Anagrams of sonorities
Word sonorities has
481 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of sonorities.
- torsions
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noun,
the act of twisting.
- sinister
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adjective,
threatening or portending evil, harm, or trouble; ominous:
- nitroso-
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- erosions
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noun,
the act or state of eroding; state of being eroded.
- ironists
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noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- isotones
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noun,
one of two or more atoms having an equal number of neutrons but different atomic numbers.
- Niteroi
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in SE Brazil.
- torsion
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noun,
the act of twisting.
- tensors
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noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- sterno-
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- 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.
- Sistine
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adjective,
of or relating to any pope named Sixtus.
- inserts
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- sinters
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- estrins
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noun,
estrone.
- erosion
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noun,
the act or state of eroding; state of being eroded.
- stoners
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noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- nestors
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noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- ironies
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noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- Rossini
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noun,
Gioacchino Antonio [jaw-ahk-kee-naw ahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌdʒɔ ɑkˈki nɔ ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1792–1868, Italian composer.
- isotone
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noun,
one of two or more atoms having an equal number of neutrons but different atomic numbers.
- norites
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- sooners
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noun,
a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
- orients
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- sorites
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noun,
a form of argument having several premises and one conclusion, capable of being resolved into a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each of which is a premise of the next.
- orisons
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noun,
a prayer.
- ironist
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noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- trioses
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noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- enroots
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verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- Orontes
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noun,
a river in W Asia, flowing N from Lebanon through NW Syria and then SW past Antioch, Turkey, to the Mediterranean. 250 miles (405 km) long.
- stories
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noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- sirens
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- tie-in
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noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- Sister
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noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- stores
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noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Tessin
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noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- sit-in
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noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- irones
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noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- tensor
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noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- otiose
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adjective,
being at leisure; idle; indolent.
- resist
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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.
- osteo-
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- irises
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noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Strine
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noun,
Australian English.
- niseis
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noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- ossein
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noun,
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- noises
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noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- sortie
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noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- Sooner
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noun,
a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
- Orient
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- orison
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noun,
a prayer.
- steins
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noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- steno-
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- norite
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- stenos
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noun,
a stenographer.
- nooses
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noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- snorts
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noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- noesis
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noun,
(in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
- Stones
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noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- sterns
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noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- nitro-
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- nitres
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noun,
niter.
- snores
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noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- niters
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- osiers
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noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Osiris
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noun,
the king and judge of the dead, the husband and brother of Isis, and father (or brother) of Horus, killed by Set but later resurrected (after Horus killed Set): usually depicted as a man, partly wrapped as a mummy, having a beard and wearing the atef-crown.
- snoots
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noun,
Slang. the nose.
- stoner
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noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- snoose
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noun,
finely powdered tobacco; snuff.
- Nestor
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noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- Reston
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noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- seisin
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noun,
seizin.
- toe-in
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noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- rosins
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noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- Tories
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noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- rooses
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verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- Torino
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noun,
Turin.
- roosts
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noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- sinter
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Estrin
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noun,
estrone.
- essoin
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noun,
(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
- rosets
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noun,
resin; rosin.
- torses
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noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- torsos
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noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- eroto-
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- eosins
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noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- setons
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noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- serins
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noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- triens
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noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- trines
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- enroot
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verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- enosis
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noun,
a movement for securing the political union of Greece and Cyprus.
- sensor
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noun,
a mechanical device sensitive to light, temperature, radiation level, or the like, that transmits a signal to a measuring or control instrument.
- triose
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noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- senors
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- seniti
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noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- trones
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noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Senior
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noun,
a person who is older than another.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- torose
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adjective,
Botany. cylindrical, with swellings or constrictions at intervals; knobbed.
- intros
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noun,
an introduction.
- rinses
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noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- intro.
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- inters
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verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- inter.
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- insist
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verb (used with object),
to assert or maintain firmly:
- insert
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- toners
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noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- instr.
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- insets
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noun,
something inserted; insert.
- ornis
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noun,
an avifauna.
- rinse
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noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- rotos
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noun,
rotogravure.
- sents
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noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- rotes
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noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- serin
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noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Orson
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noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- ornes
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noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- sites
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noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Siren
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- senti
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noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- resin
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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.
- Orion
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.
- resit
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noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- senor
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- snots
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noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- sones
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noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- Sino-
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- Rieti
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noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- onto-
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- onset
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noun,
a beginning or start:
- soots
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noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- rests
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noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- rents
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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.
