Anagrams of sectarianism
Word sectarianism has
1696 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of sectarianism.
- Erastianism
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noun,
the doctrine, advocated by Thomas Erastus, of the supremacy of the state over the church in ecclesiastical matters.
- Americanist
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noun,
a student of America, especially of its history, culture, and geography.
- armistices
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noun,
a temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement of the warring parties; truce:
- insectaria
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noun,
a place in which a collection of living insects is kept, as in a zoo.
- incrassate
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adjective,
Also, incrassated. Botany, Entomology. thickened or swollen.
- ascertains
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verb (used with object),
to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine:
- sectarians
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noun,
a member of a sect.
- sacraments
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noun,
Ecclesiastical. a visible sign of an inward grace, especially one of the solemn Christian rites considered to have been instituted by Jesus Christ to symbolize or confer grace: the sacraments of the Protestant churches are baptism and the Lord's Supper; the sacraments of the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches are baptism, confirmation, the Eucharist, matrimony, penance, holy orders, and extreme unction.
- miscreants
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noun,
a vicious or depraved person; villain.
- ascertain
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verb (used with object),
to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine:
- near-miss
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noun,
a strike by a missile that is not a direct hit but is close enough to damage the target.
- marinates
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verb (used with object),
to steep (food) in a marinade.
- staircase
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noun,
a flight of stairs with its framework, banisters, etc., or a series of such flights.
- scimitars
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noun,
a curved, single-edged sword of Asian, especially Eastern origin.
- canisters
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noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- seatrains
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noun,
a ship for the transportation of loaded railroad cars.
- anti-icer
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noun,
a device used to prevent the forming of ice, as on an airplane propeller.
- scenarist
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noun,
a writer of motion-picture or television scenarios.
- sectarian
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noun,
a member of a sect.
- scientism
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noun,
the style, assumptions, techniques, practices, etc., typifying or regarded as typifying scientists.
- marcasite
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noun,
Also called white iron pyrites. a common mineral, iron disulfide, FeS 2 , chemically similar to pyrite but crystallizing in the orthorhombic system.
- ameristic
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adjective,
not divided into parts; having no meristem.
- actinisms
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noun,
the property of radiation by which chemical effects are produced.
- armistice
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noun,
a temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement of the warring parties; truce:
- semantics
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noun,
Linguistics.
the study of meaning.
the study of linguistic development by classifying and examining changes in meaning and form.
- Caesarism
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noun,
absolute government; imperialism.
- craniates
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noun,
a craniate animal.
- criminate
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verb (used with object),
to charge with a crime.
- amnesiacs
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noun,
a person affected by amnesia.
- estancias
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noun,
(in Spanish America) a landed estate or a cattle ranch.
- sacrament
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noun,
Ecclesiastical. a visible sign of an inward grace, especially one of the solemn Christian rites considered to have been instituted by Jesus Christ to symbolize or confer grace: the sacraments of the Protestant churches are baptism and the Lord's Supper; the sacraments of the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches are baptism, confirmation, the Eucharist, matrimony, penance, holy orders, and extreme unction.
- taeniasis
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noun,
infestation with tapeworms.
- miscreant
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noun,
a vicious or depraved person; villain.
- sacristan
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noun,
Also called sacrist [sak-rist, sey-krist] /ˈsæk rɪst, ˈseɪ krɪst/ (Show IPA). an official in charge of the sacred vessels, vestments, etc., of a church or a religious house.
- intarsias
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noun,
an art or technique of decorating a surface with inlaid patterns, especially of wood mosaic, developed during the Renaissance.
- cretinism
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noun,
a congenital disease due to absence or deficiency of normal thyroid secretion, characterized by physical deformity, dwarfism, and mental retardation, and often by goiter.
- Manassite
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noun,
a member of the tribe of Manasseh.
- metrician
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noun,
a metrist.
- ceramists
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noun,
a person who makes ceramics.
- Cartesian
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noun,
a follower of Cartesian thought.
- Artemisia
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noun,
any of several composite plants of the genus Artemisia, having aromatic foliage and small disk flowers, including the sagebrush, wormwood, and mugwort.
- sinister
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adjective,
threatening or portending evil, harm, or trouble; ominous:
- tamarins
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noun,
any South American marmoset of the genera Saguinus and Leontopithecus (Leontideus), having silky fur and a nonprehensile tail: several species are threatened or endangered.
- simitars
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noun,
scimitar.
- amirates
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noun,
emirate.
- Semitics
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noun,
the study of Semitic languages, literature, etc.
- martinis
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noun,
a cocktail made with gin or vodka and dry vermouth, usually served with a green olive or a twist of lemon peel.
- Triassic
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noun,
Also, Trias [trahy-uh s] /ˈtraɪ əs/ (Show IPA). the Triassic Period or System.
- smarties
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noun,
a smart aleck.
- craniate
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noun,
a craniate animal.
- stearins
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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.
- Artesian
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adjective,
noting, pertaining to, or characteristic of an artesian well.
- miscites
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verb (used with or without object),
to misquote.
- minister
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noun,
a person authorized to conduct religious worship; member of the clergy; pastor.
- arsenics
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- acarines
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noun,
any of numerous arachnids of the order Acarina, comprising the mites and ticks.
- martians
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noun,
a supposed inhabitant of the planet Mars:
- American
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noun,
a citizen of the United States of America.
- crinites
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- smartens
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Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- amentias
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noun,
lack of intellectual development; imbecility; severe mental retardation.
- retsinas
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- citrines
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noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- semantic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols:
- Castries
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noun,
a port in and the capital of the state of St. Lucia, on the NW coast.
