Anagrams of remonstrances
Word remonstrances has
1817 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of remonstrances.
- monstrance
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noun,
a receptacle in which the consecrated Host is exposed for adoration.
- sarmentose
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adjective,
having runners.
- rencontres
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noun,
rencounter.
- antecessor
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noun,
a person who goes before; predecessor.
- resonances
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noun,
the state or quality of being resonant.
- cross-mate
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verb (used with or without object),
to crossbreed.
- caen-stone
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noun,
a cream-colored limestone quarried near Caen, France, for use in building.
- Stresemann
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noun,
Gustav [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1878–1929, German statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1926.
- notecases
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noun,
billfold.
- Rosecrans
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noun,
William Starke [stahrk] /stɑrk/ (Show IPA), 1819–98, U.S. general.
- ornaments
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noun,
an accessory, article, or detail used to beautify the appearance of something to which it is added or of which it is a part:
- sarcenets
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noun,
a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used especially for linings.
- sarcomere
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noun,
any of the segments of myofibril in striated muscle fibers.
- on-stream
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adverb,
in or into regular operation, especially as part of a system, assembly line, or the like:
- entrances
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noun,
an act of entering, as into a place or upon new duties.
- one-acter
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noun,
a short play consisting of one act.
- steersman
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noun,
a person who steers a ship; helmsman.
- cornerman
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noun,
Basketball. a forward.
- Massorete
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noun,
Masorete.
- Cantonese
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noun,
a Chinese language spoken in Canton, the surrounding area of southern China, and Hong Kong.
- carotenes
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noun,
any of three yellow or orange fat-soluble pigments having the formula C 40 H 56 , found in many plants, especially carrots, and transformed to vitamin A in the liver; provitamin A.
- cremaster
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noun,
Entomology. a usually hooklike process on the posterior tip of a chrysalis, for attaching the pupa to a stem, twig, etc.
- nanometer
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noun,
one billionth of a meter. Abbreviation: nm.
- recreants
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noun,
a coward.
- Masterson
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noun,
William Barclay ("Bat") 1853–1921, U.S. frontier law officer.
- cretonnes
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noun,
a heavy cotton material in colorfully printed designs, used especially for drapery and slipcovers.
- mesorecta
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noun,
the mesentery of the rectum.
- crosstree
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noun,
Nautical. either of a pair of timbers or metal bars placed athwart the trestletrees at a masthead to spread the shrouds leading to the mast above, or on the head of a lower mast to support the platform or top.
- streamers
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noun,
something that streams:
- cremators
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noun,
a person who cremates.
- screamers
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noun,
a person or thing that screams.
- rencontre
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noun,
rencounter.
- renascent
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adjective,
being reborn; springing again into being or vigor:
- resonates
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verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- resnatron
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noun,
a tetrode with the grid connected to form a drift space for the electrons, formerly used to generate high power at very high frequency.
- resonance
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noun,
the state or quality of being resonant.
- resonants
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noun,
Phonetics. a vowel or a voiced consonant or semivowel that is neither a stop nor an affricate, as, in English, (m, ng, n, l, r, y, w).
- remaster
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verb (used with object),
to make a new master tape or record from an old master tape, usually to improve the fidelity of an old recording.
- cretonne
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noun,
a heavy cotton material in colorfully printed designs, used especially for drapery and slipcovers.
- centares
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noun,
centiare.
- Monessen
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noun,
a city in SW Pennsylvania, on the Monongahela River.
- Monstera
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noun,
any of various tropical American climbing plants belonging to the genus Monstera, of the arum family, especially M. deliciosa, having split or perforated leaves and often grown as a houseplant.
- resonate
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verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- montanes
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noun,
the lower vegetation belt on mountains.
- resonant
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noun,
Phonetics. a vowel or a voiced consonant or semivowel that is neither a stop nor an affricate, as, in English, (m, ng, n, l, r, y, w).
- cremator
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noun,
a person who cremates.
- acetones
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noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 3 H 6 O, usually derived by oxidation of isopropyl alcohol or by bacterial fermentation of carbohydrates: used chiefly in paints and varnishes, as a general solvent, and in organic synthesis.
- serrates
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adjective,
Chiefly Biology. notched on the edge like a saw:
- cremates
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verb (used with object),
to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite.
- armrests
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noun,
a projecting, often padded support for the forearm, as at the side of a chair or sofa or between seats in a theater, car, or airplane.
- Nanterre
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Hauts-de-Seine, in N France: W suburb of Paris.
- remanent
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adjective,
remaining; left behind.
- creamers
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noun,
a person or thing that creams.
- necroses
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noun,
death of a circumscribed portion of animal or plant tissue.
- Cranston
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noun,
a city in E Rhode Island, near Providence.
- seamster
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noun,
a person whose occupation is sewing; tailor.
- neonates
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noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- carotene
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noun,
any of three yellow or orange fat-soluble pigments having the formula C 40 H 56 , found in many plants, especially carrots, and transformed to vitamin A in the liver; provitamin A.
- serranos
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noun,
a small, green or reddish, extremely hot chili pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum annuum used in cooking.
- restores
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verb (used with object),
to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish:
- caterers
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noun,
one whose business is to provide food, supplies, and sometimes service at social gatherings.
- snorters
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noun,
a person or thing that snorts.
- entrance
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noun,
an act of entering, as into a place or upon new duties.
- ensnares
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verb (used with object),
to capture in, or involve as in, a snare:
- 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.
- sonarmen
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noun,
a petty officer who operates and maintains sonar.
- sonances
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noun,
the condition or quality of being sonant.
- Somerset
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noun,
a city in SE Massachusetts.
- Socrates
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noun,
469?–399 b.c, Athenian philosopher.
- terraces
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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.
- terranes
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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.
- roasters
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noun,
a contrivance for roasting something, as an oven, a pan for roasting meat, or a machine for roasting coffee beans.
