Anagrams of stock-in-trade
Word stock-in-trade has
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- detractions
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noun,
the act of disparaging or belittling the reputation or worth of a person, work, etc.
- anecdotist
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noun,
a collector or teller of anecdotes.
- detraction
-
noun,
the act of disparaging or belittling the reputation or worth of a person, work, etc.
- cornetist
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noun,
a musician who plays the cornet.
- centroids
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noun,
Mechanics. the point that may be considered as the center of a one- or two-dimensional figure, the sum of the displacements of all points in the figure from such a point being zero.
Compare center of mass.
- ordinates
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noun,
Mathematics. (in plane Cartesian coordinates) the y-coordinate of a point: its distance from the x-axis measured parallel to the y-axis.
- Doncaster
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noun,
a city in South Yorkshire, in N England.
- taconites
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noun,
a low-grade iron ore, containing about 27 percent iron and 51 percent silica, found as a hard rock formation in the Lake Superior region.
- road-test
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noun,
a check of an automobile's performance in actual operation on the road.
- trackside
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adjective,
located next to a railroad track.
- interacts
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verb (used without object),
to act one upon another.
- carnotite
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noun,
a yellow, earthy, hydrous potassium uranium vanadate: an ore of uranium.
- cast-iron
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noun,
an alloy of iron, carbon, and other elements, cast as a soft and strong, or as a hard and brittle, iron, depending on the mixture and methods of molding.
- stationer
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noun,
a person who sells the materials used in writing, as paper, pens, pencils, and ink.
- certosina
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noun,
a technique of inlaying light-colored material, as bone, ivory, metal, or pale wood, in elaborate designs on a dark ground.
- catenoids
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noun,
the surface generated by rotating a catenary about its axis of symmetry.
- Kronstadt
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noun,
a naval base in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, on an island in the Gulf of Finland: fortress founded 1710.
- sidetrack
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noun,
any railroad track, other than a siding, auxiliary to the main track.
- tractions
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noun,
the adhesive friction of a body on some surface, as a wheel on a rail or a tire on a road.
- creations
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- tetracids
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noun,
a base or alcohol containing four hydroxyl groups.
- one-track
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adjective,
having only one track.
- dicentras
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dicentra, of the fumitory family, having long clusters of drooping flowers, as the Dutchman's-breeches or the bleeding heart.
- Dickerson
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noun,
Eric Demetric [dih-me-trik] /dɪˈmɛ trɪk/ (Show IPA), born 1960, U.S. football player.
- stockade
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noun,
Fortification. a defensive barrier consisting of strong posts or timbers fixed upright in the ground.
- stinkard
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noun,
a despicable person; stinker.
- aneroids
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noun,
aneroid barometer.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- catenoid
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noun,
the surface generated by rotating a catenary about its axis of symmetry.
- sardonic
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adjective,
characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering:
- antidote
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noun,
a medicine or other remedy for counteracting the effects of poison, disease, etc.
- centrist
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noun,
(especially in continental Europe) a member of a political party of the Center; moderate.
- idocrase
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noun,
vesuvianite.
- carotins
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noun,
carotene.
- carotids
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noun,
Also called carotid artery. either of the two large arteries, one on each side of the head, that carry blood to the head and that divide into an external branch supplying the neck, face, and other external parts, and an internal branch supplying the brain, eye, and other internal parts.
- instroke
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noun,
a stroke traveling in an inward direction.
- Transkei
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noun,
a self-governing Bantu territory of South Africa on the Indian Ocean: granted independence in 1976 by South Africa, but not recognized by any other country as an independent state. 16,910 sq. mi. (43,798 sq. km). Capital: Umtata.
- intorted
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adjective,
twisted inwardly about an axis or fixed point; curled; wound:
- cantoris
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adjective,
of or relating to the gospel or liturgical north side of a church (opposed to decani).
- transect
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verb (used with object),
to cut across; dissect transversely.
- keratoid
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adjective,
resembling horn; horny.
- sedation
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noun,
the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- trade-in
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noun,
goods given in whole or, usually, part payment of a purchase:
- asteroid
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noun,
Also called minor planet. Astronomy. any of the thousands of small bodies of from 480 miles (775 km) to less than one mile (1.6 km) in diameter that revolve about the sun in orbits lying mostly between those of Mars and Jupiter.
- astonied
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adjective,
dazed; bewildered; filled with consternation.
- 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.
- knotters
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noun,
a person or thing that ties knots.
- scenario
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noun,
an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- intrados
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noun,
the interior curve or surface of an arch or vault.
- keratins
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noun,
a scleroprotein or albuminoid substance, found in the dead outer skin layer, and in horn, hair, feathers, hoofs, nails, claws, bills, etc.
- tonetics
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noun,
the phonetic study of tone in language.
- canister
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noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- canotier
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noun,
a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- 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 .
- intreats
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verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- traction
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noun,
the adhesive friction of a body on some surface, as a wheel on a rail or a tire on a road.
- centroid
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noun,
Mechanics. the point that may be considered as the center of a one- or two-dimensional figure, the sum of the displacements of all points in the figure from such a point being zero.
Compare center of mass.
- 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.
- endosarc
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noun,
the endoplasm of a protozoan (opposed to ectosarc).
- dictates
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noun,
an authoritative order or command.
- D-notice
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noun,
a government notice sent to newspapers or other publications requesting them to withhold information for reasons of state security.
- cordites
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noun,
a smokeless, slow-burning powder composed of 30 to 58 percent nitroglycerin, 37 to 65 percent cellulose nitrate, and 5 to 6 percent mineral jelly.
- distract
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adjective,
Obsolete. distracted.
- distance
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noun,
the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
- diocesan
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noun,
one of the clergy or people of a diocese.
- diestock
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noun,
a frame for holding a number of standard threaded dies for cutting screw threads.
- die-cast
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adjective,
formed by die casting.
- dictator
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noun,
a person exercising absolute power, especially a ruler who has absolute, unrestricted control in a government without hereditary succession.
- Creation
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- contrate
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adjective,
(of a gear) having teeth at right angles to the plane of rotation.
- Dicentra
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dicentra, of the fumitory family, having long clusters of drooping flowers, as the Dutchman's-breeches or the bleeding heart.
- detrains
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verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- detracts
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verb (used with object),
to draw away or divert; distract:
- cristate
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adjective,
having a crest; crested.
- deration
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verb (used with object),
to discontinue the rationing of (something).
- tetracid
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noun,
a base or alcohol containing four hydroxyl groups.
- tertians
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noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- teratoid
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adjective,
resembling a monster.
- tenorist
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noun,
a person who sings tenor.
- contrite
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adjective,
caused by or showing sincere remorse.
- contrast
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noun,
the act of contrasting; the state of being contrasted.
- endocast
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noun,
endocranial cast.
- cisterna
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noun,
cistern (def 2).
- ceratoid
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adjective,
hornlike; horny.
- Endicott
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noun,
John, Endecott, John.
- ancestor
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noun,
a person from whom one is descended; forebear; progenitor.
- stotinka
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noun,
a minor coin of Bulgaria, the 100th part of a lev.
- strained
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- straiten
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verb (used with object),
to put into difficulties, especially financial ones:
- striated
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adjective,
marked with striae; furrowed; striped; streaked.
- stricken
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noun,
an act or instance of striking.
- strident
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adjective,
making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking:
- citrates
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noun,
a salt or ester of citric acid.
- consider
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verb (used with object),
to think carefully about, especially in order to make a decision; contemplate; reflect on:
- citterns
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noun,
an old musical instrument related to the guitar, having a flat, pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.
- 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.
- Taconite
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noun,
a low-grade iron ore, containing about 27 percent iron and 51 percent silica, found as a hard rock formation in the Lake Superior region.
- tactions
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noun,
touch; contact.
- dornicks
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noun,
a stout linen cloth, especially one of a damask linen.
- donicker
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noun,
bathroom; toilet.
- Donatist
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noun,
a member of a Christian sect that developed in northern Africa in a.d. 311 and maintained that it alone constituted the whole and only true church and that baptisms and ordinations of the orthodox clergy were invalid.
- taker-in
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noun,
licker-in.
- doctrine
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noun,
a particular principle, position, or policy taught or advocated, as of a religion or government:
- stonecat
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noun,
a yellowish-brown, freshwater catfish, Noturus flavus, of the Mississippi River valley and Great Lakes, having poisonous pectoral spines.
- interact
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verb (used without object),
to act one upon another.
- Rodentia
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noun,
the order comprising the rodents.
- tritones
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noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- aconites
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- ricottas
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noun,
a soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.
- ordinate
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noun,
Mathematics. (in plane Cartesian coordinates) the y-coordinate of a point: its distance from the x-axis measured parallel to the y-axis.
- tridents
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noun,
a three-pronged instrument or weapon.
- redcoats
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noun,
(especially during the American Revolution) a British soldier.
- oscitant
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adjective,
yawning, as with drowsiness; gaping.
- reaction
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noun,
a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- Erikson
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noun,
Erik (Homburger) [hom-bur-ger] /ˈhɒm bɜr gər/ (Show IPA), 1902–94, U.S. psychoanalyst, born in Germany.
- ricotta
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noun,
a soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.
- stinker
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noun,
a person or thing that stinks.
- cestoid
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noun,
cestode.
- storied
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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.
- certain
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Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- stonker
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verb (used with object),
to hit hard; knock unconscious.
- cerato-
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- rackett
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noun,
ranket.
- Tristan
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noun,
a male given name, form of Tristram.
- trisect
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verb (used with object),
to divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts.
- radices
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noun,
a plural of radix.
- Ericson
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noun,
Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- centri-
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- stocker
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noun,
a person or thing that stocks.
- erasion
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noun,
the act of erasing.
- centro-
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- redskin
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noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a North American Indian.
- rickets
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noun,
a disease of childhood, characterized by softening of the bones as a result of inadequate intake of vitamin D and insufficient exposure to sunlight, also associated with impaired calcium and phosphorus metabolism.
- cittern
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noun,
an old musical instrument related to the guitar, having a flat, pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- tinkers
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noun,
a mender of pots, kettles, pans, etc., usually an itinerant.
- coaster
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noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- coarsen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become coarse.
- tintack
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noun,
a short nail made of tin-plated iron.
- tackets
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noun,
a nail or tack, especially a hobnail.
- actino-
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- tinters
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noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- citrons
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noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- erotica
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noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- citrate
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noun,
a salt or ester of citric acid.
- cistron
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noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- cistern
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noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- tirades
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noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- randies
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noun,
Chiefly Scot. a rude or coarse beggar.
- striate
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adjective,
striated.
- strato-
-
- strati-
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- steroid
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noun,
any of a large group of fat-soluble organic compounds, as the sterols, bile acids, and sex hormones, most of which have specific physiological action.
