Anagrams of stationeries
Word stationeries has
1318 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of stationeries.
- tanistries
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noun,
the system among various Celtic tribes of choosing a tanist.
- reinstates
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verb (used with object),
to put back or establish again, as in a former position or state:
- orientates
-
verb (used with or without object),
orient (defs 4–12).
- iterations
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noun,
the act of repeating; a repetition.
- striations
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noun,
striated condition or appearance.
- stationers
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noun,
a person who sells the materials used in writing, as paper, pens, pencils, and ink.
- sestertia
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noun,
a money of account of ancient Rome, equal to 1000 sesterces.
- teratosis
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noun,
teratism (def 2).
- resistant
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noun,
a person or thing that resists.
- itinerate
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verb (used without object),
to go from place to place, especially in a regular circuit, as a preacher or judge.
- sea-otter
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noun,
a marine otter, Enhydra lutris, of the shores of the northern Pacific, with a very valuable fur: now greatly reduced in number and rare in many areas.
- sternites
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noun,
a sclerite of the sternum of an insect, especially a ventral sclerite of an abdominal segment.
- serotines
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- resistate
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noun,
any of the class of sediments, as sand or sandstone, consisting chiefly of minerals resistant to weathering.
- Teiresias
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noun,
Tiresias.
- anisettes
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noun,
a cordial or liqueur flavored with aniseed.
- assertion
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noun,
a positive statement or declaration, often without support or reason:
- striation
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noun,
striated condition or appearance.
- stationer
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noun,
a person who sells the materials used in writing, as paper, pens, pencils, and ink.
- teosintes
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noun,
a tall grass, Zea mexicana, of Mexico and Central America, closely related to corn, and sometimes cultivated as a fodder plant.
- strontias
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noun,
Also called strontium oxide. a white or grayish-white, amorphous powder, SrO, resembling lime in its general character: used chiefly in the manufacture of strontium salts.
- satieties
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noun,
the state of being satiated; surfeit.
- retinites
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noun,
any of various fossil resins, especially one derived from brown coal.
- tensities
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noun,
the state of being tense; tenseness.
- intarsist
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noun,
a person who creates in or practices intarsia.
- straitens
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verb (used with object),
to put into difficulties, especially financial ones:
- tenorites
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noun,
a mineral, cupric oxide, CuO, occurring in veins of copper in black, minute scales.
- resinates
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- tres-tine
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noun,
royal antler.
- ostiaries
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noun,
Also called doorkeeper, porter. Roman Catholic Church.
a member of the lowest-ranking of the four minor orders.
the order itself. Compare acolyte (def 2), exorcist (def 2), lector (def 2).
- arsenites
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- orientate
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verb (used with or without object),
orient (defs 4–12).
- senoritas
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- sinistro-
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- iteration
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noun,
the act of repeating; a repetition.
- reinstate
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verb (used with object),
to put back or establish again, as in a former position or state:
- Neisseria
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noun,
any of several spherical bacteria of the genus Neisseria, certain species of which, as N. gonorrhoeae, are pathogenic for humans.
- interests
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noun,
the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something:
- seriation
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noun,
the arrangement of a collection of artifacts into a chronological sequence.
- enteritis
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noun,
Pathology. inflammation of the intestines, especially the small intestine.
- resonates
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verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- essonite
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noun,
Mineralogy. a variety of grossularite garnet.
- Ossetian
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noun,
an Osset.
- artistes
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noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- arsonist
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noun,
a person who commits arson.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- arsenite
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- straiten
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verb (used with object),
to put into difficulties, especially financial ones:
- teosinte
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noun,
a tall grass, Zea mexicana, of Mexico and Central America, closely related to corn, and sometimes cultivated as a fodder plant.
- sentries
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noun,
a soldier stationed at a place to stand guard and prevent the passage of unauthorized persons, watch for fires, etc., especially a sentinel stationed at a pass, gate, opening in a defense work, or the like.
- tentoria
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noun,
Anatomy. an extension of one of the membranes covering the cerebrum which, with the transverse fissure, separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum.
