Anagrams of sedimentations
Word sedimentations has
1912 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of sedimentations.
- Saint-Simon
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noun,
Comte de, 1760–1825, French philosopher and social scientist.
- estimations
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noun,
judgment or opinion:
- emendations
-
noun,
a correction or change, as of a text.
- meditations
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noun,
the act of meditating.
- Anti-semite
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noun,
a person who discriminates against or is prejudiced or hostile toward Jews.
- disseminate
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verb (used with object),
to scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed; promulgate extensively; broadcast; disperse:
- maisonettes
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noun,
a small house, especially one connected to a large apartment building.
- inseminates
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verb (used with object),
to inject semen into (the female reproductive tract); impregnate.
- destination
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noun,
the place to which a person or thing travels or is sent:
- denominates
-
verb (used with object),
to give a name to; denote; designate.
- inseminate
-
verb (used with object),
to inject semen into (the female reproductive tract); impregnate.
- semination
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noun,
a sowing or impregnating; dissemination.
- estaminets
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noun,
a bistro or small café.
- estimation
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noun,
judgment or opinion:
- dessiatine
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noun,
a Russian unit of land measure equal to 2.7 U.S. acres (1.1 hectare).
- midinettes
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noun,
a young Parisian saleswoman or seamstress.
- meditation
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noun,
the act of meditating.
- emendation
-
noun,
a correction or change, as of a text.
- mediations
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noun,
action in mediating between parties, as to effect an agreement or reconciliation.
- ministates
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noun,
a small, independent nation.
- dimensions
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noun,
Mathematics.
a property of space; extension in a given direction:
the generalization of this property to spaces with curvilinear extension, as the surface of a sphere.
the generalization of this property to vector spaces and to Hilbert space.
the generalization of this property to fractals, which can have dimensions that are noninteger real numbers.
extension in time:
- antimonide
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noun,
a binary compound containing antimony and a second element, usually a metal.
- antimonies
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noun,
a brittle, lustrous, white metallic element occurring in nature free or combined, used chiefly in alloys and in compounds in medicine. Symbol: Sb; atomic number: 51; atomic weight: 121.75.
- denominate
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verb (used with object),
to give a name to; denote; designate.
- enantiosis
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noun,
a figure of speech in which what is meant is the opposite of what is said; irony.
- maisonette
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noun,
a small house, especially one connected to a large apartment building.
- atonements
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noun,
satisfaction or reparation for a wrong or injury; amends.
- soi-disant
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adjective,
calling oneself thus; self-styled.
- distention
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noun,
the act of distending or the state of being distended.
- detentions
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noun,
the act of detaining.
- dentitions
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noun,
the makeup of a set of teeth including their kind, number, and arrangement.
- antinomies
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noun,
opposition between one law, principle, rule, etc., and another.
- seditions
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noun,
incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government.
- statesmen
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noun,
a person who is experienced in the art of government or versed in the administration of government affairs.
- Indonesia
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noun,
East Indies (def 1).
- nematodes
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noun,
any unsegmented worm of the phylum Nematoda, having an elongated, cylindrical body; a roundworm.
- nominates
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adjective,
having a particular name.
- mentation
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noun,
mental activity.
- atonement
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noun,
satisfaction or reparation for a wrong or injury; amends.
- indamines
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noun,
any of a series of basic organic compounds, the simplest having the formula C 12 H 11 N 3 , which form bluish and greenish salts, used in the manufacture of dyes.
- dominants
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noun,
Genetics.
the one of a pair of alternative alleles that masks the effect of the other when both are present in the same cell or organism.
the trait or character determined by such an allele. Compare recessive (defs 4, 5).
- dominates
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verb (used with object),
to rule over; govern; control.
- Maidstone
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noun,
a city in Kent, in SE England.
- tinstones
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noun,
cassiterite.
- stateside
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adverb,
in or toward the continental U.S.
- set-aside
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noun,
something, as land or profits, set aside for a particular purpose.
- sentients
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noun,
a person or thing that is sentient.
- titanisms
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noun,
revolt against tradition, convention, and established order.
- Minnesota
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noun,
a state in the N central United States. 84,068 sq. mi. (217,735 sq. km). Capital: St. Paul.
Abbreviation: MN (for use with zip code), Minn.
- antinoise
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adjective,
designed to reduce or ban excessively loud sound, as of jet engines or traffic:
- antinodes
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noun,
the region of maximum amplitude between two adjacent nodes in a standing wave.
- ministate
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noun,
a small, independent nation.
- ideations
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noun,
the process of forming ideas or images.
- anisettes
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noun,
a cordial or liqueur flavored with aniseed.
- adenosine
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noun,
Biochemistry. a white, crystalline, water-soluble nucleoside, C 10 H 13 N 5 O 4 , of adenine and ribose.
- andesites
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noun,
a dark-colored volcanic rock composed essentially of plagioclase feldspar and one or more mafic minerals, as hornblende or biotite.
- sandstone
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noun,
a common sedimentary rock consisting of sand, usually quartz, cemented together by various substances, as silica, calcium carbonate, iron oxide, or clay.
- semitones
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noun,
a pitch interval halfway between two whole tones.
- dittanies
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noun,
a Cretan plant, Origanum dictamnus, of the mint family, having spikes of purple flowers and formerly believed to have medicinal qualities.
- satieties
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noun,
the state of being satiated; surfeit.
- Simeonite
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noun,
a member of the Israelite tribe of Simeon.
- intonates
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verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or modulation of voice.
- dentition
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noun,
the makeup of a set of teeth including their kind, number, and arrangement.
- insomnias
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noun,
inability to obtain sufficient sleep, especially when chronic; difficulty in falling or staying asleep; sleeplessness.
- dentation
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noun,
the state or form of being dentate.
- densities
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noun,
the state or quality of being dense; compactness; closely set or crowded condition.
- destinies
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noun,
something that is to happen or has happened to a particular person or thing; lot or fortune.
- tensities
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noun,
the state of being tense; tenseness.
- intestine
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noun,
Usually, intestines. the lower part of the alimentary canal, extending from the pylorus to the anus.
- intimates
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noun,
an intimate friend or associate, especially a confidant.
- insistent
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adjective,
earnest or emphatic in dwelling upon, maintaining, or demanding something; persistent; pertinacious.
- detention
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noun,
the act of detaining.
- stannites
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noun,
a mineral, iron-black to steel-gray in color, with a metallic luster, copper iron tin sulfide, Cu 2 FeSnS 4 : an ore of tin.
- demitasse
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noun,
a small cup for serving strong black coffee after dinner.
- dissonant
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adjective,
disagreeing or harsh in sound; discordant.
- demission
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noun,
abdication.
- detonates
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verb (used with object),
to cause (something explosive) to explode.
- dementias
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noun,
severe impairment or loss of intellectual capacity and personality integration, due to the loss of or damage to neurons in the brain.
- iodinates
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verb (used with object),
to iodize.
- insensate
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adjective,
not endowed with sensation; inanimate:
- sentiment
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noun,
an attitude toward something; regard; opinion.
- tenonitis
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noun,
tendinitis.
- dimension
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noun,
Mathematics.
a property of space; extension in a given direction:
the generalization of this property to spaces with curvilinear extension, as the surface of a sphere.
the generalization of this property to vector spaces and to Hilbert space.
the generalization of this property to fractals, which can have dimensions that are noninteger real numbers.
extension in time:
- teosintes
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noun,
a tall grass, Zea mexicana, of Mexico and Central America, closely related to corn, and sometimes cultivated as a fodder plant.
- stasidion
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noun,
a choir stall in an Orthodox church.
- sedations
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noun,
the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- Isenstein
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noun,
(in the Nibelungenlied) the home of Brunhild in Isenland.
- amnesties
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noun,
a general pardon for offenses, especially political offenses, against a government, often granted before any trial or conviction.
- modesties
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noun,
the quality of being modest; freedom from vanity, boastfulness, etc.
- amenities
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noun,
an agreeable way or manner; courtesy; civility:
- mediation
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noun,
action in mediating between parties, as to effect an agreement or reconciliation.
- sensation
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noun,
the operation or function of the senses; perception or awareness of stimuli through the senses.
- estonians
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noun,
a member of a Finnish people inhabiting Estonia, Livonia, and other districts of Russia.
- midinette
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noun,
a young Parisian saleswoman or seamstress.
- menadione
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noun,
a synthetic yellow crystalline powder, C 11 H 8 O 2 , insoluble in water, used as a vitamin K supplement.
- ointments
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noun,
a soft, unctuous preparation, often medicated, for application to the skin; unguent.
- admission
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noun,
the act of allowing to enter; entrance granted by permission, by provision or existence of pecuniary means, or by the removal of obstacles:
- sententia
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noun,
an aphorism; maxim.
- estaminet
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noun,
a bistro or small café.
- meditates
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verb (used with object),
to consider as something to be done or effected; intend; purpose:
- Simonides
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noun,
556?–468? b.c, Greek poet.
- estimates
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noun,
an approximate judgment or calculation, as of the value, amount, time, size, or weight of something.
- one-time
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adjective,
having been as specified at one time; former:
- adenosis
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noun,
abnormal development or enlargement of glandular tissue.
- demonian
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adjective,
demoniac (def 1).
- satinets
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noun,
a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- Ossetian
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noun,
an Osset.
- mediates
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adjective,
acting through, dependent on, or involving an intermediate agency; not direct or immediate.
- tinstone
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noun,
cassiterite.
- stannite
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noun,
a mineral, iron-black to steel-gray in color, with a metallic luster, copper iron tin sulfide, Cu 2 FeSnS 4 : an ore of tin.
- tensions
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noun,
the act of stretching or straining.
- nineties
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noun,
a cardinal number, ten times nine.
- Domitian
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noun,
(Titus Flavius Domitianus Augustus) a.d. 51–96, Roman emperor 81–96.
- osteitis
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noun,
inflammation of the substance of bone.