- erotics
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- intreat
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verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- inroads
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noun,
a damaging or serious encroachment:
- Insecta
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noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- instate
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verb (used with object),
to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- instead
-
Idioms,
instead of, in place of; in lieu of:
- triodes
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noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- intakes
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noun,
the place or opening at which a fluid is taken into a channel, pipe, etc.
- dakoits
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noun,
dacoit.
- cardio-
-
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- carnies
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noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- canters
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noun,
an easy gallop.
- iodates
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- cankers
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noun,
a gangrenous or ulcerous sore, especially in the mouth.
- trinket
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noun,
a small ornament, piece of jewelry, etc., usually of little value.
- Sno-Cat
-
- Isadore
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noun,
a male given name: from the Greek word meaning “gift of Isis.”.
- snicker
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noun,
a snickering laugh.
- candors
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noun,
the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness:
- skitter
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verb (used with object),
to cause to skitter.
- carnets
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noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- carnose
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adjective,
of or relating to flesh; fleshy.
- sticker
-
noun,
a person or thing that sticks.
- steato-
-
- taction
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noun,
touch; contact.
- sterno-
-
- toadies
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noun,
an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
- toaster
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noun,
an instrument or appliance for toasting bread, muffins, etc.
- Stentor
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noun,
(in the Iliad) a Greek herald with a loud voice.
- catties
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noun,
(in China and southeast Asia) a weight equal to about 1½ pounds (680 grams) avoirdupois.
- 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.
- catkins
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noun,
a spike of unisexual, apetalous flowers having scaly, usually deciduous bracts, as of a willow or birch.
- stearo-
-
- Inkster
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noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- stearic
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adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- station
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noun,
a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- Statice
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noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Limonium, of the leadwort family, having clusters of variously colored flowers that retain their color when dried.
- stacked
-
noun,
a more or less orderly pile or heap:
- indorse
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verb (used with object),
endorse.
- soredia
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noun,
a group of algal cells surrounded by hyphal tissue, occurring on the surface of the thallus and functioning in vegetative reproduction.
- carotin
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noun,
carotene.
- carotid
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noun,
Also called carotid artery. either of the two large arteries, one on each side of the head, that carry blood to the head and that divide into an external branch supplying the neck, face, and other external parts, and an internal branch supplying the brain, eye, and other internal parts.
- drastic
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adjective,
acting with force or violence; violent.
- coedits
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verb (used with object),
to edit jointly with another.
- tritone
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noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- troikas
-
noun,
a Russian carriage, wagon, or sleigh drawn by a team of three horses abreast.
- reckons
-
Verb phrases,
reckon with,
to include in consideration or planning; anticipate:
to deal with:
- cretins
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- detrain
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verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- Detroit
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noun,
a city in SE Michigan, on the Detroit River.
- tartine
-
noun,
a fancy French open-faced sandwich topped with spreadable ingredients.
- diaster
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noun,
the stage in mitosis at which the chromosomes, after their division and separation, are grouped near the poles of the spindle.
- credits
-
noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- recants
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- Dickens
-
noun,
devil; deuce (usually preceded by the and often used in exclamations and as a mild imprecation):
- detract
-
verb (used with object),
to draw away or divert; distract:
- cratons
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- dickers
-
noun,
a petty bargain.
- Dickson
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noun,
Leonard Eugene, 1874–1954, U.S. mathematician.
- dictate
-
noun,
an authoritative order or command.
- cranio-
-
- acetins
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- cotters
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noun,
a pin, wedge, key, or the like, fitted or driven into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.
- acetoin
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noun,
a yellowish, pleasant-smelling liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , obtained from various carbohydrates, as glucose, by fermentation: used chiefly in the manufacture of flavors and essences.
- crinose
-
adjective,
hairy.
- deticks
-
verb (used with object),
to free (as livestock) of ticks, as by a chemical dip, spray, or dust.
- costate
-
adjective,
Anatomy. having ribs.
- redcoat
-
noun,
(especially during the American Revolution) a British soldier.
- dancers
-
noun,
a person who dances.
- daikons
-
noun,
a large, elongated, white winter radish, Raphanus sativus longipinnatus, used especially in Asian cuisine and sometimes pickled.
- daikers
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verb (used without object),
dacker.
- dacoits
-
noun,
(in India and Burma) a member of a class of criminals who engage in organized robbery and murder.
- red-ink
-
noun,
a financial deficit; business loss.
- dackers
-
verb (used without object),
to totter or stagger.
- darkens
-
Idioms,
darken someone's door, to come to visit; make an appearance:
- tertian
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noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- decants
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- detains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- ctenoid
-
adjective,
comblike or pectinate; rough-edged.
- dentist
-
noun,
a person whose profession is dentistry.
- tetanic
-
adjective,
Pathology. pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by tetanus.
- deontic
-
adjective,
of or relating to duty and moral obligation as ethical concepts.
- redacts
-
verb (used with object),
to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- tetrads
-
noun,
a group of four.
- descant
-
noun,
Music.
a melody or counterpoint accompanying a simple musical theme and usually written above it.
(in part music) the soprano.
a song or melody.
- cronies
-
noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- destain
-
verb (used with object),
to remove stain (from a specimen) to enhance visibility and contrast of parts.
- diktats
-
noun,
a harsh, punitive settlement or decree imposed unilaterally on a defeated nation, political party, etc.
- costard
-
noun,
a large English variety of apple.
- dornick
-
noun,
a stout linen cloth, especially one of a damask linen.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- contra-
-
- docents
-
noun,
privatdocent.
- contest
-
noun,
a race, conflict, or other competition between rivals, as for a prize.
- dockers
-
noun,
a laborer on shipping docks; longshoreman.
- dockets
-
noun,
Also called trial docket. a list of cases in court for trial, or the names of the parties who have cases pending.
- constr.
-
- conster
-
verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- Tancred
-
noun,
1078?–1112, Norman leader in the first Crusade.
- tritons
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- aconite
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- doeskin
-
noun,
the skin of a doe.
- conkers
-
noun,
a horse chestnut.
- take-in
-
noun,
a deception, fraud, or imposition.
- donates
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- Donetsk
-
noun,
a city in E Ukraine, in the Donets Basin.
- tinders
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- candies
-
noun,
any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
- contras
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- cordate
-
adjective,
heart-shaped:
- Costain
-
noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- disrate
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce to a lower rating or rank.
- dineros
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- rescind
-
verb (used with object),
to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal.
- tickers
-
noun,
a telegraphic receiving instrument that automatically prints stock prices, market reports, etc., on a paper tape.
- cortina
-
noun,
a weblike, often evanescent veil covering the gills or hanging from the cap edge of certain mushrooms, particularly those of genus Cortinarius, and sometimes persisting as a ring or remnant of fibrils around the mushroom stalk.
- directs
-
adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- discant
-
noun,
Also, discantus [dis-kan-tuh s] /dɪsˈkæn təs/ (Show IPA). Music. a 13th-century polyphonic style with strict mensural meter in all the voice parts, in contrast to the metrically free organum of the period.
- Ticknor
-
noun,
George, 1791–1871, U.S. literary historian and educator.
- discern
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend:
- cornets
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- ratites
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- rattons
-
noun,
a rat.
- distant
-
adjective,
far off or apart in space; not near at hand; remote or removed (often followed by from):
- corneas
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- distent
-
adjective,
distended.
- distort
-
verb (used with object),
to twist awry or out of shape; make crooked or deformed:
- tanrecs
-
noun,
tenrec.
- tankers
-
noun,
a ship, airplane, or truck designed for bulk shipment of liquids or gases.
- restock
-
verb (used with or without object),
to stock again; replenish.
- cordite
-
noun,
a smokeless, slow-burning powder composed of 30 to 58 percent nitroglycerin, 37 to 65 percent cellulose nitrate, and 5 to 6 percent mineral jelly.
- Candiot
-
noun,
a Cretan.
- cations
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- candier
-
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- Nordica
-
noun,
Lillian (Lillian Norton) 1859–1914, U.S. soprano.
- knotter
-
noun,
a person or thing that ties knots.
- knotted
-
noun,
an interlacing, twining, looping, etc., of a cord, rope, or the like, drawn tight into a knob or lump, for fastening, binding, or connecting two cords together or a cord to something else.
- knitted
-
noun,
fabric produced by knitting.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- norites
-
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.
- kit-cat
-
noun,
any of a series of half-length portraits of members of the Kit-Cat Club that were painted by Sir Godfrey Kneller between 1702 and 1717, measure almost uniformly 28 × 36 inches (71 × 91 cm), characteristically portray the head, upper torso, and hands, and are now in the National Gallery, London.
- artiste
-
noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- sarcode
-
noun,
protoplasm, especially the semifluid content of a protozoan.
- atonics
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- oneidas
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- astroid
-
noun,
a hypocycloid with four cusps.
- Kirsten
-
noun,
a female given name, Scandinavian form of Christine.
- torsade
-
noun,
a twisted cord.
- attends
-
verb (used with object),
to be present at:
- kineto-
-
- attires
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- antero-
-
- Sickert
-
noun,
Walter Richard, 1860–1942, English painter.
- notates
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- attorns
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- notices
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- sainted
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- sardine
-
noun,
the pilchard, Sardina pilchardus, often preserved in oil and used for food.
- rodents
-
noun,
a rodent mammal.
- sadiron
-
noun,
Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S. Older Use. a flatiron that is pointed at both ends and has a detachable handle.
- Nicetas
-
noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- Scottie
-
noun,
Scottish terrier.
- tricots
-
noun,
a warp-knit fabric of various natural or synthetic fibers, as wool, silk, or nylon, having fine vertical ribs on the face and horizontal ribs on the back, used especially for making garments.
- narcose
-
adjective,
characterized by stupor; stuporous.
- Rockies
-
noun,
Rocky Mountains.
- arseno-
-
- iterant
-
adjective,
characterized by repetition; repeating.
- natters
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- trident
-
noun,
a three-pronged instrument or weapon.
- nectars
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- scatter
-
noun,
the act of scattering.
- section
-
noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- rockets
-
noun,
any of various simple or complex tubelike devices containing combustibles that on being ignited liberate gases whose action propels the tube through the air: used for pyrotechnic effect, signaling, carrying a lifeline, hurling explosives at an enemy, putting a space vehicle into orbit, etc.
- noetics
-
noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- nickers
-
noun,
a person or thing that nicks.
- aristo-
-
- Nidaros
-
noun,
former name of Trondheim.
- satinet
-
noun,
a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- nitrate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- orceins
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- astrict
-
verb (used with object),
to bind fast; constrain.
- koreans
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of South Korea or North Korea.