- sero-
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- Rosse
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noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- Roost
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noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- rises
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noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- sito-
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- Seton
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noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- snits
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noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- seti-
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- oste-
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- Roose
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verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- Osset
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noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- riots
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noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- siris
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noun,
lebbek (def 1).
- reins
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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.
- Siret
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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.
- snort
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noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- rooti
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noun,
rooty2 .
- reist
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verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- snoot
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noun,
Slang. the nose.
- roset
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noun,
resin; rosin.
- osier
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noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Rosie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- rosin
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noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- snore
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noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- sires
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noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- reni-
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- sines
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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.
- Orton
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noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- sores
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noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Stern
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noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- toons
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noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- tiers
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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.
- tries
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noun,
plural of try.
- eosin
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noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- init.
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- tenor
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noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- tress
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noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- Ernst
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noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- ition
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- iters
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noun,
a canal or passage.
- torso
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noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- torsi
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noun,
a plural of torso.
- torse
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noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- Terni
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noun,
a city in central Italy.
- terns
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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.
- Issei
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noun,
a Japanese person who immigrated to the U.S. or Canada after 1907 and was not eligible until 1952 for citizenship.
- toros
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noun,
a bull.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- toner
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noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- inert
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adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- tono-
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- inset
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noun,
something inserted; insert.
- inst.
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- tones
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noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- intr.
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- TORES
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noun,
a torus.
- tines
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noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- toise
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noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- TIROS
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noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- tires
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noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- torii
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noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- irone
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noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Irons
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noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- nerts
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interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- teno-
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- nests
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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.
- ento-
-
- 30-30
-
- sorts
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noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- so-so
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adverb,
in an indifferent or passable manner; indifferently; tolerably.
- trone
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noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Soter
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noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- sotie
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noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- trois
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noun,
the number 3.
- trios
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noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- noto-
-
- notes
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noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- Stein
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noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Niort
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- noses
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noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- noso-
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- Norse
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noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- ster.
-
- noose
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noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- noise
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noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- Stone
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noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- stirs
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noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Niter
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- sties
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noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- nitr-
-
- nitre
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noun,
niter.
- tri-
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- Tore
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noun,
a torus.
- tron
-
- Tori
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noun,
plural of torus.
- sent
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noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- tors
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noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Trio
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noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- torn
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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.
- toro
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noun,
a bull.
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Seri
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noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- 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).
- sori
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noun,
plural of sorus.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- SINE
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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.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- sore
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noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- Soni
-
- sris
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noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- Ste.
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- snot
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noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Stir
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noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- str.
-
- ten.
-
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- tens
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noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- ter.
-
- 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.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- 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.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- tion
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- 1080
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- ins.
-
- Ire.
-
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- Ont.
-
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- int.
-
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- oro-
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- INRI
-
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- oto-
-
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- est.
-
- Nor.
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- neo-
-
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- ISIS
-
noun,
a goddess of fertility, the sister and wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, and usually represented as a woman with a cow's horns with the solar disk between them: later worshiped in the Greek and Roman empires.
- nos-
-
- not-
-
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- itis
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- ISSN
-
- iso-
-
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- osis
-
- 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.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- rit.
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Ens.
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- 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.
- 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.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- ESIS
-
- eso-
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- 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.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- ist
-
- ite
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ETS
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ETR
-
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- ETO
-
- en-
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ne-
-
- eir
-
- Tro
-
- eo-
-
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- 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.
- NES
-
- EIS
-
- ier
-
- ISR
-
- tr.
-
- ERT
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ior
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IOT
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Ir.
-
- ESR
-
- io-
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- IRO
-
- ine
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- 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.
- ise
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- in.
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- SRO
-
- 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:
- OSS
-
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- Re.
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- OTS
-
- ote
-
- ot-
-
- OSO
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ose
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- OOT
-
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- 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.
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- RSS
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- So.
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- Rs.
-
- 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).
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- oon
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- oo-
-
- nr.
-
- STI
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- se-
-
- St.
-
- SST
-
- SSR
-
- SSN
-
- SSI
-
- SSE
-
- ss.
-
- ons
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sr.
-
- SRS
-
- TSS
-
- OEO
-
- ONR
-
- ONI
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- OIt
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- OIr
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- i.
-
- S.
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- EI
-
- t.
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- T1
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- NI
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- N.
-
- RI
-
- TN
-
- SN
-
- O.
-
- 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.
- RN
-
- RO
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- R.
-