Anagrams of stream-of-consciousness
Word stream-of-consciousness has
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- monstrousness
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- conformations
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- noncretaceous
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- restionaceous
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- osteonecrosis
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- fractiousness
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- cross-section
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noun,
a section made by a plane cutting anything transversely, especially at right angles to the longest axis.
- consecrations
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noun,
the act of consecrating; dedication to the service and worship of a deity.
- foreconscious
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- facetiousness
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- amorousnesses
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- misconsecrate
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- confectioners
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noun,
a person who makes or sells candies and, sometimes, ice cream, cakes, etc.
- consciousness
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noun,
the state of being conscious; awareness of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc.
- Montefiascone
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noun,
a town in central Italy: wine-growing area.
- econometrics
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noun,
the application of statistical and mathematical techniques in solving problems as well as in testing and demonstrating theories.
- neuromatosis
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- footsoreness
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- cater-cousin
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noun,
an intimate friend.
- stemonaceous
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- uncoarseness
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- unresistance
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- conterminous
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adjective,
having a common boundary; bordering; contiguous.
- metarsenious
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- enormousness
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noun,
very great or abnormal size, bulk, degree, etc.; immensity; hugeness.
- nonferocious
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- Consecration
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noun,
the act of consecrating; dedication to the service and worship of a deity.
- anisostomous
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- cross-cousin
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noun,
a cousin who is the child either of one's mother's brother or one's father's sister.
- isostemonous
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- misconstrues
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- unscarceness
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- consistences
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- resinousness
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- confessarius
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- necromancies
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- unconsecrate
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- romanticness
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- uncraftiness
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- mountaineers
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noun,
an inhabitant of a mountainous district.
- transfusions
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- manifestness
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- stanniferous
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- sonorousness
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- unfairnesses
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- semicorneous
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- coruscations
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noun,
the act of coruscating.
- cosmonautics
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- enumerations
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noun,
an act of enumerating.
- confectioner
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noun,
a person who makes or sells candies and, sometimes, ice cream, cakes, etc.
- intraosseous
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- amentiferous
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- nectriaceous
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- coruscation
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noun,
the act of coruscating.
- iconostases
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- costiferous
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- counter-ion
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noun,
an ion in solution that associates itself with an ion of opposite charge on the surface of a member of a solute.
- stonemasons
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- coronations
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noun,
the act or ceremony of crowning a king, queen, or other sovereign.
- mensuration
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noun,
the branch of geometry that deals with the measurement of length, area, or volume.
- amorousness
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- onomasticon
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noun,
a list or collection of proper names.
- cotransfuse
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- sarcostosis
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- ametoecious
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- coracosteon
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- oceanfronts
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noun,
the land along the shore of an ocean.
- sustenances
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noun,
means of sustaining life; nourishment.
- noisomeness
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- unsmartness
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- ensisternum
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- atomiferous
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- mountaineer
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noun,
an inhabitant of a mountainous district.
- semisuccess
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- mustinesses
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- semiosseous
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- narcissuses
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- necessitous
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adjective,
destitute or impoverished; needy; indigent:
- unfitnesses
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- necrotomies
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noun,
Surgery. the excision of necrosed bone.
- uniformness
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- enumeration
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noun,
an act of enumerating.
- monoestrous
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adjective,
monestrous.
- resistances
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noun,
the act or power of resisting, opposing, or withstanding.
- reconfusion
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- cariousness
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- monasteries
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noun,
a house or place of residence occupied by a community of persons, especially monks, living in seclusion under religious vows.
- neurectasis
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- econometric
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noun,
the application of statistical and mathematical techniques in solving problems as well as in testing and demonstrating theories.
- causticness
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- nonassister
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- nonfascists
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- tanniferous
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- numerations
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noun,
an act or instance of or the process or result of numbering or counting.
- misconstrue
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- smartnesses
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- crimsonness
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- contumacies
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noun,
stubborn perverseness or rebelliousness; willful and obstinate resistance or disobedience to authority.
- neurectomic
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- ostensorium
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noun,
ostensory.