- maestros
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noun,
an eminent composer, teacher, or conductor of music:
- mannoses
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noun,
a hexose, C 6 H 12 O 6 , obtained from the hydrolysis of the ivory nut and yielding mannitol upon reduction.
- sternson
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noun,
a knee in a timber-framed vessel, reinforcing the angle between the keelson and the sternpost.
- streamer
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noun,
something that streams:
- canoness
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noun,
a member of a Christian community of women living under a rule but not under a vow.
- Masorete
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noun,
one of the writers or compilers of the Masorah.
- Massenet
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noun,
Jules Émile Frédéric [zhyl ey-meel frey-dey-reek] /ʒül eɪˈmil freɪ deɪˈrik/ (Show IPA), 1842–1912, French composer.
- masseter
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noun,
a short, thick, masticatory muscle, the action of which assists in closing the jaws by raising the mandible or lower jaw.
- re-trace
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verb (used with object),
to trace again, as lines in writing or drawing.
- Stoneman
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noun,
a stonecutter or stoneworker.
- meanness
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noun,
the state or quality of being mean.
- stonemen
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noun,
a stonecutter or stoneworker.
- smartens
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Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- earnests
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noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- canteens
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noun,
a small container used especially by soldiers and hikers for carrying water or other liquids.
- Mercator
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noun,
Gerhardus [jer-hahr-duh s] /dʒərˈhɑr dəs/ (Show IPA), (Gerhard Kremer) 1512–94, Flemish cartographer and geographer.
- antrorse
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adjective,
bent or directed forward or upward.
- Sorensen
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noun,
Soren Peter Lauritz [sœ-ruh n pey-tar lou-rits] /ˈsœ rən ˈpeɪ tær ˈlaʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1868–1939, Danish chemist: developed pH scale.
- steamers
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noun,
something propelled or operated by steam, as a steamship.
- consents
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noun,
permission, approval, or agreement; compliance; acquiescence:
- anemones
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noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Anemone, of the buttercup family, having petallike sepals and including several wild species with white flowers as well as others cultivated for their showy flowers in a variety of colors.
- sarsenet
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noun,
sarcenet.
- ancestor
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noun,
a person from whom one is descended; forebear; progenitor.
- romances
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noun,
a novel, movie, or genre of popular fiction in which characters fall in love or begin a romantic relationship (often used attributively):
- cerastes
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noun,
any of several small vipers of the genus Cerastes, including the horned viper, that have a sideways looping motion like that of a sidewinder and inhabit deserts of northern Africa and southwestern Asia.
- screamer
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noun,
a person or thing that screams.
- ornament
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noun,
an accessory, article, or detail used to beautify the appearance of something to which it is added or of which it is a part:
- Sancerre
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noun,
a dry white wine from the Loire valley region of France.
- racemose
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adjective,
Botany.
having the form of a raceme.
arranged in racemes.
- contessa
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noun,
countess.
- Comtesse
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noun,
countess.
- Casement
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noun,
a window sash opening on hinges that are generally attached to the upright side of its frame.
- tea-rose
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noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- coasters
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noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- coarsens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become coarse.
- transoms
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noun,
a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it.
- rearmost
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adjective,
farthest in the rear; last.
- recreant
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noun,
a coward.
- treasons
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noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- contemns
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verb (used with object),
to treat or regard with disdain, scorn, or contempt.
- sarcenet
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noun,
a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used especially for linings.
- centners
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noun,
(in several European countries) a unit of weight of 50 kilograms, equivalent to 110.2 pounds avoirdupois.
- Torrence
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noun,
(Frederic) Ridgely [rij-lee] /ˈrɪdʒ li/ (Show IPA), 1875–1950, U.S. poet, playwright, and editor.
- Scotsman
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noun,
a person, especially a man, who is a native or inhabitant of Scotland; Scot.
- Scotsmen
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noun,
a person, especially a man, who is a native or inhabitant of Scotland; Scot.
- Ansermet
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noun,
Ernest [er-nest] /ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1883–1969, Swiss symphony orchestra conductor.
- Torrance
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noun,
a city in SW California, SW of Los Angeles.
- norsemen
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noun,
Northman.
- notecase
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noun,
billfold.
- Norseman
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noun,
Northman.
- Scranton
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noun,
William Warren, 1917–2011, U.S. politician.
- costers
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noun,
costermonger.
- cerato-
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- stereo-
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- sterno-
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- coatees
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noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- Emerson
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noun,
Ralph Waldo [wawl-doh,, wol-] /ˈwɔl doʊ,, ˈwɒl-/ (Show IPA), 1803–82, U.S. essayist and poet.
- stemson
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noun,
a curved timber in a wooden bow, scarfed at its lower end to the keelson.
- coaster
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noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- coarser
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adjective,
of or relating to a topology on a topological space whose open sets are included among the open sets of a second specified topology on the space.
- ecartes
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noun,
a card game for two players.
- enamors
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verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- coarsen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become coarse.
- costars
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noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- corsets
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noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- Eastern
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adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- encases
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verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- teasers
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noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- encores
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noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- cetanes
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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.
- stearo-
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- ensnare
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verb (used with object),
to capture in, or involve as in, a snare:
- cermets
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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.
- entero-
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- enteron
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noun,
the alimentary canal; the digestive tract.
- censers
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noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- easters
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noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- cremate
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verb (used with object),
to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite.
- Cranmer
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noun,
Thomas, 1489–1556, first Protestant archbishop of Canterbury: leader in the English Protestant Reformation in England.
- centare
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noun,
centiare.
- centro-
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- corneas
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noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- Cremona
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noun,
a city in N Italy, on the Po River.
- crenate
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adjective,
having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.
- cresset
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noun,
a metal cup or basket often mounted on a pole or suspended from above, containing oil, pitch, a rope steeped in rosin, etc., burned as a light or beacon.
- contras
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- contra-
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- contemn
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verb (used with object),
to treat or regard with disdain, scorn, or contempt.