- atresias
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noun,
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
- sericins
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noun,
a gelatinous organic compound that holds the two strands of natural silk together.
- minicars
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noun,
a very small car, especially a subcompact.
- Caterina
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noun,
a female given name, form of Catherine.
- meristic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or divided into segments or somites.
- asterism
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noun,
Astronomy.
a group of stars.
a constellation.
- tsarinas
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noun,
czarina.
- caterans
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noun,
(formerly) a freebooter or marauder of the Scottish Highlands.
- inertias
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- mantissa
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noun,
Mathematics. the decimal part of a common logarithm.
Compare characteristic (def 3a).
- intarsia
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noun,
an art or technique of decorating a surface with inlaid patterns, especially of wood mosaic, developed during the Renaissance.
- Estancia
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noun,
(in Spanish America) a landed estate or a cattle ranch.
- amnesiac
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noun,
a person affected by amnesia.
- massacre
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noun,
the unnecessary, indiscriminate killing of a large number of human beings or animals, as in barbarous warfare or persecution or for revenge or plunder.
- McIntire
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noun,
Samuel, 1757–1811, U.S. architect and woodcarver.
- Satanism
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noun,
the worship of Satan or the powers of evil.
- interims
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noun,
an intervening time; interval; meantime:
- matrices
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noun,
something that constitutes the place or point from which something else originates, takes form, or develops:
- seriatim
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adverb, adjective,
in a series; one after another.
- cremains
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plural noun,
the ashes of a cremated corpse.
- eristics
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noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- raiments
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- amnesias
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noun,
loss of a large block of interrelated memories; complete or partial loss of memory caused by brain injury, shock, etc.
- ceramist
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noun,
a person who makes ceramics.
- maitrise
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noun,
mastery; skill.
- 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.
- scimitar
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noun,
a curved, single-edged sword of Asian, especially Eastern origin.
- saracens
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noun,
History/Historical. a member of any of the nomadic tribes on the Syrian borders of the Roman Empire.
- Santarem
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noun,
a city in N Brazil, on the Amazon River.
- 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.
- Cinerama
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- airiness
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noun,
openness to the air:
- Tiresias
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noun,
a blind prophet, usually said to have been blinded because he saw Athena bathing, and then to have been awarded the gift of prophecy as a consolation for his blindness.
- marinate
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verb (used with object),
to steep (food) in a marinade.
- acrasins
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noun,
a chemotactic substance, identical with cAMP, secreted by myxamebas of cellular slime molds and attracting other myxamebas to aggregate and form a pseudoplasmodium.
- Arianism
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noun,
the doctrine, taught by Arius, that Christ the Son was not consubstantial with God the Father.
- minsters
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noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- carmines
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noun,
a crimson or purplish-red color.
- carinate
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adjective,
Zoology, Botany. formed with a carina; keellike.
- sarmenta
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noun,
a slender running stem; runner.
- arcanist
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noun,
a person professing special secret knowledge concerning ceramics, especially concerning the making of porcelain.
- staminas
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noun,
strength of physical constitution; power to endure disease, fatigue, privation, etc.
- aseismic
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adjective,
free from earthquakes.
- cerimans
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noun,
a climbing, tropical American plant, Monstera deliciosa, of the arum family, characterized by cordlike, aerial roots and large, perforated leaves.
- animates
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adjective,
alive; possessing life:
- airtimes
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noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- seatrain
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noun,
a ship for the transportation of loaded railroad cars.
- sea-star
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noun,
starfish.
- canister
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noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- scanties
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noun,
scanties, very brief underpants, especially for women.
- actinias
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noun,
a sea anemone, especially of the genus Actinia.
- Erastian
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noun,
an advocate of Erastianism.
- cisterna
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noun,
cistern (def 2).
- Maritain
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noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1882–1973, French philosopher and diplomat.
- actinism
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noun,
the property of radiation by which chemical effects are produced.
- Erasmian
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noun,
a follower of Erasmus.
- minarets
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- teniasis
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noun,
taeniasis.
- sanities
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noun,
the state of being sane; soundness of mind.
- sarcinas
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noun,
any of several spherical, saprophytic bacteria of the genus Sarcina, having a cuboidal cell arrangement.
- Ascaris
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noun,
any parasitic roundworm of the genus Ascaris, found in the human small intestine and causing colic and diarrhea.
- Artesia
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noun,
a city in S California.
- simians
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noun,
an ape or monkey.
- Mercian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Mercia.
- misters
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noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- artisan
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noun,
a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
- ascents
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noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- simitar
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noun,
scimitar.
- arnicas
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noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- Mai-Tai
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noun,
a cocktail of rum, curaçao, lemon and pineapple juice, grenadine, and orgeat syrup, poured over crushed ice.
- Asiatic
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noun,
an Asian person.
- arsines
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noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- sinters
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- sirenic
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adjective,
of or characteristic of a siren; melodious, tempting, or alluring.
- isatins
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noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- crinite
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- Sistine
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adjective,
of or relating to any pope named Sixtus.
- Sinatra
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noun,
Frank (Francis Albert) 1915–98, U.S. singer and actor.
- Mercast
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noun,
a broadcasting system used by U.S. agencies to deliver messages to government-operated ships.
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- Riesman
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noun,
David, 1909–2002, U.S. sociologist.
- smarten
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Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- ascites
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noun,
accumulation of serous fluid in the peritoneal cavity; dropsy of the peritoneum.
- ARTEMIS
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noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- cretins
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- minicar
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noun,
a very small car, especially a subcompact.
