Anagrams of Reisterstown
Word Reisterstown has
859 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of Reisterstown.
- reorients
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adjective,
Rare. rising anew.
- serotines
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- Winterset
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noun,
a drama in verse (1935) by Maxwell Anderson.
- interests
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noun,
the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something:
- tenorites
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noun,
a mineral, cupric oxide, CuO, occurring in veins of copper in black, minute scales.
- teosintes
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noun,
a tall grass, Zea mexicana, of Mexico and Central America, closely related to corn, and sometimes cultivated as a fodder plant.
- tres-tine
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noun,
royal antler.
- sternites
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noun,
a sclerite of the sternum of an insect, especially a ventral sclerite of an abdominal segment.
- resistor
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noun,
a device designed to introduce resistance into an electric circuit.
- tenorite
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noun,
a mineral, cupric oxide, CuO, occurring in veins of copper in black, minute scales.
- essonite
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noun,
Mineralogy. a variety of grossularite garnet.
- sternite
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noun,
a sclerite of the sternum of an insect, especially a ventral sclerite of an abdominal segment.
- estrones
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- stentors
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noun,
(in the Iliad) a Greek herald with a loud voice.
- Rossetti
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noun,
Christina Georgina, 1830–94, English poet.
- interest
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noun,
the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something:
- rosettes
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noun,
any arrangement, part, object, or formation more or less resembling a rose.
- introrse
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adjective,
turned or facing inward, as anthers that open toward the gynoecium.
- westerns
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) a story, movie, or radio or television play about the U.S. West of the 19th century.
- swotters
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noun,
swot2 (def 2).
- isostere
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noun,
Chemistry. a compound isosteric with one or more other compounds.
- tenorist
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noun,
a person who sings tenor.
- roisters
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verb (used without object),
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- reorient
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adjective,
Rare. rising anew.
- twisters
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noun,
a person or thing that twists.
- twinsets
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noun,
a matched sleeveless or short-sleeved sweater and cardigan sold to be worn together.
- twenties
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noun,
a cardinal number, 10 times 2.
- stertors
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noun,
a heavy snoring sound accompanying respiration in certain diseases.
- tritones
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noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- teosinte
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noun,
a tall grass, Zea mexicana, of Mexico and Central America, closely related to corn, and sometimes cultivated as a fodder plant.
- sentries
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noun,
a soldier stationed at a place to stand guard and prevent the passage of unauthorized persons, watch for fires, etc., especially a sentinel stationed at a pass, gate, opening in a defense work, or the like.
- rewrites
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noun,
the news story rewritten.
- terrines
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noun,
a casserole dish made of pottery.
- restores
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verb (used with object),
to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish:
- serotine
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- rentiers
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noun,
a person who has a fixed income, as from lands or bonds.
- snorters
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noun,
a person or thing that snorts.
- noisette
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noun,
a loin, fillet, or other lean section of meat:
- wren-tit
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noun,
a small, brown bird, Chamaea fasciata, of the western U.S., resembling a wren and a titmouse, and having a long, tapered tail.
- worssett
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noun, adjective,
worset.
- entwists
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verb (used with object),
to twist together or about.
- entwist
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verb (used with object),
to twist together or about.
- Western
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) a story, movie, or radio or television play about the U.S. West of the 19th century.
- westers
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noun,
a wind or storm coming from the west.
- swotter
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noun,
swot2 (def 2).
- sereins
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noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- terrine
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noun,
a casserole dish made of pottery.
- snorter
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noun,
a person or thing that snorts.
- retires
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noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- tinters
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noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- retorts
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noun,
a severe, incisive, or witty reply, especially one that counters a first speaker's statement, argument, etc.
- stoners
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noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- 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.
- wieners
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noun,
frankfurter.
- rewires
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verb (used with object),
to provide with new wiring:
- rewrite
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noun,
the news story rewritten.
- serries
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verb (used with or without object),
to crowd closely together.
- inserts
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- terrets
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noun,
one of the round loops or rings on the saddle of a harness, through which the driving reins pass.
- Steiner
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noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- terries
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noun,
the loop formed by the pile of a fabric when left uncut.