- imitates
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verb (used with object),
to follow or endeavor to follow as a model or example:
- mannoses
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noun,
a hexose, C 6 H 12 O 6 , obtained from the hydrolysis of the ivory nut and yielding mannitol upon reduction.
- mannites
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noun,
mannitol.
- Stoneman
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noun,
a stonecutter or stoneworker.
- Donatist
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noun,
a member of a Christian sect that developed in northern Africa in a.d. 311 and maintained that it alone constituted the whole and only true church and that baptisms and ordinations of the orthodox clergy were invalid.
- estimate
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noun,
an approximate judgment or calculation, as of the value, amount, time, size, or weight of something.
- detonate
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verb (used with object),
to cause (something explosive) to explode.
- demetons
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noun,
either of two pale-yellow, highly toxic chemicals, C 6 H 15 O 3 PS 2 or C 6 H 15 O 4 PS 2, used as systemic insecticides, lethal to insects feeding on the treated plant or animal.
- doneness
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noun,
the condition of being cooked to a desired degree:
- endnotes
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noun,
a note, as of explanation, emendation, or the like, added at the end of an article, chapter, etc.
- ointment
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noun,
a soft, unctuous preparation, often medicated, for application to the skin; unguent.
- modistes
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noun,
Older Use. a female maker of or dealer in women's fashionable attire.
- onanisms
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noun,
withdrawal of the penis in sexual intercourse so that ejaculation takes place outside the vagina; coitus interruptus.
- astonied
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adjective,
dazed; bewildered; filled with consternation.
- Titanism
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noun,
revolt against tradition, convention, and established order.
- nidation
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noun,
implantation of an embryo in the lining of the uterus.
- tetanies
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noun,
a state marked by severe, intermittent tonic contractions and muscular pain, due to abnormal calcium metabolism.
- noisette
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noun,
a loin, fillet, or other lean section of meat:
- distains
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verb (used with object),
to discolor; stain; sully.
- misstate
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verb (used with object),
to state wrongly or misleadingly; make a wrong statement about.
- sedition
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noun,
incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government.
- dainties
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noun,
something delicious to the taste; a delicacy.
- essonite
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noun,
Mineralogy. a variety of grossularite garnet.
- diastems
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noun,
a minor hiatus in an orderly succession of sedimentary rocks.
- meionite
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noun,
a member of the scapolite group, rich in calcium and containing no sodium.
- enmities
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noun,
a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; antagonism.
- seedsman
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noun,
a sower of seed.
- Tientsin
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noun,
Older Spelling. Tianjin.
- teosinte
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noun,
a tall grass, Zea mexicana, of Mexico and Central America, closely related to corn, and sometimes cultivated as a fodder plant.
- somatist
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noun,
a psychiatrist who considers all mental illnesses to have physical origins.
- iodinate
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verb (used with object),
to iodize.
- nominate
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adjective,
having a particular name.
- indamine
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noun,
any of a series of basic organic compounds, the simplest having the formula C 12 H 11 N 3 , which form bluish and greenish salts, used in the manufacture of dyes.
- meditate
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verb (used with object),
to consider as something to be done or effected; intend; purpose:
- nematode
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noun,
any unsegmented worm of the phylum Nematoda, having an elongated, cylindrical body; a roundworm.
- dementia
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noun,
severe impairment or loss of intellectual capacity and personality integration, due to the loss of or damage to neurons in the brain.
- emission
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noun,
an act or instance of emitting:
- dementis
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noun,
an official denial by a government of actions, aims, etc., ascribed to it.
- diamines
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noun,
a compound containing two amino groups.
- ameiosis
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noun,
aberrant meiosis in which only an equational division occurs, as in parthenogenesis.
- tontines
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noun,
an annuity scheme in which subscribers share a common fund with the benefit of survivorship, the survivors' shares being increased as the subscribers die, until the whole goes to the last survivor.
- nominees
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noun,
a person nominated, as to run for elective office or fill a particular post.
- Estonian
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noun,
a member of a Finnish people inhabiting Estonia, Livonia, and other districts of Russia.
- misdates
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noun,
a wrong date.
- dominant
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noun,
Genetics.
the one of a pair of alternative alleles that masks the effect of the other when both are present in the same cell or organism.
the trait or character determined by such an allele. Compare recessive (defs 4, 5).
- dominate
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verb (used with object),
to rule over; govern; control.
- intonate
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verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or modulation of voice.
- sentient
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noun,
a person or thing that is sentient.
- Einstein
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noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1879–1955, German physicist, U.S. citizen from 1940: formulator of the theory of relativity; Nobel Prize 1921.
- instants
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noun,
an infinitesimal or very short space of time; a moment:
- Messiaen
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noun,
Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles [aw-lee-vyey œ-zhen praw-sper sharl] /ɔ liˈvyeɪ œˈʒɛn prɔˈspɛr ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1908–92, French composer and organist.
- east-end
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noun,
a section of E London, England.
- eastmost
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adjective,
easternmost.
- Matteson
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noun,
a town in NE Illinois.
- sediment
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noun,
the matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs.
- anemosis
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noun,
wind shake (def 1).
- anemones
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noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Anemone, of the buttercup family, having petallike sepals and including several wild species with white flowers as well as others cultivated for their showy flowers in a variety of colors.
- Messenia
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noun,
a division of ancient Greece, in the SW Peloponnesus: an important center of Mycenaean culture.
- destains
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verb (used with object),
to remove stain (from a specimen) to enhance visibility and contrast of parts.
- stasimon
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noun,
(in ancient Greek drama) a choral ode, especially in tragedy, divided into strophe and antistrophe: usually alternating with the epeisodion and, in the final ode, preceding the exodos.
- enations
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noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- mind-set
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noun,
an attitude, disposition, or mood.
- etamines
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noun,
a lightweight cotton or worsted fabric constructed in plain weave and loosely woven.
- andesite
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noun,
a dark-colored volcanic rock composed essentially of plagioclase feldspar and one or more mafic minerals, as hornblende or biotite.
- andesine
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noun,
a mineral, intermediate in the plagioclase feldspar group, having a play of colors and usually found as crystals in igneous rocks.
- stenosed
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adjective,
characterized by stenosis; abnormally narrowed.
- sanidine
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noun,
a glassy, often transparent variety of orthoclase in which sodium may replace as much as 50 percent of the potassium: forms phenocrysts in some igneous rocks.
- Semitist
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noun,
an authority on Semitic languages, literature, etc.
- desmitis
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noun,
inflammation of a ligament.
- semitone
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noun,
a pitch interval halfway between two whole tones.
- Steinman
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noun,
David Barnard, 1886–1960, U.S. civil engineer: specialist in bridge design and construction.
- stomates
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noun,
stoma (def 1).
- amniotes
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noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- teniasis
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noun,
taeniasis.
- instates
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verb (used with object),
to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- meanness
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noun,
the state or quality of being mean.
- dinettes
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noun,
a small space or alcove, often in or near the kitchen, serving as an informal dining area.
- amitosis
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noun,
the direct method of cell division, characterized by simple cleavage of the nucleus without the formation of chromosomes.
- standees
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noun,
a person who stands, as a passenger in a train, a spectator at a theater, etc., either because all the seats are taken or because standing room is cheaper than a seat.
- admittee
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noun,
a person who has been or is going to be admitted:
- etatisms
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noun,
state socialism.
- montanes
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noun,
the lower vegetation belt on mountains.
- stand-in
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noun,
a substitute for a motion-picture star during the preparation of lighting, cameras, etc., or in dangerous scenes.
- antinome
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noun,
something that is contradictory or opposite to another; a logical contradiction.
- entities
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noun,
something that has a real existence; thing:
- stonemen
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noun,
a stonecutter or stoneworker.
- Monessen
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noun,
a city in SW Pennsylvania, on the Monongahela River.
- antinode
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noun,
the region of maximum amplitude between two adjacent nodes in a standing wave.
- adenines
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noun,
Biochemistry. a purine base, C 5 H 5 N 5 , one of the fundamental components of nucleic acids, as DNA, in which it forms a base pair with thymine, and RNA, in which it pairs with uracil. Symbol: A.
- adenitis
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noun,
lymphadenitis.
- antidote
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noun,
a medicine or other remedy for counteracting the effects of poison, disease, etc.
- stations
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noun,
a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- teatimes
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noun,
the time at which tea is served or taken, usually in the late afternoon.
- Sismondi
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noun,
Jean Charles Léonard Simonde de [zhahn sharl ley-aw-nar see-mawnd duh] /ʒɑ̃ ʃarl leɪ ɔˈnar siˈmɔ̃d də/ (Show IPA), 1773–1842, Swiss historian and economist.
- neonates
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noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- simonies
-
noun,
the making of profit out of sacred things.
- Masonite
-
- moieties
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noun,
a half.
- Massenet
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noun,
Jules Émile Frédéric [zhyl ey-meel frey-dey-reek] /ʒül eɪˈmil freɪ deɪˈrik/ (Show IPA), 1842–1912, French composer.
- intimate
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noun,
an intimate friend or associate, especially a confidant.
- mediants
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noun,
the third degree of a major or minor musical scale.
- insomnia
-
noun,
inability to obtain sufficient sleep, especially when chronic; difficulty in falling or staying asleep; sleeplessness.
- matinees
-
noun,
an entertainment, especially a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon.
- steadies
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noun,
Informal. a person of the opposite sex whom one dates exclusively; sweetheart; boyfriend or girlfriend.
- sesamoid
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adjective,
shaped like a sesame seed, as certain small nodular bones and cartilages.
- St-Denis
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noun,
Ruth, 1880?–1968, U.S. dancer.
- aniseeds
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noun,
the aromatic seed of anise, the oil of which (anise oil, aniseed oil, oil of anise) is used in the manufacture of anethole, in medicine as a carminative and expectorant, and in cookery and liqueurs for its licoricelike flavor.
- destines
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verb (used with object),
to set apart for a particular use, purpose, etc.; design; intend.