- Transit
-
noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- astride
-
preposition,
with a leg on each side of; straddling:
- sidecar
-
noun,
a small car attached on one side to a motorcycle and supported on the other side by a wheel of its own, used for a passenger, parcels, etc.
- sarcoid
-
noun,
a growth resembling a sarcoma.
- keratin
-
noun,
a scleroprotein or albuminoid substance, found in the dead outer skin layer, and in horn, hair, feathers, hoofs, nails, claws, bills, etc.
- kerato-
-
- Kenitra
-
noun,
a port in NW Morocco, NE of Rabat.
- octants
-
noun,
the eighth part of a circle.
- ordains
-
verb (used with object),
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- Roscian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- octanes
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- Kastner
-
noun,
Erich [ey-rikh] /ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1899–1974, German writer.
- Rostand
-
noun,
Edmond [ed-mawn] /ɛdˈmɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1868–1918, French dramatist and poet.
- tonetic
-
noun,
the phonetic study of tone in language.
- aneroid
-
noun,
aneroid barometer.
- Oceanid
-
noun,
any of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys; a sea nymph.
- Rosetta
-
noun,
a town in N Egypt, at a mouth of the Nile.
- rotates
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- sidero-
-
- side-on
-
adverb,
with the side or sides foremost, especially in a collision:
- Katrine
-
noun,
Loch, a lake in central Scotland. 8 miles (13 km) long.
- kations
-
noun,
cation.
- Torenia
-
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.
- Darken
-
Idioms,
darken someone's door, to come to visit; make an appearance:
- rectos
-
- Darien
-
noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
- Odetta
-
noun,
(Odetta Holmes) 1930–2008, U.S. folk singer.
- darics
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- 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.
- doater
-
noun,
doter.
- docent
-
noun,
privatdocent.
- nicker
-
noun,
a person or thing that nicks.
- tanker
-
noun,
a ship, airplane, or truck designed for bulk shipment of liquids or gases.
- rottes
-
noun,
rote2 .
- Dnestr
-
noun,
Russian name of Dniester.
- tanked
-
noun,
a large receptacle, container, or structure for holding a liquid or gas:
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- dittos
-
noun,
the aforesaid; the above; the same (used in accounts, lists, etc., to avoid repetition). Symbol: ″. Abbreviation: do.
Compare ditto mark.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- darkie
-
noun,
darky.
- ratton
-
noun,
a rat.
- distr.
-
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- onside
-
adjective, adverb,
not offside; being within the prescribed line or area at the beginning of or during play or a play.
- octets
-
noun,
a company of eight singers or musicians.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- ratite
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- docker
-
noun,
a laborer on shipping docks; longshoreman.
- nicads
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- dances
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- Scotti
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1936, Italian baritone.
- dancer
-
noun,
a person who dances.
- Donets
-
noun,
a river rising in the SW Russian Federation near Belgorod, flowing SE through Ukraine to the Don River. About 650 miles (1045 km) long.
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- donate
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- taints
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- Natick
-
noun,
a town in E Massachusetts, W of Boston.
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- rotate
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- takins
-
noun,
a mountain-dwelling bovid, Budorcas taxicolor, native to the eastern Himalayas, China, and northern Burma, that resembles a cross between a goat and a musk ox.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- natter
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- danios
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- Neckar
-
noun,
a river in SW Germany, flowing N and NE from the Black Forest, then W to the Rhine River. 246 miles (395 km) long.
- necro-
-
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- docket
-
noun,
Also called trial docket. a list of cases in court for trial, or the names of the parties who have cases pending.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- nitro-
-
- Rockne
-
noun,
Knute (Kenneth) [noot] /nut/ (Show IPA), 1888–1931, U.S. football coach, born in Norway.
- scato-
-
- rotten
-
adjective,
decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
- reskin
-
verb (used with object),
to replace or repair the exterior surface or coating of:
- Deakin
-
noun,
Alfred, 1856–1919, Australian statesman: prime minister 1903–04; 1905–08; 1909–10.
- nocti-
-
- sacro-
-
- redact
-
verb (used with object),
to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- ockers
-
noun,
an uncultured Australian male.
- sarco-
-
- dicots
-
noun,
a dicotyledon.
- taster
-
noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- Oneida
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- notate
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- dicker
-
noun,
a petty bargain.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- tarso-
-
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- redans
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- detick
-
verb (used with object),
to free (as livestock) of ticks, as by a chemical dip, spray, or dust.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- dicast
-
noun,
(in ancient Athens) a citizen eligible to sit as a judge.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Sandro
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Sandor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- reckon
-
Verb phrases,
reckon with,
to include in consideration or planning; anticipate:
to deal with:
- Sandie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- Sander
-
noun,
a person or thing that sands or sandpapers.
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- recti-
-
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- sacred
-
adjective,
devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated.
- Derain
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
- disco-
-
- Nordic
-
noun,
a member of the Nordic people, especially a Scandinavian.
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- Deacon
-
noun,
(in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
- rodent
-
noun,
a rodent mammal.
- decani
-
adjective,
of or relating to the epistle or liturgical south side of a church (opposed to cantoris).
- direct
-
adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- decant
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- octant
-
noun,
the eighth part of a circle.
- Dinkas
-
noun,
a member of a tall, pastoral people of Sudan.
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- diners
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- dinero
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- Tarski
-
noun,
Alfred, 1902–1983, U.S. mathematician and logician, born in Poland.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- taroks
-
noun,
a card game dating probably from the Renaissance and still popular in central Europe, originally played with a special pack of 78 cards but now usually played with 32 cards of a regular pack together with 22 tarots.
- dinars
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- decors
-
noun,
style or mode of decoration, as of a room, building, or the like:
- taters
-
noun,
potato.
- 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.
- denti-
-
- diktat
-
noun,
a harsh, punitive settlement or decree imposed unilaterally on a defeated nation, political party, etc.
- tarots
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- octane
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- octads
-
noun,
a group or series of eight.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- sacker
-
noun,
bagger (def 1).
- donsie
-
adjective,
Midland U.S. somewhat sick, weak, or lacking in vitality; not completely well.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- sorted
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- ickers
-
noun,
the fruit-bearing spike of any cereal plant, especially an ear of corn.
- stacte
-
noun,
one of the sweet spices used in the holy incense of the ancient Hebrews. Ex. 30:34.
- Ostiak
-
noun,
Ostyak.
- sotted
-
adjective,
drunken; besotted.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- stated
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- Indore
-
noun,
a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh.
- Ostend
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Belgium.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- kernos
-
noun,
a Mycenaean ceramic piece, usually in the form of a ring, to which were attached a number of cups or vases.
- inroad
-
noun,
a damaging or serious encroachment:
- oreads
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- iatro-
-
- stater
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- insect
-
noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- Kistna
-
noun,
former name of Krishna (def 2).
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- set-to
-
noun,
a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- sicken
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become sick.
- steno-
-
- sicker
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) sick persons collectively (usually preceded by the).
- static
-
noun,
Electricity.
static or atmospheric electricity.
interference due to such electricity.
- kinase
-
noun,
a transferase that catalyzes the phosphorylation of a substrate by ATP.
- rident
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- 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).
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- Kidron
-
noun,
a ravine E of Jerusalem, leading to the Mount of Olives: traditionally identified by Jewish, Christian, and Muslim religions as the Valley of Decision, the place of final judgment. Joel 3:2, 12.
- ottars
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- kerat-
-
- Kedron
-
noun,
Kidron.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- sitten
-
verb,
past participle of sit1 .
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- Sondra
-
noun,
a female given name.
- iodate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Kastro
-
noun,
Mytilene (def 2).
- socket
-
noun,
a hollow part or piece for receiving and holding some part or thing.
- irades
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- orenda
-
noun,
a supernatural force believed by the Iroquois Indians to be present, in varying degrees, in all objects or persons, and to be the spiritual force by which human accomplishment is attained or accounted for.
- 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.
- Sitter
-
noun,
a person who sits.
- Karens
-
noun,
a group of people of eastern and southern Burma (Myanmar).
- Kantor
-
noun,
MacKinlay [muh-kin-lee] /məˈkɪn li/ (Show IPA), 1904–77, U.S. novelist.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- skater
-
noun,
a person who skates.
- Kaiser
-
noun,
a German emperor.
- intro.
-
- kation
-
noun,
cation.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- Keaton
-
noun,
Buster (Joseph Francis Keaton) 1895–1966, U.S. film comedian and director.
- sinker
-
noun,
a person or thing that sinks.
- instr.
-
- Kearns
-
noun,
a town in N Utah, near Salt Lake City.
- intact
-
adjective,
not altered, broken, or impaired; remaining uninjured, sound, or whole; untouched; unblemished:
- intake
-
noun,
the place or opening at which a fluid is taken into a channel, pipe, etc.
- inter.
-
- Orinda
-
noun,
a town in W California.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- intoed
-
adjective,
having inwardly turned toes.
- roadie
-
noun,
a member of a crew for a traveling group of musicians or other entertainers, whose work usually includes the setting up of equipment.
- intra-
-
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- racket
-
noun,
a loud noise or clamor, especially of a disturbing or confusing kind; din; uproar:
- Dorati
-
noun,
Antal [ahn-tahl;; Hungarian on-tol] /ˈɑn tɑl;; Hungarian ˈɒn tɒl/ (Show IPA), 1906–1988, Hungarian conductor, in the U.S.
- ranket
-
noun,
a double-reed wind instrument of the 16th and 17th centuries.
- tacket
-
noun,
a nail or tack, especially a hobnail.
- nacred
-
adjective,
lined with or resembling nacre.
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- 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.
- second
-
noun,
a second part.
- stroke
-
noun,
the act or an instance of striking, as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; a blow.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- droits
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- strode
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- strike
-
noun,
an act or instance of striking.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- ranids
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- Sendai
-
noun,
a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.
- Eakins
-
noun,
Thomas, 1844–1916, U.S. painter.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- drinks
-
noun,
any liquid that is swallowed to quench thirst, for nourishment, etc.; beverage.
- strict
-
adjective,
characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles:
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- Dorcas
-
noun,
a Christian woman at Joppa who made clothing for the poor. Acts 9:36–41.
- Dorian
-
noun,
a member of a people who entered Greece about the 12th century b.c., conquered the Peloponnesus, and destroyed the Mycenaean culture: one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Aeolian (def 2), Ionian (def 3).
- dories
-
noun,
a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides.
- screak
-
noun,
a screech.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- Dorset
-
noun,
1st Earl of, Thomas Sackville.
- dorsi-
-
- Dottie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Dorothea and Dorothy.
- nadirs
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- drains
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- drakes
-
noun,
a male duck.
Compare duck1 (def 2).