- stations
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noun,
a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- Oresteia
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noun,
a trilogy of tragic dramas (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus, consisting of the Agamemnon, the Choëphori, and the Eumenides.
- striates
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adjective,
striated.
- 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 .
- resinate
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- tenorist
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noun,
a person who sings tenor.
- teniasis
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noun,
taeniasis.
- senorita
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- earnests
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noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- retinite
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noun,
any of various fossil resins, especially one derived from brown coal.
- tenorite
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noun,
a mineral, cupric oxide, CuO, occurring in veins of copper in black, minute scales.
- entities
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noun,
something that has a real existence; thing:
- niteries
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noun,
a nightclub.
- entreats
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verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- erasions
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noun,
the act of erasing.
- Asnieres
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noun,
a city in N central France, near Paris.
- nitrites
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitrous acid.
- transits
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noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- 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.
- serotine
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- toasters
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noun,
an instrument or appliance for toasting bread, muffins, etc.
- ratteens
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noun,
ratiné.
- Rossetti
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noun,
Christina Georgina, 1830–94, English poet.
- treasons
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noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- noisette
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noun,
a loin, fillet, or other lean section of meat:
- treaties
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noun,
a formal agreement between two or more states in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other international relations.
- treatise
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noun,
a formal and systematic exposition in writing of the principles of a subject, generally longer and more detailed than an essay.
- estreats
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noun,
a true copy or extract of an original writing or record, as of a fine.
- sensoria
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noun,
a part of the brain or the brain itself regarded as the seat of sensation.
- sarsenet
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noun,
sarcenet.
- anisette
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noun,
a cordial or liqueur flavored with aniseed.
- resonate
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verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- introits
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noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a part of a psalm with antiphon recited by the celebrant of the Mass at the foot of the altar and, at High Mass, sung by the choir when the priest begins the Mass.
- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- intreats
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verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- inertias
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- restates
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verb (used with object),
to state again or in a new way.
- retsinas
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- tertians
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noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- sanities
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noun,
the state of being sane; soundness of mind.
- ironists
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noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- isostere
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noun,
Chemistry. a compound isosteric with one or more other compounds.
- Tritonis
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noun,
(in ancient geography) a mythical lake near the Mediterranean coast of Libya.
- airiness
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noun,
openness to the air:
- sternite
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noun,
a sclerite of the sternum of an insect, especially a ventral sclerite of an abdominal segment.
- osteitis
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noun,
inflammation of the substance of bone.
- tritones
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noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- interest
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noun,
the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something:
- instates
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verb (used with object),
to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- stentors
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noun,
(in the Iliad) a Greek herald with a loud voice.
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- satinets
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noun,
a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- strontia
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noun,
Also called strontium oxide. a white or grayish-white, amorphous powder, SrO, resembling lime in its general character: used chiefly in the manufacture of strontium salts.
- tea-rose
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noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- aortitis
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noun,
inflammation of the aorta.
- Tiresias
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noun,
a blind prophet, usually said to have been blinded because he saw Athena bathing, and then to have been awarded the gift of prophecy as a consolation for his blindness.
- estrones
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- satirist
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noun,
a writer of satires.
- rosettes
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noun,
any arrangement, part, object, or formation more or less resembling a rose.
- arenites
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noun,
psammite.
- sinister
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adjective,
threatening or portending evil, harm, or trouble; ominous:
- tetanies
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noun,
a state marked by severe, intermittent tonic contractions and muscular pain, due to abnormal calcium metabolism.
- iterates
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verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- stearo-
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- senator
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noun,
a member of a senate.
- entries
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noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- streets
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noun,
a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
- 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.
- testers
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noun,
a person or thing that tests.
- entreat
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verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- sensate
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adjective,
perceiving or perceived through the senses.
- natters
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noun,
a conversation; chat.
- entires
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- steato-
-
- tertian
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noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- Torenia
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- tessera
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noun,
one of the small pieces used in mosaic work.
- entero-
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- intreat
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verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- entasis
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noun,
a slight convexity given to a column or tower, as to correct an optical illusion.
