Anagrams of sectarianize
Word sectarianize has
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- catenaries
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noun,
Mathematics. the curve assumed approximately by a heavy uniform cord or chain hanging freely from two points not in the same vertical line. Equation: y = k cos h (x / k).
- insectaria
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noun,
a place in which a collection of living insects is kept, as in a zoo.
- ecarinate
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adjective,
having no carina or keel.
- iterances
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noun,
iteration.
- ascertain
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verb (used with object),
to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine:
- scientize
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verb (used with object),
to apply or attempt to apply scientific principles to:
- atrazines
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noun,
a white crystalline compound, C 8 H 14 N 5 Cl, used as an herbicide to control weeds, especially in corn crops.
- cretinize
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become cretinous; cause (a person) to be incapable of normal intelligence or sound judgment.
- craniates
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noun,
a craniate animal.
- anti-icer
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noun,
a device used to prevent the forming of ice, as on an airplane propeller.
- triazines
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noun,
any of a group of three compounds containing three nitrogen and three carbon atoms arranged in a six-membered ring and having the formula C 3 H 3 N 3 .
- sectarian
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noun,
a member of a sect.
- nectaries
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noun,
Botany. an organ or part that secretes nectar.
- caseinate
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noun,
a metallic salt of casein.
- acierates
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verb (used with object),
to convert (iron) into steel.
- sanitizer
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noun,
a substance or preparation for killing germs, designed for use especially on food-processing equipment.
- creatines
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noun,
an amino acid, C 4 H 9 N 3 O 2 , that is a constituent of the muscles of vertebrates and is phosphorylated to store energy used for muscular contraction.
- centiares
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noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- Cartesian
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noun,
a follower of Cartesian thought.
- nectarize
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verb (used with object),
to mix or saturate with nectar.
- Artesian
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adjective,
noting, pertaining to, or characteristic of an artesian well.
- sarcenet
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noun,
a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used especially for linings.
- Nazirite
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noun,
Nazarite.
- centiare
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noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- cisterna
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noun,
cistern (def 2).
- 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.
- serenata
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noun,
a form of secular cantata, often of a dramatic or imaginative character.
- creatine
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noun,
an amino acid, C 4 H 9 N 3 O 2 , that is a constituent of the muscles of vertebrates and is phosphorylated to store energy used for muscular contraction.
- sanitize
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verb (used with object),
to free from dirt, germs, etc., as by cleaning or sterilizing.
- sericate
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adjective,
sericeous; silky.
- Nazarite
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noun,
(among the ancient Hebrews) a person who had taken certain strict religious vows, usually for a limited period.
- satirize
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verb (used with object),
to attack or ridicule with satire.
- triazine
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noun,
any of a group of three compounds containing three nitrogen and three carbon atoms arranged in a six-membered ring and having the formula C 3 H 3 N 3 .
- increate
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adjective,
not created; uncreated.
- 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.
- arenites
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noun,
psammite.
- carinate
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adjective,
Zoology, Botany. formed with a carina; keellike.
- arcanist
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noun,
a person professing special secret knowledge concerning ceramics, especially concerning the making of porcelain.
- seatrain
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noun,
a ship for the transportation of loaded railroad cars.
- secretin
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noun,
a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- inertias
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- Increase
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noun,
growth or augmentation in numbers, size, strength, quality, etc.:
- arsenite
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- craniate
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noun,
a craniate animal.
- scienter
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noun,
a mental state in which one has knowledge that one’s action, statement, etc., is wrong, deceptive, or illegal: often used as a standard of guilt:
- iterance
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noun,
iteration.
- sericite
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noun,
a fine-grained variety of muscovite produced by the alteration of feldspar.
- citrines
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noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- crinites
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- arsenate
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenic acid.
- niceties
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noun,
a delicate or fine point; punctilio:
- tzarinas
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noun,
czarina.
- Erastian
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noun,
an advocate of Erastianism.
- zincates
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noun,
a salt derived from H 2 ZnO 2 , the acid form of amphoteric zinc hydroxide.
- acierate
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verb (used with object),
to convert (iron) into steel.
- resinate
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- atrazine
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noun,
a white crystalline compound, C 8 H 14 N 5 Cl, used as an herbicide to control weeds, especially in corn crops.
