Anagrams of reservationist
Word reservationist has
1971 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of reservationist.
- reversionist
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noun,
a person who advocates reverting to the conditions, customs, ideals, etc., of an earlier era.
- restoratives
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adjective,
serving to restore; pertaining to restoration.
- stationeries
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noun,
writing paper.
- restorative
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adjective,
serving to restore; pertaining to restoration.
- reservation
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noun,
the act of keeping back, withholding, or setting apart.
- nervosities
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noun,
the quality of being nervous; nervousness.
- striations
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noun,
striated condition or appearance.
- transistor
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noun,
Electronics. a semiconductor device that amplifies, oscillates, or switches the flow of current between two terminals by varying the current or voltage between one of the terminals and a third: although much smaller in size than a vacuum tube, it performs similar functions without requiring current to heat a cathode.
- reversions
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noun,
the act of turning something the reverse way.
- reinstates
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verb (used with object),
to put back or establish again, as in a former position or state:
- orientates
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verb (used with or without object),
orient (defs 4–12).
- novitiates
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noun,
the state or period of being a novice of a religious order or congregation.
- transverse
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adjective,
lying or extending across or in a cross direction; cross.
- transitive
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noun,
Grammar. transitive verb.
- rotisserie
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noun,
a small broiler with a motor-driven spit, for barbecuing fowl, beef, etc.
- travertine
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noun,
a form of limestone deposited by springs, especially hot springs, used in Italy for building.
- travesties
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noun,
a grotesque or debased likeness or imitation:
- iterations
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noun,
the act of repeating; a repetition.
- introverts
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noun,
a shy person.
- estivation
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noun,
Zoology. the act of estivating.
- arrivistes
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noun,
a person who has recently acquired unaccustomed status, wealth, or success, especially by dubious means and without earning concomitant esteem.
- venosities
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noun,
the state or quality of being venous.
- tertiaries
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Geology. the Tertiary Period or System.
- artistries
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noun,
artistic workmanship, effect, or quality.
- tanistries
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noun,
the system among various Celtic tribes of choosing a tanist.
- stationers
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noun,
a person who sells the materials used in writing, as paper, pens, pencils, and ink.
- sea-otter
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noun,
a marine otter, Enhydra lutris, of the shores of the northern Pacific, with a very valuable fur: now greatly reduced in number and rare in many areas.
- itinerate
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verb (used without object),
to go from place to place, especially in a regular circuit, as a preacher or judge.
- irritants
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noun,
anything that irritates.
- irritates
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verb (used with object),
to excite to impatience or anger; annoy.
- trinitro-
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- iteration
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noun,
the act of repeating; a repetition.
- sternites
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noun,
a sclerite of the sternum of an insect, especially a ventral sclerite of an abdominal segment.
- iterative
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adjective,
repeating; making repetition; repetitious.
- naiveties
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noun,
naiveté.
- tres-tine
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noun,
royal antler.
- inverters
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noun,
a person or thing that inverts.
- Neisseria
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noun,
any of several spherical bacteria of the genus Neisseria, certain species of which, as N. gonorrhoeae, are pathogenic for humans.
- stationer
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noun,
a person who sells the materials used in writing, as paper, pens, pencils, and ink.
- traverses
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noun,
the act of passing across, over, or through.
- tantivies
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noun,
a gallop; rush.
- sirventes
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noun,
a medieval poem or song of heroic or satirical character, as composed by a troubadour.
- invertors
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noun,
any muscle that turns a limb or part inward.
- invertase
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noun,
an enzyme, occurring in yeast and in the digestive juices of animals, that causes the inversion of cane sugar into invert sugar.
- traitress
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noun,
a woman who is a traitor.
- strainers
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noun,
a person or thing that strains.
- assertion
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noun,
a positive statement or declaration, often without support or reason:
- assertive
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adjective,
confidently aggressive or self-assured; positive: aggressive; dogmatic:
- enteritis
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noun,
Pathology. inflammation of the intestines, especially the small intestine.
- veratrine
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noun,
a white or grayish-white, slightly water-soluble, poisonous mixture of alkaloids obtained by extraction from the seeds of the sabadilla: formerly used in medicine as a counterirritant in the treatment of rheumatism and neuralgia.
- striation
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noun,
striated condition or appearance.
- estivates
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verb (used without object),
to spend the summer, as at a specific place or in a certain activity.
- straitens
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verb (used with object),
to put into difficulties, especially financial ones:
- vastities
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noun,
immensity; vastness.
- strontias
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noun,
Also called strontium oxide. a white or grayish-white, amorphous powder, SrO, resembling lime in its general character: used chiefly in the manufacture of strontium salts.
- varsities
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noun,
any first-string team, especially in sports, that represents a school, college, university, or the like:
- varistors
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noun,
a resistor whose resistance automatically varies in proportion to the voltage of the current through it.
- varieties
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noun,
the state of being varied or diversified:
- ostensive
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adjective,
clearly or manifestly demonstrative.
- intarsist
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noun,
a person who creates in or practices intarsia.
- interests
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noun,
the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something:
- introvert
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noun,
a shy person.
- sinistro-
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- novitiate
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noun,
the state or period of being a novice of a religious order or congregation.
- satieties
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noun,
the state of being satiated; surfeit.
- sensitive
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adjective,
endowed with sensation; having perception through the senses.
- seriation
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noun,
the arrangement of a collection of artifacts into a chronological sequence.
- re-strain
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verb (used with or without object),
to strain again.
- restraint
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noun,
a restraining action or influence:
- retainers
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noun,
a person or thing that retains.
- retinites
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noun,
any of various fossil resins, especially one derived from brown coal.
- retirants
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noun,
retiree.
- reversion
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noun,
the act of turning something the reverse way.
- senoritas
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- resonates
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verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- Teiresias
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noun,
Tiresias.
- ternaries
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noun,
a group of three.
- sea-rover
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noun,
a pirate.
- teratosis
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noun,
teratism (def 2).
- teosintes
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noun,
a tall grass, Zea mexicana, of Mexico and Central America, closely related to corn, and sometimes cultivated as a fodder plant.
- tensities
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noun,
the state of being tense; tenseness.
- tenorites
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noun,
a mineral, cupric oxide, CuO, occurring in veins of copper in black, minute scales.
- serotines
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- resistive
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adjective,
capable of or inclined to resistance; resisting.
- taverners
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noun,
the owner of a tavern.
- reinstate
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verb (used with object),
to put back or establish again, as in a former position or state:
- orientate
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verb (used with or without object),
orient (defs 4–12).
- sestertia
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noun,
a money of account of ancient Rome, equal to 1000 sesterces.
- ostiaries
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noun,
Also called doorkeeper, porter. Roman Catholic Church.
a member of the lowest-ranking of the four minor orders.
the order itself. Compare acolyte (def 2), exorcist (def 2), lector (def 2).
- overrates
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verb (used with object),
to rate or appraise too highly; overestimate:
- overstate
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verb (used with object),
to state too strongly; exaggerate:
- overtires
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verb (used with or without object),
to tire to the point of exhaustion; tire out.
- tirrivees
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noun,
a tantrum.
- servitors
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noun,
a person who is in or at the service of another; attendant.
- resistate
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noun,
any of the class of sediments, as sand or sandstone, consisting chiefly of minerals resistant to weathering.
- reiterant
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adjective,
reiterating or repeating, especially to an intensified degree:
- arteritis
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noun,
inflammation of an artery.
- reorients
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adjective,
Rare. rising anew.
- serration
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noun,
serrated condition or form.
- reservist
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noun,
a person who belongs to a reserve military force of a country.
- resinates
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- resistant
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noun,
a person or thing that resists.
- renovates
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adjective,
Archaic. renovated.
- eversions
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noun,
a turning or being turned outward or inside out.
- anteverts
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verb (used with object),
to displace (the uterus or other body organ) by tipping forward.
- anisettes
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noun,
a cordial or liqueur flavored with aniseed.
- visitants
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noun,
a temporary resident; visitor; guest.
- arriviste
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noun,
a person who has recently acquired unaccustomed status, wealth, or success, especially by dubious means and without earning concomitant esteem.
- arrestive
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adjective,
tending to arrest or take hold of the attention, interest, etc.
- arsenites
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- entities
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noun,
something that has a real existence; thing:
- rotative
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adjective,
rotating or pertaining to rotation.
- Oresteia
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noun,
a trilogy of tragic dramas (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus, consisting of the Agamemnon, the Choëphori, and the Eumenides.
- arsenite
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- rotaries
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noun,
a rotary device or machine.
- rostrate
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adjective,
furnished with a rostrum.
- Rossetti
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noun,
Christina Georgina, 1830–94, English poet.