- testons
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noun,
a former silver coin of France, equal at various times to between 10 and 14½ sols, bearing on the obverse a bust of the reigning king.
- Introit
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noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a part of a psalm with antiphon recited by the celebrant of the Mass at the foot of the altar and, at High Mass, sung by the choir when the priest begins the Mass.
- isatins
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noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- ironies
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noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- senoras
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- ironist
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noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- estrins
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noun,
estrone.
- inserts
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- tensors
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noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- iterate
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verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- restate
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verb (used with object),
to state again or in a new way.
- sateens
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noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- titians
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noun,
(Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.
- satinet
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noun,
a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- tinters
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noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- iterant
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adjective,
characterized by repetition; repeating.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- seaters
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noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- tisanes
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noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- starets
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noun,
a religious teacher or counselor.
- satoris
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noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- etesian
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adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- estrone
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- estreat
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noun,
a true copy or extract of an original writing or record, as of a fine.
- inertia
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- stators
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noun,
Electricity, Machinery. a portion of a machine that remains fixed with respect to rotating parts, especially the collection of stationary parts in the magnetic circuits of a machine.
Compare rotor (def 1).
- erasion
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noun,
the act of erasing.
- Orestes
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noun,
Classical Mythology. the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and the brother of Electra and Iphigenia: he avenged the murder of Agamemnon by killing Clytemenestra and her lover, Aegisthus, then was pursued by the Furies until saved by Athena.
- instate
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verb (used with object),
to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- seiners
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noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- instars
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noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- isation
-
- stearin
-
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.
- nasties
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noun,
Informal. a nasty person or thing.
- Ternate
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noun,
an island in E Indonesia, W of Halmahera: important source of spices. 53 sq. mi. (137 sq. km).
- station
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noun,
a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- raisins
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noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- toaster
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noun,
an instrument or appliance for toasting bread, muffins, etc.
- Staines
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noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, on the Thames River near Heathrow airport.
- Ossetia
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noun,
a region in Caucasia: divided between North Ossetia of the Russian Federation and the South Ossetian Autonomous Region of the Georgian Republic.
- tenters
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noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- striate
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adjective,
striated.
- Estonia
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noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- strati-
-
- santirs
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noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- 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.
- arsines
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noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- ratites
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noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- teasers
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noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- anoesis
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noun,
a state of mind consisting of pure sensation or emotion without cognitive content.
- soirees
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noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- rations
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noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- artiste
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noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- Stentor
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noun,
(in the Iliad) a Greek herald with a loud voice.
- easters
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noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- trioses
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noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- Tristan
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noun,
a male given name, form of Tristram.
- Tartini
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noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1692–1770, Italian violinist and composer.
- Sistine
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adjective,
of or relating to any pope named Sixtus.
- resents
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verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- 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.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- reseats
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verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- tartine
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noun,
a fancy French open-faced sandwich topped with spreadable ingredients.
- arseno-
-
- notates
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verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- 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.
- reasons
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noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- stereo-
-
- 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.
- antero-
-
- Trieste
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noun,
a seaport in NE Italy, on the Gulf of Trieste.
- tasters
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noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- aorists
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noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- rattons
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noun,
a rat.
- arenite
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noun,
psammite.
- arenose
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adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- roseate
-
adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- ratteen
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noun,
ratiné.
- sinters
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- strains
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- Aretino
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noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- Rosetta
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noun,
a town in N Egypt, at a mouth of the Nile.
- trienes
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- Rosette
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noun,
any arrangement, part, object, or formation more or less resembling a rose.
- aristo-
-
- aristos
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noun,
aristocrat.
- 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.
- sterno-
-
- treason
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noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- Anteros
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- attorns
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verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- 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.
- strato-
-
- Stetson
-
- trainee
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noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- attires
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- Niteroi
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in SE Brazil.
- 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.
- Steiner
-
noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- seriate
-
adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- tsarist
-
noun,
an adherent of a czar or of czarism.
- Oriente
-
noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- straits
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noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- earnest
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noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- sereins
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noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- Teniers
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noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- atonies
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noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- 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.