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- narco-
-
- drecks
-
noun,
excrement; dung.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- driest
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- stride
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- kraits
-
noun,
any of several large, usually banded, placid but highly venomous snakes constituting the genus Bungarus, of the cobra family, common in southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago.
- kitten
-
noun,
a young cat.
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- radons
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- radios
-
noun,
wireless telegraphy or telephony:
- Korean
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of South Korea or North Korea.
- radio-
-
- stoker
-
noun,
a person or thing that stokes.
- stoked
-
adjective,
exhilarated; excited.
- Konrad
-
noun,
a male given name.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- koines
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) an amalgam of Greek dialects, chiefly Attic and Ionic, that replaced the Classical Greek dialects in the Hellenistic period and flourished under the Roman Empire.
- ordain
-
verb (used with object),
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- Serkin
-
noun,
Rudolf [roo-dolf;; German roo-dawlf] /ˈru dɒlf;; German ˈruˌdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1903–91, U.S. pianist, born in Bohemia.
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- kneads
-
verb (used with object),
to work (dough, clay, etc.) into a uniform mixture by pressing, folding, and stretching.
- stinko
-
adjective,
drunk.
- stoned
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- strick
-
noun,
a group of any of the major bast fibers, as flax or jute, prepared for conversion into sliver form.
- strake
-
noun,
Nautical. a continuous course of planks or plates on a ship forming a hull shell, deck, etc.
- rancid
-
adjective,
having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, especially of fats or oils:
- rocket
-
noun,
any of various simple or complex tubelike devices containing combustibles that on being ignited liberate gases whose action propels the tube through the air: used for pyrotechnic effect, signaling, carrying a lifeline, hurling explosives at an enemy, putting a space vehicle into orbit, etc.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- streak
-
noun,
a long, narrow mark, smear, band of color, or the like:
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- Kosrae
-
noun,
an island in the W Pacific: part of the Federated States of Micronesia. 42 sq. mi. (109 sq. km).
- Strand
-
noun,
the land bordering the sea, a lake, or a river; shore; beach.
- raised
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- eikons
-
noun,
icon (defs 1, 2).
- Strait
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- Kosice
-
noun,
a city in SE Slovakia.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- Edison
-
noun,
Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- editor
-
noun,
a person having managerial and sometimes policy-making responsibility related to the writing, compilation, and revision of content for a publishing firm or for a newspaper, magazine, or other publication:
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- 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.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- cinder
-
noun,
a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
- dakoit
-
noun,
dacoit.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Trento
-
noun,
Italian name of Trent.
- trends
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- tinker
-
noun,
a mender of pots, kettles, pans, etc., usually an itinerant.
- coatis
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- coated
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- aniso-
-
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- anodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to an anode or the phenomena in its vicinity.
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- tinter
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- treats
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- Citron
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- tirade
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- Andros
-
noun,
Sir Edmund, 1637–1714, British governor in the American colonies, 1686–89, 1692–98.
- Arendt
-
noun,
Hannah, 1906–75, U.S. author, political scientist, and teacher, born in Germany.
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- tranks
-
noun,
a tranquilizer.
- titers
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- trans.
-
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- treads
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- 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.
- ardent
-
adjective,
having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent:
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- arcked
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ciders
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- coders
-
noun,
a person or device that translates information into a code.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- arkose
-
noun,
a granular sedimentary rock composed of quartz and feldspar or mica; a feldspathic sandstone.
- contr.
-
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- trikes
-
noun,
tricycle.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- corned
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- corked
-
noun,
the outer bark of an oak, Quercus suber, of Mediterranean countries, used for making stoppers for bottles, floats, etc.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- tricot
-
noun,
a warp-knit fabric of various natural or synthetic fibers, as wool, silk, or nylon, having fine vertical ribs on the face and horizontal ribs on the back, used especially for making garments.
- cordis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the heart.
- tricks
-
noun,
a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
- Aitken
-
noun,
Robert Grant, 1864–1951, U.S. astronomer.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- andro-
-
- tinct.
-
- Andric
-
noun,
Ivo [ee-vaw] /ˈi vɔ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1975, Yugoslavian poet, novelist, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1961.
- coedit
-
verb (used with object),
to edit jointly with another.
- Andres
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- tinder
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- cokers
-
noun,
Often, cokers. an inhabitant of the mountains of the coal-mining regions of West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
- tincts
-
noun,
tint; tinge; coloring.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- conker
-
noun,
a horse chestnut.
- aketon
-
noun,
acton.
- triads
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- Conrad
-
noun,
Charles, Jr ("Pete") 1930–1999, U.S. astronaut.
- contd.
-
- cerat-
-
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- ticket
-
noun,
a slip, usually of paper or cardboard, serving as evidence that the holder has paid a fare or admission or is entitled to some service, right, or the like:
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Astrid
-
noun,
a female given name: from Scandinavian, meaning “divine strength.”.
- astro-
-
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- astron
-
- Carnot
-
noun,
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- tortes
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Atkins
-
noun,
Chester ("Chet") 1924–2001, U.S. country-and-western singer and musician.
- Cardin
-
noun,
Pierre, born 1922, French fashion designer.
- cardi-
-
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- cadent
-
adjective,
having cadence.
- cairds
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- cadres
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- Candor
-
noun,
the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness:
- cadets
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- canids
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- Cantor
-
noun,
the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- canker
-
noun,
a gangrenous or ulcerous sore, especially in the mouth.
- attorn
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- attend
-
verb (used with object),
to be present at:
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- censor
-
noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- arsen-
-
- trades
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- cedarn
-
adjective,
resembling or made of cedar.
- Cedars
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- titres
-
noun,
titer.
- traiks
-
verb (used without object),
to become ill or lose one's good health.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- aroids
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- centi-
-
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- centr-
-
- Catton
-
noun,
(Charles) Bruce, 1899–1978, U.S. journalist and historian.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- casket
-
noun,
a coffin.
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- ascend
-
verb (used with object),
to go or move upward upon or along; climb; mount:
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- todies
-
noun,
any of several small West Indian birds of the family Todidae, related to the motmots and kingfishers, having brightly colored green and red plumage.
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- 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.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- catkin
-
noun,
a spike of unisexual, apetalous flowers having scaly, usually deciduous bracts, as of a willow or birch.
- aeron.
-
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- triode
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- adren-
-
- adores
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- 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.
- dacoit
-
noun,
(in India and Burma) a member of a class of criminals who engage in organized robbery and murder.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- croaks
-
noun,
the act or sound of croaking.
- adorns
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- crakes
-
noun,
any of several short-billed rails, especially the corn crake.
- Dacron
-
- aceto-
-
- terat-
-
- daiker
-
verb (used without object),
dacker.
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- cottas
-
noun,
a surplice.
- troika
-
noun,
a Russian carriage, wagon, or sleigh drawn by a team of three horses abreast.
- adreno
-
- ticked
-
noun,
a slight, sharp, recurring click, tap, or beat, as of a clock.
- Cranks
-
noun,
Machinery. any of several types of arms or levers for imparting rotary or oscillatory motion to a rotating shaft, one end of the crank being fixed to the shaft and the other end receiving reciprocating motion from a hand, connecting rod, etc.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- credos
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed.
- tetras
-
noun,
any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
- triste
-
adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- trokes
-
noun,
truck2 (defs 4–7).
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- adeno-
-
- credit
-
noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- creaks
-
noun,
a creaking sound.
- Adonis
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a youth slain by a wild boar but permitted by Zeus to pass four months every year in the lower world with Persephone, four with Aphrodite, and four wherever he chose.
- Adonic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Adonic verse or line.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- 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.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- dacker
-
verb (used without object),
to totter or stagger.
- tetrad
-
noun,
a group of four.
- Cotter
-
noun,
a pin, wedge, key, or the like, fitted or driven into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.
- tetra-
-
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- actin-
-
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- cteno-
-
- Triton
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- 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.
- COSINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- ticker
-
noun,
a telegraphic receiving instrument that automatically prints stock prices, market reports, etc., on a paper tape.
- Dairen
-
noun,
former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
- daikon
-
noun,
a large, elongated, white winter radish, Raphanus sativus longipinnatus, used especially in Asian cuisine and sometimes pickled.
- adroit
-
adjective,
expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body.
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- ackton
-
noun,
acton.
- 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.
- reads
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- Kosti
-
noun,
a city in E central Sudan, on the White Nile.
- narks
-
noun,
British Slang. a stool pigeon or informer.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- krait
-
noun,
any of several large, usually banded, placid but highly venomous snakes constituting the genus Bungarus, of the cobra family, common in southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- rends
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- 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.
- acids
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- nards
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- Troad
-
noun,
The, a region in NW Asia Minor surrounding ancient Troy.
- krans
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Iran.
- Korea
-
noun,
a former country in E Asia, on a peninsula SE of Manchuria and between the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea: a kingdom prior to 1910; under Japanese rule 1910–45; now divided at 38° N into North Korea and South Korea.
Compare Korean War.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- retd.
-
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- traik
-
verb (used without object),
to become ill or lose one's good health.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Koran
-
noun,
the sacred text of Islam, divided into 114 chapters, or suras: revered as the word of God, dictated to Muhammad by the archangel Gabriel, and accepted as the foundation of Islamic law, religion, culture, and politics.
- troke
-
noun,
truck2 (defs 4–7).
- Scot.
-
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- astr.
-
- acet-
-
- acro-
-
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- 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.
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- 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.
- 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.
- Tract
-
noun,
an expanse or area of land, water, etc.; region; stretch.
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- naso-
-
- asco-
-
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- ASDIC
-
noun,
sonar.
- naked
-
adjective,
being without clothing or covering; nude:
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- krone
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Denmark, equal to 100 öre. Abbreviation: Kr., kr.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- acrid
-
adjective,
sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.:
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- scrod
-
noun,
a young Atlantic codfish or haddock, especially one split for cooking.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- acred
-
adjective,
owning many acres of land; landed.
- reni-
-
- totes
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- toti-
-
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- sect.
-
- Scott
-
noun,
Barbara Ann, 1928–2012, Canadian figure skater.
- krona
-
noun,
a silver and cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Sweden, equal to 100 öre. Abbreviation: Kr., kr.
- 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.
- Konia
-
noun,
Konya.
- siker
-
adverb,
certainly; without doubt.
- keirs
-
noun,
kier.
- Keita
-
noun,
Modibo [maw-dee-baw] /mɔˈdi bɔ/ (Show IPA), 1915–77, African statesman: president of Mali 1960–68.
- kendo
-
noun,
a Japanese form of fencing using bamboo staves, with the contestants wearing head guards and protective garments.
- Cadet
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- kenos
-
noun,
a game of chance, adapted from lotto for gambling purposes.
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- sikra
-
noun,
sikhara.
- Cades
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- Keats
-
noun,
John, 1795–1821, English poet.