- entreats
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verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- vanities
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noun,
excessive pride in one's appearance, qualities, abilities, achievements, etc.; character or quality of being vain; conceit:
- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- rosettes
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noun,
any arrangement, part, object, or formation more or less resembling a rose.
- toasters
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noun,
an instrument or appliance for toasting bread, muffins, etc.
- Tiverton
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noun,
a town in SE Rhode Island.
- rosaries
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noun,
Roman Catholic Church.
a series of prayers, usually consisting of 15 decades of aves, each decade being preceded by a paternoster and followed by a Gloria Patri, one of the mysteries or events in the life of Christ or the Virgin Mary being recalled at each decade.
a string of beads used for counting these prayers during their recitation.
a similar string of beads consisting of five decades.
- roisters
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verb (used without object),
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- 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.
- Ossetian
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noun,
an Osset.
- osteitis
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noun,
inflammation of the substance of bone.
- 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.
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- tentoria
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noun,
Anatomy. an extension of one of the membranes covering the cerebrum which, with the transverse fissure, separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum.
- vitiates
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verb (used with object),
to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil.
- savories
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noun,
British. an aromatic, often spicy course or dish served either as an appetizer or as a dessert, as pickled fish or brandied fruit.
- versants
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noun,
a slope of a mountain or mountain chain.
- nitrites
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitrous acid.
- aortitis
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noun,
inflammation of the aorta.
- earnests
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noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- vitrains
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noun,
the material of which the friable, vitreous layers in banded bituminous coal are composed.
- verniers
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noun,
Also, vernier scale. a small, movable, graduated scale running parallel to the fixed graduated scale of a sextant, theodolite, barometer, etc., and used for measuring a fractional part of one of the divisions of the fixed scale.
- noisette
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noun,
a loin, fillet, or other lean section of meat:
- airiness
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noun,
openness to the air:
- teniasis
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noun,
taeniasis.
- inertias
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- teosinte
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noun,
a tall grass, Zea mexicana, of Mexico and Central America, closely related to corn, and sometimes cultivated as a fodder plant.
- tenorist
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noun,
a person who sings tenor.
- satirist
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noun,
a writer of satires.
- satinets
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noun,
a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- trainers
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noun,
a person or thing that trains.
- tenorite
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noun,
a mineral, cupric oxide, CuO, occurring in veins of copper in black, minute scales.
- sarsenet
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noun,
sarcenet.
- sanities
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noun,
the state of being sane; soundness of mind.
- verities
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noun,
the state or quality of being true; accordance with fact or reality:
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- rivieres
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noun,
a necklace of diamonds or other gems, especially in more than one string.
- antrorse
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adjective,
bent or directed forward or upward.
- riverine
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adjective,
of or relating to a river.
- rivieras
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noun,
a resort area along the Mediterranean coast, extending from Saint Tropez, in SE France, to La Spezia, in NW Italy.
French Côte d'Azur.
- anterior
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adjective,
situated before or at the front of; fore (opposed to posterior).
- restates
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verb (used with object),
to state again or in a new way.
- varistor
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noun,
a resistor whose resistance automatically varies in proportion to the voltage of the current through it.
- resonate
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verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- resistor
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noun,
a device designed to introduce resistance into an electric circuit.
- rarities
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noun,
something rare, unusual, or uncommon:
- visitant
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noun,
a temporary resident; visitor; guest.
- essonite
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noun,
Mineralogy. a variety of grossularite garnet.
- resinate
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- estivate
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verb (used without object),
to spend the summer, as at a specific place or in a certain activity.
- tirrivee
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noun,
a tantrum.
- reorient
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adjective,
Rare. rising anew.
- rentiers
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noun,
a person who has a fixed income, as from lands or bonds.
- estovers
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plural noun,
necessaries allowed by law, as wood and timber to a tenant or alimony to a spouse.
- estreats
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noun,
a true copy or extract of an original writing or record, as of a fine.
- ratteens
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noun,
ratiné.
- renovate
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adjective,
Archaic. renovated.
- tetanies
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noun,
a state marked by severe, intermittent tonic contractions and muscular pain, due to abnormal calcium metabolism.
- 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.
- antevert
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verb (used with object),
to displace (the uterus or other body organ) by tipping forward.
- Tiresias
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noun,
a blind prophet, usually said to have been blinded because he saw Athena bathing, and then to have been awarded the gift of prophecy as a consolation for his blindness.
- restores
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verb (used with object),
to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish:
- erasions
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noun,
the act of erasing.
- overrate
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verb (used with object),
to rate or appraise too highly; overestimate:
- nitrates
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- ovaritis
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noun,
oophoritis.
- evertors
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noun,
a muscle that turns a part toward the outside.
- terrines
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noun,
a casserole dish made of pottery.
- tertians
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noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- overeats
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verb (used with object),
to eat more than is good for (oneself):
- revision
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noun,
the act or work of revising.
- eversion
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noun,
a turning or being turned outward or inside out.
- retsinas
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- re-treat
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verb (used with or without object),
to treat again.
- restrain
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verb (used with object),
to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress:
- overseas
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noun,
(used with a singular verb) countries or territories across the sea or ocean.
- retrains
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verb (used with object),
to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
- evasions
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noun,
an act or instance of escaping, avoiding, or shirking something:
- oversets
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noun,
the act or fact of oversetting; upset; overturn.
- retirant
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noun,
retiree.
- retinite
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noun,
any of various fossil resins, especially one derived from brown coal.
- overtire
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verb (used with or without object),
to tire to the point of exhaustion; tire out.
- retainer
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noun,
a person or thing that retains.
- anisette
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noun,
a cordial or liqueur flavored with aniseed.
- senorita
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- inessive
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noun,
the inessive case.
- vitrines
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noun,
a glass cabinet or case, especially for displaying art objects.
- sirvente
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noun,
a medieval poem or song of heroic or satirical character, as composed by a troubadour.
- strontia
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noun,
Also called strontium oxide. a white or grayish-white, amorphous powder, SrO, resembling lime in its general character: used chiefly in the manufacture of strontium salts.
- snorters
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noun,
a person or thing that snorts.
- introits
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noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a part of a psalm with antiphon recited by the celebrant of the Mass at the foot of the altar and, at High Mass, sung by the choir when the priest begins the Mass.
- navettes
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noun,
a gem, usually not a diamond, cut as a marquise.
- intreats
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verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- treasons
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noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- tritones
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noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- introrse
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adjective,
turned or facing inward, as anthers that open toward the gynoecium.
- Tritonis
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noun,
(in ancient geography) a mythical lake near the Mediterranean coast of Libya.
- strainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that strains.
- irritate
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verb (used with object),
to excite to impatience or anger; annoy.
- sinister
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adjective,
threatening or portending evil, harm, or trouble; ominous:
- artistes
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noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- Interior
-
noun,
the internal or inner part; inside.
- tarsiers
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noun,
a small, arboreal, nocturnal primate of the genus Tarsius, of Indonesia and the Philippines, having a long thin tail, very large immobile eyes, and prominent pads on the fingers and toes: all populations are dwindling.
- treaties
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noun,
a formal agreement between two or more states in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other international relations.
- Taverner
-
noun,
the owner of a tavern.
- sternite
-
noun,
a sclerite of the sternum of an insect, especially a ventral sclerite of an abdominal segment.
- invertor
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noun,
any muscle that turns a limb or part inward.
- iterates
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verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- inverter
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noun,
a person or thing that inverts.
- stations
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noun,
a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- votaries
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noun,
a person who is bound by solemn religious vows, as a monk or a nun.
- stentors
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noun,
(in the Iliad) a Greek herald with a loud voice.
- starters
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noun,
a person or thing that starts.
- treatise
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noun,
a formal and systematic exposition in writing of the principles of a subject, generally longer and more detailed than an essay.
- inverses
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noun,
an inverted state or condition.
- isostere
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noun,
Chemistry. a compound isosteric with one or more other compounds.
- naivetes
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noun,
the quality or state of being naive; natural or artless simplicity.
- votaress
-
noun,
a woman who is a votary.
- Asnieres
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noun,
a city in N central France, near Paris.
- stertors
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noun,
a heavy snoring sound accompanying respiration in certain diseases.
- vineries
-
noun,
a place or enclosure in which vines, especially grapevines, are grown.
- arenites
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noun,
psammite.
- vestries
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noun,
a room in or a building attached to a church, in which the vestments, and sometimes liturgical objects, are kept; sacristy.
- stearins
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- Streator
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noun,
a city in N Illinois.
- Vittoria
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Victoria.
- serrates
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adjective,
Chiefly Biology. notched on the edge like a saw:
- 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.
- ironists
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noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- serotine
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- transits
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noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- niteries
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noun,
a nightclub.
