Anagrams of reverberations
Word reverberations has
1889 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of reverberations.
- reservation
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noun,
the act of keeping back, withholding, or setting apart.
- reverberant
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adjective,
reverberating; reechoing:
- restrainer
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noun,
a person or thing that restrains.
- errantries
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noun,
conduct or performance like that of a knight-errant.
- irreverent
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adjective,
not reverent; manifesting or characterized by irreverence; deficient in veneration or respect:
- barretries
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noun,
barratry.
- teaberries
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noun,
the spicy red fruit of the American wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens.
- retrievers
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noun,
a person or thing that retrieves.
- retrainee
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noun,
a person who is being retrained.
- retriever
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noun,
a person or thing that retrieves.
- barretors
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noun,
barrator.
- serration
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noun,
serrated condition or form.
- oversteer
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noun,
handling of an automotive vehicle that causes turns that are sharper than the driver intends because the rear wheels slide to the outside of the turn before the front wheels lose traction.
- overtires
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verb (used with or without object),
to tire to the point of exhaustion; tire out.
- retainers
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noun,
a person or thing that retains.
- venerates
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verb (used with object),
to regard or treat with reverence; revere.
- re-strain
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verb (used with or without object),
to strain again.
- enervates
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adjective,
enervated.
- ternaries
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noun,
a group of three.
- barrister
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noun,
(in England) a lawyer who is a member of one of the Inns of Court and who has the privilege of pleading in the higher courts.
Compare solicitor (def 4).
- reservoir
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noun,
a natural or artificial place where water is collected and stored for use, especially water for supplying a community, irrigating land, furnishing power, etc.
- vertebras
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noun,
any of the bones or segments composing the spinal column, consisting typically of a cylindrical body and an arch with various processes, and forming a foramen, or opening, through which the spinal cord passes.
- 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.
- Braintree
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noun,
a town in E Massachusetts, near Boston.
- arrestive
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adjective,
tending to arrest or take hold of the attention, interest, etc.
- renovates
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adjective,
Archaic. renovated.
- Beernaert
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noun,
Auguste Marie François [French oh-gyst ma-ree frahn-swa] /French oʊˈgüst maˈri frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1829–1912, Belgian statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1909.
- sea-robin
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noun,
any of various gurnards, especially certain American species of the genus Prionotus, having large pectoral fins used to move across the ocean bottom.
- sea-rover
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noun,
a pirate.
- reentries
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noun,
an act of reentering.
- Beaverton
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noun,
a town in NW Oregon.
- Observant
-
noun,
an observer of law or rule.
- braveries
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noun,
brave spirit or conduct; courage; valor.
- beaneries
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noun,
a cheap, usually inferior, restaurant.
- bevatrons
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noun,
an accelerator in which protons are raised to energies of several billion electron-volts by modulating the frequency of the accelerating voltage.
- reorients
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adjective,
Rare. rising anew.
- reversion
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noun,
the act of turning something the reverse way.
- 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.
- rib-roast
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noun,
a cut of beef taken from the small end of the ribs and containing a large rib eye and two or more ribs.
- invertors
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noun,
any muscle that turns a limb or part inward.
- inverters
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noun,
a person or thing that inverts.
- taverners
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noun,
the owner of a tavern.
- biserrate
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adjective,
notched like a saw, with the teeth also notched; doubly serrate.
- Easterner
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of an eastern area, especially of the eastern U.S.
- overrates
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verb (used with object),
to rate or appraise too highly; overestimate:
- overbears
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verb (used with object),
to bear over or down by weight or force:
- reverters
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noun,
a person or thing that reverts.
- taborins
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noun,
a small tabor.
- sea-born
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adjective,
born in or of the sea, as naiads.
- naivetes
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noun,
the quality or state of being naive; natural or artless simplicity.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- arsenite
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- 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.
- orreries
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noun,
an apparatus for representing the positions, motions, and phases of the planets, satellites, etc., in the solar system.
- rentiers
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noun,
a person who has a fixed income, as from lands or bonds.
- renverse
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adjective,
performed with the body bent from the waist:
- introrse
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adjective,
turned or facing inward, as anthers that open toward the gynoecium.
- re-serve
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verb (used with or without object),
to serve again.
- varistor
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noun,
a resistor whose resistance automatically varies in proportion to the voltage of the current through it.
- arrester
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noun,
Also, arrestor. a person or thing that arrests.
- arrestee
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noun,
a person who is under arrest.
- breviers
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noun,
a size of type approximately 8-point, between minion and bourgeois.
- reorient
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adjective,
Rare. rising anew.
- renovate
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adjective,
Archaic. renovated.
- vertebra
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noun,
any of the bones or segments composing the spinal column, consisting typically of a cylindrical body and an arch with various processes, and forming a foramen, or opening, through which the spinal cord passes.
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- baritone
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noun,
a male voice or voice part intermediate between tenor and bass.
- irrorate
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adjective,
marked with small spots of color; speckled.
- baronets
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noun,
a member of a British hereditary order of honor, ranking below the barons and made up of commoners, designated by Sir before the name and Baronet, usually abbreviated Bart., after:
- arterio-
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- verbenas
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noun,
any of various plants of the genus Verbena, especially any of several hybrid species cultivated for their showy flower clusters.
Compare verbena family.
- 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.
- rotaries
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noun,
a rotary device or machine.
- obviates
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verb (used with object),
to anticipate and prevent or eliminate (difficulties, disadvantages, etc.) by effective measures; render unnecessary:
- Ratisbon
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noun,
Regensburg.
- terrenes
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noun,
the earth.
- traverse
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noun,
the act of passing across, over, or through.
- orbiters
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noun,
Also called space shuttle orbiter. the crew- and payload-carrying component of the space shuttle.
- Averroes
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noun,
1126?–98, Arab philosopher in Spain.
- observer
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noun,
someone or something that observes.
- rarebits
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noun,
Welsh rabbit.
- inverter
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noun,
a person or thing that inverts.
- aversion
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noun,
a strong feeling of dislike, opposition, repugnance, or antipathy (usually followed by to):
- Veronese
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Verona.
- bornites
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noun,
a common mineral and important ore of copper, copper iron sulfide, Cu 5 FeS 4 , occurring in masses, of brownish color when first exposed to the air; peacock ore.
- verriere
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noun,
a French bowl similar to a monteith in form and use.
- sirvente
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noun,
a medieval poem or song of heroic or satirical character, as composed by a troubadour.
- reenters
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verb (used with object),
to enter again:
- invertor
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noun,
any muscle that turns a limb or part inward.
- votaries
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noun,
a person who is bound by solemn religious vows, as a monk or a nun.
- 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.
- versiera
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noun,
witch of Agnesi.
- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- seaborne
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adjective,
transported by ship over the sea.
- overbear
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verb (used with object),
to bear over or down by weight or force:
- Tenebrae
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noun,
the office of matins and lauds for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of Holy Week, sung respectively on the afternoon of Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of that week, at which the Crucifixion is commemorated by the gradual extinguishment of candles.
- arteries
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noun,
Anatomy. a blood vessel that conveys blood from the heart to any part of the body.
- resonate
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verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- resinate
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- botanies
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noun,
the science of plants; the branch of biology that deals with plant life.
- enervate
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adjective,
enervated.
- overrate
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verb (used with object),
to rate or appraise too highly; overestimate:
- barretor
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noun,
barrator.
- servitor
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noun,
a person who is in or at the service of another; attendant.
- banister
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noun,
a baluster.
- veneries
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noun,
the gratification of sexual desire.
- Taverner
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noun,
the owner of a tavern.
- retrains
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verb (used with object),
to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
- retrieve
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noun,
an act of retrieving; recovery.
- trainers
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noun,
a person or thing that trains.
- absentee
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noun,
a person who is absent, especially from work or school.
- vibrants
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noun,
Phonetics. a vibrant sound.
- vibrates
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verb (used with object),
to cause to move rhythmically and steadily to and fro, swing, or oscillate.
- overseer
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noun,
a person who oversees; supervisor; manager:
- betaines
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noun,
a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, sweet-tasting alkaloid, C 5 H 11 NO 2 , usually obtained from sugar beets or synthesized from glycine, used chiefly in medicine.
- vibrator
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noun,
a person or thing that vibrates.
- airborne
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adjective,
carried by the air, as pollen or dust.
- retrorse
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adjective,
turned backward.
- betonies
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noun,
a plant, Stachys (formerly Betonica) officinalis, of the mint family, having hairy leaves and dense spikes of purple flowers, formerly used in medicine and dyeing.
- bevatron
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noun,
an accelerator in which protons are raised to energies of several billion electron-volts by modulating the frequency of the accelerating voltage.