- acarines
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noun,
any of numerous arachnids of the order Acarina, comprising the mites and ticks.
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- Caterina
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noun,
a female given name, form of Catherine.
- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- canister
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noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- caterans
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noun,
(formerly) a freebooter or marauder of the Scottish Highlands.
- 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.
- actinias
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noun,
a sea anemone, especially of the genus Actinia.
- Canarese
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noun,
one of a Dravidian people living mainly in the state of Karnataka, in southwest India.
- zairians
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Zaire.
- Cesarean
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noun,
Also called Cesarean section, C-section. an operation by which a fetus is taken from the uterus by cutting through the walls of the abdomen and uterus.
- niteries
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noun,
a nightclub.
- zincites
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noun,
a brittle, deep-red to orange-yellow mineral, native zinc oxide, ZnO, usually massive or granular: formerly an important ore of zinc.
- centares
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noun,
centiare.
- czarinas
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noun,
the wife of a czar; Russian empress.
- Estancia
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noun,
(in Spanish America) a landed estate or a cattle ranch.
- cineaste
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noun,
any person, especially a director or producer, associated professionally with filmmaking.
- entires
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- cretins
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- entries
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noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- ecartes
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noun,
a card game for two players.
- atresia
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noun,
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
- 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.
- tenrecs
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noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- incites
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verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- Insecta
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noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- crenate
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adjective,
having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.
- Cairene
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noun,
a native or resident of Cairo, Egypt.
- inertia
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- entices
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verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- crinite
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- enteric
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noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- etesian
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adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- sirenic
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adjective,
of or characteristic of a siren; melodious, tempting, or alluring.
- 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.
- artisan
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noun,
a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
- Asiatic
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noun,
an Asian person.
- sericin
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noun,
a gelatinous organic compound that holds the two strands of natural silk together.
- Setaria
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noun,
any grass of the genus Setaria, having a dense panicle, grown for forage.
- seriate
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adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- czarina
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noun,
the wife of a czar; Russian empress.
- canters
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noun,
an easy gallop.
- czarist
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noun,
an adherent of a czar or of czarism.
- Astaire
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noun,
Fred, 1899–1987, U.S. dancer and actor.
- Ascenez
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noun,
Ashkenaz.
- Sinatra
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noun,
Frank (Francis Albert) 1915–98, U.S. singer and actor.
- iatrics
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- Icarian
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noun,
an inhabitant of Icaria.
- arnicas
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noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- sincere
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adjective,
free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest:
- Artesia
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noun,
a city in S California.
- Steiner
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noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- eristic
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noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- stearic
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adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- tenaces
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noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- earnest
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noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- tierces
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noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- Teniers
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noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- careens
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noun,
a careening.
- arenite
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noun,
psammite.
- scrinia
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noun,
a cylindrical container used in ancient Rome to hold papyrus rolls.
- creates
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adjective,
Archaic. created.
- zeatins
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noun,
a cytokinin occurring in corn, spinach, and peas.
- neritic
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adjective,
of or relating to the region of water lying directly above the sublittoral zone of the sea bottom.
- tsarina
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noun,
czarina.
- tzarina
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noun,
czarina.
- cistern
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noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- Nicetas
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noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- Caserta
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noun,
a city in S Italy, near Naples.
- tanrecs
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noun,
tenrec.
- aerates
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verb (used with object),
to expose to the action or effect of air or to cause air to circulate through:
- cetanes
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noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- certain
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Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- cateran
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noun,
(formerly) a freebooter or marauder of the Scottish Highlands.
- Actinia
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noun,
a sea anemone, especially of the genus Actinia.
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- acrasin
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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.
- nectars
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noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- cerates
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noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- acetins
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noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- acerate
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adjective,
acerose1 .
- centri-
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- acarine
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noun,
any of numerous arachnids of the order Acarina, comprising the mites and ticks.
- recants
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verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- tarzans
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noun,
the hero of a series of jungle stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
- centres
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noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- recites
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verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- zincate
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noun,
a salt derived from H 2 ZnO 2 , the acid form of amphoteric zinc hydroxide.