- consecution
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noun,
succession; sequence.
- connoisseur
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noun,
a person who is especially competent to pass critical judgments in an art, particularly one of the fine arts, or in matters of taste:
- constancies
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noun,
the quality of being unchanging or unwavering, as in purpose, love, or loyalty; firmness of mind; faithfulness.
- manifestoes
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- conciseness
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noun,
the quality of being concise.
- accessories
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noun,
a subordinate or supplementary part, object, or the like, used mainly for convenience, attractiveness, safety, etc., as a spotlight on an automobile or a lens cover on a camera.
- interosseus
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- main-course
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noun,
Nautical. a square mainsail.
- concretions
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noun,
the act or process of concreting or becoming substantial; coalescence; solidification.
- confections
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noun,
a sweet preparation of fruit or the like, as a preserve or candy.
- consensuses
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noun,
majority of opinion:
- accessorius
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noun,
Anatomy. any muscle, nerve, gland, etc., that reinforces the action of another.
- concertinas
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noun,
a musical instrument resembling an accordion but having buttonlike keys, hexagonal bellows and ends, and a more limited range.
- consecrates
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adjective,
consecrated; sacred.
- confiscates
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adjective,
seized or appropriated, as for public use.
- concussions
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noun,
Pathology. injury to the brain or spinal cord due to jarring from a blow, fall, or the like.
- ostensories
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noun,
monstrance.
- unfirmness
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- fricassees
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noun,
meat, especially chicken or veal, browned lightly, stewed, and served in a sauce made with its own stock.
- first-name
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noun,
given name.
- concursion
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- erinaceous
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adjective,
of the hedgehog kind or family.
- auctioneer
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noun,
a person who conducts sales by auction.
- recessions
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noun,
the act of receding or withdrawing.
- centurions
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noun,
(in the ancient Roman army) the commander of a century.
- secretions
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noun,
(in a cell or gland) the act or process of separating, elaborating, and releasing a substance that fulfills some function within the organism or undergoes excretion.
- sustenance
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noun,
means of sustaining life; nourishment.
- octamerous
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adjective,
consisting of or divided into eight parts.
- fumatories
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adjective,
of or relating to smoke, especially tobacco smoke, or to a place for smoking.
- unsameness
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- croissants
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noun,
a rich, buttery, crescent-shaped roll of leavened dough or puff paste.
- no-account
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noun,
a worthless person; good-for-nothing.
- consecrate
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adjective,
consecrated; sacred.
- sensoriums
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noun,
a part of the brain or the brain itself regarded as the seat of sensation.
- conoscenti
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plural noun,
cognoscenti.
- unstresses
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- Cretaceous
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Geology. the Cretaceous Period or System.
- ironstones
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noun,
any iron-bearing mineral or rock with siliceous impurities.
- unsoftness
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- Stresemann
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noun,
Gustav [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1878–1929, German statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1926.
- sans-serif
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noun,
a style of monotonal type without serifs.
- oceanfront
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noun,
the land along the shore of an ocean.
- minestrone
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noun,
a thick vegetable soup, often containing herbs, beans, bits of pasta, etc., and served with Parmesan cheese.
- conformist
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noun,
a person who conforms, especially unquestioningly, to the usual practices or standards of a group, society, etc.
- frumenties
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noun,
a dish of hulled wheat boiled in milk and seasoned with sugar, cinnamon, and raisins.
- moonstones
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noun,
Also called precious moonstone. a semitransparent or translucent, opalescent, pearly-blue variety of adularia, used as a gem.
- resections
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noun,
Surveying. a technique of ascertaining the location of a point by taking bearings from the point on two other points of known location.
- soniferous
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adjective,
conveying or producing sound.
- neofascism
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- remissness
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- ancestress
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noun,
a woman from whom a person is descended.
- ancestries
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noun,
family or ancestral descent; lineage.
- centrosome
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noun,
a small region near the nucleus in the cell cytoplasm, containing the centrioles.
- unsafeness
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- Centriscus
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- refinances
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verb (used with object),
to finance again.
- misfeature
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noun,
a distorted feature.
