Anagrams of sacramentalism
Word sacramentalism has
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- sacramental
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noun,
Roman Catholic Church. an action, as the sign of the cross, a ceremony resembling a sacrament, or a sacred object, regarded as being instituted by the church rather than by Christ and serving as a means of receiving sanctifying grace.
- man-at-arms
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noun,
a soldier.
- mainstream
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noun,
the principal or dominant course, tendency, or trend:
- cameralist
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noun,
any of the mercantilist economists or public servants in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries who held that the economic power of a nation can be enhanced by increasing its monetary wealth, as by the accumulation of bullion.
- sac-a-lait
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noun,
the white crappie.
See under crappie.
- sectarians
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noun,
a member of a sect.
- ascertains
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verb (used with object),
to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine:
- incrassate
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adjective,
Also, incrassated. Botany, Entomology. thickened or swollen.
- sacraments
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noun,
Ecclesiastical. a visible sign of an inward grace, especially one of the solemn Christian rites considered to have been instituted by Jesus Christ to symbolize or confer grace: the sacraments of the Protestant churches are baptism and the Lord's Supper; the sacraments of the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches are baptism, confirmation, the Eucharist, matrimony, penance, holy orders, and extreme unction.
- carnassial
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adjective,
(of teeth) adapted for shearing flesh.
- reclaimant
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noun,
a person who makes appeals to reclaim.
- interclass
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adjective,
between classes; involving different classes.
- scarlatina
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noun,
scarlet fever.
- centralism
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noun,
a centralizing system; centralization.
- miscreants
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noun,
a vicious or depraved person; villain.
- Claretian
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noun,
a member of the “Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary,” founded in Spain in 1849, and devoted chiefly to missionary work.
- Martinmas
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noun,
a church festival, November 11, in honor of St. Martin.
- Manassite
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noun,
a member of the tribe of Manasseh.
- cameraman
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noun,
a person who operates a camera, especially a movie or television camera.
- air-lance
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noun,
a lance using an air blast.
- sectarian
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noun,
a member of a sect.
- sacristan
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noun,
Also called sacrist [sak-rist, sey-krist] /ˈsæk rɪst, ˈseɪ krɪst/ (Show IPA). an official in charge of the sacred vessels, vestments, etc., of a church or a religious house.
- trailsman
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noun,
a person who follows a trail.
- classmate
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noun,
a member of the same class at a school or college.
- semantics
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noun,
Linguistics.
the study of meaning.
the study of linguistic development by classifying and examining changes in meaning and form.
- canisters
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noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- sacrament
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noun,
Ecclesiastical. a visible sign of an inward grace, especially one of the solemn Christian rites considered to have been instituted by Jesus Christ to symbolize or confer grace: the sacraments of the Protestant churches are baptism and the Lord's Supper; the sacraments of the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches are baptism, confirmation, the Eucharist, matrimony, penance, holy orders, and extreme unction.
- claimsmen
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noun,
an insurance adjuster, especially one dealing with casualty-insurance claims; claims adjuster.
- Messalina
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noun,
Valeria, died a.d. 48, third wife of Claudius I.
- catalases
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noun,
an enzyme that decomposes hydrogen peroxide into oxygen and water.
- Centralia
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noun,
a city in central Illinois.
- materials
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noun,
the substance or substances of which a thing is made or composed:
- estancias
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noun,
(in Spanish America) a landed estate or a cattle ranch.
- ceramists
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noun,
a person who makes ceramics.
- scenarist
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noun,
a writer of motion-picture or television scenarios.
- Americana
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noun,
(often used with a plural verb) books, papers, maps, etc., relating to America, especially to its history, culture, and geography.
- catamenia
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noun,
menses.
- talismans
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noun,
a stone, ring, or other object, engraved with figures or characters supposed to possess occult powers and worn as an amulet or charm.
- mentalism
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noun,
the doctrine that objects of knowledge have no existence except in the mind of the perceiver.
- Messalian
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noun,
Euchite.
- amnesiacs
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noun,
a person affected by amnesia.
- tailraces
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noun,
the race, flume, or channel leading away from a waterwheel or the like.
- analcites
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noun,
a white or slightly colored zeolite mineral, Na(AlSi 2 O 6)⋅H 2 O, generally found in crystalline form.
- analemmas
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noun,
a scale shaped like the figure 8, showing the declination of the sun and the equation of time for each day of the year.
- alarmists
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noun,
a person who tends to raise alarms, especially without sufficient reason, as by exaggerating dangers or prophesying calamities.
- Cartesian
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noun,
a follower of Cartesian thought.
- ancestral
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adjective,
pertaining to ancestors; descending or claimed from ancestors:
- seatrains
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noun,
a ship for the transportation of loaded railroad cars.
- staircase
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noun,
a flight of stairs with its framework, banisters, etc., or a series of such flights.
- clarinets
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noun,
a woodwind instrument in the form of a cylindrical tube with a single reed attached to its mouthpiece.
- trailsmen
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noun,
a person who follows a trail.
- near-miss
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noun,
a strike by a missile that is not a direct hit but is close enough to damage the target.
- calamines
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noun,
a pink, water-insoluble powder consisting of zinc oxide and about 0.5 percent ferric oxide, used in ointments, lotions, or the like, for the treatment of inflammatory conditions of the skin.
- Lamartine
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noun,
Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de [al-fawns ma-ree lwee duh pra duh] /alˈfɔ̃s maˈri lwi də pra də/ (Show IPA), 1790–1869, French poet, historian, and statesman.
- craniates
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noun,
a craniate animal.
- claimsman
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noun,
an insurance adjuster, especially one dealing with casualty-insurance claims; claims adjuster.
- Caesarism
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noun,
absolute government; imperialism.
- tramlines
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noun,
a streetcar system.
- calamints
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noun,
any of several aromatic plants belonging to the genus Calamintha (or Satureja) of the mint family, having simple, opposite leaves and drooping clusters of flowers.
- arsenical
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noun,
any of a group of pesticides, drugs, or other compounds containing arsenic.
- Samaritan
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noun,
an inhabitant of Samaria.
- laitances
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noun,
a milky deposit on the surface of new cement or concrete, usually caused by too much water.
- marcasite
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noun,
Also called white iron pyrites. a common mineral, iron disulfide, FeS 2 , chemically similar to pyrite but crystallizing in the orthorhombic system.
- Calamites
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noun,
any fossil plant of the genus Calamites and related genera of the Carboniferous Period, resembling oversized horsetails and constituting much of the coal used as fuel.
- marinates
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verb (used with object),
to steep (food) in a marinade.
- ascertain
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verb (used with object),
to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine:
- lamisters
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noun,
lamster.
- miscreant
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noun,
a vicious or depraved person; villain.
- racemisms
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noun,
(of a compound) the state of being optically inactive and separable into two other substances of the same chemical composition as the original substance, one of which is dextrorotatory and the other levorotatory, as racemic acid.
- assailant
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noun,
a person who attacks.
- artisanal
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adjective,
pertaining to or noting a person skilled in an applied art:
- salariats
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noun,
the class of workers in an economy who receive salaries.
- laminates
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noun,
a laminated product; lamination.
- Ammanati
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noun,
Bartolommeo [bahr-taw-lawm-me-aw] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔmˈmɛ ɔ/ (Show IPA), 1511–92, Italian architect and sculptor.
- laitance
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noun,
a milky deposit on the surface of new cement or concrete, usually caused by too much water.
- amnesiac
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noun,
a person affected by amnesia.
- anaemias
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noun,
anemia.
- Amratian
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adjective,
of, relating to, or belonging to the predynastic Chalcolithic culture that flourished in Upper Egypt about 3800 b.c., characterized by the working of raw gold, the use of copper, and the burial of the dead in shallow graves.
- sealants
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noun,
a substance used for sealing, as sealing wax or adhesives.
- realisms
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noun,
interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- tailrace
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noun,
the race, flume, or channel leading away from a waterwheel or the like.
- amirates
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noun,
emirate.
- Castries
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noun,
a port in and the capital of the state of St. Lucia, on the NW coast.
- imamates
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noun,
the office of an imam.
- catalase
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noun,
an enzyme that decomposes hydrogen peroxide into oxygen and water.
- amnesias
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noun,
loss of a large block of interrelated memories; complete or partial loss of memory caused by brain injury, shock, etc.
- asternal
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adjective,
not reaching to or connected with the sternum.
- melismas
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noun,
an ornamental phrase of several notes sung to one syllable of text, as in plainsong or blues singing.
- McMaster
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noun,
John Bach, 1852–1932, U.S. historian and educator.
- lamsters
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noun,
a fugitive from the law.
- Estancia
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noun,
(in Spanish America) a landed estate or a cattle ranch.
- saltiers
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noun,
saltire.
- Matralia
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noun,
an annual festival of ancient Rome celebrated by women in honor of the goddess Matuta.
- amanitas
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noun,
any agaricaceous fungus of the genus Amanita, comprised chiefly of poisonous species.
- macrames
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noun,
an elaborately patterned lacelike webbing made of hand-knotted cord, yarn, or the like, and used for wall decorations, hanging baskets, garments, accessories, etc.
- lamister
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noun,
lamster.
- slammers
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noun,
a person or thing that slams.
- matrices
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noun,
something that constitutes the place or point from which something else originates, takes form, or develops:
- tamarins
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noun,
any South American marmoset of the genera Saguinus and Leontopithecus (Leontideus), having silky fur and a nonprehensile tail: several species are threatened or endangered.
- melanism
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noun,
Ethnology. the condition in human beings of having a high amount of melanin granules in the skin, hair, and eyes.
- re-claim
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verb (used with object),
to claim or demand the return or restoration of, as a right, possession, etc.
- laminate
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noun,
a laminated product; lamination.
- McNamara
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noun,
Robert Strange, 1916–2009, U.S. business executive and government official: Secretary of Defense 1961–68; president of World Bank 1968–81.
- Caterina
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noun,
a female given name, form of Catherine.
- caterans
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noun,
(formerly) a freebooter or marauder of the Scottish Highlands.
- amentias
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noun,
lack of intellectual development; imbecility; severe mental retardation.
- American
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noun,
a citizen of the United States of America.
- asterism
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noun,
Astronomy.
a group of stars.
a constellation.
- smartens
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Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- talisman
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noun,
a stone, ring, or other object, engraved with figures or characters supposed to possess occult powers and worn as an amulet or charm.
- analcite
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noun,
a white or slightly colored zeolite mineral, Na(AlSi 2 O 6)⋅H 2 O, generally found in crystalline form.
- atresias
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noun,
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
- analects
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plural noun,
selected passages from the writings of an author or of different authors.
- canastas
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noun,
a variety of rummy in which the main object is to meld sets of seven or more cards.
- misnames
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verb (used with object),
to name incorrectly or wrongly; miscall.
