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secondes
noun, the second of the eight defensive positions.
bonesets
noun, any composite plant of the genus Eupatorium, especially E. perfoliatum, of North America, having white flowers in a flat-topped cluster.
stenosed
adjective, characterized by stenosis; abnormally narrowed.
cestodes
noun, a parasitic platyhelminth or flatworm of the class Cestoda, which comprises the tapeworms.
encodes
verb (used with object), to convert (a message, information, etc.) into code.
docents
noun, privatdocent.
seconds
noun, a second part.
seconde
noun, the second of the eight defensive positions.
cenotes
noun, a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
cestode
noun, a parasitic platyhelminth or flatworm of the class Cestoda, which comprises the tapeworms.
2,4,5-t
noun, a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
descent
noun, the act, process, or fact of moving from a higher to a lower position. Synonyms: falling, sinking; fall, drop.
Tenedos
noun, an island in the Aegean, near the entrance to the Dardanelles, belonging to Turkey.
boneset
noun, any composite plant of the genus Eupatorium, especially E. perfoliatum, of North America, having white flowers in a flat-topped cluster.
obscene
adjective, offensive to morality or decency; indecent; depraved:
debones
verb (used with object), to remove the bones from (meat, fish, or fowl); bone:
denotes
verb (used with object), to be a mark or sign of; indicate:
contes
plural, Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
scones
noun, a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
deboss
verb (used with object), to indent (a figure or design) into a surface:
sondes
noun, a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
Donets
noun, a river rising in the SW Russian Federation near Belgorod, flowing SE through Ukraine to the Don River. About 650 miles (1045 km) long.
donees
noun, a person to whom a gift is made.
setose
adjective, covered with setae or bristles; bristly.
setons
noun, a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
debone
verb (used with object), to remove the bones from (meat, fish, or fowl); bone:
nested
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.
second
noun, a second part.
denote
verb (used with object), to be a mark or sign of; indicate:
docent
noun, privatdocent.
cenote
noun, a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
scents
noun, a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
Odense
noun, a seaport on Fyn island, in S Denmark.
censes
verb (used with object), to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
centos
noun, a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
scends
noun, the heaving motion of a vessel.
cteno-
dentes
noun, plural of dens.
escent
Cobden
noun, Richard, 1804–65, English manufacturer, merchant, economist, and statesman.
estocs
noun, a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
cosset
noun, a lamb brought up without its dam; pet lamb.
cosets
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.
contd.
C-note
noun, See C (def 11).
Ostend
noun, a seaport in NW Belgium.
decent
adjective, conforming to the recognized standard of propriety, good taste, modesty, etc., as in behavior or speech.
steeds
noun, a horse, especially a high-spirited one.
Stones
noun, the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
Enesco
noun, Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1955, Romanian violinist, composer, and conductor: teacher of Yehudi Menuhin.
stenos
noun, a stenographer.
besets
verb (used with object), to attack on all sides; assail; harass:
tenses
noun, a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
encode
verb (used with object), to convert (a message, information, etc.) into code.
besots
verb (used with object), to intoxicate or stupefy with drink.
steno-
stoned
noun, the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
denes
noun, a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
estoc
noun, a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
desc.
Conde
noun, Louis II de Bourbon [lwee,, duh boor-bawn] /lwi,, də burˈbɔ̃/ (Show IPA), Prince de (Duc d'Enghien"the Great Condé") 1621–86, French general.
tends
Verb phrases, tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
coeds
noun, Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
ecto-
onces
noun, a single occasion; one time only:
onset
noun, a beginning or start:
codes
noun, a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
endo-
Osset
noun, a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
Cons.
oste-
teens
noun, Archaic. suffering; grief.
econ.
Estes
noun, a male given name.
cetes
noun, a number of badgers together.
scend
noun, the heaving motion of a vessel.
bodes
verb, a simple past tense of bide.
2,4-d
noun, a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
needs
noun, a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
30-30
Const
Deneb
noun, a first-magnitude star in the constellation Cygnus.
deets
plural noun, details:
noses
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.
noted
noun, a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
notes
noun, a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
dense
adjective, having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact:
noct-
dent.
obdt.
cotes
noun, a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
obese
adjective, very fat or overweight; corpulent.
to-be
adjective, future; soon to be the thing specified (usually used in combination):
cont.
costs
noun, the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
dents
noun, a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
nests
noun, a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
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.
tones
noun, any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
scene
noun, the place where some action or event occurs:
tense
noun, a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
Conte
noun, count2 .
teno-
Odets
noun, Clifford, 1906–63, U.S. dramatist.
ento-
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: ¢.
snots
noun, Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
sense
noun, any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body:
CENTO
noun, a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
sents
noun, a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
Seton
noun, a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
besot
verb (used with object), to intoxicate or stupefy with drink.
donec
conjunction, (in prescriptions) until.
snobs
noun, a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others.