- restore
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verb (used with object),
to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish:
- re-sort
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verb (used with object),
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- serines
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noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- twinset
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noun,
a matched sleeveless or short-sleeved sweater and cardigan sold to be worn together.
- entero-
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- torrent
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noun,
a stream of water flowing with great rapidity and violence.
- twister
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noun,
a person or thing that twists.
- Torrens
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noun,
Lake, a salt lake in Australia, in E South Australia. 130 miles (210 km) long; 2400 sq. mi. (6220 sq. km); 25 feet (8 meters) below sea level.
- sorites
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noun,
a form of argument having several premises and one conclusion, capable of being resolved into a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each of which is a premise of the next.
- nestors
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noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- rentier
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noun,
a person who has a fixed income, as from lands or bonds.
- entires
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- ironers
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noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- Weirton
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noun,
a city in N West Virginia, on the Ohio River.
- soirees
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noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- resents
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verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- entries
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noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- newsies
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noun,
a person who sells or distributes newspapers.
- tenters
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noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- Teniers
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noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- sirrees
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noun,
(used as an intensive with no or yes):
- tritons
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noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- written
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verb,
a past participle of write.
- ritters
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noun,
a knight.
- streets
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noun,
a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
- seiners
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noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- orients
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Oriente
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noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- sterno-
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- Orestes
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noun,
Classical Mythology. the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and the brother of Electra and Iphigenia: he avenged the murder of Agamemnon by killing Clytemenestra and her lover, Aegisthus, then was pursued by the Furies until saved by Athena.
- witness
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noun,
an individual who, being present, personally sees or perceives a thing; a beholder, spectator, or eyewitness.
- stertor
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noun,
a heavy snoring sound accompanying respiration in certain diseases.
- worsets
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noun, adjective,
worsted.
- trioses
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noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- Rosette
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noun,
any arrangement, part, object, or formation more or less resembling a rose.
- Stetson
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- rosters
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noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- worries
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noun,
a worried condition or feeling; uneasiness or anxiety.
- testons
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noun,
a former silver coin of France, equal at various times to between 10 and 14½ sols, bearing on the obverse a bust of the reigning king.
- worsens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become worse.
- rotters
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noun,
a thoroughly bad, worthless, or objectionable person.
- trienes
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- Trieste
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noun,
a seaport in NE Italy, on the Gulf of Trieste.
- wisents
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noun,
bison (def 2).
- tensors
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noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- tritone
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noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- sinters
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Winters
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noun,
Yvor [ahy-vawr] /ˈaɪ vɔr/ (Show IPA), 1900–68, U.S. poet and critic.
- testers
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noun,
a person or thing that tests.
- Stentor
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noun,
(in the Iliad) a Greek herald with a loud voice.
- roister
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verb (used without object),
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- stereo-
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- norites
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- stories
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noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- estrone
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- estrins
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noun,
estrone.
- sewers
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noun,
an artificial conduit, usually underground, for carrying off waste water and refuse, as in a town or city.
- wrests
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noun,
a wresting; twist or wrench.
- terret
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noun,
one of the round loops or rings on the saddle of a harness, through which the driving reins pass.
- sestet
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noun,
Prosody. the last six lines of a sonnet in the Italian form, considered as a unit.
Compare octave (def 4a).
- sirens
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- sirree
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noun,
(used as an intensive with no or yes):
- Terris
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noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- tortes
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noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- triene
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- ossein
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noun,
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- reests
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verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- towser
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noun,
a big dog.
- torses
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noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- sirees
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noun,
sirree.
- Orense
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noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- Orient
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Townie
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noun,
a resident of a town, especially a nonstudent resident of a college town.
- set-to
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noun,
a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
- sinter
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Trento
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noun,
Italian name of Trent.
- setons
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noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- setose
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adjective,
covered with setae or bristles; bristly.
- Townes
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noun,
Charles Hard, 1915–2015, U.S. physicist and educator: Nobel Prize in physics 1964.
- Towers
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noun,
a building or structure high in proportion to its lateral dimensions, either isolated or forming part of a building.