- calamite
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noun,
any fossil plant of the genus Calamites and related genera of the Carboniferous Period, resembling oversized horsetails and constituting much of the coal used as fuel.
- armament
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noun,
the arms and equipment with which a military unit or military apparatus is supplied.
- caramels
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noun,
a liquid made by cooking sugar until it changes color, used for coloring and flavoring food.
- metrical
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adjective,
pertaining to meter or poetic measure.
- cantalas
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noun,
a cordage fiber obtained from the leaves of a tropical plant, Agave cantala.
- mismates
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verb (used with or without object),
to mate unsuitably or wrongly.
- minarets
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- canister
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noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- Canaries
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noun,
any of several Old World finches of the genus Serinus, especially S. canaria (common canary) native to the Canary Islands and often kept as a pet, in the wild being greenish with brown streaks above and yellow below and in domesticated varieties usually bright yellow or pale yellow.
- stearins
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- arcanist
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noun,
a person professing special secret knowledge concerning ceramics, especially concerning the making of porcelain.
- mineral.
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- stammrel
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adjective, noun,
staumrel.
- stammers
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noun,
a stammering mode of utterance.
- staminas
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noun,
strength of physical constitution; power to endure disease, fatigue, privation, etc.
- staminal
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adjective,
of or relating to stamens.
- raiments
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- minsters
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noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- minstrel
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noun,
a medieval poet and musician who sang or recited while accompanying himself on a stringed instrument, either as a member of a noble household or as an itinerant troubadour.
- semantic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols:
- Tarascan
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noun,
a member of an American Indian people of Michoacán state, in southwestern Mexico.
- analemma
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noun,
a scale shaped like the figure 8, showing the declination of the sun and the equation of time for each day of the year.
- lactases
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noun,
an enzyme capable of hydrolyzing lactose into glucose and galactose.
- smarties
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noun,
a smart aleck.
- ratlines
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- Artesian
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adjective,
noting, pertaining to, or characteristic of an artesian well.
- anatases
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noun,
a naturally occurring crystalline form of titanium dioxide, TiO 2 .
- sea-salt
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noun,
table salt produced through the evaporation of seawater.
- seasnail
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noun,
any of several snailfishes of the genus Liparis, of the North Atlantic.
- sea-star
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noun,
starfish.
- seatrain
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noun,
a ship for the transportation of loaded railroad cars.
- mistrals
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noun,
a cold, dry, northerly wind common in southern France and neighboring regions.
- arsenics
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- meticals
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noun,
a brass coin and monetary unit of Mozambique, equal to 100 centavos: replaced the escudo in 1980.
- carmines
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noun,
a crimson or purplish-red color.
- racemism
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noun,
(of a compound) the state of being optically inactive and separable into two other substances of the same chemical composition as the original substance, one of which is dextrorotatory and the other levorotatory, as racemic acid.
- Carmania
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noun,
a province of the ancient Persian empire, on the Gulf of Oman.
- calamari
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noun,
squid.
- animates
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adjective,
alive; possessing life:
- carlines
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noun,
an old woman.
- calamine
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noun,
a pink, water-insoluble powder consisting of zinc oxide and about 0.5 percent ferric oxide, used in ointments, lotions, or the like, for the treatment of inflammatory conditions of the skin.
- calamint
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noun,
any of several aromatic plants belonging to the genus Calamintha (or Satureja) of the mint family, having simple, opposite leaves and drooping clusters of flowers.
- carinate
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adjective,
Zoology, Botany. formed with a carina; keellike.
- centrals
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noun,
a main telephone exchange.
a telephone operator at such an exchange.
- talesman
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noun,
a person summoned as one of the tales.
- Altamira
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noun,
a cave in northern Spain, near Santander, noted for its Upper Paleolithic polychrome paintings of bison, deer, and pigs.
- Alastair
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noun,
a male given name.
- trammels
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noun,
Usually, trammels. a hindrance or impediment to free action; restraint:
- marmites
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noun,
a metal or earthenware cooking pot with a cover, usually large and often having legs.
- Salesian
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noun,
a member of the Society of St. Francis de Sales, a congregation founded in Turin in 1845 and engaged chiefly in missionary and educational work.
- retsinas
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- terminal
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noun,
a terminal part of a structure; end or extremity.
- maltases
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noun,
an enzyme that converts maltose into glucose and causes similar cleavage of many other glucosides.
- claimers
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noun,
a person who makes a claim; claimant.
- alarmist
-
noun,
a person who tends to raise alarms, especially without sufficient reason, as by exaggerating dangers or prophesying calamities.
- mascaras
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noun,
a substance used as a cosmetic to color the eyelashes and eyebrows.
- claimant
-
noun,
a person who makes a claim.
- craniate
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noun,
a craniate animal.
- salesman
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noun,
a man who sells goods, services, etc.
- Alcestis
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noun,
Also, Alkestis. Classical Mythology. the wife of Admetus who gave up her life in order that the Fates might save the life of Admetus and later was brought back from Hades by Hercules.
- Satanism
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noun,
the worship of Satan or the powers of evil.
- retinals
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noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- massacre
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noun,
the unnecessary, indiscriminate killing of a large number of human beings or animals, as in barbarous warfare or persecution or for revenge or plunder.
- cisterna
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noun,
cistern (def 2).
- malarias
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noun,
Pathology. any of a group of diseases, usually intermittent or remittent, characterized by attacks of chills, fever, and sweating: formerly supposed to be due to swamp exhalations but now known to be caused by a parasitic protozoan, which is transferred to the human bloodstream by a mosquito of the genus Anopheles and which occupies and destroys red blood cells.
- acarines
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noun,
any of numerous arachnids of the order Acarina, comprising the mites and ticks.
- salients
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noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- marascas
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noun,
a wild cherry, Prunus cerasus marasca, yielding a small, bitter fruit, from which maraschino is made.
- tramline
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noun,
a streetcar system.
- Alicante
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noun,
a seaport in SE Spain, on the Mediterranean.
- Clarissa
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noun,
a female given name, form of Clara.
- elastins
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- Santeria
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noun,
(sometimes lowercase) a religion merging the worship of Yoruba deities with veneration of Roman Catholic saints: practiced in Cuba and spread to other parts of the Caribbean and to the U.S. by Cuban emigrés.
- mantissa
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noun,
Mathematics. the decimal part of a common logarithm.
Compare characteristic (def 3a).
- Clematis
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noun,
any of numerous plants or woody vines of the genus Clematis, including many species cultivated for their showy, variously colored flowers.
- Santarem
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noun,
a city in N Brazil, on the Amazon River.
- marsalas
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noun,
a seaport in W Sicily.
- saracens
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noun,
History/Historical. a member of any of the nomadic tribes on the Syrian borders of the Roman Empire.
- trailman
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noun,
trailsman.
- elastics
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noun,
webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.
- clarinet
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noun,
a woodwind instrument in the form of a cylindrical tube with a single reed attached to its mouthpiece.
- manacles
-
noun,
a shackle for the hand; handcuff.
- salariat
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noun,
the class of workers in an economy who receive salaries.
- maniacal
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adjective,
of or relating to mania or a maniac.
- martians
-
noun,
a supposed inhabitant of the planet Mars:
- marantas
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noun,
any of several tropical American plants of the genus Maranta, including arrowroot and several species cultivated as ornamentals for their variegated foliage.
- sanicles
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Sanicula, of the parsley family, as S. marilandica, of America, used in medicine.
- sarcinas
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noun,
any of several spherical, saprophytic bacteria of the genus Sarcina, having a cuboidal cell arrangement.
- acrasins
-
noun,
a chemotactic substance, identical with cAMP, secreted by myxamebas of cellular slime molds and attracting other myxamebas to aggregate and form a pseudoplasmodium.
- salaries
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noun,
a fixed compensation periodically paid to a person for regular work or services.
- Sarmatia
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noun,
the ancient name of a region in E Europe, between the Vistula and the Volga.
- sarmenta
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noun,
a slender running stem; runner.
- trenails
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noun,
treenail.
- cremains
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plural noun,
the ashes of a cremated corpse.
- trilemma
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noun,
a situation, analogous to a dilemma, in which there are three almost equally undesirable alternatives:
- Cinerama
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- Erastian
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noun,
an advocate of Erastianism.
- Tasmania
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noun,
an island S of Australia: a state of the commonwealth of Australia. 26,382 sq. mi. (68,330 sq. km). Capital: Hobart.
- Erasmian
-
noun,
a follower of Erasmus.
- material
-
noun,
the substance or substances of which a thing is made or composed:
- mainmast
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noun,
the second mast from forward in any ship having two or more masts, except for a yawl, ketch, or dandy.
- tsarinas
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noun,
czarina.
- salterns
-
noun,
a saltworks.
- ceramals
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noun,
cermet.
- Alsatian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Alsace.
- maternal
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adjective,
of, pertaining to, having the qualities of, or befitting a mother:
- ceramist
-
noun,
a person who makes ceramics.
- aliments
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noun,
that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
- scalares
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noun,
any of three deep-bodied, cichlid fishes, Pterophyllum scalare, P. altum, and P. eimekei, inhabiting northern South American rivers, often kept in aquariums.
- saltines
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noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- cerimans
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noun,
a climbing, tropical American plant, Monstera deliciosa, of the arum family, characterized by cordlike, aerial roots and large, perforated leaves.
- malaises
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noun,
a condition of general bodily weakness or discomfort, often marking the onset of a disease.
- entrails
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- marlines
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noun,
small stuff of two-fiber strands, sometimes tarred, laid up left-handed.
- almemars
-
noun,
bimah.
- scanties
-
noun,
scanties, very brief underpants, especially for women.
- marinate
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verb (used with object),
to steep (food) in a marinade.
- saltires
-
noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- scarlets
-
noun,
a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
- racists
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- slammer
-
noun,
a person or thing that slams.
- Setaria
-
noun,
any grass of the genus Setaria, having a dense panicle, grown for forage.
- Astaire
-
noun,
Fred, 1899–1987, U.S. dancer and actor.
- racisms
-
noun,
a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- sanicle
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Sanicula, of the parsley family, as S. marilandica, of America, used in medicine.
- calesas
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a small, two-wheeled calash.
- camails
-
noun,
aventail (def 1).
- saltier
-
noun,
saltire.
- cameral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a judicial or legislative chamber or the privacy of such a chamber.
- Santali
-
noun,
the Munda language spoken by the Santal.
- canasta
-
noun,
a variety of rummy in which the main object is to meld sets of seven or more cards.
- saltire
-
noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- ramenta
-
noun,
a scraping, shaving, or particle.
- elastin
-
noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- lamster
-
noun,
a fugitive from the law.
- serials
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- camlets
-
noun,
a durable, waterproof cloth, especially for outerwear.