- centner
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noun,
(in several European countries) a unit of weight of 50 kilograms, equivalent to 110.2 pounds avoirdupois.
- constr.
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- Creator
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noun,
a person or thing that creates.
- streams
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noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- tenaces
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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.
- creates
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adjective,
Archaic. created.
- cornets
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noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- conster
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verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- cratons
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noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- 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.
- earnest
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noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- cerates
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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.
- craters
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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.
- tanrecs
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noun,
tenrec.
- consent
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noun,
permission, approval, or agreement; compliance; acquiescence:
- connate
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adjective,
existing in a person or thing from birth or origin; inborn:
- censors
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noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- corners
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noun,
the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
- centres
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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.
- comates
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noun,
a mate or companion.
- creases
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noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- smarten
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Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- steamer
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noun,
something propelled or operated by steam, as a steamship.
- ocreate
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adjective,
having an ocrea or ocreae; sheathed.
- Rameses
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noun,
Ramses (def 1).
- racemes
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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.
- 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.
- Samoset
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noun,
died 1653? North American Indian leader: aided Pilgrims during early years in New England.
- 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.
- oneness
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noun,
the quality of being one; singleness.
- one-man
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adjective,
of or relating to, or operated, performed, or used by one person:
- sateens
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noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- octanes
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noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- scanner
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noun,
a person or thing that scans.
- rancors
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noun,
bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
- oarsmen
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noun,
a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.
- Scarron
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noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1610–60, French novelist, dramatist, and poet.
- normans
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noun,
a member of that branch of the Northmen or Scandinavians who in the 10th century conquered Normandy.
- scoters
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noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- screams
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noun,
a loud, sharp, piercing cry:
- nestors
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noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- screeno
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noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) (formerly) bingo played in a movie theater.
- Screens
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noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- neonate
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noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- nemato-
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- ramsons
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noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- ransoms
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noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- necrose
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verb (used with or without object),
to affect or be affected with necrosis.
- Romance
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noun,
a novel, movie, or genre of popular fiction in which characters fall in love or begin a romantic relationship (often used attributively):
- roaster
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noun,
a contrivance for roasting something, as an oven, a pan for roasting meat, or a machine for roasting coffee beans.
- retrace
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verb (used with object),
to trace backward; go back over:
- restore
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verb (used with object),
to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish:
- roemers
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noun,
a German wineglass having a body with a globular top and a cylindrical bottom often decorated with prunts, supported by a conical foot.
- re-sort
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verb (used with object),
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- 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.
- resects
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verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- reseats
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verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- rennets
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noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- remotes
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noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- rasters
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noun,
Television. a pattern of scanning lines covering the area upon which the image is projected in the cathode-ray tube or liquid-crystal display of a television set or other screen.
- remorse
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noun,
deep and painful regret for wrongdoing; compunction.
- remoras
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noun,
any of several fishes of the family Echeneididae, having on the top of the head a sucking disk by which they can attach themselves to sharks, turtles, ships, and other moving objects.
- remnant
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noun,
a remaining, usually small part, quantity, number, or the like.
- recasts
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noun,
a recasting.
- recants
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verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- reasons
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noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- reamers
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noun,
any of various rotary tools, with helical or straight flutes, for finishing or enlarging holes drilled in metal.
- reactor
-
noun,
a person or thing that reacts or undergoes reaction.
- Rosanne
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noun,
a female given name.
- roseate
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adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- nectars
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noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- neatens
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verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- erasers
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noun,
a device, as a piece of rubber or cloth, for erasing marks made with pen, pencil, chalk, etc.
- mannose
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noun,
a hexose, C 6 H 12 O 6 , obtained from the hydrolysis of the ivory nut and yielding mannitol upon reduction.
- Smeaton
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noun,
John, 1724–92, English engineer.
- matrons
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noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- mascots
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noun,
an animal, person, or thing adopted by a group as its representative symbol and supposed to bring good luck:
- mascons
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noun,
a massive concentration of high-density material beneath the surface of the moon.
- Sno-Cat
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- Martens
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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.
- Marston
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noun,
John, c1575–1634, English dramatist and satirical poet.
- marrons
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noun,
a large European chestnut, especially as used in cookery: candied or preserved in syrup.
- snorter
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noun,
a person or thing that snorts.
- Manners
-
noun,
a way of doing, being done, or happening; mode of action, occurrence, etc.:
- menaces
-
noun,
something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat:
- maestro
-
noun,
an eminent composer, teacher, or conductor of music:
- macrons
-
noun,
a horizontal line used as a diacritic over a vowel to indicate that it has a long sound or other specified pronunciation, as (ā) in fate (fāt).
- sonance
-
noun,
the condition or quality of being sonant.
- sonants
-
noun,
a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant).
- estrone
-
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.
- Essonne
-
noun,
a department in N France. 699 sq. mi. (1810 sq. km). Capital: Évry.
- escorts
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- stamnos
-
noun,
a storage jar having an oval body tapering at the base and two horizontal handles set on the shoulder.
- stances
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- erector
-
noun,
Also, erecter. a person or thing that erects.
- cements
-
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.
- Menorca
-
noun,
Minorca.
- seances
-
noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- senecas
-
noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- natrons
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- nascent
-
adjective,
beginning to exist or develop:
- narcose
-
adjective,
characterized by stupor; stuporous.
- seaters
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- secants
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- secerns
-
verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- secrets
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- sennets
-
noun,
any of several small barracudas, as Sphyraena borealis (northern sennet) ranging along the eastern coast of North and Central America.
- Mercast
-
noun,
a broadcasting system used by U.S. agencies to deliver messages to government-operated ships.
- mortars
-
noun,
a receptacle of hard material, having a bowl-shaped cavity in which substances are reduced to powder with a pestle.
- senoras
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- moreens
-
noun,
a heavy fabric of wool, or wool and cotton, with a ribbed face and a moiré finish, used for curtains, petticoats, etc.