- Towner
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noun,
a person who lives in a town or city.
- Storrs
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noun,
a town in NE Connecticut.
- treens
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noun,
treenware.
- owners
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noun,
a person who owns; possessor; proprietor.
- osiers
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noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- setter
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noun,
a person or thing that sets.
- series
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noun,
a group or a number of related or similar things, events, etc., arranged or occurring in temporal, spatial, or other order or succession; sequence.
- Reiner
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noun,
Fritz, 1888–1963, Hungarian conductor in the U.S.
- Street
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noun,
a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
- risers
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noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- toners
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noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Senior
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noun,
a person who is older than another.
- Ritter
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noun,
a knight.
- testes
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noun,
plural of testis.
- toe-in
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noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Strine
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noun,
Australian English.
- titres
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noun,
titer.
- testis
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noun,
the male gonad or reproductive gland, either of two oval glands located in the scrotum.
- seines
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noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- rosets
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noun,
resin; rosin.
- seiner
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noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- sensor
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noun,
a mechanical device sensitive to light, temperature, radiation level, or the like, that transmits a signal to a measuring or control instrument.
- rosins
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noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- teston
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noun,
a former silver coin of France, equal at various times to between 10 and 14½ sols, bearing on the obverse a bust of the reigning king.
- Rosser
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noun,
a logger who peels the bark from, and often smooths one side of, a log so that it may be dragged easily.
- roster
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noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- titers
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noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- rotten
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adjective,
decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
- rotter
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noun,
a thoroughly bad, worthless, or objectionable person.
- rottes
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noun,
rote2 .
- Tissot
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noun,
James Joseph Jacques [zham zhaw-zef zhahk,, zheymz] /ʒam ʒɔˈzɛf ʒɑk,, ʒeɪmz/ (Show IPA), 1836–1902, French painter.
- tinter
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noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- rowens
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noun,
Chiefly Northern U.S. the second crop of grass or hay in a season; aftermath.
- senors
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- tester
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noun,
a person or thing that tests.
- serows
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noun,
a goat antelope of the genus Capricornis, of eastern Asia, related to the goral: the Sumatran serow is endangered.
- writer
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noun,
a person engaged in writing books, articles, stories, etc., especially as an occupation or profession; an author or journalist.
- wriest
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adjective,
superlative of wry.
- strows
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verb,
strew.
- Renoir
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1894–1979, French film director and writer.
- renter
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noun,
a person or organization that holds, or has the use of, property by payment of rent.
- rentes
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noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- serins
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noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- strews
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verb (used with object),
to let fall in separate pieces or particles over a surface; scatter or sprinkle:
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- serine
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noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- resets
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noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- resist
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noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- resort
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noun,
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
- rinses
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noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Tessie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Reston
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noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- writes
-
Verb phrases,
write down,
to set down in writing; record; note.
to direct one's writing to a less intelligent reader or audience:
- Tories
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noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- serein
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noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- retire
-
noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- retort
-
noun,
a severe, incisive, or witty reply, especially one that counters a first speaker's statement, argument, etc.
- retro-
-
- Tessin
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noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- rewins
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verb (used with object),
to win back or again.
- rewire
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with new wiring:
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- worset
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noun, adjective,
worsted.
- triers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- tenets
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- Wiener
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noun,
frankfurter.
- intro.
-
- Stones
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- Weston
-
noun,
Edward, 1886–1958, U.S. photographer.
- Wester
-
noun,
a wind or storm coming from the west.
- ironer
-
noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Werner
-
noun,
Alfred [al-fred,, -frid;; German ahl-freyt] /ˈæl frɛd,, -frɪd;; German ˈɑl freɪt/ (Show IPA), 1866–1919, Swiss chemist: Nobel prize 1913.
- instr.
-
- sowens
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noun,
porridge made from oat bran or husks that have been soaked in water, slightly fermented, and then boiled.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Weiser
-
noun,
(Johann) Conrad, 1696–1760, American colonial Indian agent and interpreter, born in Germany.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- twists
-
noun,
a deviation in direction; curve; bend; turn.