- anisette
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noun,
a cordial or liqueur flavored with aniseed.
- mentions
-
noun,
a direct or incidental reference; a mentioning:
- sedation
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noun,
the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- ideation
-
noun,
the process of forming ideas or images.
- amidines
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noun,
any of a group of compounds containing the CN 2 H 3 group, some of which have marked pharmacological action.
- sanities
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noun,
the state of being sane; soundness of mind.
- mastitis
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noun,
Pathology. inflammation of the breast.
- moistens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become moist.
- distaste
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noun,
dislike; disinclination.
- inseams
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noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- sennets
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noun,
any of several small barracudas, as Sphyraena borealis (northern sennet) ranging along the eastern coast of North and Central America.
- stimies
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noun,
stymie.
- detains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- instant
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noun,
an infinitesimal or very short space of time; a moment:
- Siamese
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noun,
a native of Siam.
- desmans
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noun,
either of two aquatic, insectivorous mammals, Myogale moschata, of southeastern Russia, or M. pyrenaica, of the Pyrenees, related to shrews.
- destain
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verb (used with object),
to remove stain (from a specimen) to enhance visibility and contrast of parts.
- Stimson
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noun,
Henry L(ewis) 1867–1950, U.S. statesman: secretary of war 1911–13, 1940–45; secretary of state 1929–33.
- destine
-
verb (used with object),
to set apart for a particular use, purpose, etc.; design; intend.
- enation
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noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- estamin
-
noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- eonisms
-
noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- eminent
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adjective,
high in station, rank, or repute; prominent; distinguished:
- detents
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noun,
a mechanism that temporarily keeps one part in a certain position relative to that of another, and can be released by applying force to one of the parts.
- detests
-
verb (used with object),
to feel abhorrence of; hate; dislike intensely.
- tension
-
noun,
the act of stretching or straining.
- diamine
-
noun,
a compound containing two amino groups.
- insides
-
noun,
the inner or internal part; interior:
- diastem
-
noun,
a minor hiatus in an orderly succession of sedimentary rocks.
- diatoms
-
noun,
any of numerous microscopic, unicellular, marine or freshwater algae of the phylum Chrysophyta, having cell walls containing silica.
- sedates
-
adjective,
calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement:
- Stanton
-
noun,
Edwin McMasters [muh k-mas-terz,, -mah-sterz] /məkˈmæs tərz,, -ˈmɑ stərz/ (Show IPA), 1814–69, U.S. statesman: Secretary of War 1862–67.
- indenes
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon, C 9 H 8 , obtained from coal tar by fractional distillation: used in synthesizing resins.
- Essonne
-
noun,
a department in N France. 699 sq. mi. (1810 sq. km). Capital: Évry.
- ideates
-
noun,
ideatum.
- station
-
noun,
a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- nasions
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- teatime
-
noun,
the time at which tea is served or taken, usually in the late afternoon.
- semaise
-
noun,
cymaise.
- sestina
-
noun,
a poem of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy, originally without rhyme, in which each stanza repeats the end words of the lines of the first stanza, but in different order, the envoy using the six words again, three in the middle of the lines and three at the end.
- enneads
-
noun,
a group of nine persons or things.
- sennits
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- Moissan
-
noun,
Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1852–1907, French chemist: Nobel prize 1906.
- statism
-
noun,
the principle or policy of concentrating extensive economic, political, and related controls in the state at the cost of individual liberty.
- moisten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become moist.
- Messina
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Sicily.
- nanisms
-
noun,
the condition of being unusually or abnormally small in size or stature; dwarfism.
- Nanette
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann.
- etamine
-
noun,
a lightweight cotton or worsted fabric constructed in plain weave and loosely woven.
- easiest
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- seismo-
-
- Edomite
-
noun,
a descendant of Esau or Edom. Num. 20:14–21.
- etesian
-
adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- monesia
-
noun,
a preparation extracted from the bark of a South American tree, Pradosia lactescens, and used chiefly as an astringent and as an expectorant.
- Sennett
-
noun,
Mack (Michael Sinnott) 1884–1960, U.S. motion-picture director and producer, born in Canada.
- edition
-
noun,
one of a series of printings of the same book, newspaper, etc., each issued at a different time and differing from another by alterations, additions, etc. (distinguished from impression).
- stemson
-
noun,
a curved timber in a wooden bow, scarfed at its lower end to the keelson.
- Etonian
-
noun,
a person who is or has been a pupil at Eton College.
- tandems
-
noun,
a vehicle, as a truck, tractor, or trailer, in which a pair or pairs of axles are arranged in tandem.
- tansies
-
noun,
any of several composite plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially a strong-scented, weedy, Old World herb, T. vulgare, having flat-topped clusters of tubular yellow flowers.
- semites
-
noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- tanists
-
noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- Na-Dene
-
noun,
a group of North American Indian languages, comprising the Athabaskan family, Eyak, Tlingit, and Haida, hypothetically considered to be descendants of a single protolanguage: the genetic relationship of either Tlingit or Haida to Athabaskan and Eyak is now disputed.
- steato-
-
- steamed
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- monades
-
noun,
plural of monas.
- nasties
-
noun,
Informal. a nasty person or thing.
- donnees
-
noun,
a set of artistic or literary premises or assumptions.
- Dinesen
-
noun,
Isak [ee-sahk] /ˈi sɑk/ (Show IPA), (pen name of Baroness Karen Blixen) 1885–1962, Danish author.
- neonate
-
noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- Tenedos
-
noun,
an island in the Aegean, near the entrance to the Dardanelles, belonging to Turkey.
- mostest
-
adjective, noun,
most.
- Estonia
-
noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- distent
-
adjective,
distended.
- distant
-
adjective,
far off or apart in space; not near at hand; remote or removed (often followed by from):
- distain
-
verb (used with object),
to discolor; stain; sully.
- stomat-
-
- inedita
-
plural noun,
unpublished literary works.
- dissent
-
noun,
difference of sentiment or opinion.
- disseat
-
verb (used with object),
to unseat.
- dismast
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive (a ship) of masts; break off the masts of.
- disease
-
noun,
a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection, poisons, nutritional deficiency or imbalance, toxicity, or unfavorable environmental factors; illness; sickness; ailment.
- stomate
-
noun,
stoma (def 1).
- dinette
-
noun,
a small space or alcove, often in or near the kitchen, serving as an informal dining area.
- ditties
-
noun,
a poem intended to be sung.
- tendons
-
noun,
Anatomy. a cord or band of dense, tough, inelastic, white, fibrous tissue, serving to connect a muscle with a bone or part; sinew.
- modiste
-
noun,
Older Use. a female maker of or dealer in women's fashionable attire.
- domines
-
noun,
lord; master (used as a title of address).
- endmost
-
adjective,
farthest; most distant; last:
- imitate
-
verb (used with object),
to follow or endeavor to follow as a model or example:
- donates
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- dominie
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a schoolmaster.
- sensate
-
adjective,
perceiving or perceived through the senses.
- Stetson
-
- dominee
-
noun,
dominie (def 2).
- Nemesis
-
noun,
something that a person cannot conquer, achieve, etc.:
- neatens
-
verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- entasis
-
noun,
a slight convexity given to a column or tower, as to correct an optical illusion.
- etatism
-
noun,
state socialism.
- indents
-
noun,
a toothlike notch or deep recess; indentation.
- nemato-
-
- indites
-
verb (used with object),
to compose or write, as a poem.
- endnote
-
noun,
a note, as of explanation, emendation, or the like, added at the end of an article, chapter, etc.
- demises
-
noun,
death or decease.
- dentist
-
noun,
a person whose profession is dentistry.
- Annette
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Anne.
- mantids
-
noun,
mantis.
- anomite
-
noun,
a variety of mica, similar to biotite but differing in optical orientation.
- anoints
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- Massine
-
noun,
Léonide [ley-aw-need] /leɪ ɔˈnid/ (Show IPA), 1896–1979, U.S. ballet dancer and choreographer, born in Russia.
- anoesis
-
noun,
a state of mind consisting of pure sensation or emotion without cognitive content.
- minions
-
noun,
a servile follower or subordinate of a person in power.
- titians
-
noun,
(Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.
- mastoid
-
noun,
the mastoid process.
- mansion
-
noun,
a very large, impressive, or stately residence.
- miniate
-
verb (used with object),
to illuminate (a manuscript) in red; rubricate.
- aniseed
-
noun,
the aromatic seed of anise, the oil of which (anise oil, aniseed oil, oil of anise) is used in the manufacture of anethole, in medicine as a carminative and expectorant, and in cookery and liqueurs for its licoricelike flavor.
- smitten
-
verb,
a past participle of smite.
- matinee
-
noun,
an entertainment, especially a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon.
- Matisse
-
noun,
Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1869–1954, French painter.
- Minette
-
noun,
a syenitic lamprophyre composed chiefly of orthoclase and biotite.
- mattins
-
noun,
matin (def 1).
- santims
-
noun,
a former coin of Latvia, the 100th part of a lat.
- Antoine
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1943, French theatrical director, manager, and critic.
- Titoism
-
noun,
a form of communism associated with Tito, characterized by the assertion by a satellite state of its national interests in opposition to Soviet rule.
- misdate
-
noun,
a wrong date.
- attends
-
verb (used with object),
to be present at:
- madness
-
noun,
the state of being mad; insanity.
- nominee
-
noun,
a person nominated, as to run for elective office or fill a particular post.
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- misdoes
-
verb (used with object),
to do badly or wrongly; botch.
- atomies
-
noun,
an atom; mote.
- Maidens
-
noun,
a girl or young unmarried woman; maid.
- tineids
-
noun,
a moth of the family Tineidae, comprising the clothes moths.
- mannose
-
noun,
a hexose, C 6 H 12 O 6 , obtained from the hydrolysis of the ivory nut and yielding mannitol upon reduction.
