Anagrams of scandalmonger
Word scandalmonger has
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- grand-scale
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adjective,
of large proportion, extent, magnitude, etc.:
- carmagnoles
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noun,
a dance and song popular during the French Revolution.
- cradlesong
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noun,
a lullaby.
- rangelands
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noun,
range (def 17).
- corn-salad
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noun,
any of several plants of the genus Valerianella, of the valerian family, especially V. locusta (or V. olitoria), having small light blue flowers and tender, narrow leaves eaten in salads.
- carmagnole
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noun,
a dance and song popular during the French Revolution.
- engarland
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verb (used with object),
to encircle with or as with a garland.
- conelrads
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noun,
a system formerly used by the U.S. civil defense system to prevent enemy planes or missiles from homing on radio and television frequencies.
- Connemara
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noun,
a mountainous region in County Galway, W Ireland, on the Atlantic coast.
- consarned
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adjective,
confounded; damned.
- Androsace
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noun,
any plant of the genus Androsace, of the primrose family, having basal leaves and white or reddish flowers.
- cornmeals
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noun,
Also called, especially British, Indian meal. meal made of corn.
- androgens
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noun,
any substance, as testosterone or androsterone, that promotes male characteristics.
- rangeland
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noun,
range (def 17).
- Androcles
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noun,
a slave who was spared in the arena by a lion from whose foot he had long before extracted a thorn.
- dragomans
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noun,
(in the Near East) a professional interpreter.
- colanders
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noun,
a metal or plastic container with a perforated bottom, for draining and straining foods.
- nanograms
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noun,
one billionth of a gram. Abbreviation: ng.
- mangonels
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noun,
(formerly) any of various military engines for throwing large stones, darts, and other missiles.
- Gasconade
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noun,
extravagant boasting; boastful talk.
- Orangeman
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noun,
a member of a secret society formed in the north of Ireland in 1795, having as its object the maintenance and political ascendancy of Protestantism.
- ordnances
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noun,
cannon or artillery.
- ealdorman
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noun,
alderman.
- Clarendon
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noun,
Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of, 1609–74, British statesman and historian.
- malanders
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noun,
a dry, scabby or scurfy eruption or scratch behind the knee in a horse's foreleg.
- scalogram
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noun,
an attitude scale in which a positive answer to an item implies agreement with items appearing lower on the scale.
- Scamander
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noun,
ancient name of the river Menderes.
- alamodes
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noun,
a lightweight, glossy silk fabric used in the manufacture of scarfs, hoods, etc.
- glanders
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noun,
a contagious disease chiefly of horses and mules but communicable to humans, caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas mallei and characterized by swellings beneath the jaw and a profuse mucous discharge from the nostrils.
- gladsome
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adjective,
giving or causing joy; delightful.
- madonnas
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noun,
the Virgin Mary (usually preceded by the).
- germano-
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- madrones
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noun,
any of several evergreen trees belonging to the genus Arbutus, of the heath family, especially A. menziesii (Pacific madrone) of western North America, having red, flaky bark and bearing edible reddish berries.
- manacles
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noun,
a shackle for the hand; handcuff.
- also-ran
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noun,
Sports.
(in a race) a contestant who fails to win or to place among the first three finishers.
an athlete or team whose performance in competition is rarely, if ever, a winning or near-winning one.
- Alcandre
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noun,
the wife of Polybus who received Helen and Menelaus on their way home from Troy.
- garlands
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noun,
a wreath or festoon of flowers, leaves, or other material, worn for ornament or as an honor or hung on something as a decoration:
- Garamond
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noun,
a printing type designed in 1540 by Claude Garamond (c1480–1561), French type founder.
- gamelans
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noun,
an Indonesian orchestra consisting of bowed stringed instruments, flutes, and a great variety of percussion instruments.
- mandolas
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noun,
an early lute resembling a large mandolin.
- mandrels
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noun,
a shaft or bar the end of which is inserted into a workpiece to hold it during machining.
- long-arm
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noun,
a long pole fitted with any of various devices, as a hook or clamp, for performing tasks otherwise out of reach.
- leadsman
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noun,
a sailor who sounds with a lead line.
- Alcmaeon
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noun,
a son of Amphiaraus and Eriphyle who commanded the second expedition against Thebes. He killed his mother for sending his father to certain death and was driven mad by the Furies.
- Alderman
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noun,
a member of a municipal legislative body, especially of a municipal council.
- grandson
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noun,
a son of one's son or daughter.
- Ladrones
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noun,
a thief.
- alencons
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Orne, in NW France: lace manufacture.
- grandams
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noun,
a grandmother.
- endosarc
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noun,
the endoplasm of a protozoan (opposed to ectosarc).
- Algernon
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noun,
a male given name: from an Old North French word meaning “whiskered.”.
- Landrace
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noun,
one of several widely distributed strains of large, white, lop-eared swine of northern European origin.
- granolas
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noun,
a breakfast food consisting of rolled oats, brown sugar, nuts, dried fruit, etc., usually served with milk.
- goldarns
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noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
goddamn (used as a euphemism in expressions of anger, disgust, surprise, etc.).
- Landsman
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noun,
Also, landman. a person who lives or works on land.
- Glendora
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noun,
a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- landsmen
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noun,
Also, landman. a person who lives or works on land.
- largando
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adjective,
allargando.
- almoners
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noun,
a person whose function or duty is the distribution of alms on behalf of an institution, a royal personage, a monastery, etc.
- Granados
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noun,
Enrique [en-ree-ke] /ɛnˈri kɛ/ (Show IPA), 1867–1916, Spanish pianist and composer.
- gormands
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noun,
gourmand.
- earldoms
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noun,
Also called earlship. the rank or title of an earl.
- carnages
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noun,
the slaughter of a great number of people, as in battle; butchery; massacre.
- clansman
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noun,
a member of a clan.
- clangors
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noun,
a loud, resonant sound; clang.
- clangers
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noun,
a person or thing that clangs.
- ceramals
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noun,
cermet.
- celadons
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noun,
any of several Chinese porcelains having a translucent, pale green glaze.
- caseload
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noun,
the number of cases handled by a court, an agency, a social worker, etc., either at any given moment or over a stated period.
- Carolean
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adjective,
characteristic of the time of Charles I and II of England:
- carloads
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noun,
the amount carried by a car, especially a freight car.
- coal-gas
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noun,
a gas used for illuminating and heating, produced by distilling bituminous coal and consisting chiefly of hydrogen, methane, and carbon monoxide.
- Cardenas
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noun,
Lázaro [lah-sah-raw] /ˈlɑ sɑˌrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1895–1970, Mexican general and political reformer: president 1934–40.
- caramels
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noun,
a liquid made by cooking sugar until it changes color, used for coloring and flavoring food.
- candelas
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noun,
a basic unit of luminous intensity in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined as the luminous intensity of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540 × 10 12 hertz and that has a radiant intensity of 1/683 watt/steradian: adopted in 1979 as the international standard of luminous intensity. Abbreviation: Cd.
- calendar
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noun,
a table or register with the days of each month and week in a year:
- caldrons
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noun,
cauldron.
- calderas
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noun,
a large, basinlike depression resulting from the explosion or collapse of the center of a volcano.
- Asmonean
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noun,
Hasmonean.
- clansmen
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noun,
a member of a clan.
- colander
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noun,
a metal or plastic container with a perforated bottom, for draining and straining foods.
- dragomen
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noun,
(in the Near East) a professional interpreter.
- cragsmen
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noun,
a person accustomed to or skilled in climbing crags.
- dragoman
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noun,
(in the Near East) a professional interpreter.
- Anacreon
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noun,
c570–c480 b.c, Greek writer, especially of love poems and drinking songs.
- decagons
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noun,
a polygon having ten angles and ten sides.
- Damocles
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noun,
a flatterer who, having extolled the happiness of Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, was seated at a banquet with a sword suspended over his head by a single hair to show him the perilous nature of that happiness.
- dalesman
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noun,
a person living in a dale or valley, especially in the northern counties of England.
- crannogs
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noun,
(in ancient Ireland and Scotland) a lake dwelling, usually built on an artificial island.
- Anderson
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noun,
Carl David, 1905–91, U.S. physicist: discoverer of the positron; Nobel Prize 1936.
- cragsman
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noun,
a person accustomed to or skilled in climbing crags.
- comrades
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noun,
a person who shares in one's activities, occupation, etc.; companion, associate, or friend.
- androgen
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noun,
any substance, as testosterone or androsterone, that promotes male characteristics.
- cornmeal
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noun,
Also called, especially British, Indian meal. meal made of corn.
- cordages
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noun,
fiber and wire ropes, lines, hawsers, etc., taken as a whole, especially with reference to the rigging and other equipment of a vessel.
- congeals
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verb (used with or without object),
to change from a soft or fluid state to a rigid or solid state, as by cooling or freezing:
- Conelrad
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noun,
a system formerly used by the U.S. civil defense system to prevent enemy planes or missiles from homing on radio and television frequencies.
- Angerona
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noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of anguish.
- condemns
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verb (used with object),
to express an unfavorable or adverse judgment on; indicate strong disapproval of; censure.
- mangonel
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noun,
(formerly) any of various military engines for throwing large stones, darts, and other missiles.
- grandmas
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noun,
grandmother.
- armloads
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noun,
Chiefly Midland U.S. armful (def 1).
- nanogram
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noun,
one billionth of a gram. Abbreviation: ng.
- megarons
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noun,
a building or semi-independent unit of a building, generally used as a living apartment and typically having a square or broadly rectangular principal chamber with a porch, often of columns in antis, and sometimes an antichamber or other small compartments.
- seladang
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noun,
the gaur.
- scrannel
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adjective,
thin or slight.
- scleroma
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noun,
a tumorlike hardening of tissue.
- Sangamon
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noun,
the third interglacial stage of the Pleistocene Epoch in North America, after the Illinoian glacial stage and before the Wisconsin.
- acerolas
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noun,
the cherrylike fruit of a small tree, Malpighia glabra, of the West Indies and adjacent areas, having a high concentration of vitamin C.
- mongrels
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noun,
a dog of mixed or indeterminate breed.
- Sagamore
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noun,
(among the American Indians of New England) a chief or leader.
- Roseanna
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noun,
a female given name.
- Semarang
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noun,
a seaport on N Java, in S Indonesia.
- adrenals
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noun,
adrenal gland.
- narcomas
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noun,
stupor produced by narcotics.
- romances
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noun,
a novel, movie, or genre of popular fiction in which characters fall in love or begin a romantic relationship (often used attributively):
- acrogens
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noun,
a flowerless plant growing and producing its reproductive structures at the apex only, as ferns and mosses.
- norlands
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noun,
northland.
- ordnance
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noun,
cannon or artillery.
- Norseman
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noun,
Northman.
- adenomas
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noun,
a benign tumor originating in a secretory gland.
- Selangor
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noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 3160 sq. mi. (8184 sq. km). Capital: Shah Alam.
- monardas
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noun,
any aromatic, erect plant belonging to the genus Monarda, of the mint family, native to North America, including horsemint and Oswego tea.
- mascaron
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noun,
mask (def 11).
- solander
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noun,
a case for maps, plates, etc., made to resemble a book and having the front cover and fore edge hinged.
- sonarmen
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noun,
a petty officer who operates and maintains sonar.
- sonarman
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noun,
a petty officer who operates and maintains sonar.
- socager
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noun,
a tenant holding land by socage; sokeman.
- Romagna
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noun,
a former province of the Papal States, in NE Italy. Capital: Ravenna.
- Romance
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noun,
a novel, movie, or genre of popular fiction in which characters fall in love or begin a romantic relationship (often used attributively):
- Caedmon
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noun,
fl. a.d. c670, Anglo-Saxon religious poet.
- rondels
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noun,
Prosody. a short poem of fixed form, consisting usually of 14 lines on two rhymes, of which four are made up of the initial couplet repeated in the middle and at the end, with the second line of the couplet sometimes being omitted at the end.
- Rosanne
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noun,
a female given name.
- cornels
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noun,
any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus; dogwood.
- corneas
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noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- caeomas
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noun,
(in fungi) an aecium in which the spores are formed in chains and not enclosed in a peridium.
- cormels
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noun,
a small new corm that is vegetatively propagated by a fully mature corm.
- randoms
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noun,
something that is random, or a random state or condition:
- calando
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adverb,
in a slower, softer manner.
- Caldera
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noun,
a large, basinlike depression resulting from the explosion or collapse of the center of a volcano.
- cordage
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noun,
fiber and wire ropes, lines, hawsers, etc., taken as a whole, especially with reference to the rigging and other equipment of a vessel.
- caldron
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noun,
cauldron.
- Salerno
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noun,
a seaport in SW Italy: taken by U.S. forces September 1943.
- Congers
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noun,
a large marine eel, Conger conger, sometimes reaching a length of 10 feet (3 meters), used for food.
- sandman
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noun,
the man who, in fairy tales or folklore, puts sand in the eyes of children to make them sleepy.
- remands
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noun,
the act of remanding.
- cradles
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noun,
a small bed for an infant, usually on rockers.
- corsage
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noun,
a small bouquet worn at the waist, on the shoulder, on the wrist, etc., by a woman.
- dancers
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noun,
a person who dances.
- decanol
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noun,
a colorless liquid, C 10 H 22 O, insoluble in water and soluble in alcohol: used as a plasticizer, detergent, and in perfumes and flavorings.
- decanal
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adjective,
of or relating to a dean or deanery:
- one-man
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adjective,
of or relating to, or operated, performed, or used by one person:
- decagon
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noun,
a polygon having ten angles and ten sides.
- arsenal
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noun,
a place of storage or a magazine containing arms and military equipment for land or naval service.
- darnels
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noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Lolium, having simple stems, flat leaves, and terminal spikes.
- dangles
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noun,
the act of dangling.
- arseno-
-
- ordeals
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noun,
any extremely severe or trying test, experience, or trial.
- sandmen
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noun,
the man who, in fairy tales or folklore, puts sand in the eyes of children to make them sleepy.
- damages
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noun,
injury or harm that reduces value or usefulness:
- ascared
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adjective,
afraid; scared.
- Cremona
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noun,
a city in N Italy, on the Po River.