- arterio-
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- arsonist
-
noun,
a person who commits arson.
- versions
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noun,
a particular account of some matter, as from one person or source, contrasted with some other account:
- sentries
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noun,
a soldier stationed at a place to stand guard and prevent the passage of unauthorized persons, watch for fires, etc., especially a sentinel stationed at a pass, gate, opening in a defense work, or the like.
- striates
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adjective,
striated.
- versines
-
noun,
versed sine.
- sensoria
-
noun,
a part of the brain or the brain itself regarded as the seat of sensation.
- versiera
-
noun,
witch of Agnesi.
- arteries
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noun,
Anatomy. a blood vessel that conveys blood from the heart to any part of the body.
- instates
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verb (used with object),
to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- Averroes
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noun,
1126?–98, Arab philosopher in Spain.
- interest
-
noun,
the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something:
- irritant
-
noun,
anything that irritates.
- tea-rose
-
noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- aversion
-
noun,
a strong feeling of dislike, opposition, repugnance, or antipathy (usually followed by to):
- servitor
-
noun,
a person who is in or at the service of another; attendant.
- straiten
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verb (used with object),
to put into difficulties, especially financial ones:
- traverse
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noun,
the act of passing across, over, or through.
- tritons
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- overset
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noun,
the act or fact of oversetting; upset; overturn.
- iterate
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verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- trienes
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- iterant
-
adjective,
characterized by repetition; repeating.
- ironies
-
noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- ratites
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- Trieste
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Italy, on the Gulf of Trieste.
- ironist
-
noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- Rainier
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic peak in W Washington, in the Cascade Range. 14,408 feet (4392 meters).
- tritone
-
noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- isatins
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- ratteen
-
noun,
ratiné.
- trioses
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- Tristan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Tristram.
- rasters
-
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.
- isation
-
- tinters
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- aristo-
-
- natives
-
noun,
Sometimes Offensive. one of the people indigenous to a place or country, especially as distinguished from strangers, foreigners, colonizers, etc.:
- Treviso
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy.
- Travers
-
noun,
P(amela) L. 1899–1996, Australian writer, especially of children's stories, in England.
- arenose
-
adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- Torenia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- 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.
- torrent
-
noun,
a stream of water flowing with great rapidity and violence.
- notates
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- nestors
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- Trainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that trains.
- tranter
-
noun,
a peddler, hawker, or carrier using a horse and cart.
- Orestes
-
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.
- norites
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- ratters
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that catches rats, as a terrier or a cat.
- traitor
-
noun,
a person who betrays another, a cause, or any trust.
- Niteroi
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in SE Brazil.
- aorists
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- nitrate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- Transit
-
noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- nervate
-
adjective,
(of leaves) having veins.
- Oriente
-
noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- oversea
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) countries or territories across the sea or ocean.
- nasties
-
noun,
Informal. a nasty person or thing.
- ivories
-
noun,
the hard white substance, a variety of dentin, composing the main part of the tusks of the elephant, walrus, etc.
- overran
-
noun,
an act or instance of overrunning.
- Trevino
-
noun,
Lee ("Super Mex") born 1939, U.S. golfer.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- overeat
-
verb (used with object),
to eat more than is good for (oneself):
- overate
-
verb,
simple past tense of overeat.
- naivete
-
noun,
the quality or state of being naive; natural or artless simplicity.
- ovaries
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the female gonad or reproductive gland, in which the ova and the hormones that regulate female secondary sex characteristics develop.
- tisanes
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- travois
-
noun,
a transport device, formerly used by the Plains Indians, consisting of two poles joined by a frame and drawn by an animal.
- nitrite
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitrous acid.
- natters
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- Ossetia
-
noun,
a region in Caucasia: divided between North Ossetia of the Russian Federation and the South Ossetian Autonomous Region of the Georgian Republic.
- titians
-
noun,
(Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.
- navette
-
noun,
a gem, usually not a diamond, cut as a marquise.
- toaster
-
noun,
an instrument or appliance for toasting bread, muffins, etc.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- arsines
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- tessera
-
noun,
one of the small pieces used in mosaic work.
- rattons
-
noun,
a rat.
- Sievert
-
noun,
the standard unit in the International System of Units (SI) of dose equivalent having the same biological effect as one joule of x-rays per kilogram of recipient mass (or one gray):
Abbreviation: Sv.
- sovrans
-
noun, adjective,
sovereign.
- sorites
-
noun,
a form of argument having several premises and one conclusion, capable of being resolved into a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each of which is a premise of the next.
- tarries
-
noun,
a stay; sojourn.
- soirees
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- snorter
-
noun,
a person or thing that snorts.
- tartine
-
noun,
a fancy French open-faced sandwich topped with spreadable ingredients.
- Tartini
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1692–1770, Italian violinist and composer.
- Sistine
-
adjective,
of or relating to any pope named Sixtus.
- Vorster
-
noun,
Balthazar Johannes, 1915–83, South African political leader: prime minister 1966–78; president 1978–79.
- sirrees
-
noun,
(used as an intensive with no or yes):
- tasters
-
noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- sinters
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Sievers
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ du ɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1850–1932, German philologist.
- tanists
-
noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- sierras
-
noun,
a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
- sestina
-
noun,
a poem of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy, originally without rhyme, in which each stanza repeats the end words of the lines of the first stanza, but in different order, the envoy using the six words again, three in the middle of the lines and three at the end.
- Servite
-
noun,
a member of an order of mendicant friars, founded in Florence in 1233, engaged in fostering devotion to the Virgin Mary.
- servers
-
noun,
a person who serves.
- servant
-
noun,
a person employed by another, especially to perform domestic duties.
- serries
-
verb (used with or without object),
to crowd closely together.
- serrate
-
adjective,
Chiefly Biology. notched on the edge like a saw:
- Serrano
-
noun,
a small, green or reddish, extremely hot chili pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum annuum used in cooking.
- serines
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- seriate
-
adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- sereins
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- teasers
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- tansies
-
noun,
any of several composite plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially a strong-scented, weedy, Old World herb, T. vulgare, having flat-topped clusters of tubular yellow flowers.
- Staines
-
noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, on the Thames River near Heathrow airport.
- vitrine
-
noun,
a glass cabinet or case, especially for displaying art objects.
- Stevens
-
noun,
Alfred, 1817–75, English painter and sculptor.
- striate
-
adjective,
striated.
- streets
-
noun,
a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
- strato-
-
- strati-
-
- straits
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- strains
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- votress
-
noun,
a votaress.
- stovers
-
noun,
coarse roughage used as feed for livestock.
- strives
-
noun,
vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism:
- stories
-
noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- stoners
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- stivers
-
noun,
Also, stuiver. a former nickel coin of the Netherlands, equal to five Dutch cents.
- Stetson
-
- starets
-
noun,
a religious teacher or counselor.
- stertor
-
noun,
a heavy snoring sound accompanying respiration in certain diseases.
- sterno-
-
- stereo-
-
- Stentor
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) a Greek herald with a loud voice.
- Steiner
-
noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- steato-
-
- stearo-
-
- stearin
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- stators
-
noun,
Electricity, Machinery. a portion of a machine that remains fixed with respect to rotating parts, especially the collection of stationary parts in the magnetic circuits of a machine.
Compare rotor (def 1).
- stative
-
adjective,
(of a verb) expressing a state or condition, as like, want, or believe, and usually used in simple, not progressive, tenses:
- station
-
noun,
a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- staters
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- starter
-
noun,
a person or thing that starts.
- sensate
-
adjective,
perceiving or perceived through the senses.
- 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.
- reasons
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- retires
-
noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- terrine
-
noun,
a casserole dish made of pottery.
- ritters
-
noun,
a knight.
- tertian
-
noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- trivets
-
noun,
a small metal plate with short legs, especially one put under a hot platter or dish to protect a table.
- revises
-
noun,
an act of revising.
- revests
-
verb (used with object),
to vest (a person) again, as with ownership or office; reinvest; reinstate.
- reverts
-
noun,
a person or thing that reverts.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- testers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tests.
- retreat
-
noun,
the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
- retrain
-
verb (used with object),
to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
- retorts
-
noun,
a severe, incisive, or witty reply, especially one that counters a first speaker's statement, argument, etc.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Riviera
-
noun,
a resort area along the Mediterranean coast, extending from Saint Tropez, in SE France, to La Spezia, in NW Italy.
French Côte d'Azur.
- restore
-
verb (used with object),
to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish:
- restive
-
adjective,
impatient of control, restraint, or delay, as persons; restless; uneasy.
- restate
-
verb (used with object),
to state again or in a new way.