- firmnesses
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- centauries
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noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Centaurium, of the gentian family, having clusters of small pink or red flowers.
- mistresses
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noun,
a woman who has authority, control, or power, especially the female head of a household, institution, or other establishment.
- misfortune
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noun,
adverse fortune; bad luck.
- censorious
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adjective,
severely critical; faultfinding; carping.
- concussion
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noun,
Pathology. injury to the brain or spinal cord due to jarring from a blow, fall, or the like.
- curtnesses
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- ostensoria
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noun,
ostensory.
- antecessor
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noun,
a person who goes before; predecessor.
- canonesses
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noun,
a member of a Christian community of women living under a rule but not under a vow.
- refocusses
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- monstrance
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noun,
a receptacle in which the consecrated Host is exposed for adoration.
- confusions
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noun,
the act of confusing.
- ascensions
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noun,
the act of ascending; ascent.
- containers
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noun,
anything that contains or can contain something, as a carton, box, crate, or can.
- enunciates
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verb (used with object),
to utter or pronounce (words, sentences, etc.), especially in an articulate or a particular manner:
- secessions
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noun,
an act or instance of seceding.
- foster-son
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noun,
a boy raised like one's own son, though not such by birth or adoption.
- coniferous
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adjective,
belonging or pertaining to the conifers.
Compare conifer (def 1).
- misfeasors
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noun,
a person who is guilty of misfeasance.
- misenforce
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- coetaneous
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adjective,
of the same age or duration.
- Montessori
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noun,
Maria [muh-ree-uh;; Italian mah-ree-ah] /məˈri ə;; Italian mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1870–1952, Italian educator.
- unsafeties
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- octomerous
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adjective,
octamerous.
- unforensic
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- ericaceous
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adjective,
belonging to the Ericaceae, the heath family of plants.
- cofeatures
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noun,
a movie that shares a bill with another movie.
- freemasons
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noun,
a member of a widely distributed secret order (Free and Accepted Masons) having for its object mutual assistance and the promotion of brotherly love among its members.
- numeration
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noun,
an act or instance of or the process or result of numbering or counting.
- monotonies
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noun,
wearisome uniformity or lack of variety, as in occupation or scenery.
- miscreance
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noun,
a misbelief or false religious faith.
- miscreants
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noun,
a vicious or depraved person; villain.
- centesimos
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noun,
a monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a lira.
- cross-mate
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verb (used with or without object),
to crossbreed.
- cofunction
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noun,
the function of the complement of a given angle or arc:
- nectareous
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adjective,
nectarous.
- concertino
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noun,
a short concerto.
- confucians
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noun,
an adherent of the teachings of Confucius.
- connecters
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noun,
connector.
- fornicates
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adjective,
arched or vaulted in form.
- nectarines
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noun,
a variety or mutation of peach having a smooth, downless skin.
- anoestrous
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adjective,
anestrous.
- ossiferous
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- miscensure
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- untameness
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- concession
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noun,
the act of conceding or yielding, as a right, a privilege, or a point or fact in an argument:
- cistaceous
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adjective,
belonging to the Cistaceae, the rockrose family of plants.
- concertina
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noun,
a musical instrument resembling an accordion but having buttonlike keys, hexagonal bellows and ends, and a more limited range.
- Cismontane
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adjective,
on this (the speaker's or writer's) side of the mountains, especially the Alps.
- coronation
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noun,
the act or ceremony of crowning a king, queen, or other sovereign.
- constrains
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verb (used with object),
to force, compel, or oblige:
- succession
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noun,
the coming of one person or thing after another in order, sequence, or in the course of events:
- transfuses
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- seamstress
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noun,
a woman whose occupation is sewing.
- cortisones
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noun,
Biochemistry. a steroid hormone of the adrenal cortex, C 21 H 28 O 5 , active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism.
- interfaces
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noun,
a surface regarded as the common boundary of two bodies, spaces, or phases.
- Mousterian
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adjective,
of or relating to a Middle Paleolithic culture of Neanderthal man dating to the early upper Pleistocene Epoch (c100,000–40,000 b.c.) and consisting of five or more stone-artifact traditions in Europe whose characteristic tools are side scrapers and points.