- Orleans
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Loiret, in central France, SSW of Paris: English siege of the city raised by Joan of Arc 1428.
- radomes
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noun,
a dome-shaped device used to house a radar antenna.
- crannog
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noun,
(in ancient Ireland and Scotland) a lake dwelling, usually built on an artificial island.
- raglans
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noun,
a loose overcoat with raglan sleeves.
- randans
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noun,
a rowboat designed for three people, one person in the middle using two oars and the other two using one oar each.
- Cadmean
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adjective,
of, relating to, or like Cadmus.
- congeal
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verb (used with or without object),
to change from a soft or fluid state to a rigid or solid state, as by cooling or freezing:
- sonance
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noun,
the condition or quality of being sonant.
- Sandron
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noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- canards
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noun,
a false or baseless, usually derogatory story, report, or rumor.
- Cameron
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noun,
Julia Margaret, 1815–79, English photographer, born in India.
- Celadon
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noun,
any of several Chinese porcelains having a translucent, pale green glaze.
- sea-dog
-
noun,
a sailor, especially an old or experienced one.
- Seconal
-
- carnose
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adjective,
of or relating to flesh; fleshy.
- Camoens
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noun,
Luis Vaz de [loo-eesh vahzh duh] /luˈiʃ vɑʒ də/ (Show IPA), 1524?–80, Portuguese poet.
- carnage
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noun,
the slaughter of a great number of people, as in battle; butchery; massacre.
- Carmela
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Carmel.
- candela
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noun,
a basic unit of luminous intensity in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined as the luminous intensity of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540 × 10 12 hertz and that has a radiant intensity of 1/683 watt/steradian: adopted in 1979 as the international standard of luminous intensity. Abbreviation: Cd.
- cameral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a judicial or legislative chamber or the privacy of such a chamber.
- Carlson
-
noun,
Anton Julius [an-tohn,, -ton] /ˈæn toʊn,, -tɒn/ (Show IPA), 1875–1956, U.S. physiologist, born in Sweden.
- slander
-
noun,
defamation; calumny:
- carload
-
noun,
the amount carried by a car, especially a freight car.
- cargoes
-
noun,
the lading or freight of a ship, airplane, etc.
- smaragd
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noun,
emerald.
- smolder
-
noun,
dense smoke resulting from slow or suppressed combustion.
- caramel
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noun,
a liquid made by cooking sugar until it changes color, used for coloring and flavoring food.
- candors
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noun,
the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness:
- ceramal
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noun,
cermet.
- clamors
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noun,
a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people:
- candles
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noun,
a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
- codgers
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noun,
an eccentric man, especially one who is old.
- calends
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noun,
the first day of the month in the ancient Roman calendar, from which the days of the preceding month were counted backward to the ides.
- condemn
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verb (used with object),
to express an unfavorable or adverse judgment on; indicate strong disapproval of; censure.
- Saracen
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noun,
History/Historical. a member of any of the nomadic tribes on the Syrian borders of the Roman Empire.
- comrade
-
noun,
a person who shares in one's activities, occupation, etc.; companion, associate, or friend.
- colmars
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Haut-Rhin, in NE France.
- Coleman
-
noun,
Cy (Seymour Kaufman) 1929–2004, U.S. theatrical composer and jazz pianist.
- sarcode
-
noun,
protoplasm, especially the semifluid content of a protozoan.
- sarcoma
-
noun,
any of various malignant tumors composed of neoplastic cells resembling embryonic connective tissue.
- dog-ear
-
noun,
(in a book) a corner of a page folded over like a dog's ear, as by careless use, or to mark a place.
- clanger
-
noun,
a person or thing that clangs.
- coarsen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become coarse.
- scalade
-
noun,
escalade.
- coalers
-
noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- scalage
-
noun,
an assessed percentage deduction, as in weight or price, granted in dealings with goods that are likely to shrink, leak, or otherwise vary in the amount or weight originally stated.
- 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.
- scandal
-
noun,
a disgraceful or discreditable action, circumstance, etc.
- scanner
-
noun,
a person or thing that scans.
- clangor
-
noun,
a loud, resonant sound; clang.
- sclero-
-
- Delanos
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noun,
a city in S California.
- Manners
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noun,
a way of doing, being done, or happening; mode of action, occurrence, etc.:
- dolmans
-
noun,
a woman's mantle with capelike arm pieces instead of sleeves.
- Langreo
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noun,
a city in N Spain.
- lodgers
-
noun,
a person who lives in rented quarters in another's house; roomer.
- loaners
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- loaders
-
noun,
a person or thing that loads.
- Leonard
-
noun,
Sugar Ray (Ray Charles Leonard) born 1956, U.S. boxer.
- lensman
-
noun,
a photographer.
- megaron
-
noun,
a building or semi-independent unit of a building, generally used as a living apartment and typically having a square or broadly rectangular principal chamber with a porch, often of columns in antis, and sometimes an antichamber or other small compartments.
- melano-
-
- Menorca
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noun,
Minorca.
- lardons
-
noun,
a strip of fat used in larding, especially as drawn through the substance of meat, chicken, etc., with a kind of needle or pin.
- lanners
-
noun,
a falcon, Falco biarmicus, of southern Europe, northern Africa, and southern Asia.
- Mercado
-
noun,
a market.
- longans
-
noun,
the small, one-seeded, greenish-brown fruit of a large evergreen tree, Euphoria longana, of the soapberry family, native to China and allied to the litchi.
- merlons
-
noun,
(in a battlement) the solid part between two crenels.
- moderns
-
noun,
a person of modern times.
- landmen
-
noun,
landsman1 (def 1).
- molders
-
noun,
a person or thing that molds.
- landman
-
noun,
landsman1 (def 1).
- Landers
-
noun,
a space probe designed to land on a planet or other solid celestial body.
- lancers
-
noun,
a set of quadrilles danced in sequence.
- Monacan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Monaco.
- ladrone
-
noun,
a thief.
- laagers
-
noun,
a camp or encampment, especially within a protective circle of wagons.
- Londres
-
noun,
a cylindrically shaped cigar of medium to large size.
- megalo-
-
- monades
-
noun,
plural of monas.
- marcels
-
noun,
a marcelling.
- mangoes
-
noun,
the oblong, sweet fruit of a tropical tree, Mangifera indica, of the cashew family, eaten ripe, or preserved or pickled.
- mangles
-
noun,
a machine for smoothing or pressing clothes, household linen, etc., by means of heated rollers.
- mangan-
-
- Mansard
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noun,
Also called mansard roof. a hip roof, each face of which has a steeper lower part and a shallower upper part.
Compare French roof.
- mandrel
-
noun,
a shaft or bar the end of which is inserted into a workpiece to hold it during machining.
- Maranon
-
noun,
a river in Peru, flowing N and then E, joining the Ucayali to form the Amazon. 1000 miles (1600 km) long.
- mandola
-
noun,
an early lute resembling a large mandolin.
- Mandean
-
noun,
a member of an ancient Gnostic sect extant in Iraq.
- manages
-
verb (used with object),
to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship:
- manager
-
noun,
a person who has control or direction of an institution, business, etc., or of a part, division, or phase of it.
- manacle
-
noun,
a shackle for the hand; handcuff.
- macaron
-
noun,
a round, colored cookie consisting of a ganache or buttercream filling between two halves made from beaten egg whites mixed with sugar and ground almonds.
- Marengo
-
noun,
a village in Piedmont, in NW Italy: Napoleon defeated the Austrians 1800.
- malaco-
-
- maenads
-
noun,
bacchante.
- margosa
-
noun,
neem (def 2).
- madrone
-
noun,
any of several evergreen trees belonging to the genus Arbutus, of the heath family, especially A. menziesii (Pacific madrone) of western North America, having red, flaky bark and bearing edible reddish berries.
- Madonna
-
noun,
the Virgin Mary (usually preceded by the).
- Maderno
-
noun,
Carlo [kahr-law] /ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1556–1629, Italian architect.
- macrons
-
noun,
a horizontal line used as a diacritic over a vowel to indicate that it has a long sound or other specified pronunciation, as (ā) in fate (fāt).
- MacLeod
-
noun,
Fiona, Sharp, William.
- medlars
-
noun,
a small tree, Mespilus germanica, of the rose family, the fruit of which resembles a crab apple and is not edible until the early stages of decay.
- Grenada
-
noun,
one of the Windward Islands, in the E West Indies.
- granola
-
noun,
a breakfast food consisting of rolled oats, brown sugar, nuts, dried fruit, etc., usually served with milk.
- dolmens
-
noun,
a structure usually regarded as a tomb, consisting of two or more large, upright stones set with a space between and capped by a horizontal stone.
- engrams
-
noun,
a presumed encoding in neural tissue that provides a physical basis for the persistence of memory; a memory trace.
- Garland
-
noun,
a wreath or festoon of flowers, leaves, or other material, worn for ornament or as an honor or hung on something as a decoration:
- gardens
-
noun,
a plot of ground, usually near a house, where flowers, shrubs, vegetables, fruits, or herbs are cultivated.
- Gardena
-
noun,
a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- garcons
-
noun,
(usually in direct address) a waiter in a restaurant.
- norland
-
noun,
northland.
- ganders
-
noun,
the male of the goose.
Compare goose (def 2).
- gamelan
-
noun,
an Indonesian orchestra consisting of bowed stringed instruments, flutes, and a great variety of percussion instruments.
- galenas
-
noun,
a common, heavy mineral, lead sulfide, PbS, occurring in lead-gray crystals, usually cubes, and cleavable masses: the principal ore of lead.
- escolar
-
noun,
a snake mackerel, especially Lepidocybium flavobrunneum.
- ensnarl
-
verb (used with object),
to entangle in or as in a snarl.
- England
-
noun,
the largest division of the United Kingdom, constituting, with Scotland and Wales, the island of Great Britain. 50,327 sq. mi. (130,347 sq. km) Capital: London.
- Garonne
-
noun,
a river in SW France, flowing NW from the Pyrenees to the Gironde River. 350 miles (565 km) long.
- normals
-
adjective,
conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- normans
-
noun,
a member of that branch of the Northmen or Scandinavians who in the 10th century conquered Normandy.
- endlong
-
adverb,
lengthwise.
- enamors
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- earldom
-
noun,
Also called earlship. the rank or title of an earl.
- oarsman
-
noun,
a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.
- mannose
-
noun,
a hexose, C 6 H 12 O 6 , obtained from the hydrolysis of the ivory nut and yielding mannitol upon reduction.
- old-age
-
noun,
the last period of human life, now often considered to be the years after 65.
- Donegal
-
noun,
a county in the N Republic of Ireland. 1865 sq. mi. (4830 sq. km). County seat: Lifford.
- onagers
-
noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- nonages
-
noun,
the period of legal minority, or of an age below 21.
- Nogales
-
noun,
a town in S Arizona.
- Monarda
-
noun,
any aromatic, erect plant belonging to the genus Monarda, of the mint family, native to North America, including horsemint and Oswego tea.
- goldarn
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
goddamn (used as a euphemism in expressions of anger, disgust, surprise, etc.).
- Mondale
-
noun,
Walter Frederick ("Fritz") born 1928, U.S. politician: senator 1965–77; vice president 1977–81.
- armload
-
noun,
Chiefly Midland U.S. armful (def 1).
- grandma
-
noun,
grandmother.
- moneran
-
noun,
any organism of the kingdom Monera.
- grandam
-
noun,
a grandmother.
- mongers
-
noun,
a person who is involved with something in a petty or contemptible way (usually used in combination):
- mongrel
-
noun,
a dog of mixed or indeterminate breed.
- Graeco-
-
- gormand
-
noun,
gourmand.
- Goldman
-
noun,
Edwin Franko [frang-koh] /ˈfræŋ koʊ/ (Show IPA), 1878–1956, U.S. composer and bandmaster.
- God-man
-
noun,
Jesus Christ.
- narcose
-
adjective,
characterized by stupor; stuporous.
- goannas
-
noun,
any of the several large monitor lizards of the family Varanidae, of Australia, especially Varanus varius and V. giganteus, both sometimes growing to 6 feet (1.8 meters).
- goalers
-
noun,
goalkeeper in the game of ice hockey.
- gnarled
-
noun,
a knotty protuberance on a tree; knot.
- morales
-
noun,
emotional or mental condition with respect to cheerfulness, confidence, zeal, etc., especially in the face of opposition, hardship, etc.:
- Gleason
-
noun,
Jackie (Herbert John Gleason"The Great One") 1916–87, U.S. comedian and actor.
- morgens
-
noun,
a unit of land measure equal to about two acres (0.8 hectare), formerly in use in Holland and the Dutch colonies and still used in South Africa.
- glances
-
noun,
a quick or brief look.
- georama
-
noun,
an encompassingly large, hollow globe on the inside of which is depicted a map of the earth's surface, to be viewed by a spectator within the globe.
- Gennaro
-
noun,
San [san;; Italian sahn] /sæn;; Italian sɑn/ (Show IPA), Januarius.
- geladas
-
noun,
a large baboonlike cliff-dwelling monkey, Theropithecus gelada, native to mountains of Ethiopia, having a brown coat and, in the male, a luxuriant mane: an endangered species.
- oarsmen
-
noun,
a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.
- narcoma
-
noun,
stupor produced by narcotics.
- areolas
-
noun,
a ring of color, as around the human nipple.
- almoner
-
noun,
a person whose function or duty is the distribution of alms on behalf of an institution, a royal personage, a monastery, etc.
- agnomen
-
noun,
an additional, fourth name given to a person by the ancient Romans in allusion to some achievement or other circumstance, as “Africanus” in “Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus.”.
Compare cognomen (def 3).
- anconas
-
noun,
an altarpiece, usually consisting of a painted panel or panels, reliefs, or statues set in an elaborate frame.
- Ameslan
-
noun,
American Sign Language.
- Alcoran
-
noun,
Alkoran.
- alegars
-
noun,
vinegar made from ale; sour ale.
- acerola
-
noun,
the cherrylike fruit of a small tree, Malpighia glabra, of the West Indies and adjacent areas, having a high concentration of vitamin C.
- Alencon
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Orne, in NW France: lace manufacture.
- anadems
-
noun,
a garland or wreath for the head.
- Andreas
-
noun,
a male or female given name, Latinized form of Andrew.
