Anagrams of scansorial
Word scansorial has
680 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of scansorial.
- clarinos
-
noun,
a valveless trumpet used in the 17th and 18th centuries for playing rapid passages in the high register.
- narcosis
-
noun,
a state of stupor or drowsiness.
- sarcinas
-
noun,
any of several spherical, saprophytic bacteria of the genus Sarcina, having a cuboidal cell arrangement.
- clarions
-
noun,
an ancient trumpet with a curved shape.
- Clarissa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Clara.
- also-ran
-
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.
- orinasal
-
noun,
an orinasal sound.
- ocarinas
-
noun,
a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
- acrasins
-
noun,
a chemotactic substance, identical with cAMP, secreted by myxamebas of cellular slime molds and attracting other myxamebas to aggregate and form a pseudoplasmodium.
- Carniola
-
noun,
a former duchy and crown land of Austria: now part of Slovenia.
- Carolina
-
noun,
a former English colony on the Atlantic coast of North America: officially divided into North Carolina and South Carolina in 1729.
- Sinaloa
-
noun,
a state in W Mexico, bordering on the Gulf of California. 22,582 sq. mi. (58,485 sq. km). Capital: Culiacán.
- Larissa
-
noun,
a city in E Thessaly, in E Greece.
- Conrail
-
noun,
a government-supported corporation that combined six bankrupt railroads to provide freight and commuter service in 17 states from Boston to St. Louis.
- Alcoran
-
noun,
Alkoran.
- rascals
-
noun,
a base, dishonest, or unscrupulous person.
- cranial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the cranium or skull.
- cranio-
-
- 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.
- Corliss
-
noun,
George Henry, 1817–88, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- clarino
-
noun,
a valveless trumpet used in the 17th and 18th centuries for playing rapid passages in the high register.
- Clarion
-
noun,
an ancient trumpet with a curved shape.
- crissal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the crissum.
- clarain
-
noun,
the coal forming the bright layers in banded bituminous coal.
- Cassino
-
noun,
casino (def 3).
- cassina
-
noun,
dahoon.
- casinos
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- sailors
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- Carlson
-
noun,
Anton Julius [an-tohn,, -ton] /ˈæn toʊn,, -tɒn/ (Show IPA), 1875–1956, U.S. physiologist, born in Sweden.
- carinas
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- Canossa
-
noun,
a ruined castle in N Italy: scene of the penance of Emperor Henry IV of the Holy Roman Empire before Pope Gregory VII in 1077.
- arnicas
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- caisson
-
noun,
a structure used in underwater work, consisting of an airtight chamber, open at the bottom and containing air under sufficient pressure to exclude the water.
- Salinas
-
noun,
a city in W California.
- Sarcina
-
noun,
any of several spherical, saprophytic bacteria of the genus Sarcina, having a cuboidal cell arrangement.
- Ascaris
-
noun,
any parasitic roundworm of the genus Ascaris, found in the human small intestine and causing colic and diarrhea.
- craniol
-
- Roscian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- asocial
-
adjective,
not sociable or gregarious; withdrawn from society.
- socials
-
noun,
a social gathering or party, especially of or as given by an organized group:
- Aaronic
-
adjective,
of or relating to Aaron.
- Acrilan
-
- acrasin
-
noun,
a chemotactic substance, identical with cAMP, secreted by myxamebas of cellular slime molds and attracting other myxamebas to aggregate and form a pseudoplasmodium.
- Laconia
-
noun,
an ancient country in the S part of Greece. Capital: Sparta.
- solaria
-
noun,
a glass-enclosed room, porch, or the like, exposed to the sun's rays, as at a seaside hotel or for convalescents in a hospital.
- oilcans
-
noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- incross
-
noun,
a mating between organisms that are both homozygous for the same allele.
- lascars
-
noun,
an East Indian sailor.
- ocarina
-
noun,
a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
- lianas
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- Carlos
-
noun,
Don [don;; Spanish dawn] /dɒn;; Spanish dɔn/ (Show IPA), (Carlos Maria Isidro de Borbón) 1788–1855, pretender to the Spanish throne.
- lascar
-
noun,
an East Indian sailor.
- Carina
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- carnal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or characterized by the flesh or the body, its passions and appetites; sensual:
- narco-
-
- Carola
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Carol.
- Carian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Caria.
- cansos
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- linacs
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- Salian
-
noun,
a Salian Frank.
- assoc.
-
- asonia
-
noun,
tone deafness.
- Asosan
-
noun,
a volcano in SW Japan, in central Kyushu. 5225 feet (1593 meters); crater 12 miles (19 km) across.
- sarco-
-
- Locris
-
noun,
either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- assail
-
verb (used with object),
to attack vigorously or violently; assault.
- assoil
-
verb (used with object),
to absolve; acquit; pardon.
- Calais
-
noun,
the winged son of Boreas the north wind. As Argonauts he and his brother Zetes chased away the Harpies.