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- tenses
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- Neisse
-
noun,
a river in N Europe, flowing N from the NW Czech Republic along part of the boundary between Germany and Poland to the Oder River. 145 miles (233 km) long.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- twines
-
noun,
a strong thread or string composed of two or more strands twisted together.
- inter.
-
- insets
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Nessie
-
noun,
Loch Ness monster.
- esters
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- stints
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- worser
-
adjective, adverb,
worse.
- worsen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become worse.
- sweets
-
noun,
a sweet flavor, smell, or sound; sweetness.
- sterns
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Wister
-
noun,
Owen, 1860–1938, U.S. novelist.
- essoin
-
noun,
(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
- erenow
-
adverb,
before this time.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- eosins
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- wisent
-
noun,
bison (def 2).
- steres
-
- wirers
-
noun,
a person who wires.
- worsts
-
noun,
that which is worst.
- Winter
-
noun,
the cold season between autumn and spring in northern latitudes (in the Northern Hemisphere from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox; in the Southern Hemisphere from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox).
- Winsor
-
noun,
Justin, 1831–97, U.S. librarian and historian.
- stenos
-
noun,
a stenographer.
- steno-
-
- steins
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- steers
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- Sister
-
noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- enter-
-
- enosis
-
noun,
a movement for securing the political union of Greece and Cyprus.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- nitro-
-
- nowise
-
adverb,
noway.
- snores
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- triste
-
adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- stores
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- sitten
-
verb,
past participle of sit1 .
- Sitter
-
noun,
a person who sits.
- noesis
-
noun,
(in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
- sneers
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- noises
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- Triton
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- Norris
-
noun,
Charles Gilman, 1881–1945, U.S. novelist and editor.
- tentie
-
adjective,
tenty.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- tenter
-
noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- tweets
-
noun,
a weak chirping sound, as of a young or small bird.
- worses
-
noun,
that which is worse.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- snorts
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- terr.
-
- terns
-
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.
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- sweer
-
adjective,
slothful; indolent.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- seise
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- ster.
-
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- Stets
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- seers
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- stews
-
noun,
a preparation of meat, fish, or other food cooked by stewing, especially a mixture of meat and vegetables.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- sito-
-
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- Sweet
-
noun,
a sweet flavor, smell, or sound; sweetness.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- tiers
-
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.
- Teton
-
noun,
the westernmost branch of the Dakota Indians.
- swine
-
noun,
any stout, cloven-hoofed artiodactyl of the Old World family Suidae, having a thick hide sparsely covered with coarse hair, a disklike snout, and an often short, tasseled tail: now of worldwide distribution and hunted or raised for its meat and other products.
Compare hog, pig1 , wild boar.
- tests
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- sense
-
noun,
any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body:
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- setts
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- Stowe
-
noun,
Harriet (Elizabeth) Beecher, 1811–96, U.S. abolitionist and novelist.
- strow
-
verb,
strew.
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sero-
-
- sewer
-
noun,
an artificial conduit, usually underground, for carrying off waste water and refuse, as in a town or city.
- snots
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- snows
-
noun,
Meteorology. a precipitation in the form of ice crystals, mainly of intricately branched, hexagonal form and often agglomerated into snowflakes, formed directly from the freezing of the water vapor in the air.
Compare ice crystals, snow grains, snow pellets.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- serow
-
noun,
a goat antelope of the genus Capricornis, of eastern Asia, related to the goral: the Sumatran serow is endangered.
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- seti-
-
- sones
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- teno-
-
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- tents
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- Sino-
-
- sinew
-
noun,
a tendon.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- stows
-
noun,
a city in NE Ohio.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- sines
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- swore
-
verb,
a simple past tense of swear.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- sworn
-
verb,
past participle of swear.
- swots
-
noun,
a student who studies assiduously, especially to the exclusion of other activities or interests; grind.
- Seres
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- tenet
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- strew
-
verb (used with object),
to let fall in separate pieces or particles over a surface; scatter or sprinkle:
- Norw.
-
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- noses
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Essen
-
noun,
a city in W Germany: the chief city of the Ruhr River valley.
