Anagrams of scatteration
Word scatteration has
1603 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of scatteration.
- tricostate
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adjective,
having three ribs, costae, or raised lines.
- aerostatic
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adjective,
of or relating to aerostatics.
- intrastate
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adjective,
existing or occurring within the boundaries of a state, especially of the United States:
- attraction
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noun,
the act, power, or property of attracting.
- ascertain
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verb (used with object),
to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine:
- caseation
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noun,
Pathology. transformation of tissue into a soft cheeselike mass, as in tuberculosis.
- craniates
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noun,
a craniate animal.
- tractates
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noun,
a treatise; essay.
- certosina
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noun,
a technique of inlaying light-colored material, as bone, ivory, metal, or pale wood, in elaborate designs on a dark ground.
- stationer
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noun,
a person who sells the materials used in writing, as paper, pens, pencils, and ink.
- creations
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- cornetist
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noun,
a musician who plays the cornet.
- carnotite
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noun,
a yellow, earthy, hydrous potassium uranium vanadate: an ore of uranium.
- interacts
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verb (used without object),
to act one upon another.
- tractions
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noun,
the adhesive friction of a body on some surface, as a wheel on a rail or a tire on a road.
- tearstain
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noun,
a mark or wet streak left by tears.
- Cartesian
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noun,
a follower of Cartesian thought.
- titanates
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noun,
a salt of titanic acid.
- cat-train
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noun,
a train of sleds and other vehicles mounted on runners, the whole procession drawn by a tractor with caterpillar treads.
- taconites
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noun,
a low-grade iron ore, containing about 27 percent iron and 51 percent silica, found as a hard rock formation in the Lake Superior region.
- one-a-cat
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noun,
one old cat.
- sectarian
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noun,
a member of a sect.
- cast-iron
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noun,
an alloy of iron, carbon, and other elements, cast as a soft and strong, or as a hard and brittle, iron, depending on the mixture and methods of molding.
- reactants
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noun,
a person or thing that reacts.
- carotins
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noun,
carotene.
- castanet
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noun,
either of a pair of concave pieces of wood held in the palm of the hand and clicked together, usually to accompany dancing.
- scenario
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noun,
an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- tristate
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adjective,
pertaining to a territory made up of three adjoining states:
- ancestor
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noun,
a person from whom one is descended; forebear; progenitor.
- Santeria
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noun,
(sometimes lowercase) a religion merging the worship of Yoruba deities with veneration of Roman Catholic saints: practiced in Cuba and spread to other parts of the Caribbean and to the U.S. by Cuban emigrés.
- intreats
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verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- castrate
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noun,
a castrated person or animal.
- carinate
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adjective,
Zoology, Botany. formed with a carina; keellike.
- castrato
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noun,
a male singer, especially in the 18th century, castrated before puberty to prevent his soprano or contralto voice range from changing.
- titrates
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verb (used with or without object),
to ascertain the quantity of a given constituent by adding a liquid reagent of known strength and measuring the volume necessary to convert the constituent to another form.
- titrants
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noun,
the reagent added in a titration.
- tonetics
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noun,
the phonetic study of tone in language.
- senorita
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- seatrain
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noun,
a ship for the transportation of loaded railroad cars.
- cantoris
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adjective,
of or relating to the gospel or liturgical north side of a church (opposed to decani).
- sanitate
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verb (used with object),
to make sanitary; equip with sanitary appliances:
- testator
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noun,
a person who makes a will.
- raincoat
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noun,
a waterproof or water-repellent coat worn as protection against rain.
- tenorist
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noun,
a person who sings tenor.
- tentoria
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noun,
Anatomy. an extension of one of the membranes covering the cerebrum which, with the transverse fissure, separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum.
- oscitant
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adjective,
yawning, as with drowsiness; gaping.
- Artesian
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adjective,
noting, pertaining to, or characteristic of an artesian well.
- astatine
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noun,
a rare element of the halogen family. Symbol: At; atomic number: 85.