- reverter
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noun,
a person or thing that reverts.
- tea-rose
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noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- reverent
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adjective,
feeling, exhibiting, or characterized by reverence; deeply respectful:
- ebonites
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noun,
vulcanite.
- bonavist
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noun,
hyacinth bean.
- venerate
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verb (used with object),
to regard or treat with reverence; revere.
- terrines
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noun,
a casserole dish made of pottery.
- retirees
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noun,
a person who has retired from an occupation or profession.
- strainer
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noun,
a person or thing that strains.
- antrorse
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adjective,
bent or directed forward or upward.
- baronies
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noun,
the domain of a baron.
- resorter
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noun,
a person who frequently goes to recreation resorts.
- arbitrer
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noun,
arbitrator.
- anterior
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adjective,
situated before or at the front of; fore (opposed to posterior).
- restrain
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verb (used with object),
to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress:
- eversion
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noun,
a turning or being turned outward or inside out.
- 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.
- abortive
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adjective,
failing to succeed; unsuccessful:
- evertors
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noun,
a muscle that turns a part toward the outside.
- retainer
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noun,
a person or thing that retains.
- overeats
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verb (used with object),
to eat more than is good for (oneself):
- arenites
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noun,
psammite.
- eateries
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noun,
a restaurant or other commercial establishment serving food.
- overtire
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verb (used with or without object),
to tire to the point of exhaustion; tire out.
- serotine
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- arborist
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noun,
a specialist in the cultivation and care of trees and shrubs, including tree surgery, the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of tree diseases, and the control of pests.
- eserine
-
noun,
physostigmine.
- Servite
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noun,
a member of an order of mendicant friars, founded in Florence in 1233, engaged in fostering devotion to the Virgin Mary.
- Sevener
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noun,
Ismaʿilian.
- bo-tree
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noun,
the pipal, or sacred fig tree, Ficus religiosa, of India, under which the founder of Buddhism is reputed to have attained the Enlightenment that constituted him the Buddha.
- bastion
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noun,
Fortification. a projecting portion of a rampart or fortification that forms an irregular pentagon attached at the base to the main work.
- Trevino
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noun,
Lee ("Super Mex") born 1939, U.S. golfer.
- orbiter
-
noun,
Also called space shuttle orbiter. the crew- and payload-carrying component of the space shuttle.
- Barrios
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noun,
Justo Rufino [hoo-staw roo-fee-naw] /ˈhu stɔ ruˈfi nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1835–85, Guatemalan statesman: president of Guatemala 1873–85.
- Serrano
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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.
- bovines
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noun,
a bovine animal.
- barrens
-
noun,
Usually, barrens. level or slightly rolling land, usually with a sandy soil and few trees, and relatively infertile.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- terbias
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noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- ovaries
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the female gonad or reproductive gland, in which the ova and the hormones that regulate female secondary sex characteristics develop.
- barrier
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noun,
anything built or serving to bar passage, as a railing, fence, or the like:
- serrate
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adjective,
Chiefly Biology. notched on the edge like a saw:
- servant
-
noun,
a person employed by another, especially to perform domestic duties.
- Oriente
-
noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- barrets
-
noun,
a small cap, akin to the biretta, worn in the Middle Ages by soldiers and ecclesiastics.
- basinet
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noun,
a globular or pointed helmet of the 14th century, often provided with a visor or aventail: evolved from the cervellière.
Compare great basinet.
- barters
-
noun,
the act or practice of bartering.
- Sievert
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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.
- veeries
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noun,
a thrush, Catharus fuscescens, common in the eastern and northern U.S., noted for its song.
- sterno-
-
- Bernese
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noun,
an inhabitant or native of Bern.
- nervate
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adjective,
(of leaves) having veins.
- berries
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noun,
any small, usually stoneless, juicy fruit, irrespective of botanical structure, as the huckleberry, strawberry, or hackberry.
- stearin
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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.
- teeners
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noun,
a teenager.
- stearo-
-
- steerer
-
noun,
a person or thing that steers.
- bonitas
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noun,
a female given name.
- Steiner
-
noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- boneset
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noun,
any composite plant of the genus Eupatorium, especially E. perfoliatum, of North America, having white flowers in a flat-topped cluster.
- stereo-
-
- betaine
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noun,
a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, sweet-tasting alkaloid, C 5 H 11 NO 2 , usually obtained from sugar beets or synthesized from glycine, used chiefly in medicine.
- natives
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noun,
Sometimes Offensive. one of the people indigenous to a place or country, especially as distinguished from strangers, foreigners, colonizers, etc.:
- boranes
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noun,
any of the compounds, both neutral and anionic, of boron and hydrogen with formulas ranging from B 2 H 6 to B 20 H 16 .
- Bonaire
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noun,
an island in the E Netherlands Antilles, in the S West Indies. 95 sq. mi. (245 sq. km).
- naivete
-
noun,
the quality or state of being naive; natural or artless simplicity.
- stirrer
-
noun,
a person or thing that stirs.
- tarsier
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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.
- trovers
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noun,
an action for the recovery of the value of personal property wrongfully converted by another to his or her own use.
- boaters
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noun,
a person who boats, especially for pleasure.
- tarries
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noun,
a stay; sojourn.
- taborin
-
noun,
a small tabor.
- boaster
-
noun,
a person who boasts or brags.
- ironers
-
noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- Iobates
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noun,
a Lycian king commissioned by his son-in-law, Proetus, to kill Bellerophon: after surviving ordeals designed to destroy him, Bellerophon was believed to be divinely protected, and Iobates gave him half his kingdom.
- inverts
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noun,
a person or thing that is inverted.
- trienes
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- evertor
-
noun,
a muscle that turns a part toward the outside.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- tensive
-
adjective,
stretching or straining.
- obviate
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verb (used with object),
to anticipate and prevent or eliminate (difficulties, disadvantages, etc.) by effective measures; render unnecessary:
- obverts
-
verb (used with object),
to turn (something) so as to show a different surface.
- Treviso
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noun,
a city in NE Italy.
- obverse
-
noun,
the side of a coin, medal, flag, etc., that bears the principal design (opposed to reverse).
- bearers
-
noun,
a person or thing that carries, upholds, or brings:
- obtains
-
verb (used with object),
to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request:
- 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.
- beastie
-
noun,
Chiefly Literary. a small animal, especially one toward which affection is felt.
- observe
-
verb (used with object),
to see, watch, perceive, or notice:
- beaters
-
noun,
a person or thing that beats.
- 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.
- snorter
-
noun,
a person or thing that snorts.
- bornite
-
noun,
a common mineral and important ore of copper, copper iron sulfide, Cu 5 FeS 4 , occurring in masses, of brownish color when first exposed to the air; peacock ore.
- bereave
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive and make desolate, especially by death (usually followed by of):
- 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.
- etesian
-
adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- Benares
-
noun,
a former name of Varanasi.
- 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.
- Norbert
-
noun,
a male given name.
- sorbate
-
noun,
a sorbed substance.
- sorbent
-
noun,
a surface that sorbs.
- Sorbian
-
noun,
Also called Lusatian, Wendish. a Slavic language spoken by an isolated group in E Germany.
- evasion
-
noun,
an act or instance of escaping, avoiding, or shirking something:
- Everest
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in S Asia, on the boundary between Nepal and Tibet, in the Himalayas: the highest mountain in the world. 29,028 feet (8848 meters).
- borates
-
noun,
a salt or ester of boric acid.
- berates
-
verb (used with object),
to scold; rebuke:
- niobate
-
noun,
any salt of niobic acid; columbate.
- baronet
-
noun,
a member of a British hereditary order of honor, ranking below the barons and made up of commoners, designated by Sir before the name and Baronet, usually abbreviated Bart., after:
- ventri-
-
- overate
-
verb,
simple past tense of overeat.
- arenose
-
adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- enrobes
-
verb (used with object),
to dress; attire:
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Antibes
-
noun,
a seaport in SE France, SW of Nice: preserved ruins of 4th-century b.c. Roman town.
- terrine
-
noun,
a casserole dish made of pottery.
- veteran
-
noun,
a person who has had long service or experience in an occupation, office, or the like:
- restore
-
verb (used with object),
to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish:
- arbiter
-
noun,
a person empowered to decide matters at issue; judge; umpire.
- entero-
-
- restive
-
adjective,
impatient of control, restraint, or delay, as persons; restless; uneasy.
- re-sort
-
verb (used with object),
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- retenes
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noun,
a crystalline hydrocarbon, C 18 H 18 , obtained chiefly from the tar of resinous woods and certain fossil resins.
- veneers
-
noun,
a thin layer of wood or other material for facing or inlaying wood.