- anneals
-
noun,
an act, instance, or product of annealing.
- angoras
-
noun,
Angora cat.
- adrenal
-
noun,
adrenal gland.
- anlaces
-
noun,
anelace.
- Amon-Ra
-
noun,
Amen-Ra.
- acrogen
-
noun,
a flowerless plant growing and producing its reproductive structures at the apex only, as ferns and mosses.
- age-old
-
adjective,
ancient; from time immemorial:
- anlages
-
noun,
Embryology. an embryonic area capable of forming a structure: the primordium, germ, or bud.
- Almaden
-
noun,
a town in Spain: mercury mines.
- adenoma
-
noun,
a benign tumor originating in a secretory gland.
- alamode
-
noun,
a lightweight, glossy silk fabric used in the manufacture of scarfs, hoods, etc.
- 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.
- analogs
-
noun,
analogue.
- anglers
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a hook and line.
- Alarcon
-
noun,
Pedro Antonio [pe-th raw ahn-taw-nyaw] /ˈpɛ ðrɔ ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Pedro Antonio Alarcón y Ariza) 1833–91, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and diplomat.
- agarose
-
noun,
a substance obtained from agar and used for chromatographic separations.
- danger
-
noun,
liability or exposure to harm or injury; risk; peril.
- lascar
-
noun,
an East Indian sailor.
- aldose
-
noun,
a sugar containing the aldehyde group or its hemiacetal equivalent.
- lances
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- largos
-
noun,
a largo movement.
- narco-
-
- Dacron
-
- daemon
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
a god.
a subordinate deity, as the genius of a place or a person's attendant spirit.
- larges
-
noun,
Music. the longest note in mensural notation.
- Dagmar
-
noun,
a female given name: from Danish, meaning “day” and “glory.”.
- dagoes
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of Italian or sometimes Spanish origin or descent.
- salade
-
noun,
sallet.
- Romans
-
noun,
an Epistle of the New Testament, written by Paul to the Christian community in Rome. Abbreviation: Rom.
- Salado
-
noun,
Rí·o [ree-oh;; Spanish ree-aw] /ˈri oʊ;; Spanish ˈri ɔ/ (Show IPA) a river in N Argentina, flowing SE to the Paraná River. About 1200 miles (1930 km) long.
- Ronald
-
noun,
a male given name: from Scandinavian words meaning “counsel” and “rule.”.
- adreno
-
- lancer
-
noun,
a cavalry soldier armed with a lance.
- nances
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- Deacon
-
noun,
(in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
- Salmon
-
noun,
a marine and freshwater food fish, Salmo salar, of the family Salmonidae, having pink flesh, inhabiting waters off the North Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America near the mouths of large rivers, which it enters to spawn.
- NASCAR
-
noun,
National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.
- Salome
-
noun,
Also, Salomé. the daughter of Herodias, who is said to have danced for Herod Antipas and so pleased him that he granted her mother's request for the head of John the Baptist. Matt. 14:6–11 (not mentioned by name here).
- naleds
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- Laredo
-
noun,
a city in S Texas, on the Rio Grande.
- lardon
-
noun,
a strip of fat used in larding, especially as drawn through the substance of meat, chicken, etc., with a kind of needle or pin.
- sacro-
-
- lanner
-
noun,
a falcon, Falco biarmicus, of southern Europe, northern Africa, and southern Asia.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- acoasm
-
noun,
acouasm.
- dances
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- Ancona
-
noun,
an altarpiece, usually consisting of a painted panel or panels, reliefs, or statues set in an elaborate frame.
- dancer
-
noun,
a person who dances.
- Danang
-
noun,
a seaport in central Vietnam.
- Langer
-
noun,
Susanne (Knauth) [knout] /knaʊt/ (Show IPA), 1895–1985, U.S. philosopher.
- Landor
-
noun,
Walter Savage, 1775–1864, English poet and prose writer.
- damson
-
noun,
Also called damson plum. the small, dark-blue or purple fruit of a plum, Prunus insititia, of the rose family, introduced into Europe from Asia Minor.
- damsel
-
noun,
a young woman or girl; a maiden, originally one of gentle or noble birth.
- Landon
-
noun,
Alfred ("Alf") Mossman [maws-muh n,, mos-] /ˈmɔs mən,, ˈmɒs-/ (Show IPA), 1887–1987, U.S. politician.
- rondel
-
noun,
Prosody. a short poem of fixed form, consisting usually of 14 lines on two rhymes, of which four are made up of the initial couplet repeated in the middle and at the end, with the second line of the couplet sometimes being omitted at the end.
- Darlan
-
noun,
Jean Louis Xavier François [zhahn lwee gza-vyey frahn-swa] /ʒɑ̃ lwi gzaˈvyeɪ frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1881–1942, French naval officer and politician.
- dangle
-
noun,
the act of dangling.
- lanose
-
adjective,
lanate.
- cresol
-
noun,
any of three isomeric compounds having the formula C 7 H 8 O, usually derived from coal tar and wood tar, and used chiefly as a disinfectant.
- Landes
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 3615 sq. mi. (9365 sq. km). Capital: Mont-de-Marsan.
- darnel
-
noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Lolium, having simple stems, flat leaves, and terminal spikes.
- damans
-
noun,
a hyrax, Procavia syriaca, of Syria, Palestine, etc.: the cony of the Bible.
- adorns
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- Lander
-
noun,
a space probe designed to land on a planet or other solid celestial body.
- damage
-
noun,
injury or harm that reduces value or usefulness:
- sacral
-
adjective,
of or relating to sacred rites or observances.
- sacred
-
adjective,
devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated.
- adren-
-
- damars
-
noun,
dammar.
- legman
-
noun,
a person employed to transact business outside an office, especially on behalf of one whose responsibilities require his or her presence in the office.
- Samoan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Samoa.
- lodger
-
noun,
a person who lives in rented quarters in another's house; roomer.
- alders
-
- Conger
-
noun,
a large marine eel, Conger conger, sometimes reaching a length of 10 feet (3 meters), used for food.
- Angela
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “messenger.”.
- loader
-
noun,
a person or thing that loads.
- congas
-
noun,
a Cuban ballroom dance that consists of three steps forward followed by a kick, characteristically performed by a group following a leader in a single line.
- alarms
-
noun,
a sudden fear or distressing suspense caused by an awareness of danger; apprehension; fright.
- Angelo
-
noun,
a male given name.
- morels
-
noun,
any edible mushroom of the genus Morchella, especially M. esculenta.
- Angers
-
noun,
a city in and capital of Maine-et-Loire, in W France.
- loaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- angled
-
noun,
Geometry.
the space within two lines or three or more planes diverging from a common point, or within two planes diverging from a common line.
the figure so formed.
the amount of rotation needed to bring one line or plane into coincidence with another, generally measured in radians or in degrees, minutes, and seconds, as in 12° 10prime; 30″, which is read as 12 degrees, 10 minutes, and 30 seconds.
- lodens
-
noun,
a thick, heavily fulled, waterproof fabric, used in coats and jackets for cold climates.
- comers
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- Comdr.
-
- Morgan
-
noun,
one of a breed of light carriage and saddle horses descended from the stallion Justin Morgan.
- comdg.
-
- sarco-
-
- lodges
-
noun,
a small, makeshift or crude shelter or habitation, as of boughs, poles, skins, earth, or rough boards; cabin or hut.
- comals
-
noun,
a griddle made from sandstone or earthenware.
- morals
-
noun,
the moral teaching or practical lesson contained in a fable, tale, experience, etc.
- morale
-
noun,
emotional or mental condition with respect to cheerfulness, confidence, zeal, etc., especially in the face of opposition, hardship, etc.:
- logans
-
noun,
pokelogan.
- angler
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a hook and line.
- Colmar
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Haut-Rhin, in NE France.
- Sarnen
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Obwalden, in central Switzerland, E of Bern.
- Moraga
-
noun,
a city in W California.
- Colden
-
noun,
Cadwallader, 1688–1776, Scottish physician, botanist, and public official in America, born in Ireland.
- Moraea
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genera Moraea and Dietes, of the iris family, native to tropical Africa.
- Angles
-
noun,
Geometry.
the space within two lines or three or more planes diverging from a common point, or within two planes diverging from a common line.
the figure so formed.
the amount of rotation needed to bring one line or plane into coincidence with another, generally measured in radians or in degrees, minutes, and seconds, as in 12° 10prime; 30″, which is read as 12 degrees, 10 minutes, and 30 seconds.
- conges
-
noun,
leave-taking; farewell.
- Sanger
-
noun,
Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1958.
- credos
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed.
- Andres
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- Nagano
-
noun,
a city on central Honshu, in central Japan.
- creams
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- Andean
-
adjective,
of or like the Andes.
- Lamesa
-
noun,
a city in NW Texas.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- nacred
-
adjective,
lined with or resembling nacre.
- lemans
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- Lemnos
-
noun,
a Greek island in the NE Aegean. 186 sq. mi. (480 sq. km). Capital: Myrina.
- Gander
-
noun,
the male of the goose.
Compare goose (def 2).
- Andrea
-
noun,
a male or female given name, Latinized form of Andrew.
- cradle
-
noun,
a small bed for an infant, usually on rockers.
- craals
-
noun,
kraal.
- Sander
-
noun,
a person or thing that sands or sandpapers.
- Lenard
-
noun,
Philipp [fee-lip] /ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), 1862–1947, German physicist, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize 1905.
- andro-
-
- Morgen
-
noun,
a unit of land measure equal to about two acres (0.8 hectare), formerly in use in Holland and the Dutch colonies and still used in South Africa.
- Andron
-
noun,
(in an ancient Greek house) an apartment for men, especially one for banqueting.
- Andros
-
noun,
Sir Edmund, 1637–1714, British governor in the American colonies, 1686–89, 1692–98.
- Lencas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- Cornel
-
noun,
any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus; dogwood.
- corned
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- Sandor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- cormel
-
noun,
a small new corm that is vegetatively propagated by a fully mature corm.
- Sandra
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alexandra.
- anemo-
-
- Sandro
-
noun,
a male given name.
- corals
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- morsel
-
noun,
a bite, mouthful, or small portion of food, candy, etc.
- Conrad
-
noun,
Charles, Jr ("Pete") 1930–1999, U.S. astronaut.
- Deanna
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Diana.
- Rodman
-
noun,
a person who works with rods, as in making reinforced concrete.
- lameds
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Glenda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- glaces
-
noun,
ice placed in a drink to cool it.
- normal
-
noun,
the average or mean:
- glades
-
noun,
an open space in a forest.
- enamor
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- megal-
-
- glance
-
noun,
a quick or brief look.
- glares
-
noun,
a very harsh, bright, dazzling light:
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- Glaser
-
noun,
Donald A. 1926–2013, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1960.
- gleams
-
noun,
a flash or beam of light:
- elands
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- gleans
-
verb (used with object),
to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
- radome
-
noun,
a dome-shaped device used to house a radar antenna.
- radons
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- Almond
-
noun,
the nutlike kernel of the fruit of either of two trees, Prunus dulcis (sweet almond) or P. dulcis amara (bitter almond) which grow in warm temperate regions.
- Norman
-
noun,
a member of that branch of the Northmen or Scandinavians who in the 10th century conquered Normandy.
- gloams
-
noun,
twilight; gloaming.
- Raglan
-
noun,
a loose overcoat with raglan sleeves.
- ragman
-
noun,
a person who gathers or deals in rag.
- ragmen
-
noun,
a person who gathers or deals in rag.
- gnarls
-
noun,
a knotty protuberance on a tree; knot.
- Ramage
-
noun,
a descent group composed of individuals descended from one ancestor through any combination of male and female links.
- gnomes
-
noun,
(in folklore) one of a species of diminutive beings, usually described as shriveled little old men, that inhabit the interior of the earth and act as guardians of its treasures; troll.
- Ramona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- goaler
-
noun,
goalkeeper in the game of ice hockey.
- ramose
-
adjective,
having many branches.
- ramson
-
noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- goanna
-
noun,
any of the several large monitor lizards of the family Varanidae, of Australia, especially Varanus varius and V. giganteus, both sometimes growing to 6 feet (1.8 meters).
- randan
-
noun,
a rowboat designed for three people, one person in the middle using two oars and the other two using one oar each.
- random
-
noun,
something that is random, or a random state or condition:
- amoles
-
noun,
the root of any of several plants, as Mexican species of agaves, used as a substitute for soap.
- German
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Germany.
- nonage
-
noun,
the period of legal minority, or of an age below 21.
- adeno-
-
- onager
-
noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- omegas
-
noun,
the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet (Ω, ω).
- amends
-
noun,
reparation or compensation for a loss, damage, or injury of any kind; recompense.
- Garand
-
noun,
John C(antius) [French kahn-tsyys] /French ˈkɑ̃ tsyüs/ (Show IPA), 1888–1974, U.S. inventor of M-1 semiautomatic rifle, born in Canada.
- Garcon
-
noun,
(usually in direct address) a waiter in a restaurant.
- galore
-
adverb,
in abundance; in plentiful amounts:
- Gardas
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N Italy: the largest lake in Italy. 35 miles (56 km) long; 143 sq. mi. (370 sq. km).
- Galena
-
noun,
a common, heavy mineral, lead sulfide, PbS, occurring in lead-gray crystals, usually cubes, and cleavable masses: the principal ore of lead.
- Garden
-
noun,
a plot of ground, usually near a house, where flowers, shrubs, vegetables, fruits, or herbs are cultivated.
- oracle
-
noun,
(especially in ancient Greece) an utterance, often ambiguous or obscure, given by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a god to an inquiry.
- Gascon
-
noun,
a native of Gascony, France, the inhabitants of which were reputedly very boastful.
- Oradea
-
noun,
a city in NW Romania.
- gasman
-
noun,
a person who works for a company that sells or distributes household gas, especially a person who goes from building to building reading gas meters to determine what charge is to be billed.
- gasmen
-
noun,
a person who works for a company that sells or distributes household gas, especially a person who goes from building to building reading gas meters to determine what charge is to be billed.
- Orange
-
noun,
a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- engram
-
noun,
a presumed encoding in neural tissue that provides a physical basis for the persistence of memory; a memory trace.
