Anagrams of scrutinies
Word scrutinies has
590 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of scrutinies.
- incisures
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noun,
a notch, as in a bone or other structure.
- sericins
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noun,
a gelatinous organic compound that holds the two strands of natural silk together.
- eristics
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noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- sciurine
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adjective,
of or relating to the squirrels and allied rodents of the family Sciuridae.
- incisure
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noun,
a notch, as in a bone or other structure.
- cuisines
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noun,
a style or quality of cooking; cookery:
- citrines
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noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- incrusts
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verb (used with object),
to cover or line with a crust or hard coating.
- citruses
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noun,
any small tree or spiny shrub of the genus Citrus, of the rue family, including the lemon, lime, orange, tangerine, grapefruit, citron, kumquat, and shaddock, widely cultivated for fruit or grown as an ornamental.
- curtsies
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noun,
a respectful bow made by women and girls, consisting of bending the knees and lowering the body.
- neuritis
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noun,
inflammation of a nerve.
- rictuses
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noun,
the gape of the mouth of a bird.
- sinister
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adjective,
threatening or portending evil, harm, or trouble; ominous:
- encrusts
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verb (used with or without object),
incrust.
- crinites
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- cruises
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noun,
the act of cruising.
- incests
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noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- cistern
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noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- sunrise
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noun,
the rise or ascent of the sun above the horizon in the morning.
- crinite
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- sericin
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noun,
a gelatinous organic compound that holds the two strands of natural silk together.
- citrine
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noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- citrins
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noun,
bioflavonoid.
- Ictinus
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noun,
flourished mid-5th century b.c, Greek architect, a designer of the Parthenon.
- icterus
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noun,
jaundice (def 1).
- unrests
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noun,
lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
- sinters
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- encrust
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verb (used with or without object),
incrust.
- ictuses
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noun,
Prosody. rhythmical or metrical stress.
- incites
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verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- incises
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verb (used with object),
to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
- inserts
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- triunes
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noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- insures
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verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- neritic
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adjective,
of or relating to the region of water lying directly above the sublittoral zone of the sea bottom.
- curites
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noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- Curtiss
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noun,
Glenn Hammond, 1878–1930, U.S. inventor: pioneer in the field of aviation.
- rustics
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noun,
a country person.
- 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.
- sirenic
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adjective,
of or characteristic of a siren; melodious, tempting, or alluring.
- cretins
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- unities
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noun,
the state of being one; oneness.
- centri-
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- estrins
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noun,
estrone.
- irenics
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noun,
the branch of theology dealing with the promotion of peace and conciliation among Christian churches.
Compare polemics (def 2).
- eristic
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noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- cuisine
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noun,
a style or quality of cooking; cookery:
- incrust
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verb (used with object),
to cover or line with a crust or hard coating.
- Sistine
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adjective,
of or relating to any pope named Sixtus.
- Tessin
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noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- niseis
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noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- tie-in
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noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- sinter
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- tissue
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noun,
Biology. an aggregate of similar cells and cell products forming a definite kind of structural material with a specific function, in a multicellular organism.
- Nistru
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noun,
Romanian name of Dniester.
- trices
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noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- triens
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noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- cut-in
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noun,
Movies. a still, as of a scene or an object, inserted in a film and interrupting the action or continuity:
- niters
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- trines
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Custer
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noun,
George Armstrong [ahrm-strawng,, -strong] /ˈɑrm strɔŋ,, -strɒŋ/ (Show IPA), 1839–76, U.S. general and Indian fighter.
- Triune
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noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- Curtin
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noun,
John, 1885–1945, Australian statesman: prime minister 1941–45.
- eructs
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verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- inters
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verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- sirens
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- incurs
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verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- inter.
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- insure
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verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- instr.
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- inures
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verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- insist
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verb (used with object),
to assert or maintain firmly:
- insets
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noun,
something inserted; insert.
- insert
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- insect
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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.
- sterns
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noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Strine
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noun,
Australian English.
- irenic
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adjective,
tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory.
- incuse
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noun,
an incuse figure or impression.
- irises
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noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- steric
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adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- tenuis
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noun,
an unaspirated, voiceless plosive.
- incite
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verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- incise
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verb (used with object),
to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
- incest
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noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- steins
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noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- sucres
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noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- suints
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noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- sit-in
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noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- suites
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noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- curses
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noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- sunset
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noun,
the setting or descent of the sun below the horizon in the evening.
- Sister
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noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- Sirius
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noun,
Astronomy. the Dog Star, the brightest-appearing star in the heavens, located in the constellation Canis Major.
- estrus
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noun,
Also, estrum [es-truh m] /ˈɛs trəm/ (Show IPA), oestrus. the period of heat or rut; the period of maximum sexual receptivity of the female.
- Estrin
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noun,
estrone.
- nitres
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noun,
niter.
- Curtis
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noun,
Benjamin Robbins, 1809–74, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1851–57; resigned in dissent over Dred Scott case.