- merisis
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noun,
growth, especially growth resulting from cell division.
- ceriman
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noun,
a climbing, tropical American plant, Monstera deliciosa, of the arum family, characterized by cordlike, aerial roots and large, perforated leaves.
- caritas
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noun,
charity.
- santirs
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noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Saracen
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noun,
History/Historical. a member of any of the nomadic tribes on the Syrian borders of the Roman Empire.
- Carmine
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noun,
a crimson or purplish-red color.
- Minster
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noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- carnets
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noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- carnies
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noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- sarcasm
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noun,
harsh or bitter derision or irony.
- Sarcina
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noun,
any of several spherical, saprophytic bacteria of the genus Sarcina, having a cuboidal cell arrangement.
- minaret
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- certain
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Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- caseins
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noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- cimaise
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noun,
cymaise.
- caserns
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noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- Caserta
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noun,
a city in S Italy, near Naples.
- casitas
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noun,
a small crude dwelling forming part of a shantytown inhabited by Mexican laborers in the southwestern U.S.
- cassena
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noun,
dahoon.
- cassina
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noun,
dahoon.
- Cassini
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noun,
Oleg [oh-leg] /ˈoʊ lɛg/ (Show IPA), (Oleg Cassini-Loiewski) 1913–2006, U.S. fashion designer and businessman, born in France.
- Cassite
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noun,
Kassite.
- centri-
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- casters
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noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- satanic
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adjective,
of Satan.
- cateran
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noun,
(formerly) a freebooter or marauder of the Scottish Highlands.
- 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.
- santims
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noun,
a former coin of Latvia, the 100th part of a lat.
- Astaire
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noun,
Fred, 1899–1987, U.S. dancer and actor.
- caimans
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noun,
any of several tropical American crocodilians of the genus Caiman and allied genera: some are endangered.
- Setaria
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noun,
any grass of the genus Setaria, having a dense panicle, grown for forage.
- sestina
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noun,
a poem of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy, originally without rhyme, in which each stanza repeats the end words of the lines of the first stanza, but in different order, the envoy using the six words again, three in the middle of the lines and three at the end.
- sericin
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noun,
a gelatinous organic compound that holds the two strands of natural silk together.
- Cremini
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noun,
a cultivated, meaty, tan or brown mushroom, Agaricus bisporus.
- 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.
- atresia
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noun,
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
- miscite
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verb (used with or without object),
to misquote.
- Messina
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noun,
a seaport in NE Sicily.
- Semitic
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noun,
a subfamily of Afroasiatic languages that includes Akkadian, Arabic, Aramaic, Ethiopic, Hebrew, and Phoenician.
- caesars
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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.
- seminar
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noun,
a small group of students, as in a university, engaged in advanced study and original research under a member of the faculty and meeting regularly to exchange information and hold discussions.
- sematic
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adjective,
serving as a sign or warning of danger, as the conspicuous colors or markings of certain poisonous animals.
- cinemas
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noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- Cainite
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noun,
a member of a Gnostic sect that exalted Cain and regarded the God of the Old Testament as responsible for evil.
- seismic
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adjective,
pertaining to, of the nature of, or caused by an earthquake or vibration of the earth, whether due to natural or artificial causes.
- samisen
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noun,
a guitarlike Japanese musical instrument having an extremely long neck and three strings, played with a plectrum.
- citrins
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noun,
bioflavonoid.
- camises
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noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- secants
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noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- citrine
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noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- samites
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noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- canters
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noun,
an easy gallop.
- cistern
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noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- scrinia
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noun,
a cylindrical container used in ancient Rome to hold papyrus rolls.
- screams
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noun,
a loud, sharp, piercing cry:
- miscast
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verb (used with object),
to assign an unsuitable role to (an actor):
- Armenia
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noun,
an ancient country in W Asia: now divided between Armenia, Turkey, and Iran.
- racisms
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noun,
a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- streams
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noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- tamarin
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noun,
any South American marmoset of the genera Saguinus and Leontopithecus (Leontideus), having silky fur and a nonprehensile tail: several species are threatened or endangered.
- amities
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noun,
friendship; peaceful harmony.
- amnesia
-
noun,
loss of a large block of interrelated memories; complete or partial loss of memory caused by brain injury, shock, etc.
- estrins
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noun,
estrone.
- nectars
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noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- amritas
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noun,
the beverage of immortality.
- Maritsa
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noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing from S Bulgaria along the boundary between Greece and European Turkey and into the Aegean. 300 miles (485 km) long.
- amtracs
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noun,
amphibian (def 4).
- anaemic
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adjective,
anemic.
- mantras
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noun,
Hinduism. a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.
- estamin
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noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- mastics
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noun,
Also called mastic tree, lentisk. a small Mediterranean tree, Pistacia lentiscus, of the cashew family, that is the source of an aromatic resin used in making varnish and adhesives.
- nematic
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adjective,
noting a mesomorphic state in which the arrangement of the molecules is linear.
- anemias
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noun,
Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
- actress
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noun,
a woman who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc., especially professionally.
- tisanes
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noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- raisins
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noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- strains
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- Insecta
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noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- iatrics
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- animate
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adjective,
alive; possessing life:
- stimies
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noun,
stymie.
- Actinia
-
noun,
a sea anemone, especially of the genus Actinia.
- nasties
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noun,
Informal. a nasty person or thing.
- tamaris
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noun,
a rich, naturally fermented soybean sauce containing little or no wheat and thicker than soy sauce.
- amirate
-
noun,
emirate.
- Manteca
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noun,
a town in central California.