Botes
noun, compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
donee
noun, a person to whom a gift is made.
Steen
noun, Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
doest
noun, Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
sonde
noun, a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
bests
noun, something or someone that is best:
steed
noun, a horse, especially a high-spirited one.
bones
noun, Anatomy, Zoology. one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate. the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
boned
noun, Anatomy, Zoology. one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate. the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
bonds
noun, something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together.
sones
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.
bonce
noun, head; skull.
Boece
noun, Boethius.
doses
noun, a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
sends
noun, the heaving motion of a vessel.
dotes
noun, decay of wood.
seeds
noun, the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
Benet
noun, Stephen Vincent, 1898–1943, U.S. poet and novelist.
cent.
Stone
noun, the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
cense
verb (used with object), to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
stobs
noun, a post, stump, or stake.
bends
noun, the act of bending.
scent
noun, a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
Scone
noun, a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
cedes
verb (used with object), to yield or formally surrender to another:
Scot.
SCOTS
noun, Also called Scottish. the English language as spoken in Scotland. Compare Scots Gaelic.
Benes
noun, Eduard [e-doo-ahrt] /ˈɛ dʊˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1884–1948, Czech patriot and statesman: president of Czechoslovakia 1935–38 and 1945–48.
bents
noun, direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
secos
noun, sekos.
Essen
noun, a city in W Germany: the chief city of the Ruhr River valley.
sect.
decos
noun, art deco.
beset
verb (used with object), to attack on all sides; assail; harass:
eso-
NEBS
noun, a bill or beak, as of a bird.
Nebo
noun, Mt. See under Pisgah.
eons
noun, an indefinitely long period of time; age.
NEbE
Este
noun, a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
esne
noun, (in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
Ens.
Eton
noun, a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
NCTE
est.
Enos
noun, the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
Eden
noun, the place where Adam and Eve lived before the Fall. Gen. 2:8–24.
EDES
noun, a city in SW Nigeria.
esse
noun, being; existence.
ends
noun, the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
EEOC
ence
enc.
etc.
Esd.
1080
need
noun, a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
teds
noun, British Slang. Teddy boy.
sent
noun, a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
snob
noun, a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others.
snod
adjective, smooth; sleek.
snot
noun, Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
sobs
noun, the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
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.
sots
noun, a drunkard.
SScD
stbd
Ste.
stob
noun, a post, stump, or stake.
teen
noun, Archaic. suffering; grief.
send
noun, the heaving motion of a vessel.
Tees
noun, a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
ten.
tend
Verb phrases, tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
tens
noun, a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
Tess
noun, a female given name, form of Theresa.
Tob.
Tobe
noun, the principal outer garment in some parts of north and central Africa, consisting of a length of cloth that is sewn into a long loose skirt or is draped around the body and fastened over one shoulder.
TODS
toed
noun, one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
tone
noun, any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
toss
noun, an act or instance of tossing.
sene
noun, a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
sees
noun, the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
neo-
obs.
ness
noun, a headland; promontory; cape.
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.
nobs
noun, Slang. the head.
node
noun, a knot, protuberance, or knob.
noes
noun, an utterance of the word “no.”.
nos-
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.
not-
note
noun, a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
nots
noun, a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
NTSB
Oct.
Seen
verb, past participle of see1 .
OECD
OEEC
once
noun, a single occasion; one time only:
Ont.
Osee
noun, Hosea.
std.
ScBE
SEbS
sec.
Secs
noun, second2 (def 2).
Seed
noun, the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
ect-
end-
eco-
Bond
noun, something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together.
BSCE
bots
noun, a disease affecting various mammals, especially horses, caused by the attachment of the parasitic larvae of botflies to the stomach of the host.
bote
noun, compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
bot.
BOSS
noun, a person who employs or superintends workers; manager.
Bose
noun, Sir Jagadis Chandre [juh-guh-dees chuhn-druh] /dʒə gəˈdis ˈtʃʌn drə/ (Show IPA), 1858–1937, Indian physicist and plant physiologist.
Bosc
noun, a large, greenish-yellow variety of pear.
bons
noun, Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
Bone
noun, Anatomy, Zoology. one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate. the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
deb.
cts.
Debs
noun, Eugene Victor, 1855–1926, U.S. labor leader: Socialist candidate for president 1900–20.
Dec.
deco
noun, art deco.
dees
noun, a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
deet
plural noun, details:
bods
noun, body:
Den.