- zincite
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noun,
a brittle, deep-red to orange-yellow mineral, native zinc oxide, ZnO, usually massive or granular: formerly an important ore of zinc.
- centare
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noun,
centiare.
- caseate
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verb (used without object),
to undergo caseation.
- zairian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Zaire.
- Eastern
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adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- citizen
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noun,
a native or naturalized member of a state or nation who owes allegiance to its government and is entitled to its protection (distinguished from alien).
- 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.
- antiars
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noun,
the upas tree.
- irenics
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noun,
the branch of theology dealing with the promotion of peace and conciliation among Christian churches.
Compare polemics (def 2).
- Antares
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noun,
a red supergiant star of the first magnitude in the constellation Scorpius.
- crazies
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noun,
Slang. an unpredictable, nonconforming person; oddball:
- Sazerac
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- citrins
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noun,
bioflavonoid.
- satanic
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adjective,
of Satan.
- citrine
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noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- caritas
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noun,
charity.
- 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.
- Sarazen
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noun,
Gene (Eugene Saraceni) 1902–1999, U.S. golfer.
- trainee
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noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- trienes
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- Saracen
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noun,
History/Historical. a member of any of the nomadic tribes on the Syrian borders of the Roman Empire.
- Sarcina
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noun,
any of several spherical, saprophytic bacteria of the genus Sarcina, having a cuboidal cell arrangement.
- 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.
- stance
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noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- easier
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noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- centra
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noun,
a plural of centrum.
- crease
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noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- cretin
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- Centre
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noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- tarsia
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noun,
intarsia.
- crazes
-
noun,
a popular or widespread fad, fashion, etc.; mania:
- Easter
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noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- centr-
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- stanza
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noun,
an arrangement of a certain number of lines, usually four or more, sometimes having a fixed length, meter, or rhyme scheme, forming a division of a poem.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Strain
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- cerat-
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- taenia
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noun,
Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
- cities
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- C-star
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noun,
carbon star.
- Strine
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noun,
Australian English.
- create
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adjective,
Archaic. created.
- steric
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adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- tanrec
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noun,
tenrec.
- Crista
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noun,
a crest or ridge.
- cerate
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noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- cetane
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noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- Cesena
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noun,
a city in E central Italy.
- certes
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adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- citrin
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noun,
bioflavonoid.
- cerise
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adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- Sterne
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noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- cerias
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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.
- Crania
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noun,
the skull of a vertebrate.
- Renata
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Stacia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- santir
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noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- nitric
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adjective,
containing nitrogen, usually in the pentavalent state.
- nitres
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noun,
niter.
- niters
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- sancta
-
noun,
a sacred or holy place.
- Nicias
-
noun,
died 413 b.c, Athenian statesman and general.
- Nicaea
-
noun,
an ancient city in NW Asia Minor: Nicene Creed formulated here a.d.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- Sarnia
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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.
- nastic
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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.
- NASCAR
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noun,
National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.
- sateen
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noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- nacres
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noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- Itasca
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noun,
Lake, a lake in N Minnesota: one of the sources of the Mississippi River.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- screen
-
noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- Rienzi
-
noun,
Cola di [kaw-lah dee] /ˈkɔ lɑ di/ (Show IPA), (Nicholas Gabrini) 1313?–54, Roman orator and tribune.
- racist
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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.
- Isaian
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of Isaiah or of the book of the Bible bearing his name.
- reatas
-
noun,
riata.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- reseat
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verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- resect
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- recti-
-
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- Recent
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noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- ricins
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noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- razees
-
noun,
a ship, especially a warship, reduced in height by the removal of the upper deck.
- retain
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- ratine
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- ratans
-
noun,
rattan.
- 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.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- raisin
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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.
- riatas
-
noun,
a lariat.
- Raetic
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noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- 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.
- seance
-
noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- ecarte
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- 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.
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- escent
-
- ersatz
-
noun,
an artificial substance or article used to replace something natural or genuine; a substitute.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- entice
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- enter-
-
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- encase
-
verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- ecrase
-
adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- iatric
-
adjective,
of or relating to a physician or medicine; medical.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- irenic
-
adjective,
tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory.
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- secern
-
verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- intra-
-
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- inter.