- teacarts
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noun,
tea wagon.
- tertians
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noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- reactant
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noun,
a person or thing that reacts.
- reaction
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noun,
a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- arnattos
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noun,
annatto (def 2).
- ocarinas
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noun,
a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
- aristate
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adjective,
Botany. having aristae; awned.
- ariettas
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noun,
a short aria.
- transact
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verb (used with object),
to carry on or conduct (business, negotiations, activities, etc.) to a conclusion or settlement. Synonyms: enact, conclude, settle, manage, negotiate.
- attaints
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noun,
Obsolete. a stain; disgrace; taint.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- ricottas
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noun,
a soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.
- attracts
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verb (used with object),
to draw by a physical force causing or tending to cause to approach, adhere, or unite; pull (opposed to repel):
- nitrates
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- arcanist
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noun,
a person professing special secret knowledge concerning ceramics, especially concerning the making of porcelain.
- transect
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verb (used with object),
to cut across; dissect transversely.
- Canaries
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noun,
any of several Old World finches of the genus Serinus, especially S. canaria (common canary) native to the Canary Islands and often kept as a pet, in the wild being greenish with brown streaks above and yellow below and in domesticated varieties usually bright yellow or pale yellow.
- canister
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noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- canotier
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noun,
a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- antistat
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noun,
an antistatic agent.
- caterans
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noun,
(formerly) a freebooter or marauder of the Scottish Highlands.
- titanate
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noun,
a salt of titanic acid.
- Estancia
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noun,
(in Spanish America) a landed estate or a cattle ranch.
- interact
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verb (used without object),
to act one upon another.
- Caterina
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noun,
a female given name, form of Catherine.
- acarines
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noun,
any of numerous arachnids of the order Acarina, comprising the mites and ticks.
- Croatian
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noun,
a Croat.
- contrate
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adjective,
(of a gear) having teeth at right angles to the plane of rotation.
- cristate
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adjective,
having a crest; crested.
- contrite
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adjective,
caused by or showing sincere remorse.
- Creation
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- traction
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noun,
the adhesive friction of a body on some surface, as a wheel on a rail or a tire on a road.
- Stratton
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noun,
Charles Sherwood ("General Tom Thumb") 1838–83, U.S. midget who performed in the circus of P. T. Barnum.
- craniate
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noun,
a craniate animal.
- centrist
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noun,
(especially in continental Europe) a member of a political party of the Center; moderate.
- tractate
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noun,
a treatise; essay.
- citterns
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noun,
an old musical instrument related to the guitar, having a flat, pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.
- cisterna
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noun,
cistern (def 2).
- aconites
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- straiten
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verb (used with object),
to put into difficulties, especially financial ones:
- stonecat
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noun,
a yellowish-brown, freshwater catfish, Noturus flavus, of the Mississippi River valley and Great Lakes, having poisonous pectoral spines.
- citrates
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noun,
a salt or ester of citric acid.
- contrast
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noun,
the act of contrasting; the state of being contrasted.
- Aaronite
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noun,
one of the priestly descendants of Aaron.
- Taconite
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noun,
a low-grade iron ore, containing about 27 percent iron and 51 percent silica, found as a hard rock formation in the Lake Superior region.
- aerostat
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noun,
any lighter-than-air aircraft, as a balloon or dirigible.
- strontia
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noun,
Also called strontium oxide. a white or grayish-white, amorphous powder, SrO, resembling lime in its general character: used chiefly in the manufacture of strontium salts.
- Tacitean
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of Publius Cornelius Tacitus.
- Erastian
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noun,
an advocate of Erastianism.
- tactions
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noun,
touch; contact.
- tritones
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noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- attains
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verb (used with object),
to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain:
- attaint
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noun,
Obsolete. a stain; disgrace; taint.
- notates
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verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- cittern
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noun,
an old musical instrument related to the guitar, having a flat, pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.