- sensate
-
adjective,
perceiving or perceived through the senses.
- montane
-
noun,
the lower vegetation belt on mountains.
- monster
-
noun,
a legendary animal combining features of animal and human form or having the forms of various animals in combination, as a centaur, griffin, or sphinx.
- moneran
-
noun,
any organism of the kingdom Monera.
- Serrano
-
noun,
a small, green or reddish, extremely hot chili pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum annuum used in cooking.
- serrate
-
adjective,
Chiefly Biology. notched on the edge like a saw:
- mercers
-
noun,
a dealer in textile fabrics; dry-goods merchant.
- cenotes
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- Creamer
-
noun,
a person or thing that creams.
- tenners
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- tracers
-
noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- terrace
-
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.
- terrane
-
noun,
any rock formation or series of formations or the area in which a particular formation or group of rocks is predominant.
- casters
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- anemone
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Anemone, of the buttercup family, having petallike sepals and including several wild species with white flowers as well as others cultivated for their showy flowers in a variety of colors.
- canteen
-
noun,
a small container used especially by soldiers and hikers for carrying water or other liquids.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- tenrecs
-
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.
- cassone
-
noun,
a large Italian chest of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, usually highly ornamented.
- canters
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- Torrens
-
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.
- transom
-
noun,
a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it.
- antero-
-
- tessera
-
noun,
one of the small pieces used in mosaic work.
- castors
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- tensors
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- carters
-
noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- arenose
-
adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- careens
-
noun,
a careening.
- to-name
-
noun,
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
- actress
-
noun,
a woman who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc., especially professionally.
- ascents
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- armrest
-
noun,
a projecting, often padded support for the forearm, as at the side of a chair or sofa or between seats in a theater, car, or airplane.
- carroms
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- tonners
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- carnets
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- tonemes
-
noun,
a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language:
- carnose
-
adjective,
of or relating to flesh; fleshy.
- arseno-
-
- trocars
-
noun,
a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
- caserns
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- arrests
-
noun,
the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- Cameron
-
noun,
Julia Margaret, 1815–79, English photographer, born in India.
- acerose
-
adjective,
needle-shaped, as the leaves of the pine.
- caterer
-
noun,
one whose business is to provide food, supplies, and sometimes service at social gatherings.
- amerces
-
verb (used with object),
to punish by imposing a fine not fixed by statute.
- termers
-
noun,
a person who is serving a term, especially in prison (usually used in combination):
- Camoens
-
noun,
Luis Vaz de [loo-eesh vahzh duh] /luˈiʃ vɑʒ də/ (Show IPA), 1524?–80, Portuguese poet.
- acetone
-
noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 3 H 6 O, usually derived by oxidation of isopropyl alcohol or by bacterial fermentation of carbohydrates: used chiefly in paints and varnishes, as a general solvent, and in organic synthesis.
- termors
-
noun,
a person who has an estate for a term of years or for life.
- ascots
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- Mercer
-
noun,
a dealer in textile fabrics; dry-goods merchant.
- Menton
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean: winter resort.
- sesame
-
noun,
a tropical, herbaceous plant, Sesamum indicum, whose small oval seeds are edible and yield an oil.
- cement
-
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.
- eraser
-
noun,
a device, as a piece of rubber or cloth, for erasing marks made with pen, pencil, chalk, etc.
- setons
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- Mentor
-
noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- Mentes
-
noun,
(in the Odyssey) a captain of the Taphians. Athena assumed his form when she urged Telemachus to search for Odysseus.
- termor
-
noun,
a person who has an estate for a term of years or for life.
- rennet
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- erases
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- stares
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- setose
-
adjective,
covered with setae or bristles; bristly.
- menses
-
noun,
the periodic flow of blood and mucosal tissue from the uterus; menstrual flow.
- mensas
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- menace
-
noun,
something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat:
- mecate
-
noun,
Southwestern U.S. a rope made of horsehair or sometimes maguey.
- smarts
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- smears
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- renter
-
noun,
a person or organization that holds, or has the use of, property by payment of rent.
- meacon
-
verb (used with object),
to give false signals to (electronic navigational equipment), as by means of a radio transmitter.
- Merton
-
noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- meteor
-
noun,
Astronomy.
a meteoroid that has entered the earth's atmosphere.
a transient fiery streak in the sky produced by a meteoroid passing through the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or bolide.
- mesons
-
noun,
Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- tremor
-
noun,
involuntary shaking of the body or limbs, as from disease, fear, weakness, or excitement; a fit of trembling.
- morass
-
noun,
a tract of low, soft, wet ground.
- arsen-
-
- arsons
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- Monnet
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1888–1979, French economist: originator of the European Common Market.
- Moneta
-
noun,
Ernesto Teodoro [er-ne-staw te-aw-daw-raw] /ɛrˈnɛ stɔ ˌtɛ ɔˈdɔ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1833–1918, Italian journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- steams
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- enter-
-
- toneme
-
noun,
a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language:
- Monera
-
noun,
a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and have a nutritional mode of absorption, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.
- sensor
-
noun,
a mechanical device sensitive to light, temperature, radiation level, or the like, that transmits a signal to a measuring or control instrument.
- Moerae
-
plural noun,
the Fates.
- seracs
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- messan
-
noun,
a lap dog; small pet dog.
- Rennes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Ille-et-Vilaine, in NW France: former capital of Brittany; scene of trial of Alfred Dreyfus, 1899.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sermon
-
noun,
a discourse for the purpose of religious instruction or exhortation, especially one based on a text of Scripture and delivered by a member of the clergy as part of a religious service.
- serosa
-
noun,
Embryology, Zoology.
the chorion.
a similar membrane in insects and other lower invertebrates.
- cameos
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- 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:
- metros
-
noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- metro-
-
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- meters
-
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.
- termer
-
noun,
a person who is serving a term, especially in prison (usually used in combination):
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- estocs
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- matron
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- macers
-
noun,
macebearer.