-
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- instr.
-
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- 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.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- incite
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- incise
-
verb (used with object),
to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- seizin
-
noun,
(originally) possession of either land or chattel.
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- Seneca
-
noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- centi-
-
- Icaria
-
noun,
Also, Ikaria. a Greek island in the Aegean Sea: a part of the Southern Sporades group. 99 sq. mi. (256 sq. km).
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- Center
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- Asante
-
noun,
Ashanti.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- 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.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- azines
-
noun,
any of a group of six-membered heterocyclic compounds containing one or more nitrogen atoms in the ring, the number of nitrogen atoms present being indicated by a prefix, as in diazine or triazine.
- aztecs
-
noun,
a member of a Nahuatl-speaking state in central Mexico that was conquered by Cortés in 1521.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- arnica
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- 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.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- tenrec
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- cantar
-
noun,
a poem consisting of four-line stanzas, each line having eight syllables.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- carats
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- careen
-
noun,
a careening.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Carian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Caria.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- Carina
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Zenist
-
noun,
a person who advocates or practices Zen.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- zeatin
-
noun,
a cytokinin occurring in corn, spinach, and peas.
- actin-
-
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- zanies
-
noun,
one who plays the clown or fool in order to amuse others.
- Aeneas
-
noun,
a Trojan hero, the reputed ancestor of the Romans: protagonist of the Aeneid.
- aerate
-
verb (used with object),
to expose to the action or effect of air or to cause air to circulate through:
- zaires
-
noun,
Republic of, a former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- Arista
-
noun,
Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
- ansate
-
adjective,
having a handle or handlelike part.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- antiar
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- trans.
-
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- arcane
-
adjective,
known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric:
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- arecas
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Ariane
-
noun,
Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
- tenace
-
noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- arsen-
-
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- Tarzan
-
noun,
the hero of a series of jungle stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- catena
-
noun,
a chain or connected series, especially of extracts from the writings of the fathers of the Christian church.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- censer
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- casita
-
noun,
a small crude dwelling forming part of a shantytown inhabited by Mexican laborers in the southwestern U.S.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- ante-
-
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- izars
-
noun,
a long, usually white cotton dress that covers the body completely, worn by women of North Africa and the Middle East.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- scat-
-
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- 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.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- nazir
-
noun,
(in Muslim countries) the title of any of various public officials.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- anis-
-
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- Nasca
-
adjective,
Nazca.
- 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.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- anti-
-
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- istic
-
- sect.
-
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- inst.
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- init.
-
- craze
-
noun,
a popular or widespread fad, fashion, etc.; mania:
- 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.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Tisza
-
noun,
a river in S central Europe, rising in the Ukraine and flowing from the Carpathian Mountains along the Romanian border into E Hungary, Slovakia, and Serbia, where it joins the Danube N of Belgrade. 800 miles (1290 km) long.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- incr.
-
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- Areca
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Isiac
-
adjective,
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
- 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.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Anzac
-
noun,
a member of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps during World War I.
- treas
-
- cert.
-
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Iran.
-
- 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.
- cata-
-
- intr.
-
- 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.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- sarc-
-
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- razes
-
verb (used with object),
to tear down; demolish; level to the ground:
- razee
-
noun,
a ship, especially a warship, reduced in height by the removal of the upper deck.
- Zeist
-
noun,
a city in the central Netherlands.
- zeins
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a soft, yellow powder of simple proteins obtained from corn, used chiefly in the manufacture of textile fibers, plastics, and paper coatings.
- 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.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- 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.
- Zaria
-
noun,
a city in N central Nigeria.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- acet-
-
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- 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.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- 30-30
-
- 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.
- 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.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- zitis
-
noun,
a tubular pasta in short pieces, similar to rigatoni, often baked in a tomato sauce.
- rect.
-
- aceae
-
- zincs
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, bluish-white metallic element: used in making galvanized iron, brass, and other alloys, and as an element in voltaic cells. Symbol: Zn; atomic weight: 65.37; atomic number: 30; specific gravity: 7.14 at 20°C.
- zetas
-
noun,
the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet (Z, ζ).
- Recit
-
- acari
-
noun,
plural of acarus.