- Alsace
-
noun,
a region and former province of France between the Vosges and the Rhine.
- Gerald
-
noun,
a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “spear” and “rule.”.
- orgasm
-
noun,
the physical and emotional sensation experienced at the peak of sexual excitation, usually resulting from stimulation of the sexual organ and usually accompanied in the male by ejaculation.
- organa
-
noun,
a plural of organon.
- enrols
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- orenda
-
noun,
a supernatural force believed by the Iroquois Indians to be present, in varying degrees, in all objects or persons, and to be the spiritual force by which human accomplishment is attained or accounted for.
- genoas
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- oreads
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- orangs
-
noun,
orangutan.
- adages
-
noun,
a traditional saying expressing a common experience or observation; proverb.
- Gemara
-
noun,
the section of the Talmud consisting essentially of commentary on the Mishnah.
- ordeal
-
noun,
any extremely severe or trying test, experience, or trial.
- gelada
-
noun,
a large baboonlike cliff-dwelling monkey, Theropithecus gelada, native to mountains of Ethiopia, having a brown coat and, in the male, a luxuriant mane: an endangered species.
- Esmond
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Ogaden
-
noun,
an arid region in SE Ethiopia.
- adores
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- ranged
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- decals
-
noun,
a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
- dermas
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. dermis.
- alegar
-
noun,
vinegar made from ale; sour ale.
- regnal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sovereign, sovereignty, or reign:
- Greco-
-
- remand
-
noun,
the act of remanding.
- groans
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- nonces
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- remans
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- nerols
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- Nergal
-
noun,
(in Akkadian mythology) the god ruling, with Ereshkigal, the world of the dead.
- Nemrod
-
noun,
Nimrod (def 1).
- Laager
-
noun,
a camp or encampment, especially within a protective circle of wagons.
- desman
-
noun,
either of two aquatic, insectivorous mammals, Myogale moschata, of southeastern Russia, or M. pyrenaica, of the Pyrenees, related to shrews.
- Nelson
-
noun,
a hold in which pressure is applied to the head, back of the neck, and one or both arms of the opponent.
- dermo-
-
- dermal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the skin.
- Aleman
-
noun,
Mateo [mah-te-aw] /mɑˈtɛ ɔ/ (Show IPA), 1547?–1610, Spanish novelist.
- Negros
-
noun,
an island of the central Philippines. 5043 sq. mi. (13,061 sq. km).
- ladens
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- denom.
-
- Ladoga
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of St. Petersburg: largest lake in Europe. 7000 sq. mi. (18,000 sq. km).
- necro-
-
- lagans
-
noun,
anything sunk in the sea, but attached to a buoy or the like so that it may be recovered.
- analog
-
noun,
analogue.
- Delano
-
noun,
a city in S California.
- lagena
-
noun,
an outpocketing of the saccule of birds, reptiles, and bony fishes corresponding to the cochlear duct of mammals.
- Colada
-
noun,
piña colada.
- decors
-
noun,
style or mode of decoration, as of a room, building, or the like:
- lagers
-
noun,
Also called lager beer. a beer stored from six weeks to six months for aging before use.
- rodmen
-
noun,
a person who works with rods, as in making reinforced concrete.
- Roland
-
noun,
Italian Orlando. the greatest of the paladins in the Charlemagne cycle of the chansons de geste, renowned for his prowess and the manner of his death in the battle of Roncesvalles (a.d. 778), also for his five days' combat with Oliver in which neither was the victor.
- grano-
-
- grands
-
noun,
grand piano.
- ranges
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- dorsal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a dorsal speech sound.
- Ransom
-
noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- Rascal
-
noun,
a base, dishonest, or unscrupulous person.
- Golden
-
noun,
a city in central Colorado.
- golems
-
noun,
Jewish Folklore. a figure artificially constructed in the form of a human being and endowed with life.
- Dreams
-
noun,
a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- gonads
-
noun,
a sex gland in which gametes are produced; an ovary or testis.
- nomads
-
noun,
a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply.
- Gondar
-
noun,
a city in NW Ethiopia, N of Lake Tana: a former capital.
- Reagan
-
noun,
Nancy Davis (Anne Francis Robbins Davis) born 1921, U.S. First Lady 1981–89 (wife of Ronald Reagan).
- Dragon
-
noun,
a mythical monster generally represented as a huge, winged reptile with crested head and enormous claws and teeth, and often spouting fire.
- amoral
-
adjective,
not involving questions of right or wrong; without moral quality; neither moral nor immoral.
- goners
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- gorals
-
noun,
a short-horned goat antelope, Naemorhedus goral, of the mountainous regions of southeastern Asia: an endangered species.
- dosage
-
noun,
the administration of medicine in doses.
- Algren
-
noun,
Nelson, 1909–81, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Grande
-
noun,
Rio. Rio Grande.
- redans
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- dolman
-
noun,
a woman's mantle with capelike arm pieces instead of sleeves.
- dolmas
-
noun,
a dish of tomatoes, green peppers, vine leaves, or eggplants stuffed with a mixture of meat, rice, and spices.
- dolmen
-
noun,
a structure usually regarded as a tomb, consisting of two or more large, upright stones set with a space between and capped by a horizontal stone.
- anadem
-
noun,
a garland or wreath for the head.
- grand-
-
- gramas
-
noun,
any grass of the genus Bouteloua, of South America and western North America, as B. gracilis (blue grama)
- grades
-
noun,
a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity:
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- dongas
-
noun,
(in an ice shelf) a small ravine with steep sides.
- Graces
-
noun,
elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action:
Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity.
Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
- donnas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: an Italian title of respect prefixed to the given name of a woman.
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- Gosala
-
noun,
died c484 b.c, Indian religious leader: founder of the Ajivaka sect.
- Dorcas
-
noun,
a Christian woman at Joppa who made clothing for the poor. Acts 9:36–41.
- Anglo-
-
- sandal
-
noun,
a shoe consisting of a sole of leather or other material fastened to the foot by thongs or straps.
- sarong
-
noun,
a loose-fitting skirtlike garment formed by wrapping a strip of cloth around the lower part of the body, worn by both men and women in the Malay Archipelago and certain islands of the Pacific Ocean.
- Senlac
-
noun,
a hill in SE England: believed by some historians to have been the site of the Battle of Hastings, 1066.
- Soldan
-
noun,
the ruler of an Islamic country.
- sendal
-
noun,
a silk fabric in use during the Middle Ages.
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- caroms
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- Marlon
-
noun,
a male given name.
- marled
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- Carole
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Carola
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Carol.
- menads
-
noun,
maenad.
- solace
-
noun,
comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.
- marges
-
noun,
margin; edge.
- carnal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or characterized by the flesh or the body, its passions and appetites; sensual:
- Semang
-
noun,
a member of a Negrito people of the Malay Peninsula.
- socmen
-
noun,
sokeman.
- socman
-
noun,
sokeman.
- Sennar
-
noun,
a region in the E Sudan between the White and Blue Nile rivers, S of Khartoum: a former kingdom.
- 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.
- Carman
-
noun,
one of the crew of a streetcar or the like, as the motorman.
- Malang
-
noun,
a city on E Java, in S Indonesia.
- anoles
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- socage
-
noun,
a tenure of land held by the tenant in performance of specified services or by payment of rent, and not requiring military service.
- malars
-
noun,
Also, malar bone. zygomatic bone.
- Carlos
-
noun,
Don [don;; Spanish dawn] /dɒn;; Spanish dɔn/ (Show IPA), (Carlos Maria Isidro de Borbón) 1788–1855, pretender to the Spanish throne.
- solder
-
noun,
any of various alloys fused and applied to the joint between metal objects to unite them without heating the objects to the melting point.
- anneal
-
noun,
an act, instance, or product of annealing.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- Modena
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, NW of Bologna.
- ascoma
-
noun,
a fruiting body that bears asci.
- Madag.
-
- Madang
-
noun,
a seaport on the N coast of New Guinea, in Papua New Guinea.
- annals
-
noun,
a record of events, especially a yearly record, usually in chronological order.
- Madera
-
noun,
a city in central California.
- Modern
-
noun,
a person of modern times.
- second
-
noun,
a second part.
- ceorls
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- Madero
-
noun,
Francisco Indalecio [frahn-sees-kaw een-dah-le-syaw] /frɑnˈsis kɔ ˌin dɑˈlɛ syɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1913, Mexican revolutionary and political leader: president 1911–13.
- Menado
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Sulawesi, in NE Indonesia.
- censor
-
noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- celoms
-
noun,
coelom.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- Madras
-
noun,
a light cotton fabric of various weaves, especially one in multicolored plaid or stripes, used for shirts, dresses, jackets, etc.
- Asgard
-
noun,
the home of the Aesir and location of Valhalla and the palaces of the individual gods: connected with the earth by the rainbow bridge, Bifrost.
- madres
-
noun,
mother1 .
- agron.
-
- Cedars
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- cedarn
-
adjective,
resembling or made of cedar.
- Solera
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- Camden
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- seldom
-
adverb,
on only a few occasions; rarely; infrequently; not often:
- maenad
-
noun,
bacchante.
- Caslon
-
noun,
William, 1692–1766, English type founder and designer.
- solemn
-
adjective,
grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person, the face, speech, tone, or mood:
- mescal
-
noun,
an intoxicating beverage distilled from the fermented juice of certain species of agave.
- Malden
-
noun,
a city in E Massachusetts, near Boston.
- macro-
-
- calesa
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a small, two-wheeled calash.
- Candor
-
noun,
the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness:
- candle
-
noun,
a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
- manger
-
noun,
a box or trough in a stable or barn from which horses or cattle eat.
- manges
-
noun,
any of various skin diseases caused by parasitic mites, affecting animals and sometimes humans and characterized by loss of hair and scabby eruptions.
- Aragon
-
noun,
Louis [lwee] /lwi/ (Show IPA), 1897–1982, French novelist, poet, and journalist.
- canard
-
noun,
a false or baseless, usually derogatory story, report, or rumor.
- mangle
-
noun,
a machine for smoothing or pressing clothes, household linen, etc., by means of heated rollers.
- Canad.
-
- merlon
-
noun,
(in a battlement) the solid part between two crenels.
- arcane
-
adjective,
known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric:
- arcade
-
noun,
Architecture.
a series of arches supported on piers or columns.
an arched, roofed-in gallery. Compare colonnade.
- calgon
-
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- agleam
-
adjective,
gleaming; bright; radiant:
- Mannes
-
noun,
Leopold Damrosch, 1899–1964, U.S. composer and chemist.
- aglare
-
adjective, adverb,
glaring; blazing:
- mangos
-
noun,
the oblong, sweet fruit of a tropical tree, Mangifera indica, of the cashew family, eaten ripe, or preserved or pickled.
- Sloane
-
noun,
Sir Hans, 1660–1753, English physician and naturalist.
- camera
-
noun,
a device for capturing a photographic image or recording a video, using film or digital memory.
- slogan
-
noun,
a distinctive cry, phrase, or motto of any party, group, manufacturer, or person; catchword or catch phrase.
- cameos
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- Mannar
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Indian Ocean, bounded by W Sri Lanka, the chain of shoals that comprise Adam's Bridge, and S India.
- mannas
-
noun,
the food miraculously supplied to the Israelites in the wilderness. Ex. 16:14–36.
- manned
-
noun,
an adult male person, as distinguished from a boy or a woman.
- Calder
-
noun,
Alexander, 1898–1976, U.S. sculptor; originator of mobiles.
- mensal
-
adjective,
monthly.
- cargos
-
noun,
the lading or freight of a ship, airplane, etc.
- agonal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or symptomatic of agony, especially paroxysmal distress, as the death throes.
- Marcos
-
noun,
Ferdinand E(dralin) [ed-ruh-lin] /ˈɛd rə lɪn/ (Show IPA), 1917–1989, Philippine political leader: president 1965–86.
- Malone
-
noun,
Edmond, 1741–1812, Irish literary critic and Shakespearean scholar.
- agoras
-
noun,
a popular political assembly.
- cadges
-
noun,
a frame on which hawks are carried to the field.
- agenda
-
noun,
a list, plan, outline, or the like, of things to be done, matters to be acted or voted upon, etc.:
- Manado
-
noun,
Menado.
- manage
-
verb (used with object),
to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship:
- Marcel
-
noun,
a marcelling.
- cadres
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- Marcan
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of St. Mark or of the second Gospel.
- Anselm
-
noun,
Saint, 1033–1109, archbishop of Canterbury: scholastic theologian and philosopher.
- caeoma
-
noun,
(in fungi) an aecium in which the spores are formed in chains and not enclosed in a peridium.
- Cannae
-
noun,
an ancient town in SE Italy: Hannibal defeated the Romans here 216 b.c.
- 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.
- Mandan
-
noun,
a member of a Siouan people of North Dakota.
- Serang
-
noun,
Ceram.
- sermon
-
noun,
a discourse for the purpose of religious instruction or exhortation, especially one based on a text of Scripture and delivered by a member of the clergy as part of a religious service.
- monger
-
noun,
a person who is involved with something in a petty or contemptible way (usually used in combination):
- Mandel
-
noun,
a male given name.
- a-game
-
noun,
a person’s best effort, abilities, or achievement:
- Cannes
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean Sea: resort; annual film festival.
- cagers
-
noun,
Informal. a basketball player.
- canner
-
noun,
a person who cans meat, fruit, etc., for preservation.
- canned
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- cannas
-
noun,
any of various tropical plants of the genus Canna, cultivated for their large, usually brightly colored leaves and showy flowers.
- macron
-
noun,
a horizontal line used as a diacritic over a vowel to indicate that it has a long sound or other specified pronunciation, as (ā) in fate (fāt).
- manner
-
noun,
a way of doing, being done, or happening; mode of action, occurrence, etc.:
- macons
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- melan-
-
- Aromas
-
noun,
an odor arising from spices, plants, cooking, etc., especially an agreeable odor; fragrance.
- Angora
-
noun,
Angora cat.
- McLeod
-
- molder
-
noun,
a person or thing that molds.
- clears
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- Sondra
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lorans
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- scream
-
noun,
a loud, sharp, piercing cry:
- monads
-
noun,
Biology.
any simple, single-celled organism.
any of various small, flagellate, colorless ameboids with one to three flagella, especially of the genus Monas.