- instars
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noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- airtime
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noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- 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.
- tarsias
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noun,
intarsia.
- Icarian
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noun,
an inhabitant of Icaria.
- Nicetas
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noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- Matisse
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noun,
Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1869–1954, French painter.
- tarmacs
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noun,
(lowercase) a road, airport runway, parking area, etc., paved with Tarmac, tarmacadam, or a layer of tar.
- Amen-Ra
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noun,
a god in whom Amen and Ra were combined: the god of the universe and the supreme Egyptian god during the period of Theban political supremacy.
- Raamses
-
noun,
a city that was built for the Pharaoh by the Israelites and from which the Exodus began. Ex. 1:11.
- Marcian
-
noun,
a.d. 392?–457, emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire 450–457.
- amentia
-
noun,
lack of intellectual development; imbecility; severe mental retardation.
- termini
-
noun,
the end or extremity of anything.
- raiment
-
noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- marinas
-
noun,
a boat basin offering dockage and other service for small craft.
- America
-
noun,
United States.
- tansies
-
noun,
any of several composite plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially a strong-scented, weedy, Old World herb, T. vulgare, having flat-topped clusters of tubular yellow flowers.
- tanrecs
-
noun,
tenrec.
- inserts
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- marines
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- racists
-
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.
- neritic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the region of water lying directly above the sublittoral zone of the sea bottom.
- aminase
-
noun,
any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of amino compounds, releasing the amino group and liberating nitrogen.
- aminate
-
verb (used with object),
to introduce an amino group into (a compound).
- matrass
-
noun,
a rounded, long-necked glass container, formerly used for distilling and dissolving substances.
- imarets
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- Interim
-
noun,
an intervening time; interval; meantime:
- ramenta
-
noun,
a scraping, shaving, or particle.
- eristic
-
noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- Staines
-
noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, on the Thames River near Heathrow airport.
- incises
-
verb (used with object),
to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
- acetins
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- stamina
-
noun,
strength of physical constitution; power to endure disease, fatigue, privation, etc.
- stamin-
-
- incites
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- acarine
-
noun,
any of numerous arachnids of the order Acarina, comprising the mites and ticks.
- Martina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- recants
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- Martini
-
noun,
a cocktail made with gin or vodka and dry vermouth, usually served with a green olive or a twist of lemon peel.
- recasts
-
noun,
a recasting.
- Massena
-
noun,
a city in N New York, on the St. Lawrence River.
- irenics
-
noun,
the branch of theology dealing with the promotion of peace and conciliation among Christian churches.
Compare polemics (def 2).
- remains
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- martins
-
noun,
Peter, born 1946, U.S. choreographer and ballet master, born in Denmark.
- inseams
-
noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- inertia
-
noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- Eastman
-
noun,
George, 1854–1932, U.S. philanthropist and inventor in the field of photography.
- tsarina
-
noun,
czarina.
- tsarism
-
noun,
czarism.
- miniate
-
verb (used with object),
to illuminate (a manuscript) in red; rubricate.
- Smetana
-
noun,
Bedřich [Czech be-drzhikh] /Czech ˈbɛ drʒɪx/ (Show IPA), 1824–84, Czech composer.
- stances
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- Martian
-
noun,
a supposed inhabitant of the planet Mars:
- namaste
-
noun,
a conventional Hindu expression on meeting or parting, used by the speaker usually while holding the palms together vertically in front of the bosom.
- 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.
- incases
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- entasis
-
noun,
a slight convexity given to a column or tower, as to correct an optical illusion.
- stearic
-
adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- incests
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- Martens
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- Massine
-
noun,
Léonide [ley-aw-need] /leɪ ɔˈnid/ (Show IPA), 1896–1979, U.S. ballet dancer and choreographer, born in Russia.
- Mansart
-
noun,
Jules Hardouin [zhyl ar-dwan] /ʒül arˈdwɛ̃/ (Show IPA), (Jules Hardouin) 1646–1708, French architect: chief architectural director for Louis XIV.
- stearin
-
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.
- Antares
-
noun,
a red supergiant star of the first magnitude in the constellation Scorpius.
- antiars
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- acnemia
-
noun,
a condition characterized by atrophy of the muscles of the calf of the leg.
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- iceman
-
noun,
a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- Itasca
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N Minnesota: one of the sources of the Mississippi River.
- cinema
-
noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- inseam
-
noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- Icaria
-
noun,
Also, Ikaria. a Greek island in the Aegean Sea: a part of the Southern Sporades group. 99 sq. mi. (256 sq. km).
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- sansei
-
noun,
a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. or Canada.
- Nasser
-
noun,
Gamal Abdel [guh-mahl ab-doo l,, juh-] /gəˈmɑl ˈæb dʊl,, dʒə-/ (Show IPA), 1918–70, Egyptian military and political leader: prime minister of Egypt 1954–56; president of Egypt 1956–58; president of the United Arab Republic 1958–70.
- Nicias
-
noun,
died 413 b.c, Athenian statesman and general.
- centi-
-
- 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.
- Nicaea
-
noun,
an ancient city in NW Asia Minor: Nicene Creed formulated here a.d.
- sarans
-
noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- incise
-
verb (used with object),
to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
- imines
-
noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- nemat-
-
- cerat-
-
- incite
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- 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.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- sarsen
-
noun,
any of numerous large sandstone blocks or fragments found in south-central England, probably remnants of eroded Tertiary beds.
- centr-
-
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- 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.
- NASCAR
-
noun,
National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.
- 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.
- cestas
-
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.
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- Renata
-
noun,
a female given name.