- norites
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- contra-
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- contras
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- orients
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- noetics
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noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- attires
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noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- attorns
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verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- attract
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verb (used with object),
to draw by a physical force causing or tending to cause to approach, adhere, or unite; pull (opposed to repel):
- citrons
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noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- contest
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noun,
a race, conflict, or other competition between rivals, as for a prize.
- constr.
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- attrite
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adjective,
Also, attrited. worn by rubbing or attrition.
- notices
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noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- tertian
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noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- atresia
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noun,
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
- octanes
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noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- astrict
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verb (used with object),
to bind fast; constrain.
- orceins
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noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- astatic
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adjective,
unstable; unsteady.
- Astarte
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noun,
an ancient Semitic deity, goddess of fertility and reproduction worshiped by the Phoenicians and Canaanites.
- coaster
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noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- coarsen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become coarse.
- octants
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noun,
the eighth part of a circle.
- Oceania
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noun,
the islands of the central and S Pacific, including Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and traditionally Australasia. About 3,450,000 sq. mi. (8,935,500 sq. km).
- Trianta
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noun,
Trianda.
- citrate
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noun,
a salt or ester of citric acid.
- Aterian
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adjective,
of or indicating a Middle Paleolithic industry of northwestern Africa and the Sahara, characterized by the production of tanged points and bifacially worked leaf-shaped points of varying sizes.
- Astaire
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noun,
Fred, 1899–1987, U.S. dancer and actor.
- ocarina
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noun,
a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
- 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.
- tetanic
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adjective,
Pathology. pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by tetanus.
- atonics
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noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- atonies
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noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- nectars
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noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- treason
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noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- cronies
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noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- carnies
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noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- carnose
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adjective,
of or relating to flesh; fleshy.
- crinose
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adjective,
hairy.
- cerato-
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- carotin
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noun,
carotene.
- Croatia
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noun,
a republic in SE Europe: includes the historical regions of Dalmatia, Istria, and Slavonia; formerly a part of Yugoslavia. 21,835 sq. mi. (56,555 sq. km) Capital: Zagreb.
- centro-
-
- Insecta
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noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- Caserta
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noun,
a city in S Italy, near Naples.
- centri-
-
- toaster
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noun,
an instrument or appliance for toasting bread, muffins, etc.
- cretins
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- totters
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noun,
the act of tottering; an unsteady movement or gait.
- Toscana
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noun,
Italian name of Tuscany.
- tonetic
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noun,
the phonetic study of tone in language.
- Torenia
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- catties
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noun,
(in China and southeast Asia) a weight equal to about 1½ pounds (680 grams) avoirdupois.
- erasion
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noun,
the act of erasing.
- Estonia
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noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- cations
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noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- erotics
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- erotica
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noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- cateran
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noun,
(formerly) a freebooter or marauder of the Scottish Highlands.
- carnets
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noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- intreat
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verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- cornets
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noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- cistern
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noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- nitrate
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- Transit
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noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- Nicetas
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noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- Ericson
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noun,
Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- cistron
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noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- natters
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noun,
a conversation; chat.
- natator
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noun,
a swimmer.
- tinters
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noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- narcose
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adjective,
characterized by stupor; stuporous.
- canters
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noun,
an easy gallop.
- cortina
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noun,
a weblike, often evanescent veil covering the gills or hanging from the cap edge of certain mushrooms, particularly those of genus Cortinarius, and sometimes persisting as a ring or remnant of fibrils around the mushroom stalk.
- caritas
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noun,
charity.
- iterant
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adjective,
characterized by repetition; repeating.
- Costain
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noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- costate
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adjective,
Anatomy. having ribs.
- cotters
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noun,
a pin, wedge, key, or the like, fitted or driven into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.
- titrant
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noun,
the reagent added in a titration.
- cranio-
-
- titrate
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verb (used with or without object),
to ascertain the quantity of a given constituent by adding a liquid reagent of known strength and measuring the volume necessary to convert the constituent to another form.
- cratons
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noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- titters
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noun,
a tittering laugh.