- cent.
-
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- Zenia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “hospitality.”.
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- 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).
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Zaire
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equal to 100 makuta.
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- sanit
-
- tzars
-
noun,
czar.
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Ceara
-
noun,
Fortaleza.
- anat.
-
- nears
-
- 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.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- ricin
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- Zante
-
noun,
a Greek island, off the W coast of Greece: southernmost of the Ionian Islands. 157 sq. mi. (407 sq. km).
- tears
-
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- aecia
-
noun,
the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- 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: ¢.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- nitr-
-
- aeri-
-
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- Ariz.
-
- 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.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- sizer
-
noun,
any device for measuring or sorting objects according to size.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- tera-
-
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- Srta.
-
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- 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.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Canea
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Crete, on the W part.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- 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.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- 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.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- 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.
- sizar
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University and at Trinity College, Dublin) an undergraduate who receives maintenance aid from the college.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- azans
-
noun,
(in Islamic countries) the call to prayer proclaimed five times a day by the muezzin.
- azine
-
noun,
any of a group of six-membered heterocyclic compounds containing one or more nitrogen atoms in the ring, the number of nitrogen atoms present being indicated by a prefix, as in diazine or triazine.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Aztec
-
noun,
a member of a Nahuatl-speaking state in central Mexico that was conquered by Cortés in 1521.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Caria
-
noun,
an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- reni-
-
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Cant.
-
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- ster.
-
- czars
-
noun,
an emperor or king.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Caras
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- carat
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- crit.
-
- 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.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- Isaac
-
noun,
a son of Abraham and Sarah, and father of Jacob. Gen. 21:1–4.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Iceni
-
noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- 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.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- seti-
-
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- ician
-
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- 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.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- cine-
-
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- ASCII
-
noun,
a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
- Seric
-
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- IATSE
-
- 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.
- 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.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- 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.
- astr.
-
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- 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.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- seize
-
verb (used with object),
to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp:
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- ASEAN
-
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- 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.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- zinc
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, bluish-white metallic element: used in making galvanized iron, brass, and other alloys, and as an element in voltaic cells. Symbol: Zn; atomic weight: 65.37; atomic number: 30; specific gravity: 7.14 at 20°C.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- sec.
-
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- ZETA
-
noun,
the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet (Z, ζ).
- ten.
-
- zest
-
noun,
keen relish; hearty enjoyment; gusto.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- zits
-
noun,
a pimple; skin blemish.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- ziti
-
noun,
a tubular pasta in short pieces, similar to rigatoni, often baked in a tomato sauce.
- 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.
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- zein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a soft, yellow powder of simple proteins obtained from corn, used chiefly in the manufacture of textile fibers, plastics, and paper coatings.
- zees
-
noun,
the letter Z or z.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- str.
-
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- tzar
-
noun,
czar.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- sci.
-
- tRNA
-
- size
-
noun,
the spatial dimensions, proportions, magnitude, or bulk of anything:
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- 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.
- 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.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- Sat.
-
- tri-
-
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- 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.
- Sra.
-
- ter.
-
- Zara
-
noun,
former name of Zadar.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Ste.
-
- Zane
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- 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.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- RIIA
-
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rit.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- Ritz
-
noun,
ostentatious or pretentious display.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- RNAS
-
- 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.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- 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.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- 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.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- scr.
-
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Ice.
-
- IATA
-
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- 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).
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- iana
-
- IAEA
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Ezra
-
noun,
a Jewish scribe and prophet of the 5th century b.c., who with Nehemiah led the revival of Judaism in Palestine.
- 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.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- etc.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- est.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- atic
-
- Azan
-
noun,
(in Islamic countries) the call to prayer proclaimed five times a day by the muezzin.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Ire.
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- ARIS
-
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- art.
-
- inae
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- int.
-
- ins.
-
- INRI
-
- Inez
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Agnes.
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- asc-
-
- 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.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- Inc.
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- 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.
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- cat.
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- 1080
-
- czar
-
noun,
an emperor or king.
- cts.
-
- cen.
-
- ctr.
-
- cene
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- CERN
-
- 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.
- cet-
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- cir.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cis-
-
- Cres
-
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- crat
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Ens.