- iatric
-
adjective,
of or relating to a physician or medicine; medical.
- misers
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- intra-
-
- isatin
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- rinses
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- reatas
-
noun,
riata.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- crisis
-
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.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- ratans
-
noun,
rattan.
- 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.
- intime
-
adjective,
intimate; cozy.
- intima
-
noun,
the innermost membrane or lining of some organ or part, especially that of an artery, vein, or lymphatic.
- ricins
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- miters
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- resist
-
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.
- remits
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- Mister
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- remiss
-
adjective,
negligent, careless, or slow in performing one's duty, business, etc.:
- remans
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- 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.
- Isaian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of Isaiah or of the book of the Bible bearing his name.
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- irenic
-
adjective,
tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory.
- recti-
-
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- Isaacs
-
noun,
Sir Isaac Alfred, 1855–1948, Australian jurist: governor general of Australia 1931–36.
- riatas
-
noun,
a lariat.
- Crimea
-
noun,
the, a peninsula in SE Ukraine, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
- Ramses
-
noun,
the name of several kings of ancient Egypt.
- insets
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- citrin
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- racism
-
noun,
a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- Samian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Samos.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- cnemis
-
noun,
the tibia or shin.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- nitric
-
adjective,
containing nitrogen, usually in the pentavalent state.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- 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.
- cities
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- insist
-
verb (used with object),
to assert or maintain firmly:
- niseis
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- sancta
-
noun,
a sacred or holy place.
- sanies
-
noun,
a thin, often greenish, serous fluid that is discharged from ulcers, wounds, etc.
- irises
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Crania
-
noun,
the skull of a vertebrate.
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- raises
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- inter.
-
- ramate
-
adjective,
having branches; branching out or off.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- crests
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- raisin
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- saices
-
noun,
syce.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- creams
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- saints
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Samain
-
noun,
Samhain.
- crasis
-
noun,
composition; constitution; makeup.
- instr.
-
- masais
-
noun,
a member of an African people inhabiting the highlands of Kenya and Tanzania and having a largely pastoral economy and a society based on the patrilineal clan.
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- matins
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- airman
-
noun,
an aviator.
- arises
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Smriti
-
noun,
writings containing traditions concerning law, rituals, teachings of the sages, the epics, and the Puranas.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- snares
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- Marina
-
noun,
a boat basin offering dockage and other service for small craft.
- maniac
-
noun,
a raving or violently insane person; lunatic.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Ariane
-
noun,
Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- Tessin
-
noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- Stacia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- manias
-
noun,
excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
- stains
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- arecas
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- Matane
-
noun,
a city in E Quebec, in SE Canada, on the St. Lawrence River.
- stamen
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- tensas
-
noun,
a river in NE Louisiana, flowing S to the Ouachita River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- arcane
-
adjective,
known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric:
- Arista
-
noun,
Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
- smites
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- Manisa
-
noun,
a city in W Turkey, near the Aegean: Roman defeat of Antiochus the Great 190 b.c.
- Manati
-
noun,
a city in N Puerto Rico.
- Marist
-
noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- Sisera
-
noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- Sister
-
noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- sitars
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- Asante
-
noun,
Ashanti.
- Marini
-
noun,
Giambattista [jahm-baht-tees-tah] /ˌdʒɑm bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), Also, Marino [muh-ree-noh;; Italian mah-ree-naw] /məˈri noʊ;; Italian mɑˈri nɔ/ (Show IPA), ("il Cavalier Marino") 1569–1625, Italian poet.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- arsen-
-
- smarts
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- arnica
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- mensas
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- smears
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- tiaras
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- stanes
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Tassie
-
noun,
tass.
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- mantra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.
- taenia
-
noun,
Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
- amtrac
-
noun,
amphibian (def 4).
- marais
-
noun,
a swamp or bayou.
- Amrita
-
noun,
the beverage of immortality.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- tamari
-
noun,
a rich, naturally fermented soybean sauce containing little or no wheat and thicker than soy sauce.
- matri-
-
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- Anemia
-
noun,
Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
- Marcan
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of St. Mark or of the second Gospel.
- amices
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- Marcia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “warlike.”.
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- Tarmac
-
noun,
(lowercase) a road, airport runway, parking area, etc., paved with Tarmac, tarmacadam, or a layer of tar.
- Marcie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marcia.
- tarsia
-
noun,
intarsia.
- Tasman
-
noun,
Abel Janszoon [ah-buh l yahn-sohn] /ˈɑ bəl ˈyɑn soʊn/ (Show IPA), 1602?–59, Dutch navigator and explorer.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- anemic
-
adjective,
Pathology. suffering from anemia.
- Marian
-
noun,
a person who has a particular devotion to the Virgin Mary.
- ansate
-
adjective,
having a handle or handlelike part.
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- stares
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- tenaim
-
noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- antiar
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- steams
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- manses
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- steins
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- McNair
-
noun,
Lesley James, 1883–1944, U.S. army officer.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- mantas
-
noun,
(in Spain and Spanish America) a cloak or wrap.
- sterns
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- anises
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- mantic
-
adjective,
of or relating to divination.
- stimes
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- Animas
-
noun,
soul; life.
- mantis
-
noun,
any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- asemia
-
noun,
inability to comprehend or use communicative symbols, as words or gestures.
- Mastic
-
noun,
Also called mastic tree, lentisk. a small Mediterranean tree, Pistacia lentiscus, of the cashew family, that is the source of an aromatic resin used in making varnish and adhesives.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- scenas
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- Carmen
-
noun,
Ciudad del Carmen.