- re-sort
-
verb (used with object),
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- visitor
-
noun,
a person who visits, as for reasons of friendship, business, duty, travel, or the like.
- anoesis
-
noun,
a state of mind consisting of pure sensation or emotion without cognitive content.
- resents
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- reseats
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- testons
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, equal at various times to between 10 and 14½ sols, bearing on the obverse a bust of the reigning king.
- antero-
-
- rentier
-
noun,
a person who has a fixed income, as from lands or bonds.
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- terries
-
noun,
the loop formed by the pile of a fabric when left uncut.
- riviere
-
noun,
a necklace of diamonds or other gems, especially in more than one string.
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- tenters
-
noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- seiners
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- seaters
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- tarsier
-
noun,
a small, arboreal, nocturnal primate of the genus Tarsius, of Indonesia and the Philippines, having a long thin tail, very large immobile eyes, and prominent pads on the fingers and toes: all populations are dwindling.
- vitrain
-
noun,
the material of which the friable, vitreous layers in banded bituminous coal are composed.
- Teniers
-
noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- satoris
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- satinet
-
noun,
a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- Vitoria
-
noun,
Francisco de [frahn-th ees-kaw th e] /frɑnˈðis kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), c1480–1546, Spanish scholar and theologian.
- sateens
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- santirs
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- tensive
-
adjective,
stretching or straining.
- tensors
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- vitiate
-
verb (used with object),
to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil.
- terrets
-
noun,
one of the round loops or rings on the saddle of a harness, through which the driving reins pass.
- rotters
-
noun,
a thoroughly bad, worthless, or objectionable person.
- rotates
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- rosters
-
noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- Rossini
-
noun,
Gioacchino Antonio [jaw-ahk-kee-naw ahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌdʒɔ ɑkˈki nɔ ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1792–1868, Italian composer.
- Ternate
-
noun,
an island in E Indonesia, W of Halmahera: important source of spices. 53 sq. mi. (137 sq. km).
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- Rosette
-
noun,
any arrangement, part, object, or formation more or less resembling a rose.
- Rosetta
-
noun,
a town in N Egypt, at a mouth of the Nile.
- roseate
-
adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- roister
-
verb (used without object),
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- roaster
-
noun,
a contrivance for roasting something, as an oven, a pan for roasting meat, or a machine for roasting coffee beans.
- terrain
-
noun,
a tract of land, especially as considered with reference to its natural features, military advantages, etc.
- terrane
-
noun,
any rock formation or series of formations or the area in which a particular formation or group of rocks is predominant.
- ironers
-
noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- raisins
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- evertor
-
noun,
a muscle that turns a part toward the outside.
- enviers
-
noun,
a person who feels envy.
- vinasse
-
noun,
the residuum in a still after distillation; slop.
- ventri-
-
- Introit
-
noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a part of a psalm with antiphon recited by the celebrant of the Mass at the foot of the altar and, at High Mass, sung by the choir when the priest begins the Mass.
- Ventris
-
noun,
Michael George Francis, 1922–56, English architect and linguist.
- virosis
-
noun,
infection with a virus.
- ventro-
-
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- Venetia
-
noun,
an ancient district in NE Italy: later a Roman province bounded by the Alps, the Po River, and the Adriatic Sea.
- entries
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- erasers
-
noun,
a device, as a piece of rubber or cloth, for erasing marks made with pen, pencil, chalk, etc.
- entreat
-
verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- inverse
-
noun,
an inverted state or condition.
- entires
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- veteran
-
noun,
a person who has had long service or experience in an occupation, office, or the like:
- aristos
-
noun,
aristocrat.
- Vernier
-
noun,
Also, vernier scale. a small, movable, graduated scale running parallel to the fixed graduated scale of a sextant, theodolite, barometer, etc., and used for measuring a fractional part of one of the divisions of the fixed scale.
- entero-
-
- inverts
-
noun,
a person or thing that is inverted.
- entasis
-
noun,
a slight convexity given to a column or tower, as to correct an optical illusion.
- intreat
-
verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- attorns
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- arseno-
-
- tsarist
-
noun,
an adherent of a czar or of czarism.
- erosive
-
adjective,
serving to erode; causing erosion.
- inserts
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- Avertin
-
- version
-
noun,
a particular account of some matter, as from one person or source, contrasted with some other account:
- instars
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- versine
-
noun,
versed sine.
- instate
-
verb (used with object),
to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- Eritrea
-
noun,
a republic in NE Africa, on the Red Sea: Italian colony 1890–1941; province of Ethiopia 1962–93; independent since 1993. 47,076 sq. mi. (121,927 sq. km). Capital: Asmara.
- 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.
- versets
-
noun,
Prosody. a brief verse, especially from Scripture.
- virions
-
noun,
the infectious form of a virus as it exists outside the host cell, consisting of a nucleic acid core, a protein coat, and, in some species, an external envelope.
- Estonia
-
noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- versant
-
noun,
a slope of a mountain or mountain chain.
- estreat
-
noun,
a true copy or extract of an original writing or record, as of a fine.
- venters
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
the abdomen or belly.
a bellylike cavity or concavity.
a bellylike protuberance.
- Ventose
-
noun,
(in the French Revolutionary calendar) the sixth month of the year, extending from February 19 to March 20.
- trovers
-
noun,
an action for the recovery of the value of personal property wrongfully converted by another to his or her own use.
- estrins
-
noun,
estrone.
- easiest
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- etesian
-
adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- inertia
-
noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- invites
-
noun,
Informal. an invitation.
- evasion
-
noun,
an act or instance of escaping, avoiding, or shirking something:
- veritas
-
noun,
truth.
- attires
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- arteri-
-
- Vereins
-
noun,
a union, association, or society.
- veriest
-
adverb,
in a high degree; extremely; exceedingly:
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- artiste
-
noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- arrests
-
noun,
the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- verites
-
noun,
truth; truthfulness.
- invests
-
verb (used with object),
to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
- easters
-
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.
- Eastern
-
adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- Ettarre
-
noun,
the vain and heartless lady beloved by Sir Pelleas.
- vario-
-
- Tassie
-
noun,
tass.
- Vatter
-
noun,
a lake in S Sweden. 80 miles (130 km) long; 733 sq. mi. (1900 sq. km).
- 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.
- averse
-
adjective,
having a strong feeling of opposition, antipathy, repugnance, etc.; opposed:
- sirree
-
noun,
(used as an intensive with no or yes):
- Sister
-
noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- 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 .
- Servia
-
noun,
former name of Serbia.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- Sisera
-
noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- renvoi
-
noun,
the expulsion by a government of an alien, especially a foreign diplomat, from the country.
- Evarts
-
noun,
William Maxwell, 1818–1901, U.S. lawyer and statesman.
- ovines
-
adjective,
pertaining to, of the nature of, or like sheep.
- estate
-
noun,
a piece of landed property, especially one of large extent with an elaborate house on it:
- resets
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- tasset
-
noun,
either of two pieces of plate armor hanging from the fauld to protect the upper parts of the thighs.
- aniso-
-
- series
-
noun,
a group or a number of related or similar things, events, etc., arranged or occurring in temporal, spatial, or other order or succession; sequence.
- Veneti
-
noun,
Also, Venetia. Also called Veneto [ve-ne-taw] /ˈvɛ nɛ tɔ/ (Show IPA). a region in NE Italy. 7095 sq. mi. (18,375 sq. km).
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- testis
-
noun,
the male gonad or reproductive gland, either of two oval glands located in the scrotum.
- anises
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- serins
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- Ervine
-
noun,
St. John Greer [greer] /grɪər/ (Show IPA), 1883–1971, Irish dramatist and novelist.
- arrest
-
noun,
the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- serosa
-
noun,
Embryology, Zoology.
the chorion.
a similar membrane in insects and other lower invertebrates.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- Server
-
noun,
a person who serves.
- avisos
-
noun,
a boat used especially for carrying dispatches; dispatch boat.
- teston
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, equal at various times to between 10 and 14½ sols, bearing on the obverse a bust of the reigning king.
- resort
-
noun,
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
- sitars
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- versts
-
noun,
a Russian measure of distance equivalent to 3500 feet or 0.6629 mile or 1.067 kilometers.
- averts
-
verb (used with object),
to turn away or aside:
- veenas
-
noun,
vina.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- essive
-
noun,
the essive case.
- essoin
-
noun,
(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
- resist
-
noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- Averno
-
noun,
a crater lake in S Italy, near Naples and the Tyrrhenian Sea, thought by ancients to be the entrance to the underworld.
- renter
-
noun,
a person or organization that holds, or has the use of, property by payment of rent.
- attorn
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- aeron.