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Kerns
-
noun,
a part of the face of a type projecting beyond the body or shank, as in certain italic letters.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- keros
-
noun,
a wooden container, as a beaker, made by the Incas.
- Kerst
-
noun,
Donald William, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Kesia
-
noun,
a female given name: from an African word meaning “favorite.”.
- Sidra
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- Kedar
-
noun,
the second son of Ishmael. Gen. 25:13.
- Redon
-
noun,
Odilon [ohd-l-on;; French aw-dee-lawn] /ˈoʊd lˌɒn;; French ɔ diˈlɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1840–1916, French painter and etcher.
- keto-
-
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- 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.
- karos
-
noun,
a shrub or small tree, Pittosporum crassifolium, of New Zealand, having shiny leaves with a white, felty underside, red flowers, and densely hairy fruit.
- Caird
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- Karst
-
noun,
an area of limestone terrane characterized by sinks, ravines, and underground streams.
- sito-
-
- karts
-
noun,
a small, light, low-slung, four-wheeled vehicle, usually powered by a gasoline engine, capable of speeds up to 60 miles per hour (96 km/h), and used for racing or recreation.
- Sitka
-
noun,
a town in SE Alaska, on an island in the Alexander Archipelago: the capital of former Russian America.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Katie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Katherine or Catherine.
- cadis
-
noun,
qadi.
- caids
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- tonia
-
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- 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.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- redos
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- cadre
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- Sino-
-
- Sidon
-
noun,
a city of ancient Phoenicia: site of modern Saida.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- Koner
-
noun,
Pauline, 1905–2000, U.S. dancer and choreographer.
- Torte
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- knead
-
verb (used with object),
to work (dough, clay, etc.) into a uniform mixture by pressing, folding, and stretching.
- ation
-
- Knies
-
noun,
Karl Gustav Adolf [kahrl goo s-tahf ah-dawlf] /kɑrl ˈgʊs tɑf ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1821–98, German statistician and historical economist.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- sero-
-
- recks
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to have regard for; mind; heed.
- knits
-
noun,
fabric produced by knitting.
- torsk
-
noun,
a cod.
- 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.
- kites
-
noun,
a light frame covered with some thin material, to be flown in the wind at the end of a long string.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Seric
-
- koans
-
noun,
a nonsensical or paradoxical question to a student for which an answer is demanded, the stress of meditation on the question often being illuminating.
- Recit
-
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- Koine
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) an amalgam of Greek dialects, chiefly Attic and Ionic, that replaced the Classical Greek dialects in the Hellenistic period and flourished under the Roman Empire.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- Doric
-
noun,
a dialect of ancient Greek spoken on Rhodes and other islands of the Dodecanese, in Crete, in Syracuse, and in all of the Peloponnesus except Arcadia.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- rect.
-
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- Attic
-
noun,
the part of a building, especially of a house, directly under a roof; garret.
- 30-30
-
- kiers
-
noun,
a large vat in which fibers, yarns, or fabrics are boiled, bleached, or dyed.
- sicko
-
noun,
sickie (def 1).
- tsadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- kinas
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, equal to 100 toea.
- atto-
-
- kinds
-
noun,
a class or group of individual objects, people, animals, etc., of the same nature or character, or classified together because they have traits in common; category:
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- kines
-
noun,
a plural of cow1 .
- kinos
-
noun,
(in Europe) a motion-picture theater; cinema.
- seti-
-
- trots
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- kirns
-
noun,
a churn.
- 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.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- kisan
-
noun,
(in India) a peasant.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- 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.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- scoke
-
noun,
pokeweed.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- nears
-
- oidea
-
- Andes
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- Odets
-
noun,
Clifford, 1906–63, U.S. dramatist.
- adorn
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- andor
-
conjunction,
(used to imply that either or both of the things mentioned may be affected or involved):
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- rotte
-
noun,
rote2 .
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- 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.
- oinks
-
noun,
the squealing or grunting sound made by a pig.
- Akron
-
noun,
a city in NE Ohio.
- Akins
-
noun,
Zoë [zoh-ee] /ˈzoʊ i/ (Show IPA), 1886–1958, U.S. playwright.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- 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.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- octet
-
noun,
a company of eight singers or musicians.
- andr-
-
- Rieka
-
noun,
Rijeka.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- Sadoc
-
noun,
Zadok.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- anis-
-
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- Andre
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- Ocker
-
noun,
an uncultured Australian male.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- radek
-
noun,
Karl [kahrl] /kɑrl/ (Show IPA), 1885–1939? Russian writer and politician.
- octa-
-
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- octad
-
noun,
a group or series of eight.
- racks
-
noun,
a framework of bars, wires, or pegs on which articles are arranged or deposited:
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- Adore
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- rinks
-
noun,
a smooth expanse of ice for ice-skating, often artificially prepared and inside a building or arena.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- 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.
- oste-
-
- Aidos
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of modesty, respect, and shame.
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- trike
-
noun,
tricycle.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- ordn.
-
- oread
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Aedon
-
noun,
a daughter of Pandareus who mistakenly killed her son. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a nightingale.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- aero-
-
- aeri-
-
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- ronde
-
noun,
a typeface imitative of upright, somewhat angular, handwriting.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- okras
-
noun,
a shrub, Abelmoschus esculentus, of the mallow family, bearing beaked pods.
- Rodin
-
noun,
(François) Auguste (René) [frahn-swa oh-gyst ruh-ney] /frɑ̃ˈswa oʊˈgüst rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1840–1917, French sculptor.
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- 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.
- ottar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- trick
-
noun,
a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- Aiken
-
noun,
Conrad (Potter) 1889–1973, U.S. poet.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- 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.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- rocks
-
noun,
a large mass of stone forming a hill, cliff, promontory, or the like.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- oared
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- adits
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- rands
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- Arkie
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a migrant worker originally from Arkansas.
- Nicks
-
noun,
a small notch, groove, chip, or the like, cut into or existing in something.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- Scand
-
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- trank
-
noun,
a tranquilizer.
- actos
-
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- nitr-
-
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- rakis
-
noun,
a spirituous liquor distilled from grain, grapes, plums, etc., in southeastern Europe and the Near East.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- nicad
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- 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.
- scend
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- necks
-
noun,
the part of the body of an animal or human being that connects the head and the trunk.
- ranks
-
noun,
a number of persons forming a separate class in a social hierarchy or in any graded body.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- aroid
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- nerds
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- 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.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- scatt
-
noun,
scat5 .
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- Arndt
-
noun,
Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
- scat-
-
- areo-
-
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- oaken
-
adjective,
made of oak:
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- sarc-
-
- anti-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- ante-
-
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- noted
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- 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.
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- sanit
-
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- radon
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- anode
-
noun,
the electrode or terminal by which current enters an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- adios
-
interjection,
goodbye; farewell.
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- Sakti
-
noun,
Shakti.
- saker
-
noun,
an Old World falcon, Falco cherrug, used in falconry.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- aden-
-
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- nocks
-
noun,
a metal or plastic piece at the end of an arrow, having a notch for the bowstring.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- noct-
-
- rakes
-
noun,
an agricultural implement with teeth or tines for gathering cut grass, hay, or the like or for smoothing the surface of the ground.
- raked
-
noun,
an agricultural implement with teeth or tines for gathering cut grass, hay, or the like or for smoothing the surface of the ground.
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- 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.
- sarod
-
noun,
a lute of northern India, played with a bow.
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- NORAD
-
noun,
a joint U.S.-Canadian air force command responsible for detecting aircraft and space vehicles deemed a threat to the continental airspace.
- 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).
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- ricks
-
noun,
Also, hayrick. Chiefly Midland U.S. a large, usually rectangular stack or pile of hay, straw, corn, or the like, in a field, especially when thatched or covered by a tarpaulin; an outdoor or makeshift mow.
- raids
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- 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.
- treas
-
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Karen
-
noun,
a group of people of eastern and southern Burma (Myanmar).
- kaons
-
noun,
a meson with strangeness +1 and either positive or zero electric charge, or its antiparticle, with strangeness −1 and either negative or zero electric charge. Symbol: K.
- dorts
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- DORAN
-
noun,
an electronic device for determining range and assisting navigation, employing the principle of the Doppler effect.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- coeds
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- Doris
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids.
- dorks
-
noun,
Slang. a silly, out-of-touch person who tends to look odd or behave ridiculously around others; a social misfit:
Synonyms: jerk, schmo; nerd, geek.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- dorse
-
noun,
the back of a book or folded document.
- codes
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- tacts
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- coder
-
noun,
a person or device that translates information into a code.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- dotes
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- codas
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Draco
-
noun,
the Dragon, a northern circumpolar constellation between Ursa Major and Cepheus.
- Drain
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- Drake
-
noun,
a male duck.
Compare duck1 (def 2).
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- drank
-
noun,
any liquid that is swallowed to quench thirst, for nourishment, etc.; beverage.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Coker
-
noun,
Often, cokers. an inhabitant of the mountains of the coal-mining regions of West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
- drats
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- takin
-
noun,
a mountain-dwelling bovid, Budorcas taxicolor, native to the eastern Himalayas, China, and northern Burma, that resembles a cross between a goat and a musk ox.
- cords
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) clothing, especially trousers, of corded fabric; corduroys.
- tides
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- Tieck
-
noun,
Ludwig [loot-vikh,, lood-] /ˈlut vɪx,, ˈlud-/ (Show IPA), 1773–1853, German writer.
- doats
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- cont.
-
- docks
-
noun,
a landing pier.
- Const
-
- Cons.
-
- doers
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- cokes
-
noun,
the solid product resulting from the destructive distillation of coal in an oven or closed chamber or by imperfect combustion, consisting principally of carbon: used chiefly as a fuel in metallurgy to reduce metallic oxides to metals.
- takes
-
- conks
-
noun,
the head.
- doest
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- taken
-
noun,
the act of taking.
- doits
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- 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.
- Donar
-
noun,
the god of thunder, corresponding to Thor.
- donas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- Conde
-
noun,
Louis II de Bourbon [lwee,, duh boor-bawn] /lwi,, də burˈbɔ̃/ (Show IPA), Prince de (Duc d'Enghien"the Great Condé") 1621–86, French general.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- donec
-
conjunction,
(in prescriptions) until.
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- dreck
-
noun,
excrement; dung.
- cores
-
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- ecto-
-
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- edict
-
noun,
a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- edit.
-
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- stork
-
noun,
any of several wading birds of the family Ciconiidae, having long legs and a long neck and bill.
Compare adjutant stork, jabiru, marabou (def 1), white stork, wood ibis.
- eidos
-
noun,
the formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas, criteria for interpreting experience, etc.
- econ.
-
- eikon
-
noun,
icon (defs 1, 2).
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- cert.