- astro-
-
- trocar
-
noun,
a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
- astron
-
- MAeroE
-
- Soares
-
noun,
Mário [mah-ryoo] /ˈmɑ ryʊ/ (Show IPA), born 1924, Portuguese statesman: prime minister 1976–78, 1983–85; president 1986–96.
- stamen
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- escent
-
- macron
-
noun,
a horizontal line used as a diacritic over a vowel to indicate that it has a long sound or other specified pronunciation, as (ā) in fate (fāt).
- macro-
-
- macons
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- socman
-
noun,
sokeman.
- socmen
-
noun,
sokeman.
- Mannes
-
noun,
Leopold Damrosch, 1899–1964, U.S. composer and chemist.
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- resets
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- somat-
-
- Somers
-
- sonant
-
noun,
a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant).
- sonars
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- resect
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- sonnet
-
noun,
Prosody. a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being in the strict or Italian form divided into a major group of 8 lines (the octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet), and in a common English form into 3 quatrains followed by a couplet.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- 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.
- 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 .
- manner
-
noun,
a way of doing, being done, or happening; mode of action, occurrence, etc.:
- manses
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- assort
-
verb (used with object),
to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
- snares
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- masto-
-
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- aceto-
-
- assent
-
noun,
agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- assert
-
Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- sneers
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- masers
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- assoc.
-
- Mascot
-
noun,
an animal, person, or thing adopted by a group as its representative symbol and supposed to bring good luck:
- mascon
-
noun,
a massive concentration of high-density material beneath the surface of the moon.
- snorts
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- Renton
-
noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- senors
-
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.
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- snores
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- stanes
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Marron
-
noun,
a large European chestnut, especially as used in cookery: candied or preserved in syrup.
- Marcos
-
noun,
Ferdinand E(dralin) [ed-ruh-lin] /ˈɛd rə lɪn/ (Show IPA), 1917–1989, Philippine political leader: president 1965–86.
- errant
-
adjective,
deviating from the regular or proper course; erring; straying.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- terras
-
noun,
earth; land.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- Moreen
-
noun,
a heavy fabric of wool, or wool and cotton, with a ribbed face and a moiré finish, used for curtains, petticoats, etc.
- torses
-
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.
- oscars
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- Sansom
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Samson.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- ormers
-
noun,
an abalone, Haliotis tuberculata, living in waters of the Channel Islands.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- Santos
-
noun,
a seaport in S Brazil: world's largest coffee-exporting port.
- tracer
-
noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- sarco-
-
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- sarees
-
noun,
sari.
- Sarnen
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Obwalden, in central Switzerland, E of Bern.
- anemo-
-
- Samson
-
noun,
a judge of Israel famous for his great strength. Judges 13–16.
- sarsen
-
noun,
any of numerous large sandstone blocks or fragments found in south-central England, probably remnants of eroded Tertiary beds.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- omenta
-
noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- Sartre
-
noun,
Jean-Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ˈpɔl/ (Show IPA), 1905–80, French philosopher, novelist, and dramatist: declined 1964 Nobel Prize in literature.
- Saseno
-
noun,
an island off the W coast of Albania, at the entrance to Valona Bay: belongs to Albania. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- anenst
-
preposition,
anent (def 2).
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- octane
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- Rector
-
noun,
a member of the clergy in charge of a parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- scants
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- rectos
-
- scares
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- recess
-
noun,
temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity.
- scato-
-
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- trans.
-
- raters
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- ameers
-
noun,
emir.
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- raster
-
noun,
Television. a pattern of scanning lines covering the area upon which the image is projected in the cathode-ray tube or liquid-crystal display of a television set or other screen.
- rosets
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- rearms
-
verb (used with object),
to arm again.
- Ransom
-
noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- rancor
-
noun,
bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
- Rosser
-
noun,
a logger who peels the bark from, and often smooths one side of, a log so that it may be dragged easily.
- ramson
-
noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- Ramses
-
noun,
the name of several kings of ancient Egypt.
- ramose
-
adjective,
having many branches.
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- roster
-
noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- racers
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- amerce
-
verb (used with object),
to punish by imposing a fine not fixed by statute.
- raceme
-
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.
- rostra
-
noun,
a plural of rostrum.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- aeron.
-
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- sacro-
-
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- scarts
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- scenas
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- Nasser
-
noun,
Gamal Abdel [guh-mahl ab-doo l,, juh-] /gəˈmɑl ˈæb dʊl,, dʒə-/ (Show IPA), 1918–70, Egyptian military and political leader: prime minister of Egypt 1954–56; president of Egypt 1956–58; president of the United Arab Republic 1958–70.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- narco-
-
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- Nantes
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
- armors
-
noun,
any covering worn as a defense against weapons.
- nances
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- remora
-
noun,
any of several fishes of the family Echeneididae, having on the top of the head a sucking disk by which they can attach themselves to sharks, turtles, ships, and other moving objects.
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- secern
-
verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- tonner
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- natron
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- remote
-
noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- Remsen
-
noun,
Ira, 1846–1927, U.S. chemist and educator.
- MSCons
-
- across
-
adverb,
from one side to another.
- semens
-
noun,
the viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa.
- camote
-
noun,
batata.
- Seneca
-
noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- Sennar
-
noun,
a region in the E Sudan between the White and Blue Nile rivers, S of Khartoum: a former kingdom.
- sennas
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- sennet
-
noun,
any of several small barracudas, as Sphyraena borealis (northern sennet) ranging along the eastern coast of North and Central America.
- arrest
-
noun,
the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- mortar
-
noun,
a receptacle of hard material, having a bowl-shaped cavity in which substances are reduced to powder with a pestle.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- Season
-
noun,
one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- tonnes
-
noun,
metric ton.
- scents
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- scones
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- scores
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- Norman
-
noun,
a member of that branch of the Northmen or Scandinavians who in the 10th century conquered Normandy.