- wites
-
noun,
a fine imposed by a king or lord on a subject who committed a serious crime.
a fee demanded for granting a special privilege.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- trews
-
noun,
close-fitting tartan trousers, worn especially by certain Scottish regiments.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- Estes
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Witte
-
noun,
Sergei Yulievich [sur-gey yool-yuh-vich;; Russian syir-gyey yoo-lyi-vyich] /sɜrˈgeɪ ˈyul yə vɪtʃ;; Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ ˈyu lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1849–1915, Russian statesman.
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- Orrin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- orris
-
noun,
an iris, Iris germanica florentina, having a fragrant rootstock.
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Erwin
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “boar” and “friend.”.
- wests
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the left when facing north, corresponding to the point where the sun is seen to set. Abbreviation: W.
- oste-
-
- Otter
-
noun,
any of several aquatic, furbearing, weasellike mammals of the genus Lutra and related genera, having webbed feet and a long, slightly flattened tail.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Tower
-
noun,
a building or structure high in proportion to its lateral dimensions, either isolated or forming part of a building.
- twits
-
noun,
an act of twitting.
- intr.
-
- inst.
-
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- Weser
-
noun,
a river in Germany, flowing N from S Lower Saxony into the North Sea. About 300 miles (485 km) long.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- wines
-
noun,
the fermented juice of grapes, made in many varieties, such as red, white, sweet, dry, still, and sparkling, for use as a beverage, in cooking, in religious rites, etc., and usually having an alcoholic content of 14 percent or less.
- weirs
-
noun,
a small dam in a river or stream.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- weens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to think; suppose.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- winos
-
noun,
a person who is addicted to wine, especially a derelict.
- twite
-
noun,
a small finch, Carduelis flavirostris, of northern Europe, having streaked brown plumage and, in the male, a pink breast.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- twist
-
noun,
a deviation in direction; curve; bend; turn.
- twine
-
noun,
a strong thread or string composed of two or more strands twisted together.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- ewers
-
noun,
a pitcher with a wide spout.
- wirer
-
noun,
a person who wires.
- nests
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- tweet
-
noun,
a weak chirping sound, as of a young or small bird.
- wires
-
noun,
a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.
- trows
-
verb (used with or without object),
to believe, think, or suppose.
- newts
-
noun,
any of several brilliantly colored salamanders of the family Salamandridae, especially those of the genera Triturus and Notophthalmus, of North America, Europe, and northern Asia.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- trots
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitr-
-
- towie
-
noun,
a form of contract bridge for three players in which the players bid for the dummy hand after six of its cards have been turned up.
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- Owens
-
noun,
Jesse (John Cleveland) 1913–80, U.S. athlete.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- worts
-
noun,
the unfermented or fermenting infusion of malt that after fermentation becomes beer or mash.
- rewin
-
verb (used with object),
to win back or again.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- ento-
-
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- riser
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- wrest
-
noun,
a wresting; twist or wrench.
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- Titos
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- wrier
-
adjective,
comparative of wry.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- wrist
-
noun,
the carpus or lower part of the forearm where it joins the hand.
- write
-
Verb phrases,
write down,
to set down in writing; record; note.
to direct one's writing to a less intelligent reader or audience:
- rotte
-
noun,
rote2 .
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- wrote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of write.
- Rowen
-
noun,
Chiefly Northern U.S. the second crop of grass or hay in a season; aftermath.
- 30-30
-
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- restr
-
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- toti-
-
- totes
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- owner
-
noun,
a person who owns; possessor; proprietor.
- worse
-
noun,
that which is worse.
- erron
-
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- torts
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- Torte
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- reins
-
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.
- renew
-
verb (used with object),
to begin or take up again, as an acquaintance, a conversation, etc.; resume.
- reni-
-
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- rents
-
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.
- worst
-
noun,
that which is worst.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- worn
-
noun,
the act of wearing; use, as of a garment:
- swot
-
noun,
a student who studies assiduously, especially to the exclusion of other activities or interests; grind.
- Wien
-
noun,
Wilhelm [vil-helm] /ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1864–1928, German physicist: Nobel prize 1911.
- wist
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of wit2 .