- scents
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- Carman
-
noun,
one of the crew of a streetcar or the like, as the motorman.
- Carina
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- Carian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Caria.
- 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.
- caress
-
noun,
an act or gesture expressing affection, as an embrace or kiss, especially a light stroking or touching.
- scrams
-
noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- scream
-
noun,
a loud, sharp, piercing cry:
- carats
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- scries
-
verb (used without object),
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- scrims
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- trans.
-
- Seaman
-
noun,
a person skilled in seamanship.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- carses
-
noun,
bottom land.
- sirens
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- minces
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- satins
-
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.
- catena
-
noun,
a chain or connected series, especially of extracts from the writings of the fathers of the Christian church.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- masers
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- miners
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- castes
-
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.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Cassie
-
noun,
huisache.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Cassia
-
noun,
Also called cassia bark, Chinese cinnamon. a variety of cinnamon derived from the cassia-bark tree.
- casita
-
noun,
a small crude dwelling forming part of a shantytown inhabited by Mexican laborers in the southwestern U.S.
- scants
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- 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.
- scares
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- scarts
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- cantar
-
noun,
a poem consisting of four-line stanzas, each line having eight syllables.
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- metric
-
noun,
Often, metrics. a standard for measuring or evaluating something, especially one that uses figures or statistics:
- simars
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Mersin
-
noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- serins
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- siesta
-
noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- simian
-
noun,
an ape or monkey.
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- assert
-
Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- assent
-
noun,
agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
- Maisie
-
noun,
a female given name, Scottish form of Margaret.
- Mercia
-
noun,
an early English kingdom in central Britain.
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- maists
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- asians
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- acmite
-
noun,
a rare pyroxene mineral, sodium-ferric iron silicate, NaFe(Si 2 O 6), found in feldspathoid rocks.
- serais
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- seracs
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- Namtar
-
noun,
the Sumerian and Akkadian demon personifying death.
- camise
-
noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- seisin
-
noun,
seizin.
- camera
-
noun,
a device for capturing a photographic image or recording a video, using film or digital memory.
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- actin-
-
- camass
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Camassia, of the lily family, especially C. quamash, of western North America, having long clusters of blue to white flowers and edible bulbs.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- tmesis
-
noun,
the interpolation of one or more words between the parts of a compound word, as be thou ware for beware.
- caiman
-
noun,
any of several tropical American crocodilians of the genus Caiman and allied genera: some are endangered.
- 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.
- macers
-
noun,
macebearer.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- messin
-
noun,
messan.
- messan
-
noun,
a lap dog; small pet dog.
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- mast-
-
- masts
-
noun,
Nautical.
a spar or structure rising above the hull and upper portions of a ship or boat to hold sails, spars, rigging, booms, signals, etc., at some point on the fore-and-aft line, as a foremast or mainmast.
any of a number of individual spars composing such a structure, as a topmast supported on trestletrees at the head of a lower mast.
any of various portions of a single spar that are beside particular sails, as a top-gallant mast and royal mast formed as a single spar.
- Massa
-
noun,
marse.
- masse
-
noun,
a stroke made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held almost or quite perpendicular to the table.
- mini-
-
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- mesic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
- meta-
-
- misce
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) mix.
- misc.
-
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- metr-
-
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Miass
-
noun,
a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia, near the Ural Mountains, W of Chelyabinsk.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- micas
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- micra
-
noun,
a plural of micron.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- MINCE
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- minis
-
noun,
miniskirt.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- mesas
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- matr-
-
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Naima
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “benevolent.”.
- McRae
-
noun,
Carmen, 1920–94, U.S. jazz singer and songwriter.
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- MSEnt
-
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- Merci
-
interjection,
thank you.
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- Mists
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- Misti
-
noun,
El Misti.
- Missa
-
noun,
Mass.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- Miss.
-
- mises
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- Merca
-
noun,
a city in S Somalia.
- metic
-
noun,
an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Names
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- ster.
-
- Srta.
-
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Stans
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- Tamas
-
noun,
See under guna.
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Seric
-
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- seti-
-
- Sices
-
noun,
syce.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- simas
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- Sinas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- sines
-
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.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- 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.
- siris
-
noun,
lebbek (def 1).
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- Tamar
-
noun,
the daughter of David and half-sister of Absalom. II Sam. 13.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- trama
-
noun,
a specialized hyphal tissue constituting the internal structure of mushroom gills, pore tubes, or spines.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- treas
-
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- tears
-
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- tera-
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- term.
-
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- 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.
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- 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.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- reams
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- Recit
-
- rect.
-
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- 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.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- reni-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- ricin
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- Nasca
-
adjective,
Nazca.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- nears
-
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- 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.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- nitr-
-
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- 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).
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Raman
-
noun,
Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata [chuhn-druh-shey-ker-uh veng-kuh-tuh] /ˈtʃʌn drəˈʃeɪ kər ə ˈvɛŋ kə tə/ (Show IPA), 1888–1970, Indian physicist: Nobel prize 1930.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- scams
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- scans
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- scat-
-
- scats
-
noun,
scat singing.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- 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.
- SCRAM
-
noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- scrim
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- seams
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- seats
-
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.
- sect.
-
- seism
-
noun,
an earthquake.
- semi-
-
- semis
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, the half part of an as.
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Samar
-
noun,
an island in the E central Philippines. 5309 sq. mi. (13,750 sq. km).
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- sains
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Saman
-
noun,
a Persian noble who lived in the 8th century a.d., progenitor of the Samanid dynasty.