- Coanda
-
noun,
Henri Marie [ahn-ree ma-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1885–1972, French engineer and inventor.
- molars
-
noun,
Also called molar tooth. a tooth having a broad biting surface adapted for grinding, being one of twelve in humans, with three on each side of the upper and lower jaws.
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- Angola
-
noun,
a republic in SW Africa: formerly an overseas province of Portugal; gained independence Nov. 11, 1975. 481,226 sq. mi. (1,246,375 sq. km). Capital: Luanda.
- arsen-
-
- claros
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- longes
-
noun,
a long rope used to guide a horse during training or exercise.
- aeron.
-
- argons
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- argols
-
noun,
a crude tartar, produced as a by-product in casks by the fermentation of wine grapes, used as a mordant in dyeing, in the manufacture of tartaric acid, and in fertilizers.
- closer
-
noun,
a person or thing that closes.
- Monera
-
noun,
a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and have a nutritional mode of absorption, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.
- Lorena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- areola
-
noun,
a ring of color, as around the human nipple.
- mondes
-
noun,
the world; people; society.
- scler-
-
- sclera
-
noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- scaler
-
noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- meacon
-
verb (used with object),
to give false signals to (electronic navigational equipment), as by means of a radio transmitter.
- Arnold
-
noun,
Benedict, 1741–1801, American general in the Revolutionary War who became a traitor.
- closed
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- Armand
-
noun,
a male given name, French form of Herman.
- scaled
-
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.
- clones
-
noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- Megara
-
noun,
a city in ancient Greece: the chief city of Megaris.
- coalas
-
noun,
koala.
- coaler
-
noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- clares
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- cleans
-
- alamos
-
noun,
a poplar.
- macers
-
noun,
macebearer.
- loners
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- ascend
-
verb (used with object),
to go or move upward upon or along; climb; mount:
- Longan
-
noun,
the small, one-seeded, greenish-brown fruit of a large evergreen tree, Euphoria longana, of the soapberry family, native to China and allied to the litchi.
- mascle
-
noun,
a lozenge represented as having a lozenge-shaped hole at the center.
- scalar
-
noun,
Mathematics, Physics. a quantity possessing only magnitude.
Compare vector (def 1a).
- clado-
-
- macles
-
noun,
chiastolite.
- Seaman
-
noun,
a person skilled in seamanship.
- mascon
-
noun,
a massive concentration of high-density material beneath the surface of the moon.
- clamor
-
noun,
a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people:
- Anglos
-
noun,
a white American of non-Hispanic descent, as distinguished especially from an American of Mexican or Spanish descent.
- codger
-
noun,
an eccentric man, especially one who is old.
- argals
-
noun,
argol.
- Lorens
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- arecas
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- Anlage
-
noun,
Embryology. an embryonic area capable of forming a structure: the primordium, germ, or bud.
- seadog
-
noun,
fogbow.
- medlar
-
noun,
a small tree, Mespilus germanica, of the rose family, the fruit of which resembles a crab apple and is not edible until the early stages of decay.
- coders
-
noun,
a person or device that translates information into a code.
- anlace
-
noun,
anelace.
- Maced.
-
- clangs
-
noun,
a clanging sound.
- agars
-
noun,
Also, agar-agar. Also called Chinese gelatin, Chinese isinglass, Japanese gelatin, Japanese isinglass. a gelatinlike product of certain seaweeds, used for solidifying certain culture media, as a thickening agent for ice cream and other foods, as a substitute for gelatin, in adhesives, as an emulsifier, etc.
- goers
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- nona-
-
- Amado
-
noun,
Jorge [Portuguese zhawr-zhuh] /Portuguese ˈʒɔr ʒə/ (Show IPA), 1912–2001, Brazilian novelist.
- almas
-
noun,
a town in SE Quebec, in SE Canada.
- Godel
-
noun,
Kurt [kurt] /kɜrt/ (Show IPA), 1906–78, U.S. mathematician and logician, born in Austria-Hungary.
- Medan
-
noun,
a city in NE Sumatra, in W Indonesia.
- olden
-
adjective,
of or relating to the distant past or bygone times; ancient.
- AMEDS
-
- Goren
-
noun,
Charles Henry, 1901–91, U.S authority and writer on contract bridge.
- nomad
-
noun,
a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply.
- Medoc
-
noun,
a wine-growing region in Gironde, in SW France.
- gaols
-
noun,
a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
- agers
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- meno-
-
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- gores
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- Medon
-
noun,
(in the Odyssey) a herald who warned Penelope that her suitors were conspiring against Telemachus.
- nomes
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Megan
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- gonne
-
noun,
Maud ("Irish Joan of Arc") 1865–1953, Irish political activist and actress, born in England.
- goner
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- Garda
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N Italy: the largest lake in Italy. 35 miles (56 km) long; 143 sq. mi. (370 sq. km).
- gonad
-
noun,
a sex gland in which gametes are produced; an ovary or testis.
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- gonna
-
- manor
-
noun,
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- Gomer
-
noun,
an undesirable hospital patient.
- omega
-
noun,
the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet (Ω, ω).
- Gomel
-
noun,
a city in SE Byelorussia (Belarus), on a tributary of the Dnieper.
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Older
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- golem
-
noun,
Jewish Folklore. a figure artificially constructed in the form of a human being and endowed with life.
- golds
-
noun,
a precious yellow metallic element, highly malleable and ductile, and not subject to oxidation or corrosion. Symbol: Au; atomic weight: 196.967; atomic number: 79; specific gravity: 19.3 at 20°C.
- nomen
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the second name of a citizen, indicating his gens, as “Gaius Julius Caesar.”.
- Manon
-
noun,
an opera (1884) by Jules Massenet.
- goral
-
noun,
a short-horned goat antelope, Naemorhedus goral, of the mountainous regions of southeastern Asia: an endangered species.
- Merca
-
noun,
a city in S Somalia.
- Gaons
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- Golda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- medal
-
noun,
a flat piece of metal, often a disk but sometimes a cross, star, or other form, usually bearing an inscription or design, issued to commemorate a person, action, or event, or given as a reward for bravery, merit, or the like:
- ogams
-
noun,
ogham.
- maras
-
noun,
a city in S Turkey, NE of Adana.
- genro
-
noun,
any of the unofficial elder statesmen of Japan who influenced the government c1875–1940.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- oared
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- Adore
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- glans
-
noun,
the head of the penis (glans penis) or of the clitoris (glans clitoris)
- glare
-
noun,
a very harsh, bright, dazzling light:
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- Mason
-
noun,
a person whose trade is building with units of various natural or artificial mineral products, as stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or tiles, usually with the use of mortar or cement as a bonding agent.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- marls
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- Norge
-
noun,
Norwegian name of Norway.
- gleam
-
noun,
a flash or beam of light:
- Genoa
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- Melos
-
noun,
the succession of musical tones constituting a melody.
- glean
-
verb (used with object),
to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
- geod.
-
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- Adler
-
noun,
Alfred, 1870–1937, Austrian psychiatrist and psychologist.
- Glace
-
noun,
ice placed in a drink to cool it.
- Masan
-
noun,
a seaport in SE South Korea.
- adman
-
noun,
Also called advertising man. one whose profession is writing, designing, or selling advertisements.
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- masc.
-
- menad
-
noun,
maenad.
- admen
-
noun,
Also called advertising man. one whose profession is writing, designing, or selling advertisements.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- glads
-
noun,
gladiolus (def 1).
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- geom.
-
- glade
-
noun,
an open space in a forest.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- Maroc
-
noun,
French name of Morocco.
- geol.
-
- Genl.
-
- melon
-
noun,
the fruit of any of various plants of the gourd family, as the muskmelon or watermelon.
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- nonce
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- gnome
-
noun,
(in folklore) one of a species of diminutive beings, usually described as shriveled little old men, that inhabit the interior of the earth and act as guardians of its treasures; troll.
- mends
-
noun,
the act of mending; repair or improvement.
- Melas
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- goads
-
noun,
a stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.; prod.
- along
-
Idioms,
all along, all the time; throughout:
- Ogden
-
noun,
Charles Kay, 1889–1957, British psychologist and linguist, inventor of Basic English.
- ogles
-
noun,
an amorous, flirtatious, or impertinent glance or stare.
- Agena
-
noun,
a U.S. upper stage, with a restartable liquid-propellant engine, used with various booster stages to launch satellites into orbit around the earth and send probes to the moon and planets: also used as a docking target in the Gemini program.
- marcs
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- ogres
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- Meads
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- almes
-
noun,
almah.
- g-cal
-
- Oland
-
noun,
an island in SE Sweden, separated from the mainland by Kalmar Sound. 26,750; 519 sq. mi. (1345 sq. km).
- nones
-
noun,
the fifth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the ninth hour of the day (or 3 p.m.).
- melds
-
noun,
the act of melding.
- Marge
-
noun,
margin; edge.
- gloms
-
noun,
a look or glimpse.
- Glenn
-
noun,
John (Herschel, Jr.) born 1921, U.S. astronaut and politician: first U.S. orbital space flight 1962; U.S. senator 1975–99.
- gloam
-
noun,
twilight; gloaming.
- Marga
-
noun,
any of the three ways to salvation, which are those of devotion to certain gods (bhakti-marga) of study (jnana-marga) and of actions (karma-marga)
- NORAD
-
noun,
a joint U.S.-Canadian air force command responsible for detecting aircraft and space vehicles deemed a threat to the continental airspace.
- Ocala
-
noun,
a city in central Florida.
- gelds
-
noun,
a payment; tax.
- McRae
-
noun,
Carmen, 1920–94, U.S. jazz singer and songwriter.
- gnars
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- marg.
-
- G-man
-
noun,
an agent for the FBI.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- gnarl
-
noun,
a knotty protuberance on a tree; knot.
- Almon
-
noun,
a Philippine, dipterocarpaceous tree, Shorea eximia.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- gears
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- gland
-
noun,
Anatomy.
a cell, group of cells, or organ producing a secretion.
any of various organs or structures resembling the shape but not the function of true glands.
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- Macao
-
noun,
a Portuguese overseas territory in S China, in the delta of the Zhu Jiang River and including two small adjacent islands. 6 sq. mi. (16 sq. km).
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- naled
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- macle
-
noun,
chiastolite.
- maces
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- macer
-
noun,
macebearer.
- Leman
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- molar
-
noun,
Also called molar tooth. a tooth having a broad biting surface adapted for grinding, being one of twelve in humans, with three on each side of the upper and lower jaws.
- Macon
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- Lemon
-
noun,
the yellowish, acid fruit of a subtropical citrus tree, Citrus limon.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- maars
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- Lenca
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- molas
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- molds
-
noun,
a hollow form or matrix for giving a particular shape to something in a molten or plastic state.
- moles
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- Msgr.
-
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- lends
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- Madge
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- agro-
-
- madre
-
noun,
mother1 .
- model
-
noun,
a standard or example for imitation or comparison.
- Alcor
-
- lards
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Alcon
-
noun,
a noted archer who helped Hercules abduct the cattle of Geryon.
- large
-
noun,
Music. the longest note in mensural notation.
- Largo
-
noun,
a largo movement.
- leads
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- Larsa
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in southern Iraq: archaeological site.
- 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.
- modes
-
noun,
a manner of acting or doing; method; way:
- Alamo
-
noun,
a poplar.
- nano-
-
- Nance
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- nanas
-
noun,
Chiefly Northeastern U.S. grandmother; grandma.
- 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.
- monad
-
noun,
Biology.
any simple, single-celled organism.
any of various small, flagellate, colorless ameboids with one to three flagella, especially of the genus Monas.
- lenos
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- Laoag
-
noun,
a seaport on NW Luzon, in the N Philippines.
- Longs
-
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- loden
-
noun,
a thick, heavily fulled, waterproof fabric, used in coats and jackets for cold climates.
- lodes
-
noun,
a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
- Lodge
-
noun,
a small, makeshift or crude shelter or habitation, as of boughs, poles, skins, earth, or rough boards; cabin or hut.
- Lorca
-
noun,
García Lorca.
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- longe
-
noun,
a long rope used to guide a horse during training or exercise.
- alarm
-
noun,
a sudden fear or distressing suspense caused by an awareness of danger; apprehension; fright.
- Logan
-
noun,
pokelogan.
- moral
-
noun,
the moral teaching or practical lesson contained in a fable, tale, experience, etc.
- Monge
-
noun,
Gaspard [gas-par] /gasˈpar/ (Show IPA), Comte de Péluse [pey-lyz] /peɪˈlüz/ (Show IPA), 1746–1818, French mathematician.
- loges
-
noun,
(in a theater) the front section of the lowest balcony, separated from the back section by an aisle or railing or both.
- Alans
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- longa
-
noun,
the second longest note in medieval mensural notation.
- Aedon
-
noun,
a daughter of Pandareus who mistakenly killed her son. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a nightingale.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- Lords
-
noun,
a person who has authority, control, or power over others; a master, chief, or ruler.
- aero-
-
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Alas.
-
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- monde
-
noun,
the world; people; society.
- morns
-
noun,
morning.
- Morel
-
noun,
any edible mushroom of the genus Morchella, especially M. esculenta.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- loads
-
noun,
anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo:
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- loams
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- lansa
-
noun,
langsat.
- gorse
-
noun,
any spiny shrub of the genus Ulex, of the legume family, native to the Old World, especially U. europaeus, having rudimentary leaves and yellow flowers and growing in waste places and sandy soil.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- nodal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of a node.
- groan
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- Agnes
-
noun,
Saint, a.d. 292?–304? Roman Catholic child martyr.
- groma
-
noun,
an instrument having a cruciform wooden frame with a plumb line at the end of each arm, used for laying out lines at right angles to existing lines.
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- nerds
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- neons
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- Agade
-
noun,
Akkad (def 2).
- mero-
-
- nemos
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- Neman
-
noun,
a river rising in central Byelorussia (Belarus), flowing W through Lithuania into the Baltic. 582 miles (937 km) long.
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- Nelda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mande
-
noun,
a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, spoken in western Africa and including Mende, Malinke, Bambara, and Kpelle.
- Laden
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- manas
-
noun,
the rational faculty of the mind.