- wore
-
noun,
the act of wearing; use, as of a garment:
- Wren
-
noun,
any of numerous small, active songbirds of the family Troglodytidae, especially Troglodytes troglodytes, of the Northern Hemisphere, having dark-brown plumage barred with black and a short, upright tail.
Compare house wren, marsh wren, rock wren, winter wren.
- wrnt
-
- writ
-
noun,
Law.
a formal order under seal, issued in the name of a sovereign, government, court, or other competent authority, enjoining the officer or other person to whom it is issued or addressed to do or refrain from some specified act.
(in early English law) any formal document in letter form, under seal, and in the sovereign's name.
- wine
-
noun,
the fermented juice of grapes, made in many varieties, such as red, white, sweet, dry, still, and sparkling, for use as a beverage, in cooking, in religious rites, etc., and usually having an alcoholic content of 14 percent or less.
- WRNS
-
- Witt
-
noun,
Katarina [kat-uh-ree-nuh] /ˌkæt əˈri nə/ (Show IPA), born 1965, German figure skater.
- wons
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of win1 .
- wino
-
noun,
a person who is addicted to wine, especially a derelict.
- wite
-
noun,
a fine imposed by a king or lord on a subject who committed a serious crime.
a fee demanded for granting a special privilege.
- WINS
-
noun,
a victory, as in a game or horse race.
- Wis.
-
- wort
-
noun,
the unfermented or fermenting infusion of malt that after fermentation becomes beer or mash.
- wire
-
noun,
a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.
- wise
-
noun,
way of proceeding or considering; manner; fashion (usually used in combination or in certain phrases):
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- wets
-
noun,
something that is or makes wet, as water or other liquid; moisture:
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- tort
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Torr
-
noun,
a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- tows
-
noun,
an act or instance of towing.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- tete
-
noun,
a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
- Tit.
-
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- 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.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Town
-
noun,
a thickly populated area, usually smaller than a city and larger than a village, having fixed boundaries and certain local powers of government.
- 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.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- twin
-
noun,
either of two children or animals brought forth at a birth.
- West
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the left when facing north, corresponding to the point where the sun is seen to set. Abbreviation: W.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- ten.
-
- wert
-
verb,
a 2nd person singular pt. indicative and subj. of be.
- went
-
noun,
the act of going:
- wens
-
noun,
Pathology. a benign encysted tumor of the skin, especially on the scalp, containing sebaceous matter; a sebaceous cyst.
- Weir
-
noun,
a small dam in a river or stream.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- ween
-
verb (used with or without object),
to think; suppose.
- twit
-
noun,
an act of twitting.
- twi-
-
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- tent
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- twee
-
adjective,
affectedly dainty or quaint:
- Trow
-
verb (used with or without object),
to believe, think, or suppose.
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- tron
-
- tion
-
- trit
-
- 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.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- tri-
-
- 1080
-
- sews
-
noun,
the amount of additional water necessary to float a grounded vessel.
- str.
-
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- Owen
-
noun,
Sir Richard, 1804–92, English zoologist and anatomist.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- osis
-
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Stow
-
noun,
a city in NE Ohio.
- nowt
-
noun,
an ox.
- owns
-
Idioms,
come into one's own,
to take possession of that which is due or owed one.
to receive the recognition that one's abilities merit:
- nows
-
noun,
the present time or moment:
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- not-
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- nos-
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nor.
-
- owes
-
verb (used with object),
to be under obligation to pay or repay:
- owse
-
noun,
ox.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- rit.
-
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- rets
-
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.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- 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.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- 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.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- rows
-
noun,
a number of persons or things arranged in a line, especially a straight line:
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- eso-
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- ESIS
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- 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).
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Ens.
-
- enow
-
adjective, adverb,
enough.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- est.
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- ISSN
-
- NEWT
-
noun,
any of several brilliantly colored salamanders of the family Salamandridae, especially those of the genera Triturus and Notophthalmus, of North America, Europe, and northern Asia.
- NEWS
-
noun,
a report of a recent event; intelligence; information:
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- neo-
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- iso-
-
- ette
-
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- Ire.