- Salters
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- camises
-
noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- raiment
-
noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- sestina
-
noun,
a poem of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy, originally without rhyme, in which each stanza repeats the end words of the lines of the first stanza, but in different order, the envoy using the six words again, three in the middle of the lines and three at the end.
- elastic
-
noun,
webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.
- salaams
-
noun,
a salutation meaning “peace,” used especially in Islamic countries.
- Salamis
-
noun,
an island off the SE coast of Greece, W of Athens, in the Gulf of Aegina: Greeks defeated Persians in a naval battle 480 b.c. 39 sq. mi. (101 sq. km).
- cranial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the cranium or skull.
- atlases
-
noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- astasia
-
noun,
inability to stand due to a limitation or absence of muscular coordination.
- lactams
-
noun,
any of a group of cyclic amides characterized by the NHCO group, derived from aminocarboxylic acids by the intramolecular elimination of water from the amino and carboxylic groups.
- samlets
-
noun,
a young salmon.
- ramstam
-
noun,
a stubborn or thoughtless person.
- salient
-
noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- salines
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- Lacerta
-
noun,
the Lizard, a northern constellation between Cepheus and Pegasus.
- Caelian
-
noun,
the southeastern hill of the seven hills of ancient Rome.
- nectars
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- lactase
-
noun,
an enzyme capable of hydrolyzing lactose into glucose and galactose.
- caesars
-
noun,
Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (or Caius) [key-uh s] /ˈkeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), Julius, c100–44 b.c, Roman general, statesman, and historian.
- samites
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- simmers
-
noun,
the state or process of simmering.
- samisen
-
noun,
a guitarlike Japanese musical instrument having an extremely long neck and three strings, played with a plectrum.
- Eastman
-
noun,
George, 1854–1932, U.S. philanthropist and inventor in the field of photography.
- Salinas
-
noun,
a city in W California.
- atresia
-
noun,
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
- Sinatra
-
noun,
Frank (Francis Albert) 1915–98, U.S. singer and actor.
- Natalie
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “birthday.”.
- sinters
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Aterian
-
adjective,
of or indicating a Middle Paleolithic industry of northwestern Africa and the Sahara, characterized by the production of tanged points and bifacially worked leaf-shaped points of varying sizes.
- laminas
-
noun,
a thin plate, scale, or layer.
- eclairs
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- saltern
-
noun,
a saltworks.
- laminar
-
adjective,
composed of, or arranged in, laminae.
- cretins
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- laments
-
noun,
an expression of grief or sorrow.
- samaras
-
noun,
an indehiscent, usually one-seeded, winged fruit, as of the elm or maple.
- atamans
-
noun,
the elected chief of a Cossack village or military force.
- crissal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the crissum.
- samsara
-
noun,
Buddhism. the process of coming into existence as a differentiated, mortal creature.
Compare nirvana (def 1).
- silents
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- Samaria
-
noun,
a district in ancient Palestine: later part of the Roman province of Syria; taken by Jordan 1948; occupied by Israel 1967.
- Raamses
-
noun,
a city that was built for the Pharaoh by the Israelites and from which the Exodus began. Ex. 1:11.
- silanes
-
noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- Nicetas
-
noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- caimans
-
noun,
any of several tropical American crocodilians of the genus Caiman and allied genera: some are endangered.
- Lamaism
-
noun,
the Buddhism of Tibet and Mongolia, a Mahayana form including non-Buddhist Indian elements as well as elements of the preexisting Bön shamanism.
- nematic
-
adjective,
noting a mesomorphic state in which the arrangement of the molecules is linear.
- nasties
-
noun,
Informal. a nasty person or thing.
- santims
-
noun,
a former coin of Latvia, the 100th part of a lat.
- inserts
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- ramtils
-
noun,
Niger seed.
- realism
-
noun,
interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- asramas
-
noun,
any of the four phases of the ideally conducted life: education, work, withdrawal from society, and asceticism.
- Catalan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Catalonia.
- screams
-
noun,
a loud, sharp, piercing cry:
- castles
-
noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- Castile
-
noun,
Spanish Cas·ti·lla, [kahs-tee-lyah, -yah] /kɑsˈti lyɑ, -yɑ/ (Show IPA). a former kingdom comprising most of Spain.
- casters
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- realist
-
noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- entrail
-
plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- retinal
-
noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- entasis
-
noun,
a slight convexity given to a column or tower, as to correct an optical illusion.
- cinemas
-
noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- Cassite
-
noun,
Kassite.
- cassina
-
noun,
dahoon.
- imamate
-
noun,
the office of an imam.
- entails
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- cistern
-
noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- cassena
-
noun,
dahoon.
- casitas
-
noun,
a small crude dwelling forming part of a shantytown inhabited by Mexican laborers in the southwestern U.S.
- sealant
-
noun,
a substance used for sealing, as sealing wax or adhesives.
- Caserta
-
noun,
a city in S Italy, near Naples.
- caserns
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- Catalin
-
- scalare
-
noun,
any of three deep-bodied, cichlid fishes, Pterophyllum scalare, P. altum, and P. eimekei, inhabiting northern South American rivers, often kept in aquariums.
- caseins
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- reliant
-
adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- Scarlet
-
noun,
a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
- ceramal
-
noun,
cermet.
- central
-
noun,
a main telephone exchange.
a telephone operator at such an exchange.
- estamin
-
noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- centals
-
noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- estrins
-
noun,
estrone.
- remains
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- relicts
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- ceriman
-
noun,
a climbing, tropical American plant, Monstera deliciosa, of the arum family, characterized by cordlike, aerial roots and large, perforated leaves.
- resails
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- Catania
-
noun,
a seaport in E Sicily.
- certain
-
Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- reclaim
-
noun,
reclamation:
- scleras
-
noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- recital
-
noun,
a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
- retails
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- scalers
-
noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- cateran
-
noun,
(formerly) a freebooter or marauder of the Scottish Highlands.
- recasts
-
noun,
a recasting.
- recants
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- imarets
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- satanic
-
adjective,
of Satan.
- sailers
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- seminar
-
noun,
a small group of students, as in a university, engaged in advanced study and original research under a member of the faculty and meeting regularly to exchange information and hold discussions.
- carinas
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- inseams
-
noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- Insecta
-
noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- cariama
-
noun,
seriema.
- centri-
-
- Sarcina
-
noun,
any of several spherical, saprophytic bacteria of the genus Sarcina, having a cuboidal cell arrangement.
- sarcasm
-
noun,
harsh or bitter derision or irony.
- sematic
-
adjective,
serving as a sign or warning of danger, as the conspicuous colors or markings of certain poisonous animals.
- seminal
-
adjective,
pertaining to, containing, or consisting of semen.
- caramel
-
noun,
a liquid made by cooking sugar until it changes color, used for coloring and flavoring food.
- caritas
-
noun,
charity.
- Saracen
-
noun,
History/Historical. a member of any of the nomadic tribes on the Syrian borders of the Roman Empire.
- instals
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- instars
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- cantles
-
noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- canters
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- rascals
-
noun,
a base, dishonest, or unscrupulous person.
- cantala
-
noun,
a cordage fiber obtained from the leaves of a tropical plant, Agave cantala.
- santirs
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- climant
-
adjective,
rampant, as a goat:
- climate
-
noun,
the composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region, as temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness, and winds, throughout the year, averaged over a series of years.
- claries
-
noun,
any of several aromatic herbs of the genus Salvia, especially S. sclarea, having hairy, heart-shaped leaves and open clusters of lilac or blue flowers, used as a seasoning, a wine flavoring, and an ingredient in perfumes.
- clarets
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- enlists
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- carnets
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- citrals
-
noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- claimer
-
noun,
a person who makes a claim; claimant.
- ratline
-
noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- cartels
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- incases
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- marital
-
- carnies
-
noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- incests
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- Carline
-
noun,
an old woman.
- claires
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- clamant
-
adjective,
clamorous; noisy.
- Riesman
-
noun,
David, 1909–2002, U.S. sociologist.
- Carmine
-
noun,
a crimson or purplish-red color.
- Carmela
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Carmel.
- inlaces
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- clarain
-
noun,
the coal forming the bright layers in banded bituminous coal.
- secants
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- Carlita
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Carlist
-
noun,
a supporter of the claims of Don Carlos of Spain or of his successors to the Spanish throne.
- slaters
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- saltine
-
noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- mailmen
-
noun,
a person employed by the post office to deliver mail; mail carrier.
- mascara
-
noun,
a substance used as a cosmetic to color the eyelashes and eyebrows.
- Linares
-
noun,
a city in S Spain.
- manacle
-
noun,
a shackle for the hand; handcuff.
- messman
-
noun,
an enlisted person who serves in the messroom.
- martins
-
noun,
Peter, born 1946, U.S. choreographer and ballet master, born in Denmark.
- sternal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- animate
-
adjective,
alive; possessing life:
- Messina
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Sicily.
- Alamein
-
noun,
El Alamein.
- linters
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- anlaces
-
noun,
anelace.
- maltase
-
noun,
an enzyme that converts maltose into glucose and causes similar cleavage of many other glucosides.
- mescals
-
noun,
an intoxicating beverage distilled from the fermented juice of certain species of agave.
- anemias
-
noun,
Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
- strains
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- listens
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- streams
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- listers
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- Malines
-
noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- anatase
-
noun,
a naturally occurring crystalline form of titanium dioxide, TiO 2 .
- malices
-
noun,
desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness:
- Linacre
-
noun,
Thomas, 1460?–1521, English humanist, translator, scholar, and physician.
- stencil
-
noun,
a device for applying a pattern, design, words, etc., to a surface, consisting of a thin sheet of cardboard, metal, or other material from which figures or letters have been cut out, a coloring substance, ink, etc., being rubbed, brushed, or pressed over the sheet, passing through the perforations and onto the surface.
- merlins
-
noun,
a small, bold falcon, Falco columbarius, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- mailman
-
noun,
a person employed by the post office to deliver mail; mail carrier.
- Aramean
-
noun,
a Semite of the division associated with Aram.
- Mansart
-
noun,
Jules Hardouin [zhyl ar-dwan] /ʒül arˈdwɛ̃/ (Show IPA), (Jules Hardouin) 1646–1708, French architect: chief architectural director for Louis XIV.
- Aramaic
-
noun,
Also, Aramean, Aramaean. a northwest Semitic language that from c300 b.c.–a.d. 650 was a lingua franca for nearly all of SW Asia and was the everyday speech of Syria, Mesopotamia, and Palestine.
Compare Biblical Aramaic.
- minaret
-
noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- milters
-
noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- ailment
-
noun,
a physical disorder or illness, especially of a minor or chronic nature.
- tincals
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- manilas
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of the Philippines, on W central Luzon. Abbreviation: Man.
Compare Quezon City.
- Antlers
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- miasmas
-
noun,
noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter; poisonous effluvia or germs polluting the atmosphere.