- Siemens
-
noun,
Electricity. the standard unit of electrical conductance in the International System of Units (SI), equal to the reciprocal of the ohm and replacing the equivalent MKS unit (mho) Abbreviation: S.
- sateens
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- siennas
-
noun,
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- tisanes
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- notates
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- asinine
-
adjective,
foolish, unintelligent, or silly; stupid:
- dentins
-
noun,
the hard, calcareous tissue, similar to but denser than bone, that forms the major portion of a tooth, surrounds the pulp cavity, and is situated beneath the enamel and cementum.
- mannite
-
noun,
mannitol.
- anemone
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Anemone, of the buttercup family, having petallike sepals and including several wild species with white flowers as well as others cultivated for their showy flowers in a variety of colors.
- Smeaton
-
noun,
John, 1724–92, English engineer.
- misease
-
noun,
Archaic. discomfort; distress; suffering.
- Mendota
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in S Wisconsin, in N Madison. About 15 sq. mi. (39 sq. km).
- meiosis
-
noun,
Cell Biology. part of the process of gamete formation, consisting of chromosome conjugation and two cell divisions, in the course of which the diploid chromosome number becomes reduced to the haploid.
Compare mitosis.
- oneness
-
noun,
the quality of being one; singleness.
- tonemes
-
noun,
a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language:
- Meissen
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany, on the Elbe River: famous for fine porcelain.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- sainted
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Mideast
-
noun,
Middle East.
- Menotti
-
noun,
Gian Carlo [jahn kahr-loh;; Italian jahn kahr-law] /dʒɑn ˈkɑr loʊ;; Italian dʒɑn ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–2007, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- oneidas
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- Tonnies
-
noun,
Ferdinand [fer-dee-nahnt] /ˈfɛr diˌnɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1855–1936, German sociologist.
- tontine
-
noun,
an annuity scheme in which subscribers share a common fund with the benefit of survivorship, the survivors' shares being increased as the subscribers die, until the whole goes to the last survivor.
- Ossetia
-
noun,
a region in Caucasia: divided between North Ossetia of the Russian Federation and the South Ossetian Autonomous Region of the Georgian Republic.
- adenine
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a purine base, C 5 H 5 N 5 , one of the fundamental components of nucleic acids, as DNA, in which it forms a base pair with thymine, and RNA, in which it pairs with uracil. Symbol: A.
- metisse
-
noun,
a woman of mixed ancestry.
- mention
-
noun,
a direct or incidental reference; a mentioning:
- metates
-
noun,
a flat stone that has a shallow depression in the upper surface for holding maize or other grains to be ground with a mano.
- one-man
-
adjective,
of or relating to, or operated, performed, or used by one person:
- to-name
-
noun,
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
- amosite
-
noun,
an asbestine variety of anthophyllite, rich in iron, formerly used as a heat-resistant material.
- amidins
-
noun,
the soluble matter of starch.
- toadies
-
noun,
an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
- amniote
-
noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- amnions
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the innermost of the embryonic or fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended.
- amities
-
noun,
friendship; peaceful harmony.
- sandmen
-
noun,
the man who, in fairy tales or folklore, puts sand in the eyes of children to make them sleepy.
- simians
-
noun,
an ape or monkey.
- mediant
-
noun,
the third degree of a major or minor musical scale.
- amidine
-
noun,
any of a group of compounds containing the CN 2 H 3 group, some of which have marked pharmacological action.
- meinies
-
noun,
Archaic. a group or suite of attendants, followers, dependents, etc.
- mediate
-
adjective,
acting through, dependent on, or involving an intermediate agency; not direct or immediate.
- Samoset
-
noun,
died 1653? North American Indian leader: aided Pilgrims during early years in New England.
- medinas
-
noun,
the old Arab quarter of a North African city.
- samites
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- samisen
-
noun,
a guitarlike Japanese musical instrument having an extremely long neck and three strings, played with a plectrum.
- Sistine
-
adjective,
of or relating to any pope named Sixtus.
- onanism
-
noun,
withdrawal of the penis in sexual intercourse so that ejaculation takes place outside the vagina; coitus interruptus.
- tomenta
-
noun,
pubescence consisting of longish, soft, entangled hairs pressed close to the surface.
- Madison
-
noun,
Dolly or Dolley [dol-ee] /ˈdɒl i/ (Show IPA), (Dorothea Payne) 1768–1849, wife of James Madison.
- montane
-
noun,
the lower vegetation belt on mountains.
- isation
-
- dements
-
verb (used with object),
to make mad or insane.
- mission
-
noun,
a group or committee of persons sent to a foreign country to conduct negotiations, establish relations, provide scientific and technical assistance, or the like.
- standee
-
noun,
a person who stands, as a passenger in a train, a spectator at a theater, etc., either because all the seats are taken or because standing room is cheaper than a seat.
- demeans
-
noun,
Archaic. demeanor.
- Denison
-
noun,
a city in NE Texas.
- dementi
-
noun,
an official denial by a government of actions, aims, etc., ascribed to it.
- sideman
-
noun,
an instrumentalist in a band or orchestra.
- damsons
-
noun,
Also called damson plum. the small, dark-blue or purple fruit of a plum, Prunus insititia, of the rose family, introduced into Europe from Asia Minor.
- satinet
-
noun,
a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- intents
-
noun,
something that is intended; purpose; design; intention:
- side-on
-
adverb,
with the side or sides foremost, especially in a collision:
- sidemen
-
noun,
an instrumentalist in a band or orchestra.
- Mitanni
-
noun,
the Hurrian kingdom in NW Mesopotamia in the 15th and 14th centuries b.c.
- sonnies
-
noun,
little son (often used as a familiar term of address to a boy).
- iodates
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- stamnos
-
noun,
a storage jar having an oval body tapering at the base and two horizontal handles set on the shoulder.
- demeton
-
noun,
either of two pale-yellow, highly toxic chemicals, C 6 H 15 O 3 PS 2 or C 6 H 15 O 4 PS 2, used as systemic insecticides, lethal to insects feeding on the treated plant or animal.
- Staines
-
noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, on the Thames River near Heathrow airport.
- intines
-
noun,
the inner coat of a spore, especially a pollen grain.
- demotes
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce to a lower grade, rank, class, or position (opposed to promote):
- intones
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- Ninette
-
noun,
a female given name.
- isatins
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- testons
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, equal at various times to between 10 and 14½ sols, bearing on the obverse a bust of the reigning king.
- stamin-
-
- Stinnes
-
noun,
Hugo [hoo-gaw;; English hyoo-goh] /ˈhu gɔ;; English ˈhyu goʊ/ (Show IPA), 1870–1924, German industrialist.
- intense
-
adjective,
existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree:
- intens.
-
- dentate
-
adjective,
having a toothed margin or toothlike projections or processes.
- Seaside
-
noun,
the land along the sea; seacoast.
- iodisms
-
noun,
poisoning caused by sensitivity to or overuse of iodine or its compounds.
- somites
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- instate
-
verb (used with object),
to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- deities
-
noun,
a god or goddess.
- sonants
-
noun,
a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant).
- daimons
-
noun,
daemon.
- instead
-
Idioms,
instead of, in place of; in lieu of:
- daisies
-
noun,
any of various composite plants the flowers of which have a yellow disk and white rays, as the English daisy and the oxeye daisy.
- iodines
-
noun,
a nonmetallic halogen element occurring at ordinary temperatures as a grayish-black crystalline solid that sublimes to a dense violet vapor when heated: used in medicine as an antiseptic. Symbol: I; atomic weight: 126.904; atomic number: 53; specific gravity: (solid) 4.93 at 20°C.
- denotes
-
verb (used with object),
to be a mark or sign of; indicate:
- missend
-
verb (used with object),
to send or forward, especially mail, to a wrong place or person.
- intends
-
verb (used with object),
to have in mind as something to be done or brought about; plan:
- mitosis
-
noun,
the usual method of cell division, characterized typically by the resolving of the chromatin of the nucleus into a threadlike form, which condenses into chromosomes, each of which separates longitudinally into two parts, one part of each chromosome being retained in each of two new cells resulting from the original cell.
- steno-
-
- medias
-
noun,
a plural of medium.
- iodism
-
noun,
poisoning caused by sensitivity to or overuse of iodine or its compounds.
- iodate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- inside
-
noun,
the inner or internal part; interior:
- stenos
-
noun,
a stenographer.
- Simeon
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
- Median
-
noun,
Arithmetic, Statistics. the middle number in a given sequence of numbers, taken as the average of the two middle numbers when the sequence has an even number of numbers:
- simian
-
noun,
an ape or monkey.
- Medina
-
noun,
the old Arab quarter of a North African city.
- Medit.
-
- iodine
-
noun,
a nonmetallic halogen element occurring at ordinary temperatures as a grayish-black crystalline solid that sublimes to a dense violet vapor when heated: used in medicine as an antiseptic. Symbol: I; atomic weight: 126.904; atomic number: 53; specific gravity: (solid) 4.93 at 20°C.
- midsts
-
- insets
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- mid-on
-
noun,
the position of a fielder on the on side of the wicket.
- Miseno
-
noun,
a cape in SW Italy, on the N shore of the Bay of Naples: ruins of ancient Misenum, a Roman naval station and resort.
- intime
-
adjective,
intimate; cozy.
- intone
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- essoin
-
noun,
(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
- messan
-
noun,
a lap dog; small pet dog.
- mesons
-
noun,
Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- metate
-
noun,
a flat stone that has a shallow depression in the upper surface for holding maize or other grains to be ground with a mano.
- Esenin
-
noun,
Sergey Aleksandrovich [Russian syir-gyey uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Yesenin, Sergey Aleksandrovich.
- Esmond
-
noun,
a male given name.
- sindon
-
noun,
cloth of fine linen or silk, used especially for shrouds.
- stimes
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- Menton
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean: winter resort.
- Mentes
-
noun,
(in the Odyssey) a captain of the Taphians. Athena assumed his form when she urged Telemachus to search for Odysseus.