-
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- int.
-
- ins.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- Ewer
-
noun,
a pitcher with a wide spout.
- Rowe
-
noun,
Nicholas, 1674–1718, British poet and dramatist, poet laureate 1715–18.
- Ont.
-
- Snow
-
noun,
Meteorology. a precipitation in the form of ice crystals, mainly of intricately branched, hexagonal form and often agglomerated into snowflakes, formed directly from the freezing of the water vapor in the air.
Compare ice crystals, snow grains, snow pellets.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- sers
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- sows
-
noun,
an adult female swine.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- sown
-
verb,
a past participle of sow1 .
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- sewn
-
noun,
the amount of additional water necessary to float a grounded vessel.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Soni
-
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- Stew
-
noun,
a preparation of meat, fish, or other food cooked by stewing, especially a mixture of meat and vegetables.
- Ste.
-
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- STI
-
- EOE
-
- ISR
-
- wot
-
verb,
first and third person singular present of wit2 .
- ise
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- wos
-
noun,
woe.
- Wes
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Wesley.
- IRS
-
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- IRO
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Ir.
-
- wen
-
noun,
Pathology. a benign encysted tumor of the skin, especially on the scalp, containing sebaceous matter; a sebaceous cyst.
- Sw.
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Iwo
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- eo-
-
- EEO
-
- eir
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- ne-
-
- NWT
-
- NSW
-
- two
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 1 plus 1.
- ene
-
- wee
-
adjective,
little; very small.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- EIS
-
- en-
-
- Wei
-
noun,
any of several dynasties that ruled in North China, especially one ruling a.d. 220–265 and one ruling a.d. 386–534.
- ite
-
- ist
-
- IOT
-
- ior
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- WIT
-
noun,
the keen perception and cleverly apt expression of those connections between ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure. Synonyms: drollery, facetiousness, waggishness, repartee.
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- ETO
-
- ss.
-
- SSR
-
- SSE
-
- SSI
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ETR
-
- ESR
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- woe
-
noun,
grievous distress, affliction, or trouble:
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- Won
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of North and South Korea, equal to 100 chon.
- SSN
-
- ERT
-
- SRS
-
- ETS
-
- ese
-
- Sr.
-
- wet
-
noun,
something that is or makes wet, as water or other liquid; moisture:
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- SOW
-
noun,
an adult female swine.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- Win
-
noun,
a victory, as in a game or horse race.
- ine
-
- SST
-
- in.
-
- St.
-
- ier
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- SSW
-
- Ewe
-
noun,
a female sheep, especially when fully mature.
- io-
-
- Rs.
-
- NES
-
- TOW
-
noun,
an act or instance of towing.
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Re.
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- own
-
Idioms,
come into one's own,
to take possession of that which is due or owed one.
to receive the recognition that one's abilities merit:
- OWI
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- owe
-
verb (used with object),
to be under obligation to pay or repay:
- RSE
-
- ote
-
- ot-
-
- OSS
-
- tr.
-
- ose
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- 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.
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- TNT
-
- ROW
-
noun,
a number of persons or things arranged in a line, especially a straight line:
- RSS
-
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- RTS
-
- rtw
-
- ROI
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- se-
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- RNR
-
- 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.
- So.
-
- SRO
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- OTS
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- New
-
noun,
something that is new; a new object, quality, condition, etc.:
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- TSS
-
- TSI
-
- now
-
noun,
the present time or moment:
- sew
-
noun,
the amount of additional water necessary to float a grounded vessel.
- nr.
-
- TTS
-
- NWS
-
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- 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:
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- TSE
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONI
-
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- Tro
-
- IW
-
- RO
-
- TT
-
- TN
-
- N.
-
- RW
-
- NI
-
- WI
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
-
- ee
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- w/
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- S.
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- i.
-
- EW
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation expressing disgust, aversion, or the like):
- OW
-
interjection,
(used especially as an expression of intense or sudden pain.)
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- O.
-
- NW
-
- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- R.
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- RI
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- WO
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noun,
woe.
- RN
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- T1
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- t.
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- SN
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- we
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- wt
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