- ostracisms
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noun,
exclusion, by general consent, from social acceptance, privileges, friendship, etc.
- confecture
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- coruscates
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verb (used without object),
to emit vivid flashes of light; sparkle; scintillate; gleam.
- marcescent
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adjective,
withering but not falling off, as a part of a plant.
- onomastics
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noun,
the study of the origin, history, and use of proper names.
- increscent
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adjective,
increasing or waxing, as the moon.
- octonaries
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noun,
a group of eight; an ogdoad.
- cornaceous
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adjective,
belonging to the Cornaceae, the dogwood family of plants.
- scarcement
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noun,
a footing or ledge formed by a setoff in a wall.
- monestrous
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adjective,
of or relating to a mammal that has one estrus period per breeding season, as the dog.
- insonorous
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- unconcrete
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- acturience
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- encincture
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verb (used with object),
to gird or encompass with or as with a belt or girdle:
- insurances
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noun,
the act, system, or business of insuring property, life, one's person, etc., against loss or harm arising in specified contingencies, as fire, accident, death, disablement, or the like, in consideration of a payment proportionate to the risk involved.
- encounters
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noun,
a meeting with a person or thing, especially a casual, unexpected, or brief meeting:
- famousness
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- contusions
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noun,
an injury, as from a blow with a blunt instrument, in which the subsurface tissue is injured but the skin is not broken; bruise.
- treasonous
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adjective,
treasonable.
- rune-stone
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noun,
a stone bearing one or more runic inscriptions.
- transience
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noun,
transient state or quality.
- transsonic
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adjective,
transonic.
- enantiomer
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noun,
either of a pair of optical isomers that are mirror images of each other.
- scenarists
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noun,
a writer of motion-picture or television scenarios.
- fastnesses
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- meniscuses
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noun,
a crescent or a crescent-shaped body.
- innumerate
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adjective,
unfamiliar with mathematical concepts and methods; unable to use mathematics; not numerate.
- corenounce
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- coriaceous
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adjective,
of or like leather.
- one-to-one
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adjective,
Also, one-one. (of the relationship between two or more groups of things) corresponding element by element.
- autonomies
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noun,
independence or freedom, as of the will or one's actions:
- softnesses
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- countermen
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noun,
a person who waits on customers from behind a counter, as in a cafeteria.
- outcrosses
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noun,
a hybrid animal or plant so produced.
- concretism
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noun,
the theory or practice of concrete poetry.
- confection
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noun,
a sweet preparation of fruit or the like, as a preserve or candy.
- feneration
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noun,
the lending of money on interest.
- constances
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noun,
Lake. German Boden·see. a lake in W Europe, bounded by Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. 46 miles (74 km) long; 207 sq. mi. (536 sq. km).
- counterman
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noun,
a person who waits on customers from behind a counter, as in a cafeteria.
- caen-stone
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noun,
a cream-colored limestone quarried near Caen, France, for use in building.
- courtesies
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noun,
excellence of manners or social conduct; polite behavior.
- countesses
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noun,
the wife or widow of a count in the nobility of Continental Europe or of an earl in the British peerage.
- sarmentose
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adjective,
having runners.
- semiferous
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- Stefansson
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noun,
Vilhjalmur [vil-hyoul-mer] /ˈvɪlˌhyaʊl mər/ (Show IPA), 1879–1962, U.S. arctic explorer and author, born in Canada.
- resonances
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noun,
the state or quality of being resonant.
- cafetorium
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noun,
a large room, especially in a school, that functions both as a cafeteria and an auditorium.
- confiscate
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adjective,
seized or appropriated, as for public use.
- consociate
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adjective, noun, verb (used without object),
associate.
- monoacetin
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noun,
acetin.
- unnarcotic
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- motoneuron
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noun,
motor neuron.
- cosmonauts
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noun,
a Russian or Soviet astronaut.
- antimonous
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adjective,
of or containing antimony, especially in the trivalent state.