- agnel
-
noun,
a gold coin of France of the 13th–16th centuries, bearing the figure of a lamb.
- grans
-
noun,
grandmother.
- Ladon
-
noun,
a dragon having 100 heads and guarding the garden of the Hesperides: killed by Hercules.
- grams
-
noun,
a metric unit of mass or weight equal to 15.432 grains; one thousandth of a kilogram. Abbreviation: g.
- Nolde
-
noun,
Emil (Emil Hansen) 1867–1956, German painter.
- Grace
-
noun,
elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action:
Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity.
Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
- grade
-
noun,
a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity:
- manna
-
noun,
the food miraculously supplied to the Israelites in the wilderness. Ex. 16:14–36.
- grads
-
noun,
a graduate.
- algo-
-
- gram.
-
- grama
-
noun,
any grass of the genus Bouteloua, of South America and western North America, as B. gracilis (blue grama)
- adorn
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- manga
-
noun,
a Japanese graphic novel, typically intended for adults, characterized by highly stylized art.
- Grana
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) plural of granum.
- Alger
-
noun,
Horatio, Jr. 1834–99, U.S. novelist: author of a series of books for boys.
- Mango
-
noun,
the oblong, sweet fruit of a tropical tree, Mangifera indica, of the cashew family, eaten ripe, or preserved or pickled.
- Algar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- algae
-
plural noun,
any of numerous groups of chlorophyll-containing, mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms ranging from microscopic single-celled forms to multicellular forms 100 feet (30 meters) or more long, distinguished from plants by the absence of true roots, stems, and leaves and by a lack of nonreproductive cells in the reproductive structures: classified into the six phyla Euglenophyta, Crysophyta, Pyrrophyta, Chlorophyta, Phaeophyta, and Rhodophyta.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- mange
-
noun,
any of various skin diseases caused by parasitic mites, affecting animals and sometimes humans and characterized by loss of hair and scabby eruptions.
- agmas
-
noun,
(in Latin and Greek) the velar nasal consonant sound, especially in those forms where it was represented by the letter g or by gamma.
- lades
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- Negro
-
noun,
Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, especially those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
- modal
-
noun,
modal auxiliary.
- Magda
-
noun,
a female given name, German form of Magdalene.
- Mages
-
noun,
a magician.
- mega-
-
- Alden
-
noun,
John, 1599?–1687, Pilgrim settler in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620.
- Lando
-
noun,
died a.d. 914, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 913–914.
- MAgEd
-
- MAgEc
-
- Aldas
-
noun,
Frances, 1885–1952, U.S. operatic singer.
- lands
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- nasal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- Aldan
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from the Yabloni Mountains to the Lena. about 1500 miles (2415 km) long.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- Maera
-
noun,
Hecuba, after being changed into a dog for blinding Polymestor.
- lang.
-
- Lange
-
noun,
Christian Louis [kris-tyahn loo-ee,, -is] /ˈkrɪs tyɑn ˈlu i,, -ɪs/ (Show IPA), 1869–1938, Norwegian historian: Nobel Peace Prize 1921.
- nards
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- Agram
-
noun,
German name of Zagreb.
- Magna
-
noun,
a town in N Utah.
- meson
-
noun,
Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- agone
-
adverb, adjective,
ago.
- Lamar
-
noun,
Joseph R. 1857–1916, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1911–16.
- nears
-
- lagan
-
noun,
anything sunk in the sea, but attached to a buoy or the like so that it may be recovered.
- agora
-
noun,
a popular political assembly.
- lagen
-
noun,
laggin.
- Lager
-
noun,
Also called lager beer. a beer stored from six weeks to six months for aging before use.
- male-
-
- Lagos
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Nigeria: former capital.
- Ndola
-
noun,
a city in N Zambia.
- Lamas
-
noun,
Carlos Saavedra [kahr-laws sah-ah-ve-drah] /ˈkɑr lɔs ˌsɑ ɑˈvɛ drɑ/ (Show IPA), Saavedra Lamas, Carlos.
- Nasca
-
adjective,
Nazca.
- naso-
-
- lamed
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- lames
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- Malar
-
noun,
Also, malar bone. zygomatic bone.
- 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.
- meso-
-
- Malan
-
noun,
Daniel François [frahn-swah] /frɑnˈswɑ/ (Show IPA), 1874–1959, South African editor and political leader: prime minister 1948–54.
- Amend
-
verb (used with object),
to alter, modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from (a motion, bill, constitution, etc.) by formal procedure:
- angas
-
noun,
any of the eight practices of Yoga, including the abstentions, mandatory actions, posture, breath control, control of the senses, concentration, meditation, and contemplation.
- Ganda
-
noun,
Luganda.
- conge
-
noun,
leave-taking; farewell.
- 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.
- Comr.
-
- Angle
-
noun,
Geometry.
the space within two lines or three or more planes diverging from a common point, or within two planes diverging from a common line.
the figure so formed.
the amount of rotation needed to bring one line or plane into coincidence with another, generally measured in radians or in degrees, minutes, and seconds, as in 12° 10prime; 30″, which is read as 12 degrees, 10 minutes, and 30 seconds.
- Conan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Conde
-
noun,
Louis II de Bourbon [lwee,, duh boor-bawn] /lwi,, də burˈbɔ̃/ (Show IPA), Prince de (Duc d'Enghien"the Great Condé") 1621–86, French general.
- Angl.
-
- Sango
-
noun,
a Niger-Congo language of the Adamawa-Eastern branch, used as a lingua franca in the Central African Republic.
- anger
-
noun,
a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
- Cong.
-
- conga
-
noun,
a Cuban ballroom dance that consists of three steps forward followed by a kick, characteristically performed by a group following a leader in a single line.
- Angel
-
noun,
one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).
- Comer
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- Conn.
-
- conns
-
noun,
responsibility for the steering of a ship.
- Cons.
-
- Coral
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- cords
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) clothing, especially trousers, of corded fabric; corduroys.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- cores
-
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- corms
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- corns
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- comes
-
noun,
Astronomy. companion1 (def 6).
- sarc-
-
- craal
-
noun,
kraal.
- codas
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- scold
-
noun,
a person who is constantly scolding, often with loud and abusive speech.
- Close
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- scend
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- Cmdr.
-
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- Scand
-
- coala
-
noun,
koala.
- angor
-
noun,
extreme distress or mental anguish, usually of physical origin.
- coals
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- 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.
- scald
-
noun,
a burn caused by the action of hot liquid or steam.
- COMAS
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- coder
-
noun,
a person or device that translates information into a code.
- codes
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- Aaron
-
noun,
the older brother of Moses, usually regarded as the first high priest of the Hebrews. Ex. 28; 40:13–16.
- coeds
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- coel-
-
- Colas
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- sarod
-
noun,
a lute of northern India, played with a bow.
- colds
-
noun,
the relative absence of heat:
- Coles
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- sargo
-
noun,
a silvery grunt, Anisotremus davidsonii, inhabiting waters off the coasts of California and Mexico, having blackish markings and yellowish fins.
- Sarge
-
noun,
sergeant.
- comal
-
noun,
a griddle made from sandstone or earthenware.
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- Andre
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- ronde
-
noun,
a typeface imitative of upright, somewhat angular, handwriting.
- Damon
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- Danae
-
noun,
a daughter of the king of Argos and mother, by Zeus disguised as a shower of gold, of Perseus.
- Danas
-
noun,
Danu.
- dance
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Ancon
-
noun,
the elbow.
- dangs
-
verb (used with object), adjective, noun,
damn (used euphemistically).
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- acold
-
adjective,
being cold or chilled.
- Dares
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Ronan
-
noun,
a king who killed his son, Mael Fothartaigh, after his wife had falsely accused the boy of attempting to seduce her, and who was himself killed by the children of Mael Fothartaigh.
- dames
-
noun,
(initial capital letter)
the official title of a female member of the Order of the British Empire, equivalent to that of a knight.
the official title of the wife of a knight or baronet.
- darns
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- Acoma
-
noun,
a Pueblo Indian village near Albuquerque, New Mexico, built on a sandstone mesa: oldest continuously inhabited location in the U.S.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- deals
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- dears
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- deca-
-
- decal
-
noun,
a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
- decan
-
noun,
any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.
- decl.
-
- decor
-
noun,
style or mode of decoration, as of a room, building, or the like:
- damns
-
noun,
the utterance of “damn” in swearing or for emphasis.
- Damas
-
noun,
French name of Damascus.
- andr-
-
- acmes
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- crams
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- Andes
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- cream
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- Credo
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- Samoa
-
noun,
a group of islands in the S Pacific, the islands W of 170° W longitude constituting an independent state and the rest belonging to the U.S.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- Samar
-
noun,
an island in the E central Philippines. 5309 sq. mi. (13,750 sq. km).
- Saman
-
noun,
a Persian noble who lived in the 8th century a.d., progenitor of the Samanid dynasty.
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- Salem
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Massachusetts: founded 1626; execution of persons accused of being witches 1692; home of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- Damar
-
noun,
dammar.
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- daces
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- sagan
-
noun,
Carl (Edward) 1934–96, U.S. astronomer and writer.
- Dagan
-
noun,
the Mesopotamian god of agriculture and the earth: a counterpart of the Phoenician and Philistine Dagon.
- Dagon
-
noun,
a Phoenician and Philistine god of agriculture and the earth: the national god of the Philistines.
- dagos
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of Italian or sometimes Spanish origin or descent.
- Sadoc
-
noun,
Zadok.
- dalan
-
noun,
(in Persian and Indian architecture) a veranda or open hall for reception of visitors.
- Dalen
-
noun,
Gustaf [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1869–1937, Swedish inventor: Nobel Prize in Physics 1912.
- andor
-
conjunction,
(used to imply that either or both of the things mentioned may be affected or involved):
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- Daman
-
noun,
a hyrax, Procavia syriaca, of Syria, Palestine, etc.: the cony of the Bible.
- clone
-
noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- Degas
-
noun,
Hilaire Germain Edgar [ee-ler zher-man ed-gar] /iˈlɛr ʒɛrˈmɛ̃ ɛdˈgar/ (Show IPA), 1834–1917, French impressionist painter.
- calms
-
noun,
freedom from motion or disturbance; stillness.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- cadre
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- cager
-
noun,
Informal. a basketball player.
- cages
-
noun,
a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- 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.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- Camel
-
noun,
either of two large, humped, ruminant quadrupeds of the genus Camelus, of the Old World.
Compare Bactrian camel, dromedary.
- Cades
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- Cameo
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- cames
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- slang
-
noun,
very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid, and ephemeral than ordinary language, as Hit the road.
- canal
-
noun,
an artificial waterway for navigation, irrigation, etc.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- sero-
-
- Canea
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Crete, on the W part.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Canna
-
noun,
any of various tropical plants of the genus Canna, cultivated for their large, usually brightly colored leaves and showy flowers.
- cadge
-
noun,
a frame on which hawks are carried to the field.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- Canon
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical rule or law enacted by a council or other competent authority and, in the Roman Catholic Church, approved by the pope.
- aroma
-
noun,
an odor arising from spices, plants, cooking, etc., especially an agreeable odor; fragrance.
- argal
-
noun,
argol.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- argol
-
noun,
a crude tartar, produced as a by-product in casks by the fermentation of wine grapes, used as a mordant in dyeing, in the manufacture of tartaric acid, and in fertilizers.
- argon
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- Argos
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis: a powerful rival of Sparta, Athens, and Corinth.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- armed
-
noun,
Usually, arms. weapons, especially firearms.
- Armen
-
- areo-
-
- Arnel
-
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- socle
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- sonde
-
noun,
a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- 30-30
-
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Areca
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- asco-
-
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- ASEAN
-
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- annal
-
noun,
a record of events of a particular year:
- segar
-
noun,
cigar.
- Segal
-
noun,
George, 1924–2000, U.S. sculptor.
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- ceorl
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- Ceram
-
noun,
an island of the Moluccas in Indonesia, W of New Guinea. 7191 sq. mi. (18,625 sq. km).
- Annam
-
noun,
a former kingdom and French protectorate along the E coast of French Indochina: now part of Vietnam.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- cero-
-
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- clade
-
noun,
a taxonomic group of organisms classified together on the basis of homologous features traced to a common ancestor.
- clads
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
- clang
-
noun,
a clanging sound.
- annas
-
noun,
a former cupronickel coin of Pakistan, the 16th part of a rupee: last issued in 1960.
- clans
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- scrog
-
noun,
any naturally short or stunted tree or bush, as a crab apple tree or blackthorn bush.
- Clara
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “clear, bright.”.
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- claro
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- clase
-
- scrod
-
noun,
a young Atlantic codfish or haddock, especially one split for cooking.
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- SCRAM
-
noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- scrag
-
noun,
a lean or scrawny person or animal.
- Cleon
-
noun,
died 422 b.c, Athenian general and political opponent of Pericles.
- celom
-
noun,
coelom.
- segno
-
noun,
a sign.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Caras
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- Card.
-
- cards
-
noun,
a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder:
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- cargo
-
noun,
the lading or freight of a ship, airplane, etc.
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- Carla
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- anon.
-
- Cedar
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- Carme
-
noun,
a small natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
- anode
-
noun,
the electrode or terminal by which current enters an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
- anoas
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- Carol
-
noun,
a song, especially of joy.
- carom
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- Selma
-
noun,
a city in central Alabama, on the Alabama River.
- Ceara
-
noun,
Fortaleza.
- decos
-
noun,
art deco.
- salad
-
noun,
a usually cold dish consisting of vegetables, as lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers, covered with a dressing and sometimes containing seafood, meat, or eggs.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- donec
-
conjunction,
(in prescriptions) until.
- redos
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- Redon
-
noun,
Odilon [ohd-l-on;; French aw-dee-lawn] /ˈoʊd lˌɒn;; French ɔ diˈlɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1840–1916, French painter and etcher.
- Donar
-
noun,
the god of thunder, corresponding to Thor.
- donas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- orles
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- rands
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- donga
-
noun,
(in an ice shelf) a small ravine with steep sides.
- Amer.
-
- dongs
-
noun,
a deep sound like that of a large bell.
- Elara
-
noun,
Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- amole
-
noun,
the root of any of several plants, as Mexican species of agaves, used as a substitute for soap.