- entires
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- aristo-
-
- entrees
-
noun,
a dish served as the main course of a meal.
- rentier
-
noun,
a person who has a fixed income, as from lands or bonds.
- brevier
-
noun,
a size of type approximately 8-point, between minion and bourgeois.
- entries
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- arseno-
-
- version
-
noun,
a particular account of some matter, as from one person or source, contrasted with some other account:
- arteri-
-
- brevets
-
noun,
a commission promoting a military officer to a higher rank without increase of pay and with limited exercise of the higher rank, often granted as an honor immediately before retirement.
- versine
-
noun,
versed sine.
- terries
-
noun,
the loop formed by the pile of a fabric when left uncut.
- antero-
-
- retiree
-
noun,
a person who has retired from an occupation or profession.
- reenter
-
verb (used with object),
to enter again:
- Trainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that trains.
- 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.
- Vorster
-
noun,
Balthazar Johannes, 1915–83, South African political leader: prime minister 1966–78; president 1978–79.
- roseate
-
adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- roister
-
verb (used without object),
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- Roberts
-
noun,
Sir Charles George Douglas, 1860–1943, Canadian poet and novelist.
- Roberta
-
noun,
a female given name: derived from Robert.
- roaster
-
noun,
a contrivance for roasting something, as an oven, a pan for roasting meat, or a machine for roasting coffee beans.
- Eastern
-
adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- 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.
- ebonies
-
noun,
a hard, heavy, durable wood, most highly prized when black, from various tropical trees of the genus Diospyros, as D. ebenum of southern India and Sri Lanka, used for cabinetwork, ornamental objects, etc.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- ebonist
-
noun,
a worker in ebony.
- retires
-
noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- ebonite
-
noun,
vulcanite.
- reverts
-
noun,
a person or thing that reverts.
- reverse
-
noun,
the opposite or contrary of something.
- reverie
-
noun,
a state of dreamy meditation or fanciful musing:
- reveres
-
noun,
revers.
- aerobee
-
noun,
a U.S. two-stage, liquid-propellant sounding rocket developed in the 1940s that carried scientific instruments and occasionally biological specimens into the upper stratosphere.
- aerobes
-
noun,
an organism, especially a bacterium, that requires air or free oxygen for life (opposed to anaerobe).
- reverbs
-
verb (used with or without object),
to reverberate.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- vibrato
-
noun,
a pulsating effect, produced in singing by the rapid reiteration of emphasis on a tone, and on bowed instruments by a rapid change of pitch corresponding to the vocal tremolo.
- vibrate
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to move rhythmically and steadily to and fro, swing, or oscillate.
- vibrant
-
noun,
Phonetics. a vibrant sound.
- retrain
-
verb (used with object),
to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
- versant
-
noun,
a slope of a mountain or mountain chain.
- reserve
-
noun,
Finance.
cash, or assets readily convertible into cash, held aside, as by a corporation, bank, state or national government, etc., to meet expected or unexpected demands.
uninvested cash held to comply with legal requirements.
- brasier
-
noun,
brazier1 .
- terrane
-
noun,
any rock formation or series of formations or the area in which a particular formation or group of rocks is predominant.
- veriest
-
adverb,
in a high degree; extremely; exceedingly:
- Vereins
-
noun,
a union, association, or society.
- oversea
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) countries or territories across the sea or ocean.
- erosive
-
adjective,
serving to erode; causing erosion.
- verbose
-
adjective,
characterized by the use of many or too many words; wordy:
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- oversee
-
verb (used with object),
to direct (work or workers); supervise; manage:
- rarebit
-
noun,
Welsh rabbit.
- Venetia
-
noun,
an ancient district in NE Italy: later a Roman province bounded by the Alps, the Po River, and the Adriatic Sea.
- Avertin
-
- Verbena
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Verbena, especially any of several hybrid species cultivated for their showy flower clusters.
Compare verbena family.
- banters
-
noun,
an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- terrain
-
noun,
a tract of land, especially as considered with reference to its natural features, military advantages, etc.
- overset
-
noun,
the act or fact of oversetting; upset; overturn.
- Serbian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Serbia, especially one of the Slavic peoples inhabiting it.
- ventro-
-
- Ventris
-
noun,
Michael George Francis, 1922–56, English architect and linguist.
- inverse
-
noun,
an inverted state or condition.
- 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.
- Ventose
-
noun,
(in the French Revolutionary calendar) the sixth month of the year, extending from February 19 to March 20.
- venters
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
the abdomen or belly.
a bellylike cavity or concavity.
a bellylike protuberance.
- seriate
-
adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- veritas
-
noun,
truth.
- bravoes
-
noun,
a shout of “bravo!”.
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- overran
-
noun,
an act or instance of overrunning.
- 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.
- Travers
-
noun,
P(amela) L. 1899–1996, Australian writer, especially of children's stories, in England.
- bretons
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1966, French poet, essayist, and critic.
- reboant
-
adjective,
resounding or reverberating loudly.
- rebatos
-
noun,
rabato.
- enviers
-
noun,
a person who feels envy.
- Terrier
-
noun,
any of several breeds of usually small dogs, used originally to pursue game and drive it out of its hole or burrow.
- barites
-
noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- overeat
-
verb (used with object),
to eat more than is good for (oneself):
- Terrene
-
noun,
the earth.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- verites
-
noun,
truth; truthfulness.
- Barents
-
noun,
Willem [wil-uh m] /ˈwɪl əm/ (Show IPA), died 1597, Dutch navigator and explorer.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- travois
-
noun,
a transport device, formerly used by the Plains Indians, consisting of two poles joined by a frame and drawn by an animal.
- venerer
-
noun,
a huntsman.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- tobira
-
noun,
a shrub, Pittosporum tobira, of China and Japan, having leathery leaves, fragrant, greenish-white flower clusters, densely hairy fruit, and lemon-scented foliage.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- intra-
-
- intro.
-
- 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.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- instr.
-
- Tobies
-
noun,
Also, Toby, Toby jug. a mug in the form of a stout old man wearing a three-cornered hat.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- Tobias
-
noun,
the son of Tobit.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- inter.
-
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- tarso-
-
- envier
-
noun,
a person who feels envy.
- tavern
-
noun,
a place where liquors are sold to be consumed on the premises.
- everts
-
noun,
Chris(tine Marie) born 1954, U.S. tennis player.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- eterne
-
adjective,
eternal.
- envies
-
noun,
a feeling of discontent or covetousness with regard to another's advantages, success, possessions, etc.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- entree
-
noun,
a dish served as the main course of a meal.
- terras
-
noun,
earth; land.
- eraser
-
noun,
a device, as a piece of rubber or cloth, for erasing marks made with pen, pencil, chalk, etc.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- Evarts
-
noun,
William Maxwell, 1818–1901, U.S. lawyer and statesman.
- 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:
- terbia
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- enter-
-
- evites
-
verb (used with object),
to avoid; shun.
- errant
-
adjective,
deviating from the regular or proper course; erring; straying.
- Erevan
-
noun,
Yerevan.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- enrobe
-
verb (used with object),
to dress; attire:
- Ervine
-
noun,
St. John Greer [greer] /grɪər/ (Show IPA), 1883–1971, Irish dramatist and novelist.
- teener
-
noun,
a teenager.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- Terris
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- iatro-
-
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- terror
-
noun,
intense, sharp, overmastering fear:
- Erivan
-
noun,
Yerevan.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- invars
-
- orbits
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- invert
-
noun,
a person or thing that is inverted.
- ravins
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
raven2 .
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- Seabee
-
noun,
a member of the construction battalions of the U.S. Navy, established in December, 1941, to build landing facilities, airfields, etc., in combat areas.
- renvoi
-
noun,
the expulsion by a government of an alien, especially a foreign diplomat, from the country.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- renter
-
noun,
a person or organization that holds, or has the use of, property by payment of rent.
- Renoir
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1894–1979, French film director and writer.
- Reiner
-
noun,
Fritz, 1888–1963, Hungarian conductor in the U.S.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- rebote
-
noun,
the rear wall of a cancha or jai alai court.
Compare frontis.
- reborn
-
adjective,
having undergone rebirth.
- rebato
-
noun,
rabato.
- rebate
-
noun,
a return of part of the original payment for some service or merchandise; partial refund.
- Seaver
-
noun,
(George) Thomas ("Tom"; "Tom Terrific") born 1944, U.S. baseball pitcher.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- ravine
-
noun,
a narrow steep-sided valley commonly eroded by running water.
- resorb
-
verb (used with object),
to absorb again, as an exudation.
- 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.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- raters
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- 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.