- Noreen
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish diminutive of Nora.
- scorns
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- nonets
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- nonces
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- nocent
-
adjective,
harmful; injurious.
- scrams
-
noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- scream
-
noun,
a loud, sharp, piercing cry:
- Antons
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- netmen
-
noun,
a tennis player.
- netman
-
noun,
a tennis player.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- screen
-
noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- reests
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- Nernst
-
noun,
Walther Herman [vahl-tuh r her-mahn] /ˈvɑl tər ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1941, German physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1920.
- Romans
-
noun,
an Epistle of the New Testament, written by Paul to the Christian community in Rome. Abbreviation: Rom.
- screes
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- seamen
-
noun,
a person skilled in seamanship.
- nemat-
-
- treasr
-
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- necro-
-
- remans
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- neaten
-
verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- seance
-
noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- Enesco
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1955, Romanian violinist, composer, and conductor: teacher of Yehudi Menuhin.
- reamer
-
noun,
any of various rotary tools, with helical or straight flutes, for finishing or enlarging holes drilled in metal.
- encore
-
noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- creams
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- Crater
-
noun,
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- Carnot
-
noun,
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
- roemer
-
noun,
a German wineglass having a body with a globular top and a cylindrical bottom often decorated with prunts, supported by a conical foot.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- cosset
-
noun,
a lamb brought up without its dam; pet lamb.
- Carmen
-
noun,
Ciudad del Carmen.
- cosets
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- retems
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- caroms
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- corses
-
noun,
corpse.
- tenson
-
noun,
a Provençal poem taking the form of a dialogue or debate between two rival troubadours.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- carrom
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- Corner
-
noun,
the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
- carrot
-
noun,
a plant, Daucus carota, of the parsley family, having pinnately decompound leaves and umbels of small white or yellow flowers, in its wild form a widespread, familiar weed, and in cultivation valued for its edible root.
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- crease
-
noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- create
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- corers
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- Crosse
-
noun,
a long-handled racket used in the game of lacrosse.
- resort
-
noun,
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- Canton
-
noun,
a small territorial district, especially one of the states of the Swiss confederation.
- cteno-
-
- stroma
-
noun,
Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- Cantor
-
noun,
the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- cross-
-
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- crores
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- Cromer
-
noun,
1st Earl of, Evelyn Baring.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- crests
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- careen
-
noun,
a careening.
- cremes
-
noun,
cream.
- Cremer
-
noun,
Sir William Randal, 1838–1908, English union organizer: Nobel Peace Prize 1903.
- career
-
noun,
an occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework:
- caress
-
noun,
an act or gesture expressing affection, as an embrace or kiss, especially a light stroking or touching.
- Tanner
-
noun,
a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.
- 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.
- tarso-
-
- storms
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- castes
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- CERMET
-
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.
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- cerate
-
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.
- cerat-
-
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- tenace
-
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.
- tenrec
-
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.
- Centre
-
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.
- centr-
-
- cestas
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Center
-
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.
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- tenons
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- censor
-
noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- censes
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- censer
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- ceases
-
noun,
cessation:
- cenote
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- Tenner
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- Cesena
-
noun,
a city in E central Italy.
- cetane
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- carses
-
noun,
bottom land.
- comers
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- contr.
-
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- tenses
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- Carter
-
noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- retro-
-
- Conant
-
noun,
James Bryant, 1893–1978, U.S. chemist and educator: president of Harvard University 1933–53.
- comtes
-
noun,
count2 .
- COMSAT
-
noun,
(often lowercase) a communications satellite.
- teamer
-
noun,
a teamster.
- teases
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- tensas
-
noun,
a river in NE Louisiana, flowing S to the Ouachita River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- comate
-
noun,
a mate or companion.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- coatee
-
noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- coasts
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- roasts
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- Storrs
-
noun,
a town in NE Connecticut.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- stores
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- stomas
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- ecarte
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- cannot
-
verb,
a form of ·can not.
- Cannes
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean Sea: resort; annual film festival.
- sterns
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Ecorse
-
noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- canner
-
noun,
a person who cans meat, fruit, etc., for preservation.
- steres
-
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- stenos
-
noun,
a stenographer.
- emotes
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- steno-
-
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- enamor
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- steers
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- encase
-
verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- cansos
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- ecrase
-
adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- Stones
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- scans
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- oasts
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- oases
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- Stans
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland.
- cases
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- tears
-
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- scat-
-
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- 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.
- scats
-
noun,
scat singing.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- annot
-
- anon.
-
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- 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.
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- teems
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- 30-30
-
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- emote
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- ster.
-
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- octa-
-
- sates
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- rect.
-
- 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.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- scams
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- Comte
-
noun,
count2 .
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- Tasso
-
noun,
Torquato [tawr-kwah-taw] /tɔrˈkwɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1544–95, Italian poet.
- Conan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- marcs
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- ecto-
-
- SCRAM
-
noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- Conn.
-
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- neons
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- conns
-
noun,
responsibility for the steering of a ship.
- arces
-
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.
- Cons.
-
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- nemos
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- noct-
-
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- Comer
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- COMAS
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- ante-
-
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- snots
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Scot.
-
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- nones
-
noun,
the fifth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the ninth hour of the day (or 3 p.m.).
- erron
-
- comes
-
noun,
Astronomy. companion1 (def 6).
- nonce
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- nona-
-
- comet
-
noun,
a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and gas that may form a tail that streams away from the sun.
- nomes
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- nomen
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the second name of a citizen, indicating his gens, as “Gaius Julius Caesar.”.
- SCOTS
-
noun,
Also called Scottish. the English language as spoken in Scotland.
Compare Scots Gaelic.
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- Comr.
-
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- Sarre
-
noun,
French name of Saar.
- Nemea
-
noun,
a valley in SE Greece, in ancient Argolis.
- Amer.