-
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- cero-
-
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- endo-
-
- ectad
-
adverb,
outward.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- dreks
-
noun,
dreck.
- cnida
-
noun,
a nematocyst.
- drest
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- dries
-
noun,
a plural of dry.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- tacks
-
noun,
a short, sharp-pointed nail, usually with a flat, broad head.
- Drina
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing N along the part of the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Sava River at Belgrade, Serbia. 285 miles (459 km) long.
- drink
-
noun,
any liquid that is swallowed to quench thirst, for nourishment, etc.; beverage.
- droit
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- drone
-
noun,
the male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no honey.
- tacet
-
verb (imperative),
be silent (directing an instrument or voice not to play or sing).
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cider
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- cine-
-
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- Titos
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- deka-
-
- deca-
-
- decan
-
noun,
any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.
- 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.
- deci-
-
- teaks
-
noun,
a large East Indian tree, Tectona grandis, of the verbena family, yielding a hard, durable, resinous, yellowish-brown wood used for shipbuilding, making furniture, etc.
- decks
-
noun,
Nautical.
a floorlike surface wholly or partially occupying one level of a hull, superstructure, or deckhouse, generally cambered, and often serving as a member for strengthening the structure of a vessel.
the space between such a surface and the next such surface above:
- decor
-
noun,
style or mode of decoration, as of a room, building, or the like:
- decos
-
noun,
art deco.
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- dears
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- dent.
-
- dents
-
noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- Teton
-
noun,
the westernmost branch of the Dakota Indians.
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- desc.
-
- cronk
-
adjective,
sick or feeble.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- tears
-
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- croak
-
noun,
the act or sound of croaking.
- Dacko
-
noun,
David, 1930–2003, African statesman: president of the Central African Republic 1960–66, 1979–81.
- knars
-
noun,
a knot on a tree or in wood.
- dance
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- danio
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- tera-
-
- danke
-
interjection,
thank you.
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- Dares
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- daric
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- Dario
-
noun,
Rubén [roo-ven] /ruˈvɛn/ (Show IPA), (Félix Rubén García Sarmiento) 1867–1916, Nicaraguan poet and diplomat.
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- teno-
-
- daces
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- darks
-
noun,
the absence of light; darkness:
- darns
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- darts
-
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- tends
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- datos
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- tecta
-
noun,
a rooflike structure.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- crit.
-
- Ditto
-
noun,
the aforesaid; the above; the same (used in accounts, lists, etc., to avoid repetition). Symbol: ″. Abbreviation: do.
Compare ditto mark.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- dinks
-
noun,
dinghy.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- dints
-
noun,
force; power:
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- Dione
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Dirac
-
noun,
Paul Adrien Maurice, 1902–84, British physicist, in the U.S. after 1971: Nobel Prize 1933.
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- tardo
-
adjective,
slow (used as a musical direction).
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- tarok
-
noun,
a card game dating probably from the Renaissance and still popular in central Europe, originally played with a special pack of 78 cards but now usually played with 32 cards of a regular pack together with 22 tarots.
- dirks
-
noun,
a dagger, especially of the Scottish Highlands.
- dirts
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- tanto
-
adverb,
(of a musical direction) too much; so much.
- disc.
-
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- corns
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- dist.
-
- ticks
-
noun,
a slight, sharp, recurring click, tap, or beat, as of a clock.
- corks
-
noun,
the outer bark of an oak, Quercus suber, of Mediterranean countries, used for making stoppers for bottles, floats, etc.
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- tanks
-
noun,
a large receptacle, container, or structure for holding a liquid or gas:
- Dinka
-
noun,
a member of a tall, pastoral people of Sudan.
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- dicot
-
noun,
a dicotyledon.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- cried
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- Credo
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed.
- dices
-
Idioms,
no dice, Informal. of no use or help; ineffective.
- creak
-
noun,
a creaking sound.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Dicks
-
noun,
Older Use. a detective.
- dict.
-
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- dicta
-
noun,
a plural of dictum.
- crank
-
noun,
Machinery. any of several types of arms or levers for imparting rotary or oscillatory motion to a rotating shaft, one end of the crank being fixed to the shaft and the other end receiving reciprocating motion from a hand, connecting rod, etc.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- crake
-
noun,
any of several short-billed rails, especially the corn crake.
- cotta
-
noun,
a surplice.
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- tarot
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- 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.
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- tacit
-
adjective,
understood without being openly expressed; implied:
- token
-
noun,
something serving to represent or indicate some fact, event, feeling, etc.; sign:
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- isnad
-
noun,
the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
- snick
-
noun,
a small cut; nick.
- Ikeda
-
noun,
Hayato [hah-yah-taw] /hɑˈyɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1965, Japanese statesman: prime minister 1960–64.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- ikons
-
noun,
icon (defs 1, 2).
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- Srta.
-
- 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.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- incor
-
- incr.
-
- sneck
-
noun,
a door latch or its lever.
- stack
-
noun,
a more or less orderly pile or heap:
- Indo-
-
- snake
-
noun,
any of numerous limbless, scaly, elongate reptiles of the suborder Serpentes, comprising venomous and nonvenomous species inhabiting tropical and temperate areas.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- stand
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- icker
-
noun,
the fruit-bearing spike of any cereal plant, especially an ear of corn.
- skite
-
noun,
a quick, oblique blow or stroke; a chopping blow.
- Ickes
-
noun,
Harold (Le Claire) [luh klair] /lə klɛər/ (Show IPA), 1874–1952, U.S. lawyer and statesman.
- icons
-
- snack
-
noun,
a small portion of food or drink or a light meal, especially one eaten between regular meals.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- stake
-
noun,
a stick or post pointed at one end for driving into the ground as a boundary mark, part of a fence, support for a plant, etc.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- Snark
-
noun,
a mysterious, imaginary animal.
- staid
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- ideo-
-
- canid
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- 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.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- intr.
-
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cards
-
noun,
a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder:
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Card.
-
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- sodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or containing sodium:
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Cant.
-
- soken
-
noun,
a district held by socage.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- sonde
-
noun,
a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Indra
-
noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- snoek
-
noun,
a long, slender marine food fish, Thyrsites atun, of the family Gempylidae, of the southern oceans.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- carks
-
noun,
care or worry.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- inst.
-
- tokes
-
noun,
a tip or gratuity given by a gambler to a dealer or other employee at a casino.
- Iran.
-
- stank
-
noun,
a strong offensive smell; stench.
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Skier
-
noun,
a person who skis.
- Stock
-
noun,
a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- kanes
-
noun,
cain.
- steak
-
noun,
a slice of meat or fish, especially beef, cooked by broiling, frying, etc.
- Stoat
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- stick
-
noun,
a branch or shoot of a tree or shrub that has been cut or broken off.
- 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.
- skean
-
noun,
a knife or dagger formerly used in Ireland and in the Scottish Highlands.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- skied
-
noun,
one of a pair of long, slender runners made of wood, plastic, or metal used in gliding over snow.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- ster.
-
- toast
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- stirk
-
noun,
a young bull or cow, especially one in its second year.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- Cedar
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- ento-
-
- kadis
-
noun,
qadi.
- skein
-
noun,
a length of yarn or thread wound on a reel or swift preparatory for use in manufacturing.
- skint
-
adjective,
having no money; penniless.
- cent.
-
- stoke
-
noun,
a unit of kinematic viscosity, equal to the viscosity of a fluid in poises divided by the density of the fluid in grams per cubic centimeter.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- IATSE
-
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Stark
-
noun,
Harold Raynsford [reynz-ferd] /ˈreɪnz fərd/ (Show IPA), 1880–1972, U.S. admiral.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- kains
-
noun,
cain.
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- 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.
- skate
-
noun,
ice skate (def 1).
- stat.
-
- cakes
-
noun,
a sweet, baked, breadlike food, made with or without shortening, and usually containing flour, sugar, baking powder or soda, eggs, and liquid flavoring.
- stink
-
noun,
a strong offensive smell; stench.
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- cedis
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- Kans.
-
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Skeat
-
noun,
Walter William, 1835–1912, English philologist and lexicographer.
- Erika
-
noun,
a female given name.
- skirt
-
noun,
the part of a gown, dress, slip, or coat that extends downward from the waist.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- Rida
-
- 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.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- tick
-
noun,
a slight, sharp, recurring click, tap, or beat, as of a clock.
- 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.
- rink
-
noun,
a smooth expanse of ice for ice-skating, often artificially prepared and inside a building or arena.
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- soke
-
noun,
the privilege of holding court, usually connected with the feudal rights of lordship.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- ter.
-
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- 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.
- soda
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- sock
-
noun,
a short stocking usually reaching to the calf or just above the ankle.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- 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.
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- task
-
noun,
a definite piece of work assigned to, falling to, or expected of a person; duty.
- ten.
-
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Teak
-
noun,
a large East Indian tree, Tectona grandis, of the verbena family, yielding a hard, durable, resinous, yellowish-brown wood used for shipbuilding, making furniture, etc.
- skin
-
noun,
the external covering or integument of an animal body, especially when soft and flexible.
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- Sink
-
noun,
a basin or receptacle, as in a kitchen or laundry, usually connected with a water supply and drainage system, for washing dishes, clothing, etc.
- TDRS
-
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- tRNA
-
- tonk
-
noun,
a form of rummy for two or more players with deuces wild.
- 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.
- 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.
- trod
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- skit
-
noun,
a short literary piece of a humorous or satirical character.
- Sind
-
noun,
a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- soak
-
noun,
the act or state of soaking or the state of being soaked.
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- trit
-
- snod
-
adjective,
smooth; sleek.
- sked
-
noun,
an airline that maintains a regular schedule of flights.
- Rick
-
noun,
Also, hayrick. Chiefly Midland U.S. a large, usually rectangular stack or pile of hay, straw, corn, or the like, in a field, especially when thatched or covered by a tarpaulin; an outdoor or makeshift mow.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Sika
-
noun,
a small, reddish deer, Cervus nippon, native to eastern Asia: most populations are endangered.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- 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.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- skid
-
noun,
a plank, bar, log, or the like, especially one of a pair, on which something heavy may be slid or rolled along.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- sike
-
noun,
a small stream.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tron
-
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- 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.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- sick
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) sick persons collectively (usually preceded by the).
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- TODS
-
- Todt
-
noun,
Fritz [frits] /frɪts/ (Show IPA), 1891–1942, German military engineer.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- Saki
-
noun,
any of several monkeys of the genus Pithecia, of tropical South America, having a golden-brown to black, thick, shaggy coat and a long, bushy, nonprehensile tail.
- sake
-
noun,
cause, account, interest, or benefit:
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- 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.
- sank
-
noun,
a basin or receptacle, as in a kitchen or laundry, usually connected with a water supply and drainage system, for washing dishes, clothing, etc.
