Anagrams of signatories
Word signatories has
1408 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of signatories.
- originates
-
verb (used with object),
to give origin or rise to; initiate; invent:
- originate
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verb (used with object),
to give origin or rise to; initiate; invent:
- estragons
-
noun,
tarragon.
- sinistro-
-
- astringes
-
verb (used with object),
to compress; bind together; constrict.
- signories
-
noun,
seigniory.
- ganisters
-
noun,
a highly refractory, siliceous rock used to line furnaces.
- senoritas
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- assertion
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noun,
a positive statement or declaration, often without support or reason:
- ostiaries
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noun,
Also called doorkeeper, porter. Roman Catholic Church.
a member of the lowest-ranking of the four minor orders.
the order itself. Compare acolyte (def 2), exorcist (def 2), lector (def 2).
- rigatonis
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noun,
a tubular pasta in short, ribbed pieces.
- seigniors
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noun,
a lord, especially a feudal lord; ruler.
- seriation
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noun,
the arrangement of a collection of artifacts into a chronological sequence.
- seringas
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noun,
any of several Brazilian trees of the genus Hevea, yielding rubber.
- treasons
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noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- teniasis
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noun,
taeniasis.
- Negritos
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noun,
a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula, the Andaman Islands, and southern India.
- senorita
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- eastings
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noun,
Navigation. the distance due east made good on any course tending eastward; easterly departure.
- airiness
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noun,
openness to the air:
- gantries
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noun,
a framework spanning a railroad track or tracks for displaying signals.
- inertias
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- sanities
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noun,
the state of being sane; soundness of mind.
- ganister
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noun,
a highly refractory, siliceous rock used to line furnaces.
- signiors
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noun,
signor.
- seatings
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noun,
an act or instance of furnishing with, assigning, or escorting to a seat.
- Gossaert
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noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), Mabuse, Jan.
- granites
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noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz, usually with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals, as mica, hornblende, or augite.
- signoras
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noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a married woman, either used separately or prefixed to the name.
- arsonist
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noun,
a person who commits arson.
- genitors
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noun,
a parent, especially a father.
- raisings
-
noun,
a rule of transformational grammar that shifts the subject or object of an embedded clause into the subject or object position of the main clause, as in the derivation of The suspect appears to be innocent from It appears that the suspect is innocent.
- Tiresias
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noun,
a blind prophet, usually said to have been blinded because he saw Athena bathing, and then to have been awarded the gift of prophecy as a consolation for his blindness.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- astringe
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verb (used with object),
to compress; bind together; constrict.
- sinister
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adjective,
threatening or portending evil, harm, or trouble; ominous:
- igniters
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noun,
a person or thing that ignites.
- seignior
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noun,
a lord, especially a feudal lord; ruler.
- ironists
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noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- argento-
-
- sensoria
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noun,
a part of the brain or the brain itself regarded as the seat of sensation.
- ringtoss
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noun,
a game in which rings, often made of rope, are tossed to encircle an upright peg.
- strigose
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adjective,
Botany. set with stiff bristles of hairs; hispid.
- giantess
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noun,
an imaginary female being of human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- songster
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noun,
a person who sings; a singer.
- gastrins
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noun,
a hormone that stimulates the secretion of gastric juice.
- roasting
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noun,
a severely critical notice or review; pan.
- estragon
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noun,
tarragon.
- organist
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noun,
a person who plays the organ.
- soarings
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noun,
the sport of flying a sailplane.
- snot-rag
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noun,
a handkerchief.
- ingrates
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noun,
an ungrateful person.
- rigatoni
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noun,
a tubular pasta in short, ribbed pieces.
- Ossetian
-
noun,
an Osset.
- tragions
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noun,
a point in the depth of the notch just above the tragus of the ear.
- erasions
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- argosies
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noun,
a large merchant ship, especially one with a rich cargo.
- stearins
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- stingers
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noun,
a person or thing that stings.
- retsinas
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- agonists
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noun,
a person engaged in a contest, conflict, struggle, etc., especially the protagonist in a literary work.
- stearo-
-
- orients
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- sestina
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noun,
a poem of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy, originally without rhyme, in which each stanza repeats the end words of the lines of the first stanza, but in different order, the envoy using the six words again, three in the middle of the lines and three at the end.
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- gaiters
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noun,
a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot.
Compare upper1 (def 7).
- orgeats
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noun,
a syrup or drink made originally from barley but later from almonds, prepared with sugar and an extract of orange flowers.
- arsines
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noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- norites
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- Signora
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noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a married woman, either used separately or prefixed to the name.
- signers
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noun,
a person who signs.
- garotes
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noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- signets
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noun,
a small seal, as on a finger ring.
- signior
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noun,
signor.
- onstage
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adverb,
on or onto the stage (opposed to offstage): .
- signore
-
noun,
a conventional Italian title of respect for a man, usually used separately; signor.
- onagers
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noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- garnets
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noun,
any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
- Niteroi
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in SE Brazil.
- igniter
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noun,
a person or thing that ignites.
- isation
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- ingesta
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plural noun,
substances ingested.
- ingests
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verb (used with object),
to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest).
- tigress
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noun,
a female tiger.
- ingrate
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noun,
an ungrateful person.
- engross
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verb (used with object),
to occupy completely, as the mind or attention; absorb:
- estrins
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noun,
estrone.
- soaring
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noun,
the sport of flying a sailplane.
- entasis
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noun,
a slight convexity given to a column or tower, as to correct an optical illusion.
- isatins
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noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- nasties
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noun,
Informal. a nasty person or thing.
- Estonia
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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.
- ironist
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noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- ironies
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noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- erasion
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noun,
the act of erasing.
- ingress
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noun,
the act of going in or entering.
- ergotin
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noun,
any of various extracts of ergot used in medicine.
- sorites
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noun,
a form of argument having several premises and one conclusion, capable of being resolved into a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each of which is a premise of the next.
- sorting
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noun,
the process by which sedimentary particles become separated according to some particular characteristic, as size or shape.
- inserts
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- egoists
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noun,
a self-centered or selfish person (opposed to altruist).
- Sitsang
-
noun,
Tibet (def 1).
- singers
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noun,
a person who sings, especially a trained or professional vocalist.
- Staines
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noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, on the Thames River near Heathrow airport.
- ignites
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verb (used with object),
to set on fire; kindle.
- atonies
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noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- tisanes
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- stories
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noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- sinters
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- gainers
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noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- ignores
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verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- Igraine
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noun,
the mother of King Arthur.
- gasters
-
- Nigeria
-
noun,
a republic in W Africa: member of the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly a British colony and protectorate. 356,669 sq. mi. (923,773 sq. km). Capital: Abuja.
- ingates
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noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- earings
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noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- stagers
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noun,
a person of experience in some profession, way of life, etc.
- nestors
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noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- inertia
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- tearing
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noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- easting
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noun,
Navigation. the distance due east made good on any course tending eastward; easterly departure.
- Sistine
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adjective,
of or relating to any pope named Sixtus.
- eatings
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- Negrito
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noun,
a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula, the Andaman Islands, and southern India.
- origans
-
noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- signors
-
noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a man, either used separately or prefixed to the name. Abbreviation: Sig., sig.
- arseno-
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- granite
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noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz, usually with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals, as mica, hornblende, or augite.
- stinger
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noun,
a person or thing that stings.
- resting
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noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Seagirt
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noun,
surrounded by the sea.
- airings
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noun,
an exposure to the air, as for drying.
- triages
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noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- re-sign
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verb (used with or without object),
to sign again.
- Tangier
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noun,
a seaport in N Morocco, on the W Strait of Gibraltar: capital of the former Tangier Zone.
- seating
-
noun,
an act or instance of furnishing with, assigning, or escorting to a seat.
- treason
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noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- reginas
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noun,
queen.
- regains
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noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- reasons
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- genitor
-
noun,
a parent, especially a father.
- reagins
-
noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- genito-
-
- rations
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noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- ratings
-
noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- Genista
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Genista, of the legume family, having showy flowers and including many species of broom.
- satoris
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- trigone
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noun,
Also, trigonum. Anatomy.
a triangular part or area.
the area on the floor of the urinary bladder between the opening of the urethra in front and the two ureters at the sides.
- anoesis
-
noun,
a state of mind consisting of pure sensation or emotion without cognitive content.
- Sargent
-
noun,
Sir (Harold) Malcolm (Watts) 1895–1967, English conductor.
- gisants
-
noun,
a sculptured representation of a dead person in a recumbent position, usually as part of a sepulchral monument.
- sangers
-
noun,
Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1958.
- storage
-
noun,
the act of storing; state or fact of being stored:
- strains
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- santirs
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Rossini
-
noun,
Gioacchino Antonio [jaw-ahk-kee-naw ahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌdʒɔ ɑkˈki nɔ ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1792–1868, Italian composer.
- strange
-
adverb,
in a strange manner.
- stoners
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- stogies
-
noun,
a long, slender, roughly made, inexpensive cigar.
- Geraint
-
noun,
one of the knights of the Round Table, husband of Enid.
- sarongs
-
noun,
a loose-fitting skirtlike garment formed by wrapping a strip of cloth around the lower part of the body, worn by both men and women in the Malay Archipelago and certain islands of the Pacific Ocean.
- trioses
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- goiters
-
noun,
an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck, usually symptomatic of abnormal thyroid secretion, especially hypothyroidism due to a lack of iodine in the diet.
- risings
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that rises.
- stingos
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noun,
strong beer.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- agonies
-
noun,
extreme and generally prolonged pain; intense physical or mental suffering.
- agonist
-
noun,
a person engaged in a contest, conflict, struggle, etc., especially the protagonist in a literary work.
- trigons
-
noun,
a triangle.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- instars
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- sterno-
-
- senator
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noun,
a member of a senate.
- gastro-
-
- aristo-
-
- Ossetia
-
noun,
a region in Caucasia: divided between North Ossetia of the Russian Federation and the South Ossetian Autonomous Region of the Georgian Republic.
- aristos
-
noun,
aristocrat.
- gastrin
-
noun,
a hormone that stimulates the secretion of gastric juice.
- seringa
-
noun,
any of several Brazilian trees of the genus Hevea, yielding rubber.
- argents
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- senoras
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- Grisons
-
noun,
a canton in E Switzerland. 2747 sq. mi. (7115 sq. km). Capital: Chur.
- aorists
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- tensors
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- 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.
- Torenia
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- gratine
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verb (used with object),
to bake or broil (food) in au gratin style.
- Anteros
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- raisins
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- raising
-
noun,
a rule of transformational grammar that shifts the subject or object of an embedded clause into the subject or object position of the main clause, as in the derivation of The suspect appears to be innocent from It appears that the suspect is innocent.
- antero-
-
- tragion
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noun,
a point in the depth of the notch just above the tragus of the ear.
- seising
-
noun,
seizing.
- gratins
-
noun,
au gratin.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- goiter
-
noun,
an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck, usually symptomatic of abnormal thyroid secretion, especially hypothyroidism due to a lack of iodine in the diet.
- steins
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- stings
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- insist
-
verb (used with object),
to assert or maintain firmly:
- insets
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- gnosis
-
noun,
knowledge of spiritual matters; mystical knowledge.
- gneiss
-
noun,
a metamorphic rock, generally made up of bands that differ in color and composition, some bands being rich in feldspar and quartz, others rich in hornblende or mica.
- stores
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- steno-
-
- inorg.
-
- groins
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- grists
-
noun,
grain to be ground.
- INGRES
-
noun,
Jean Auguste Dominique [zhahn oh-gyst daw-mee-neek] /ʒɑ̃ oʊˈgüst dɔ miˈnik/ (Show IPA), 1780–1867, French painter.
- groats
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noun,
hulled grain, as wheat or oats, broken into fragments.
- Stones
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- groans
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- stego-
-
- grates
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- goners
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- grains
-
noun,
an iron instrument with barbed prongs, for spearing or harpooning fish.
- ignite
-
verb (used with object),
to set on fire; kindle.
- gratin
-
noun,
au gratin.
- Grants
-
noun,
a town in W New Mexico.
- ignore
-
verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- stenos
-
noun,
a stenographer.
- stains
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- stages
-
noun,
a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- gratis
-
adverb,
without charge or payment; free:
- grani-
-
- iatro-
-
- Greats
-
- stager
-
noun,
a person of experience in some profession, way of life, etc.
- stingo
-
noun,
strong beer.
- ingate
-
noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- stanes
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- gossan
-
noun,
a rust-colored deposit of mineral matter at the outcrop of a vein or orebody containing iron-bearing materials.
- stares
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- sterns
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Gretna
-
noun,
a city in SE Louisiana, near New Orleans.
- ingest
-
verb (used with object),
to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest).
- Grasse
-
noun,
François Joseph Paul [frahn-swa zhaw-zef pawl] /frɑ̃ˈswa ʒɔˈzɛf pɔl/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Grasse-Tilly) 1722–1788, French admiral.
- griots
-
noun,
a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc.
- Grison
-
noun,
a weasellike carnivore, Galictis vittata, ranging from southern Mexico to Peru, having a grayish-white upper body, a distinctive white stripe across the forehead and ears, and a dark brown face, chest, and legs.
- ingots
-
noun,
a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining.
- gorses
-
noun,
any spiny shrub of the genus Ulex, of the legume family, native to the Old World, especially U. europaeus, having rudimentary leaves and yellow flowers and growing in waste places and sandy soil.
- grano-
-
- noesis
-
noun,
(in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
- instr.
-
- raises
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- region
-
noun,
an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body:
- Regina
-
noun,
queen.
- Regain
-
noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- reagin
-
noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- rating
-
noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- ranges
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- seisin
-
noun,
seizin.
- raisin
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- 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.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- senors
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- sensor
-
noun,
a mechanical device sensitive to light, temperature, radiation level, or the like, that transmits a signal to a measuring or control instrument.
- 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.
- ossein
-
noun,
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- serais
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Osiris
-
noun,
the king and judge of the dead, the husband and brother of Isis, and father (or brother) of Horus, killed by Set but later resurrected (after Horus killed Set): usually depicted as a man, partly wrapped as a mummy, having a beard and wearing the atef-crown.
- osiers
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Serang
-
noun,
Ceram.
- Osages
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of western Missouri, now living in northern Oklahoma.
- reigns
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- resign
-
verb (used with object),
to give up (an office, position, etc.), often formally.
- origin
-
noun,
something from which anything arises or is derived; source; fountainhead:
- sargos
-
noun,
a silvery grunt, Anisotremus davidsonii, inhabiting waters off the coasts of California and Mexico, having blackish markings and yellowish fins.
- saints
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Sanger
-
noun,
Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1958.
- sanies
-
noun,
a thin, often greenish, serous fluid that is discharged from ulcers, wounds, etc.
- sansei
-
noun,
a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. or Canada.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Santos
-
noun,
a seaport in S Brazil: world's largest coffee-exporting port.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- rosins
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- rosets
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- sarges
-
noun,
sergeant.
- roasts
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- resist
-
noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- sarong
-
noun,
a loose-fitting skirtlike garment formed by wrapping a strip of cloth around the lower part of the body, worn by both men and women in the Malay Archipelago and certain islands of the Pacific Ocean.
- sarsen
-
noun,
any of numerous large sandstone blocks or fragments found in south-central England, probably remnants of eroded Tertiary beds.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- rising
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that rises.
- 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).
- rinses
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- 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.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- Origen
-
noun,
(Origenes Admantius) a.d. 185?–254? Alexandrian writer, Christian theologian, and teacher.
- inter.
-
- Soares
-
noun,
Mário [mah-ryoo] /ˈmɑ ryʊ/ (Show IPA), born 1924, Portuguese statesman: prime minister 1976–78, 1983–85; president 1986–96.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- Sisera
-
noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- Sister
-
noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- sitars
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Negros
-
noun,
an island of the central Philippines. 5043 sq. mi. (13,061 sq. km).
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- Nasser
-
noun,
Gamal Abdel [guh-mahl ab-doo l,, juh-] /gəˈmɑl ˈæb dʊl,, dʒə-/ (Show IPA), 1918–70, Egyptian military and political leader: prime minister of Egypt 1954–56; president of Egypt 1956–58; president of the United Arab Republic 1958–70.
- snares
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- snores
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- snorts
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- soigne
-
adjective,
carefully or elegantly done, operated, or designed.
- sonars
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- 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.
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Sontag
-
noun,
Susan, 1933–2004, U.S. critic, novelist, and essayist.
- irises
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- intro.
-
- intra-
-
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- sirens
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- niseis
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- origan
-
noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- siesta
-
noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- orgies
-
noun,
wild or drunken festivity or revelry, especially involving sex with multiple participants.
- orgeat
-
noun,
a syrup or drink made originally from barley but later from almonds, prepared with sugar and an extract of orange flowers.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- serins
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- orangs
-
noun,
orangutan.
- Orange
-
noun,
a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- serosa
-
noun,
Embryology, Zoology.
the chorion.
a similar membrane in insects and other lower invertebrates.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- onager
-
noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- setons
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- ogress
-
noun,
a female monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- signer
-
noun,
a person who signs.
- signet
-
noun,
a small seal, as on a finger ring.
- Signor
-
noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a man, either used separately or prefixed to the name. Abbreviation: Sig., sig.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Singer
-
noun,
a person who sings, especially a trained or professional vocalist.
- singes
-
noun,
a superficial burn.
- noises
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- nitro-
-
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- gisant
-
noun,
a sculptured representation of a dead person in a recumbent position, usually as part of a sepulchral monument.
- Saigon
-
noun,
former name of Ho Chi Minh City: capital of former South Vietnam 1954–76.
- astro-
-
- tensas
-
noun,
a river in NE Louisiana, flowing S to the Ouachita River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- essoin
-
noun,
(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
- esrogs
-
noun,
etrog.
- angsts
-
noun,
a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.
- trans.
-
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- Angers
-
noun,
a city in and capital of Maine-et-Loire, in W France.
- aniso-
-
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- ergots
-
noun,
Plant Pathology.
a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, especially C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body.
the sclerotial body itself.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- angio-
-
- etrogs
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- 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.
- airing
-
noun,
an exposure to the air, as for drying.
- targes
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- garote
-
noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- agron.
-
- trigon
-
noun,
a triangle.
- Garnet
-
noun,
any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- triage
-
noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- gaiter
-
noun,
a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot.
Compare upper1 (def 7).
- gainst
-
preposition,
against.
- Gaines
-
noun,
Edmund Pendleton, 1777–1849, U.S. general.
- Gainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- tarso-
-
- Tassie
-
noun,
tass.
- torses
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- Argent
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- Gasser
-
noun,
Slang. something that is extraordinarily pleasing or successful, especially a very funny joke.
- tirage
-
noun,
the withdrawing of wine from a barrel, as for testing or tasting.
- tinges
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- assent
-
noun,
agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
- assert
-
Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- earing
-
noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- assign
-
noun,
Usually, assigns. Law. a person to whom the property or interest of another is or may be transferred; assignee:
- assort
-
verb (used with object),
to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
- Tongas
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in India.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Girtin
-
noun,
Thomas, 1775–1802, English painter.
- astron
-
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- eating
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- argons
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- Tessin
-
noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- argots
-
noun,
a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- enosis
-
noun,
a movement for securing the political union of Greece and Cyprus.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- arises
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- arsen-
-
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- Tigris
-
noun,
a river in SW Asia, flowing SE from SE Turkey through Iraq, joining the Euphrates to form the Shatt-al-Arab. 1150 miles (1850 km) long.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- egoist
-
noun,
a self-centered or selfish person (opposed to altruist).
- arsons
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- trigos
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- anises
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Gaston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- aeron.
-
- agists
-
verb (used with object),
to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee.
- gators
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- genoas
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- Tagore
-
noun,
Sir Rabindranath [ruh-been-druh-naht] /rəˈbin drəˌnɑt/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, Indian poet: Nobel prize 1913.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- Strega
-
- Strong
-
Idioms,
come on strong, Slang. to behave in an aggressive, ardent, or flamboyant manner:
- string
-
noun,
a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- Tsonga
-
noun,
a Bantu language spoken in Mozambique, Zambia, and South Africa.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- genit.
-
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- tangos
-
noun,
a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- gastr-
-
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- orig.
-
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- tonia
-
- Oreg.
-
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- Aegir
-
noun,
a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- aeri-
-
- oste-
-
- argot
-
noun,
a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
- ossia
-
conjunction,
(indicating an alternative, usually easier, version of a passage in a musical score) or; or else.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- 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.
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- Osage
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of western Missouri, now living in northern Oklahoma.
- AEGIS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- Tonga
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in India.
- tongs
-
noun,
any of various implements consisting of two arms hinged, pivoted, or otherwise fastened together, for seizing, holding, or lifting something (usually used with pair of).
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- oasis
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- oases
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- asst.
-
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- 30-30
-
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- signs
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- sanes
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- 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.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Sinas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- astr.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- sains
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- sages
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- oasts
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- assn.
-
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- sanit
-
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Orang
-
noun,
orangutan.
- sero-
-
- Argos
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis: a powerful rival of Sparta, Athens, and Corinth.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Sans.
-
- Onega
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in the NW Russian Federation in Europe: second largest lake in Europe. 3764 sq. mi. (9750 sq. km).
- seti-
-
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- Sango
-
noun,
a Niger-Congo language of the Adamawa-Eastern branch, used as a lingua franca in the Central African Republic.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- Asser
-
noun,
Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- ogres
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- signa
-
verb,
(used imperatively, in prescriptions) mark; write; label.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- REGIS
-
noun,
a male given name.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- reign
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- agist
-
verb (used with object),
to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee.
- Regt.
-
- agios
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- treas
-
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- renga
-
noun,
linked verse.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Regin
-
noun,
a smith, the brother of Fafnir, who raises Sigurd and encourages him to kill Fafnir in the hope of gaining the gold he guards.
- Regan
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.
Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
- anger
-
noun,
a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
- 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.
- angi-
-
- Angie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Angel.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- reni-
-
- 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.
- triga
-
noun,
a two-wheeled chariot drawn by a team of three horses.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- agone
-
adverb, adjective,
ago.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- agro-
-
- 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.
- Agnes
-
noun,
Saint, a.d. 292?–304? Roman Catholic child martyr.
- trigo
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- trig.
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- 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.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- sasin
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- rings
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- angor
-
noun,
extreme distress or mental anguish, usually of physical origin.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- ragis
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- anti-
-
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- sargo
-
noun,
a silvery grunt, Anisotremus davidsonii, inhabiting waters off the coasts of California and Mexico, having blackish markings and yellowish fins.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Roget
-
noun,
Peter Mark, 1779–1869, English physician and author of a thesaurus.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- 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.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- sengi
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equal to 1/10,000 (.0001) of a zaire.
- rages
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- ante-
-
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- areo-
-
- aero-
-
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- Sarge
-
noun,
sergeant.
- trigs
-
noun,
trigonometry.
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- argon
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- Range
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- agers
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Saros
-
noun,
the period of 223 synodic months, equaling 6585.32 days or 18 years, 11.32 days (or 10.32 days if 5 leap years occur in the interval), after which eclipses repeat but are shifted 120° west.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- agent
-
noun,
a person or business authorized to act on another's behalf:
- segar
-
noun,
cigar.
- angst
-
noun,
a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- saris
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- anis-
-
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- sing.
-
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- Segni
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1972, Italian teacher, lawyer, and statesman: president 1962–64.
- segno
-
noun,
a sign.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- segos
-
noun,
sego lily.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- trogs
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- girts
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- togas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- singe
-
noun,
a superficial burn.
- IATSE
-
- tears
-
- etrog
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- Tasso
-
noun,
Torquato [tawr-kwah-taw] /tɔrˈkwɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1544–95, Italian poet.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- gains
-
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- gaits
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- sagos
-
noun,
a starchy foodstuff derived from the soft interior of the trunk of various palms and cycads, used in making puddings.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- stang
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- Stans
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- Gaons
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- garni
-
adjective,
garnished.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- grots
-
noun,
a grotto.
- Grote
-
noun,
George, 1794–1871, English historian.
- STAGE
-
noun,
a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- ingot
-
noun,
a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining.
- targe
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- 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.
- ergot
-
noun,
Plant Pathology.
a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, especially C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body.
the sclerotial body itself.
- soras
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Iran.
-
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- intr.
-
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- tera-
-
- inst.
-
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- teno-
-
- esrog
-
noun,
etrog.
- Srta.
-
- init.
-
- Gross
-
noun,
a group of 12 dozen, or 144, things. Abbreviation: gro.
- groin
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Goias
-
noun,
a state in central Brazil. 247,826 sq. mi. (641,870 sq. km). Capital: Goiânia.
- gotra
-
noun,
a Hindu clan tracing its paternal lineage from a common ancestor, usually a saint or sage.
- Gosse
-
noun,
Sir Edmund William, 1849–1928, English poet, biographer, and critic.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- gorse
-
noun,
any spiny shrub of the genus Ulex, of the legume family, native to the Old World, especially U. europaeus, having rudimentary leaves and yellow flowers and growing in waste places and sandy soil.
- gores
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- Goren
-
noun,
Charles Henry, 1901–91, U.S authority and writer on contract bridge.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- gesso
-
noun,
gypsum or plaster of Paris prepared with glue for use as a surface for painting.
- goner
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- gests
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- grain
-
noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- goers
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- stoas
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- getas
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- giant
-
noun,
(in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- gnars
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- girns
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- gists
-
noun,
the main or essential part of a matter:
- giros
-
noun,
autogiro.
- sting
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- gents
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- groat
-
noun,
a silver coin of England, equal to four pennies, issued from 1279 to 1662.
- gator
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- groan
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- ster.
-
- grist
-
noun,
grain to be ground.
- gasts
-
verb (used with object),
to terrify or frighten.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- griot
-
noun,
a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc.
- grins
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- gater
-
noun,
gator.
- Gates
-
noun,
Horatio, 1728–1806, American Revolutionary general, born in England.
- Greta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- gears
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- tangs
-
- grate
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- genii
-
noun,
a plural of genius.
- GRASS
-
noun,
any plant of the family Gramineae, having jointed stems, sheathing leaves, and seedlike grains.
Compare grass family.
- stge.
-
- Grant
-
noun,
something granted, as a privilege or right, a sum of money, or a tract of land:
- grans
-
noun,
grandmother.
- Genoa
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- genro
-
noun,
any of the unofficial elder statesmen of Japan who influenced the government c1875–1940.
- tango
-
noun,
a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- ergo-
-
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- tinge
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Negro
-
noun,
Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, especially those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- nears
-
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- 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.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- snags
-
noun,
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- naso-
-
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- snogs
-
verb (used without object),
to kiss and cuddle.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- Tigre
-
noun,
a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- siris
-
noun,
lebbek (def 1).
- tiger
-
noun,
a large, carnivorous, tawny-colored and black-striped feline, Panthera tigris, of Asia, ranging in several subspecies from India and the Malay Peninsula to Siberia: the entire species is endangered, with some subspecies thought to be extinct.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Norge
-
noun,
Norwegian name of Norway.
- ation
-
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- sings
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- Nogai
-
noun,
a member of a people living in the Caucasus region.
- Sino-
-
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- nitr-
-
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Niger
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- tings
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- sito-
-
- iasis
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- soars
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Issei
-
noun,
a Japanese person who immigrated to the U.S. or Canada after 1907 and was not eligible until 1952 for citizenship.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- ento-
-
- 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.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- snots
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- engr.
-
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- ition
-
- 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.
- Sig.
-
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- 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.
- tion
-
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- sign
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- trog
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- Song
-
noun,
a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.
- 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.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- toga
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- tRNA
-
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- str.
-
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Sang
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Soni
-
- togs
-
noun,
a coat.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- tron
-
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- sego
-
noun,
sego lily.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Stag
-
noun,
an adult male deer.
- Ste.
-
- snag
-
noun,
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- tri-
-
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- 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.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- ten.
-
- snog
-
verb (used without object),
to kiss and cuddle.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- tegs
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- SASE
-
- 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.
- stg.
-
- Ting
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Sra.
-
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Sat.
-
- 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.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- tong
-
noun,
tongs.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- sers
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- ter.
-
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- 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.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sags
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- iso-
-
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- egos
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- Eng.
-
- engs
-
noun,
the symbol, ŋ, that, in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in the pronunciation alphabets of some dictionaries, represents the voiced velar nasal consonant indicated in English spelling by (ng), as in the pronunciations of cling [kling] /klɪŋ/ (Show IPA) and clink [klingk] /klɪŋk/ (Show IPA).
- itis
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- 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.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- ISSN
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- 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.
- 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.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- ergs
-
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Ire.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- egis
-
noun,
aegis.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- 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 = .
- nogs
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- 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.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- not-
-
- 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-
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nor.
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ator
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- NIRA
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- neo-
-
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- gnat
-
noun,
any of certain small flies, especially the biting gnats or punkies of the family Ceratopogonidae, the midges of the family Chironomidae, and the black flies of the family Simuliidae.
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- gear
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- Gen.
-
- Gore
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- Gone
-
noun,
the act of going:
- gon-
-
- gens
-
noun,
a group of families in ancient Rome claiming descent from a common ancestor and united by a common name and common ancestral religious rites.
- GOES
-
noun,
plural of go1 .
- Goer
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- Goat
-
noun,
any of numerous agile, hollow-horned ruminants of the genus Capra, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the sheep, found native in rocky and mountainous regions of the Old World, and widely distributed in domesticated varieties.
- goas
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- Gent
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- gras
-
- geo-
-
- gite
-
noun,
a furnished vacation home in France that is available for rental, especially in a rural setting.
- gist
-
noun,
the main or essential part of a matter:
- Ger.
-
- girt
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- giro
-
noun,
autogiro.
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- Gino
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 1080
-
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- Gers
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
- gets
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- geta
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- Gert
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- gats
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- inae
-
- 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.
- ESIS
-
- int.
-
- eso-
-
- ins.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- est.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- 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.
- INRI
-
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- sago
-
noun,
a starchy foodstuff derived from the soft interior of the trunk of various palms and cycads, used in making puddings.
- ign.
-
- gres
-
- gait
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- Iago
-
noun,
the villain in Shakespeare's Othello.
- Gaon
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- gars
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- gast
-
verb (used with object),
to terrify or frighten.
- gate
-
noun,
a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- grot
-
noun,
a grotto.
- Gros
-
noun,
Antoine Jean [ahn-twan zhahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1771–1835, French painter.
- gro.
-
- Grit
-
noun,
abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- Gris
-
noun,
Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), (José Vittoriano Gonzáles) 1887–1927, Spanish painter in France.
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- NTIA
-
- gest
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- rit.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- RNAS
-
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- agr.
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Agon
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece) a contest in which prizes were awarded in any of a number of events, as athletics, drama, music, poetry, and painting.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- ano-
-
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- ANSI
-
- ant.
-
- agit
-
- RONA
-
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- agio
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- Rigi
-
noun,
a mountain in central Switzerland, near the Lake of Lucerne. 5906 feet (1800 meters).
- RIIA
-
- Aire
-
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- agst
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- regs
-
noun,
Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
- Reg.
-
- Ring
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- AISI
-
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- 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.
- ogre
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- ASSR
-
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- aet.
-
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- aer-
-
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Ont.
-
- Sage
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- asis
-
- 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.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ages
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- osis
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Argo
-
noun,
Astronomy. a very large southern constellation, now divided into Vela, Carina, Puppis, and Pyxis, four separate constellations lying largely south of Canis Major.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- OSSA
-
noun,
plural of os1 .
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- org.
-
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Arg.
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- ARIS
-
- TSI
-
- Ges
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- GAO
-
noun,
a city in E Mali.
- Agt
-
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TSE
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- GAS
-
noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- ag-
-
- an.
-
- Gat
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- Ar.
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ae.
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tro
-
- age
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- ago
-
adverb,
in past time; in the past:
- gi.
-
- ast
-
- GAR
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- eo-
-
- eir
-
- 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.
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- EGO
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ean
-
- ea.
-
- ARS
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Eg.
-
- en-
-
- ase
-
- TAG
-
noun,
a piece or strip of strong paper, plastic, metal, leather, etc., for attaching by one end to something as a mark or label:
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Tng
-
- ASI
-
- ASN
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASR
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- tog
-
noun,
a coat.
- at.
-
- EIS
-
- aor
-
- Ga.
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- 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.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ETS
-
- ETR
-
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- ETO
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ESR
-
- ESA
-
- ERT
-
- 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.
- 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.
- tr.
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ANG
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- TGN
-
- TIA
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- tra
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ing
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ONR
-
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- Sgt
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONI
-
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ons
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ose
-
- OSS
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- ot-
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OAS
-
- ote
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- NES
-
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- 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:
- NGO
-
noun,
1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
- NIA
-
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- nog
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- nr.
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- NRA
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- NSA
-
- OSA
-
- OTA
-
- OTS
-
- NEA
-
- RSS
-
- ROI
-
- SAR
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- RSE
-
- rt.
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- rte
-
- RTS
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- So.
-
- SRO
-
- SAE
-
- SAG
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- ROG
-
- ROA
-
- Re.
-
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- REA
-
- RNA
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- ne-
-
- Sta
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- ier
-
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ine
-
- St.
-
- io-
-
- SSR
-
- SSN
-
- SSI
-
- SSE
-
- SSA
-
- ss.
-
- SRS
-
- Ia.
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Sr.
-
- Gor
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- get
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- GIs
-
noun,
a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt.
- git
-
noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- Goa
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- goi
-
noun,
goy.
- got
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- GTS
-
- Gr.
-
- STI
-
- gre
-
- GSA
-
- GSR
-
- gt.
-
- GTO
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- SST
-
- 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 = .
- ISA
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ite
-
- ITA
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- ist
-
- ISR
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- ise
-
- TSS
-
- IRO
-
- 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
-
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- ior
-
- Ir.
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- N.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- GN
-
- NG
-
- NI
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- S.
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SA
-
- AO
-
- SG
-
- 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.
- t.
-
- TG
-
- 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.
- T1
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- EI
-
- GO
-
noun,
the act of going:
- RI
-
- RN
-
- R.
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- G.
-
- OG
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- IG
-
- O.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- SN
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- i.
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- TN
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- RO
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- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- OA
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- rg
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