- antiars
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- Martina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Martens
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- airless
-
adjective,
lacking air.
- stearic
-
adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- stearin
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- Martial
-
noun,
(Marcus Valerius Martialis) a.d. 43?–104? Roman epigrammatist, born in Spain.
- Antares
-
noun,
a red supergiant star of the first magnitude in the constellation Scorpius.
- limmers
-
noun,
a woman of loose morals; hussy.
- Martian
-
noun,
a supposed inhabitant of the planet Mars:
- limners
-
noun,
a person who paints or draws.
- metical
-
noun,
a brass coin and monetary unit of Mozambique, equal to 100 centavos: replaced the escudo in 1980.
- malates
-
noun,
a salt or ester of malic acid.
- anaemic
-
adjective,
anemic.
- stances
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- macrame
-
noun,
an elaborately patterned lacelike webbing made of hand-knotted cord, yarn, or the like, and used for wall decorations, hanging baskets, garments, accessories, etc.
- tarsals
-
noun,
a tarsal bone, joint, or the like.
- amentia
-
noun,
lack of intellectual development; imbecility; severe mental retardation.
- meatman
-
noun,
a dealer in meat; butcher.
- Amen-Ra
-
noun,
a god in whom Amen and Ra were combined: the god of the universe and the supreme Egyptian god during the period of Theban political supremacy.
- tamarin
-
noun,
any South American marmoset of the genera Saguinus and Leontopithecus (Leontideus), having silky fur and a nonprehensile tail: several species are threatened or endangered.
- tamaris
-
noun,
a rich, naturally fermented soybean sauce containing little or no wheat and thicker than soy sauce.
- almanac
-
noun,
an annual publication containing a calendar for the coming year, the times of such events and phenomena as anniversaries, sunrises and sunsets, phases of the moon, tides, etc., and other statistical information and related topics.
- almemar
-
noun,
bimah.
- Almeria
-
noun,
a seaport in S Spain, on the Mediterranean.
- Amasias
-
noun,
Amaziah.
- tarmacs
-
noun,
(lowercase) a road, airport runway, parking area, etc., paved with Tarmac, tarmacadam, or a layer of tar.
- America
-
noun,
United States.
- Amanita
-
noun,
any agaricaceous fungus of the genus Amanita, comprised chiefly of poisonous species.
- tammies
-
noun,
a fabric of mixed fibers, constructed in plain weave and often heavily glazed, used in the manufacture of linings and undergarments.
- matrass
-
noun,
a rounded, long-necked glass container, formerly used for distilling and dissolving substances.
- Matisse
-
noun,
Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1869–1954, French painter.
- tanrecs
-
noun,
tenrec.
- almsman
-
noun,
a person supported by or receiving alms.
- tansies
-
noun,
any of several composite plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially a strong-scented, weedy, Old World herb, T. vulgare, having flat-topped clusters of tubular yellow flowers.
- almsmen
-
noun,
a person supported by or receiving alms.
- mailers
-
noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- Alsatia
-
noun,
name formerly given to the Whitefriars district in London, England, which was a sanctuary for debtors and lawbreakers.
- tamales
-
noun,
a Mexican dish made of minced and seasoned meat packed in cornmeal dough, wrapped in corn husks, and steamed.
- melanic
-
adjective,
Pathology. melanotic.
- anaemia
-
noun,
anemia.
- malaise
-
noun,
a condition of general bodily weakness or discomfort, often marking the onset of a disease.
- amtracs
-
noun,
amphibian (def 4).
- malaria
-
noun,
Pathology. any of a group of diseases, usually intermittent or remittent, characterized by attacks of chills, fever, and sweating: formerly supposed to be due to swamp exhalations but now known to be caused by a parasitic protozoan, which is transferred to the human bloodstream by a mosquito of the genus Anopheles and which occupies and destroys red blood cells.
- amritas
-
noun,
the beverage of immortality.
- Massena
-
noun,
a city in N New York, on the St. Lawrence River.
- aliases
-
noun,
a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
- Massine
-
noun,
Léonide [ley-aw-need] /leɪ ɔˈnid/ (Show IPA), 1896–1979, U.S. ballet dancer and choreographer, born in Russia.
- Mercian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Mercia.
- amnesia
-
noun,
loss of a large block of interrelated memories; complete or partial loss of memory caused by brain injury, shock, etc.
- aliment
-
noun,
that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
- ammines
-
noun,
a compound containing one or more ammonia molecules in coordinate linkage.
- Mercast
-
noun,
a broadcasting system used by U.S. agencies to deliver messages to government-operated ships.
- Ameslan
-
noun,
American Sign Language.
- talaria
-
plural noun,
the wings or winged sandals on the feet of Hermes, or Mercury.
- malacia
-
noun,
softening, or loss of consistency, of an organ or tissue.
- amirate
-
noun,
emirate.
- tarsias
-
noun,
intarsia.
- menials
-
noun,
a domestic servant.
- mastics
-
noun,
Also called mastic tree, lentisk. a small Mediterranean tree, Pistacia lentiscus, of the cashew family, that is the source of an aromatic resin used in making varnish and adhesives.
- aminate
-
verb (used with object),
to introduce an amino group into (a compound).
- aminase
-
noun,
any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of amino compounds, releasing the amino group and liberating nitrogen.
- Melissa
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the sister of Amalthea who nourished the infant Zeus with honey.
- melisma
-
noun,
an ornamental phrase of several notes sung to one syllable of text, as in plainsong or blues singing.
- tinsels
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- aimless
-
adjective,
without aim; purposeless.
- artless
-
adjective,
free from deceit, cunning, or craftiness; ingenuous:
- acnemia
-
noun,
a condition characterized by atrophy of the muscles of the calf of the leg.
- arnicas
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- ascites
-
noun,
accumulation of serous fluid in the peritoneal cavity; dropsy of the peritoneum.
- Latimer
-
noun,
Hugh, c1470–1555, English Protestant Reformation bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- marlins
-
noun,
any large, saltwater game fish of the genera Makaira and Tetrapterus, having the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike structure.
- acetins
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- Marline
-
noun,
small stuff of two-fiber strands, sometimes tarred, laid up left-handed.
- Trammel
-
noun,
Usually, trammels. a hindrance or impediment to free action; restraint:
- marasca
-
noun,
a wild cherry, Prunus cerasus marasca, yielding a small, bitter fruit, from which maraschino is made.
- latices
-
noun,
a plural of latex.
- armlets
-
noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- acrasin
-
noun,
a chemotactic substance, identical with cAMP, secreted by myxamebas of cellular slime molds and attracting other myxamebas to aggregate and form a pseudoplasmodium.
- armless
-
adjective,
lacking an arm or arms:
- latrias
-
noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- latrine
-
noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- smarten
-
Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- misname
-
verb (used with object),
to name incorrectly or wrongly; miscall.
- mismate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to mate unsuitably or wrongly.
- Marmite
-
noun,
a metal or earthenware cooking pot with a cover, usually large and often having legs.
- Lateran
-
noun,
the church of St. John Lateran, the cathedral church of the city of Rome; the church of the pope as bishop of Rome.
- Marsala
-
noun,
a seaport in W Sicily.
- Mistral
-
noun,
a cold, dry, northerly wind common in southern France and neighboring regions.
- artisan
-
noun,
a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
- acarine
-
noun,
any of numerous arachnids of the order Acarina, comprising the mites and ticks.
- article
-
noun,
a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
- Artesia
-
noun,
a city in S California.
- Marcian
-
noun,
a.d. 392?–457, emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire 450–457.
- ARTEMIS
-
noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- transl.
-
- misters
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- trenail
-
noun,
treenail.
- lascars
-
noun,
an East Indian sailor.
- Smetana
-
noun,
Bedřich [Czech be-drzhikh] /Czech ˈbɛ drʒɪx/ (Show IPA), 1824–84, Czech composer.
- Ascaris
-
noun,
any parasitic roundworm of the genus Ascaris, found in the human small intestine and causing colic and diarrhea.
- arsines
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- marcels
-
noun,
a marcelling.
- acetals
-
noun,
Also called diethylacetal. a colorless, volatile, sparingly water-soluble liquid, C 6 H 14 O 2 , having a nutlike aftertaste, obtained from acetaldehyde and ethyl alcohol: used chiefly as a solvent and in the manufacture of perfumes.
- ascents
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- arsenal
-
noun,
a place of storage or a magazine containing arms and military equipment for land or naval service.
- Larissa
-
noun,
a city in E Thessaly, in E Greece.
- Armenia
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Asia: now divided between Armenia, Turkey, and Iran.
- Acrilan
-
- lancets
-
noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- Maranta
-
noun,
any of several tropical American plants of the genus Maranta, including arrowroot and several species cultivated as ornamentals for their variegated foliage.
- mantras
-
noun,
Hinduism. a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.
- marines
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- tisanes
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- namaste
-
noun,
a conventional Hindu expression on meeting or parting, used by the speaker usually while holding the palms together vertically in front of the bosom.
- stamin-
-
- stamina
-
noun,
strength of physical constitution; power to endure disease, fatigue, privation, etc.
- Minster
-
noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- nailers
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- tsarina
-
noun,
czarina.
- slicers
-
noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- tsarism
-
noun,
czarism.
- stammer
-
noun,
a stammering mode of utterance.
- lancers
-
noun,
a set of quadrilles danced in sequence.
- Maritsa
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing from S Bulgaria along the boundary between Greece and European Turkey and into the Aegean. 300 miles (485 km) long.
- tsimmes
-
noun,
tzimmes.
- Manteca
-
noun,
a town in central California.
- Laramie
-
noun,
a city in SE Wyoming.
- lectins
-
noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- miscast
-
verb (used with object),
to assign an unsuitable role to (an actor):
- actinal
-
adjective,
having tentacles or rays.
- maracas
-
noun,
a gourd or a gourd-shaped rattle filled with seeds or pebbles and used, often in a pair, as a rhythm instrument.
- marinas
-
noun,
a boat basin offering dockage and other service for small craft.
- lariats
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- slimmer
-
noun,
a person who is trying to lose weight, especially by dieting.
- Staines
-
noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, on the Thames River near Heathrow airport.
- actress
-
noun,
a woman who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc., especially professionally.
- miracle
-
noun,
an effect or extraordinary event in the physical world that surpasses all known human or natural powers and is ascribed to a supernatural cause.
- Marina
-
noun,
a boat basin offering dockage and other service for small craft.
- Matane
-
noun,
a city in E Quebec, in SE Canada, on the St. Lawrence River.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- maists
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- resist
-
noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- Salten
-
noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- Marian
-
noun,
a person who has a particular devotion to the Virgin Mary.
- remits
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- Mastic
-
noun,
Also called mastic tree, lentisk. a small Mediterranean tree, Pistacia lentiscus, of the cashew family, that is the source of an aromatic resin used in making varnish and adhesives.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Marlin
-
noun,
any large, saltwater game fish of the genera Makaira and Tetrapterus, having the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike structure.