- Samas
-
noun,
the Sufi practice of gathering to listen to religious poetry that is sung, often accompanied by ecstatic dance or other ritual.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- sanes
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- sanit
-
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- 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.
- sarc-
-
- saris
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- sasin
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- sates
-
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.
- Sans.
-
- masc.
-
- cent.
-
- 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.
- cata-
-
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Ceara
-
noun,
Fortaleza.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- 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: ¢.
- casas
-
noun,
Bartolomé de las [bahr-taw-law-me th e lahs] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ ðɛ lɑs/ (Show IPA), Las Casas, Bartolomé de.
- Ceram
-
noun,
an island of the Moluccas in Indonesia, W of New Guinea. 7191 sq. mi. (18,625 sq. km).
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- cases
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Cant.
-
- 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.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Caria
-
noun,
an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Carme
-
noun,
a small natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- cine-
-
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Canea
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Crete, on the W part.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- 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.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- iasis
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- IATSE
-
- Iceni
-
noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- ician
-
- imine
-
noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- imit.
-
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- 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.
- incr.
-
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- init.
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- 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.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- cists
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Masan
-
noun,
a seaport in SE South Korea.
- crams
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- crass
-
adjective,
without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity; gross; obtuse; stupid:
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- cream
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- cress
-
noun,
any of various plants of the mustard family, especially the watercress, having pungent-tasting leaves often used for salad and as a garnish.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- crim.
-
- crime
-
noun,
an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- crit.
-
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- camis
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- intr.
-
- anat.
-
- Amer.
-
- AMICE
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- amin-
-
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- amiss
-
Idioms,
take amiss, to be offended at or resentful of (something not meant to cause offense or resentment); misunderstand:
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- anim.
-
- anima
-
noun,
soul; life.
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- anis-
-
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- Amati
-
noun,
Nicolò [nee-kaw-law] /ˌni kɔˈlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1596–1684, Italian violinmaker, one of a famous family of 16th- and 17th-century violinmakers: teacher of Antonio Stradivari.
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- aemia
-
- 30-30
-
- acari
-
noun,
plural of acarus.
- acet-
-
- acmes
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- 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.
- 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.
- aecia
-
noun,
the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
- aeri-
-
- amate
-
verb (used with object),
to dismay; daunt.
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- amain
-
adverb,
with full force.
- amass
-
verb (used with object),
to gather for oneself; collect as one's own:
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- ante-
-
- cames
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- asst.
-
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- assai
-
noun,
any of several slender Brazilian palms of the genus Euterpe, especially E. edulis, a species bearing a purple fruit from which a beverage is made by infusion.
- Assam
-
noun,
a state in NE India. 30,285 sq. mi. (78,438 sq. km). Capital: Dispur.
- Asser
-
noun,
Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- assn.
-
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- ASCII
-
noun,
a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- astr.
-
- Atman
-
noun,
the principle of life.
- 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.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- ASEAN
-
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- anti-
-
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- 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.
- 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.
- Areca
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- Arica
-
noun,
a seaport in N Chile.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Armen
-
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- inst.
-
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Iran.
-
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Issei
-
noun,
a Japanese person who immigrated to the U.S. or Canada after 1907 and was not eligible until 1952 for citizenship.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- Maera
-
noun,
Hecuba, after being changed into a dog for blinding Polymestor.
- mania
-
noun,
excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
- Marta
-
noun,
a female given name.
- maces
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- Isiac
-
adjective,
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- marcs
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- Maria
-
noun,
calaba.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- macer
-
noun,
macebearer.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- Isaac
-
noun,
a son of Abraham and Sarah, and father of Jacob. Gen. 21:1–4.
- Marat
-
noun,
Jean Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1743–93, French politician and journalist: leader in the French Revolution; assassinated by Charlotte Corday d'Armont.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- maars
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- maras
-
noun,
a city in S Turkey, NE of Adana.
- manic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affected by mania.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- Masai
-
noun,
a member of an African people inhabiting the highlands of Kenya and Tanzania and having a largely pastoral economy and a society based on the patrilineal clan.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- manas
-
noun,
the rational faculty of the mind.
- istic
-
- Manat
-
noun,
a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess personifying fortune, sometimes considered a daughter of Allah.
- Manta
-
noun,
(in Spain and Spanish America) a cloak or wrap.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- SASE
-
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- 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.
- cen.
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Sat.
-
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- cat.
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Casa
-
noun,
a house.
- sci.
-
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- ant.
-
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- itis
-
- ANSI
-
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Cass
-
noun,
Lewis, 1782–1866, U.S. statesman.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- CERN
-
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- meas
-
- 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.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- 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.
- Sacs
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- SAMA
-
noun,
the Sufi practice of gathering to listen to religious poetry that is sung, often accompanied by ecstatic dance or other ritual.
- Sam.
-
- crat
-
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Cres
-
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- ance
-
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- 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.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Anas
-
- Anam
-
noun,
Annam.
- amt.
-
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- Mar.
-
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- RNAS
-
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cess
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- mis-
-
- cet-
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- ISSN
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- men-
-
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- str.
-
- cir.
-
- isms
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- 1080
-
- cis-
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cit.
-
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Sams
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Samuel.
- 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.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- met.
-
- SRAM
-
- ASME
-
- 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.
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- mess
-
noun,
a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition:
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Man.
-
- Sims
-
noun,
William Sowden [soud-n] /ˈsaʊd n/ (Show IPA), 1858–1936, U.S. admiral, born in Canada.
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- ASSR
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- 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).
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- Mac-
-
- ASTM
-
- Maat
-
noun,
the goddess personifying law and righteousness.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- asis
-
- Sra.