-
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- ence
-
- enc.
-
- Can.
-
- Cana
-
noun,
an ancient town in N Israel, in Galilee: scene of Jesus' first miracle. John 2:1, 11.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- Cara
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- ect-
-
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Casa
-
noun,
a house.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- arca
-
noun,
a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
- 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.
- NTIA
-
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- aer-
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- aet.
-
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Aire
-
- 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.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- 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):
- NIRA
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- AISI
-
- Acta
-
plural noun,
official records, as of acts, deeds, proceedings, transactions, or the like.
- acr-
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- 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.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- AAEE
-
- raze
-
verb (used with object),
to tear down; demolish; level to the ground:
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- 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.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- acea
-
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- 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.
- cit.
-
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- ANSI
-
- Nazi
-
noun,
a member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party, which controlled Germany from 1933 to 1945 under Adolf Hitler and advocated totalitarian government, territorial expansion, anti-Semitism, and Aryan supremacy, all these leading directly to World War II and the Holocaust.
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- Anza
-
noun,
Juan Bautista de [hwahn bou-tees-tah th e] /ʰwɑn baʊˈtis tɑ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1735–88, Spanish frontiersman and army officer, born in Mexico: explored western coast of U.S.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- NCAA
-
- 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.
- ant.
-
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- NCTE
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- ance
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- itis
-
- Naze
-
noun,
The, Lindesnes.
- Izar
-
noun,
a long, usually white cotton dress that covers the body completely, worn by women of North Africa and the Middle East.
- Anas
-
- NACA
-
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- ARS
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- Zen
-
noun,
Chinese Ch'an. Buddhism. a Mahayana movement, introduced into China in the 6th century a.d. and into Japan in the 12th century, that emphasizes enlightenment for the student by the most direct possible means, accepting formal studies and observances only when they form part of such means.
Compare koan, mondo1 .
- CEA
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- ASN
-
- 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.
- an.
-
- 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.
- ac-
-
- zit
-
noun,
a pimple; skin blemish.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- AIA
-
- CIE
-
- CIA
-
- Ar.
-
- TCS
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- AAE
-
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- Aar
-
- TCA
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- ANC
-
- az-
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- 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.
- ATC
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ASI
-
- 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.
- ca.
-
- ATA
-
- at.
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- TIA
-
- ast
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TSE
-
- 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.
- zee
-
noun,
the letter Z or z.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ACS
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Zea
-
noun,
Keos.
- ASR
-
- ae.
-
- AEA
-
- AEC
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- cr.
-
- CAI
-
- CAA
-
- ct.
-
- AIC
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- cs.
-
- ase
-
- TSI
-
- ec-
-
- CNS
-
- ITC
-
- 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
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- SAR
-
- NEC
-
- NEA
-
- ne-
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NAA
-
- sc.
-
- ize
-
- ite
-
- ITA
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- ist
-
- ISR
-
- ise
-
- se-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- ISA
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- IRS
-
- IRC
-
- Ir.
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- ine
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- Re.
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- REA
-
- RCT
-
- RCN
-
- RCA
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- 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.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- SAE
-
- RSE
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- nr.
-
- SAA
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSA
-
- RCS
-
- Rs.
-
- NRA
-
- RNA
-
- NRC
-
- NSA
-
- NSC
-
- in.
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ier
-
- 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.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ene
-
- en-
-
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- EEC
-
- Sr.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ECA
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- Sta
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ean
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- EAA
-
- ea.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- STI
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- cte
-
- CTA
-
- CST
-
- CSR
-
- CSA
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- CRT
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- CRS
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- St.
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ETS
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- Ez.
-
- ETR
-
- ESR
-
- ics
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ese
-
- 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).
- Esc
-
- 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).
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- ESA
-
- ERT
-
- Ia.
-
- RN
-
- Zn
-
- 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.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- i.
-
- T1
-
- ic
-
- t.
-
- ZI
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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.
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- TC
-
- RI
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- CZ
-
- 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.
- CE
-
- NZ
-
- NI
-
- SN
-
- NC
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- SA
-
- S.
-
- z.
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ZA
-
noun,
pizza.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- TN
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
-
- ee
-
- R.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RC
-
- Zr
-