- Mariel
-
noun,
a city and seaport of Cuba, on the W coast, SW of Havana.
- Salina
-
noun,
a saline marsh, spring, or the like.
- salmis
-
noun,
salmi.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- Renata
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- elints
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- maline
-
noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- Marcie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marcia.
- Mantle
-
noun,
a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape.
- r-less
-
adjective,
r-dropping.
- Salaam
-
noun,
a salutation meaning “peace,” used especially in Islamic countries.
- saints
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- maniac
-
noun,
a raving or violently insane person; lunatic.
- manias
-
noun,
excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
- maraca
-
noun,
a gourd or a gourd-shaped rattle filled with seeds or pebbles and used, often in a pair, as a rhythm instrument.
- Manila
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of the Philippines, on W central Luzon. Abbreviation: Man.
Compare Quezon City.
- sacral
-
adjective,
of or relating to sacred rites or observances.
- mantra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.
- Manisa
-
noun,
a city in W Turkey, near the Aegean: Roman defeat of Antiochus the Great 190 b.c.
- Manati
-
noun,
a city in N Puerto Rico.
- Elmira
-
noun,
a city in S central New York.
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- Elissa
-
noun,
Phoenician name of Dido.
- saices
-
noun,
syce.
- mantis
-
noun,
any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- mantic
-
adjective,
of or relating to divination.
- mantel
-
noun,
a construction framing the opening of a fireplace and usually covering part of the chimney breast in a more or less decorative manner.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- Martel
-
noun,
a hammerlike, shafted weapon having a head with a point at one end and a blunt face at the other.
- manses
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- salami
-
noun,
a kind of sausage, originally Italian, often flavored with garlic.
- marais
-
noun,
a swamp or bayou.
- 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.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- Marcia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “warlike.”.
- malars
-
noun,
Also, malar bone. zygomatic bone.
- Salian
-
noun,
a Salian Frank.
- malate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of malic acid.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- malice
-
noun,
desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness:
- eclair
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- mantas
-
noun,
(in Spain and Spanish America) a cloak or wrap.
- maslin
-
noun,
a mixture of different grains, flours, or meals, especially rye mixed with wheat.
- Marcel
-
noun,
a marcelling.
- rinses
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- masers
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- mascle
-
noun,
a lozenge represented as having a lozenge-shaped hole at the center.
- Marcan
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of St. Mark or of the second Gospel.
- masais
-
noun,
a member of an African people inhabiting the highlands of Kenya and Tanzania and having a largely pastoral economy and a society based on the patrilineal clan.
- eclats
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Mamers
-
noun,
Mars.
- riatas
-
noun,
a lariat.
- Manala
-
noun,
Tuonela.
- Manama
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Bahrain, on N Bahrain island.
- Namtar
-
noun,
the Sumerian and Akkadian demon personifying death.
- realia
-
plural noun,
Education. objects, as coins, tools, etc., used by a teacher to illustrate everyday living.
- mailes
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- Ismael
-
noun,
Ishmael (def 1).
- Itasca
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N Minnesota: one of the sources of the Mississippi River.
- latria
-
noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- misers
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- racial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the social construct of race:
- istles
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- racism
-
noun,
a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- leasts
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- lectin
-
noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- lemans
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- Ramses
-
noun,
the name of several kings of ancient Egypt.
- milter
-
noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- inter.
-
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- intra-
-
- ramtil
-
noun,
Niger seed.
- lentic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in still water.
- minces
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- Lemass
-
noun,
Seán Francis [shawn] /ʃɔn/ (Show IPA), 1899–1971, prime minister of Ireland 1959–66.
- Lencas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- miners
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- ramate
-
adjective,
having branches; branching out or off.
- Isaacs
-
noun,
Sir Isaac Alfred, 1855–1948, Australian jurist: governor general of Australia 1931–36.
- raises
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- latins
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Rascal
-
noun,
a base, dishonest, or unscrupulous person.
- lariat
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- Lamesa
-
noun,
a city in NW Texas.
- nasals
-
noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- lamias
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a class of fabulous monsters, commonly represented with the head and breast of a woman and the body of a serpent, said to allure youths and children in order to suck their blood.
- lamina
-
noun,
a thin plate, scale, or layer.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- lament
-
noun,
an expression of grief or sorrow.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- Lammas
-
noun,
a former festival in England, held on August 1, in which bread made from the first harvest of corn was blessed.
- lancet
-
noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- narial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the nares or nostrils.
- lanais
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- lancer
-
noun,
a cavalry soldier armed with a lance.
- M-line
-
noun,
one of a series of lines (M-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (M-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the M-shell.
- NASCAR
-
noun,
National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.
- Latina
-
noun,
a woman of Latin-American descent.
- Lassie
-
noun,
a young girl; lass.
- missal
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Roman Catholic Church. the book containing the prayers and rites used by the priest in celebrating Mass over the course of the entire year.
- Nicaea
-
noun,
an ancient city in NW Asia Minor: Nicene Creed formulated here a.d.
- Mister
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- nemat-
-
- lactam
-
noun,
any of a group of cyclic amides characterized by the NHCO group, derived from aminocarboxylic acids by the intramolecular elimination of water from the amino and carboxylic groups.
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- Nasser
-
noun,
Gamal Abdel [guh-mahl ab-doo l,, juh-] /gəˈmɑl ˈæb dʊl,, dʒə-/ (Show IPA), 1918–70, Egyptian military and political leader: prime minister of Egypt 1954–56; president of Egypt 1956–58; president of the United Arab Republic 1958–70.
- natals
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- miters
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- mitral
-
adjective,
of or resembling a miter.
- lascar
-
noun,
an East Indian sailor.
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- Milner
-
noun,
Alfred, 1st Viscount, 1854–1925, British statesman and colonial administrator.
- lianas
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- remiss
-
adjective,
negligent, careless, or slow in performing one's duty, business, etc.:
- lanate
-
adjective,
woolly; covered with something resembling wool.
- mensal
-
adjective,
monthly.
- iceman
-
noun,
a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.
- reatas
-
noun,
riata.
- mensas
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- mental
-
noun,
Informal. a person with a psychological disorder:
- Mercia
-
noun,
an early English kingdom in central Britain.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- liters
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- Merlin
-
noun,
a small, bold falcon, Falco columbarius, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- immane
-
adjective,
vast in size; enormous.
- menial
-
noun,
a domestic servant.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- Mersin
-
noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- matri-
-
- Mailer
-
noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- matins
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- remans
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- melan-
-
- relict
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- macles
-
noun,
chiastolite.
- recti-
-
- rectal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- macers
-
noun,
macebearer.
- McNair
-
noun,
Lesley James, 1883–1944, U.S. army officer.
- merman
-
noun,
(in folklore) a male marine creature, having the head, torso, and arms of a man and the tail of a fish.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- milers
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- insets
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- inseam
-
noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- metal.
-
- insect
-
noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- limner
-
noun,
a person who paints or draws.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- rassle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- limmer
-
noun,
a woman of loose morals; hussy.
- limens
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- metric
-
noun,
Often, metrics. a standard for measuring or evaluating something, especially one that uses figures or statistics:
- miasma
-
noun,
noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter; poisonous effluvia or germs polluting the atmosphere.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- instr.
-
- linacs
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- mesial
-
adjective,
medial.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- mesail
-
noun,
a pivoted piece on a helmet between a visor and a beaver.
- Lister
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- mescal
-
noun,
an intoxicating beverage distilled from the fermented juice of certain species of agave.
- ratans
-
noun,
rattan.
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- messan
-
noun,
a lap dog; small pet dog.
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- ratals
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- messin
-
noun,
messan.
- inlace
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- lances
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- Marist
-
noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- arnica
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- Arista
-
noun,
Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
- Arliss
-
noun,
George, 1868–1946, English actor.
- snarls
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- snares
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- armlet
-
noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- smites
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- smiles
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- Stacia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- arsen-
-
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- smelts
-
noun,
any of various small, silvery food fishes of the family Osmeridae, of cold northern waters, as the North American rainbow smelt, Osmerus mordax.
- smears
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- smarts
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- Asante
-
noun,
Ashanti.
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- smarms
-
noun,
behavior or speech that is smarmy.
- arises
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- stains
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- asemia
-
noun,
inability to comprehend or use communicative symbols, as words or gestures.
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- steins
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- steams
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- antiar
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- steals
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- Antlia
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Air Pump, a small southern constellation between Vela and Hydra.
- stares
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Aralia
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Aralia and related genera, several of which are cultivated as houseplants or have been used medicinally.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- stanes
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- arcane
-
adjective,
known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric:
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- Arcata
-
noun,
a town in NW California.
- arecas
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- stamen
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- Stalin
-
noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- Ariane
-
noun,
Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
- stales
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- smalts
-
noun,
a coloring agent made of blue glass produced by fusing silica, potassium carbonate, and cobalt oxide, used in powdered form to add color to vitreous materials.
- asians
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- ansate
-
adjective,
having a handle or handlelike part.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- caiman
-
noun,
any of several tropical American crocodilians of the genus Caiman and allied genera: some are endangered.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- silane
-
noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- siesta
-
noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- Calais
-
noun,
the winged son of Boreas the north wind. As Argonauts he and his brother Zetes chased away the Harpies.
- Calama
-
noun,
a city in N Chile.
- calesa
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a small, two-wheeled calash.
- camail
-
noun,
aventail (def 1).
- simars
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- camass
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Camassia, of the lily family, especially C. quamash, of western North America, having long clusters of blue to white flowers and edible bulbs.
- camera
-
noun,
a device for capturing a photographic image or recording a video, using film or digital memory.
- serins
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- camise
-
noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- camlet
-
noun,
a durable, waterproof cloth, especially for outerwear.
- Cammie
-
noun,
camouflage.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- Canara
-
noun,
Kanara.
- serais
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Caesar
-
noun,
Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (or Caius) [key-uh s] /ˈkeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), Julius, c100–44 b.c, Roman general, statesman, and historian.
- Simmel
-
noun,
Georg [gey-awrk] /geɪˈɔrk/ (Show IPA), 1858–1918, German sociologist and philosopher.
- sliest
-
adjective,
a superlative of sly.
- slants
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- aslant
-
adverb,
at a slant; slantingly; obliquely.
- slices
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- Asmara
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Eritrea, in N Ethiopia.
- slicer
-
noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- asrama
-
noun,
any of the four phases of the ideally conducted life: education, work, withdrawal from society, and asceticism.
- slates
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- assail
-
verb (used with object),
to attack vigorously or violently; assault.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- assent
-
noun,
agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
- assert
-
Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- simmer
-
noun,
the state or process of simmering.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- sitars
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Sister
-
noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- Sisera
-
noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- astral
-
adjective,
pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped.