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- tact
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- sec.
-
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- 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.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- trek
-
noun,
a journey or trip, especially one involving difficulty or hardship.
- SACK
-
noun,
a large bag of strong, coarsely woven material, as for grain, potatoes, or coal.
- Tit.
-
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- SCAD
-
noun,
any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
- Dak.
-
- 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.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- str.
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- 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.
- Sat.
-
- sci.
-
- Ste.
-
- Sark
-
noun,
any long, shirtlike garment worn next to the skin, as a chemise, nightshirt, or the like.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- 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.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- 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.
- toad
-
noun,
any of various tailless amphibians that are close relatives of the frogs in the order Anura and that typically have dry, warty skin and are terrestrial or semiterrestrial in habit.
Compare frog1 (def 1).
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tion
-
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- scr.
-
- Skat
-
noun,
a card game for three players, using a pack of 32 playing cards, sevens through aces, the object being to fulfill any of various contracts, with scoring computed on strategy and on tricks won.
- tack
-
noun,
a short, sharp-pointed nail, usually with a flat, broad head.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- std.
-
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- 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.
- Rock
-
noun,
a large mass of stone forming a hill, cliff, promontory, or the like.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Soni
-
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- road
-
noun,
a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- RNAS
-
- 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.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- 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.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- risk
-
noun,
exposure to the chance of injury or loss; a hazard or dangerous chance:
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- trid
-
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Sekt
-
noun,
sparkling wine; champagne.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- Sra.
-
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- tri-
-
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- toke
-
noun,
a tip or gratuity given by a gambler to a dealer or other employee at a casino.
- RONA
-
- roke
-
noun,
a seam or scratch filled with scale or slag on the surface of an ingot or bar.
- Rodi
-
noun,
Italian name of Rhodes.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- 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.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sord
-
noun,
a flight or flock of mallards.
- tank
-
noun,
a large receptacle, container, or structure for holding a liquid or gas:
- rode
-
noun,
a rope by which a boat is anchored.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- 1080
-
- Reik
-
noun,
Theodor [thee-uh-dawr,, -dohr;; German tey-aw-dawr] /ˈθi əˌdɔr,, -ˌdoʊr;; German ˈteɪ ɔˌdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1888–1969, U.S. psychologist and author, born in Austria.
- Kain
-
noun,
cain.
- Cond
-
- 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.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Con.
-
- Coke
-
noun,
the solid product resulting from the destructive distillation of coal in an oven or closed chamber or by imperfect combustion, consisting principally of carbon: used chiefly as a fuel in metallurgy to reduce metallic oxides to metals.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coed
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- cods
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- code
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- kadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- coda
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- conk
-
noun,
the head.
- Kane
-
noun,
cain.
- Kano
-
noun,
a city in N Nigeria.
- Kant
-
noun,
Immanuel [ih-man-yoo-uh l;; German ih-mah-noo-el] /ɪˈmæn yu əl;; German ɪˈmɑ nuˌɛl/ (Show IPA), 1724–1804, German philosopher.
- kaon
-
noun,
a meson with strangeness +1 and either positive or zero electric charge, or its antiparticle, with strangeness −1 and either negative or zero electric charge. Symbol: K.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- coak
-
noun,
(in a scarf joint) a tenon in one member fitting into a corresponding recess of the other.
- karo
-
noun,
a shrub or small tree, Pittosporum crassifolium, of New Zealand, having shiny leaves with a white, felty underside, red flowers, and densely hairy fruit.
- Kars
-
noun,
a city in NE Turkey.
- kart
-
noun,
a small, light, low-slung, four-wheeled vehicle, usually powered by a gasoline engine, capable of speeds up to 60 miles per hour (96 km/h), and used for racing or recreation.
- Kate
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Katherine or Catherine.
- kats
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- Cor.
-
- cit.
-
- Irak
-
noun,
Iraq.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- 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.
- iod-
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- 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 = .
- Cres
-
- crat
-
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- Ire.
-
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- irks
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate, annoy, or exasperate:
- 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.
- Cort
-
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Cork
-
noun,
the outer bark of an oak, Quercus suber, of Mediterranean countries, used for making stoppers for bottles, floats, etc.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- iso-
-
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- Cord
-
noun,
a string or thin rope made of several strands braided, twisted, or woven together.
- kc/s
-
- KCSI
-
- IndE
-
- koan
-
noun,
a nonsensical or paradoxical question to a student for which an answer is demanded, the stress of meditation on the question often being illuminating.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- kirn
-
noun,
a churn.
- kirs
-
noun,
an apéritif of white wine or sometimes champagne (Kir Royale) flavored with cassis.
- kist
-
noun,
a coffer; a money chest.
- kite
-
noun,
a light frame covered with some thin material, to be flown in the wind at the end of a long string.
- doat
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- knar
-
noun,
a knot on a tree or in wood.
- knit
-
noun,
fabric produced by knitting.
- knot
-
noun,
an interlacing, twining, looping, etc., of a cord, rope, or the like, drawn tight into a knob or lump, for fastening, binding, or connecting two cords together or a cord to something else.
- Knt.
-
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- koas
-
noun,
a Hawaiian acacia, Acacia koa, of the legume family, characterized by spreading branches and gray bark.
- cet-
-
- Kona
-
noun,
a southwesterly winter wind in Hawaii, often strong and bringing rain.
- Kore
-
noun,
Greek Antiquity. a sculptured representation of a young woman, especially one produced prior to the 5th century b.c.
- kors
-
noun,
homer2 .
- kran
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Iran.
- kras
-
noun,
Isthmus of, the narrowest part of the Malay Peninsula, between the Bay of Bengal and the Gulf of Siam. 35 miles (56 km) wide.
- Krio
-
noun,
an English-based creole of Sierra Leone, a first language of the residents of Freetown and its environs, and a lingua franca elsewhere in the country.
- Cdr.
-
- Kris
-
noun,
creese.
- Catt
-
noun,
Carrie Chapman Lane, 1859–1947, U.S. leader in women's suffrage movements.
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cat.
-
- CERN
-
- kins
-
noun,
a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- Keos
-
noun,
a Greek island in the Aegean, off the SE coast of the Greek mainland. 56 sq. mi. (145 sq. km).
- cis-
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Kean
-
noun,
Edmund, 1787–1833, English actor, especially known for performance of Shakespearean roles.
- keas
-
noun,
a large, greenish New Zealand parrot, Nestor notabilis.
- keat
-
noun,
keet.
- cir.
-
- Keir
-
noun,
kier.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- keno
-
noun,
a game of chance, adapted from lotto for gambling purposes.
- kens
-
noun,
knowledge, understanding, or cognizance; mental perception:
- Kent
-
noun,
James, 1763–1847, U.S. jurist.
- cide
-
- kino
-
noun,
(in Europe) a motion-picture theater; cinema.
- Kern
-
noun,
a part of the face of a type projecting beyond the body or shank, as in certain italic letters.
- kero
-
noun,
a wooden container, as a beaker, made by the Incas.
- ket-
-
- keta
-
noun,
chum salmon.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- KIAS
-
- Kier
-
noun,
a large vat in which fibers, yarns, or fabrics are boiled, bleached, or dyed.
- Ceto
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- kina
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, equal to 100 toea.
- Kind
-
noun,
a class or group of individual objects, people, animals, etc., of the same nature or character, or classified together because they have traits in common; category:
- kine
-
noun,
a plural of cow1 .
- inks
-
noun,
a fluid or viscous substance used for writing or printing.
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- cask
-
noun,
a container made and shaped like a barrel, especially one larger and stronger, for holding liquids.
- DIAS
-
noun,
Bartholomeu [bahr-too-loo-me-oo] /ˌbɑr tʊ lʊˈmɛ ʊ/ (Show IPA), c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- Dino
-
- dink
-
noun,
dinghy.
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- Din.
-
- Dike
-
noun,
an embankment for controlling or holding back the waters of the sea or a river:
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- Dick
-
noun,
Older Use. a detective.
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- Dice
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- dioc
-
- 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.
- dia-
-
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- desk
-
noun,
an article of furniture having a broad, usually level, writing surface, as well as drawers or compartments for papers, writing materials, etc.
- eco-
-
- ect-
-
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- der.
-
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- Den.
-
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- Dior
-
noun,
Christian [kris-chuh n;; French krees-tyahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; French krisˈtyɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1905–57, French fashion designer.
- Eisk
-
noun,
Yeisk.
- DORE
-
noun,
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
- dock
-
noun,
a landing pier.
- DOCS
-
noun,
doctor.
- doer
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- dits
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- Dona
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- dons
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- Dora
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift.”.
- dork
-
noun,
Slang. a silly, out-of-touch person who tends to look odd or behave ridiculously around others; a social misfit:
Synonyms: jerk, schmo; nerd, geek.
- dir.
-
- disk
-
noun,
any thin, flat, circular plate or object.
- Dort
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- dis-
-
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- dost
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- drek
-
noun,
dreck.
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- Dirk
-
noun,
a dagger, especially of the Scottish Highlands.
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- EDTA
-
- deco
-
noun,
art deco.
- Inc.
-
- ICAO
-
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- dark
-
noun,
the absence of light; darkness:
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Ind.
-
- dank
-
noun,
Slang. high-quality marijuana:
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- daks
-
noun,
transportation by relays of people or horses, especially in the East Indies.
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- Ice.
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- idae
-
- Idas
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- cts.
-
- ctr.
-
- ikat
-
noun,
a method of printing woven fabric by tie-dyeing the warp yarns (warp ikat) the weft yarns (weft ikat) or both (double ikat) before weaving.
- ikon
-
noun,
icon (defs 1, 2).
- inae
-
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- enc.
-
- Erik
-
noun,
a male given name.
- end-
-
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- Enki
-
noun,
a Sumerian water god and god of wisdom: the counterpart of the Akkadian Ea.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- Deck
-
noun,
Nautical.
a floorlike surface wholly or partially occupying one level of a hull, superstructure, or deckhouse, generally cambered, and often serving as a member for strengthening the structure of a vessel.
the space between such a surface and the next such surface above:
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Dec.
-
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- 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.”.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Esd.
-
- dato
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- eso-
-
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- est.
-
- dat.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- etc.
-
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- cen.
-
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- okes
-
noun,
oka1 .
- oiks
-
noun,
oaf; lout.
- oink
-
noun,
the squealing or grunting sound made by a pig.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- 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.
- ands
-
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- ance
-
- okas
-
noun,
Also called old oka. a former measure of weight in Turkey and neighboring countries, equal to about 2.75 pounds (1.25 kilograms).
Also called new oka. a modern measure of weight in Turkey and neighboring countries, standarized as equal to the kilogram.