- Eastern
-
adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- easiest
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- nitrate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- nestors
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noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- tritone
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noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- serines
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noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- rotates
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- nitrite
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitrous acid.
- Transit
-
noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- tritons
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Tessie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- Ossian
-
noun,
a legendary hero and poet and son of Finn, who is supposed to have lived during the 3rd century a.d., represented in Gaelic poems and in imitations of them written by James Macpherson in the 18th century.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- irises
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Tessin
-
noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- isatin
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- Tassie
-
noun,
tass.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- tarso-
-
- roasts
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- sterns
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- tarots
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- sansei
-
noun,
a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. or Canada.
- sanies
-
noun,
a thin, often greenish, serous fluid that is discharged from ulcers, wounds, etc.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- tasset
-
noun,
either of two pieces of plate armor hanging from the fauld to protect the upper parts of the thighs.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- rinses
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- stints
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- steins
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- nitro-
-
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- natter
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- tenses
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- steno-
-
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- 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.
- tensas
-
noun,
a river in NE Louisiana, flowing S to the Ouachita River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- Neisse
-
noun,
a river in N Europe, flowing N from the NW Czech Republic along part of the boundary between Germany and Poland to the Oder River. 145 miles (233 km) long.
- tenets
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- Osiris
-
noun,
the king and judge of the dead, the husband and brother of Isis, and father (or brother) of Horus, killed by Set but later resurrected (after Horus killed Set): usually depicted as a man, partly wrapped as a mummy, having a beard and wearing the atef-crown.
- stoats
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- niseis
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- rotten
-
adjective,
decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
- ossein
-
noun,
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- rottes
-
noun,
rote2 .
- steers
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Nessie
-
noun,
Loch Ness monster.
- 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.
- rotate
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- stenos
-
noun,
a stenographer.
- steres
-
- rosins
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- taster
-
noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- terat-
-
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tastes
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- taters
-
noun,
potato.
- rosets
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- saints
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- teases
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- tenter
-
noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- stator
-
noun,
Electricity, Machinery. a portion of a machine that remains fixed with respect to rotating parts, especially the collection of stationary parts in the magnetic circuits of a machine.
Compare rotor (def 1).
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- snorts
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- noises
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- tentie
-
adjective,
tenty.
- noesis
-
noun,
(in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
- 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.
- osiers
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- notate
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- instr.
-
- Santos
-
noun,
a seaport in S Brazil: world's largest coffee-exporting port.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- assert
-
Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- assent
-
noun,
agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
- setons
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- treats
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- setose
-
adjective,
covered with setae or bristles; bristly.
- setter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sets.
- set-to
-
noun,
a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- assort
-
verb (used with object),
to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
- Trento
-
noun,
Italian name of Trent.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- ratite
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- arsons
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- siesta
-
noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- tortes
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- series
-
noun,
a group or a number of related or similar things, events, etc., arranged or occurring in temporal, spatial, or other order or succession; sequence.
- attorn
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- sestet
-
noun,
Prosody. the last six lines of a sonnet in the Italian form, considered as a unit.
Compare octave (def 4a).
- serins
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Ateste
-
noun,
ancient name of Este.
- trans.
-
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- astron
-
- astro-
-
- serosa
-
noun,
Embryology, Zoology.
the chorion.
a similar membrane in insects and other lower invertebrates.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- arsen-
-
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- serais
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- aeron.
-
- triste
-
adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- Soares
-
noun,
Mário [mah-ryoo] /ˈmɑ ryʊ/ (Show IPA), born 1924, Portuguese statesman: prime minister 1976–78, 1983–85; president 1986–96.
- Triton
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- reests
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- sitars
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- sitten
-
verb,
past participle of sit1 .