- carinas
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noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- certain
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Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- instate
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verb (used with object),
to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- conster
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verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- satanic
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adjective,
of Satan.
- tatters
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noun,
a torn piece hanging loose from the main part, as of a garment or flag.
- tanrecs
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noun,
tenrec.
- tritons
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noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- statant
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adjective,
(of an animal) represented as standing with all feet on the ground:
- Rosetta
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noun,
a town in N Egypt, at a mouth of the Nile.
- Roscian
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adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- Statice
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noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Limonium, of the leadwort family, having clusters of variously colored flowers that retain their color when dried.
- station
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noun,
a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- ricotta
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noun,
a soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.
- stearic
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adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- tartine
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noun,
a fancy French open-faced sandwich topped with spreadable ingredients.
- actino-
-
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- Actaeon
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noun,
a hunter who, for having seen Diana bathing, was changed by her into a stag and was torn to pieces by his own hounds.
- Aretino
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noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- stearo-
-
- steato-
-
- Stentor
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noun,
(in the Iliad) a Greek herald with a loud voice.
- rotates
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adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- tartans
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noun,
a woolen or worsted cloth woven with stripes of different colors and widths crossing at right angles, worn chiefly by the Scottish Highlanders, each clan having its own distinctive plaid.
- sterno-
-
- Sarcina
-
noun,
any of several spherical, saprophytic bacteria of the genus Sarcina, having a cuboidal cell arrangement.
- trisect
-
verb (used with object),
to divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts.
- Tristan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Tristram.
- scatter
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noun,
the act of scattering.
- anattos
-
noun,
annatto.
- section
-
noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- satinet
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noun,
a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- satiate
-
adjective,
satiated.
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- Tarasco
-
noun,
Tarascan.
- Setaria
-
noun,
any grass of the genus Setaria, having a dense panicle, grown for forage.
- tantras
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noun,
(italics) Hinduism. any of several books of esoteric doctrine regarding rituals, disciplines, meditation, etc., composed in the form of dialogues between Shiva and his Shakti; Agama.
- Antares
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noun,
a red supergiant star of the first magnitude in the constellation Scorpius.
- Saracen
-
noun,
History/Historical. a member of any of the nomadic tribes on the Syrian borders of the Roman Empire.
- antero-
-
- Taranto
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noun,
Ancient Tarentum. a fortified seaport in SE Italy, on the Gulf of Taranto: founded by the Greeks in the 8th century b.c.; naval base.
- Sinatra
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noun,
Frank (Francis Albert) 1915–98, U.S. singer and actor.
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- antiars
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- tritone
-
noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- Sno-Cat
-
- arietta
-
noun,
a short aria.
- Scottie
-
noun,
Scottish terrier.
- 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.
- Aaronic
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adjective,
of or relating to Aaron.
- arseno-
-
- acetins
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- strati-
-
- strato-
-
- acarine
-
noun,
any of numerous arachnids of the order Acarina, comprising the mites and ticks.
- stretta
-
noun,
a concluding passage played at a faster tempo.
- ratites
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- Artesia
-
noun,
a city in S California.
- artisan
-
noun,
a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
- teacart
-
noun,
tea wagon.
- stretto
-
noun,
the close overlapping of statements of the subject in a fugue, each voice entering immediately after the preceding one.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- artiste
-
noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- striate
-
adjective,
striated.
- tricots
-
noun,
a warp-knit fabric of various natural or synthetic fibers, as wool, silk, or nylon, having fine vertical ribs on the face and horizontal ribs on the back, used especially for making garments.
- tsarina
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noun,
czarina.
- taction
-
noun,
touch; contact.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- rattons
-
noun,
a rat.
- rattans
-
noun,
Also called rattan palm. any of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus or allied genera.
- arnicas
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- aconite
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- aristo-
-
- arnatto
-
noun,
annatto (def 2).
- recants
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- Stettin
-
noun,
German name of Szczecin.