- 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.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- 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.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Serbia
-
noun,
a republic in S Europe since 2006; includes the autonomous province of Vojvodina and claims sovereignty over the autonomous province of Kosovo, which has declared itself independent; formerly part of Yugoslavia, in the N part: a former kingdom in S Europe. 34,116 sq. mi. (88,360 sq. km). Capital: Belgrade.
- rabies
-
noun,
an infectious disease of dogs, cats, and other animals, transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected animal and usually fatal if prophylactic treatment is not administered: caused by an RNA virus of the rhabdovirus group; hydrophobia.
- serbo-
-
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- 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.
- resort
-
noun,
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
- Serene
-
noun,
serenity; tranquillity.
- Ribera
-
noun,
José de [hoh-zey duh;; Spanish haw-se th e] /hoʊˈzeɪ də;; Spanish hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), (Jusepe de Ribera"Lo Spagnoletto") 1588–1652, Spanish printmaker and painter active in Naples.
- rostra
-
noun,
a plural of rostrum.
- roster
-
noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- Sabine
-
noun,
one of the Sabine people.
- Robert
-
noun,
Henry Martyn [mahr-tn] /ˈmɑr tn/ (Show IPA), 1837–1923, U.S. engineer and authority on parliamentary procedure: author of Robert's Rules of Order (1876, revised 1915).
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- 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.
- Rivera
-
noun,
Diego [dye-gaw] /ˈdyɛ gɔ/ (Show IPA), 1886–1957, Mexican painter.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- Sartre
-
noun,
Jean-Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ˈpɔl/ (Show IPA), 1905–80, French philosopher, novelist, and dramatist: declined 1964 Nobel Prize in literature.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- ribose
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble, slightly sweet solid, C 5 H 10 O 5 , a pentose sugar obtained by the hydrolysis of RNA.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- retro-
-
- Savoie
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2389 sq. mi. (6185 sq. km). Capital: Chambéry.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Savior
-
noun,
a person who saves, rescues, or delivers:
- retene
-
noun,
a crystalline hydrocarbon, C 18 H 18 , obtained chiefly from the tar of resinous woods and certain fossil resins.
- 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.
- retire
-
noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- reverb
-
verb (used with or without object),
to reverberate.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- Revere
-
noun,
revers.
- revers
-
noun,
a part of a garment turned back to show the lining or facing, as a lapel.
- revert
-
noun,
a person or thing that reverts.
- revest
-
verb (used with object),
to vest (a person) again, as with ownership or office; reinvest; reinstate.
- revets
-
verb (used with object),
to face, as an embankment, with masonry or other material.
- revise
-
noun,
an act of revising.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ovines
-
adjective,
pertaining to, of the nature of, or like sheep.
- 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.
- stiver
-
noun,
Also, stuiver. a former nickel coin of the Netherlands, equal to five Dutch cents.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- Nesbit
-
noun,
E(dith) 1858–1924, English children's author, novelist, and poet.
- starve
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to starve; kill, weaken, or reduce by lack of food.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- nebris
-
noun,
a fawn skin worn in Greek mythology by Dionysus and his followers.
- steeve
-
noun,
a long derrick or spar, with a block at one end, used in stowing cargo in a ship's hold.
- steno-
-
- navies
-
noun,
the whole body of warships and auxiliaries belonging to a country or ruler.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- native
-
noun,
Sometimes Offensive. one of the people indigenous to a place or country, especially as distinguished from strangers, foreigners, colonizers, etc.:
- Steven
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Stevia
-
noun,
a South American perennial shrub, Stevia rebaudiana, having small, white flowers and sweet-tasting leaves.
- Stevin
-
noun,
Simon [see-mawn] /ˈsi mɔn/ (Show IPA), 1548–1620, Dutch mathematician and physicist.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- sovran
-
noun, adjective,
sovereign.
- Stover
-
noun,
coarse roughage used as feed for livestock.
- Strabo
-
noun,
63? b.c.–a.d. 21? Greek geographer and historian.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- strive
-
verb (used without object),
to exert oneself vigorously; try hard:
- strobe
-
noun,
Also called strobe light. stroboscope (def 2a).
- strove
-
verb,
simple past tense of strive.
- tabers
-
noun,
tabor.
- isobar
-
noun,
Meteorology. a line drawn on a weather map or chart that connects points at which the barometric pressure is the same.
- tabors
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- 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.
- ironer
-
noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Tarbes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Hautes-Pyrénées, in SW France.
- Nevers
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nièvre, in central France, on the Loire River: Romanesque church.
- 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.
- 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;
- obvert
-
verb (used with object),
to turn (something) so as to show a different surface.
- Osbert
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “god” and “bright.”.
- Server
-
noun,
a person who serves.
- Servia
-
noun,
former name of Serbia.
- servo-
-
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- severe
-
adjective,
harsh; unnecessarily extreme:
- Severn
-
noun,
a river in Great Britain, flowing from central Wales through W England into the Bristol Channel. 210 miles (338 km) long.
- sevier
-
noun,
John, 1745–1815, U.S. Revolutionary War soldier and politician: first governor of Tennessee.
- Sierra
-
noun,
a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- nitro-
-
- Nivose
-
noun,
(in the French Revolutionary calendar) the fourth month of the year, extending from December 21 to January 19.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- sorbet
-
noun,
sherbet (defs 1, 3).
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Norris
-
noun,
Charles Gilman, 1881–1945, U.S. novelist and editor.
- obtain
-
verb (used with object),
to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request:
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- 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):
- sobeit
-
conjunction,
if it be so that; provided that.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- sirree
-
noun,
(used as an intensive with no or yes):
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- rovers
-
noun,
a person who roves; wanderer.
- astro-
-
- Boreas
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the north wind.
- Vanier
-
noun,
Georges P [jawrj;; French zhawrzh] /dʒɔrdʒ;; French ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1888–1967, Canadian soldier and diplomat: governor-general 1959–67.
- barrio
-
noun,
(in Spain and countries colonized by Spain) one of the divisions into which a town or city, together with the contiguous rural territory, is divided.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- Barrie
-
noun,
Sir James M(atthew) 1860–1937, Scottish novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.
- bevies
-
noun,
a group of birds, as larks or quail, or animals, as roebuck, in close association.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- borers
-
noun,
a person or thing that bores or pierces.
- arrest
-
noun,
the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- arrive
-
noun,
a person who has swiftly gained wealth, status, success, or fame.
- betise
-
noun,
lack of understanding, perception, or the like; stupidity.
- Barret
-
noun,
a small cap, akin to the biretta, worn in the Middle Ages by soldiers and ecclesiastics.
- Barres
-
noun,
Maurice [moh-rees] /moʊˈris/ (Show IPA), 1862–1923, French novelist, writer on politics, and politician.
- arsen-
-
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- Barren
-
noun,
Usually, barrens. level or slightly rolling land, usually with a sandy soil and few trees, and relatively infertile.
- borate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of boric acid.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- borane
-
noun,
any of the compounds, both neutral and anionic, of boron and hydrogen with formulas ranging from B 2 H 6 to B 20 H 16 .
- tribo-
-
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- bonsai
-
noun,
a tree or shrub that has been dwarfed, as by pruning the roots and pinching, and is grown in a pot or other container and trained to produce a desired shape or effect.
- bovate
-
noun,
an old English unit of land area measurement equivalent to one-eighth of a carucate.
- treasr
-
- braise
-
verb (used with object),
to cook (meat, fish, or vegetables) by sautéeing in fat and then simmering slowly in very little liquid.
- brains
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- Besant
-
noun,
bezant.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Anvers
-
noun,
French name of Antwerp.
- bovine
-
noun,
a bovine animal.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- Barton
-
noun,
Clara, 1821–1912, U.S. philanthropist who organized the American Red Cross in 1881.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- Barron
-
noun,
Clarence Walker, 1855–1928, U.S. financial publisher.
- bister
-
noun,
bistre.
- Varese
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, NW of Milan.
- Trevor
-
noun,
William (William Trevor Cox) born 1928, Irish short-story writer and novelist.
- bestir
-
verb (used with object),
to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively):
- arbtrn
-
- vestee
-
noun,
a decorative front piece worn under a woman's jacket or blouse so as to be visible at the neckline.
- barter
-
noun,
the act or practice of bartering.
- Bosnia
-
noun,
a historic region in SE Europe: a former Turkish province; a part of Austria-Hungary (1879–1918) now part of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- Barros
-
noun,
João de [zhwoun duh] /ʒwãʊ̃ də/ (Show IPA), ("the Portuguese Livy") 1496–1570, Portuguese historian.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- aniso-
-
- venter
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
the abdomen or belly.
a bellylike cavity or concavity.
a bellylike protuberance.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- bairns
-
noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- venose
-
adjective,
having many or prominent veins.