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- Sitter
-
noun,
a person who sits.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- snares
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- sneers
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- stores
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- snores
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- Sister
-
noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- Sisera
-
noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- Strait
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- arises
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- ratton
-
noun,
a rat.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- sonars
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- sirees
-
noun,
sirree.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sirens
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- aniso-
-
- anises
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- taints
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- resets
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- iatro-
-
- tetras
-
noun,
any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
- Saseno
-
noun,
an island off the W coast of Albania, at the entrance to Valona Bay: belongs to Albania. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- ottars
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- starts
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- tinter
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- satins
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- stares
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- torses
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- tetra-
-
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- Tissot
-
noun,
James Joseph Jacques [zham zhaw-zef zhahk,, zheymz] /ʒam ʒɔˈzɛf ʒɑk,, ʒeɪmz/ (Show IPA), 1836–1902, French painter.
- intro.
-
- tester
-
noun,
a person or thing that tests.
- sarees
-
noun,
sari.
- testes
-
noun,
plural of testis.
- testis
-
noun,
the male gonad or reproductive gland, either of two oval glands located in the scrotum.
- teston
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, equal at various times to between 10 and 14½ sols, bearing on the obverse a bust of the reigning king.
- stater
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- intra-
-
- insets
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- sarsen
-
noun,
any of numerous large sandstone blocks or fragments found in south-central England, probably remnants of eroded Tertiary beds.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- inter.
-
- Stones
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- otitis
-
noun,
inflammation of the ear.
- insist
-
verb (used with object),
to assert or maintain firmly:
- estate
-
noun,
a piece of landed property, especially one of large extent with an elaborate house on it:
- esters
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- essoin
-
noun,
(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
- enosis
-
noun,
a movement for securing the political union of Greece and Cyprus.
- 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.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- enter-
-
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- senors
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- sensor
-
noun,
a mechanical device sensitive to light, temperature, radiation level, or the like, that transmits a signal to a measuring or control instrument.
- Street
-
noun,
a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- easies
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- seisin
-
noun,
seizin.
- raisin
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- titres
-
noun,
titer.
- Season
-
noun,
one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- stains
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- titers
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- 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.
- raises
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- stanes
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- toasts
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- erases
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- seines
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- eosins
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- Titian
-
noun,
(Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- stoas
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- 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.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Stoat
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- 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.
- Iran.
-
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- setts
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- seti-
-
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sero-
-
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Seres
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- sense
-
noun,
any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body:
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- seise
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- Srta.
-
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- soras
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- soars
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- snots
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- sito-
-
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- siris
-
noun,
lebbek (def 1).
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- 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.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Sino-
-
- 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.
- sones
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- Sinas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- seers
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- 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.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- rotte
-
noun,
rote2 .
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- sains
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- ster.
-
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- 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.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- stats
-
noun,
Also, 'stat. thermostat.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- stat.
-
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- Stans
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- 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.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- 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.
- sasin
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- Saros
-
noun,
the period of 223 synodic months, equaling 6585.32 days or 18 years, 11.32 days (or 10.32 days if 5 leap years occur in the interval), after which eclipses repeat but are shifted 120° west.
- 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.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- Sans.
-
- sanit
-
- sanes
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- toast
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- ento-
-
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- tonia
-
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eases
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Torte
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- 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.
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- totes
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- IATSE
-
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- tests
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- intr.
-
- Teton
-
noun,
the westernmost branch of the Dakota Indians.
- inst.
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- init.
-
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- 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.
- iasis
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- Titos
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- reni-
-
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- Estes
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- Essen
-
noun,
a city in W Germany: the chief city of the Ruhr River valley.
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- titis
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- torts
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- toti-
-
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- anti-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- ante-
-
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- anis-
-
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- aero-
-
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- aeri-
-
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- trots
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- 30-30
-
- areo-
-
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- atto-
-
- assn.
-
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- ation
-
- astr.
-
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- treas
-
- asst.
-
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- 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.
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- ottar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Otter
-
noun,
any of several aquatic, furbearing, weasellike mammals of the genus Lutra and related genera, having webbed feet and a long, slightly flattened tail.
- noses
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- Nitti
-
noun,
Francesco Saverio [frahn-ches-kaw sah-ve-ryaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ sɑˈvɛ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1868–1953, Italian lawyer, statesman, and economist.
- 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).