- Monnet
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1888–1979, French economist: originator of the European Common Market.
- monies
-
noun,
a plural of money.
- intend
-
verb (used with object),
to have in mind as something to be done or brought about; plan:
- menses
-
noun,
the periodic flow of blood and mucosal tissue from the uterus; menstrual flow.
- Mettie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Matilda or Martha.
- insist
-
verb (used with object),
to assert or maintain firmly:
- mensas
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- Simons
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- intent
-
noun,
something that is intended; purpose; design; intention:
- Mendes
-
noun,
a member of a people living in Sierra Leone and Liberia.
- menads
-
noun,
maenad.
- Menado
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Sulawesi, in NE Indonesia.
- monied
-
adjective,
moneyed.
- intima
-
noun,
the innermost membrane or lining of some organ or part, especially that of an artery, vein, or lymphatic.
- Midian
-
noun,
a son of Abraham and Keturah. Gen. 25:1–4.
- stanes
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- intine
-
noun,
the inner coat of a spore, especially a pollen grain.
- estate
-
noun,
a piece of landed property, especially one of large extent with an elaborate house on it:
- Moneta
-
noun,
Ernesto Teodoro [er-ne-staw te-aw-daw-raw] /ɛrˈnɛ stɔ ˌtɛ ɔˈdɔ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1833–1918, Italian journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- intoed
-
adjective,
having inwardly turned toes.
- meanie
-
noun,
Informal. meany.
- mitten
-
noun,
a hand covering enclosing the four fingers together and the thumb separately.
- mondes
-
noun,
the world; people; society.
- manned
-
noun,
an adult male person, as distinguished from a boy or a woman.
- maists
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- sienna
-
noun,
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- inanes
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- stated
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- Minoan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of ancient Crete.
- manini
-
adjective,
small; insignificant.
- Mannes
-
noun,
Leopold Damrosch, 1899–1964, U.S. composer and chemist.
- miosis
-
noun,
excessive constriction of the pupil of the eye, as a result of drugs, disease, or the like.
- modest
-
adjective,
having or showing a moderate or humble estimate of one's merits, importance, etc.; free from vanity, egotism, boastfulness, or great pretensions.
- sotted
-
adjective,
drunken; besotted.
- Mannie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Emanuel.
- imines
-
noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- stades
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- Minnis
-
noun,
an ancient people of Asia Minor.
- Maisie
-
noun,
a female given name, Scottish form of Margaret.
- sonnet
-
noun,
Prosody. a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being in the strict or Italian form divided into a major group of 8 lines (the octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet), and in a common English form into 3 quatrains followed by a couplet.
- Minnie
-
noun,
mother; mom.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- somat-
-
- somite
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- indite
-
verb (used with object),
to compose or write, as a poem.
- Indies
-
noun,
the. (used with a plural verb) West Indies (def 1).
- somni-
-
- sonant
-
noun,
a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant).
- Indian
-
noun,
Also called American Indian, Amerind, Amerindian, Native American. a member of the aboriginal people of America or of any of the aboriginal North or South American stocks, usually excluding the Eskimos.
- set-to
-
noun,
a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
- indent
-
noun,
a toothlike notch or deep recess; indentation.
- indene
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon, C 9 H 8 , obtained from coal tar by fractional distillation: used in synthesizing resins.
- Modena
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, NW of Bologna.
- setose
-
adjective,
covered with setae or bristles; bristly.
- sondes
-
noun,
a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
- maiden
-
noun,
a girl or young unmarried woman; maid.
- Moesia
-
noun,
an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- steins
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- smites
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- matted
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- mattes
-
noun,
a dull or dead surface, often slightly roughened, as on metals, paint, paper, or glass.
- Ionian
-
noun,
a member of one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks who invaded the Greek mainland and, after the Dorian invasions, emigrated to the Aegean islands and the coast of Asia Minor.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Aeolian2 (def 2), Dorian1 (def 2).
- steams
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- siesta
-
noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- setons
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- monads
-
noun,
Biology.
any simple, single-celled organism.
any of various small, flagellate, colorless ameboids with one to three flagella, especially of the genus Monas.
- sesame
-
noun,
a tropical, herbaceous plant, Sesamum indicum, whose small oval seeds are edible and yield an oil.
- insane
-
adjective,
not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- sitten
-
verb,
past participle of sit1 .
- Minden
-
noun,
a city in NW Louisiana.
- inseam
-
noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- steeds
-
noun,
a horse, especially a high-spirited one.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- stands
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- matins
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- manses
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- stamen
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- Ismene
-
noun,
a daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta who did not join Antigone in her forbidden burial of their brother Polynices.
- mantid
-
noun,
mantis.
- stains
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- mantis
-
noun,
any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- inmost
-
adjective,
situated farthest within:
- idioms
-
noun,
an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket or hang one's head, or from the general grammatical rules of a language, as the table round for the round table, and that is not a constituent of a larger expression of like characteristics.
- innate
-
adjective,
existing in one from birth; inborn; native:
- steads
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- masto-
-
- 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.
- minion
-
noun,
a servile follower or subordinate of a person in power.
- ideate
-
noun,
ideatum.
- sestet
-
noun,
Prosody. the last six lines of a sonnet in the Italian form, considered as a unit.
Compare octave (def 4a).
- Inness
-
noun,
George, 1825–94, and his son George, 1854–1926, U.S. painters.
- imides
-
noun,
a compound derived from ammonia by replacement of two hydrogen atoms by acidic groups, characterized by the =NH group.
- nanoid
-
adjective,
dwarfish.
- messin
-
noun,
messan.
- nomads
-
noun,
a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply.
- Danton
-
noun,
Georges Jacques [zhawrzh zhahk] /ʒɔrʒ ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1759–94, French Revolutionary leader.
- satins
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- danios
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- damson
-
noun,
Also called damson plum. the small, dark-blue or purple fruit of a plum, Prunus insititia, of the rose family, introduced into Europe from Asia Minor.
- noesis
-
noun,
(in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
- noises
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- Damien
-
noun,
Father (Jo·seph de Veu·ster) [French zhaw-zef--duh-vœ-ster] /French ʒɔˈzɛf də vœˈstɛr/ (Show IPA), 1840–89, Belgian Roman Catholic missionary to the lepers of Molokai.
- daimon
-
noun,
daemon.
- daimen
-
adjective,
rare; occasional.
- daemon
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
a god.
a subordinate deity, as the genius of a place or a person's attendant spirit.
- tidies
-
noun,
any of various articles for keeping things tidy, as a box having small drawers and compartments.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- attend
-
verb (used with object),
to be present at:
- Dassin
-
noun,
Jules [joolz;; French zhyl] /dʒulz;; French ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1911–2008, French motion-picture director, born in the U.S.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- tineid
-
noun,
a moth of the family Tineidae, comprising the clothes moths.
- Ateste
-
noun,
ancient name of Este.
- tinman
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- tinmen
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- tinned
-
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.
- nonets
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- assent
-
noun,
agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- notate
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- Tissot
-
noun,
James Joseph Jacques [zham zhaw-zef zhahk,, zheymz] /ʒam ʒɔˈzɛf ʒɑk,, ʒeɪmz/ (Show IPA), 1836–1902, French painter.
- eosins
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- teston
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, equal at various times to between 10 and 14½ sols, bearing on the obverse a bust of the reigning king.
- Saseno
-
noun,
an island off the W coast of Albania, at the entrance to Valona Bay: belongs to Albania. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
- demise
-
noun,
death or decease.
- dentes
-
noun,
plural of dens.
- Niemen
-
noun,
a river in the W Soviet Union in Europe, flowing into the Baltic: called Memel in its lower course. 565 miles (910 km) long.
- denote
-
verb (used with object),
to be a mark or sign of; indicate:
- denom.
-
- Dennis
-
noun,
John, 1657–1734, English dramatist and critic.
- Denise
-
noun,
a female given name: derived from Denis.
- denims
-
noun,
a heavy, Z-twist, twill cotton for jeans, overalls, and other work and leisure garments.
- denies
-
Idioms,
deny oneself, to refrain from satisfying one's desires or needs; practice self-denial.
- tenson
-
noun,
a Provençal poem taking the form of a dialogue or debate between two rival troubadours.
- tented
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- demote
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce to a lower grade, rank, class, or position (opposed to promote):
- demits
-
noun,
Also, dimit. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
- Season
-
noun,
one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- demies
-
noun,
a foundation scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford: so called because such a scholar originally received half the allowance of a fellow.
- seamen
-
noun,
a person skilled in seamanship.
- dement
-
verb (used with object),
to make mad or insane.
- demean
-
noun,
Archaic. demeanor.
- tentie
-
adjective,
tenty.
- deists
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- niseis
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- deisms
-
noun,
belief in the existence of a God on the evidence of reason and nature only, with rejection of supernatural revelation (distinguished from theism).
- Deimos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek personification of terror, a son of Ares and Aphrodite.
- Nissan
-
noun,
Nisan.
- deesis
-
noun,
a representation in Byzantine art of Christ enthroned and flanked by the Virgin Mary and St. John the Baptist, often found on an iconostasis.
- Tessie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Tessin
-
noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- nitons
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- testes
-
noun,
plural of testis.
- testis
-
noun,
the male gonad or reproductive gland, either of two oval glands located in the scrotum.
- asides
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- Antons
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- dentin
-
noun,
the hard, calcareous tissue, similar to but denser than bone, that forms the major portion of a tooth, surrounds the pulp cavity, and is situated beneath the enamel and cementum.
- Adonis
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a youth slain by a wild boar but permitted by Zeus to pass four months every year in the lower world with Persephone, four with Aphrodite, and four wherever he chose.
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- Samson
-
noun,
a judge of Israel famous for his great strength. Judges 13–16.
- amends
-
noun,
reparation or compensation for a loss, damage, or injury of any kind; recompense.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- omenta
-
noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Ondine
-
noun,
undine.