- nitric
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adjective,
containing nitrogen, usually in the pentavalent state.
- unrest
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noun,
lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
- recti-
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- rectus
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noun,
any of several straight muscles, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye, etc.
- seniti
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noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- ursine
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adjective,
of or relating to a bear or bears.
- scries
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verb (used without object),
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- seisin
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noun,
seizin.
- cruise
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noun,
the act of cruising.
- cruets
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noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- unites
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noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- urines
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noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- rictus
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noun,
the gape of the mouth of a bird.
- scents
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noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- ricins
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noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- crisis
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noun,
a stage in a sequence of events at which the trend of all future events, especially for better or for worse, is determined; turning point.
- uretic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or occurring in the urine.
- cretin
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- crests
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noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- scutes
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noun,
a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- resist
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noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- cities
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noun,
a large or important town.
- citrin
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noun,
bioflavonoid.
- Citrus
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noun,
any small tree or spiny shrub of the genus Citrus, of the rue family, including the lemon, lime, orange, tangerine, grapefruit, citron, kumquat, and shaddock, widely cultivated for fruit or grown as an ornamental.
- cestus
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noun,
a girdle or belt, especially as worn by women of ancient Greece.
- rinses
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noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- rutins
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noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- serins
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noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- truces
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noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- curite
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noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- curets
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noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- russet
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noun,
yellowish brown, light brown, or reddish brown.
- rustic
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noun,
a country person.
- Rustin
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noun,
Bayard [bey-erd] /ˈbeɪ ərd/ (Show IPA), 1910–1987, U.S. civil rights leader.
- census
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noun,
an official enumeration of the population, with details as to age, sex, occupation, etc.
- nurses
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noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- tsuris
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noun,
trouble; woe.
- cuisse
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noun,
a piece of armor or padding for protecting the thigh.
- cuirie
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noun,
a hardened leather piece for protecting the breast, worn over mail.
- centi-
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- cueist
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noun,
a billiard player.
- centr-
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- tuners
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noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- ruins
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noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- runes
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noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- sruti
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noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- rutin
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noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- inure
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verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- Stein
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noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Stern
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noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- rises
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noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Issei
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noun,
a Japanese person who immigrated to the U.S. or Canada after 1907 and was not eligible until 1952 for citizenship.
- scute
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noun,
a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- Russ.
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abbreviation,
Russia.
- ster.
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- rices
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noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- ricin
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noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- rinse
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noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- scent
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noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- sties
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noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- rusts
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noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- Rieti
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noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- scuts
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noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- resin
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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.
- issue
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noun,
the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution:
- nisus
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noun,
an effort or striving toward a particular goal or attainment; impulse.
- neut.
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- senti
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noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- sents
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noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Sinus
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noun,
a curve; bend.
- Seric
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- Nisei
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noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- serin
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noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- sines
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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.
- Recit
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- Niter
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Nurse
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noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- nitr-
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- nitre
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noun,
niter.
- nuci-
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- seti-
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- Inuit
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noun,
a member of the Eskimo peoples inhabiting northernmost North America from northern Alaska to eastern Canada and Greenland.
- Sices
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noun,
syce.
- Neuss
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noun,
a city W Germany, near Düsseldorf.
- rect.
-
- snits
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noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- rents
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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.
- istic
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- situs
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noun,
position; situation.
- rests
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noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- iters
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noun,
a canal or passage.
- resit
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noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- sites
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noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- since
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adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- siris
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noun,
lebbek (def 1).
- neur-
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- Siret
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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.
- sect.
-
- reni-
-
- sires
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noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- nerts
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interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- reins
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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.
- Siren
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- nests
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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.
- reist
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verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- stuns
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noun,
the act of stunning.
- intr.
-
- cures
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noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- crust
-
noun,
the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- Unit.
-
- Turin
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noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- TUNIS
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- tunic
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noun,
Chiefly British. a coat worn as part of a military or other uniform.
- tunes
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noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- cunts
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noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- truss
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noun,
Civil Engineering, Building Trades.
any of various structural frames based on the geometric rigidity of the triangle and composed of straight members subject only to longitudinal compression, tension, or both: functions as a beam or cantilever to support bridges, roofs, etc. Compare complete (def 8), incomplete (def 3), redundant (def 5c).
any of various structural frames constructed on principles other than the geometric rigidity of the triangle or deriving stability from other factors, as the rigidity of joints, the abutment of masonry, or the stiffness of beams.
- curet
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noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- unite
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noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- curns
-
noun,
a grain.
- truce
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noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- curse
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noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- curst
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- trine
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- cutes
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noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- cutie
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noun,
Informal. a charmingly attractive or cute person, especially a girl or a young woman (often used as a form of address):
- cutin
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noun,
a transparent, waxy substance constituting, together with cellulose, the cuticle of plants.
- cutis
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noun,
the true skin, consisting of the dermis and the epidermis.