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- nitr-
-
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- tenet
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- oases
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- oasts
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- tanto
-
adverb,
(of a musical direction) too much; so much.
- Tasso
-
noun,
Torquato [tawr-kwah-taw] /tɔrˈkwɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1544–95, Italian poet.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- oasis
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- tarot
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- tears
-
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- ossia
-
conjunction,
(indicating an alternative, usually easier, version of a passage in a musical score) or; or else.
- oste-
-
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- tera-
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- ition
-
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- 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.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Issei
-
noun,
a Japanese person who immigrated to the U.S. or Canada after 1907 and was not eligible until 1952 for citizenship.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- 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.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- 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.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- 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.
- teno-
-
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- nears
-
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- naso-
-
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Soni
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- tri-
-
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- 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.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- trit
-
- tRNA
-
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- tron
-
- str.
-
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- tort
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- 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.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- titi
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- Tit.
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Ste.
-
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tion
-
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- ter.
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- 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.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- tete
-
noun,
a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- ten.
-
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- 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.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- 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.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Sra.
-
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- 1080
-
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- Ont.
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- NTIA
-
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- 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.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- att.
-
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- ates
-
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- 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).
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- ator
-
- attn
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- 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.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- OSSA
-
noun,
plural of os1 .
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- osis
-
- not-
-
- nos-
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- itis
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- ette
-
- ISSN
-
- iso-
-
- ISIS
-
noun,
a goddess of fertility, the sister and wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, and usually represented as a woman with a cow's horns with the solar disk between them: later worshiped in the Greek and Roman empires.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- 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.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Ire.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- inae
-
- 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 = .
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- INRI
-
- 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.
- int.
-
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- 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.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nor.
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- ESIS
-
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- NIRA
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- eso-
-
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- neo-
-
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- est.
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- ins.
-
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- 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.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- 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.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- ano-
-
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Sat.
-
- AISI
-
- SASE
-
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- ANSI
-
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- ant.
-
- 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.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- ARIS
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- 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).
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- aer-
-
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- aet.
-
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Aire
-
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- RNAS
-
- 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.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- ASSR
-
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- RONA
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- asis
-
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- RIIA
-
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- art.
-
- 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.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- rit.
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- 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.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- ETR
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ETS
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ETO
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- ae.
-
- io-
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- Ar.
-
- TSI
-
- TIA
-
- TSS
-
- 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.
- ine
-
- at.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Ia.
-
- ast
-
- TSE
-
- in.
-
- ier
-
- IAS
-
- an.
-
- tra
-
- ean
-
- tr.
-
- 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.
- eir
-
- ASI
-
- EIS
-
- en-
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- TNT
-
- ene
-
- aor
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ase
-
- 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.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- EOE
-
- ARS
-
- EEO
-
- ERT
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ASR
-
- Tro
-
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ea.
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- 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.
- 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.
- ESR
-
- ESA
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ASN
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ese
-
- eo-
-
- NIA
-
- 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 = .
- 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.
- rt.
-
- RSS
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROA
-
- RNA
-
- STI
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- RTS
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- REA
-
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Re.
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- OTS
-
- ote
-
- OTA
-
- rte
-
- So.
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ss.
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- 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).
- Sr.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SRS
-
- SSA
-
- SRO
-
- SSE
-
- SSI
-
- SSN
-
- SSR
-
- SST
-
- St.
-
- Sta
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- SAR
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- SAE
-
- ot-
-
- TTS
-
- OSS
-
- ite
-
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- ose
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NES
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- NEA
-
- ne-
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ITA
-
- NSA
-
- ist
-
- ISR
-
- ise
-
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- IRS
-
- IRO
-
- Ir.
-
- IOT
-
- 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.
- ior
-
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- 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.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- ONR
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ONI
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- OIt
-
- OIr
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- ons
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OAS
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- OSA
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- T1
-
- RO
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- AO
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- EI
-
- 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.
- R.
-
- TT
-
- t.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- ee
-
- SN
-
- O.
-
- TN
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- OA
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- S.
-
- SA
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- i.
-
- RN
-
- NI
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- N.
-
- RI
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- 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.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.