- domes
-
noun,
Architecture.
a vault, having a circular plan and usually in the form of a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions.
a domical roof or ceiling.
a polygonal vault, ceiling, or roof.
- Amora
-
noun,
one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in the rabbinical academies of Palestine and Babylonia from the 3rd to the 6th centuries a.d., whose commentaries on and interpretations of the Mishnah comprise the Palestinian and Babylonian Gemaras.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- ecol.
-
- Delos
-
noun,
a Greek island in the Cyclades, in the SW Aegean: site of an oracle of Apollo.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- endo-
-
- Regan
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.
Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
- esrog
-
noun,
etrog.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- doles
-
noun,
a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
- 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.
- dolma
-
noun,
a dish of tomatoes, green peppers, vine leaves, or eggplants stuffed with a mixture of meat, rice, and spices.
- regal
-
noun,
a portable reed organ of the 16th and 17th centuries.
- Ramon
-
noun,
any of several tropical American trees belonging to the genus Brosimum, of the mulberry family, the leaves of which are used as forage, especially B. alicastrum, which bears the breadnut.
- domal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a domal sound.
- Donna
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: an Italian title of respect prefixed to the given name of a woman.
- Donne
-
noun,
John, 1573–1631, English poet and clergyman.
- Osage
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of western Missouri, now living in northern Oklahoma.
- Dream
-
noun,
a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- AMORC
-
- drags
-
noun,
Nautical.
a designed increase of draft toward the stern of a vessel.
resistance to the movement of a hull through the water.
any of a number of weights dragged cumulatively by a vessel sliding down ways to check its speed.
any object dragged in the water, as a sea anchor.
any device for dragging the bottom of a body of water to recover or detect objects.
- drama
-
noun,
a composition in prose or verse presenting in dialogue or pantomime a story involving conflict or contrast of character, especially one intended to be acted on the stage; a play.
- drams
-
noun,
Measurements.
a unit of apothecaries' weight, equal to 60 grains, or 1/8 (0.125) ounce (3.89 grams).
1/16 (0.0625) ounce, avoirdupois weight (27.34 grains; 1.77 grams). Abbreviation: dr., dr.
- drang
-
noun,
a narrow lane or alleyway.
- reads
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- ergo-
-
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- dregs
-
noun,
dregs, the sediment of liquids; lees; grounds.
- drome
-
noun,
a department in SE France. 2533 sq. mi. (6560 sq. km). Capital: Valence.
- drone
-
noun,
the male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no honey.
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- Oreg.
-
- oread
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- Eagan
-
noun,
a town in SE Minnesota.
- dorms
-
noun,
dormitory.
- Adams
-
noun,
Abigail (Smith) 1744–1818, U.S. social and political figure (wife of John Adams).
- Range
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- ordn.
-
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- DORAN
-
noun,
an electronic device for determining range and assisting navigation, employing the principle of the Doppler effect.
- 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)
- dorse
-
noun,
the back of a book or folded document.
- adage
-
noun,
a traditional saying expressing a common experience or observation; proverb.
- acro-
-
- engr.
-
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- Draco
-
noun,
the Dragon, a northern circumpolar constellation between Ursa Major and Cepheus.
- acred
-
adjective,
owning many acres of land; landed.
- realm
-
noun,
a royal domain; kingdom:
- Drago
-
noun,
Luis María [loo-is muh-ree-uh;; Spanish loo-ees mah-ree-ah] /ˈlu ɪs məˈri ə;; Spanish luˈis mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1859–1921, Argentine jurist and statesman.
- econ.
-
- dolce
-
noun,
an instruction to the performer that the music is to be executed softly and sweetly.
- dogma
-
noun,
an official system of principles or tenets concerning faith, morals, behavior, etc., as of a church. Synonyms: doctrine, teachings, set of beliefs, philosophy.
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- renga
-
noun,
linked verse.
- Galen
-
noun,
Latin Galenus [guh-lee-nuh s] /gəˈli nəs/ (Show IPA). Claudius, a.d. c130–c200, Greek physician and writer on medicine.
- egads
-
interjection,
(used as an expletive or mild oath):
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- ragas
-
noun,
one of the melodic formulas of Hindu music having the melodic shape, rhythm, and ornamentation prescribed by tradition.
- gales
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- desc.
-
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- derms
-
noun,
a navigational device for making a nearby object conspicuous on a radarscope.
- derma
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. dermis.
- Elman
-
noun,
Mischa [mee-shuh] /ˈmi ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1891–1967, U.S. violinist, born in Russia.
- derm-
-
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- rages
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- Elgon
-
noun,
an extinct volcano in E Africa, on the boundary between Uganda and Kenya. 14,176 feet (4321 meters).
- Demos
-
noun,
the common people of an ancient Greek state.
- Elgar
-
noun,
Sir Edward, 1857–1934, English composer.
- Demon
-
noun,
an evil spirit; devil or fiend.
- gamer
-
noun,
a person who plays games, especially computer or video games.
- games
-
noun,
an amusement or pastime:
- demo-
-
- gamo-
-
- aden-
-
- radon
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- Radom
-
noun,
a city in E Poland.
- Eland
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- galea
-
noun,
Botany. a part of the calyx or corolla having the form of a helmet, as the upper lip of the corolla of the monkshood.
- rends
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- among
-
preposition,
in, into, or through the midst of; in association or connection with; surrounded by:
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- doers
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- EDGAR
-
noun,
an award given annually in various categories of mystery writing.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- regma
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of three or more carpels that separate from the axis at maturity.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- ramal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a ramus.
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- encl.
-
- anal.
-
- Orang
-
noun,
orangutan.
- doges
-
noun,
the chief magistrate in the former republics of Venice and Genoa.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- gaels
-
noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- Edman
-
noun,
Irwin, 1896–1954, U.S. philosopher and essayist.
- Onega
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in the NW Russian Federation in Europe: second largest lake in Europe. 3764 sq. mi. (9750 sq. km).
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- galas
-
noun,
a festive occasion; celebration; special entertainment:
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- 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.
- nos-
-
- mes-
-
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- rad.
-
- Adm.
-
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- mGal
-
- 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.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- sego
-
noun,
sego lily.
- MNAS
-
- Sem.
-
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Mngr
-
- mod.
-
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Mode
-
noun,
a manner of acting or doing; method; way:
- moas
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- rode
-
noun,
a rope by which a boat is anchored.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- Mend
-
noun,
the act of mending; repair or improvement.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- sold
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- soln
-
- orad
-
adverb,
toward the mouth or the oral region.
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- men-
-
- Olds
-
noun,
Ransom Eli, 1864–1950, U.S. automobile pioneer and manufacturer.
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- ole-
-
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Olga
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 968? regent of Kiev until 955: saint of the Russian Orthodox Church.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- Sol.
-
- Song
-
noun,
a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.
- MELD
-
noun,
the act of melding.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Agar
-
noun,
Also, agar-agar. Also called Chinese gelatin, Chinese isinglass, Japanese gelatin, Japanese isinglass. a gelatinlike product of certain seaweeds, used for solidifying certain culture media, as a thickening agent for ice cream and other foods, as a substitute for gelatin, in adhesives, as an emulsifier, etc.
- sord
-
noun,
a flight or flock of mallards.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- Sra.
-
- agas
-
noun,
a title of honor, usually implying respect for age.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- soda
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- org.
-
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- Adam
-
noun,
the name of the first man: husband of Eve and progenitor of the human race. Gen. 2:7; 5:1–5.
- sgd.
-
- SGML
-
- slag
-
noun,
Also called cinder. the more or less completely fused and vitrified matter separated during the reduction of a metal from its ore.
- SLAM
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- agal
-
noun,
(among Arabs) a cord wound around a kaffiyeh to hold it in place.
- sld.
-
- SLED
-
noun,
a small vehicle consisting of a platform mounted on runners for use in traveling over snow or ice.
- OCDM
-
- ord.
-
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- slog
-
noun,
a long, tiring walk or march.
- Oder
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the NE Czech Republic, N through SW Poland and along the border between Germany and Poland into the Baltic. 562 miles (905 km) long.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- snod
-
adjective,
smooth; sleek.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- Adar
-
noun,
the sixth month of the Jewish calendar.
- ogre
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- Ogma
-
noun,
a god of poetry and eloquence and the inventor of the ogham letters: one of the Tuatha De Danann.
- snog
-
verb (used without object),
to kiss and cuddle.
- Meng
-
- ogle
-
noun,
an amorous, flirtatious, or impertinent glance or stare.
- smog
-
noun,
smoke or other atmospheric pollutants combined with fog in an unhealthy or irritating mixture.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ogam
-
noun,
ogham.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- snag
-
noun,
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- OECD
-
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- RADM
-
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- NOAA
-
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- rel.
-
- regs
-
noun,
Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
- SAGA
-
noun,
a medieval Icelandic or Norse prose narrative of achievements and events in the history of a personage, family, etc.
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- 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.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- Sage
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- sago
-
noun,
a starchy foodstuff derived from the soft interior of the trunk of various palms and cycads, used in making puddings.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- 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.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- NACA
-
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- reds
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- Reg.
-
- Nada
-
noun,
nothing; zero; none:
- Naga
-
noun,
a member of any of the disparate tribal peoples of Nagaland and bordering areas of Burma.
- Saml
-
- regd
-
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- Nama
-
noun,
a member of a Khoikhoi people of Namaqualand, in SW Africa.
- 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.
- SAMA
-
noun,
the Sufi practice of gathering to listen to religious poetry that is sung, often accompanied by ecstatic dance or other ritual.
- Nana
-
noun,
Chiefly Northeastern U.S. grandmother; grandma.
- Sam.
-
- 1080
-
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- RONA
-
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- NDSL
-
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- NDAC
-
- NCAA
-
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- Rom.
-
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- acr-
-
- NASD
-
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- 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.
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- neon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- neo-
-
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- RNAS
-
- road
-
noun,
a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- redo
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- ACLS
-
- AMDG
-
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- SRAM
-
- aer-
-
- scr.
-
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mon.
-
- mols
-
noun,
mole4 .
- Mole
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- Rama
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) any of the three avatars of Vishnu: Balarama, Parashurama, or Ramachandra.
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- mold
-
noun,
a hollow form or matrix for giving a particular shape to something in a molten or plastic state.
- nong
-
noun,
a foolish, incompetent person.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- Nord
-
noun,
a department in N France. 2229 sq. mi. (5770 sq. km). Capital: Lille.
- Mods
-
noun,
a person who is in the vanguard in style, dress, etc.
- mogs
-
noun,
moggy.
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- sec.
-
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- raga
-
noun,
one of the melodic formulas of Hindu music having the melodic shape, rhythm, and ornamentation prescribed by tradition.
- Nor.
-
- mol.
-
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- MOLA
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- msec
-
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- nom.
-
- 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)
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- Sang
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- mRNA
-
- nogs
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- MSAE
-
- MScD
-
- MSCE
-
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- acea
-
- mong
-
noun,
mongrel, especially a mongrel dog.
- SCAD
-
noun,
any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
- non-
-
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rcd.
-
- acad
-
- scag
-
noun,
heroin.
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- RdAc
-
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- ACDA
-
- OSRD
-
- leg.
-
- Eng.
-
- comd
-
- geld
-
noun,
a payment; tax.
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- Cond
-
- Gen.
-
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- gens
-
noun,
a group of families in ancient Rome claiming descent from a common ancestor and united by a common name and common ancestral religious rites.
- Con.
-
- COMS
-
noun,
Trademark. Comedy Central: a cable television channel.
- coml
-
- come
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. semen.
- coma
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- Com.
-
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Cold
-
noun,
the relative absence of heat:
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- Col.
-
- geo-
-
- cogs
-
noun,
(not in technical use) a gear tooth, formerly especially one of hardwood or metal, fitted into a slot in a gearwheel of less durable material.
- Ger.
-
- anga
-
noun,
any of the eight practices of Yoga, including the abstentions, mandatory actions, posture, breath control, control of the senses, concentration, meditation, and contemplation.
- Gela
-
noun,
a city in S Sicily, Italy, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- Gerd
-
noun,
the daughter of a giant and the consort of Frey, who wooed her through his servant Skirnir.
- Crag
-
noun,
a steep, rugged rock; rough, broken, projecting part of a rock.
- Dom.
-
- DEng
-
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- amas
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- Aman
-
noun,
Haman.
- Amal
-
- gars
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- Cres
-
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Cor.
-
- gds.
-
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- gear
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- ands
-
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- corm
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- geds
-
noun,
any fish of the pike family.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Cord
-
noun,
a string or thin rope made of several strands braided, twisted, or woven together.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- germ
-
noun,
a microorganism, especially when disease-producing; microbe.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- cml.
-
- Gore
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- grad
-
noun,
a graduate.
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- Alg.
-
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- gras
-
- gres
-
- CMOS
-
noun,
complementary metal oxide semiconductor.
- Cmon
-
- gro.
-
- cmdg
-
- Gone
-
noun,
the act of going:
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- Gros
-
noun,
Antoine Jean [ahn-twan zhahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1771–1835, French painter.
- clog
-
noun,
anything that impedes motion or action; an encumbrance; a hindrance.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- clod
-
noun,
a lump or mass, especially of earth or clay.
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Clem
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clement.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- clar
-
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- doms
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) a title of a monk in the Benedictine, Carthusian, Cistercian, and certain other monastic orders.
- Gond
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal people of Dravidian stock, in central India and the Deccan.
- Gers
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
- coda
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- cog.
-
- Glad
-
noun,
gladiolus (def 1).
- glam
-
noun,
glamour.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- coed
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- alms
-
noun,
money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity:
- cods
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- Glen
-
noun,
a small, narrow, secluded valley.
- glom
-
noun,
a look or glimpse.
- code
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- gon-
-
- GNMA
-
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- goad
-
noun,
a stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.; prod.
- goal
-
noun,
the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- goas
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- Goer
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- GOES
-
noun,
plural of go1 .
- Gold
-
noun,
a precious yellow metallic element, highly malleable and ductile, and not subject to oxidation or corrosion. Symbol: Au; atomic weight: 196.967; atomic number: 79; specific gravity: 19.3 at 20°C.