- ataman
-
noun,
the elected chief of a Cossack village or military force.
- sirens
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Anselm
-
noun,
Saint, 1033–1109, archbishop of Canterbury: scholastic theologian and philosopher.
- stemma
-
noun,
ocellus (def 1).
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- airman
-
noun,
an aviator.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- ticals
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- tiaras
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- aisles
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- Tessin
-
noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- teslas
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- Alaric
-
noun,
a.d. c370–410, king of the Visigoths: captured Rome 410.
- tincal
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- alarms
-
noun,
a sudden fear or distressing suspense caused by an awareness of danger; apprehension; fright.
- tensas
-
noun,
a river in NE Louisiana, flowing S to the Ouachita River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- alates
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- tenaim
-
noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- Aleman
-
noun,
Mateo [mah-te-aw] /mɑˈtɛ ɔ/ (Show IPA), 1547?–1610, Spanish novelist.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Alesia
-
noun,
an ancient city and fortress in Gaul: Caesar captured Vercingetorix here 52 b.c.
- Tassie
-
noun,
tass.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- acetal
-
noun,
Also called diethylacetal. a colorless, volatile, sparingly water-soluble liquid, C 6 H 14 O 2 , having a nutlike aftertaste, obtained from acetaldehyde and ethyl alcohol: used chiefly as a solvent and in the manufacture of perfumes.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- trans.
-
- acmite
-
noun,
a rare pyroxene mineral, sodium-ferric iron silicate, NaFe(Si 2 O 6), found in feldspathoid rocks.
- tinsel
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- tra-la
-
noun,
nonsense syllables sung as a refrain, expressing gaiety.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- actin-
-
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- tmesis
-
noun,
the interpolation of one or more words between the parts of a compound word, as be thou ware for beware.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- aerial
-
noun,
a radio or television antenna.
- tassel
-
noun,
a pendent ornament consisting commonly of a bunch of threads, small cords, or other strands hanging from a roundish knob or head, used on clothing, in jewelry, on curtains, etc.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- anlace
-
noun,
anelace.
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- Talara
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Peru.
- ammine
-
noun,
a compound containing one or more ammonia molecules in coordinate linkage.
- Amrita
-
noun,
the beverage of immortality.
- amtrac
-
noun,
amphibian (def 4).
- taenia
-
noun,
Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- ancile
-
noun,
a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome.
- Anemia
-
noun,
Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- anemic
-
adjective,
Pathology. suffering from anemia.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- stimes
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- sterns
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- animal
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Animalia, comprising multicellular organisms that have a well-defined shape and usually limited growth, can move voluntarily, actively acquire food and digest it internally, and have sensory and nervous systems that allow them to respond rapidly to stimuli: some classification schemes also include protozoa and certain other single-celled eukaryotes that have motility and animallike nutritional modes.
- Animas
-
noun,
soul; life.
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- anises
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- amices
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- Alissa
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “joy.”.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Tasman
-
noun,
Abel Janszoon [ah-buh l yahn-sohn] /ˈɑ bəl ˈyɑn soʊn/ (Show IPA), 1602?–59, Dutch navigator and explorer.
- tarsia
-
noun,
intarsia.
- tarsal
-
noun,
a tarsal bone, joint, or the like.
- Tarmac
-
noun,
(lowercase) a road, airport runway, parking area, etc., paved with Tarmac, tarmacadam, or a layer of tar.
- Alsace
-
noun,
a region and former province of France between the Vosges and the Rhine.
- Tarlac
-
noun,
a city on N central Luzon, in the N Philippines.
- Altaic
-
noun,
the Turkic, Mongolian, and Tungusic language families collectively, spoken over a broad expanse of Eurasia, from southeastern Europe to the Pacific: variously considered to be a single, genetically related family, with Japanese and Korean sometimes also included, or a group of languages with shared typologies and histories, but not genetically akin.
- Altair
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Aquila.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- Altman
-
noun,
Robert, 1925–2006, U.S. film director, producer, and screenwriter.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- Amalia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Amarna
-
adjective,
of or relating to the period in ancient Egyptian history described on cuneiform tablets (Amarna tablets) that were found in 1887 at Tell el Amarna and contain the correspondence (Amarna letters) from neighboring kings and governors to Amenhotep IV and his father Amenhotep III.
- Tamils
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- Amelia
-
noun,
the congenital absence of one or more limbs.
- tamari
-
noun,
a rich, naturally fermented soybean sauce containing little or no wheat and thicker than soy sauce.
- Tamara
-
noun,
a powdered mixture of cinnamon, cloves, coriander, aniseed, and fennel seed.
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- Tamale
-
noun,
a Mexican dish made of minced and seasoned meat packed in cornmeal dough, wrapped in corn husks, and steamed.
- seracs
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- slimes
-
noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- Cantal
-
noun,
a department in S central France. 2231 sq. mi. (5780 sq. km). Capital: Aurillac.
- cerat-
-
- scenas
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- scarts
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- cental
-
noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- centi-
-
- centr-
-
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- scares
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- sclent
-
noun,
any slanting surface, as a slope.
- scants
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- cestas
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- Scales
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- scaler
-
noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- cinema
-
noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- scalar
-
noun,
Mathematics, Physics. a quantity possessing only magnitude.
Compare vector (def 1a).
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- scents
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- scler-
-
- citral
-
noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- scries
-
verb (used without object),
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- casita
-
noun,
a small crude dwelling forming part of a shantytown inhabited by Mexican laborers in the southwestern U.S.
- scrims
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- Cassel
-
noun,
Kassel.
- Cassia
-
noun,
Also called cassia bark, Chinese cinnamon. a variety of cinnamon derived from the cassia-bark tree.
- Cassie
-
noun,
huisache.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- sclera
-
noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- castes
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- Castle
-
noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- scream
-
noun,
a loud, sharp, piercing cry:
- scrams
-
noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- catena
-
noun,
a chain or connected series, especially of extracts from the writings of the fathers of the Christian church.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Catlin
-
noun,
George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.
- satins
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- claims
-
noun,
a demand for something as due; an assertion of a right or an alleged right:
- Seaman
-
noun,
a person skilled in seamanship.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- Crania
-
noun,
the skull of a vertebrate.
- crasis
-
noun,
composition; constitution; makeup.
- sancta
-
noun,
a sacred or holy place.
- Sammie
-
noun,
a sandwich.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- creams
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- samlet
-
noun,
a young salmon.
- crests
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- sanies
-
noun,
a thin, often greenish, serous fluid that is discharged from ulcers, wounds, etc.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- Samian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Samos.
- Crimea
-
noun,
the, a peninsula in SE Ukraine, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- Samara
-
noun,
an indehiscent, usually one-seeded, winged fruit, as of the elm or maple.
- Samain
-
noun,
Samhain.
- craals
-
noun,
kraal.
- cnemis
-
noun,
the tibia or shin.
- Claire
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- cleans
-
- sarsen
-
noun,
any of numerous large sandstone blocks or fragments found in south-central England, probably remnants of eroded Tertiary beds.
- Sarnia
-
noun,
a port in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on the S shore of Lake Huron, on the St. Clair River, across from Port Huron, Michigan.
- clares
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- claret
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- class.
-
- clasts
-
noun,
a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
- sarans
-
noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- clears
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- sansei
-
noun,
a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. or Canada.
- cleats
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- client
-
noun,
a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- clines
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- clints
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- clites
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- Santal
-
noun,
sandalwood.
- Casals
-
noun,
Pablo [pah-bloh;; Spanish pah-vlaw] /ˈpɑ bloʊ;; Spanish ˈpɑ vlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1973, Spanish cellist, conductor, and composer; in France after 1936; in Puerto Rico after 1956.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- carats
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- cartel
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- Carmen
-
noun,
Ciudad del Carmen.
- Carmel
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain range in NW Israel, near the Mediterranean coast. Highest point, 1818 feet (554 meters). 14 miles (23 km) long.
- caress
-
noun,
an act or gesture expressing affection, as an embrace or kiss, especially a light stroking or touching.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- carnal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or characterized by the flesh or the body, its passions and appetites; sensual:
- Carian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Caria.
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- cantle
-
noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- cantar
-
noun,
a poem consisting of four-line stanzas, each line having eight syllables.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- carses
-
noun,
bottom land.
- Senlac
-
noun,
a hill in SE England: believed by some historians to have been the site of the Battle of Hastings, 1066.
- Carman
-
noun,
one of the crew of a streetcar or the like, as the motorman.
- Carina
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- seti-
-
- Saran
-
noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- Selma
-
noun,
a city in central Alabama, on the Alabama River.
- masts
-
noun,
Nautical.
a spar or structure rising above the hull and upper portions of a ship or boat to hold sails, spars, rigging, booms, signals, etc., at some point on the fore-and-aft line, as a foremast or mainmast.
any of a number of individual spars composing such a structure, as a topmast supported on trestletrees at the head of a lower mast.
any of various portions of a single spar that are beside particular sails, as a top-gallant mast and royal mast formed as a single spar.
- talcs
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- Talca
-
noun,
a city in central Chile.
- sarc-
-
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- sials
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- mast-
-
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- semi-
-
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- Massa
-
noun,
marse.
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- masse
-
noun,
a stroke made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held almost or quite perpendicular to the table.
- talas
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- sains
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- tears
-
- sails
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Sices
-
noun,
syce.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- seism
-
noun,
an earthquake.
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- McRae
-
noun,
Carmen, 1920–94, U.S. jazz singer and songwriter.
- Menam
-
noun,
a former name of Chao Phraya.
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- Tamar
-
noun,
the daughter of David and half-sister of Absalom. II Sam. 13.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- melts
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- Melas
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- sasin
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- Melia
-
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- melic
-
adjective,
intended to be sung.
- matr-
-
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- saris
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Tamas
-
noun,
See under guna.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Tamil
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Nasca
-
adjective,
Nazca.
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- Samas
-
noun,
the Sufi practice of gathering to listen to religious poetry that is sung, often accompanied by ecstatic dance or other ritual.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- trama
-
noun,
a specialized hyphal tissue constituting the internal structure of mushroom gills, pore tubes, or spines.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- salmi
-
noun,
a ragout of partially cooked game, as pheasant or woodcock, stewed in wine and butter.
- salsa
-
noun,
a lively, vigorous type of contemporary Latin American popular music, blending predominantly Cuban rhythms with elements of jazz, rock, and soul music.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Samar
-
noun,
an island in the E central Philippines. 5309 sq. mi. (13,750 sq. km).
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Saman
-
noun,
a Persian noble who lived in the 8th century a.d., progenitor of the Samanid dynasty.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Salta
-
noun,
a game for two, resembling Chinese checkers, played on a board with 100 squares.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- marls
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- treas
-
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Marta
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Masan
-
noun,
a seaport in SE South Korea.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Masai
-
noun,
a member of an African people inhabiting the highlands of Kenya and Tanzania and having a largely pastoral economy and a society based on the patrilineal clan.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- masc.