- Oneida
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- toneme
-
noun,
a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language:
- aidmen
-
noun,
a military medical corpsman trained to provide initial emergency treatment.
- onside
-
adjective, adverb,
not offside; being within the prescribed line or area at the beginning of or during play or a play.
- Aeneid
-
noun,
a Latin epic poem by Vergil, recounting the adventures of Aeneas after the fall of Troy.
- saints
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- tonnes
-
noun,
metric ton.
- amides
-
noun,
a metallic derivative of ammonia in which the −NH 2 group is retained, as potassium amide, KNH 2 .
- admits
-
verb (used with object),
to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to:
- Admete
-
noun,
a daughter of Eurystheus for whom Hercules took the golden girdle of Ares from Hippolyte.
- ossein
-
noun,
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- adeno-
-
- adeems
-
verb (used with object),
to revoke (a legacy) by ademption.
- Ossian
-
noun,
a legendary hero and poet and son of Finn, who is supposed to have lived during the 3rd century a.d., represented in Gaelic poems and in imitations of them written by James Macpherson in the 18th century.
- Ostend
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Belgium.
- totems
-
noun,
a natural object or an animate being, as an animal or bird, assumed as the emblem of a clan, family, or group.
- sadist
-
noun,
Psychiatry. a person who has the condition of sadism, in which one receives sexual gratification from causing pain and degradation to another.
- sadism
-
noun,
Psychiatry. the condition in which sexual gratification depends on causing pain or degradation to others.
Compare masochism.
- otitis
-
noun,
inflammation of the ear.
- tsadis
-
noun,
sadhe.
- todies
-
noun,
any of several small West Indian birds of the family Todidae, related to the motmots and kingfishers, having brightly colored green and red plumage.
- amidin
-
noun,
the soluble matter of starch.
- Santos
-
noun,
a seaport in S Brazil: world's largest coffee-exporting port.
- Odense
-
noun,
a seaport on Fyn island, in S Denmark.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- titans
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus.
Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia.
any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- Sansom
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Samson.
- sansei
-
noun,
a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. or Canada.
- Titian
-
noun,
(Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.
- anomie
-
noun,
a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.
- anoint
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- titman
-
noun,
the runt of an animal litter, especially the smallest pig.
- aniso-
-
- anises
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- sanies
-
noun,
a thin, often greenish, serous fluid that is discharged from ulcers, wounds, etc.
- titmen
-
noun,
the runt of an animal litter, especially the smallest pig.
- Odessa
-
noun,
a seaport in S Ukraine, on the Black Sea.
- amido-
-
- anenst
-
preposition,
anent (def 2).
- anemo-
-
- Odetta
-
noun,
(Odetta Holmes) 1930–2008, U.S. folk singer.
- Odette
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tmesis
-
noun,
the interpolation of one or more words between the parts of a compound word, as be thou ware for beware.
- oedema
-
noun,
edema.
- amnios
-
- amnion
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the innermost of the embryonic or fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended.
- Sandie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- amino-
-
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- toasts
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- amidst
-
preposition,
amid.
- denti-
-
- dassie
-
noun,
hyrax.
- Denton
-
noun,
a city in N Texas.
- teases
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- Semite
-
noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- easies
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- Taoism
-
noun,
the philosophical system evolved by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu, advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to attain a happy existence in harmony with the Tao.
- semens
-
noun,
the viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa.
- tasset
-
noun,
either of two pieces of plate armor hanging from the fauld to protect the upper parts of the thighs.
- Tassie
-
noun,
tass.
- nanism
-
noun,
the condition of being unusually or abnormally small in size or stature; dwarfism.
- tastes
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- Nantes
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
- sedans
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- Dottie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Dorothea and Dorothy.
- tanist
-
noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- nasion
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- donsie
-
adjective,
Midland U.S. somewhat sick, weak, or lacking in vitality; not completely well.
- donnee
-
noun,
a set of artistic or literary premises or assumptions.
- donnas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: an Italian title of respect prefixed to the given name of a woman.
- nation
-
noun,
a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own:
- Donets
-
noun,
a river rising in the SW Russian Federation near Belgorod, flowing SE through Ukraine to the Don River. About 650 miles (1045 km) long.
- donees
-
noun,
a person to whom a gift is made.
- seisin
-
noun,
seizin.
- donate
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- seines
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- neaten
-
verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- domine
-
noun,
lord; master (used as a title of address).
- Nadine
-
noun,
a female given name.
- edemas
-
noun,
effusion of serous fluid into the interstices of cells in tissue spaces or into body cavities.
- DOMAIN
-
noun,
a field of action, thought, influence, etc.:
- Stones
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- stints
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- eonism
-
noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- eonian
-
adjective,
aeonian.
- stoats
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- enosis
-
noun,
a movement for securing the political union of Greece and Cyprus.
- ennead
-
noun,
a group of nine persons or things.
- stomas
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- stoned
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- emotes
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- motets
-
noun,
a vocal composition in polyphonic style, on a Biblical or similar prose text, intended for use in a church service.
- emesis
-
noun,
vomitus.
- tandem
-
noun,
a vehicle, as a truck, tractor, or trailer, in which a pair or pairs of axles are arranged in tandem.
- emends
-
verb (used with object),
to edit or change (a text).
- mottes
-
noun,
a grove or clump of trees in prairie land or open country.
- sennit
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- taints
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- sennet
-
noun,
any of several small barracudas, as Sphyraena borealis (northern sennet) ranging along the eastern coast of North and Central America.
- sennas
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- Edison
-
noun,
Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- Sendai
-
noun,
a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.
- 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.
- Edessa
-
noun,
an ancient city in NW Mesopotamia, on the modern site of Urfa: an early center of Christianity; the capital of a principality under the Crusaders.
- Domett
-
noun,
Alfred, 1811–87, British government official and poet: prime minister of New Zealand 1862.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- tennis
-
noun,
a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with rackets, in which a ball is driven back and forth over a low net that divides the court in half.
- dittos
-
noun,
the aforesaid; the above; the same (used in accounts, lists, etc., to avoid repetition). Symbol: ″. Abbreviation: do.
Compare ditto mark.
- nemat-
-
- tenses
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- tenaim
-
noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- diatom
-
noun,
any of numerous microscopic, unicellular, marine or freshwater algae of the phylum Chrysophyta, having cell walls containing silica.
- Nessie
-
noun,
Loch Ness monster.
- tenant
-
noun,
a person or group that rents and occupies land, a house, an office, or the like, from another for a period of time; lessee.
- tendon
-
noun,
Anatomy. a cord or band of dense, tough, inelastic, white, fibrous tissue, serving to connect a muscle with a bone or part; sinew.
- dienes
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- tensas
-
noun,
a river in NE Louisiana, flowing S to the Ouachita River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- detent
-
noun,
a mechanism that temporarily keeps one part in a certain position relative to that of another, and can be released by applying force to one of the parts.
- diesis
-
noun,
double dagger.
- netmen
-
noun,
a tennis player.
- netman
-
noun,
a tennis player.
- tenons
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- tenets
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- nested
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- dismes
-
noun,
a former coin of the U.S., equal to 10 cents, issued in 1792: early form of the dime.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- detest
-
verb (used with object),
to feel abhorrence of; hate; dislike intensely.
- sedate
-
adjective,
calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement:
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- desist
-
verb (used without object),
to cease, as from some action or proceeding; stop.
- Neisse
-
noun,
a river in N Europe, flowing N from the NW Czech Republic along part of the boundary between Germany and Poland to the Oder River. 145 miles (233 km) long.
- desman
-
noun,
either of two aquatic, insectivorous mammals, Myogale moschata, of southeastern Russia, or M. pyrenaica, of the Pyrenees, related to shrews.
- teiids
-
noun,
any of a large group of chiefly tropical New World lizards of the family Teiidae, as the racerunner, caiman lizard, or whiptail, characterized by large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
- minds
-
noun,
(in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.:
- meta-
-
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- Monte
-
noun,
Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
- oidia
-
noun,
one of the conidia that are borne in chains by certain fungi.
- MSEnt
-
- mitts
-
noun,
Baseball.
a rounded glove with one internal section for the four fingers and another for the thumb and having the side next to the palm of the hand protected by a thick padding, used by catchers.
a somewhat similar glove but with less padding and having sections for the thumb and one or two fingers, used by first basemen. Compare baseball glove.
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- oidea
-
- monde
-
noun,
the world; people; society.
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- sends
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- SAMOS
-
noun,
a Greek island in the E Aegean. 194 sq. mi. (502 sq. km).
- sadis
-
noun,
sadhe.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Sinas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- nests
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- simas
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- Sands
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- seats
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- motte
-
noun,
a grove or clump of trees in prairie land or open country.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- 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.
- ossia
-
conjunction,
(indicating an alternative, usually easier, version of a passage in a musical score) or; or else.
- mosts
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- saids
-
noun,
sayyid.
- Miass
-
noun,
a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia, near the Ural Mountains, W of Chelyabinsk.
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- oste-
-
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- MIDAS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Phrygian king, son of Gordius, who was given by Dionysus the power of turning whatever he touched into gold.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- sains
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Mossi
-
noun,
an agricultural people of Africa living mainly in Burkina Faso.
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- motet
-
noun,
a vocal composition in polyphonic style, on a Biblical or similar prose text, intended for use in a church service.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- Moses
-
noun,
the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites out of Egypt and delivered the Law during their years of wandering in the wilderness.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- setts
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- omni-
-
- metes
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Midis
-
noun,
a skirt, dress, or coat, of mid-calf length.
- sense
-
noun,
any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body:
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Odets
-
noun,
Clifford, 1906–63, U.S. dramatist.
- sates
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Sidon
-
noun,
a city of ancient Phoenicia: site of modern Saida.
- seism
-
noun,
an earthquake.
- Neman
-
noun,
a river rising in central Byelorussia (Belarus), flowing W through Lithuania into the Baltic. 582 miles (937 km) long.