-
- sevier
-
noun,
John, 1745–1815, U.S. Revolutionary War soldier and politician: first governor of Tennessee.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Ravens
-
noun,
any of several large, corvine birds having lustrous, black plumage and a loud, harsh call, especially Corvus corax, of the New and Old Worlds.
- sevens
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 6 plus 1.
- tinter
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- arrive
-
noun,
a person who has swiftly gained wealth, status, success, or fame.
- ratton
-
noun,
a rat.
- Severn
-
noun,
a river in Great Britain, flowing from central Wales through W England into the Bristol Channel. 210 miles (338 km) long.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- ratter
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that catches rats, as a terrier or a cat.
- severs
-
verb (used with object),
to separate (a part) from the whole, as by cutting or the like.
- sevres
-
noun,
a suburb of Paris in N France.
- ravins
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
raven2 .
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- tavern
-
noun,
a place where liquors are sold to be consumed on the premises.
- 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.
- ratite
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- Sierra
-
noun,
a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
- taters
-
noun,
potato.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- Vestas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of the hearth, worshiped in a temple containing an altar on which a sacred fire was kept burning by the vestal virgins: identified with the Greek Hestia.
- siesta
-
noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- ravine
-
noun,
a narrow steep-sided valley commonly eroded by running water.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- taster
-
noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- Renoir
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1894–1979, French film director and writer.
- raters
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- 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).
- servo-
-
- servos
-
noun,
Informal. servomechanism.
- sestet
-
noun,
Prosody. the last six lines of a sonnet in the Italian form, considered as a unit.
Compare octave (def 4a).
- tetra-
-
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- sirees
-
noun,
sirree.
- setons
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- Reiner
-
noun,
Fritz, 1888–1963, Hungarian conductor in the U.S.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- tetras
-
noun,
any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
- raises
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- raisin
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- reests
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- setose
-
adjective,
covered with setae or bristles; bristly.
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- setter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sets.
- set-to
-
noun,
a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
- tastes
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- sirens
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- trivia
-
noun,
(in Roman religion) Hecate: so called because she was the goddess of the crossroads.
- testes
-
noun,
plural of testis.
- enter-
-
- savors
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
- rovers
-
noun,
a person who roves; wanderer.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- rottes
-
noun,
rote2 .
- enosis
-
noun,
a movement for securing the political union of Greece and Cyprus.
- rotter
-
noun,
a thoroughly bad, worthless, or objectionable person.
- rotten
-
adjective,
decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
- Verein
-
noun,
a union, association, or society.
- easies
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- rotate
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- 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.
- 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:
- rostra
-
noun,
a plural of rostrum.
- tenets
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- roster
-
noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- Rosser
-
noun,
a logger who peels the bark from, and often smooths one side of, a log so that it may be dragged easily.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- Verona
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- rosins
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- terat-
-
- Vernet
-
noun,
Claude Joseph [klohd zhaw-zef] /kloʊd ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1714–89, French painter.
- envier
-
noun,
a person who feels envy.
- sansei
-
noun,
a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. or Canada.
- Sartre
-
noun,
Jean-Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ˈpɔl/ (Show IPA), 1905–80, French philosopher, novelist, and dramatist: declined 1964 Nobel Prize in literature.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- sarsen
-
noun,
any of numerous large sandstone blocks or fragments found in south-central England, probably remnants of eroded Tertiary beds.
- sarees
-
noun,
sari.
- Verner
-
noun,
Karl Adolph [kahrl ah-dolf] /kɑrl ˈɑ dɒlf/ (Show IPA), 1846–96, Danish linguist.
- tenses
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- Santos
-
noun,
a seaport in S Brazil: world's largest coffee-exporting port.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- satins
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- Savoie
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2389 sq. mi. (6185 sq. km). Capital: Chambéry.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- sanies
-
noun,
a thin, often greenish, serous fluid that is discharged from ulcers, wounds, etc.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- saints
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- 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.
- verite
-
noun,
truth; truthfulness.
- tenter
-
noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- tentie
-
adjective,
tenty.
- savins
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus sabina, of Europe and Asia.
- Savior
-
noun,
a person who saves, rescues, or delivers:
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- arsen-
-
- rosets
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- tester
-
noun,
a person or thing that tests.
- sensor
-
noun,
a mechanical device sensitive to light, temperature, radiation level, or the like, that transmits a signal to a measuring or control instrument.
- Tessin
-
noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- Erivan
-
noun,
Yerevan.
- revise
-
noun,
an act of revising.
- revets
-
verb (used with object),
to face, as an embankment, with masonry or other material.
- virion
-
noun,
the infectious form of a virus as it exists outside the host cell, consisting of a nucleic acid core, a protein coat, and, in some species, an external envelope.
- revest
-
verb (used with object),
to vest (a person) again, as with ownership or office; reinvest; reinstate.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- revert
-
noun,
a person or thing that reverts.
- serais
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- revers
-
noun,
a part of a garment turned back to show the lining or facing, as a lapel.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- verset
-
noun,
Prosody. a brief verse, especially from Scripture.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- avoir.
-
- retro-
-
- venose
-
adjective,
having many or prominent veins.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- errant
-
adjective,
deviating from the regular or proper course; erring; straying.
- retort
-
noun,
a severe, incisive, or witty reply, especially one that counters a first speaker's statement, argument, etc.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- retire
-
noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- visits
-
noun,
the act of or an instance of visiting:
- Venite
-
noun,
the 95th Psalm (94th in the Vulgate and Douay), used as a canticle at matins or morning prayers.
- versos
-
noun,
a left-hand page of an open book or manuscript (opposed to recto).
- Tessie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- rinses
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Seaver
-
noun,
(George) Thomas ("Tom"; "Tom Terrific") born 1944, U.S. baseball pitcher.
- eraser
-
noun,
a device, as a piece of rubber or cloth, for erasing marks made with pen, pencil, chalk, etc.
- envies
-
noun,
a feeling of discontent or covetousness with regard to another's advantages, success, possessions, etc.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- seines
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- 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.
- seisin
-
noun,
seizin.
- eosins
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- terras
-
noun,
earth; land.
- terret
-
noun,
one of the round loops or rings on the saddle of a harness, through which the driving reins pass.
- 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.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- erases
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- 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.
- rivets
-
noun,
a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- Rivera
-
noun,
Diego [dye-gaw] /ˈdyɛ gɔ/ (Show IPA), 1886–1957, Mexican painter.
- 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.
- irises
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- ventr-
-
- Erevan
-
noun,
Yerevan.
- Ritter
-
noun,
a knight.
- Terris
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- risers
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- verses
-
noun,
(not in technical use) a stanza.
- venter
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
the abdomen or belly.
a bellylike cavity or concavity.
a bellylike protuberance.
- teases
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tensas
-
noun,
a river in NE Louisiana, flowing S to the Ouachita River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- Stevia
-
noun,
a South American perennial shrub, Stevia rebaudiana, having small, white flowers and sweet-tasting leaves.
- stanes
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- invars
-
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- stares
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Trento
-
noun,
Italian name of Trent.
- strove
-
verb,
simple past tense of strive.
- Stevin
-
noun,
Simon [see-mawn] /ˈsi mɔn/ (Show IPA), 1548–1620, Dutch mathematician and physicist.
- notate
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- 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.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- starts
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- starve
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to starve; kill, weaken, or reduce by lack of food.
- Steven
-
noun,
a male given name.
- stater
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- Norris
-
noun,
Charles Gilman, 1881–1945, U.S. novelist and editor.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- invert
-
noun,
a person or thing that is inverted.
- vision
-
noun,
the act or power of sensing with the eyes; sight.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- astro-
-
- stoats
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- Soviet
-
noun,
(before the revolution) any governmental council.
(after the revolution) a local council, originally elected only by manual workers, with certain powers of local administration.
(after the revolution) a higher council elected by a local council, being part of a hierarchy of soviets culminating in the Supreme Soviet.
- sovran
-
noun, adjective,
sovereign.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- triers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- Vetter
-
noun,
Vätter.
- Travis
-
noun,
William Barret, 1809–36, U.S. soldier: commander during the battle of the Alamo.
- astron
-
- tanist
-
noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- taints
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- 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.
- Trevor
-
noun,
William (William Trevor Cox) born 1928, Irish short-story writer and novelist.
- stains
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- tortes
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- stiver
-
noun,
Also, stuiver. a former nickel coin of the Netherlands, equal to five Dutch cents.
- stints
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- native
-
noun,
Sometimes Offensive. one of the people indigenous to a place or country, especially as distinguished from strangers, foreigners, colonizers, etc.:
- viator
-
noun,
a wayfarer; traveler.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- steno-
-
- instr.
-
- steers
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- treasr
-
- Nevers
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nièvre, in central France, on the Loire River: Romanesque church.
