noun,
any rock formation or series of formations or the area in which a particular formation or group of rocks is predominant.
- terrain
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noun,
a tract of land, especially as considered with reference to its natural features, military advantages, etc.
- inertia
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- terrace
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noun,
a raised level with a vertical or sloping front or sides faced with masonry, turf, or the like, especially one of a series of levels rising one above another.
- Cranmer
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noun,
Thomas, 1489–1556, first Protestant archbishop of Canterbury: leader in the English Protestant Reformation in England.
- Cainite
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noun,
a member of a Gnostic sect that exalted Cain and regarded the God of the Old Testament as responsible for evil.
- centri-
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- cirrate
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adjective,
having cirri.
- Mercian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Mercia.
- neritic
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adjective,
of or relating to the region of water lying directly above the sublittoral zone of the sea bottom.
- arteri-
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- arenite
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noun,
psammite.
- retrace
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verb (used with object),
to trace backward; go back over:
- enteric
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noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- matinee
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noun,
an entertainment, especially a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon.
- citrine
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noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- termini
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noun,
the end or extremity of anything.
- Martini
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noun,
a cocktail made with gin or vodka and dry vermouth, usually served with a green olive or a twist of lemon peel.
- retrain
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verb (used with object),
to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
- nematic
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adjective,
noting a mesomorphic state in which the arrangement of the molecules is linear.
- certain
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Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- cremate
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verb (used with object),
to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite.
- Mercier
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noun,
Désiré Joseph [dey-zee-rey zhaw-zef] /deɪ ziˈreɪ ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1851–1926, Belgian cardinal and patriot.
- Carmine
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noun,
a crimson or purplish-red color.
- erratic
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noun,
an erratic or eccentric person.
- miterer
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noun,
a machine or tool for making miters.
- rentier
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noun,
a person who has a fixed income, as from lands or bonds.
- Rainier
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noun,
Mount, a volcanic peak in W Washington, in the Cascade Range. 14,408 feet (4392 meters).
- minaret
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- Meitner
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noun,
Lise [lee-zuh] /ˈli zə/ (Show IPA), 1878–1968, Austrian nuclear physicist.
- Trainer
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noun,
a person or thing that trains.
- caterer
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noun,
one whose business is to provide food, supplies, and sometimes service at social gatherings.
- trainee
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noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- crinite
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- etamine
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noun,
a lightweight cotton or worsted fabric constructed in plain weave and loosely woven.
- Eritrea
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noun,
a republic in NE Africa, on the Red Sea: Italian colony 1890–1941; province of Ethiopia 1962–93; independent since 1993. 47,076 sq. mi. (121,927 sq. km). Capital: Asmara.
- Emerita
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noun,
a woman with such status.
- raiment
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- Mariner
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noun,
a person who directs or assists in the navigation of a ship; sailor.
- airtime
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noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- minicar
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noun,
a very small car, especially a subcompact.
- centare
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noun,
centiare.
- crenate
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adjective,
having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.
- Cremini
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noun,
a cultivated, meaty, tan or brown mushroom, Agaricus bisporus.
- trireme
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noun,
a galley with three rows or tiers of oars on each side, one above another, used chiefly as a warship.
- miniate
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verb (used with object),
to illuminate (a manuscript) in red; rubricate.
- Interim
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noun,
an intervening time; interval; meantime:
- Cartier
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noun,
Sir George Étienne [zhawrzh ey-tyen] /ʒɔrʒ eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1814–73, Canadian political leader: prime minister 1857–62, defense minister 1867–73.
- cerate
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noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- McNair
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noun,
Lesley James, 1883–1944, U.S. army officer.
- Carter
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noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- cerat-
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- tanrec
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noun,
tenrec.
- Centre
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noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- centi-
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- centra
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noun,
a plural of centrum.
- cement
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noun,
any of various calcined mixtures of clay and limestone, usually mixed with water and sand, gravel, etc., to form concrete, that are used as a building material.
- matri-
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- Marcie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Marcia.
- centr-
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- Center
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noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- CERMET
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noun,
a durable, heat-resistant alloy formed by compacting and sintering a metal and a ceramic substance, used under conditions of high temperature and stress.
- recti-
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- entire
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- cretin
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- Reiner
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noun,
Fritz, 1888–1963, Hungarian conductor in the U.S.
- Marini
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noun,
Giambattista [jahm-baht-tees-tah] /ˌdʒɑm bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), Also, Marino [muh-ree-noh;; Italian mah-ree-naw] /məˈri noʊ;; Italian mɑˈri nɔ/ (Show IPA), ("il Cavalier Marino") 1569–1625, Italian poet.
- remain
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noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- ecarte
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noun,
a card game for two players.
- recite
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verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- metier
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noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- Recent
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noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- renter
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noun,
a person or organization that holds, or has the use of, property by payment of rent.