- come-outer
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noun,
an outspoken or very active supporter of a cause, especially a reformer or a social activist.
- mesocranic
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adjective,
having a skull with a cranial index between that of dolichocranic and brachycranic skulls.
- mesocratic
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adjective,
(of an igneous rock) composed of light and dark minerals in nearly equal amounts.
- costumiers
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noun,
costumer (def 1).
- concourses
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- consortium
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noun,
a combination of financial institutions, capitalists, etc., for carrying into effect some financial operation requiring large resources of capital.
- costmaries
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noun,
a composite plant, Chrysanthemum balsamita, that has silvery, fragrant leaves and is used in salads and as a flavoring.
- ectocornea
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noun,
the outer layer of the cornea.
- Resistance
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noun,
the act or power of resisting, opposing, or withstanding.
- concretion
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noun,
the act or process of concreting or becoming substantial; coalescence; solidification.
- monoecious
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adjective,
Biology. having both male and female organs in the same individual; hermaphroditic.
- courtesans
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noun,
a prostitute or paramour, especially one associating with noblemen or men of wealth.
- encrimson
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verb (used with object),
to make crimson.
- conenoses
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noun,
any of several bloodsucking assassin bugs of the genus Triatoma, some of which inflict a painful bite and serve as vectors of Chagas' disease.
- resonates
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verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- comfiness
-
- resonance
-
noun,
the state or quality of being resonant.
- Nestorius
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noun,
died a.d. 451? Syrian ecclesiastic: patriarch of Constantinople 428–431.
- neoterics
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noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- Nestorian
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noun,
one of a sect of followers of Nestorius who denied the hypostatic union and were represented as maintaining the existence of two distinct persons in Christ.
- Comintern
-
noun,
Third International.
- neoterism
-
noun,
an innovation in language, as a new word, term, or expression.
- entrances
-
noun,
an act of entering, as into a place or upon new duties.
- Cantonese
-
noun,
a Chinese language spoken in Canton, the surrounding area of southern China, and Hong Kong.
- somersets
-
noun,
a city in SE Massachusetts.
- resinates
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- ensconces
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verb (used with object),
to settle securely or snugly:
- resonants
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noun,
Phonetics. a vowel or a voiced consonant or semivowel that is neither a stop nor an affricate, as, in English, (m, ng, n, l, r, y, w).
- narcotism
-
noun,
habitual use of narcotics.
- enunciate
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verb (used with object),
to utter or pronounce (words, sentences, etc.), especially in an articulate or a particular manner:
- autonomic
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adjective,
autonomous.
- sonorants
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noun,
a voiced sound that is less sonorous than a vowel but more sonorous than a stop or fricative and that may occur as either a sonant or a consonant, as (l, r, m, n, y, w).
- conations
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noun,
the part of mental life having to do with striving, including desire and volition.
- concertos
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noun,
a composition for one or more principal instruments, with orchestral accompaniment, now usually in symphonic form.
- concretes
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noun,
an artificial, stonelike material used for various structural purposes, made by mixing cement and various aggregates, as sand, pebbles, gravel, or shale, with water and allowing the mixture to harden.
Compare reinforced concrete.
- mutineers
-
noun,
a person who mutinies.
- facetious
-
adjective,
not meant to be taken seriously or literally:
- concourse
-
noun,
an assemblage; gathering:
- autosomes
-
noun,
any chromosome other than a sex chromosome.
- concenter
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verb (used with or without object),
to bring or converge to a common center; concentrate.
- concentre
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verb (used with or without object),
concenter.
- autoecism
-
noun,
the development of the entire life cycle of a parasitic fungus on a single host or group of hosts.
- etruscans
-
noun,
an inhabitant of ancient Etruria.
- autocross
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noun,
gymkhana (def 2).
- Rocinante
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noun,
Rosinante.
- sorosises
-
- autecisms
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noun,
autoecism.
- factories
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noun,
a building or group of buildings with facilities for the manufacture of goods.
- Muscatine
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noun,
a city in E Iowa, on the Mississippi.