- misdo
-
verb (used with object),
to do badly or wrongly; botch.
- nona-
-
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- Nemea
-
noun,
a valley in SE Greece, in ancient Argolis.
- nones
-
noun,
the fifth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the ninth hour of the day (or 3 p.m.).
- nomes
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- Minto
-
noun,
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond [el-ee-uh t-mur-ee-ki-nin-muh nd,, -muhr-ee-,, el-yuh t-] /ˈɛl i ətˈmɜr i kɪˈnɪn mənd,, -ˈmʌr i-,, ˈɛl yət-/ (Show IPA), 4th Earl of, 1845–1914, British colonial administrator: governor general of Canada 1898–1904; viceroy of India 1905–10.
- seams
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- nomen
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the second name of a citizen, indicating his gens, as “Gaius Julius Caesar.”.
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- Miss.
-
- Misti
-
noun,
El Misti.
- seems
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- Mists
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- needs
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- 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.
- Missa
-
noun,
Mass.
- misos
-
noun,
a fermented seasoning paste of soybeans, often with rice or barley added, used to flavor soups and sauces.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- miso-
-
- nomad
-
noun,
a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply.
- mises
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- modes
-
noun,
a manner of acting or doing; method; way:
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- seise
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- seti-
-
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- Minos
-
noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- sanit
-
- seeds
-
noun,
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- Nandi
-
noun,
a member of an agricultural people of southwestern Kenya.
- oases
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- oasis
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- oasts
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- semi-
-
- Names
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- mini-
-
- Sans.
-
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- monad
-
noun,
Biology.
any simple, single-celled organism.
any of various small, flagellate, colorless ameboids with one to three flagella, especially of the genus Monas.
- neons
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- sides
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- sanes
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- semis
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, the half part of an as.
- minis
-
noun,
miniskirt.
- nemos
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- naso-
-
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- noses
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- Nitti
-
noun,
Francesco Saverio [frahn-ches-kaw sah-ve-ryaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ sɑˈvɛ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1868–1953, Italian lawyer, statesman, and economist.
- semen
-
noun,
the viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa.
- noted
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- sasin
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- nitid
-
adjective,
bright; lustrous.
- Minni
-
noun,
an ancient people of Asia Minor.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- nano-
-
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- Minna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Minn.
-
- Mont.
-
- India
-
noun,
Hindi Bharat [buh-ruht] /ˈbʌ rʌt/ (Show IPA). a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950. 1,246,880 sq. mi. (3,229,419 sq. km). Capital: New Delhi.
- anti-
-
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- amin-
-
- doits
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- Teide
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) a volcanic peak in the Canary Islands, on Tenerife. 12,190 feet (3716 meters).
- amide
-
noun,
a metallic derivative of ammonia in which the −NH 2 group is retained, as potassium amide, KNH 2 .
- amid-
-
- domes
-
noun,
Architecture.
a vault, having a circular plan and usually in the form of a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions.
a domical roof or ceiling.
a polygonal vault, ceiling, or roof.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- doest
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- donas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- donee
-
noun,
a person to whom a gift is made.
- Donna
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: an Italian title of respect prefixed to the given name of a woman.
- Donne
-
noun,
John, 1573–1631, English poet and clergyman.
- teems
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- teiid
-
noun,
any of a large group of chiefly tropical New World lizards of the family Teiidae, as the racerunner, caiman lizard, or whiptail, characterized by large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- doses
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- dist.
-
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- Tenn.
-
- dints
-
noun,
force; power:
- Dione
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- disme
-
noun,
a former coin of the U.S., equal to 10 cents, issued in 1792: early form of the dime.
- tenet
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- Temne
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Sierra Leone.
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- Ditto
-
noun,
the aforesaid; the above; the same (used in accounts, lists, etc., to avoid repetition). Symbol: ″. Abbreviation: do.
Compare ditto mark.
- tends
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- amiss
-
Idioms,
take amiss, to be offended at or resentful of (something not meant to cause offense or resentment); misunderstand:
- toast
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- doats
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- meson
-
noun,
Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- edit.
-
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Edman
-
noun,
Irwin, 1896–1954, U.S. philosopher and essayist.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- eidos
-
noun,
the formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas, criteria for interpreting experience, etc.
- Aimee
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Emden
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Germany.
- emend
-
verb (used with object),
to edit or change (a text).
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- edema
-
noun,
effusion of serous fluid into the interstices of cells in tissue spaces or into body cavities.
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- dotes
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- Amend
-
verb (used with object),
to alter, modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from (a motion, bill, constitution, etc.) by formal procedure:
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- AMEDS
-
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- Tasso
-
noun,
Torquato [tawr-kwah-taw] /tɔrˈkwɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1544–95, Italian poet.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- tanto
-
adverb,
(of a musical direction) too much; so much.
- eases
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- teno-
-
- dimin
-
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- atmo-
-
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- titis
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- atto-
-
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- timid
-
adjective,
lacking in self-assurance, courage, or bravery; easily alarmed; timorous; shy.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- anis-
-
- tides
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- ation
-
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- Teton
-
noun,
the westernmost branch of the Dakota Indians.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- ante-
-
- Aoede
-
noun,
one of the original three Muses; the Muse of song.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- anon.
-
- anode
-
noun,
the electrode or terminal by which current enters an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- annot
-
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- assn.
-
- asst.
-
- dames
-
noun,
(initial capital letter)
the official title of a female member of the Order of the British Empire, equivalent to that of a knight.
the official title of the wife of a knight or baronet.
- damns
-
noun,
the utterance of “damn” in swearing or for emphasis.
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- denim
-
noun,
a heavy, Z-twist, twill cotton for jeans, overalls, and other work and leisure garments.
- demi-
-
- demit
-
noun,
Also, dimit. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
- demo-
-
- Demon
-
noun,
an evil spirit; devil or fiend.
- Demos
-
noun,
the common people of an ancient Greek state.
- denes
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- tents
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- dense
-
adjective,
having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact:
- dent.
-
- dents
-
noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- diam.
-
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- diene
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- demes
-
noun,
one of the administrative divisions of ancient Attica and of modern Greece.
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- Damon
-
noun,
a male given name.
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- anim.
-
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- danio
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- tests
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- datos
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- deism
-
noun,
belief in the existence of a God on the evidence of reason and nature only, with rejection of supernatural revelation (distinguished from theism).
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- Titos
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- Deems
-
verb (used with object),
to hold as an opinion; think; regard:
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Andes
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- deets
-
plural noun,
details:
- Aidos
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of modesty, respect, and shame.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Manon
-
noun,
an opera (1884) by Jules Massenet.
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- Mande
-
noun,
a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, spoken in western Africa and including Mende, Malinke, Bambara, and Kpelle.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- snots
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- Mason
-
noun,
a person whose trade is building with units of various natural or artificial mineral products, as stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or tiles, usually with the use of mortar or cement as a bonding agent.
- totem
-
noun,
a natural object or an animate being, as an animal or bird, assumed as the emblem of a clan, family, or group.
- masse
-
noun,
a stroke made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held almost or quite perpendicular to the table.
- mast-
-
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- maids
-
noun,
a female servant.
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- admen
-
noun,
Also called advertising man. one whose profession is writing, designing, or selling advertisements.
- staid
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- emote
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- admin
-
noun,
administration; administrative work.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- ition
-
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- sones
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- adits
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- sonde
-
noun,
a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
- adios
-
interjection,
goodbye; farewell.
- somas
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- aden-
-
- sodas
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- adeem
-
verb (used with object),
to revoke (a legacy) by ademption.
- masts
-
noun,
Nautical.
a spar or structure rising above the hull and upper portions of a ship or boat to hold sails, spars, rigging, booms, signals, etc., at some point on the fore-and-aft line, as a foremast or mainmast.
any of a number of individual spars composing such a structure, as a topmast supported on trestletrees at the head of a lower mast.
any of various portions of a single spar that are beside particular sails, as a top-gallant mast and royal mast formed as a single spar.
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- Mende
-
noun,
a member of a people living in Sierra Leone and Liberia.
- mends
-
noun,
the act of mending; repair or improvement.
- Menes
-
noun,
flourished c3200 b.c, traditionally the unifier and 1st king of Egypt: founder of the 1st dynasty.
- meno-
-
- 30-30
-
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- menad
-
noun,
maenad.
- mense
-
noun,
propriety; discretion.
- Sino-
-
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- sines
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- mesas
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- mesne
-
adjective,
intermediate or intervening.
- meso-
-
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- tsadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- Matt.
-
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- matte
-
noun,
a dull or dead surface, often slightly roughened, as on metals, paint, paper, or glass.
- matts
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Matthew.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- totes
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- sito-
-
- Meade
-
noun,
George Gordon, 1815–72, Union general in the American Civil War.
- Meads
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- meets
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- toti-
-
- Medan
-
noun,
a city in NE Sumatra, in W Indonesia.
- Medea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a sorceress, daughter of Aeëtes and wife of Jason, whom she assisted in obtaining the Golden Fleece: when Jason deserted her, she killed their children.
- Media
-
noun,
a plural of medium.
- Medon
-
noun,
(in the Odyssey) a herald who warned Penelope that her suitors were conspiring against Telemachus.
- meeds
-
noun,
a reward or recompense.
- isnad
-
noun,
the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
- Issei
-
noun,
a Japanese person who immigrated to the U.S. or Canada after 1907 and was not eligible until 1952 for citizenship.
- stats
-
noun,
Also, 'stat. thermostat.
- IATSE
-
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- idiot
-
noun,
Informal. an utterly foolish or senseless person:
- idion
-
- idiom
-
noun,
an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket or hang one's head, or from the general grammatical rules of a language, as the table round for the round table, and that is not a constituent of a larger expression of like characteristics.