Bode
verb, a simple past tense of bide.
bet.
BSEc
BSEE
BEST
noun, something or someone that is best:
cods
noun, any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
Cete
noun, a number of badgers together.
cet-
cess
noun, British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
cene
cen.
cees
noun, the letter C.
cobs
noun, a corncob.
cede
verb (used with object), to yield or formally surrender to another:
code
noun, a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
coed
noun, Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
BSES
Con.
Cond
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.
cose
verb (used without object), coze.
coss
noun, kos.
Cost
noun, the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
Cote
noun, a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
BSSE
BSOT
Dene
noun, a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
debt
noun, something that is owed or that one is bound to pay to or perform for another:
Bess
noun, a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
beet
noun, any of various biennial plants belonging to the genus Beta, of the amaranth family, especially B. vulgaris, having a fleshy red or white root. Compare sugar beet.
ebon
adjective, ebony (def 6).
BDes
Bede
noun, Saint ("the Venerable Bede") a.d. 673?–735, English monk, historian, and theologian: wrote earliest history of England.
Bent
noun, direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
DOTE
noun, decay of wood.
been
verb, past participle of be.
dost
noun, Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
Doss
noun, a place to sleep, especially in a cheap lodging house.
dose
noun, a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
dons
noun, (initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
done
noun, Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
bees
noun, any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
does
noun, a plural of doe.
Ceto
DOCS
noun, doctor.
doc.
plural, document.
bens
noun, the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
Bend
noun, the act of bending.
Bene
adverb, of validity for the time being but subject to objection or nullification at a later date; provisionally:
dobe
noun, Informal. adobe.
COD
noun, any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
cs.
BCS
ct.
BOD
noun, body:
Bde
BCD
Co.
Bn.
CBS
CDT
se-
BSC
BSS
SDS
CED
TES
noun, ti1 .
CEO
sc.
SCB
TSE
ScD
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.
toe
noun, one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
BCE
SCS
bd.
plural, board.
cee
noun, the letter C.
BDS
plural, board.
be-
TNB
BED
noun, a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
CBD
CBE
BTE
SED
SSD
SOB
noun, the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
TCS
SOC
noun, sociology or a class or course in sociology.
sod
noun, a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
Son
noun, a male child or person in relation to his parents.
TBO
TBD
TEC
noun, detective.
SSC
SOS
noun, any call for help:
SBE
Ben
noun, the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
sot
noun, a drunkard.
Bon
noun, Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
ss.
SSE
Ted
noun, British Slang. Teddy boy.
See
noun, the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
BSO
SSB
Bt.
BST
SEN
noun, a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
bec
BNS
BSN
SSN
tee
noun, the letter T or t.
SES
noun, the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
STB
St.
BSE
BSD
SST
BEE
noun, any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
CNO
sb.
NDE
DOB
DNB
DET
ETO
ETS
NCO
NBC
NbE
NBS
ne-
ess
noun, the letter S, s.
NEB
noun, a bill or beak, as of a bird.
So.
NEC
NED
noun, a male given name, form of Edward.
Nee
adjective, born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
NES
de-
DCS
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:
nob
noun, Slang. the head.
DOE
noun, the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
Don
noun, (initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
NOC
EEO
EBS
ed.
EdB
EDC
Ede
noun, a city in SW Nigeria.
EbN
EDO
noun, a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
EDS
noun, education:
EDT
EEC
en-
ese
ETD
eo-
DST
DSS
ene
DOT
noun, a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
EOE
eon
noun, an indefinitely long period of time; age.
EOS
noun, the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
Esc
d-c
noun, a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
Dee
noun, a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
DBS
OES
noun, the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
OTC
CSO
Nod
noun, a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
OBE
COT
noun, a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
OCD
OCS
ode
noun, a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
COS
noun, romaine.
ODS
noun, a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
ODT
one
noun, the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
OSB
ons
ose
OSS
COB
noun, a corncob.
CNS
ec-
ot-
OTB
ote
OTS
sd.
OSD
TSS
cte
DSO
NSC
DBE
CST
ob.
Oc.
do.
ctn
plural, carton.
DSC
OED
Noe
noun, Noah (def 1).
No
noun, an utterance of the word “no.”.
BC
S.
SN
B-
TN
3D
noun, a three-dimensional form or appearance:
DC
noun, a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
2D
noun, a two-dimensional form or appearance:
BO
D.
DB
DN
ee
Eb
CE
et
verb, a simple past tense of eat.
OE
noun, oy2 .
t.
TB
TD
OD
noun, a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
N.
TC
CB
NB
TE
noun, ti1 .
NC
ND
O.
DT
noun, a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
E.
noun, Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
T1
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