- muscarine
-
noun,
a poisonous compound, C 8 H 19 NO 3 , found in certain mushrooms, especially fly agaric, and in decaying fish.
- semitones
-
noun,
a pitch interval halfway between two whole tones.
- uncertain
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adjective,
not definitely ascertainable or fixed, as in time of occurrence, number, dimensions, or quality.
- muensters
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noun,
a white, semisoft, mild cheese made from whole milk.
- mucronate
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adjective,
having an abruptly projecting point, as a feather or leaf.
- cactiform
-
- sonometer
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noun,
audiometer.
- nefarious
-
adjective,
extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous:
- sensorium
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noun,
a part of the brain or the brain itself regarded as the seat of sensation.
- concusses
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verb (used with object),
to injure by concussion:
- canonries
-
noun,
the office or benefice of a canon.
- canonists
-
noun,
a person who is a specialist in canon law.
- nectarous
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adjective,
of the nature of or resembling nectar.
- nectarine
-
noun,
a variety or mutation of peach having a smooth, downless skin.
- nectaries
-
noun,
Botany. an organ or part that secretes nectar.
- canneries
-
noun,
a factory where foodstuffs, as meat, fish, or fruit are canned.
- canisters
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noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- canescent
-
adjective,
covered with whitish or grayish pubescence, as certain plants.
- ossuaries
-
noun,
a place or receptacle for the bones of the dead.
- near-miss
-
noun,
a strike by a missile that is not a direct hit but is close enough to damage the target.
- esoterica
-
plural noun,
things understood by or meant for a select few; recondite matters or items.
- nanometer
-
noun,
one billionth of a meter. Abbreviation: nm.
- esoterism
-
noun,
esotericism.
- narcotics
-
noun,
any of a class of substances that blunt the senses, as opium, morphine, belladonna, and alcohol, that in large quantities produce euphoria, stupor, or coma, that when used constantly can cause habituation or addiction, and that are used in medicine to relieve pain, cause sedation, and induce sleep.
- Cameroons
-
noun,
German Kamerun. a region in W Africa: a German protectorate 1884–1919; divided in 1919 into British and French mandates.
- essonites
-
noun,
Mineralogy. a variety of grossularite garnet.
- sensation
-
noun,
the operation or function of the senses; perception or awareness of stimuli through the senses.
- Narcissus
-
noun,
any bulbous plant belonging to the genus Narcissus, of the amaryllis family, having showy yellow or white flowers with a cup-shaped corona.
- narceines
-
noun,
a narcotic alkaloid, C 23 H 27 NO 8 , occurring in opium and acting as a mild relaxant on smooth muscle.
- estonians
-
noun,
a member of a Finnish people inhabiting Estonia, Livonia, and other districts of Russia.
- senoritas
-
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.
- estuaries
-
noun,
that part of the mouth or lower course of a river in which the river's current meets the sea's tide.
- estuarine
-
adjective,
formed in an estuary.
- encounter
-
noun,
a meeting with a person or thing, especially a casual, unexpected, or brief meeting:
- coassumes
-
- encomiast
-
noun,
a person who utters or writes an encomium; eulogist.
- cerussite
-
noun,
a mineral, lead carbonate, PbCO 3 , found in masses or in colorless, transparent crystals: an important ore of lead.
- truancies
-
noun,
the act or state of being truant.
- consortia
-
noun,
a combination of financial institutions, capitalists, etc., for carrying into effect some financial operation requiring large resources of capital.
- serotonin
-
noun,
a neurotransmitter, derived from tryptophan, that is involved in sleep, depression, memory, and other neurological processes.
- serotines
-
noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- Rasmussen
-
- coumarins
-
noun,
a fragrant crystalline substance, C 9 H 6 O 2 , obtained from the tonka bean, sweet clover, and certain other plants or prepared synthetically, used chiefly in soaps and perfumery.
- cocoanuts
-
noun,
coconut.
- coumarone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid, C 8 H 6 O 7 , derived from a naphtha distilled from coal tar: used chiefly in the synthesis of coumarone resins.