- acetoin
-
noun,
a yellowish, pleasant-smelling liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , obtained from various carbohydrates, as glucose, by fermentation: used chiefly in the manufacture of flavors and essences.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- steno-
-
- cottas
-
noun,
a surplice.
- Cotter
-
noun,
a pin, wedge, key, or the like, fitted or driven into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.
- set-to
-
noun,
a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- insect
-
noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Crania
-
noun,
the skull of a vertebrate.
- strict
-
adjective,
characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles:
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- iatro-
-
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- taenia
-
noun,
Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- 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.
- contr.
-
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- tanist
-
noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- Stacia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- stacte
-
noun,
one of the sweet spices used in the holy incense of the ancient Hebrews. Ex. 30:34.
- strata
-
noun,
a plural of stratum.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- stater
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- static
-
noun,
Electricity.
static or atmospheric electricity.
interference due to such electricity.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- Strait
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- stator
-
noun,
Electricity, Machinery. a portion of a machine that remains fixed with respect to rotating parts, especially the collection of stationary parts in the magnetic circuits of a machine.
Compare rotor (def 1).
- sitten
-
verb,
past participle of sit1 .
- Sitter
-
noun,
a person who sits.
- Tantra
-
noun,
(italics) Hinduism. any of several books of esoteric doctrine regarding rituals, disciplines, meditation, etc., composed in the form of dialogues between Shiva and his Shakti; Agama.
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- tortes
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- COSINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- sonata
-
noun,
a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys.
- cteno-
-
- totter
-
noun,
the act of tottering; an unsteady movement or gait.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- Sorata
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Bolivia, in the Andes, near Lake Titicaca: two peaks, Ancohuma, 21,490 feet (6550 meters), and Illampu, 21,276 feet (6485 meters).
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- ratans
-
noun,
rattan.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- tetra-
-
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- recti-
-
- tetras
-
noun,
any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
- tiaras
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- rectos
-
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- Renata
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- tattie
-
noun,
tatty2 .
- notate
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- nocti-
-
- riatas
-
noun,
a lariat.
- tatter
-
noun,
a torn piece hanging loose from the main part, as of a garment or flag.
- taters
-
noun,
potato.
- tatars
-
noun,
a member of a modern Turkic people living in the Tatar Autonomous Republic and adjacent regions of eastern European Russia and in widely scattered communities in western Siberia and central Asia.
- nitro-
-
- teston
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, equal at various times to between 10 and 14½ sols, bearing on the obverse a bust of the reigning king.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- ratite
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- ottars
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- reatas
-
noun,
riata.
- Rattan
-
noun,
Also called rattan palm. any of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus or allied genera.
- ratton
-
noun,
a rat.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- terat-
-
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- octets
-
noun,
a company of eight singers or musicians.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- octane
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- taints
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- titers
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- titres
-
noun,
titer.
- titter
-
noun,
a tittering laugh.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- intro.
-
- sarco-
-
- 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.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- Itasca
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N Minnesota: one of the sources of the Mississippi River.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- scato-
-
- intra-
-
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- inter.
-
- intact
-
adjective,
not altered, broken, or impaired; remaining uninjured, sound, or whole; untouched; unblemished:
- instr.
-
- Scotti
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1936, Italian baritone.
- titans
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus.
Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia.
any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- sancta
-
noun,
a sacred or holy place.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- rottes
-
noun,
rote2 .
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- tinct.
-
- rotate
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- Nicaea
-
noun,
an ancient city in NW Asia Minor: Nicene Creed formulated here a.d.
- tincts
-
noun,
tint; tinge; coloring.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- necro-
-
- rotten
-
adjective,
decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
- tinter
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- natter
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- sacro-
-
- taster
-
noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- Tartan
-
noun,
a woolen or worsted cloth woven with stripes of different colors and widths crossing at right angles, worn chiefly by the Scottish Highlanders, each clan having its own distinctive plaid.
- NASCAR
-
noun,
National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.