- Oken
-
noun,
Lorenz (Lorenz Ockenfuss) 1779–1851, German naturalist and philosopher.
- Okie
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a migrant farm worker from Oklahoma or nearby states, especially one who moved westward during the Great Depression.
- ANSI
-
- okra
-
noun,
a shrub, Abelmoschus esculentus, of the mallow family, bearing beaked pods.
- Akin
-
adjective,
of kin; related by blood (usually used predicatively):
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Ont.
-
- Aire
-
- orad
-
adverb,
toward the mouth or the oral region.
- ano-
-
- OECD
-
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- arks
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter). Also called Noah's Ark. the large boat built by Noah in which he saved himself, his family, and a pair of every kind of creature during the Flood. Gen. 6–9.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- asc-
-
- art.
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Oct.
-
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Ark.
-
- ant.
-
- ARIS
-
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- Aoki
-
noun,
Shuzo [shoo-zaw] /ˈʃu zɔ/ (Show IPA), 1844–1914, first Japanese ambassador to U.S., 1905–09.
- Oder
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the NE Czech Republic, N through SW Poland and along the border between Germany and Poland into the Baltic. 562 miles (905 km) long.
- odic
-
adjective,
of an ode.
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- A-OK
-
adjective, adverb,
Informal. OK; perfect:
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- 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).
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rake
-
noun,
an agricultural implement with teeth or tines for gathering cut grass, hay, or the like or for smoothing the surface of the ground.
- raki
-
noun,
a spirituous liquor distilled from grain, grapes, plums, etc., in southeastern Europe and the Near East.
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- Rank
-
noun,
a number of persons forming a separate class in a social hierarchy or in any graded body.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- acid
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- Rask
-
noun,
Rasmus Christian [ras-muh s kris-chuh n;; Danish rahs-moo s krees-tyahn] /ˈræs məs ˈkrɪs tʃən;; Danish ˈrɑs mʊs ˈkris tyɑn/ (Show IPA), 1787–1832, Danish philologist.
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rcd.
-
- RdAc
-
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- reck
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to have regard for; mind; heed.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- redo
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- reds
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- acr-
-
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- ord.
-
- AInd
-
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Orsk
-
noun,
a city in the S Russian Federation in Europe, on the Ural River.
- AIDS
-
noun,
a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi's sarcoma, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, especially by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- aet.
-
- OSRD
-
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- aer-
-
- 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.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- rack
-
noun,
a framework of bars, wires, or pegs on which articles are arranged or deposited:
- rad.
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- doc.
-
plural,
document.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- cake
-
noun,
a sweet, baked, breadlike food, made with or without shortening, and usually containing flour, sugar, baking powder or soda, eggs, and liquid flavoring.
- NCTE
-
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- 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.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Nor.
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nord
-
noun,
a department in N France. 2229 sq. mi. (5770 sq. km). Capital: Lille.
- nock
-
noun,
a metal or plastic piece at the end of an arrow, having a notch for the bowstring.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- nos-
-
- nark
-
noun,
British Slang. a stool pigeon or informer.
- 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.
- not-
-
- attn
-
- NDAC
-
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- neo-
-
- 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.
- cade
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- 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.
- cadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- neck
-
noun,
the part of the body of an animal or human being that connects the head and the trunk.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Nick
-
noun,
a small notch, groove, chip, or the like, cut into or existing in something.
- cads
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- NDak
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- caid
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- Nike
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of victory.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- NIRA
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- NASD
-
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Oaks
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Quercus, of the beech family, bearing the acorn as fruit.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- cark
-
noun,
care or worry.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- att.
-
- NTIA
-
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- ator
-
- atic
-
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- Can.
-
- CEA
-
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- ae.
-
- TSI
-
- tkt
-
- tsk
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tsk.”.
- CDT
-
- dk.
-
- TCA
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- TCS
-
- AEC
-
- TSE
-
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- 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.
- 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.
- DNA
-
- DNR
-
- TNT
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- CAI
-
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- Ar.
-
- 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.
- an.
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- TKO
-
- ADC
-
- ac-
-
- CEO
-
- CED
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- di.
-
- ad-
-
- DET
-
- ACK
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- Tro
-
- ACS
-
- ASI
-
- AIC
-
- csk
-
- CRT
-
- 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.
- CSA
-
- ard
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- aor
-
- CSO
-
- CRS
-
- CSR
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- CTA
-
- cte
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- ATC
-
- at.
-
- do.
-
- tr.
-
- TID
-
- ase
-
- ASK
-
noun,
the first man, made by the gods from an ash tree.
- 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.
- tra
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- ASN
-
- TIA
-
- ARS
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASR
-
- ast
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- DOA
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- de-
-
- CIE
-
- cr.
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- d-c
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- DCS
-
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- 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.
- DEA
-
- cs.
-
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- ct.
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- CIA
-
- COD
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- DAE
-
- DSC
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- CNS
-
- DSO
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- CNO
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- Co.
-
- ANC
-
- DAR
-
- ca.
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- ake
-
verb (used without object),
ache.
- AKC
-
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- CST
-
- ETR
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- NSC
-
- 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:
- NIA
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- sc.
-
- nik
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NOC
-
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- SAR
-
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- NRC
-
- NSA
-
- Oc.
-
- ScD
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- OED
-
- OSA
-
- OSD
-
- OTC
-
- OAK
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Quercus, of the beech family, bearing the acorn as fruit.
- 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.
- OAS
-
- SAE
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OCD
-
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ock
-
- NES
-
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- OCS
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- kin
-
noun,
a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk.
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- kir
-
noun,
an apéritif of white wine or sometimes champagne (Kir Royale) flavored with cassis.
- Kit
-
noun,
a set or collection of tools, supplies, instructional matter, etc., for a specific purpose:
- kn.
-
- Koa
-
noun,
a Hawaiian acacia, Acacia koa, of the legume family, characterized by spreading branches and gray bark.
- koi
-
noun,
any of various colorful cultivated forms of the common carp, Cyprinus carpio, apparently originating in Japan and other parts of eastern temperate Asia.
- 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).
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- Kos
-
noun,
a unit of land distance of various lengths from 1 to 3 miles (1.6 to 4.8 km).
- kr.
-
- Kra
-
noun,
Isthmus of, the narrowest part of the Malay Peninsula, between the Bay of Bengal and the Gulf of Siam. 35 miles (56 km) wide.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- krs
-
- NEC
-
- ksi
-
- SED
-
- NCO
-
- NAD
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- SDR
-
- SDI
-
- SDA
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NDE
-
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- OCR
-
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- KIA
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- ROA
-
- rnd
-
- ose
-
- RNA
-
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- OTS
-
- Rd.
-
- RCS
-
- Re.
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- 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.
- RCA
-
- RCN
-
- RCT
-
- RDA
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- RDC
-
- RDS
-
- REA
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- oid
-
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- sd.
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- ODT
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- oic
-
- oik
-
noun,
oaf; lout.
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- ons
-
- ONR
-
- ONI
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ROI
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ROK
-
noun,
a soldier in the army of the Republic of Korea.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- oke
-
noun,
oka1 .
- Oka
-
noun,
Also called old oka. a former measure of weight in Turkey and neighboring countries, equal to about 2.75 pounds (1.25 kilograms).
Also called new oka. a modern measure of weight in Turkey and neighboring countries, standarized as equal to the kilogram.
- OIt
-
- OIr
-
- Kid
-
noun,
Informal. a child or young person.
- kor
-
noun,
homer2 .
- TTS
-
- ics
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- stk
-
- erk
-
noun,
an aircraftsman of the lowest rank in the Royal Air Force.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- STI
-
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- Esc
-
- Esk
-
- ESR
-
- ETO
-
- ETS
-
- id.
-
- en-
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- Ker
-
- IAS
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ick
-
interjection,
(used as an expression of distaste or repugnance.)
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- ide
-
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- IDS
-
noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- ier
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EIS
-
- Ike
-
noun,
Eisenhower, Dwight David.
- ETD
-
- Doi
-
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- Dr.
-
- DRE
-
- DSA
-
- DSR
-
- DST
-
- eo-
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- eir
-
- ead
-
- ean
-
- 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.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ec-
-
- ECA
-
- Eck
-
noun,
Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), (Johann Mayer) 1486–1543, German Roman Catholic theologian: opponent of Martin Luther.
- ed.
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- EDC
-
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- EDT
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- Sr.
-
- ist
-
- kCi
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- IRC
-
- irk
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate, annoy, or exasperate:
- IRO
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- ise
-
- ISR
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- sod
-
noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- ITA
-
- ITC
-
- Skt
-
- ite
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- Kt.
-
- ka-
-
- ski
-
noun,
one of a pair of long, slender runners made of wood, plastic, or metal used in gliding over snow.
- Kan
-
- ska
-
noun,
a modern style of vocalized Jamaican popular music, which emerged in the 1950s as a blend of African-Jamaican folk music, calypso, and American rhythm and blues, notable for its shuffling, scratchlike tempo and jazzlike horn riffs on the offbeat.
- Ir.
-
- IRS
-
- Kas
-
noun,
(in the Netherlands and in Dutch colonies) a large cabinet of the 17th and 18th centuries, having two doors and often a number of drawers at the bottom, and usually having an elaborately painted or carved decoration with a heavy cornice.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- ked
-
noun,
sheeptick.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ken
-
noun,
knowledge, understanding, or cognizance; mental perception:
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- ine
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ink
-
noun,
a fluid or viscous substance used for writing or printing.
- 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 = .
- IOC
-
- ior
-
- 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.
- in.
-
- Kea
-
noun,
a large, greenish New Zealand parrot, Nestor notabilis.
- IOT
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- DN
-
- TT
-
- t.
-
- TD
-
- T1
-
- RC
-
- RI
-
- RN
-
- KD
-
- TN
-
- EI
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- DT
-
noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- 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.
- ck
-
- AO
-
- tk
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- 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.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- KC
-
- NI
-
- R.
-
- OK
-
noun,
an approval, agreement, or endorsement:
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- OA
-
- O.
-
- D.
-
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- DC
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- CE
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- SA
-
- S.
-
- ic
-
- i.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- 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.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- SN
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- AK
-
- TC
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- ND
-
- K.
-
- NC
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- KO
-
noun,
a knockout in boxing.
- RO
-
- K2
-
noun,
Also called Godwin Austen [god-win aw-stin] /ˈgɒd wɪn ˈɔ stɪn/ (Show IPA), Dapsang [duh p-suhng] /dəpˈsʌŋ/ (Show IPA). a mountain in N Kashmir, in the Karakoram range: second highest peak in the world. 28,250 feet (8611 meters).
- sk
-
- KI
-
noun,
the Sumerian goddess personifying earth: the counterpart of the Akkadian Aruru.