- bivane
-
noun,
a sensitive vane that measures both the horizontal and vertical components of wind direction.
- bitser
-
noun,
a mongrel dog.
- verite
-
noun,
truth; truthfulness.
- biters
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- biotas
-
noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- boarts
-
noun,
bort.
- 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.
- birota
-
noun,
a two-wheeled cart, usually drawn by three mules, used for transporting commercial goods and one or two passengers.
- Verein
-
noun,
a union, association, or society.
- ventr-
-
- Averno
-
noun,
a crater lake in S Italy, near Naples and the Tyrrhenian Sea, thought by ancients to be the entrance to the underworld.
- bistro
-
noun,
a small, modest, European-style restaurant or café.
- avoir.
-
- averse
-
adjective,
having a strong feeling of opposition, antipathy, repugnance, etc.; opposed:
- averts
-
verb (used with object),
to turn away or aside:
- 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.
- Venite
-
noun,
the 95th Psalm (94th in the Vulgate and Douay), used as a canticle at matins or morning prayers.
- veneer
-
noun,
a thin layer of wood or other material for facing or inlaying wood.
- binate
-
adjective,
produced or borne in pairs; double.
- Bonita
-
noun,
a female given name.
- boners
-
noun,
a person or thing that bones.
- verset
-
noun,
Prosody. a brief verse, especially from Scripture.
- Barnet
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- Barnes
-
noun,
Albert Coombs [koomz] /kumz/ (Show IPA), 1873–1951, U.S. inventor and art collector.
- barite
-
noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- barit.
-
- triers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- Verona
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- Verner
-
noun,
Karl Adolph [kahrl ah-dolf] /kɑrl ˈɑ dɒlf/ (Show IPA), 1846–96, Danish linguist.
- Vernet
-
noun,
Claude Joseph [klohd zhaw-zef] /kloʊd ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1714–89, French painter.
- boites
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- troves
-
noun,
a collection of objects.
- banter
-
noun,
an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
- 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).
- trover
-
noun,
an action for the recovery of the value of personal property wrongfully converted by another to his or her own use.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- boater
-
noun,
a person who boats, especially for pleasure.
- astron
-
- 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.
- bistre
-
noun,
a brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood, often used in pen and wash drawings.
- Bertie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- trans.
-
- brevet
-
noun,
a commission promoting a military officer to a higher rank without increase of pay and with limited exercise of the higher rank, often granted as an honor immediately before retirement.
- brevi-
-
- absent
-
adjective,
not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present):
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- briers
-
noun,
a prickly plant or shrub, especially the sweetbrier or a greenbrier.
- brines
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- 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.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- Beaton
-
noun,
Sir Cecil (Walter Hardy) 1904–80, English photographer, writer, and theatrical designer.
- Briton
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Great Britain, especially of England.
- beanie
-
noun,
a skullcap, often brightly colored, worn especially by children and by college freshmen, especially in the 1940s.
- Benita
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Benoit
-
noun,
Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), (or Peter) Léonard Léopold [ley-aw-nar ley-aw-pawld] /leɪ ɔˈnar leɪ ɔˈpɔld/ (Show IPA), 1834–1901, Belgian composer.
- aboves
-
noun,
something that was said, mentioned, or written above:
- Breton
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1966, French poet, essayist, and critic.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- abient
-
adjective,
tending to move away from a stimulus or situation.
- basion
-
noun,
the midpoint of the anterior margin of the foramen magnum.
- beanos
-
noun,
bingo.
- veenas
-
noun,
vina.
- berate
-
verb (used with object),
to scold; rebuke:
- bearer
-
noun,
a person or thing that carries, upholds, or brings:
- aborts
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- vario-
-
- Bronte
-
noun,
Anne ("Acton Bell") 1820–49, English novelist.
- varies
-
verb (used with object),
to change or alter, as in form, appearance, character, or substance:
- beaten
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- beater
-
noun,
a person or thing that beats.
- varier
-
noun,
a person or thing that varies.
- Beaver
-
noun,
a large, amphibious rodent of the genus Castor, having sharp incisors, webbed hind feet, and a flattened tail, noted for its ability to dam streams with trees, branches, etc.
- beeves
-
noun,
a plural of beef.
- Travis
-
noun,
William Barret, 1809–36, U.S. soldier: commander during the battle of the Alamo.
- viator
-
noun,
a wayfarer; traveler.
- basnet
-
noun,
basinet.
- brants
-
noun,
any of several species of small, dark-colored geese of the genus Branta, especially B. bernicla, breeding in high northern latitudes and migrating south in the autumn.
- vibro-
-
- Brasov
-
noun,
a city in central Romania.
- baster
-
noun,
a person or thing that bastes.
- brents
-
noun,
brant.
- aeron.
-
- aerobe
-
noun,
an organism, especially a bacterium, that requires air or free oxygen for life (opposed to anaerobe).
- Bernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Bernard.
- bravos
-
noun,
a shout of “bravo!”.
- breast
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
- Aeetes
-
noun,
a king of Colchis, father of Medea and custodian of the Golden Fleece.
- voters
-
noun,
a person who votes.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- sito-
-
- veni-
-
- soave
-
noun,
a dry, white wine from Verona, Italy.
- rabot
-
noun,
a hardwood block used for rubbing marble before polishing.
- obits
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- Novia
-
noun,
a fiancée or bride.
- Rabin
-
noun,
Yitzhak [yits-khahk] /yɪtsˈxɑk/ (Show IPA), 1922–95, Israeli military and political leader: prime minister 1974–77 and 1992–95: Nobel Peace Prize 1994.
- 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).
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- banes
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- OBrit
-
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- baits
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- bairn
-
noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- Sivan
-
noun,
the ninth month of the Jewish calendar.
- Oveta
-
noun,
a female given name.
- obese
-
adjective,
very fat or overweight; corpulent.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- ovine
-
adjective,
pertaining to, of the nature of, or like sheep.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- 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.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- vents
-
noun,
an opening, as in a wall, serving as an outlet for air, smoke, fumes, or the like.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- beats
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- overs
-
noun,
an amount in excess or addition; extra.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- overt
-
adjective,
open to view or knowledge; not concealed or secret:
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Baron
-
noun,
a member of the lowest grade of nobility.
- bares
-
verb,
simple past tense of bear1 .
- orbit
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- sever
-
verb (used with object),
to separate (a part) from the whole, as by cutting or the like.
- serve
-
noun,
the act, manner, or right of serving, as in tennis.
- 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.
- Bart.
-
- seven
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 6 plus 1.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- orris
-
noun,
an iris, Iris germanica florentina, having a fragrant rootstock.
- baste
-
noun,
liquid used to moisten and flavor food during cooking:
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- veins
-
noun,
one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- seti-
-
- Basie
-
noun,
William ("Count") 1904–84, U.S. jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer.
- Basov
-
noun,
Nikolai Gennadiyevich [nyi-kuh-lahy gyi-nah-dyi-yi-vyich] /nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ gyɪˈnɑ dyɪ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1922–2001, Russian physicist: Nobel Prize 1964.
- basin
-
noun,
a circular container with a greater width than depth, becoming smaller toward the bottom, used chiefly to hold water or other liquid, especially for washing.
- bason
-
noun,
a basin.
- Bates
-
noun,
Katherine Lee, 1859–1929, U.S. educator and author.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- veena
-
noun,
vina.
- sero-
-
- Vener
-
noun,
Vänern.
- beast
-
noun,
any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal.
- bears
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- baris
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- beans
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- baro-
-
- over-
-
- beano
-
noun,
bingo.
- ovate
-
adjective,
egg-shaped.
- Barre
-
noun,
a handrail placed at hip height, used by a dancer to maintain balance during practice.
- Baton
-
noun,
Music. a wand used by a conductor.
- Serov
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, E of the Ural Mountains.
- Sino-
-
- bents
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- 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.
- bavin
-
noun,
a piece of kindling wood.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- veers
-
noun,
a change of direction, position, course, etc.:
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- oste-
-
- Orrin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Viren
-
noun,
Lasse [lahs-se] /ˈlɑs sɛ/ (Show IPA), born 1949, Finnish distance runner.
- above
-
noun,
something that was said, mentioned, or written above:
- riser
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- 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.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- viron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- abrin
-
noun,
a highly poisonous protein found in the seeds of the rosary pea: inhibits protein synthesis, causing symptoms such as internal bleeding, intestinal upset, and irritation of mucous membranes.
- ribat
-
noun,
a building housing a community of Sufis.
- 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.
- abris
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- 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.