- retain
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Marten
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noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- recant
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verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- Crimea
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noun,
the, a peninsula in SE Ukraine, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
- emetic
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noun,
an emetic medicine or agent.
- reamer
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noun,
any of various rotary tools, with helical or straight flutes, for finishing or enlarging holes drilled in metal.
- entice
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verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- Cretan
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- Cremer
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noun,
Sir William Randal, 1838–1908, English union organizer: Nobel Peace Prize 1903.
- marine
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noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- re-act
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verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- create
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adjective,
Archaic. created.
- Crater
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noun,
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- retina
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noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- ratine
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- Carrie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- citrin
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noun,
bioflavonoid.
- cinema
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noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- metric
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noun,
Often, metrics. a standard for measuring or evaluating something, especially one that uses figures or statistics:
- enter-
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- cetane
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noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- retire
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noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- Racine
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noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- Ermine
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noun,
an Old World weasel, Mustela erminea, having in its winter color phase a white coat with black at the tip of the tail.
Compare stoat.
- intime
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adjective,
intimate; cozy.
- mecate
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noun,
Southwestern U.S. a rope made of horsehair or sometimes maguey.
- tenrec
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noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- icemen
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noun,
a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.
- tracer
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noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- irenic
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adjective,
tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory.
- imaret
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- termer
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noun,
a person who is serving a term, especially in prison (usually used in combination):
- Mercer
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noun,
a dealer in textile fabrics; dry-goods merchant.
- airmen
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noun,
an aviator.
- Mainer
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- intra-
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- carnet
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noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- tenace
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noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- Antrim
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noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- intima
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noun,
the innermost membrane or lining of some organ or part, especially that of an artery, vein, or lymphatic.
- nemat-
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- incite
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verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- inter.
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- nectar
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noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- amerce
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verb (used with object),
to punish by imposing a fine not fixed by statute.
- anemic
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adjective,
Pathology. suffering from anemia.
- Mercia
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noun,
an early English kingdom in central Britain.
- tierce
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noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- tie-in
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noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- tenaim
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noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- iceman
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noun,
a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.
- inmate
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noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- career
-
noun,
an occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework:
- raceme
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noun,
a simple indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are borne on short pedicels lying along a common axis, as in the lily of the valley.
- mantic
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adjective,
of or relating to divination.
- teamer
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noun,
a teamster.
- trance
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noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- nitric
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adjective,
containing nitrogen, usually in the pentavalent state.
- careen
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noun,
a careening.
- triene
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- meanie
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noun,
Informal. meany.
- acetin
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noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- Canter
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noun,
an easy gallop.
- acmite
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noun,
a rare pyroxene mineral, sodium-ferric iron silicate, NaFe(Si 2 O 6), found in feldspathoid rocks.
- errant
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adjective,
deviating from the regular or proper course; erring; straying.
- menace
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noun,
something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat:
- tremie
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noun,
a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.
- Raetic
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noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- trimer
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noun,
a molecule composed of three identical, simpler molecules.
- iatric
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adjective,
of or relating to a physician or medicine; medical.
- actin-
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- Carmen
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noun,
Ciudad del Carmen.
- macer
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noun,
macebearer.
- MINCE
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noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- Mitre
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noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- miter
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noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- intr.
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- rearm
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verb (used with object),
to arm again.
- irate
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adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Maine
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noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- Irene
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- Recit
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- Irina
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noun,
a female given name.
- Mitra
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noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- nacre
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noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- Iran.
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- rater
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noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- micra
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noun,
a plural of micron.
- nitr-
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- niece
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noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- ramie
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noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- erect
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adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- manic
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adjective,
pertaining to or affected by mania.
- manit
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noun,
man-minute.
- Niter
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitre
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noun,
niter.
- Iceni
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noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- ERICA
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noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- ramet
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noun,
an individual of a clone.
- racer
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- Ramee
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noun,
Louise de la ("Ouida") 1839–1908, English novelist.
- rect.
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- Ernie
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noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- Ranee
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noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- ician
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- react
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verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- enact
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verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- init.
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- inert
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adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- incr.
-
- Inari
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noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- Marin
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noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- Nemea
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noun,
a valley in SE Greece, in ancient Argolis.
- enate
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noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- entia
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noun,
plural of ens.
- Manet
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noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- Marie
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noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- metr-
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- imit.
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- imine
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noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- enema
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noun,
the injection of a fluid into the rectum to cause a bowel movement.
- Imena
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noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- crine
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noun,
hair; head of hair.
- Cirri
-
noun,
a plural of cirrus.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- terne
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noun,
terne metal.
- ancre
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adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- Terra
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noun,
earth; land.
- anim.
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- anime
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noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- terr.
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- ante-
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- anti-
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- antic
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noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- antre
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noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Terni
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noun,
a city in central Italy.
- terna
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noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- amine
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noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- Arete
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noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Armen
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- armet
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noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- term.