-
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- Manon
-
noun,
an opera (1884) by Jules Massenet.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- manor
-
noun,
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- Ramon
-
noun,
any of several tropical American trees belonging to the genus Brosimum, of the mulberry family, the leaves of which are used as forage, especially B. alicastrum, which bears the breadnut.
- Cameo
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- Ramee
-
noun,
Louise de la ("Ouida") 1839–1908, English novelist.
- cent.
-
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- ento-
-
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- racer
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- term.
-
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- teno-
-
- enema
-
noun,
the injection of a fluid into the rectum to cause a bowel movement.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- reams
-
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)
- rearm
-
verb (used with object),
to arm again.
- Tenn.
-
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rater
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- ameer
-
noun,
emir.
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- 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.
- rares
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- cames
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- rears
-
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- Cerro
-
noun,
a hill or peak.
- cert.
-
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- sarc-
-
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Storm
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Temne
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Sierra Leone.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- roars
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- Ancon
-
noun,
the elbow.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- astr.
-
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- Saros
-
noun,
the period of 223 synodic months, equaling 6585.32 days or 18 years, 11.32 days (or 10.32 days if 5 leap years occur in the interval), after which eclipses repeat but are shifted 120° west.
- ormer
-
noun,
an abalone, Haliotis tuberculata, living in waters of the Channel Islands.
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- Ceram
-
noun,
an island of the Moluccas in Indonesia, W of New Guinea. 7191 sq. mi. (18,625 sq. km).
- Starr
-
noun,
Belle (Myra Belle Shirley) 1848–89, U.S. outlaw and folk hero.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Ronan
-
noun,
a king who killed his son, Mael Fothartaigh, after his wife had falsely accused the boy of attempting to seduce her, and who was himself killed by the children of Mael Fothartaigh.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- aero-
-
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- treas
-
- SAMOS
-
noun,
a Greek island in the E Aegean. 194 sq. mi. (502 sq. km).
- oste-
-
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- acet-
-
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- AMORC
-
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- sanes
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Sans.
-
- tera-
-
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- cero-
-
- asst.
-
- Srta.
-
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- meson
-
noun,
Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- meso-
-
- mesne
-
adjective,
intermediate or intervening.
- mesas
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Meroe
-
noun,
a ruined city in Sudan, on the Nile, NE of Khartoum: a capital of ancient Ethiopia that was destroyed a.d. c350.
- asco-
-
- mero-
-
- meres
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- somas
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- creme
-
noun,
cream.
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- Canon
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical rule or law enacted by a council or other competent authority and, in the Roman Catholic Church, approved by the pope.
- Merca
-
noun,
a city in S Somalia.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- meta-
-
- cress
-
noun,
any of various plants of the mustard family, especially the watercress, having pungent-tasting leaves often used for salad and as a garnish.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- acro-
-
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- cream
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- Seres
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- 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.
- sero-
-
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- terr.
-
- atmo-
-
- Terra
-
noun,
earth; land.
- metr-
-
- metes
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- Carme
-
noun,
a small natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
- 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.
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- restr
-
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- crass
-
adjective,
without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity; gross; obtuse; stupid:
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- matr-
-
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- masts
-
noun,
Nautical.
a spar or structure rising above the hull and upper portions of a ship or boat to hold sails, spars, rigging, booms, signals, etc., at some point on the fore-and-aft line, as a foremast or mainmast.
any of a number of individual spars composing such a structure, as a topmast supported on trestletrees at the head of a lower mast.
any of various portions of a single spar that are beside particular sails, as a top-gallant mast and royal mast formed as a single spar.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- soars
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Asser
-
noun,
Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- crore
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- masse
-
noun,
a stroke made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held almost or quite perpendicular to the table.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- assn.
-
- Mason
-
noun,
a person whose trade is building with units of various natural or artificial mineral products, as stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or tiles, usually with the use of mortar or cement as a bonding agent.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- Cant.
-
- masc.
-
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Macon
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- macer
-
noun,
macebearer.
- mense
-
noun,
propriety; discretion.
- stome
-
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- meno-
-
- Menes
-
noun,
flourished c3200 b.c, traditionally the unifier and 1st king of Egypt: founder of the 1st dynasty.
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- meets
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- McRae
-
noun,
Carmen, 1920–94, U.S. jazz singer and songwriter.
- 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.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- maces
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- eases
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- Const
-
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- cores
-
- armor
-
noun,
any covering worn as a defense against weapons.
- corms
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- nano-
-
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- Essen
-
noun,
a city in W Germany: the chief city of the Ruhr River valley.
- Nance
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- seats
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- Names
-
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.
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- corer
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- Maroc
-
noun,
French name of Morocco.
- 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 .
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- corns
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- corr.
-
- secos
-
noun,
sekos.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- 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.
- sect.
-
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Neman
-
noun,
a river rising in central Byelorussia (Belarus), flowing W through Lithuania into the Baltic. 582 miles (937 km) long.
- seams
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- acmes
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- cont.
-
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- areo-
-
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- nears
-
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- econ.
-
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- actos
-
- Armen
-
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- naso-
-
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- maror
-
noun,
a portion of horseradish or other bitter herb that is eaten at the Seder meal on Passover.
- mast-
-
- seems
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- stoma
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- Estes
-
noun,
a male given name.
- soras
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- carom
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- morns
-
noun,
morning.
- acnes
-
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.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- costs
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Monte
-
noun,
Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Mont.
-
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- crams
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- 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:
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- 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.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- Moses
-
noun,
the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites out of Egypt and delivered the Law during their years of wandering in the wilderness.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- MSEnt
-
- seers
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- semen
-
noun,
the viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- stoas
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- mosts
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- retem
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- Rom.
-
- tron
-
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- RONA
-
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- roar
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- tRNA
-
- 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.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- Ste.
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- 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.
- SRAM
-
- Sra.
-
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- str.
-
- 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.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- SMSA
-
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Tasm
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- ten.
-
- 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.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- teas
-
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.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- ter.
-
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Sat.