- tarso-
-
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- narco-
-
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- tarsia
-
noun,
intarsia.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- tarots
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- octant
-
noun,
the eighth part of a circle.
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- catena
-
noun,
a chain or connected series, especially of extracts from the writings of the fathers of the Christian church.
- actin-
-
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- Catano
-
noun,
a city in NE Puerto Rico, SW of San Juan.
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- anatto
-
noun,
annatto.
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- triste
-
adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- attain
-
verb (used with object),
to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain:
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- attent
-
adjective,
attentive; intent.
- aceto-
-
- centr-
-
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- centi-
-
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- asonia
-
noun,
tone deafness.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- Catton
-
noun,
(Charles) Bruce, 1899–1978, U.S. journalist and historian.
- 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.
- aniso-
-
- aortas
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- astro-
-
- astron
-
- attars
-
noun,
Also, atar, athar, ottar, otto. a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Ariane
-
noun,
Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- Carian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Caria.
- aeron.
-
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- carats
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- arecas
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Cantor
-
noun,
the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
- Triton
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- 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.
- Carina
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- casita
-
noun,
a small crude dwelling forming part of a shantytown inhabited by Mexican laborers in the southwestern U.S.
- trans.
-
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- attest
-
noun,
Archaic. witness; testimony; attestation.
- Attica
-
noun,
a region in SE Greece, surrounding Athens: under Athenian rule in ancient times.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- treats
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- attorn
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- Trento
-
noun,
Italian name of Trent.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- antiar
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- Carnot
-
noun,
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- cantar
-
noun,
a poem consisting of four-line stanzas, each line having eight syllables.
- cerat-
-
- Citron
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- tricot
-
noun,
a warp-knit fabric of various natural or synthetic fibers, as wool, silk, or nylon, having fine vertical ribs on the face and horizontal ribs on the back, used especially for making garments.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- ansate
-
adjective,
having a handle or handlelike part.
- coatis
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- Arista
-
noun,
Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- Asante
-
noun,
Ashanti.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- arsen-
-
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- arcane
-
adjective,
known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric:
- arnica
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- noct-
-
- sanit
-
- 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).
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- sero-
-
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- attar
-
noun,
Also, atar, athar, ottar, otto. a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- 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.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Attic
-
noun,
the part of a building, especially of a house, directly under a roof; garret.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Arica
-
noun,
a seaport in N Chile.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- reni-
-
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Seric
-
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- atto-
-
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- treas
-
- Sino-
-
- 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.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- 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.
- 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.
- Natta
-
noun,
Giulio [joo-lyaw] /ˈdʒu lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1903–79, Italian chemist and engineer: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1963.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- sarc-
-
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- 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.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- naso-
-
- tarot
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- tears
-
- Nasca
-
adjective,
Nazca.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- nears
-
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- nitr-
-
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- seti-
-
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- tera-
-
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Recit
-
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- ASEAN
-
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Scot.
-
- Otter
-
noun,
any of several aquatic, furbearing, weasellike mammals of the genus Lutra and related genera, having webbed feet and a long, slightly flattened tail.
- ottar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- scat-
-
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- oste-
-
- scatt
-
noun,
scat5 .
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- tents
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Cons.
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- ante-
-
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- anti-
-
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- Teton
-
noun,
the westernmost branch of the Dakota Indians.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- sect.
-
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- asco-
-
- anat.
-
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- atria
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- ation
-
- astr.
-
- octa-
-
- teno-
-
- anis-
-
- octet
-
noun,
a company of eight singers or musicians.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- Scott
-
noun,
Barbara Ann, 1928–2012, Canadian figure skater.
- 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.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- rect.
-
- anoia
-
noun,
extreme mental deficiency.
- tecta
-
noun,
a rooflike structure.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- acet-
-
- 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.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Torte
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- torts
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- cent.
-
- Tatar
-
noun,
a member of a modern Turkic people living in the Tatar Autonomous Republic and adjacent regions of eastern European Russia and in widely scattered communities in western Siberia and central Asia.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- totes
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- toti-
-
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Tract
-
noun,
an expanse or area of land, water, etc.; region; stretch.