- abstr
-
- revet
-
verb (used with object),
to face, as an embankment, with masonry or other material.
- vinos
-
noun,
wine; specifically, red Italian wine, as chianti.
- riven
-
verb,
a past participle of rive.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- ante-
-
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- anis-
-
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- vibes
-
noun,
Informal. vibration (def 4).
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- savin
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus sabina, of Europe and Asia.
- vino-
-
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- 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.
- aero-
-
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- aeri-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- anti-
-
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- roves
-
noun,
an act or instance of roving.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- 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.
- 30-30
-
- Saber
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- Sabin
-
noun,
Physics. a unit of sound absorption, equal to one square foot (929 square centimeters) of a perfectly absorptive surface.
- votes
-
noun,
a formal expression of opinion or choice, either positive or negative, made by an individual or body of individuals.
- voter
-
noun,
a person who votes.
- 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.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Sabir
-
noun,
lingua franca (def 2).
- sabot
-
noun,
a shoe made of a single block of wood hollowed out, worn especially by farmers and workers in the Netherlands, France, Belgium, etc.
- SABRE
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- 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.
- Abner
-
noun,
the commander of the Israelite army and a cousin of Saul. I Sam. 14:50; 26:5.
- abort
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- Sarre
-
noun,
French name of Saar.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- roars
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- Robin
-
noun,
any of several small Old World birds having a red or reddish breast, especially Erithacus rubecula, of Europe.
- 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.
- 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.
- sanit
-
- VISTA
-
noun,
a view or prospect, especially one seen through a long, narrow avenue or passage, as between rows of trees or houses.
- abets
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- robes
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- aviso
-
noun,
a boat used especially for carrying dispatches; dispatch boat.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- 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.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- rebar
-
noun,
a steel bar or rod used to reinforce concrete.
- astr.
-
- Reave
-
verb (used with object),
to take away by or as by force; plunder; rob.
- novas
-
noun,
a star that suddenly becomes thousands of times brighter and then gradually fades to its original intensity.
- rears
-
- sebi-
-
- ravin
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
raven2 .
- Verne
-
noun,
Jules [joolz;; French zhyl] /dʒulz;; French ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1828–1905, French novelist.
- 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.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- verse
-
noun,
(not in technical use) a stanza.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- 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.
- avert
-
verb (used with object),
to turn away or aside:
- rares
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- avers
-
- avens
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Geum, of the rose family, having yellow, white, or red flowers.
- Verna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rater
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- ative
-
- ation
-
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- 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.
- veter
-
- restr
-
- Arber
-
noun,
Werner, born 1929, Swiss microbiologist: shared Nobel Prize 1978.
- arbor
-
noun,
a leafy, shady recess formed by tree branches, shrubs, etc.
- savor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
- areo-
-
- 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.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- 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.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- 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.
- Reeve
-
noun,
an administrative officer of a town or district.
- reni-
-
- Asben
-
noun,
Aïr.
- 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.
- arvos
-
noun,
afternoon.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- reive
-
verb (used with or without object),
to rob; plunder.
- Renee
-
noun,
a female given name, French form of Renata.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- 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.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- verso
-
noun,
a left-hand page of an open book or manuscript (opposed to recto).
- verst
-
noun,
a Russian measure of distance equivalent to 3500 feet or 0.6629 mile or 1.067 kilometers.
- 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.
- arris
-
noun,
a sharp ridge, as between adjoining channels of a Doric column.
- vaso-
-
- sober
-
adjective,
not intoxicated or drunk.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Evers
-
noun,
(James) Charles, born 1922, U.S. civil-rights leader.
- Evert
-
noun,
Chris(tine Marie) born 1954, U.S. tennis player.
- boras
-
noun,
a city in S Sweden, near Göteborg.
- Evita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Eva.
- evite
-
verb (used with object),
to avoid; shun.
- Evora
-
noun,
a city in central Portugal: Roman ruins; cathedral.
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- evens
-
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- bones
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- IATSE
-
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- Ibert
-
noun,
Jacques François Antoine [zhahk frahn-swa ahn-twan] /ʒɑk frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1890–1962, French composer.
- tears
-
- event
-
noun,
something that happens or is regarded as happening; an occurrence, especially one of some importance.
- evase
-
adjective,
widened at the top, as a vase or chimney flue.
- Ibsen
-
noun,
Henrik [hen-rik] /ˈhɛn rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1828–1906, Norwegian dramatist and poet.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- tera-
-
- estab
-
- 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 .
- borts
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- tribe
-
noun,
any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- borne
-
noun,
a circular sofa having a conical or cylindrical back piece at the center.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Borer
-
noun,
a person or thing that bores or pierces.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- teno-
-
- Boris
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Bores
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Evans
-
noun,
Sir Arthur John, 1851–1941, English archaeologist.
- boner
-
noun,
a person or thing that bones.
- T-bar
-
noun,
a rolled metal bar or beam with a cross section resembling a T .
- botas
-
noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- Iran.
-
- 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.
- invt.
-
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- bites
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- 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.
- bison
-
noun,
Also called American bison, American buffalo. a North American, oxlike ruminant, Bison bison, having a large head and high, humped shoulders: formerly common in North America, its small remaining population in isolated western areas of the U.S. and Canada is now protected.
- birse
-
noun,
a short hair of the beard or body; a bristle.
- biter
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- inst.
-
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- boite
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Boise
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Idaho, in the SW part: built on the site of an army post on the Oregon Trail.
- boers
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- boats
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- Invar
-
- boast
-
noun,
a thing boasted of; a cause for pride:
- Beers
-
noun,
Clifford Whittingham [hwit-ing-uh m,, wit-] /ˈʰwɪt ɪŋ əm,, ˈwɪt-/ (Show IPA), 1876–1943, U.S. pioneer in mental hygiene.
- intr.
-
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- boart
-
noun,
bort.
- boars
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Botes
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- Brose
-
noun,
a porridge made by stirring boiling liquid into oatmeal or other meal.
- bros.
-
noun,
a brother.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- 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.
- eerie
-
adjective,
uncanny, so as to inspire superstitious fear; weird:
- Tiber
-
noun,
a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 miles (395 km) long.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- brits
-
noun,
the group of small marine animals forming the food of whalebone whales.
- Brit.
-
- brise
-
noun,
a ballet movement in which the dancer jumps off one foot, beats the legs together, and lands on both feet.
- brios
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- Brine
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Brier
-
noun,
a prickly plant or shrub, especially the sweetbrier or a greenbrier.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- tonia
-
- Tobin
-
noun,
James, 1918–2002, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1981.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- to-be
-
adjective,
future; soon to be the thing specified (usually used in combination):
- BSRet
-
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- Ebert
-
noun,
Friedrich [free-drikh] /ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1871–1925, first president of Germany 1919–25.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- 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.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- trave
-
noun,
a crossbeam.
- Bovet
-
noun,
Daniel, 1907–92, Italian pharmacologist, born in Switzerland: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1957.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- 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.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Brans
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- 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.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- brain
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- Brant
-
noun,
any of several species of small, dark-colored geese of the genus Branta, especially B. bernicla, breeding in high northern latitudes and migrating south in the autumn.
- erron
-
- Rover
-
noun,
a person who roves; wanderer.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- ErvIn
-
noun,
Samuel James, Jr ("Sam") 1896–1985, U.S. jurist and politician: senator 1954–74.
- terr.
-
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- ento-
-
- 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.
- briar
-
noun,
brier1 .
- Brian
-
noun,
a male given name.
- breve
-
noun,
a mark (˘) over a vowel to show that it is short, or to indicate a specific pronunciation, as ŭ in (kŭt) cut.
- Brest
-
noun,
a seaport in the W extremity of France: German submarine base in World War II; surrendered to Allies September 1944.
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Brent
-
noun,
brant.
- Breen
-
noun,
a deep brownish green.
- Terra
-
noun,
earth; land.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- treas
-
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- bravo
-
noun,
a shout of “bravo!”.
- brave
-
noun,
a brave person.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- 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.
- error
-
noun,
a deviation from accuracy or correctness; a mistake, as in action or speech:
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- vari-
-
- Benet
-
noun,
Stephen Vincent, 1898–1943, U.S. poet and novelist.
- Nebr.
-
- Benes
-
noun,
Eduard [e-doo-ahrt] /ˈɛ dʊˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1884–1948, Czech patriot and statesman: president of Czechoslovakia 1935–38 and 1945–48.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- beset
-
verb (used with object),
to attack on all sides; assail; harass:
- nears
-
- besot
-
verb (used with object),
to intoxicate or stupefy with drink.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- ster.
-
- 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.