- idio-
-
- stoma
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- ideo-
-
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- ento-
-
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- Stoat
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- iasis
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- imide
-
noun,
a compound derived from ammonia by replacement of two hydrogen atoms by acidic groups, characterized by the =NH group.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- steed
-
noun,
a horse, especially a high-spirited one.
- stoas
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- Estes
-
noun,
a male given name.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- Essen
-
noun,
a city in W Germany: the chief city of the Ruhr River valley.
- tonia
-
- imido
-
adjective,
containing the imido group.
- enema
-
noun,
the injection of a fluid into the rectum to cause a bowel movement.
- stand
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- admit
-
verb (used with object),
to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to:
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Stans
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland.
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- inst.
-
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- init.
-
- Aedes
-
noun,
yellow-fever mosquito.
- inion
-
noun,
a point at the external occipital protuberance of the skull.
- stat.
-
- Indo-
-
- Indio
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- imine
-
noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- endo-
-
- imino
-
adjective,
containing the imino group.
- imit.
-
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- Aedon
-
noun,
a daughter of Pandareus who mistakenly killed her son. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a nightingale.
- stome
-
- indie
-
noun,
an independently or privately owned business, especially a film or music company that is not affiliated with a larger and more commercial company:
- Stets
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- titi
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- Sam.
-
- toad
-
noun,
any of various tailless amphibians that are close relatives of the frogs in the order Anura and that typically have dry, warty skin and are terrestrial or semiterrestrial in habit.
Compare frog1 (def 1).
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- Sams
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Samuel.
- tonn
-
- TODS
-
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- Todt
-
noun,
Fritz [frits] /frɪts/ (Show IPA), 1891–1942, German military engineer.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- Sind
-
noun,
a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- SASE
-
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- std.
-
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Ste.
-
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- 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.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sims
-
noun,
William Sowden [soud-n] /ˈsaʊd n/ (Show IPA), 1858–1936, U.S. admiral, born in Canada.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- SMSA
-
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- snod
-
adjective,
smooth; sleek.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- soda
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- Soni
-
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tasm
-
- Sat.
-
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- tete
-
noun,
a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- tent
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- 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.
- tion
-
- Tit.
-
- 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.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- Sem.
-
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- 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.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- seme
-
adjective,
covered with many small, identical figures.
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Seed
-
noun,
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- 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.
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- Seem
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- ten.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- MIDI
-
noun,
a skirt, dress, or coat, of mid-calf length.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- MDES
-
- Dene
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- Den.
-
- Mass
-
noun,
a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size:
- deme
-
noun,
one of the administrative divisions of ancient Attica and of modern Greece.
- Dem.
-
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- mdnt
-
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- mdse
-
- deet
-
plural noun,
details:
- dees
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- Mead
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- meas
-
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- deem
-
verb (used with object),
to hold as an opinion; think; regard:
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- dime
-
noun,
a cupronickel-clad coin of the U.S. and Canada, the 10th part of a dollar, equal to 10 cents.
- med.
-
- dim.
-
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- DIAS
-
noun,
Bartholomeu [bahr-too-loo-me-oo] /ˌbɑr tʊ lʊˈmɛ ʊ/ (Show IPA), c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- dia-
-
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- made
-
noun,
the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
- mads
-
noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- MAEd
-
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- maid
-
noun,
a female servant.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Man.
-
- Mede
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Media.
- meed
-
noun,
a reward or recompense.
- Din.
-
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- EDTA
-
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- mis-
-
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- min.
-
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- mitt
-
noun,
Baseball.
a rounded glove with one internal section for the four fingers and another for the thumb and having the side next to the palm of the hand protected by a thick padding, used by catchers.
a somewhat similar glove but with less padding and having sections for the thumb and one or two fingers, used by first basemen. Compare baseball glove.
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- MNAS
-
- damn
-
noun,
the utterance of “damn” in swearing or for emphasis.
- Dame
-
noun,
(initial capital letter)
the official title of a female member of the Order of the British Empire, equivalent to that of a knight.
the official title of the wife of a knight or baronet.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- met.
-
- men-
-
- Mend
-
noun,
the act of mending; repair or improvement.
- ment
-
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- mes-
-
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- mess
-
noun,
a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition:
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- dat.
-
- dato
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Mid.
-
- midn
-
- mids
-
noun,
Archaic. the middle.
- DIMS
-
Idioms,
take a dim view of, to regard with disapproval, skepticism, or dismay:
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- moas
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- ESIS
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- eso-
-
- 1080
-
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- ette
-
- Ind.
-
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- idae
-
- Esd.
-
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- emia
-
- Edom
-
noun,
Esau, the brother of Jacob.
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- EDES
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- Eden
-
noun,
the place where Adam and Eve lived before the Fall. Gen. 2:8–24.
- emes
-
noun,
friend.
- EMet
-
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Edam
-
noun,
a mild, hard, yellow cheese, produced in a round shape and coated with red wax.
- end-
-
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Idas
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- idem
-
noun,
another exactly the same.
- Dino
-
- DMSO
-
- dome
-
noun,
Architecture.
a vault, having a circular plan and usually in the form of a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions.
a domical roof or ceiling.
a polygonal vault, ceiling, or roof.
- isms
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- iso-
-
- ISSN
-
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- doat
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- dits
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- dis-
-
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- 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.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- itis
-
- ISIS
-
noun,
a goddess of fertility, the sister and wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, and usually represented as a woman with a cow's horns with the solar disk between them: later worshiped in the Greek and Roman empires.
- doms
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) a title of a monk in the Benedictine, Carthusian, Cistercian, and certain other monastic orders.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- int.
-
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- dost
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- inae
-
- IndE
-
- Doss
-
noun,
a place to sleep, especially in a cheap lodging house.
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- ins.
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- iod-
-
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- dons
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Dona
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- Mind
-
noun,
(in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.:
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- nos-
-
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- non-
-
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- nom.
-
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- mod.
-
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- amt.
-
- ands
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- neon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- ano-
-
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- ann.
-
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- 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):
- not-
-
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- neo-
-
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- OSSA
-
noun,
plural of os1 .
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- osis
-
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- Ont.
-
- Adm.
-
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- aet.
-
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- NTIA
-
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- amdt
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AISI
-
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- AIDS
-
noun,
a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi's sarcoma, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, especially by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AInd
-
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- AIME
-
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- ANSI
-
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ASTM
-
- att.
-
- atm.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- MSTS
-
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- attn
-
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- MSIE
-
- Moss
-
noun,
any tiny, leafy-stemmed, flowerless plant of the class Musci, reproducing by spores and growing in tufts, sods, or mats on moist ground, tree trunks, rocks, etc.
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- MSEE
-
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- Dom.
-
- MSAE
-
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- Mott
-
noun,
John Raleigh, 1865–1955, U.S. religious leader: Nobel Peace Prize 1946.
- Mods
-
noun,
a person who is in the vanguard in style, dress, etc.
- Mon.
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- need
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- asis
-
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Mode
-
noun,
a manner of acting or doing; method; way:
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- ASME
-
- ant.
-
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- NASD
-
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- neem
-
- ETD
-
- EAM
-
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- DSO
-
- TSS
-
- EdM
-
abbreviation,
electronic dance music: a range of genres of electronic music often played in nightclubs and characterized by a strong danceable beat:
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- TSI
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- DSM
-
- ea.
-
- ead
-
- TSE
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- DAE
-
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- TID
-
- Ede
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- TIA
-
- ed.
-
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- Dam
-
noun,
a barrier to obstruct the flow of water, especially one of earth, masonry, etc., built across a stream or river.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EOM
-
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- Am.
-
- an.
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- ad-
-
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ae.
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- do.
-
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- DNA
-
- DMT
-
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- DMS
-
- DMA
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- TNT
-
- TMO
-
- AMS
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- Dee
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- ASN
-
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- ASM
-
- ASI
-
- ase
-
- di.
-
- DET
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- Doi
-
- eo-
-
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- 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.
- DST
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- DSS
-
- DOA
-
- DSA
-
- 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.
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- 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.
- AME
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- de-
-
- DEA
-
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- at.
-
- ast
-
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- TTS
-
- EDT
-
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- Mt.
-
- MTI
-
- mtn
-
- MTO
-
- MTS
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- NAD
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- MSN
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NDE
-
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- ean
-
- MST
-
- MSI
-
- 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:
- EEO
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- mi.
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MIE
-
- MIT
-
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- MNE
-
- MSE
-
- MNS
-
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MOI
-
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- MSA
-
- MSD
-
- NES
-
- NIA
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ONI
-
- oid
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- OIt
-
- Om.
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ons
-
- OEM
-
- ose
-
- OSS
-
- ot-
-
- SAE
-
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- OTS
-
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- sd.
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- ODT
-
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- SDA
-
- SED
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NMI
-
- NNE
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- SDS
-
- SDI
-
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NSA
-
- OED
-
- OSA
-
- OSD
-
- OAS
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- MNA
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- IAS
-
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- ide
-
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- IDS
-
noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- MDT
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Ia.
-
- So.
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IOT
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- ise
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ist
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- io-
-
- St.
-
- ene
-
- EIS
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- EMT
-
- en-
-
- EOE
-
- id.
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- STM
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ESA
-
- ese
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- STI
-
- ETO
-
- ETS
-
- Sta
-
- ine
-
- SST
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- Mao
-
- sod
-
noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- MAD
-
noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- ite
-
- SSN
-
- Md.
-
- Me.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- SMS
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Mo.
-
- ss.
-
- SSM
-
- SSI
-
- SMA
-
- SMD
-
- SSE
-
- SSD
-
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- SSA
-
- ITA
-
- t.
-
- 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.
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- TD
-
- T1
-
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- MN
-
- AO
-
- SA
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- S.
-
- SN
-
- TT
-
- 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.
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- TN
-
- DN
-
- NI
-
- ND
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- DM
-
- 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.
- NM
-
- TM
-
- D.
-
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- DT
-
noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- ee
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- O.
-
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- EI
-
- M.
-
- OA
-
- i.
-
- SM
-