-
- 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).
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- art.
-
- SMSA
-
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Maia
-
noun,
the eldest of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes by Zeus.
- ARIS
-
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- asc-
-
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- mes-
-
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- 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).
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- atm.
-
- scr.
-
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- sec.
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- 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.
- Mic.
-
- 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.
- mica
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- Can.
-
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- Aram
-
noun,
Biblical name of ancient Syria.
- SCSI
-
noun,
a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Cara
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Ste.
-
- min.
-
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Cana
-
noun,
an ancient town in N Israel, in Galilee: scene of Jesus' first miracle. John 2:1, 11.
- Secs
-
noun,
second2 (def 2).
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- atic
-
- Maas
-
noun,
Dutch name of the Meuse.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Mana
-
noun,
a generalized, supernatural force or power, which may be concentrated in objects or persons.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- cams
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- maar
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- 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.
- ment
-
- Sem.
-
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- arca
-
noun,
a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Arm.
-
- Mara
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of death, sometimes seen as one aspect of a god whose other aspect is Kama, or erotic desire.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- aet.
-
- 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.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- NTIA
-
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- aer-
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- IAEA
-
- iana
-
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- 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):
- IATA
-
- NIRA
-
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- Acta
-
plural noun,
official records, as of acts, deeds, proceedings, transactions, or the like.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Aire
-
- Rama
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) any of the three avatars of Vishnu: Balarama, Parashurama, or Ramachandra.
- ESIS
-
- est.
-
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- 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.
- 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).
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- etc.
-
- 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.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- AIME
-
- MNAS
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Nama
-
noun,
a member of a Khoikhoi people of Namaqualand, in SW Africa.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- MSAE
-
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- INRI
-
- ins.
-
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- MSCE
-
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- mRNA
-
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- int.
-
- msec
-
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- NACA
-
- tRNA
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- MSTS
-
- MSSc
-
- MSIE
-
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Ice.
-
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- 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.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- 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.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- acr-
-
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- 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.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- 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.
- masa
-
noun,
flour or dough made of dried, ground corn, used especially for tortillas.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- acea
-
- inae
-
- Mass
-
noun,
a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size:
- NCTE
-
- NCAA
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- tri-
-
- Inc.
-
- ter.
-
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Tasm
-
- amas
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- 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.
- emia
-
- ctr.
-
- MARC
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- 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.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- cts.
-
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- RIIA
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- 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.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- ect-
-
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- AISI
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- ten.
-
- Ens.
-
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- enc.
-
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- rit.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- 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.
- 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.
- Ire.
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Aman
-
noun,
Haman.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- 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.
- SRS
-
- TSI
-
- ss.
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- SMS
-
- Sr.
-
- Ar.
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- AAE
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- an.
-
- AMA
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- AIA
-
- MCI
-
- ANC
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ac-
-
- Aar
-
- Am.
-
- TSE
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- AAM
-
- tra
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- AEC
-
- 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.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- 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.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- AIC
-
- TIA
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- TCA
-
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- STI
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- TCS
-
- AEA
-
- SSA
-
- SSN
-
- MCR
-
- SSC
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- SSE
-
- AME
-
- AMC
-
- SSI
-
- SSM
-
- ACS
-
- ae.
-
- SSR
-
- tr.
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- SST
-
- St.
-
- Sta
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- STM
-
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- AMS
-
- MIE
-
- ARS
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- en-
-
- REA
-
- RCT
-
- RCN
-
- RCA
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- IRC
-
- rat
-
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
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- Esc
-
- ESR
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- ics
-
- EMT
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- ean
-
- CTA
-
- cte
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- EAA
-
- SMA
-
- EAM
-
- 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.
- EMR
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- MIT
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ec-
-
- ECA
-
- ECM
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- RMA
-
- CSR
-
- MSA
-
- MRE
-
- in.
-
- NEC
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- NEA
-
- ne-
-
- MRI
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ine
-
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MSE
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Ir.
-
- NAA
-
- MTS
-
- mtn
-
- MTI
-
- Mt.
-
- MST
-
- MSN
-
- MRA
-
- ier
-
- Re.
-
- Ia.
-
- RCS
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- NSC
-
- NSA
-
- NRC
-
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- NMR
-
- NMI
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- MNS
-
- IAS
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- MNA
-
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- MNE
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NIA
-
- 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
-
- CST
-
- 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.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- se-
-
- CAA
-
- CAI
-
- mi.
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- CAM
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- MAA
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- SCS
-
- cs.
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- MSI
-
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- SCM
-
- MSC
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- CSA
-
- Me.
-
- Mc-
-
- ct.
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- sc.
-
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ase
-
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- ASI
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ASM
-
- ASN
-
- ASR
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- cr.
-
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- ast
-
- 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).
- at.
-
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- ATA
-
- ATC
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- 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).
- ca.
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- TSS
-
- ite
-
- RSS
-
- CNS
-
- ise
-
- SAE
-
- ISA
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- SAA
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- CMA
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- RNA
-
- RMC
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- IRS
-
- CRS
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- CRT
-
- CNM
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- SAR
-
- ITC
-
- CEA
-
- ITA
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ist
-
- CIA
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- CIE
-
- CIM
-
- ISR
-
- R.
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ic
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
-
- NI
-
- NC
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- i.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- NM
-
- SN
-
- M.
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- MN
-
- SA
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- CM
-
- CE
-
- TC
-
- SM
-
- S.
-
- RN
-
- RC
-
- T1
-
- t.
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- 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.
- TN
-
- TM
-
- RI
-