- Neiva
-
noun,
a city in W Colombia.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- betas
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- Bevan
-
noun,
Aneurin [uh-nahy-ruh n] /əˈnaɪ rən/ (Show IPA), 1897–1960, British political leader: minister of health 1945–50.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- Steve
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Steven or Stephen.
- naso-
-
- Bevin
-
noun,
Ernest, 1881–1951, British labor leader: foreign minister 1941–51.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- Beret
-
noun,
a soft, visorless cap with a close-fitting headband and a wide, round top often with a tab at its center.
- 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.
- Beira
-
noun,
a seaport in central Mozambique.
- 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).
- Benis
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- naive
-
adjective,
having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Srta.
-
- Berea
-
noun,
a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- Niobe
-
noun,
the daughter of Tantalus and wife of Amphion of Thebes. She provoked Apollo and Artemis to vengeance by taunting their mother, Leto, with the number and beauty of her own children; Niobe's children were slain and Zeus turned her into stone, in which state she continued to weep over her loss.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- 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.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- 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.
- Beria
-
noun,
Lavrenti Pavlovich [luh v-ren-tee pav-loh-vich;; Russian luh-vryen-tyee puh-vlaw-vyich] /ləvˈrɛn ti pævˈloʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian lʌˈvryɛn tyi pʌˈvlɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1953, Soviet secret-police chief: executed for treason.
- berat
-
noun,
a city in S central Albania.
- never
-
Idioms,
never mind, don't bother; don't concern yourself.
- nitr-
-
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stave
-
noun,
one of the thin, narrow, shaped pieces of wood that form the sides of a cask, tub, or similar vessel.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Berar
-
noun,
a former division of the Central Provinces and Berar, in central India: now part of Maharashtra state.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- Berne
-
noun,
Bern.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- 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.
- Nerva
-
noun,
Marcus Cocceius [kok-see-yuh s] /kɒkˈsi yəs/ (Show IPA), a.d. 32?–98, emperor of Rome 96–98.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Starr
-
noun,
Belle (Myra Belle Shirley) 1848–89, U.S. outlaw and folk hero.
- Berns
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- Berra
-
noun,
Lawrence Peter ("Yogi") born 1925, U.S. baseball player and manager.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- nieve
-
noun,
Archaic Northern British and Scot. Dialect. a clenched or closed hand; fist.
- Biota
-
noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- tabis
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- Taber
-
noun,
tabor.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- biont
-
- trove
-
noun,
a collection of objects.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- bints
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Binet
-
noun,
Alfred [al-frid;; French al-fred] /ˈæl frɪd;; French alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1857–1911, French psychologist: co-deviser of the Binet-Simon scale.
- Tabor
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- tabes
-
noun,
a gradually progressive emaciation.
- 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.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- birne
-
noun,
boule1 (def 1).
- bines
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- biers
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- 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.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- birrs
-
noun,
force; energy; vigor.
- Nabis
-
- nabes
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- trav
-
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- VAST
-
noun,
Literary. an immense or boundless expanse or space.
- 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.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- 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.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Tobe
-
noun,
the principal outer garment in some parts of north and central Africa, consisting of a length of cloth that is sewn into a long loose skirt or is draped around the body and fastened over one shoulder.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- 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.
- Vins
-
noun,
wine.
- Vote
-
noun,
a formal expression of opinion or choice, either positive or negative, made by an individual or body of individuals.
- vas-
-
- Sab.
-
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- tion
-
- VITA
-
noun,
curriculum vitae (def 1).
- Vito
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- Siva
-
noun,
Shiva.
- 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.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- 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.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- vars
-
noun,
a department in SE France. 2326 sq. mi. (6025 sq. km). Capital: Draguignan.
- snib
-
noun,
a bolt, catch, lock, or fastening on a door or window.
- 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.
- snob
-
noun,
a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Vat.
-
- 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.
- Vite
-
adverb,
briskly; lively.
- 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.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- 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.
- Sat.
-
- SATB
-
- Sorb
-
noun,
a European tree, Sorbus domestica.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- 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.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Soni
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- 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.
- Tob.
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Serb
-
noun, adjective,
Serbian.
- Sra.
-
- stob
-
noun,
a post, stump, or stake.
- 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.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- str.
-
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Vern
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Vernon.
- tavs
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Tver
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Moscow, on the Volga.
Formerly (1934–90) Kalinin.
- vers
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- 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.
- 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.
- vain
-
Idioms,
in vain,
without effect or avail; to no purpose:
in an improper or irreverent manner:
- tab.
-
- tRNA
-
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Vent
-
noun,
an opening, as in a wall, serving as an outlet for air, smoke, fumes, or the like.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- tabs
-
noun,
a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
- verb
-
noun,
any member of a class of words that function as the main elements of predicates, that typically express action, state, or a relation between two things, and that may be inflected for tense, aspect, voice, mood, and to show agreement with their subject or object.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- tron
-
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- tabi
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- Veno
-
- 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).
- Vane
-
noun,
weather vane.
- 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.
- vibe
-
noun,
Informal. vibration (def 4).
- vein
-
noun,
one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
- 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.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- vets
-
noun,
veterinarian.
- vias
-
noun,
Architecture. a space between two mutules.
- vees
-
noun,
anything shaped like or suggesting a V .
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Seve
-
noun,
the characteristic flavor and body of a wine.
- veer
-
noun,
a change of direction, position, course, etc.:
- Viet
-
noun,
South Vietnam, North Vietnam, or both.
- Save
-
noun,
an act or instance of saving, especially in sports.
- vin-
-
- 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.
- stab
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Vera
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Russian word meaning “faith.”.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- 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.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- serv
-
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- ten.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- var.
-
- Vena
-
noun,
a vein.
- vet.
-
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- vest
-
noun,
a close-fitting, waist-length, sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, designed to be worn under a jacket.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Ven.
-
- TRIB
-
- tri-
-
- ter.
-
- Ste.
-
- 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.
- 1080
-
- rove
-
noun,
an act or instance of roving.
- nabs
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- 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.
- Bent
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- bens
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- Beni
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- Bene
-
adverb,
of validity for the time being but subject to objection or nullification at a later date; provisionally:
- nabe
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- beet
-
noun,
any of various biennial plants belonging to the genus Beta, of the amaranth family, especially B. vulgaris, having a fleshy red or white root.
Compare sugar beet.
- Ivan
-
noun,
iwan.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- bees
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Beer
-
noun,
an alcoholic beverage made by brewing and fermentation from cereals, usually malted barley, and flavored with hops and the like for a slightly bitter taste.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Ivar
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Bern
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- 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.
- isba
-
noun,
izba.
- bio-
-
- bint
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- 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.
- bine
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- bin-
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- ISBN
-
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- iso-
-
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- Bias
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- Beta
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- bet.
-
- 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.
- BEST
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- nav.
-
- been
-
verb,
past participle of be.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Nor.
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- bar.
-
- bant
-
verb (used without object),
to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
- nobs
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- bani
-
noun,
plural of ban4 .
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- NIRA
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- 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.
- bane
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- Bare
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- beat
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- 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.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Bear
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- NEbE
-
- Nebo
-
noun,
Mt. See under Pisgah.
- NEBS
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- Bean
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- neo-
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- 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.
- nibs
-
noun,
his/her nibs, Informal: Often Facetious. a person in authority, especially one who is demanding and tyrannical:
- Bate
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- 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.
- Bast
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- Base
-
noun,
the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests:
- Barr
-
- Barn
-
noun,
a building for storing hay, grain, etc., and often for housing livestock.
- Ire.
-
- Bion
-
noun,
flourished c100 b.c, Greek pastoral poet.
- Nova
-
noun,
a star that suddenly becomes thousands of times brighter and then gradually fades to its original intensity.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- 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.
- Brno
-
noun,
a city in S Moravia, in the SE Czech Republic: former capital of Moravia.
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- bris
-
noun,
Brith.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- 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).
- brio
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- brev
-
- Bres
-
noun,
a Fomorian king of Ireland, whose unpopular rule led to the expulsion of the Fomorians by the Tuatha De Danann.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- eso-
-
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- est.
-
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- BSRT
-
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- 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.
- 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.
- ebon
-
adjective,
ebony (def 6).
- Ebro
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N Spain to the Mediterranean. About 470 miles (755 km) long.
- BSOT
-
- BSAE
-
- BSNA
-
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- BSIT
-
- BSIR
-
- BSIE
-
- BSEE
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- BIOS
-
noun,
computer firmware that directs many basic functions of the operating system, as booting and keyboard control.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- Bona
-
noun,
Bône, the former name of Annaba.
- IEEE
-
- Boer
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- boat
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- Boas
-
noun,
Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1858–1942, U.S. anthropologist, born in Germany.