- intra-
-
- Neisse
-
noun,
a river in N Europe, flowing N from the NW Czech Republic along part of the boundary between Germany and Poland to the Oder River. 145 miles (233 km) long.
- assert
-
Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- steins
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- troves
-
noun,
a collection of objects.
- sterns
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- niseis
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- stenos
-
noun,
a stenographer.
- inter.
-
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- Nessie
-
noun,
Loch Ness monster.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- voters
-
noun,
a person who votes.
- assent
-
noun,
agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- steres
-
- navies
-
noun,
the whole body of warships and auxiliaries belonging to a country or ruler.
- intro.
-
- noises
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- noesis
-
noun,
(in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
- everts
-
noun,
Chris(tine Marie) born 1954, U.S. tennis player.
- trans.
-
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- stator
-
noun,
Electricity, Machinery. a portion of a machine that remains fixed with respect to rotating parts, especially the collection of stationary parts in the magnetic circuits of a machine.
Compare rotor (def 1).
- Nivose
-
noun,
(in the French Revolutionary calendar) the fourth month of the year, extending from December 21 to January 19.
- trover
-
noun,
an action for the recovery of the value of personal property wrongfully converted by another to his or her own use.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- nitro-
-
- treats
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- Visine
-
- staves
-
noun,
a plural of staff1 .
- natter
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- insets
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- insist
-
verb (used with object),
to assert or maintain firmly:
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- assort
-
verb (used with object),
to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- Stones
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- varier
-
noun,
a person or thing that varies.
- snores
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- Osiris
-
noun,
the king and judge of the dead, the husband and brother of Isis, and father (or brother) of Horus, killed by Set but later resurrected (after Horus killed Set): usually depicted as a man, partly wrapped as a mummy, having a beard and wearing the atef-crown.
- osiers
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Vtesse
-
- arises
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- 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.
- Irvine
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- 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.
- ossein
-
noun,
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- Triton
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- Strait
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- isatin
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- invest
-
verb (used with object),
to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
- titres
-
noun,
titer.
- tarso-
-
- Ateste
-
noun,
ancient name of Este.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- Soares
-
noun,
Mário [mah-ryoo] /ˈmɑ ryʊ/ (Show IPA), born 1924, Portuguese statesman: prime minister 1976–78, 1983–85; president 1986–96.
- Titian
-
noun,
(Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.
- varies
-
verb (used with object),
to change or alter, as in form, appearance, character, or substance:
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- titans
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus.
Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia.
any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- Evetta
-
noun,
a female given name: from an African word meaning “a hunt.”.
- sitten
-
verb,
past participle of sit1 .
- Tissot
-
noun,
James Joseph Jacques [zham zhaw-zef zhahk,, zheymz] /ʒam ʒɔˈzɛf ʒɑk,, ʒeɪmz/ (Show IPA), 1836–1902, French painter.
- trivet
-
noun,
a small metal plate with short legs, especially one put under a hot platter or dish to protect a table.
- Sitter
-
noun,
a person who sits.
- ottars
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- ironer
-
noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- otitis
-
noun,
inflammation of the ear.
- titers
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- snares
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- evites
-
verb (used with object),
to avoid; shun.
- 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.
- Ossian
-
noun,
a legendary hero and poet and son of Finn, who is supposed to have lived during the 3rd century a.d., represented in Gaelic poems and in imitations of them written by James Macpherson in the 18th century.
- Street
-
noun,
a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
- sneers
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- vireos
-
noun,
any of several small, insectivorous American birds of the family Vireonidae, having the plumage usually olive-green or gray above and white or yellow below.
- Varese
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, NW of Milan.
- snorts
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- soever
-
adverb,
at all; in any case; of any kind; in any way (used with generalizing force after who, what, when, where, how, any, all, etc., sometimes separated by intervening words):
- Storrs
-
noun,
a town in NE Connecticut.
- toasts
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- sonars
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Stover
-
noun,
coarse roughage used as feed for livestock.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- iatro-
-
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- vetoes
-
noun,
the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
- stores
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- invite
-
noun,
Informal. an invitation.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- tarots
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- Vanier
-
noun,
Georges P [jawrj;; French zhawrzh] /dʒɔrdʒ;; French ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1888–1967, Canadian soldier and diplomat: governor-general 1959–67.
- strive
-
verb (used without object),
to exert oneself vigorously; try hard:
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- Anvers
-
noun,
French name of Antwerp.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- triste
-
adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- Stoat
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- Stets
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- arvos
-
noun,
afternoon.
- 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.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- 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.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- sasin
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- vinas
-
noun,
a musical stringed instrument of India, made of rosewood or ebony, consisting of a long, hollow, fretted stick to which one, two, or three gourds are attached to increase the resonance.
- 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.
- teno-
-
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- savin
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus sabina, of Europe and Asia.
- 30-30
-
- tenet
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- seise
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- stoas
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- vireo
-
noun,
any of several small, insectivorous American birds of the family Vireonidae, having the plumage usually olive-green or gray above and white or yellow below.
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- votes
-
noun,
a formal expression of opinion or choice, either positive or negative, made by an individual or body of individuals.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- vino-
-
- vini-
-
- stove
-
noun,
a portable or fixed apparatus that furnishes heat for warmth, cooking, etc., commonly using coal, oil, gas, wood, or electricity as a source of power.
- vinos
-
noun,
wine; specifically, red Italian wine, as chianti.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- 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.
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- Viren
-
noun,
Lasse [lahs-se] /ˈlɑs sɛ/ (Show IPA), born 1949, Finnish distance runner.
- savor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Steve
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Steven or Stephen.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- seers
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- eases
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- snots
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- sieve
-
noun,
an instrument with a meshed or perforated bottom, used for separating coarse from fine parts of loose matter, for straining liquids, etc., especially one with a circular frame and fine meshes or perforations.
- soars
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- soave
-
noun,
a dry, white wine from Verona, Italy.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- sever
-
verb (used with object),
to separate (a part) from the whole, as by cutting or the like.
- seven
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 6 plus 1.
- Vesta
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of the hearth, worshiped in a temple containing an altar on which a sacred fire was kept burning by the vestal virgins: identified with the Greek Hestia.
- 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.
- setts
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- tarot
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- soras
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- 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.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- seti-
-
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- aero-
-
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- ation
-
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- siris
-
noun,
lebbek (def 1).
- sito-
-
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- Sivan
-
noun,
the ninth month of the Jewish calendar.
- Sivas
-
noun,
a city in central Turkey.
- veter
-
- Tasso
-
noun,
Torquato [tawr-kwah-taw] /tɔrˈkwɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1544–95, Italian poet.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- vests
-
noun,
a close-fitting, waist-length, sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, designed to be worn under a jacket.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Sinas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- ative
-
- Sino-
-
- aeri-
-
- atto-
-
- sines
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- avens
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Geum, of the rose family, having yellow, white, or red flowers.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- 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.
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- stat.
-
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- vitta
-
noun,
Botany. a tube or receptacle for oil, occurring in the fruits of most plants of the parsley family.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- voter
-
noun,
a person who votes.
- asst.
-
- stats
-
noun,
Also, 'stat. thermostat.
- stave
-
noun,
one of the thin, narrow, shaped pieces of wood that form the sides of a cask, tub, or similar vessel.
- verso
-
noun,
a left-hand page of an open book or manuscript (opposed to recto).
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- assn.
-
- verst
-
noun,
a Russian measure of distance equivalent to 3500 feet or 0.6629 mile or 1.067 kilometers.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- 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:
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- verse
-
noun,
(not in technical use) a stanza.
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- 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.
- ster.
-
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- tanto
-
adverb,
(of a musical direction) too much; so much.
- tears
-
- 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.
- Srta.
-
- avers
-
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- astr.
-
- serve
-
noun,
the act, manner, or right of serving, as in tennis.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- avert
-
verb (used with object),
to turn away or aside:
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- sero-
-
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Stans
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland.
- verts
-
noun,
English Forest Law.
vegetation bearing green leaves in a forest and capable of serving as a cover for deer.
the right to cut such vegetation.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- aviso
-
noun,
a boat used especially for carrying dispatches; dispatch boat.
- Serov
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, E of the Ural Mountains.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- Starr
-
noun,
Belle (Myra Belle Shirley) 1848–89, U.S. outlaw and folk hero.
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- Seres
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- riven
-
verb,
a past participle of rive.
- 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.
- iasis
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- 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.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- 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.
- tonia
-
- Vanir
-
noun,
a race of gods, first in conflict with the Aesir, later allied with them. They function as fertility divinities and include Njord, Frey, and Freyja.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- toast
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- Orrin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- orris
-
noun,
an iris, Iris germanica florentina, having a fragrant rootstock.