- Lorain
-
noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- sarans
-
noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- 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.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- lorica
-
noun,
Zoology. a hard protective case or sheath, as the protective coverings secreted by certain protists.
- Salina
-
noun,
a saline marsh, spring, or the like.
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- cross-
-
- Casals
-
noun,
Pablo [pah-bloh;; Spanish pah-vlaw] /ˈpɑ bloʊ;; Spanish ˈpɑ vlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1973, Spanish cellist, conductor, and composer; in France after 1936; in Puerto Rico after 1956.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- racial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the social construct of race:
- Ossian
-
noun,
a legendary hero and poet and son of Finn, who is supposed to have lived during the 3rd century a.d., represented in Gaelic poems and in imitations of them written by James Macpherson in the 18th century.
- oscars
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- Crania
-
noun,
the skull of a vertebrate.
- craals
-
noun,
kraal.
- Rascal
-
noun,
a base, dishonest, or unscrupulous person.
- corals
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- oilcan
-
noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- colins
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- coalas
-
noun,
koala.
- Sarnia
-
noun,
a port in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on the S shore of Lake Huron, on the St. Clair River, across from Port Huron, Michigan.
- Cloris
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- clino-
-
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- rosins
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- class.
-
- claros
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- Isaacs
-
noun,
Sir Isaac Alfred, 1855–1948, Australian jurist: governor general of Australia 1931–36.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- NASCAR
-
noun,
National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.
- sacro-
-
- nasals
-
noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- lanais
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- Cassia
-
noun,
Also called cassia bark, Chinese cinnamon. a variety of cinnamon derived from the cassia-bark tree.
- crasis
-
noun,
composition; constitution; makeup.
- Caslon
-
noun,
William, 1692–1766, English type founder and designer.
- narial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the nares or nostrils.
- sailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- sacral
-
adjective,
of or relating to sacred rites or observances.
- asians
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- aloins
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- aniso-
-
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- Alaric
-
noun,
a.d. c370–410, king of the Visigoths: captured Rome 410.
- social
-
noun,
a social gathering or party, especially of or as given by an organized group:
- scions
-
noun,
a descendant.
- snarls
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- across
-
adverb,
from one side to another.
- solans
-
noun,
a gannet.
- arsons
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- sonars
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- arnica
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- scorns
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- Alison
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- sonics
-
noun,
the branch of science that deals with the practical applications of sound.
- Alissa
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “joy.”.
- scalar
-
noun,
Mathematics, Physics. a quantity possessing only magnitude.
Compare vector (def 1a).
- Alnico
-
noun,
a permanent-magnet alloy having aluminum, nickel, and cobalt as its principal ingredients.
- Arliss
-
noun,
George, 1868–1946, English actor.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- soars
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- ossia
-
conjunction,
(indicating an alternative, usually easier, version of a passage in a musical score) or; or else.
- icons
-
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- soils
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- orial
-
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- incl.
-
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- alias
-
noun,
a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Colas
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- Colin
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- Cons.
-
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Coral
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- alani
-
plural noun,
a nomadic Iranian people who flourished in the 2nd–4th centuries a.d. and are ancestors of the present-day Ossets.
- 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.
- Alcor
-
- Alcon
-
noun,
a noted archer who helped Hercules abduct the cattle of Geryon.
- Saros
-
noun,
the period of 223 synodic months, equaling 6585.32 days or 18 years, 11.32 days (or 10.32 days if 5 leap years occur in the interval), after which eclipses repeat but are shifted 120° west.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- Alas.
-
- incr.
-
- Alans
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- crass
-
adjective,
without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity; gross; obtuse; stupid:
- incor
-
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Liana
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- 30-30
-
- Larsa
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in southern Iraq: archaeological site.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- Lassa
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Lhasa.
- lasso
-
noun,
a long rope or line of hide or other material with a running noose at one end, used for roping horses, cattle, etc.
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Lorca
-
noun,
García Lorca.
- soras
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- 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.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Aaron
-
noun,
the older brother of Moses, usually regarded as the first high priest of the Hebrews. Ex. 28; 40:13–16.
- lansa
-
noun,
langsat.
- insol
-
- acro-
-
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- Iran.
-
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- Ocala
-
noun,
a city in central Florida.
- Isaac
-
noun,
a son of Abraham and Sarah, and father of Jacob. Gen. 21:1–4.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- oasis
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- lanas
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- naso-
-
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- Nasca
-
adjective,
Nazca.
- nasal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- Lanai
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- acari
-
noun,
plural of acarus.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- craal
-
noun,
kraal.
- Caras
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- silos
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- anoia
-
noun,
extreme mental deficiency.
- canal
-
noun,
an artificial waterway for navigation, irrigation, etc.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- 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.
- 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.
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- sarc-
-
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- 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.
- Sans.
-
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- Carol
-
noun,
a song, especially of joy.