- cruse
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noun,
an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
- cruet
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noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- trice
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noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- cines
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noun,
a film; motion picture.
- 30-30
-
- USSCt
-
- Cenis
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noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- cent.
-
- cents
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noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- cert.
-
- Cesti
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noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- cetin
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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.
- Cetus
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noun,
the Whale, a constellation lying above the equator, containing the variable star Mira.
- cine-
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- cires
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noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Crius
-
noun,
a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaea.
- urine
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noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- cists
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cites
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noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- untie
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verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- unset
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adjective,
not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- cress
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noun,
any of various plants of the mustard family, especially the watercress, having pungent-tasting leaves often used for salad and as a garnish.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- crit.
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Curie
-
noun,
a unit of activity of radioactive substances equivalent to 3.70 × 10 10 disintegrations per second: it is approximately the amount of activity produced by 1 gram of radium-226. Abbreviation: Ci.
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- runts
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- suint
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- suets
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- Iceni
-
noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- ictus
-
noun,
Prosody. rhythmical or metrical stress.
- Sucre
-
noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- incr.
-
- Susie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- incur
-
verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- incus
-
noun,
Anatomy. the middle one of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals.
Compare malleus, stapes.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- init.
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- inst.
-
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- runic
-
adjective,
consisting of or set down in runes:
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- 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.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- 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.
- 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.
- eruct
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- scr.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- SCSI
-
noun,
a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Ste.
-
- uric
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- USES
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- sci.
-
- scut
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- USIS
-
- str.
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- USRC
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- USSR
-
noun,
a former federal union of 15 constituent republics, in E Europe and W and N Asia, comprising the larger part of the former Russian Empire: dissolved in December 1991. 8,650,069 sq. mi. (22,402,200 sq. km). Capital: Moscow.
Abbreviation: U.S.S.R., USSR.
- USTC
-
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- Rus.
-
- 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.
- sues
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- uret
-
- uni-
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- sers
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Tues
-
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- ten.
-
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- sur-
-
- ter.
-
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- tri-
-
- Secs
-
noun,
second2 (def 2).
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- sics
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- sec.
-
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- 1080
-
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- ins.
-
- 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.
- enc.
-
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- int.
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- INRI
-
- Ire.
-
- Ens.
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- crut
-
noun,
crud (def 1).
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- Inc.
-
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- cute
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- cur.
-
- cuss
-
noun,
curse word; oath.
- Curt
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Curtis.
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- ISSN
-
- curn
-
noun,
a grain.
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- ect-
-
- ISIS
-
noun,
a goddess of fertility, the sister and wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, and usually represented as a woman with a cow's horns with the solar disk between them: later worshiped in the Greek and Roman empires.
- ctr.
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- itis
-
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- cunt
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- NCTE
-
- cts.
-
- Cnut
-
noun,
Canute.
- Cres
-
- Ice.
-
- CERN
-
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rit.
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- cet-
-
- cess
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- ESIS
-
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- cen.
-
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- est.
-
- 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.
- etc.
-
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Eur.
-
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- cis-
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- cir.
-
- 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.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- cit.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- 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.
- 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.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- ESU
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- 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.
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- ESR
-
- en-
-
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- Esc
-
- ERT
-
- ec-
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- USC
-
- CNS
-
- ur-
-
- ure
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- CIE
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- CRS
-
- USN
-
- USR
-
- ct.
-
- cs.
-
- cr.
-
- UTC
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- uti
-
- uns
-
- CRT
-
- TSE
-
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- TSI
-
- 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.
- TSS
-
- Tu.
-
- tue
-
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- Cui
-
noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- TCS
-
- cru
-
noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- cte
-
- CST
-
- USS
-
- UCR
-
- UIT
-
- unc
-
- Une
-
- CSR
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- ITU
-
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- NSU
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- NSC
-
- NRC
-
- nr.
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- Re.
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NES
-
- NEC
-
- ne-
-
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- IUS
-
- RCS
-
- RCN
-
- ITC
-
- sc.
-
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- RSS
-
- RSE
-
- Rs.
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- SCS
-
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- se-
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- RCT
-
- ite
-
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- ier
-
- ics
-
- SSI
-
- SSN
-
- SSR
-
- SST
-
- St.
-
- ise
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- IRS
-
- STI
-
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- IRC
-
- Ir.
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- ine
-
- in.
-
- eu-
-
- ETS
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sus
-
- ist
-
- SSE
-
- SSC
-
- SNU
-
- Sr.
-
- ss.
-
- ISR
-
- ETR
-
- SRS
-
- t.
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- CE
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- RU
-
- ic
-
- i.
-
- S.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- R.
-
- SU
-
- UC
-
- N.
-
- NC
-
- NI
-
- TC
-
- CU
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- U.
-
- EI
-
- RN
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- UI
-
- TN
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- SN
-
- RC
-
- RI
-
- T1
-