- consensus
-
noun,
majority of opinion:
- countries
-
noun,
a state or nation:
- courantes
-
noun,
a dance dating back to the 17th century and characterized by a running or gliding step.
- courtesan
-
noun,
a prostitute or paramour, especially one associating with noblemen or men of wealth.
- cessation
-
noun,
a temporary or complete stopping; discontinuance:
- sissonnes
-
noun,
a jump in which the dancer lands on one foot, with the other extended to the back, front, or side.
- costumers
-
noun,
a person who makes, sells, or rents costumes, as for theatrical productions.
- craftsmen
-
noun,
a person who practices or is highly skilled in a craft; artisan.
- certosina
-
noun,
a technique of inlaying light-colored material, as bone, ivory, metal, or pale wood, in elaborate designs on a dark ground.
- reassumes
-
- oestruses
-
noun,
estrus.
- creatines
-
noun,
an amino acid, C 4 H 9 N 3 O 2 , that is a constituent of the muscles of vertebrates and is phosphorylated to store energy used for muscular contraction.
- creations
-
noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- recension
-
noun,
an editorial revision of a literary work, especially on the basis of critical examination of the text and the sources used.
- crenation
-
noun,
a rounded projection or tooth, as on the margin of a leaf.
- creosotes
-
noun,
an oily liquid having a burning taste and a penetrating odor, obtained by the distillation of coal and wood tar, used mainly as a preservative for wood and as an antiseptic.
- coenosarc
-
noun,
the tubular tissue connecting the polyps of a hydroid colony.
- recession
-
noun,
the act of receding or withdrawing.
- conscious
-
noun,
the conscious, Psychoanalysis. the part of the mind comprising psychic material of which the individual is aware.
- cretonnes
-
noun,
a heavy cotton material in colorfully printed designs, used especially for drapery and slipcovers.
- occasions
-
noun,
a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences:
- costumier
-
noun,
costumer (def 1).
- one-acter
-
noun,
a short play consisting of one act.
- osmeteria
-
noun,
a glandular process on the first thoracic segment of many caterpillars that emits a noxious odor to ward off predators.
- trismuses
-
noun,
a spasm of the jaw muscles that makes it difficult to open the mouth.
- coactions
-
noun,
force or compulsion, either in restraining or in impelling.
- continues
-
verb (used with object),
to go on with or persist in:
- continuos
-
noun,
a keyboard accompanying part consisting originally of a figured bass, which in modern scores is usually realized, and serving to provide or fill out the harmonic texture.
- container
-
noun,
anything that contains or can contain something, as a carton, box, crate, or can.
- contusion
-
noun,
an injury, as from a blow with a blunt instrument, in which the subsurface tissue is injured but the skin is not broken; bruise.
- setaceous
-
adjective,
bristlelike; bristle-shaped.
- ornaments
-
noun,
an accessory, article, or detail used to beautify the appearance of something to which it is added or of which it is a part:
- Trasimeno
-
noun,
a lake in central Italy, in Umbria near Perugia: Romans defeated by Hannibal 217 b.c. About 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).
- transonic
-
adjective,
close to the speed of propagation of sound; moving at 700–780 miles per hour (1127–1255 km/h) at sea level.
- outrances
-
noun,
the utmost extremity.
- corantoes
-
noun,
courante.
- construes
-
noun,
the act of construing.
- sinecures
-
noun,
an office or position requiring little or no work, especially one yielding profitable returns.
- cortisone
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a steroid hormone of the adrenal cortex, C 21 H 28 O 5 , active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism.
- Constance
-
noun,
Lake. German Boden·see. a lake in W Europe, bounded by Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. 46 miles (74 km) long; 207 sq. mi. (536 sq. km).
- on-stream
-
adverb,
in or into regular operation, especially as part of a system, assembly line, or the like:
- coruscant
-
adjective,
sparkling or gleaming; scintillating; coruscating.
- coruscate
-
verb (used without object),
to emit vivid flashes of light; sparkle; scintillate; gleam.
- constrain
-
verb (used with object),
to force, compel, or oblige:
- cinereous
-
adjective,
in the state of or reduced to ashes:
- cosecants
-
noun,
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the hypotenuse to the side opposite a given angle.