- vari-
-
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- Titos
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- vairs
-
noun,
a fur much used for lining and trimming garments in the 13th and 14th centuries, generally assumed to have been that of a variety of squirrel with a gray back and white belly.
Compare miniver (def 1).
- novas
-
noun,
a star that suddenly becomes thousands of times brighter and then gradually fades to its original intensity.
- Novia
-
noun,
a fiancée or bride.
- torts
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- Torte
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- 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.
- oases
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- IATSE
-
- oasis
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- oasts
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- 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.
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- toti-
-
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- Oveta
-
noun,
a female given name.
- anti-
-
- ovine
-
adjective,
pertaining to, of the nature of, or like sheep.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- Evans
-
noun,
Sir Arthur John, 1851–1941, English archaeologist.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- overt
-
adjective,
open to view or knowledge; not concealed or secret:
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Varro
-
noun,
Marcus Terentius [tuh-ren-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /təˈrɛn ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), c116–27? b.c, Roman scholar and author.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- evase
-
adjective,
widened at the top, as a vase or chimney flue.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- titis
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- ottar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- Evora
-
noun,
a city in central Portugal: Roman ruins; cathedral.
- ossia
-
conjunction,
(indicating an alternative, usually easier, version of a passage in a musical score) or; or else.
- oste-
-
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- evite
-
verb (used with object),
to avoid; shun.
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- Otter
-
noun,
any of several aquatic, furbearing, weasellike mammals of the genus Lutra and related genera, having webbed feet and a long, slightly flattened tail.
- Evatt
-
noun,
Herbert Vere [veer] /vɪər/ (Show IPA), 1894–1966, Australian lawyer and statesman: president of the General Assembly of the United Nations 1948–49.
- Evita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Eva.
- ovate
-
adjective,
egg-shaped.
- over-
-
- Evert
-
noun,
Chris(tine Marie) born 1954, U.S. tennis player.
- Evers
-
noun,
(James) Charles, born 1922, U.S. civil-rights leader.
- overs
-
noun,
an amount in excess or addition; extra.
- evens
-
- totes
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- rares
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- ition
-
- ivies
-
noun,
Also called English ivy. a climbing vine, Hedera helix, having smooth, shiny, evergreen leaves, small, yellowish flowers, and black berries, grown as an ornamental.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- visas
-
noun,
an endorsement issued by an authorized representative of a country and marked in a passport, permitting the passport holder to enter, travel through, or reside in that country for a specified amount of time, for the purpose of tourism, education, employment, etc.
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- naive
-
adjective,
having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- naso-
-
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Issei
-
noun,
a Japanese person who immigrated to the U.S. or Canada after 1907 and was not eligible until 1952 for citizenship.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- Iran.
-
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- invt.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- trots
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- trove
-
noun,
a collection of objects.
- Invar
-
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- inst.
-
- nitr-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Nitti
-
noun,
Francesco Saverio [frahn-ches-kaw sah-ve-ryaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ sɑˈvɛ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1868–1953, Italian lawyer, statesman, and economist.
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- init.
-
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- 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.
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- nieve
-
noun,
Archaic Northern British and Scot. Dialect. a clenched or closed hand; fist.
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- nerve
-
noun,
one or more bundles of fibers forming part of a system that conveys impulses of sensation, motion, etc., between the brain or spinal cord and other parts of the body.
- nears
-
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Neiva
-
noun,
a city in W Colombia.
- treas
-
- intr.
-
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Nerva
-
noun,
Marcus Cocceius [kok-see-yuh s] /kɒkˈsi yəs/ (Show IPA), a.d. 32?–98, emperor of Rome 96–98.
- vises
-
noun,
any of various devices, usually having two jaws that may be brought together or separated by means of a screw, lever, or the like, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it.
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- areo-
-
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- 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.
- viron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- trave
-
noun,
a crossbeam.
- never
-
Idioms,
never mind, don't bother; don't concern yourself.
- Nevis
-
noun,
one of the Leeward Islands, in the E West Indies: part of St. Kitts-Nevis; formerly a British colony. 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).
Compare St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- event
-
noun,
something that happens or is regarded as happening; an occurrence, especially one of some importance.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- 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.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- erron
-
- anis-
-
- ento-
-
- veni-
-
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Vener
-
noun,
Vänern.
- restr
-
- 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.
- ErvIn
-
noun,
Samuel James, Jr ("Sam") 1896–1985, U.S. jurist and politician: senator 1954–74.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- veins
-
noun,
one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- rotte
-
noun,
rote2 .
- Rover
-
noun,
a person who roves; wanderer.
- roves
-
noun,
an act or instance of roving.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tera-
-
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- visit
-
noun,
the act of or an instance of visiting:
- 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.
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- rivet
-
noun,
a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- River
-
noun,
a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- riser
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- roars
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- Terra
-
noun,
earth; land.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- terr.
-
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- vents
-
noun,
an opening, as in a wall, serving as an outlet for air, smoke, fumes, or the like.
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- 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.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- revet
-
verb (used with object),
to face, as an embankment, with masonry or other material.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- VISTA
-
noun,
a view or prospect, especially one seen through a long, narrow avenue or passage, as between rows of trees or houses.
- visor
-
noun,
Armor.
(on a close helmet) a piece having slits or holes for vision, situated above and pivoted with a beaver or a ventail and beaver.
a similar piece of plate having holes or slits for vision and breathing, attached to or used with any of various other helmets, as the armet, sallet, basinet, or helm.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- Essen
-
noun,
a city in W Germany: the chief city of the Ruhr River valley.
- veers
-
noun,
a change of direction, position, course, etc.:
- tents
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- Tevet
-
noun,
the fourth month of the Jewish calendar.
- Reave
-
verb (used with object),
to take away by or as by force; plunder; rob.
- Sans.
-
- rears
-
- ravin
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
raven2 .
- Verna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Raven
-
noun,
any of several large, corvine birds having lustrous, black plumage and a loud, harsh call, especially Corvus corax, of the New and Old Worlds.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- vaso-
-
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- vasts
-
noun,
Literary. an immense or boundless expanse or space.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- saris
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- 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.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- Sarre
-
noun,
French name of Saar.
- arris
-
noun,
a sharp ridge, as between adjoining channels of a Doric column.
- 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.
- Verne
-
noun,
Jules [joolz;; French zhyl] /dʒulz;; French ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1828–1905, French novelist.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- 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.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- tests
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- reni-
-
- sains
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- ante-
-
- reive
-
verb (used with or without object),
to rob; plunder.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Teton
-
noun,
the westernmost branch of the Dakota Indians.
- Estes
-
noun,
a male given name.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- sanes
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- veena
-
noun,
vina.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- sanit
-
- 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 .
- tRNA
-
- tent
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- tri-
-
- 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.
- trav
-
- ter.
-
- Vito
-
noun,
a male given name.
- vise
-
noun,
any of various devices, usually having two jaws that may be brought together or separated by means of a screw, lever, or the like, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it.
- Vins
-
noun,
wine.
- 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.
- visa
-
noun,
an endorsement issued by an authorized representative of a country and marked in a passport, permitting the passport holder to enter, travel through, or reside in that country for a specified amount of time, for the purpose of tourism, education, employment, etc.
- tron
-
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Vera
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Russian word meaning “faith.”.
- trit
-
- vin-
-
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- ten.
-
- Vina
-
noun,
a musical stringed instrument of India, made of rosewood or ebony, consisting of a long, hollow, fretted stick to which one, two, or three gourds are attached to increase the resonance.
- 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.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Vite
-
adverb,
briskly; lively.
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- VINE
-
noun,
any plant having a long, slender stem that trails or creeps on the ground or climbs by winding itself about a support or holding fast with tendrils or claspers.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Vern
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Vernon.
- vars
-
noun,
a department in SE France. 2326 sq. mi. (6025 sq. km). Capital: Draguignan.
- vers
-
- var.
-
- tavs
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- vest
-
noun,
a close-fitting, waist-length, sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, designed to be worn under a jacket.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- tete
-
noun,
a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- 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.
- Tit.
-
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- veto
-
noun,
the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- veer
-
noun,
a change of direction, position, course, etc.:
- vert
-
noun,
English Forest Law.
vegetation bearing green leaves in a forest and capable of serving as a cover for deer.
the right to cut such vegetation.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- titi
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- Vat.
-
- Veii
-
noun,
an ancient city in central Italy, in Etruria, near Rome: Etruscan city destroyed by the Romans 396 b.c.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tion
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- vas-
-
- vase
-
noun,
a vessel, as of glass, porcelain, earthenware, or metal, usually higher than it is wide, used chiefly to hold cut flowers or for decoration.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- vet.