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- 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.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- sails
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- Silas
-
noun,
a male given name.
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- sials
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- casas
-
noun,
Bartolomé de las [bahr-taw-law-me th e lahs] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ ðɛ lɑs/ (Show IPA), Las Casas, Bartolomé de.
- Salas
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- salsa
-
noun,
a lively, vigorous type of contemporary Latin American popular music, blending predominantly Cuban rhythms with elements of jazz, rock, and soul music.
- Carla
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- sains
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Caria
-
noun,
an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.
- coals
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- coala
-
noun,
koala.
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- saris
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- sasin
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- assn.
-
- SISAL
-
noun,
Also called sisal hemp. a fiber yielded by an agave, Agave sisalana, of Yucatán, used for making rope, rugs, etc.
- anal.
-
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- Arica
-
noun,
a seaport in N Chile.
- clans
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- scans
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- Clara
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “clear, bright.”.
- asco-
-
- assai
-
noun,
any of several slender Brazilian palms of the genus Euterpe, especially E. edulis, a species bearing a purple fruit from which a beverage is made by infusion.
- anis-
-
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- Sinas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- claro
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- Sino-
-
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- soln
-
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- NCAA
-
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- scil
-
- Loss
-
noun,
detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get:
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sra.
-
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- sols
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fifth tone of a diatonic scale.
- NACA
-
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Soni
-
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- sals
-
noun,
salt1 .
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- sci.
-
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- NIRA
-
- SLIC
-
- Sacs
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- Saar
-
noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- RONA
-
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- RNAS
-
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- OSSA
-
noun,
plural of os1 .
- NOAA
-
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Nor.
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- nos-
-
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- osis
-
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- scr.
-
- SCSI
-
noun,
a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Sol.
-
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- sics
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- 1080
-
- Cor.
-
- Anas
-
- clar
-
- ANSI
-
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- Cara
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- 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.
- ano-
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- coss
-
noun,
kos.
- 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.
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- Casa
-
noun,
a house.
- 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.
- Cass
-
noun,
Lewis, 1782–1866, U.S. statesman.
- Alis
-
- Alco
-
- isls
-
- iso-
-
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- Alan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- Cana
-
noun,
an ancient town in N Israel, in Galilee: scene of Jesus' first miracle. John 2:1, 11.
- Can.
-
- Ala.
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- ASSR
-
- ical
-
- iana
-
- ICAO
-
- asis
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- Inc.
-
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- asc-
-
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Cal.
-
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- ARIS
-
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- arca
-
noun,
a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
- Alai
-
noun,
a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- ISSN
-
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- LASS
-
noun,
a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried.
- cir.
-
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- cis-
-
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Col.
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- lin.
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- lasa
-
noun,
Lhasa.
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Con.
-
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- 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).
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- acr-
-
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- ACLS
-
- Lana
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Lani
-
- cl.
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- cs.
-
- RSA
-
- SAA
-
- cr.
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- RSS
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- So.
-
- CAA
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- SRO
-
- CIA
-
- CAI
-
- SAR
-
- aor
-
- Co.
-
- al.
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- AIC
-
- ACS
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- Aar
-
- Ar.
-
- an.
-
- AIA
-
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- Sr.
-
- ac-
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- SRS
-
- ss.
-
- SSA
-
- SSC
-
- SSI
-
- SSN
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- SLR
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ca.
-
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- ASR
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASN
-
- sc.
-
- ASI
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- ARS
-
- SCS
-
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- ALC
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- AOA
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ANC
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- SLA
-
- Rs.
-
- LOC
-
- CLI
-
- OCS
-
- NSC
-
- Oc.
-
- OSA
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAS
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- OCR
-
- oic
-
- NRC
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- IRO
-
- Clo
-
- IRC
-
- OIr
-
- Ola
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Ir.
-
- ONI
-
- ONR
-
- NSA
-
- NRA
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- LCA
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LON
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- LSC
-
- LSI
-
- LSS
-
- NCO
-
- NAA
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- LCI
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- nr.
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- NIA
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- 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).
- NOC
-
- La.
-
- ISR
-
- Isl
-
- ons
-
- IRL
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ics
-
- CSR
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- ior
-
- CSO
-
- CSA
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- CRS
-
- RCA
-
- Ia.
-
- RCN
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- RNA
-
- ROA
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- ROI
-
- CNS
-
- CNO
-
- CLR
-
- io-
-
- SSR
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- IAS
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- IOC
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- in.
-
- ILS
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
-
- OSS
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ILO
-
- ial
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- RCS
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- OA
-
- NC
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- N.
-
- 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.
- SL
-
- NI
-
- LR
-
- SA
-
- S.
-
- ln
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- RN
-
- AO
-
- ic
-
- L.
-
- L1
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- NL
-
- L2
-
- R.
-
- RC
-
- SN
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RI
-
- O.
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- i.
-
- RO
-
- ol
-
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- LC
-