- Alma
-
noun,
a town in SE Quebec, in SE Canada.
- Gard
-
noun,
a department in S France. 2271 sq. mi. (5882 sq. km). Capital: Nîmes.
- Gaon
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- 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).
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- 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.
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- der.
-
- Den.
-
- Dem.
-
- eco-
-
- dels
-
noun,
a differential operator. Symbol: ∇.
- Edam
-
noun,
a mild, hard, yellow cheese, produced in a round shape and coated with red wax.
- Del.
-
- deg.
-
- deco
-
noun,
art deco.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Edom
-
noun,
Esau, the brother of Jacob.
- egad
-
interjection,
(used as an expletive or mild oath):
- egal
-
adjective,
equal.
- EGmc
-
- Anam
-
noun,
Annam.
- Anas
-
- egos
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- Dec.
-
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- 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.
- ELAS
-
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- dome
-
noun,
Architecture.
a vault, having a circular plan and usually in the form of a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions.
a domical roof or ceiling.
a polygonal vault, ceiling, or roof.
- Dong
-
noun,
a deep sound like that of a large bell.
- dols
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the intensity of pain.
- dons
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- Dole
-
noun,
a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
- Dora
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift.”.
- dol.
-
- DORE
-
noun,
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
- dorm
-
noun,
dormitory.
- Doge
-
noun,
the chief magistrate in the former republics of Venice and Genoa.
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- drag
-
noun,
Nautical.
a designed increase of draft toward the stern of a vessel.
resistance to the movement of a hull through the water.
any of a number of weights dragged cumulatively by a vessel sliding down ways to check its speed.
any object dragged in the water, as a sea anchor.
any device for dragging the bottom of a body of water to recover or detect objects.
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- DRAM
-
noun,
Measurements.
a unit of apothecaries' weight, equal to 60 grains, or 1/8 (0.125) ounce (3.89 grams).
1/16 (0.0625) ounce, avoirdupois weight (27.34 grains; 1.77 grams). Abbreviation: dr., dr.
- dreg
-
noun,
dregs, the sediment of liquids; lees; grounds.
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- doer
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- DOCS
-
noun,
doctor.
- doc.
-
plural,
document.
- DMSO
-
- dlr.
-
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- gaol
-
noun,
a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
- gaea
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the earth, mother of the Titans.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Esd.
-
- damn
-
noun,
the utterance of “damn” in swearing or for emphasis.
- eso-
-
- Dame
-
noun,
(initial capital letter)
the official title of a female member of the Order of the British Empire, equivalent to that of a knight.
the official title of the wife of a knight or baronet.
- dals
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- Dale
-
noun,
a valley, especially a broad valley.
- dags
-
noun,
one of a series of decorative scallops or foliations along the edge of a garment, cloth, etc.
- gads
-
noun,
the act of gadding.
- Gael
-
noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- ergs
-
- Gal.
-
- Gala
-
noun,
a festive occasion; celebration; special entertainment:
- Dago
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of Italian or sometimes Spanish origin or descent.
- Gale
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- gals
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- Gama
-
noun,
Vasco da [vas-koh duh;; Portuguese vahsh-koo duh] /ˈvæs koʊ də;; Portuguese ˈvɑʃ kʊ də/ (Show IPA), c1460–1524, Portuguese navigator: discovered the sea route from Portugal around the continent of Africa to India.
- game
-
noun,
an amusement or pastime:
- gams
-
noun,
a person's leg, especially an attractive female leg.
- Gand
-
noun,
French name of Ghent.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- elds
-
noun,
age.
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- deal
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- 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.
- DCNL
-
- ance
-
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- darg
-
noun,
Scot. and North England. a day's work.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Danl
-
- Dang
-
verb (used with object), adjective, noun,
damn (used euphemistically).
- Dana
-
noun,
Danu.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- enc.
-
- end-
-
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- AMLS
-
- engs
-
noun,
the symbol, ŋ, that, in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in the pronunciation alphabets of some dictionaries, represents the voiced velar nasal consonant indicated in English spelling by (ng), as in the pronunciations of cling [kling] /klɪŋ/ (Show IPA) and clink [klingk] /klɪŋk/ (Show IPA).
- enl.
-
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- Dona
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- lade
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- 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.
- calm
-
noun,
freedom from motion or disturbance; stillness.
- arca
-
noun,
a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- Cal.
-
- Cage
-
noun,
a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
- med.
-
- cads
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- cade
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- 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.
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- maar
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- Maas
-
noun,
Dutch name of the Meuse.
- Mac-
-
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- maco
-
noun,
an Egyptian cotton, used especially in the manufacture of hosiery and undergarments.
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- made
-
noun,
the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
- alae
-
noun,
plural of ala.
- Ala.
-
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- MAEd
-
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- Arad
-
noun,
a city in W Romania, on the Mures River.
- Cana
-
noun,
an ancient town in N Israel, in Galilee: scene of Jesus' first miracle. John 2:1, 11.
- Can.
-
- cams
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- Aram
-
noun,
Biblical name of ancient Syria.
- 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.
- load
-
noun,
anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo:
- loam
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- lode
-
noun,
a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
- Lord
-
noun,
a person who has authority, control, or power over others; a master, chief, or ruler.
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- log-
-
- loge
-
noun,
(in a theater) the front section of the lowest balcony, separated from the back section by an aisle or railing or both.
- Loma
-
noun,
a hill or ridge having a broad top.
- Lome
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Togo, on the Gulf of Guinea.
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- lond
-
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- Alan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- mads
-
noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- Mara
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of death, sometimes seen as one aspect of a god whose other aspect is Kama, or erotic desire.
- MARC
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- aged
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old people collectively (usually preceded by the):
- Marl
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- masa
-
noun,
flour or dough made of dried, ground corn, used especially for tortillas.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Arm.
-
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- MDES
-
- mdse
-
- Argo
-
noun,
Astronomy. a very large southern constellation, now divided into Vela, Carina, Puppis, and Pyxis, four separate constellations lying largely south of Canis Major.
- Mead
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- 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.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- meas
-
- Arg.
-
- Mar.
-
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- asc-
-
- mag.
-
- mage
-
noun,
a magician.
- mags
-
noun,
magazine.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- ASME
-
- asgd
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- mal-
-
- Agra
-
noun,
a city in SW Uttar Pradesh, in N India: site of the Taj Mahal.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- agr.
-
- MALD
-
- MALS
-
- Man.
-
- Mana
-
noun,
a generalized, supernatural force or power, which may be concentrated in objects or persons.
- Agon
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece) a contest in which prizes were awarded in any of a number of events, as athletics, drama, music, poetry, and painting.
- 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.
- AGMA
-
noun,
(in Latin and Greek) the velar nasal consonant sound, especially in those forms where it was represented by the letter g or by gamma.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- ages
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- Lead
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- lasa
-
noun,
Lhasa.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- cen.
-
- Cels
-
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- lea.
-
- Alco
-
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Leda
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the mother, by her husband Tyndareus, of Castor and Clytemnestra and, by Zeus in the form of a swan, of Pollux and Helen.
- Cdr.
-
- leds
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- LEGO
-
noun,
one of these blocks, usually as part of a set.
- lard
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- CERN
-
- 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.
- Lam.
-
- Alea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an epithet of Athena referring to a sanctuary built in her honor by Aleus.
- ann.
-
- lads
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- Anna
-
noun,
a former cupronickel coin of Pakistan, the 16th part of a rupee: last issued in 1960.
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- clam
-
noun,
any of various bivalve mollusks, especially certain edible species.
Compare quahog, soft-shell clam.
- clad
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
- lags
-
noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- LAMA
-
noun,
a priest or monk in Lamaism.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- lams
-
noun,
a hasty escape; flight.
- Lana
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Land
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- Aldm
-
- Alda
-
noun,
Frances, 1885–1952, U.S. operatic singer.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Ald.
-
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- legs
-
noun,
either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, arthropod, etc., that support and move the body.
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- ano-
-
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- lend
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- 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.
- anoa
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- Casa
-
noun,
a house.
- Cara
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- AAE
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- DLC
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- SLE
-
- ARS
-
- ScD
-
- ROA
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- CNM
-
- ROG
-
- CRS
-
- ANC
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ase
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- AAM
-
- DLO
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- CGM
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- CNN
-
- 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).
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- rnd
-
- RNA
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- an.
-
- ADC
-
- SAR
-
- Clo
-
- SLA
-
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- Ar.
-
- cle
-
- AOA
-
- ANG
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Sr.
-
- SDA
-
- se-
-
- aor
-
- dog
-
noun,
a domesticated canid, Canis familiaris, bred in many varieties.
- CGS
-
- CSA
-
- DML
-
- RMC
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- RLD
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- DLS
-
- DMA
-
- DMS
-
- SCM
-
- CMD
-
- DNA
-
- CMA
-
- CLR
-
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- ASM
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- Aar
-
- Dal
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- al.
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- So.
-
- SRO
-
- SAA
-
- DOA
-
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- CED
-
- Dam
-
noun,
a barrier to obstruct the flow of water, especially one of earth, masonry, etc., built across a stream or river.
- ard
-
- SLR
-
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- do.
-
- Dag
-
noun,
one of a series of decorative scallops or foliations along the edge of a garment, cloth, etc.
- DSO
-
- ag-
-
- DSM
-
- sc.
-
- DSC
-
- DAE
-
- SMD
-
- SAE
-
- SAG
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- ad-
-
- SMA
-
- ac-
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- CEA
-
- sd.
-
- RSE
-
- ASN
-
- DCS
-
- CNS
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- DCL
-
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- d-c
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- CMG
-
- de-
-
- DAR
-
- DEA
-
- ca.
-
- CSR
-
- ASR
-
- CSO
-
- SDR
-
- Co.
-
- SED
-
- RSA
-
- Am.
-
- CAA
-
- Rs.
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- DCM
-
- AMA
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- cl.
-
- COD
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- cs.
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- cr.
-
- CAM
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- sod
-
noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- CEO
-
- CNO
-
- Meg
-
noun,
a megabyte.
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- LDS
-
- LSD
-
- 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).
- Lad
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- NEC
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- NEA
-
- ne-
-
- lag
-
noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- NDE
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- GSR
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- LCA
-
- LCD
-
- LCM
-
- Ld.
-
- LDC
-
- Ldg
-
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- LED
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NAD
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- La.
-
- GSC
-
- NCO
-
- GMC
-
- OSA
-
- OED
-
- Oc.
-
- NSC
-
- NSA
-
- NRC
-
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- AMS
-
- gl.
-
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- Gld
-
- Goa
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- GSA
-
- God
-
noun,
the one Supreme Being, the creator and ruler of the universe.
- ALM
-
- Gor
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- Gr.
-
- nog
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- gre
-
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- NOC
-
- NNE
-
- NMR
-
- NGO
-
noun,
1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
- NGC
-
- NES
-
- NAA
-
- MSN
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- MLD
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MAD
-
noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- aga
-
noun,
a title of honor, usually implying respect for age.
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- MNS
-
- MNE
-
- MNA
-
- MLS
-
- MLR
-
- MLG
-
- MLA
-
- MAA
-
- ml.
-
- MGr
-
- mgd
-
- ago
-
adverb,
in past time; in the past:
- AGM
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- Mao
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- age
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- mcg
-
- MCR
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- MOG
-
noun,
moggy.
- 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.
- MSG
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 5 H 8 NNaO 4 ⋅H 2 O, used to intensify the flavor of foods.
- LOC
-
- MSE
-
- MSD
-
- ALC
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- MSA
-
- MRE
-
- MRA
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- Les
-
- lg.
-
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- LNG
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- MSC
-
- ae.
-
- LON
-
- MOR
-
- AEA
-
- AEC
-
- LSC
-
- LSM
-
- Mc-
-
- Md.
-
- Me.
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- Mo.
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- MSL
-
- OSD
-
- Ges
-
- OAS
-
- Re.
-
- EdM
-
abbreviation,
electronic dance music: a range of genres of electronic music often played in nightclubs and characterized by a strong danceable beat:
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- ACS
-
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- EGO
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- ADA
-
noun,
a programming language particularly suited to real-time applications: developed for use by the U.S. Department of Defense.
- eld
-
noun,
age.
- 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.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- RMA
-
- RCS
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- Rd.
-
- EMR
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- ose
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- AGC
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ESA
-
- Esc
-
- EDC
-
- ed.
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- DSR
-
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- Dr.
-
- DRE
-
- REA
-
- RDS
-
- RDC
-
- DRG
-
- RDA
-
- RCN
-
- DSA
-
- RCA
-
- Eg.
-
- ECM
-
- eo-
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- EOM
-
- ea.
-
- EAA
-
- ead
-
- EAM
-
- ean
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ec-
-
- ECA
-
- ECG
-
- ESL
-
- en-
-
- ESR
-
- GCR
-
- GAO
-
noun,
a city in E Mali.
- AME
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- Om.
-
- AMC
-
- OLG
-
- GAS
-
noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- Old
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- GCA
-
- Ola
-
- GCD
-
- GCE
-
- Gde
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- GDR
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OEM
-
- Ged
-
noun,
any fish of the pike family.
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- OCS
-
- Gel
-
noun,
Physical Chemistry. a semirigid colloidal dispersion of a solid with a liquid or gas, as jelly, glue, etc.
- OCR
-
- OCD
-
- GEM
-
noun,
a cut and polished precious stone or pearl fine enough for use in jewelry.
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- DNR
-
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONR
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Gad
-
noun,
the act of gadding.
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- ons
-
- Ga.
-
- GCM
-
- GAR
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- S.
-
- GD
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- OA
-
- CM
-
- CE
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- rg
-
- MN
-
- GO
-
noun,
the act of going:
- DM
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- SA
-
- GM
-
- OG
-
- GN
-
- SG
-
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- MG
-
- le
-
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- SL
-
- O.
-
- SM
-
- DN
-
- ND
-
- NG
-
- NM
-
- RC
-
- L.
-
- RN
-
- dl
-
- LM
-
- ln
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- L1
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- L2
-
- AO
-
- NL
-
- LR
-
- LC
-
- D.
-
- RO
-
- ol
-
- DG
-
- NC
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- GC
-
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- N.
-
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- DC
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- SN
-
- G.
-
- M.
-