-
- SASE
-
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Sams
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Samuel.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- Sam.
-
- Sacs
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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).
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- tonn
-
- seme
-
adjective,
covered with many small, identical figures.
- Sem.
-
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Seem
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- scr.
-
- Secs
-
noun,
second2 (def 2).
- sec.
-
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- 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.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- Moss
-
noun,
any tiny, leafy-stemmed, flowerless plant of the class Musci, reproducing by spores and growing in tufts, sods, or mats on moist ground, tree trunks, rocks, etc.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- Ceto
-
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- Cmon
-
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- cet-
-
- mRNA
-
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- cess
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- MSAE
-
- met.
-
- mere
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- Com.
-
- mes-
-
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- mess
-
noun,
a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition:
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- MNAS
-
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- moas
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- CMOS
-
noun,
complementary metal oxide semiconductor.
- Mon.
-
- CERN
-
- MSCE
-
- coma
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NCTE
-
- Carr
-
noun,
John Dickson, 1906–77, U.S. mystery writer.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- neem
-
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Can.
-
- cams
-
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.
- neo-
-
- neon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- 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.
- cen.
-
- msec
-
- MSEE
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- MSSc
-
- MSTS
-
- cene
-
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- ect-
-
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cat.
-
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- Cass
-
noun,
Lewis, 1782–1866, U.S. statesman.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- 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.
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- ment
-
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- cts.
-
- ctr.
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- eso-
-
- Cres
-
- est.
-
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- etc.
-
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- 1080
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- EEOC
-
- emes
-
noun,
friend.
- EMet
-
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- enc.
-
- ence
-
- Ens.
-
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ears
-
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.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- crat
-
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- come
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. semen.
- Con.
-
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Cor.
-
- Mass
-
noun,
a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size:
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- 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:
- MARC
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- meas
-
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- COMS
-
noun,
Trademark. Comedy Central: a cable television channel.
- 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:
- men-
-
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Mar.
-
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- coss
-
noun,
kos.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Cort
-
- 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-
-
- maco
-
noun,
an Egyptian cotton, used especially in the manufacture of hosiery and undergarments.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- corm
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Man.
-
- 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.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- 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.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ann.
-
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- ano-
-
- ant.
-
- 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.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- 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.
- OSSA
-
noun,
plural of os1 .
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- Arm.
-
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- amt.
-
- orra
-
adjective,
not regular or scheduled; odd:
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- arr.
-
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- Ont.
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- ance
-
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- 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)
- RNAS
-
- 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.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- 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.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- 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.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- acr-
-
- 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.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- aer-
-
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- aet.
-
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- asc-
-
- eco-
-
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- ASSR
-
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- nom.
-
- ates
-
- Oct.
-
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- ASTM
-
- non-
-
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- atm.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OEEC
-
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- nos-
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- 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.
- Nor.
-
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- not-
-
- ASME
-
- ator
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- cte
-
- CTA
-
- CSA
-
- CST
-
- CSR
-
- EOM
-
- CSO
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- eo-
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Ar.
-
- 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.
- ECM
-
- TSE
-
- 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.
- STM
-
- ECA
-
- ec-
-
- Am.
-
- ac-
-
- an.
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ct.
-
- ea.
-
- cs.
-
- cr.
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- Co.
-
- ca.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- CRS
-
- ear
-
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.
- Tro
-
- ean
-
- EAM
-
- CRT
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- TCA
-
- TCS
-
- 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.
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- TMO
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ASR
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ASN
-
- ASM
-
- CMA
-
- 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.
- ARS
-
- CNS
-
- CNO
-
- CNN
-
- CNM
-
- ase
-
- aor
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ACS
-
- AMC
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ae.
-
- AEC
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- AME
-
- ast
-
- CEA
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- AMS
-
- ATC
-
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- ANC
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- at.
-
- CEO
-
- 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.
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- EEC
-
- OEM
-
- OTC
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAS
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OCR
-
- sc.
-
- OCS
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- Oc.
-
- Om.
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- OSA
-
- NSC
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- SCS
-
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- NEC
-
- EEO
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- NES
-
- NSA
-
- 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:
- NMR
-
- NNE
-
- NOC
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- SCM
-
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- NRC
-
- SAR
-
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- NCO
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- RAS
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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.
- RCA
-
- RCN
-
- RCT
-
- REA
-
- Ree
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noun,
reeve3 .
- RMS
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plural,
ream.
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- 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.
- ROE
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noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROC
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noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- rm.
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plural,
ream.
- RMC
-
- RNA
-
- RNR
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- RMA
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- SRO
-
- ose
-
- San
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noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- OSS
-
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- SAE
-
- OTS
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- So.
-
- Re.
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSS
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- RCS
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- TSS
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ESA
-
- SRS
-
- Esc
-
- ese
-
- Sr.
-
- sot
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noun,
a drunkard.
- SOS
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noun,
any call for help:
- ESR
-
- ETO
-
- SSA
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- Me.
-
- Son
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noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- Mo.
-
- ROA
-
- MSC
-
- 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.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- ss.
-
- SSC
-
- Mao
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- EMR
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- EMT
-
- en-
-
- ene
-
- EOE
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- SSE
-
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- SST
-
- SSR
-
- SSN
-
- SSM
-
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Mc-
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- MNS
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- MRE
-
- MNA
-
- MNE
-
- MRA
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- MSN
-
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- 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).
- 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.
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- MOR
-
- MSA
-
- MSE
-
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- mtn
-
- MCR
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- MTS
-
- SMS
-
- MTO
-
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- Mt.
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- SMA
-
- MST
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- NM
-
- ee
-
- AO
-
- A.
-
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.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- N.
-
- RO
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- RN
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- TC
-
- SN
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TN
-
- NC
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- M.
-
- TM
-
- OA
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- MN
-
- CM
-
- R.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- O.
-
- SM
-
- SA
-
- S.
-
- T1
-
- t.
-
- RC
-
- CE
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .