Anagrams of smatterings
Word smatterings has
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- smattering
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noun,
a slight, superficial, or introductory knowledge of something:
- teratisms
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noun,
love or worship of the monstrous.
- ganisters
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noun,
a highly refractory, siliceous rock used to line furnaces.
- martinets
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noun,
a strict disciplinarian, especially a military one.
- Massinger
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noun,
Philip, 1583–1640, English dramatist: collaborated with John Fletcher.
- straitens
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verb (used with object),
to put into difficulties, especially financial ones:
- streaming
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noun,
an act or instance of flowing.
- mistreats
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verb (used with object),
to treat badly or abusively.
- transmits
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verb (used with object),
to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
- astringes
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verb (used with object),
to compress; bind together; constrict.
- near-miss
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noun,
a strike by a missile that is not a direct hit but is close enough to damage the target.
- agistment
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noun,
the act of agisting.
- Germanist
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noun,
a specialist in the study of German culture, literature, or linguistics.
- resistant
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noun,
a person or thing that resists.
- mattress
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noun,
a large pad for supporting the reclining body, used as or on a bed, consisting of a quilted or similarly fastened case, usually of heavy cloth, that contains hair, straw, cotton, foam rubber, etc., or a framework of metal springs.
- mistreat
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verb (used with object),
to treat badly or abusively.
- margents
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noun,
margin.
- artistes
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noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- settings
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that sets.
- stingers
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noun,
a person or thing that stings.
- mattings
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noun,
a coarse fabric of rushes, grass, straw, hemp, or the like, used for floor covering, wrapping material, etc.
- martinet
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noun,
a strict disciplinarian, especially a military one.
- teratism
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noun,
love or worship of the monstrous.
- transmit
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verb (used with object),
to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
- transits
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noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- asterism
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noun,
Astronomy.
a group of stars.
a constellation.
- seringas
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noun,
any of several Brazilian trees of the genus Hevea, yielding rubber.
- misstate
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verb (used with object),
to state wrongly or misleadingly; make a wrong statement about.
- retsinas
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- mintages
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noun,
the act or process of minting.
- giantess
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noun,
an imaginary female being of human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- minsters
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noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- striates
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adjective,
striated.
- minarets
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- metrists
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noun,
a person who is skilled in the use of poetic meters.
- etatisms
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noun,
state socialism.
- migrates
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verb (used without object),
to go from one country, region, or place to another. Synonyms: move, resettle, relocate.
Antonyms: remain.
- 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.
- astringe
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verb (used with object),
to compress; bind together; constrict.
- migrants
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noun,
a person or animal that migrates.
- gisarmes
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noun,
guisarme.
- gastrins
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noun,
a hormone that stimulates the secretion of gastric juice.
- 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.
- intreats
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verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- smatters
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noun,
slight or superficial knowledge; smattering.
- ingrates
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noun,
an ungrateful person.
- gaminess
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noun,
the taste or odor of game, especially when slightly tainted.
- raiments
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- ganister
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noun,
a highly refractory, siliceous rock used to line furnaces.
- ragtimes
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noun,
rhythm in which the accompaniment is strict two-four time and the melody, with improvised embellishments, is in steady syncopation.
- emigrant
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noun,
a person who emigrates, as from his or her native country or region:
Synonyms: émigré, expatriate.
- gantries
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noun,
a framework spanning a railroad track or tracks for displaying signals.
- tertians
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noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- satinets
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noun,
a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- smarties
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noun,
a smart aleck.
- nitrates
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- smartens
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Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- eastings
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noun,
Navigation. the distance due east made good on any course tending eastward; easterly departure.
- seatings
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noun,
an act or instance of furnishing with, assigning, or escorting to a seat.
- sterigma
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noun,
a small stalk that bears a sporangium, a conidium, or especially a basidiospore.
- gitterns
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noun,
cittern.
- straiten
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verb (used with object),
to put into difficulties, especially financial ones:
- Magritte
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noun,
René [French ruh-ney] /French rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1967, Belgian painter.
- instates
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verb (used with object),
to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- straits
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noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- 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.
- etatism
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noun,
state socialism.
- strains
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- gratine
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verb (used with object),
to bake or broil (food) in au gratin style.
- stinger
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noun,
a person or thing that stings.
- stigmas
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noun,
a mark of disgrace or infamy; a stain or reproach, as on one's reputation.
- imarets
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- ingates
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noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- Ingemar
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noun,
a male given name.
- 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).
- ingrate
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noun,
an ungrateful person.
- ingress
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noun,
the act of going in or entering.
- gratins
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noun,
au gratin.
- gisants
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noun,
a sculptured representation of a dead person in a recumbent position, usually as part of a sepulchral monument.
- strange
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adverb,
in a strange manner.
- gastrin
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noun,
a hormone that stimulates the secretion of gastric juice.
- tasters
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noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- gainers
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noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- tartine
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noun,
a fancy French open-faced sandwich topped with spreadable ingredients.
- 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).
- gamines
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noun,
a neglected girl who is left to run about the streets.
- estrins
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noun,
estrone.
- estamin
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noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- garment
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noun,
any article of clothing:
- 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.
- Garnett
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noun,
a machine used in garnetting.
- targets
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noun,
an object, usually marked with concentric circles, to be aimed at in shooting practice or contests.
- 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.
- gasters
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- entasis
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noun,
a slight convexity given to a column or tower, as to correct an optical illusion.
- strati-
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- tansies
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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.
- tanists
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noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- Genista
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Genista, of the legume family, having showy flowers and including many species of broom.
- Tangier
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noun,
a seaport in N Morocco, on the W Strait of Gibraltar: capital of the former Tangier Zone.
- enigmas
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noun,
a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation:
- Geraint
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noun,
one of the knights of the Round Table, husband of Enid.
- inserts
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- striate
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adjective,
striated.
- gisarme
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noun,
guisarme.
- streams
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noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- engrams
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noun,
a presumed encoding in neural tissue that provides a physical basis for the persistence of memory; a memory trace.
- gittern
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noun,
cittern.
- stratig
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- inseams
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noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- singers
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noun,
a person who sings, especially a trained or professional vocalist.
- instars
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noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- seminar
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noun,
a small group of students, as in a university, engaged in advanced study and original research under a member of the faculty and meeting regularly to exchange information and hold discussions.
- ragtime
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noun,
rhythm in which the accompaniment is strict two-four time and the melody, with improvised embellishments, is in steady syncopation.
- satinet
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noun,
a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- Seagirt
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noun,
surrounded by the sea.
- nitrate
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- seating
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noun,
an act or instance of furnishing with, assigning, or escorting to a seat.
- Semangs
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noun,
a member of a Negrito people of the Malay Peninsula.
- natters
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noun,
a conversation; chat.
- Sargent
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noun,
Sir (Harold) Malcolm (Watts) 1895–1967, English conductor.
- nasties
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noun,
Informal. a nasty person or thing.
- seringa
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noun,
any of several Brazilian trees of the genus Hevea, yielding rubber.
- 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.
- setting
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that sets.
- 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.
- sigmate
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adjective,
having the form of the Greek sigma or the letter S.
- raiment
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- santirs
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noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- signets
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noun,
a small seal, as on a finger ring.
- remains
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noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- Riesman
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noun,
David, 1909–2002, U.S. sociologist.
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- resting
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noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- re-sign
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verb (used with or without object),
to sign again.
- samisen
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noun,
a guitarlike Japanese musical instrument having an extremely long neck and three strings, played with a plectrum.
- samites
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noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- santims
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noun,
a former coin of Latvia, the 100th part of a lat.
- 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.
- reagins
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noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- sangers
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noun,
Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1958.
- ratites
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noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- ratings
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noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- signers
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noun,
a person who signs.
- misters
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noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- instate
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verb (used with object),
to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- magnet-
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- martins
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noun,
Peter, born 1946, U.S. choreographer and ballet master, born in Denmark.
- Martens
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noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- smitten
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verb,
a past participle of smite.
- eatings
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- margent
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noun,
margin.
- magnets
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noun,
a body, as a piece of iron or steel, that possesses the property of attracting certain substances, as iron.
- stagers
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noun,
a person of experience in some profession, way of life, etc.
- Massine
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noun,
Léonide [ley-aw-need] /leɪ ɔˈnid/ (Show IPA), 1896–1979, U.S. ballet dancer and choreographer, born in Russia.
- Staines
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noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, on the Thames River near Heathrow airport.
- stamin-
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- iterant
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adjective,
characterized by repetition; repeating.
- starets
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noun,
a religious teacher or counselor.
- staters
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noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- statism
-
noun,
the principle or policy of concentrating extensive economic, political, and related controls in the state at the cost of individual liberty.
- 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.
- martnet
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noun,
an arrangement of lines formerly used for gathering up a leech of a sail.
- masting
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noun,
the masts of a ship, taken as a whole.
- mirages
-
noun,
an optical phenomenon, especially in the desert or at sea, by which the image of some object appears displaced above, below, or to one side of its true position as a result of spatial variations of the index of refraction of air.
- metrist
-
noun,
a person who is skilled in the use of poetic meters.
- mintage
-
noun,
the act or process of minting.
- Minster
-
noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- minaret
-
noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- sinters
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- migrate
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verb (used without object),
to go from one country, region, or place to another. Synonyms: move, resettle, relocate.
Antonyms: remain.
- migrant
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noun,
a person or animal that migrates.
- Messina
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noun,
a seaport in NE Sicily.
- Matisse
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noun,
Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1869–1954, French painter.
- Sitsang
-
noun,
Tibet (def 1).
- smarten
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Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- Megaris
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noun,
a district in ancient Greece, between the Gulf of Corinth and Saronic Gulf.
- smatter
-
noun,
slight or superficial knowledge; smattering.
- mattins
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noun,
matin (def 1).
- matting
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noun,
a coarse fabric of rushes, grass, straw, hemp, or the like, used for floor covering, wrapping material, etc.
- matters
-
noun,
the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed:
- marines
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- intreat
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verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- arsines
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- Transit
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noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- tigress
-
noun,
a female tiger.
- tsarist
-
noun,
an adherent of a czar or of czarism.
- ARTEMIS
-
noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- tisanes
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- ageisms
-
noun,
discrimination against persons of a certain age group.
- tinters
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- tsarism
-
noun,
czarism.
- artiste
-
noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- argents
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- easting
-
noun,
Navigation. the distance due east made good on any course tending eastward; easterly departure.
- tertian
-
noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- Tristan
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noun,
a male given name, form of Tristram.
- earings
-
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.
- attires
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- triages
-
noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- serins
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- tirage
-
noun,
the withdrawing of wine from a barrel, as for testing or tasting.
- inseam
-
noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- insets
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- INGRES
-
noun,
Jean Auguste Dominique [zhahn oh-gyst daw-mee-neek] /ʒɑ̃ oʊˈgüst dɔ miˈnik/ (Show IPA), 1780–1867, French painter.
- arsen-
-
- Ingram
-
noun,
a male given name.
- treats
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- eating
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- rinses
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- starts
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- stater
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- sigmas
-
noun,
the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet: Σ, σ, ς.
- arises
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- siesta
-
noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- steams
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- intra-
-
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- inters
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verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- inter.
-
- Ingmar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- instr.
-
- Serang
-
noun,
Ceram.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- Semang
-
noun,
a member of a Negrito people of the Malay Peninsula.
- Grimes
-
noun,
dirt, soot, or other filthy matter, especially adhering to or embedded in a surface.
- Gretna
-
noun,
a city in SE Louisiana, near New Orleans.
- Greats
-
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- gratis
-
adverb,
without charge or payment; free:
- gratin
-
noun,
au gratin.
- nemat-
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- grates
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noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- 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.
- Grants
-
noun,
a town in W New Mexico.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- tinges
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- grani-
-
- stints
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- grists
-
noun,
grain to be ground.
- ingest
-
verb (used with object),
to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest).
- images
-
noun,
a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- steins
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- ingate
-
noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- serais
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- 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.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- sterns
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- stings
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- natter
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- 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.
- stigma
-
noun,
a mark of disgrace or infamy; a stain or reproach, as on one's reputation.
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- stimes
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- sitten
-
verb,
past participle of sit1 .
- tinter
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- signer
-
noun,
a person who signs.
- mitten
-
noun,
a hand covering enclosing the four fingers together and the thumb separately.
- stares
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- matins
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- sirens
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- smears
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- anises
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- matri-
-
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- masers
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- smites
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- titman
-
noun,
the runt of an animal litter, especially the smallest pig.
- titers
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- Sisera
-
noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- messin
-
noun,
messan.
- Sitter
-
noun,
a person who sits.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Mersin
-
noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- megass
-
noun,
bagasse.
- titres
-
noun,
titer.
- messan
-
noun,
a lap dog; small pet dog.
- tmesis
-
noun,
the interpolation of one or more words between the parts of a compound word, as be thou ware for beware.
- matter
-
noun,
the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed:
- smarts
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- sitars
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Angers
-
noun,
a city in and capital of Maine-et-Loire, in W France.
- angsts
-
noun,
a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.
- titmen
-
noun,
the runt of an animal litter, especially the smallest pig.
- mattes
-
noun,
a dull or dead surface, often slightly roughened, as on metals, paint, paper, or glass.
- Sister
-
noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- miners
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- signet
-
noun,
a small seal, as on a finger ring.
- stager
-
noun,
a person of experience in some profession, way of life, etc.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- maigre
-
adjective,
containing neither flesh nor its juices, as food permissible on days of religious abstinence.
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- titans
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus.
Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia.
any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- simars
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- miters
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- stages
-
noun,
a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- Mister
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- Argent
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- stains
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- stamen
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- grains
-
noun,
an iron instrument with barbed prongs, for spearing or harpooning fish.
- stanes
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- maists
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- singes
-
noun,
a superficial burn.
- marges
-
noun,
margin; edge.
- Marist
-
noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- Singer
-
noun,
a person who sings, especially a trained or professional vocalist.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- trans.
-
- margin
-
noun,
the space around the printed or written matter on a page.
- Margie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- misers
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- mirage
-
noun,
an optical phenomenon, especially in the desert or at sea, by which the image of some object appears displaced above, below, or to one side of its true position as a result of spatial variations of the index of refraction of air.
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- mantis
-
noun,
any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- manses
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- snares
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- manges
-
noun,
any of various skin diseases caused by parasitic mites, affecting animals and sometimes humans and characterized by loss of hair and scabby eruptions.
- manger
-
noun,
a box or trough in a stable or barn from which horses or cattle eat.
- Strait
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- mensas
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- Gasser
-
noun,
Slang. something that is extraordinarily pleasing or successful, especially a very funny joke.
- gamine
-
noun,
a neglected girl who is left to run about the streets.
- testis
-
noun,
the male gonad or reproductive gland, either of two oval glands located in the scrotum.
- 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.
- gamins
-
noun,
a neglected boy left to run about the streets; street urchin.
- Sanger
-
noun,
Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1958.
- tetras
-
noun,
any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
- triste
-
adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- 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.
- reagin
-
noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- ratite
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- gasmen
-
noun,
a person who works for a company that sells or distributes household gas, especially a person who goes from building to building reading gas meters to determine what charge is to be billed.
- rating
-
noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- Regina
-
noun,
queen.
- ageism
-
noun,
discrimination against persons of a certain age group.
- gastr-
-
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- target
-
noun,
an object, usually marked with concentric circles, to be aimed at in shooting practice or contests.
- targes
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- 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.
- tanist
-
noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- ranges
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- genit.
-
- Ramses
-
noun,
the name of several kings of ancient Egypt.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- gamet-
-
- 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).
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- remiss
-
adjective,
negligent, careless, or slow in performing one's duty, business, etc.:
- terat-
-
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tensas
-
noun,
a river in NE Louisiana, flowing S to the Ouachita River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- saints
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- engram
-
noun,
a presumed encoding in neural tissue that provides a physical basis for the persistence of memory; a memory trace.
- 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.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- enigma
-
noun,
a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation:
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- tenaim
-
noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- 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.
- resign
-
verb (used with object),
to give up (an office, position, etc.), often formally.
- remits
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- remans
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- gainst
-
preposition,
against.
- taters
-
noun,
potato.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- 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.
- tastes
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- taster
-
noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- Tassie
-
noun,
tass.
- tasset
-
noun,
either of two pieces of plate armor hanging from the fauld to protect the upper parts of the thighs.
- reigns
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- Gainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- Tessin
-
noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- Gaines
-
noun,
Edmund Pendleton, 1777–1849, U.S. general.
- German
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Germany.
- tetra-
-
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- assert
-
Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- 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.
- string
-
noun,
a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- sarges
-
noun,
sergeant.
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- assent
-
noun,
agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
- assign
-
noun,
Usually, assigns. Law. a person to whom the property or interest of another is or may be transferred; assignee:
- agists
-
verb (used with object),
to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee.
- sarsen
-
noun,
any of numerous large sandstone blocks or fragments found in south-central England, probably remnants of eroded Tertiary beds.
- gisant
-
noun,
a sculptured representation of a dead person in a recumbent position, usually as part of a sepulchral monument.
- taints
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- raises
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Strega
-
- ragmen
-
noun,
a person who gathers or deals in rag.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- 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.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- reni-
-
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- renga
-
noun,
linked verse.
- amin-
-
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Niger
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- Aegir
-
noun,
a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
- sings
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- 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.
- segar
-
noun,
cigar.
- 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.
- sing.
-
- 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.
- singe
-
noun,
a superficial burn.
- AEGIS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Amer.
-
- 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.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- trigs
-
noun,
trigonometry.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- 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.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- sages
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- meta-
-
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- sains
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- 30-30
-
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- mesas
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Agnes
-
noun,
Saint, a.d. 292?–304? Roman Catholic child martyr.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- 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.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- metr-
-
- amiss
-
Idioms,
take amiss, to be offended at or resentful of (something not meant to cause offense or resentment); misunderstand:
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- 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.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- Miass
-
noun,
a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia, near the Ural Mountains, W of Chelyabinsk.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- trig.
-
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- 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.
- triga
-
noun,
a two-wheeled chariot drawn by a team of three horses.
- seams
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- nitr-
-
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- Segni
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1972, Italian teacher, lawyer, and statesman: president 1962–64.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- treas
-
- 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).
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- 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:
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- setts
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Msgr.
-
- sengi
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equal to 1/10,000 (.0001) of a zaire.
- MSEnt
-
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- 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.
- Sigma
-
noun,
the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet: Σ, σ, ς.
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- sanit
-
- Sans.
-
- agist
-
verb (used with object),
to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee.
- Range
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Sarge
-
noun,
sergeant.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- agent
-
noun,
a person or business authorized to act on another's behalf:
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- seti-
-
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- Names
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- semis
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, the half part of an as.
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- Sinas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Regt.
-
- 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.
- REGIS
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Mists
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- regma
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of three or more carpels that separate from the axis at maturity.
- sanes
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- 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.
- Missa
-
noun,
Mass.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Miss.
-
- mises
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- seism
-
noun,
an earthquake.
- 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.
- reign
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- simas
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- signa
-
verb,
(used imperatively, in prescriptions) mark; write; label.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- nears
-
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- signs
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- mitts
-
noun,
Baseball.
a rounded glove with one internal section for the four fingers and another for the thumb and having the side next to the palm of the hand protected by a thick padding, used by catchers.
a somewhat similar glove but with less padding and having sections for the thumb and one or two fingers, used by first basemen. Compare baseball glove.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- ragis
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- Regan
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.
Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
- reams
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- rages
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- sasin
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- aeri-
-
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- semi-
-
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- 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.
- grans
-
noun,
grandmother.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- grams
-
noun,
a metric unit of mass or weight equal to 15.432 grains; one thousandth of a kilogram. Abbreviation: g.
- gram.
-
- grain
-
noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- tinge
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- gnars
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- G-man
-
noun,
an agent for the FBI.
- gists
-
noun,
the main or essential part of a matter:
- tings
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- assn.
-
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- 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.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- girns
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- asst.
-
- giant
-
noun,
(in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- 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.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Grant
-
noun,
something granted, as a privilege or right, a sum of money, or a tract of land:
- GRASS
-
noun,
any plant of the family Gramineae, having jointed stems, sheathing leaves, and seedlike grains.
Compare grass family.
- gests
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- Stets
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- ster.
-
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- image
-
noun,
a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- IATSE
-
- grate
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- stge.
-
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- sting
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- grist
-
noun,
grain to be ground.
- grins
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- grime
-
noun,
dirt, soot, or other filthy matter, especially adhering to or embedded in a surface.
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- Greta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- asgmt
-
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- 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.
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- tears
-
- 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.
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- gains
-
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- engr.
-
- tents
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- tera-
-
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- gater
-
noun,
gator.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- gents
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- tangs
-
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- 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:
- astr.
-
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- targe
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- Gates
-
noun,
Horatio, 1728–1806, American Revolutionary general, born in England.
- gasts
-
verb (used with object),
to terrify or frighten.
- gaits
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- Tigre
-
noun,
a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
- 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.
- 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.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- garni
-
adjective,
garnished.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- tests
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- Gamin
-
noun,
a neglected boy left to run about the streets; street urchin.
- games
-
noun,
an amusement or pastime:
- gamer
-
noun,
a person who plays games, especially computer or video games.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- inst.
-
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- ante-
-
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- anti-
-
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- Marge
-
noun,
margin; edge.
- marg.
-
- 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.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- mange
-
noun,
any of various skin diseases caused by parasitic mites, affecting animals and sometimes humans and characterized by loss of hair and scabby eruptions.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- term.
-
- masse
-
noun,
a stroke made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held almost or quite perpendicular to the table.
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- Angie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Angel.
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- Meigs
-
noun,
Fort. Fort Meigs.
- Megan
-
noun,
a female given name.
- mega-
-
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- anger
-
noun,
a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- angi-
-
- matts
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Matthew.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- angst
-
noun,
a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.
- anim.
-
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- matte
-
noun,
a dull or dead surface, often slightly roughened, as on metals, paint, paper, or glass.
- Matt.
-
- matr-
-
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- masts
-
noun,
Nautical.
a spar or structure rising above the hull and upper portions of a ship or boat to hold sails, spars, rigging, booms, signals, etc., at some point on the fore-and-aft line, as a foremast or mainmast.
any of a number of individual spars composing such a structure, as a topmast supported on trestletrees at the head of a lower mast.
any of various portions of a single spar that are beside particular sails, as a top-gallant mast and royal mast formed as a single spar.
- anis-
-
- mast-
-
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Iran.
-
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- intr.
-
- Armen
-
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- stang
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- STAGE
-
noun,
a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- Stans
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- stat.
-
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- stats
-
noun,
Also, 'stat. thermostat.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Mages
-
noun,
a magician.
- Srta.
-
- TSgt
-
- rit.
-
- 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.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- RNAS
-
- 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).
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Sams
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Samuel.
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- Sage
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- ten.
-
- tent
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- 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.
- ter.
-
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Ste.
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- sags
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- tRNA
-
- tegs
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- Sam.
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- Tasm
-
- Sims
-
noun,
William Sowden [soud-n] /ˈsaʊd n/ (Show IPA), 1858–1936, U.S. admiral, born in Canada.
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- Sat.
-
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- 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.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- 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.
- 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.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Stag
-
noun,
an adult male deer.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- SASE
-
- 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.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Tit.
-
- Ting
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sra.
-
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- SRAM
-
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- 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.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Sig.
-
- stg.
-
- trit
-
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- tri-
-
- Sang
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- sign
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- 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.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Sem.
-
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SMSA
-
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- MSIE
-
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- str.
-
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- 1080
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- 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.
- GNMA
-
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- gras
-
- gres
-
- Grim
-
adjective,
stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise:
- Gris
-
noun,
Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), (José Vittoriano Gonzáles) 1887–1927, Spanish painter in France.
- Gmat
-
- Grit
-
noun,
abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- ign.
-
- inae
-
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- gite
-
noun,
a furnished vacation home in France that is available for rental, especially in a rural setting.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- germ
-
noun,
a microorganism, especially when disease-producing; microbe.
- 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.
-
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- 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.
- Gent
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- Ger.
-
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- Gers
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
- gist
-
noun,
the main or essential part of a matter:
- Gert
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- gest
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- 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.
- gets
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- 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.
- 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.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- GATT
-
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Mass
-
noun,
a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size:
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- meas
-
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- men-
-
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- Meng
-
- ment
-
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- mes-
-
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- mess
-
noun,
a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition:
- met.
-
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- isms
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- mag.
-
- ISSN
-
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- mage
-
noun,
a magician.
- Mar.
-
- Magi
-
noun,
(sometimes lowercase) one of the Magi.
- mags
-
noun,
magazine.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Man.
-
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- gats
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- amt.
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ANSI
-
- ant.
-
- Arg.
-
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- ARIS
-
- Arm.
-
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- asis
-
- agr.
-
- aer-
-
- aet.
-
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- 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:
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- agit
-
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- agst
-
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- AIME
-
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Aire
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- ASME
-
- gate
-
noun,
a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- ESIS
-
- est.
-
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Ens.
-
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- gait
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- game
-
noun,
an amusement or pastime:
- gams
-
noun,
a person's leg, especially an attractive female leg.
- 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.
- ergs
-
- 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).
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- attn
-
- ASSR
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ASTM
-
- att.
-
- atm.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Eng.
-
- 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.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- egis
-
noun,
aegis.
- emia
-
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Ire.
-
- migs
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- Reg.
-
- mtge
-
- regs
-
noun,
Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
- mtg.
-
- MSTS
-
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- 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.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- MSgt
-
- 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.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- MSAE
-
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- mRNA
-
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NIRA
-
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- NTIA
-
- 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.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- 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).
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- 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.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Ming
-
noun,
a dynasty in China, 1368–1644, marked by the restoration of traditional institutions and the development of the arts, especially in porcelain, textiles, and painting.
- Mngr
-
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- mitt
-
noun,
Baseball.
a rounded glove with one internal section for the four fingers and another for the thumb and having the side next to the palm of the hand protected by a thick padding, used by catchers.
a somewhat similar glove but with less padding and having sections for the thumb and one or two fingers, used by first basemen. Compare baseball glove.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- min.
-
- MNAS
-
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- mis-
-
- EMR
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- EMT
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- rte
-
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- SAR
-
- 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
-
- en-
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ae.
-
- 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.
- se-
-
- gi.
-
- 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.
- Ga.
-
- TSS
-
- NRA
-
- 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.
- ETS
-
- ETR
-
- NSA
-
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- Am.
-
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- ESR
-
- ag-
-
- ESA
-
- an.
-
- ERT
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- Re.
-
- Ar.
-
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- RMA
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- EAM
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ea.
-
- RSS
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Agt
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ANG
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- AMS
-
- Tng
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- TNT
-
- tr.
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- tra
-
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- rt.
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- SAG
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- SAE
-
- AME
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- 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.
- RTS
-
- RSE
-
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- 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.
- Eg.
-
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- TGN
-
- TIA
-
- 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:
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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.
- at.
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- REA
-
- ast
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- RSA
-
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- ASR
-
- ASN
-
- RNA
-
- ASM
-
- nr.
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- ASI
-
- AGM
-
- ase
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- ARS
-
- Rs.
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- ist
-
- ITA
-
- ite
-
- Sgt
-
- Me.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- ISR
-
- MSG
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 5 H 8 NNaO 4 ⋅H 2 O, used to intensify the flavor of foods.
- MSE
-
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- MSA
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- MSI
-
- MSN
-
- SSR
-
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- mtn
-
- ine
-
- ing
-
- NMR
-
- Ir.
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- Mt.
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- MST
-
- ise
-
- SST
-
- SSN
-
- IGM
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- MIT
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- Meg
-
noun,
a megabyte.
- SMA
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- MGr
-
- MGT
-
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- mi.
-
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MIE
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- SSM
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- SSI
-
- SSE
-
- SSA
-
- ss.
-
- SRS
-
- MRI
-
- MRE
-
- SMS
-
- MRA
-
- Sr.
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MNS
-
- MNE
-
- MNA
-
- MTS
-
- MTI
-
- TTS
-
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- 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).
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- NIA
-
- GMT
-
- git
-
noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- 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.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- ne-
-
- ier
-
- GEM
-
noun,
a cut and polished precious stone or pearl fine enough for use in jewelry.
- 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:
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- 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:
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- NES
-
- NEA
-
- get
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- Ges
-
- Gr.
-
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- GSA
-
- IAS
-
- STI
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- Ia.
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- NMI
-
- GTT
-
- GTS
-
- gt.
-
- GAS
-
noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- GSR
-
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Mig
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- gre
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- STM
-
- Gat
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- GM
-
- G.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- MN
-
- TT
-
- SN
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- MG
-
- R.
-
- NM
-
- IG
-
- RI
-
- M.
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- i.
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- EI
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- N.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NG
-
- NI
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- rg
-
- S.
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- GN
-
- TM
-
- TN
-
- t.
-
- T1
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SM
-
- SG
-
- RN
-
- SA
-
- TG
-