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- acari
-
noun,
plural of acarus.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- crit.
-
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- 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.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- Aaron
-
noun,
the older brother of Moses, usually regarded as the first high priest of the Hebrews. Ex. 28; 40:13–16.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Cant.
-
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- ster.
-
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- acro-
-
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- ento-
-
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- Ceara
-
noun,
Fortaleza.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- ecto-
-
- rotte
-
noun,
rote2 .
- econ.
-
- Stoat
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- cero-
-
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- 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.
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- 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.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- tacts
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- cores
-
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- ta-ta
-
interjection,
goodbye.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- 30-30
-
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- cont.
-
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Const
-
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- cert.
-
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- 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.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- trots
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- 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.
- tacit
-
adjective,
understood without being openly expressed; implied:
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- cotta
-
noun,
a surplice.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- cine-
-
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- tacet
-
verb (imperative),
be silent (directing an instrument or voice not to play or sing).
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- aorta
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- aero-
-
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- Caria
-
noun,
an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Iran.
-
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Areca
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- intr.
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Titos
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- inst.
-
- sito-
-
- areo-
-
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Isaac
-
noun,
a son of Abraham and Sarah, and father of Jacob. Gen. 21:1–4.
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- Caras
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- carat
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- 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.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- tonia
-
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- stat.
-
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- aecia
-
noun,
the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
- cata-
-
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- aeri-
-
- tanto
-
adverb,
(of a musical direction) too much; so much.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- toast
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- incr.
-
- incor
-
- 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.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Tanta
-
noun,
a city in N Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- icons
-
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- Srta.
-
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- 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.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- IATSE
-
- actos
-
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- 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.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- tRNA
-
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- aer-
-
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Sra.
-
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Acta
-
plural noun,
official records, as of acts, deeds, proceedings, transactions, or the like.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Soni
-
- 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.
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Ste.
-
- tron
-
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- tact
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- acea
-
- 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.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- str.
-
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- 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.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- acr-
-
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- aet.
-
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- ant.
-
- 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.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- scr.
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- sci.
-
- ano-
-
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- ance
-
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Sat.
-
- ANSI
-
- 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.
- sec.
-
- Anas
-
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Aire
-
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- trit
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- 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.
- 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.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- Inc.
-
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- 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 = .
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- int.
-
- Casa
-
noun,
a house.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- ins.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- 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.
- inae
-
- Ire.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ice.
-
- ICAO
-
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- IATA
-
- iana
-
- IAEA
-
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- 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.
- etc.
-
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- neo-
-
- Can.
-
- Cana
-
noun,
an ancient town in N Israel, in Galilee: scene of Jesus' first miracle. John 2:1, 11.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- arca
-
noun,
a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- NCTE
-
- NCAA
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- NACA
-
- tion
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- Tit.
-
- Cara
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- iso-
-
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- 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.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- 1080
-
- CERN
-
- Cres
-
- cet-
-
- crat
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Ceto
-
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cir.
-
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- ctr.
-
- cis-
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- Cort
-
- cit.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- 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.
- 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.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Cor.
-
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Con.
-
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- cts.
-
- cat.
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- est.
-
- eso-
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- Catt
-
noun,
Carrie Chapman Lane, 1859–1947, U.S. leader in women's suffrage movements.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- Ens.
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- enc.
-
- cen.
-
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- ect-
-
- eco-
-
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- tort
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- 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.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- ARIS
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- art.
-
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- asc-
-
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- 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).
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- ten.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- tent
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- rit.
-
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- 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.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- RONA
-
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- RNAS
-
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- 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.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- 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.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- 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).
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- 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.
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- NTIA
-
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- not-
-
- nos-
-
- atic
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nor.
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- attn
-
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- NOAA
-
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NIRA
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ator
-
- ates
-
- att.
-
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- ter.
-
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- Ont.