-
- Sans.
-
- term.
-
- 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).
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Merca
-
noun,
a city in S Somalia.
- tera-
-
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- sanit
-
- Raman
-
noun,
Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata [chuhn-druh-shey-ker-uh veng-kuh-tuh] /ˈtʃʌn drəˈʃeɪ kər ə ˈvɛŋ kə tə/ (Show IPA), 1888–1970, Indian physicist: Nobel prize 1930.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- ramal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a ramus.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- Salem
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Massachusetts: founded 1626; execution of persons accused of being witches 1692; home of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- salat
-
noun,
prayers, said five times a day: the second of the Pillars of Islam.
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- Salas
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- sanes
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- 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.
- Seric
-
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- semis
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, the half part of an as.
- sect.
-
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- natl.
-
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- Simms
-
noun,
William Gilmore [gil-mawr,, -mohr] /ˈgɪl mɔr,, -moʊr/ (Show IPA), 1806–70, U.S. author.
- nears
-
- Recit
-
- smile
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- SCRAM
-
noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- seats
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- Mists
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- Sinas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- rect.
-
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- Srta.
-
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- misc.
-
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- misce
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) mix.
- 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.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- mises
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- simas
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- Miss.
-
- Missa
-
noun,
Mass.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- seals
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- 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.
- nasal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- SISAL
-
noun,
Also called sisal hemp. a fiber yielded by an agave, Agave sisalana, of Yucatán, used for making rope, rugs, etc.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- slams
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- seams
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- Natal
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- reams
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- slims
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- smarm
-
noun,
behavior or speech that is smarmy.
- MSEnt
-
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- smalt
-
noun,
a coloring agent made of blue glass produced by fusing silica, potassium carbonate, and cobalt oxide, used in powdered form to add color to vitreous materials.
- realm
-
noun,
a royal domain; kingdom:
- Smail
-
noun,
snail mail.
- salts
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- scrim
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- sines
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- slime
-
noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- Naima
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “benevolent.”.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- Names
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Merci
-
interjection,
thank you.
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- scams
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- scans
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- meta-
-
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- ster.
-
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- 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.
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- metic
-
noun,
an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- mesic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- 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.
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- sates
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- nitr-
-
- mesas
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- ratal
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- scale
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- Silas
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- silts
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- mimes
-
noun,
the art or technique of portraying a character, mood, idea, or narration by gestures and bodily movements; pantomime.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- Stans
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- MINCE
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- milts
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- scat-
-
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- scats
-
noun,
scat singing.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Mimas
-
noun,
Astronomy. one of the moons of Saturn.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Miass
-
noun,
a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia, near the Ural Mountains, W of Chelyabinsk.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- metr-
-
- reni-
-
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- micas
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- micra
-
noun,
a plural of micron.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Milan
-
noun,
an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral.
- miler
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- nests
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Milne
-
noun,
A(lan) A(lexander) 1882–1956, English novelist, playwright, and author of prose and verse for children.
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- malts
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- lact-
-
- asst.
-
- assn.
-
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- Asser
-
noun,
Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- Assam
-
noun,
a state in NE India. 30,285 sq. mi. (78,438 sq. km). Capital: Dispur.
- assai
-
noun,
any of several slender Brazilian palms of the genus Euterpe, especially E. edulis, a species bearing a purple fruit from which a beverage is made by infusion.
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Lamar
-
noun,
Joseph R. 1857–1916, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1911–16.
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- Lamas
-
noun,
Carlos Saavedra [kahr-laws sah-ah-ve-drah] /ˈkɑr lɔs ˌsɑ ɑˈvɛ drɑ/ (Show IPA), Saavedra Lamas, Carlos.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- lames
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- lamia
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a class of fabulous monsters, commonly represented with the head and breast of a woman and the body of a serpent, said to allure youths and children in order to suck their blood.
- ASEAN
-
- Lanai
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- lanas
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- LANCE
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- asana
-
noun,
any of the postures in a yoga exercise.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- 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:
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- canal
-
noun,
an artificial waterway for navigation, irrigation, etc.
- carat
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- Caras
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- Cant.
-
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Ital.
-
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Canea
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Crete, on the W part.
- camis
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- astr.
-
- cames
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- Camel
-
noun,
either of two large, humped, ruminant quadrupeds of the genus Camelus, of the Old World.
Compare Bactrian camel, dromedary.
- calms
-
noun,
freedom from motion or disturbance; stillness.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- atria
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- Atman
-
noun,
the principle of life.
- ATLAS
-
noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- lansa
-
noun,
langsat.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- lasts
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- lases
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- Lassa
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Lhasa.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- anis-
-
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- anima
-
noun,
soul; life.
- anim.
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- anat.
-
- ante-
-
- anti-
-
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Arnel
-
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- Armen
-
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- Arica
-
noun,
a seaport in N Chile.
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- Larsa
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in southern Iraq: archaeological site.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- Areca
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- Arcas
-
noun,
a son of Zeus and Callisto, the ancestor of the Arcadians who was set among the stars with his mother as the Little Bear and the Great Bear respectively.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- clast
-
noun,
a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- encl.
-
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- clime
-
noun,
climate.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- clase
-
- craal
-
noun,
kraal.
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- 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.
- Clara
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “clear, bright.”.
- clans
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- claim
-
noun,
a demand for something as due; an assertion of a right or an alleged right:
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cists
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- crams
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- cine-
-
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elman
-
noun,
Mischa [mee-shuh] /ˈmi ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1891–1967, U.S. violinist, born in Russia.
- Elara
-
noun,
Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- EMAIL
-
noun,
a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals using dedicated software:
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- crit.
-
- crime
-
noun,
an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- crim.
-
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- cress
-
noun,
any of various plants of the mustard family, especially the watercress, having pungent-tasting leaves often used for salad and as a garnish.
- cream
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- crass
-
adjective,
without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity; gross; obtuse; stupid:
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- cases
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- inst.
-
- casas
-
noun,
Bartolomé de las [bahr-taw-law-me th e lahs] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ ðɛ lɑs/ (Show IPA), Las Casas, Bartolomé de.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- intr.
-
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Iran.
-
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- incr.
-
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- Carme
-
noun,
a small natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Carla
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Isaac
-
noun,
a son of Abraham and Sarah, and father of Jacob. Gen. 21:1–4.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Caria
-
noun,
an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.
- Islam
-
noun,
the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the basic principle of which is absolute submission to a unique and personal god, Allah.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- incl.
-
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- cert.
-
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Ceram
-
noun,
an island of the Moluccas in Indonesia, W of New Guinea. 7191 sq. mi. (18,625 sq. km).
- IATSE
-
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- cent.
-
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- Icel.
-
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- Ceara
-
noun,
Fortaleza.
- imams
-
noun,
the officiating priest of a mosque.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- cata-
-
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- artal
-
noun,
plural of rotl.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- acmes
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Malan
-
noun,
Daniel François [frahn-swah] /frɑnˈswɑ/ (Show IPA), 1874–1959, South African editor and political leader: prime minister 1948–54.
- almas
-
noun,
a town in SE Quebec, in SE Canada.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Malar
-
noun,
Also, malar bone. zygomatic bone.
- male-
-
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- malic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from apples.
- almes
-
noun,
almah.
- malms
-
noun,
an artificial mixture of chalk and clay for making into bricks.
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- Malta
-
noun,
an island in the Mediterranean between Sicily and Africa. 95 sq. mi. (246 sq. km).
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- acari
-
noun,
plural of acarus.
- amain
-
adverb,
with full force.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- acet-
-
- alti-
-
- Mamie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- altar
-
noun,
an elevated place or structure, as a mound or platform, at which religious rites are performed or on which sacrifices are offered to gods, ancestors, etc.
- limns
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- mamas
-
noun,
Informal. mother1 .
- Liman
-
noun,
a muddy lagoon, marsh, or lake near the mouth of a river behind part of the delta and more or less protected from open water by a barrier or spit.
- limas
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- Altai
-
noun,
a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Capital: Barnaul.
- limen
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- Alta.
-
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- lists
-
noun,
an enclosed arena for a tilting contest.
- Manat
-
noun,
a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess personifying fortune, sometimes considered a daughter of Allah.
- Alas.
-
- macer
-
noun,
macebearer.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- alate
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- alarm
-
noun,
a sudden fear or distressing suspense caused by an awareness of danger; apprehension; fright.
- macle
-
noun,
chiastolite.
- Alans
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- alani
-
plural noun,
a nomadic Iranian people who flourished in the 2nd–4th centuries a.d. and are ancestors of the present-day Ossets.
- maars
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- maces
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- alias
-
noun,
a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- mails
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- maims
-
noun,
a physical injury, especially a loss of a limb.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- aecia
-
noun,
the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- maile
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- aemia
-
- aeri-
-
- Maera
-
noun,
Hecuba, after being changed into a dog for blinding Polymestor.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- manas
-
noun,
the rational faculty of the mind.
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- amin-
-
- anal.
-
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- maras
-
noun,
a city in S Turkey, NE of Adana.
- Amer.
-
- Maria
-
noun,
calaba.
- 30-30
-
- AMICE
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- Leman
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- Manta
-
noun,
(in Spain and Spanish America) a cloak or wrap.
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- lemma
-
noun,
a subsidiary proposition introduced in proving some other proposition; a helping theorem.
- Amram
-
noun,
the father of Aaron and Moses. Ex. 6:20.
- Amman
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Jordan, in the W part.
- marcs
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- Lenca
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- amiss
-
Idioms,
take amiss, to be offended at or resentful of (something not meant to cause offense or resentment); misunderstand:
- Marat
-
noun,
Jean Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1743–93, French politician and journalist: leader in the French Revolution; assassinated by Charlotte Corday d'Armont.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- Amati
-
noun,
Nicolò [nee-kaw-law] /ˌni kɔˈlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1596–1684, Italian violinmaker, one of a famous family of 16th- and 17th-century violinmakers: teacher of Antonio Stradivari.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- Liana
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- manic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affected by mania.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- licet
-
- mania
-
noun,
excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
- Amata
-
noun,
the mother, by Latinus, of Lavinia.
- lect.
-
- amass
-
verb (used with object),
to gather for oneself; collect as one's own:
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- Aalst
-
noun,
Flemish name of Alost.
- Amasa
-
noun,
the commander of Absalom's army and later of David's army. II Sam. 17:25; 19:13.
- amate
-
verb (used with object),
to dismay; daunt.
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Cels
-
- ect-
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Casa
-
noun,
a house.
- aer-
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- cen.
-
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- sci.
-
- tRNA
-
- 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.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- aet.
-
- scil
-
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- SCSI
-
noun,
a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- AIME
-
- ELAS
-
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- Cass
-
noun,
Lewis, 1782–1866, U.S. statesman.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cat.