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- Artie
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noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- terce
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noun,
tierce (def 3).
- Terai
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noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tera-
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- tenia
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noun,
taenia.
- meant
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verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- eaten
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noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- amin-
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- cairn
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noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- train
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noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- 30-30
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- trine
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- menat
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noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- trice
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noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- acet-
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- triac
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noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- treen
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noun,
treenware.
- Merca
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noun,
a city in S Somalia.
- aeri-
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- aerie
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noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- Trace
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noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- AMICE
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noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- Aimee
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noun,
a female given name.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- Tiran
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noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Tinia
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noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Meier
-
noun,
Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
- Merci
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interjection,
thank you.
- ameer
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noun,
emir.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- Amer.
-
- caine
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noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- Temne
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Sierra Leone.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- cream
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noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- metic
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noun,
an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.
- cetin
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noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- ricin
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- cine-
-
- ricer
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- retem
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- creme
-
noun,
cream.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- crier
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- crim.
-
- crime
-
noun,
an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- crit.
-
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- reni-
-
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- meter
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- cert.
-
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Cant.
-
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- McRae
-
noun,
Carmen, 1920–94, U.S. jazz singer and songwriter.
- Carme
-
noun,
a small natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- Ceram
-
noun,
an island of the Moluccas in Indonesia, W of New Guinea. 7191 sq. mi. (18,625 sq. km).
- matr-
-
- cent.
-
- mini-
-
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- meta-
-
- min.
-
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- mica
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- mere
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- Mic.
-
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- met.
-
- 1080
-
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rit.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- RIIA
-
- ten.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- ter.
-
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- tri-
-
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- mRNA
-
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- NCTE
-
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- neem
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- NIRA
-
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- NTIA
-
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- ment
-
- cit.
-
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- ctr.
-
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- crat
-
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- cir.
-
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- cet-
-
- CERN
-
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- men-
-
- EMet
-
- cen.
-
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ice.
-
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- etc.
-
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- emia
-
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- ence
-
- enc.
-
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- cene
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Inc.
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- amt.
-
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Aire
-
- ant.
-
- AIME
-
- aet.
-
- aer-
-
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- acr-
-
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- ance
-
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- cat.
-
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Carr
-
noun,
John Dickson, 1906–77, U.S. mystery writer.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Can.
-
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- Arm.
-
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- atic
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- atm.
-
- art.
-
- arr.
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- inae
-
- ect-
-
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Irra
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of pestilence.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- Mac-
-
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Man.
-
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- int.
-
- Mar.
-
- MARC
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- Ire.
-
- tRNA
-
- INRI
-
- ITC
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- NIA
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Mc-
-
- Me.
-
- tra
-
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- TCA
-
- tr.
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- NMR
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- CEA
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- NMI
-
- RNR
-
- ite
-
- NRC
-
- NRA
-
- MIT
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- RMC
-
- RNA
-
- rt.
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- rte
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- AIC
-
- Re.
-
- nr.
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- ETR
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- ANC
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- MCR
-
- TIA
-
- NEC
-
- mi.
-
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- MCI
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- AME
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- CAM
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- MIE
-
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- CAI
-
- ct.
-
- cr.
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ca.
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ATC
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- at.
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Ia.
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- ITA
-
- RCN
-
- an.
-
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- en-
-
- EMT
-
- EMR
-
- RCA
-
- RCT
-
- ene
-
- REA
-
- Ar.
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ine
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- mtn
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- RIM
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noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- Rae
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noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- RMA
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- Am.
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- NEA
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- ne-
-
- ac-
-
- ERT
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- err
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verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- RAN
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noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Rai
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noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- RAM
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noun,
a male sheep.
- Nat
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noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Ir.
-
- IRC
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- NAM
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noun,
Vietnam.
- ERE
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preposition, conjunction,
before.
- eme
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noun,
friend.
- MTI
-
- eir
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- CMA
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- cte
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- CTA
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- CRT
-
- MRE
-
- MRA
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- Mr.
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plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- CNM
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- MNE
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- MRI
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- Ria
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noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- MNA
-
- AEC
-
- ier
-
- CIM
-
- CIE
-
- CIA
-
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- ctn
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plural,
carton.
- ae.
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- ean
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- EEC
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- Mt.
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- ECM
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- ECA
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- ec-
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- eat
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noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Ree
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noun,
reeve3 .
- ear
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noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- REM
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noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- EAM
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- ea.
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- ETA
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noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- in.
-
- MEC
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noun,
a pimp; mack.
- ACT
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noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- AMC
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- TN
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- TM
-
- AI
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- RC
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- ee
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- RI
-
- RN
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- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- NI
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- NC
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- N.
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ic
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- MN
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- t.
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- T1
-
- M.
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- MA
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noun,
mother1 .
- TC
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- NM
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- CM
-
- CE
-
- i.
-
- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.