- Boar
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- inae
-
- ins.
-
- bons
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- 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.
- 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 = .
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- birr
-
noun,
force; energy; vigor.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Bone
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- Ibos
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- bota
-
noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- BRAT
-
noun,
a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation).
- Bran
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- Evan
-
noun,
a male given name, Welsh form of John.
- bots
-
noun,
a disease affecting various mammals, especially horses, caused by the attachment of the parasitic larvae of botflies to the stomach of the host.
- ever
-
Idioms,
ever and again, now and then; from time to time.
Also, Literary, ever and anon.
- bote
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- bot.
-
- bor.
-
- Bose
-
noun,
Sir Jagadis Chandre [juh-guh-dees chuhn-druh] /dʒə gəˈdis ˈtʃʌn drə/ (Show IPA), 1858–1937, Indian physicist and plant physiologist.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- bort
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- Bors
-
noun,
Sir Arthurian Romance.. Also, Sir Bors de Ganis [duh gan-is] /də ˈgæn ɪs/ (Show IPA). a knight of the Round Table, cousin of Lancelot.
- Born
-
noun,
Max, 1882–1970, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- Bore
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- Iban
-
noun,
Also called Sea Dayak. a member of any of several Dayak tribes of Sarawak.
- Bora
-
noun,
(on the Adriatic coasts) a violent, dry, cold wind blowing from the north or northeast.
- Nov.
-
- Bari
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- Novi
-
noun,
a town in SE Michigan.
- rebs
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rave
-
noun,
an act of raving.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- 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.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Aire
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- 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.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- RIBA
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- ARIS
-
- oven
-
noun,
a chamber or compartment, as in a stove, for baking, roasting, heating, drying, etc.
- ovi-
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- arbs
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- ant.
-
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- Rabi
-
noun,
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1944.
- ANSI
-
- 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).
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- ano-
-
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- 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.
- aet.
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- RONA
-
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- roar
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- robe
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- abos
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- robs
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- Abie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- abri
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- abet
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- 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.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- abr.
-
- abs-
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- aer-
-
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- 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.
- Rev.
-
- revs
-
noun,
a revolution (in an engine or the like).
- 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.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- RNAS
-
- 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.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rit.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- riv.
-
- rive
-
verb (used with object),
to tear or rend apart:
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- raob
-
noun,
Meteorology. a radiosonde or rawinsonde observation.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Obie
-
noun,
one of a group of awards given annually, beginning in 1956, by New York City's The Village Voice newspaper for achievement in the off-Broadway theater.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- Ont.
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- 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.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- arr.
-
- 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.
- obit
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- obis
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- ator
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Ave.
-
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Aves
-
noun,
a class of vertebrates comprising the birds.
- Avis
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “bird.”.
- avn.
-
- Avon
-
noun,
a river in central England, flowing SE past Stratford-on-Avon to the Severn. 96 miles (155 km) long.
- avos
-
noun,
a money of account of Macao, the 100th part of a pataca.
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- NTSB
-
- NTIA
-
- NRAB
-
- Bais
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- bait
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- obs.
-
- orbs
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- orra
-
adjective,
not regular or scheduled; odd:
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Arvo
-
noun,
afternoon.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- art.
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- BVE
-
- ARV
-
noun,
a variant of the AIDS virus. Abbreviation: ARV.
- 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.
- BSA
-
- Br.
-
- eo-
-
- BRT
-
- brr
-
interjection,
(used to express sensations of cold).
- Bro
-
noun,
a brother.
- be-
-
- abn
-
- Abo
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- BeV
-
- bi-
-
- Ver
-
- vis
-
noun,
strength; force; power.
- Avo
-
noun,
a money of account of Macao, the 100th part of a pataca.
- 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.
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- Avi
-
- BAO
-
noun,
an African board game usually played by moving pebbles along two rows of holes.
- abt
-
- tra
-
- ARS
-
- BVA
-
- VOR
-
- BTE
-
- Vte
-
- Vt.
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ab-
-
- an.
-
- Bt.
-
- BST
-
- Ar.
-
- av.
-
- Von
-
preposition,
from; of (used in German and Austrian personal names, originally to indicate place of origin and later to indicate nobility):
- tr.
-
- BSO
-
- VOA
-
- bvt
-
- BSN
-
- vo.
-
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- VTO
-
- VIR
-
noun,
husband (used chiefly in the legal phrase et vir).
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- BSE
-
- 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.
- a-v
-
- BIE
-
- vb.
-
- TSE
-
- Bon
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- ast
-
- ASR
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- 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.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- boa
-
noun,
any of several nonvenomous, chiefly tropical constrictors of the family Boidae, having vestigial hind limbs at the base of the tail.
- Tro
-
- Vee
-
noun,
anything shaped like or suggesting a V .
- BEE
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- ASV
-
- ASN
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- BNS
-
- asb
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- Bn.
-
- ASI
-
- BIT
-
noun,
Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- Ban
-
noun,
the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
- ase
-
- TSI
-
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- V-2
-
noun,
a liquid-fueled rocket used as a ballistic missile by the Germans, mainly against London, late in World War II.
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- Via
-
noun,
Architecture. a space between two mutules.
- V-1
-
noun,
a robot bomb developed by the Germans in World War II and launched from bases on the ground, chiefly against England.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ATV
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- vs.
-
- BRE
-
- abv
-
- ae.
-
- BAS
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- Va.
-
- Ben
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- at.
-
- Bat
-
noun,
Sports.
the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball.
a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis.
a whip used by a jockey.
the act of using a club or racket in a game.
the right or turn to use a club or racket.
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- TVA
-
- aor
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Bav
-
- vie
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to put forward in competition or rivalry.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ATB
-
- 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.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Ia.
-
- VTR
-
noun,
a device for recording television programs on magnetic tape for delayed transmission or for storage.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OSB
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAS
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Oba
-
noun,
a hereditary tribal ruler among various peoples in the Benin region of western Africa.
- OBE
-
- obi
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- obv
-
adverb,
obviously:
- OIr
-
- OSA
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- OIt
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- Sib
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- ONI
-
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ORB
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- 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.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- ob.
-
- Orv
-
- St.
-
- NBS
-
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- NEB
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- STB
-
- NES
-
- 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:
- ea.
-
- Sta
-
- nib
-
noun,
the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
- NSA
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- SRB
-
- Sr.
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- nob
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- SOB
-
noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ose
-
- NBA
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- 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.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rib
-
noun,
one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- RNA
-
- RNR
-
- SAR
-
- ROA
-
- ROB
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- ROI
-
- SBA
-
- SAE
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSV
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- sb.
-
- SBE
-
- ot-
-
- 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).
- OTA
-
- OTB
-
- ote
-
- OTS
-
- ov-
-
- Ova
-
noun,
plural of ovum.
- Re.
-
- Rab
-
noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- se-
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- RBI
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- REA
-
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- NbE
-
- NIA
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- io-
-
- ESA
-
- ese
-
- ESR
-
- ETO
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- ETV
-
- EVA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eve.
- Eve
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) the evening or the day before a holiday, church festival, or any date or event:
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ERT
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- IAS
-
- ib.
-
- STI
-
- Ibo
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- 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.
- TBO
-
- Tbi
-
- TBA
-
- ier
-
- in.
-
- ERV
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- Tav
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- EEO
-
- ean
-
- 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.
- TNB
-
- Tiv
-
noun,
a member of an African people living N and S of the lower Benue River in E Nigeria.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EbN
-
- EBS
-
- EEE
-
- 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.
- eir
-
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- TIA
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- EIS
-
- en-
-
- ene
-
- env
-
- EOE
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- IBN
-
- ine
-
- ise
-
- ist
-
- 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 = .
- ITV
-
- SVR
-
- ISA
-
- ISV
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ite
-
- NAB
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- ITA
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ISR
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- IRO
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Ir.
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- 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.
- STV
-
- ior
-
- Iva
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Iva, characterized by usually opposite leaves and inconspicuous greenish-yellow flowers.
- RO
-
- N.
-
- Eb
-
- NI
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NB
-
- AO
-
- VN
-
- TN
-
- SA
-
- S.
-
- RV
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ee
-
- 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.
- 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.
- EI
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- SV
-
- VI
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- B-
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- OA
-
- IV
-
noun,
an intravenous device for delivering electrolyte solutions, medicines, and nutrients.
- SN
-
- i.
-
- R.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RI
-
- RN
-
- TV
-
noun,
television.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- BA
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- t.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- BO
-
- BV
-
noun,
Elihu, 1853–1937, U.S. inventor, born in England.
- O.
-
- NV
-
- V.
-
- VR
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
-
- TB
-
- EV
-