-
- VAST
-
noun,
Literary. an immense or boundless expanse or space.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- vees
-
noun,
anything shaped like or suggesting a V .
- 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.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- vair
-
noun,
a fur much used for lining and trimming garments in the 13th and 14th centuries, generally assumed to have been that of a variety of squirrel with a gray back and white belly.
Compare miniver (def 1).
- vain
-
Idioms,
in vain,
without effect or avail; to no purpose:
in an improper or irreverent manner:
- Vent
-
noun,
an opening, as in a wall, serving as an outlet for air, smoke, fumes, or the like.
- Tver
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Moscow, on the Volga.
Formerly (1934–90) Kalinin.
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- vias
-
noun,
Architecture. a space between two mutules.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- VITA
-
noun,
curriculum vitae (def 1).
- Vote
-
noun,
a formal expression of opinion or choice, either positive or negative, made by an individual or body of individuals.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Viet
-
noun,
South Vietnam, North Vietnam, or both.
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- tort
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- vein
-
noun,
one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
- vets
-
noun,
veterinarian.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Ven.
-
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Vena
-
noun,
a vein.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- 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.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- 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.
- Vane
-
noun,
weather vane.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Veno
-
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- 1080
-
- str.
-
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- nav.
-
- nave
-
noun,
the principal longitudinal area of a church, extending from the main entrance or narthex to the chancel, usually flanked by aisles of less height and breadth: generally used only by the congregation.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- neo-
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- 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.
- 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.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Nev.
-
- Neva
-
noun,
a river in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, flowing from Lake Ladoga through St. Petersburg into the Gulf of Finland: canalized for ships. 40 miles (65 km) long.
- Neve
-
noun,
granular snow accumulated on high mountains and subsequently compacted into glacial ice.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- NIRA
-
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- 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.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nor.
-
- iso-
-
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- Irra
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of pestilence.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- ISIS
-
noun,
a goddess of fertility, the sister and wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, and usually represented as a woman with a cow's horns with the solar disk between them: later worshiped in the Greek and Roman empires.
- ISSN
-
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- itis
-
- Ivan
-
noun,
iwan.
- Ivar
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Ives
-
noun,
Burl (Icle Ivanhoe) [burl ik-uh l] /bɜrl ˈɪk əl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1995, U.S. actor and folk singer.
- Ivor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- osis
-
- OSSA
-
noun,
plural of os1 .
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- oven
-
noun,
a chamber or compartment, as in a stove, for baking, roasting, heating, drying, etc.
- ovi-
-
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- orra
-
adjective,
not regular or scheduled; odd:
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rave
-
noun,
an act of raving.
- Ravi
-
noun,
a river in NW India and NE Pakistan, flowing from the Himlayas SW to the Chenab River: a headwater of the Indus River and one of the “five rivers” of the Punjab. 475 miles (764 km) long.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nova
-
noun,
a star that suddenly becomes thousands of times brighter and then gradually fades to its original intensity.
- nos-
-
- 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.
- not-
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- Nov.
-
- Novi
-
noun,
a town in SE Michigan.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- NTIA
-
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Ont.
-
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- Ire.
-
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- att.
-
- Arvo
-
noun,
afternoon.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- asis
-
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- ASSR
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- ates
-
- 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.
- ator
-
- attn
-
- Ave.
-
- Aves
-
noun,
a class of vertebrates comprising the birds.
- Avis
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “bird.”.
- avn.
-
- art.
-
- arr.
-
- avos
-
noun,
a money of account of Macao, the 100th part of a pataca.
- AISI
-
- 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-
-
- aet.
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Aire
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ano-
-
- ANSI
-
- ant.
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- ARIS
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Avon
-
noun,
a river in central England, flowing SE past Stratford-on-Avon to the Severn. 96 miles (155 km) long.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- ever
-
Idioms,
ever and again, now and then; from time to time.
Also, Literary, ever and anon.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- ette
-
- Evan
-
noun,
a male given name, Welsh form of John.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- inae
-
- INRI
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- inv.
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- est.
-
- eso-
-
- 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.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- eave
-
noun,
Usually, eaves. the overhanging lower edge of a roof.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- ESIS
-
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- SASE
-
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- Siva
-
noun,
Shiva.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- 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.
- Soni
-
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- 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.
- rove
-
noun,
an act or instance of roving.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- 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.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- RONA
-
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- roar
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Sra.
-
- Sat.
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- RNAS
-
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- serv
-
- 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).
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- Seve
-
noun,
the characteristic flavor and body of a wine.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- 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.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- 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.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- 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.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Save
-
noun,
an act or instance of saving, especially in sports.
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- 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.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Ste.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- riv.
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Rev.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- 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.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- rive
-
verb (used with object),
to tear or rend apart:
- RIIA
-
- revs
-
noun,
a revolution (in an engine or the like).
- VOR
-
- SVS
-
- SVR
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- STV
-
- Von
-
preposition,
from; of (used in German and Austrian personal names, originally to indicate place of origin and later to indicate nobility):
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- VOA
-
- vo.
-
- STI
-
- SSI
-
- ese
-
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- Vt.
-
- Ia.
-
- io-
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- VTO
-
- Vte
-
- Eve
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) the evening or the day before a holiday, church festival, or any date or event:
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- EVA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eve.
- ETV
-
- 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.
- ETS
-
- ETR
-
- ETO
-
- ERT
-
- VSS
-
- Vee
-
noun,
anything shaped like or suggesting a V .
- Tav
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- an.
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- Ar.
-
- av.
-
- ESR
-
- ae.
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ESA
-
- ERV
-
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- env
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ATV
-
- SST
-
- ARS
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- SSR
-
- ARV
-
noun,
a variant of the AIDS virus. Abbreviation: ARV.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- Sr.
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- SSN
-
- VIR
-
noun,
husband (used chiefly in the legal phrase et vir).
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- at.
-
- a-v
-
- ASV
-
- Via
-
noun,
Architecture. a space between two mutules.
- ase
-
- ast
-
- vie
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to put forward in competition or rivalry.
- SRS
-
- ss.
-
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- ASR
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASN
-
- SSA
-
- SSE
-
- St.
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- Ver
-
- aor
-
- EOE
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ASI
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ene
-
- en-
-
- EIS
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- eir
-
- EEO
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- vis
-
noun,
strength; force; power.
- ISV
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- 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.
- 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.
- ean
-
- ea.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- eo-
-
- Avo
-
noun,
a money of account of Macao, the 100th part of a pataca.
- Sta
-
- Avi
-
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- TSS
-
- IAS
-
- NRA
-
- ONI
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- OIt
-
- RNA
-
- OIr
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- RNR
-
- OAS
-
- 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.
- OSA
-
- NSA
-
- nr.
-
- ons
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- RSV
-
- RSS
-
- RSE
-
- NIA
-
- ier
-
- Rs.
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- ROA
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- ONR
-
- 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.
- rt.
-
- Ova
-
noun,
plural of ovum.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- TIA
-
- REA
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- 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.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Re.
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ov-
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Orv
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- TNT
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Tiv
-
noun,
a member of an African people living N and S of the lower Benue River in E Nigeria.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- OTS
-
- ose
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- OSS
-
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- 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:
- RSA
-
- rte
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- se-
-
- ISR
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- ise
-
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- IRO
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Ir.
-
- IOT
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- ior
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- ITA
-
- Va.
-
- VAN
-
noun,
the foremost or front division of an army, a fleet, or any group leading an advance or in position to lead an advance.
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- V-2
-
noun,
a liquid-fueled rocket used as a ballistic missile by the Germans, mainly against London, late in World War II.
- V-1
-
noun,
a robot bomb developed by the Germans in World War II and launched from bases on the ground, chiefly against England.
- vs.
-
- ine
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- TVA
-
- TTS
-
- 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.
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- 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).
- ist
-
- Tro
-
- ite
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NES
-
- RTS
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- NEA
-
- ne-
-
- So.
-
- SRO
-
- SAE
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- SAR
-
- VTR
-
noun,
a device for recording television programs on magnetic tape for delayed transmission or for storage.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ITV
-
- Iva
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Iva, characterized by usually opposite leaves and inconspicuous greenish-yellow flowers.
- NI
-
- ee
-
- VN
-
- RN
-
- RV
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- VI
-
- VR
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- EI
-
- AO
-
- V.
-
- OA
-
- i.
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- IV
-
noun,
an intravenous device for delivering electrolyte solutions, medicines, and nutrients.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- 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.
- RI
-
- R.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- EV
-
- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- TN
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- N.
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- RO
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- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- NV
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- O.
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- TT
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- SN
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- T1
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- t.
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- SA
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- TV
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noun,
television.
- SV
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- S.
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.