-
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- scr.
-
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- Aire
-
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- CERN
-
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- Sam.
-
- 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.
- SAMA
-
noun,
the Sufi practice of gathering to listen to religious poetry that is sung, often accompanied by ecstatic dance or other ritual.
- acr-
-
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- AAAL
-
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- AAAS
-
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- Clem
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clement.
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- ctr.
-
- ACLS
-
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- cml.
-
- acea
-
- Saml
-
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- ACAA
-
- Cres
-
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- crat
-
- Sams
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Samuel.
- clar
-
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- cir.
-
- cess
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- cet-
-
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- tri-
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- 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.
- Marl
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Acta
-
plural noun,
official records, as of acts, deeds, proceedings, transactions, or the like.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cts.
-
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- cis-
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- cit.
-
- 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.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- sals
-
noun,
salt1 .
- Sat.
-
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- SASE
-
- clam
-
noun,
any of various bivalve mollusks, especially certain edible species.
Compare quahog, soft-shell clam.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Anas
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- SMSA
-
- Amal
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Arm.
-
- art.
-
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Sra.
-
- SRAM
-
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Aman
-
noun,
Haman.
- amas
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- SLIC
-
- ASME
-
- asis
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- SLIM
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- alms
-
noun,
money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity:
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- alt.
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- asc-
-
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- ARIS
-
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- str.
-
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- AMLS
-
- Tala
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- amt.
-
- ance
-
- Taal
-
noun,
Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Anam
-
noun,
Annam.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- Aram
-
noun,
Biblical name of ancient Syria.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- arca
-
noun,
a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
- Aras
-
noun,
Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Ste.
-
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- ant.
-
- ANSI
-
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- Alea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an epithet of Athena referring to a sanctuary built in her honor by Aleus.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Cara
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- ten.
-
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- tel-
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- 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.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Cana
-
noun,
an ancient town in N Israel, in Galilee: scene of Jesus' first miracle. John 2:1, 11.
- Can.
-
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- ter.
-
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- alae
-
noun,
plural of ala.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- 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.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Ala.
-
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- sec.
-
- Alai
-
noun,
a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- Sem.
-
- Secs
-
noun,
second2 (def 2).
- 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.
- Alan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- cams
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- sers
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Alma
-
noun,
a town in SE Quebec, in SE Canada.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- atm.
-
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- ASTM
-
- Alis
-
- atic
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Tasm
-
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SLAM
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- ASSR
-
- ates
-
- 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.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- sics
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- calm
-
noun,
freedom from motion or disturbance; stillness.
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- Cal.
-
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- Sims
-
noun,
William Sowden [soud-n] /ˈsaʊd n/ (Show IPA), 1858–1936, U.S. admiral, born in Canada.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- MSME
-
- mRNA
-
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- MSAE
-
- MSAM
-
- MSCE
-
- msec
-
- MSEM
-
- MSIE
-
- MSSc
-
- MNAS
-
- MSTS
-
- NACA
-
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Nama
-
noun,
a member of a Khoikhoi people of Namaqualand, in SW Africa.
- Lani
-
- mrem
-
- lasa
-
noun,
Lhasa.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- mis-
-
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- lea.
-
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Lat.
-
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- LASS
-
noun,
a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried.
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- NTIA
-
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- NIRA
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- 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.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- ISSN
-
- isms
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- isls
-
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- 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.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- 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.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Lana
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- lams
-
noun,
a hasty escape; flight.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- LAMA
-
noun,
a priest or monk in Lamaism.
- Lam.
-
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- NCAA
-
- NCTE
-
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- Rama
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) any of the three avatars of Vishnu: Balarama, Parashurama, or Ramachandra.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- Maia
-
noun,
the eldest of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes by Zeus.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- Mac-
-
- meal
-
noun,
the food served and eaten especially at one of the customary, regular occasions for taking food during the day, as breakfast, lunch, or supper.
- Maat
-
noun,
the goddess personifying law and righteousness.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Maas
-
noun,
Dutch name of the Meuse.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- meas
-
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- maar
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- maim
-
noun,
a physical injury, especially a loss of a limb.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- Mana
-
noun,
a generalized, supernatural force or power, which may be concentrated in objects or persons.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- MARC
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Mara
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of death, sometimes seen as one aspect of a god whose other aspect is Kama, or erotic desire.
- Mar.
-
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- Man.
-
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- masa
-
noun,
flour or dough made of dried, ground corn, used especially for tortillas.
- Mame
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mama
-
noun,
Informal. mother1 .
- malt
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- MALS
-
- malm
-
noun,
an artificial mixture of chalk and clay for making into bricks.
- Mass
-
noun,
a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size:
- Mali
-
noun,
Republic of, a republic in W Africa: formerly a territory of France; gained independence 1960. 463,500 sq. mi. (120,000 sq. km). Capital: Bamako.
- mal-
-
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- mem.
-
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Mic.
-
- mica
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- mil.
-
- Mile
-
noun,
Also called statute mile. a unit of distance on land in English-speaking countries equal to 5280 feet, or 1760 yards (1.609 kilometers).
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- MILR
-
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- MIME
-
noun,
the art or technique of portraying a character, mood, idea, or narration by gestures and bodily movements; pantomime.
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- Mims
-
noun,
Fort. Fort Mims.
- min.
-
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- lime
-
noun,
Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- mems
-
noun,
the thirteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- men-
-
- ment
-
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- lit.
-
- mes-
-
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- limn
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- mess
-
noun,
a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition:
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- met.
-
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lin.
-
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- IAEA
-
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- rit.
-
- iana
-
- IATA
-
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- ical
-
- Ice.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- ile-
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- emia
-
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- inae
-
- Inc.
-
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Emma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- RNAS
-
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- ESIS
-
- 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.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- est.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- etc.
-
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Ens.
-
- 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.
- rel.
-
- enl.
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- enc.
-
- 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.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- imam
-
noun,
the officiating priest of a mosque.
- Sacs
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- intl
-
- elms
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- 1080
-
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- int.
-
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ins.
-
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Ire.
-
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- Saar
-
noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- CNS
-
- AAE
-
- CNM
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- CMA
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- CLR
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- AMC
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- Ar.
-
- MIE
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Aar
-
- mi.
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- EMR
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- LIM
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- AME
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- AAM
-
- EMT
-
- en-
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- AMS
-
- ac-
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- AAA
-
- Am.
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- TSE
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- SAE
-
- ERT
-
- TSI
-
- ESA
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ELM
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- Esc
-
- 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.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- SAR
-
- an.
-
- ALM
-
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- MIM
-
noun,
the twenty-fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- AMA
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- CLI
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- TAL
-
- al.
-
- Les
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- AIA
-
- 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.
- cle
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- EIS
-
- Mam
-
noun,
British Informal. mother.
- eir
-
- 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.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- MAA
-
- RMC
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- TIA
-
- MSC
-
- MSL
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- MM.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- ea.
-
- EAA
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- RSE
-
- MCI
-
- RSA
-
- MCR
-
- Rs.
-
- AIC
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- TLC
-
- 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.
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- RNA
-
- 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.
- ean
-
- tlr
-
- EAM
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- Me.
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- TCS
-
- CSA
-
- CRT
-
- AEA
-
- CRS
-
- ae.
-
- 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.
- RTS
-
- ec-
-
- LMT
-
- TCA
-
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ACS
-
- ECA
-
- ECM
-
- SAA
-
- RSS
-
- CSR
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- cte
-
- LST
-
- CTA
-
- CST
-
- Mc-
-
- ltr
-
- LTA
-
- ALC
-
- rt.
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ESL
-
- AEC
-
- LSS
-
- rte
-
- tr.
-
- LSM
-
- LSI
-
- tra
-
- LSC
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ANC
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- NES
-
- at.
-
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- ATA
-
- 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:
- ATC
-
- NIA
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- Lt.
-
- SCS
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- se-
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- ca.
-
- cr.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- in.
-
- ct.
-
- ne-
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ILS
-
- ASM
-
- ASN
-
- ASR
-
- SLE
-
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- CEA
-
- NEA
-
- RCA
-
- REA
-
- SCM
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- RCT
-
- NEC
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- ast
-
- SLA
-
- RCN
-
- cs.
-
- cl.
-
- ASI
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- ITA
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- ist
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- RAS
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ISR
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- CAR
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noun,
an automobile.
- SEN
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- Rae
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noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ism
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noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- RAN
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noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- CAS
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verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- Ir.
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- Isl
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- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- IRC
-
- ise
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- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- IRL
-
- ISA
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- Is.
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ITC
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- ite
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- La.
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- nr.
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- CAA
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- sea
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noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- CAI
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- ine
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- nit
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noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- rat
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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.
- SIC
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adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- NMI
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- NMR
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- NRA
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- RMS
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plural,
ream.
- CAM
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noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- NRC
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- NSA
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- NSC
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- SES
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- RAM
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noun,
a male sheep.
- RCS
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- Re.
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- RMA
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- il-
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- TSS
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- ier
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- CIM
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- MRA
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- MRE
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- ARC
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noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ETR
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- MRI
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- sc.
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- ETS
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- MSA
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- ARE
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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.
- CIE
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- ARA
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noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- MSE
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- CIA
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- MSM
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- MSN
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- MST
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- Sta
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- St.
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- SST
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- SSR
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- SSN
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- Mr.
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plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MNS
-
- SSI
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- STI
-
- LCT
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- LCM
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- LCI
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- STM
-
- STL
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- IRS
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- LCA
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- ESR
-
- ess
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noun,
the letter S, s.
- MIT
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- MNE
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- ans
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noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- REM
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noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- ml.
-
- MLA
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- Las
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noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- MLR
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- MLS
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- MME
-
- MMT
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- MNA
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- SSM
-
- MSI
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- SMS
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- ial
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- ICA
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noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ASA
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noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- Sr.
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- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- NAA
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- ase
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- ics
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- IRA
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noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- SSE
-
- ARS
-
- Ia.
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- SMM
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- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- MTS
-
- IAS
-
- mtn
-
- SLR
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- REC
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noun,
recreation.
- SSC
-
- SSA
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- ss.
-
- Mt.
-
- MTI
-
- SMA
-
- SRI
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noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- SRS
-
- t.
-
- MN
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- RN
-
- le
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- M.
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- T1
-
- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- ln
-
- LR
-
- TC
-
- RI
-
- 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.
- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- NL
-
- LC
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- CE
-
- CM
-
- ic
-
- EI
-
- i.
-
- LM
-
- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- L1
-
- TL
-
- L.
-
- TM
-
- NM
-
- RC
-
- TN
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- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- L2
-
- N.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- NC
-
- NI
-
- R.
-
- S.
-
- SA
-
- SL
-
- SM
-
- SN
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- MA
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noun,
mother1 .