-
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- tri-
-
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- Oct.
-
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- TSI
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- Tro
-
- TCS
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TNT
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- TSE
-
- tr.
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- TCA
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- tra
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- TIA
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- NOC
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Esc
-
- ESA
-
- ERT
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- en-
-
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- ECA
-
- ec-
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ETO
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ean
-
- EAA
-
- ea.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- eo-
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- cte
-
- CTA
-
- CST
-
- CSR
-
- CSO
-
- ESR
-
- ETR
-
- CRT
-
- 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.
- ITC
-
- ITA
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ISR
-
- ise
-
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- IRO
-
- IRC
-
- Ir.
-
- IOT
-
- ior
-
- ETS
-
- 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 = .
- IOC
-
- ine
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- in.
-
- ier
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- IAS
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- Ia.
-
- io-
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ics
-
- CSA
-
- CRS
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- AES
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noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ARA
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noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- aor
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- AOA
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- ans
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noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ANI
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noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ane
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adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ANC
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- ait
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noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AIS
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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.
- AIR
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noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Ain
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noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AIC
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- AEC
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- ARE
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noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- AEA
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- ae.
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- ACT
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noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ACS
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- ACE
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noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- AAS
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noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- Aar
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- AAE
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- Ar.
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- an.
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- AIA
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- ac-
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- ARC
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noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ARS
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- COT
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noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- cs.
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- COS
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noun,
romaine.
- CNS
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- CNO
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- CIE
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- CIA
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- CEO
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- CEA
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- CAS
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verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- CAR
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noun,
an automobile.
- CAI
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- CAA
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- ct.
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- cr.
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- ASA
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noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- Co.
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- CIO
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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.
- ca.
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- ATS
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noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ATC
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- ATA
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- at.
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- ast
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- ASR
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- Aso
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noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASN
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- ASI
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- ase
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- ite
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- ist
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- sc.
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- Rai
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noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- res
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noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- REC
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noun,
recreation.
- SIC
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adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- REA
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- RCT
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- RCN
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- RCA
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- rat
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noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- RAS
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RAN
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noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Rae
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noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ret
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verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- Sin
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noun,
transgression of divine law:
- SIR
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noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Re.
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- RCS
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- SIT
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verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SOC
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noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- Son
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noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- sot
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noun,
a drunkard.
- Sr.
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- OTS
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- ote
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- TTS
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- Ria
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noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ot-
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- rte
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- SAR
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- San
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noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- SAE
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- SAC
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noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- SAA
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- SRO
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- So.
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- sea
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noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- SEI
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noun,
sei whale.
- RTS
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- rt.
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- rin
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- RSE
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- RSA
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- Rs.
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- ROT
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noun,
the process of rotting.
- ROI
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- ROE
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noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- SEN
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- ROC
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noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- ROA
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- SER
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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).
- RNA
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- OTA
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- ose
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- se-
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- NAA
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- OSA
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- ORT
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noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- STI
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- Oc.
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- NSC
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- NSA
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- NRC
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- NRA
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- nr.
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- nae
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adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Noe
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noun,
Noah (def 1).
- nit
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noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NIC
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noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NIA
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- NET
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noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NES
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- NEC
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- NEA
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- ne-
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- OTC
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- NCO
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- oar
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noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- Sta
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- Ore
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noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- orc
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noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Ora
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noun,
plural of os2 .
- ons
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- ONR
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- ONI
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- one
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noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONA
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noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- OIt
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- OIr
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- oic
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- OES
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noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OCS
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- OCR
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- SRI
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noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Oca
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noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OAT
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noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OAS
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- St.
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- Nat
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noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TT
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- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- AO
-
- AI
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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.
- T1
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- t.
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- AA
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noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- SN
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- RN
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- SA
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- NC
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- NI
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- TN
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- O.
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- OA
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- ic
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- i.
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- S.
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- R.
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- EI
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RC
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- RI
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- N.
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- TC
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- RO
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- CE
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- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.