- cineastes
-
noun,
any person, especially a director or producer, associated professionally with filmmaking.
- onomastic
-
adjective,
of or relating to proper names.
- cinctures
-
noun,
a belt or girdle.
- cosmetics
-
noun,
a powder, lotion, lipstick, rouge, or other preparation for beautifying the face, skin, hair, nails, etc.
- cosmonaut
-
noun,
a Russian or Soviet astronaut.
- Cosmotron
-
noun,
a proton accelerator.
- cicerones
-
noun,
a person who conducts sightseers; guide.
- coatrooms
-
noun,
cloakroom (def 1).
- Cerastium
-
noun,
any of various low-growing plants of the genus Cerastium, having leaves covered with whitish or grayish down and small white flowers, and including mouse-ear chickweed and snow-in-summer.
- ceramists
-
noun,
a person who makes ceramics.
- resection
-
noun,
Surveying. a technique of ascertaining the location of a point by taking bearings from the point on two other points of known location.
- ecstasies
-
noun,
rapturous delight.
- nominates
-
adjective,
having a particular name.
- Confucian
-
noun,
an adherent of the teachings of Confucius.
- confronts
-
verb (used with object),
to face in hostility or defiance; oppose:
- confiture
-
noun,
a confection; a preserve, as of fruit.
- nocturnes
-
noun,
a piece appropriate to the night or evening.
- Castroism
-
noun,
the political, social, and revolutionary theories and policies advocated by Fidel Castro.
- castoreum
-
noun,
castor1 (def 1).
- cast-iron
-
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.
- remotions
-
noun,
the act of removing; removal.
- economics
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) the science that deals with the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services, or the material welfare of humankind.
- economies
-
noun,
thrifty management; frugality in the expenditure or consumption of money, materials, etc.
- economist
-
noun,
a specialist in economics.
- ecossaise
-
noun,
a country-dance in quick duple meter.
- cassimere
-
noun,
a twill-weave, worsted suiting fabric, often with a striped pattern.
- confusion
-
noun,
the act of confusing.
- renascent
-
adjective,
being reborn; springing again into being or vigor:
- softeners
-
noun,
Chemistry.
any admixture to a substance for promoting or increasing its softness, smoothness, or plasticity.
water softener.
- casimeres
-
noun,
cassimere.
- ectosarcs
-
noun,
the ectoplasm of a protozoan (opposed to endosarc).
- ton-force
-
noun,
two thousand pound-force. Abbreviation: tonf.
- emersions
-
noun,
Also called egress. Astronomy. the emergence of a heavenly body from an eclipse, an occultation, or a transit.
Compare immersion (def 5).
- renounces
-
noun,
Cards. an act or instance of renouncing.
- neurotics
-
noun,
a neurotic person.
- ostracism
-
noun,
exclusion, by general consent, from social acceptance, privileges, friendship, etc.
- neuromast
-
noun,
a group of innervated sensory cells occurring along the lateral line of fishes and aquatic amphibians.
- confessor
-
noun,
a person who confesses.
- neuration
-
noun,
venation, as of an insect's wings.
- carotenes
-
noun,
any of three yellow or orange fat-soluble pigments having the formula C 40 H 56 , found in many plants, especially carrots, and transformed to vitamin A in the liver; provitamin A.
- encaustic
-
noun,
a work of art produced by an encaustic process.
- customers
-
noun,
a person who purchases goods or services from another; buyer; patron.
- cauteries
-
noun,
an escharotic substance, electric current, or hot iron used to destroy tissue.
- crocoites
-
noun,
a yellow, orange, or red mineral, lead chromate, PbCrO 4 , formed by replacement.
- cross-out
-
noun,
a word, line, etc., that has been crossed out.
- coercions
-
noun,
the act of coercing; use of force or intimidation to obtain compliance.
- centurion
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman army) the commander of a century.
- centuries
-
noun,
a period of 100 years.
- smiercase
-
noun,
smearcase.
- Croesuses
-
noun,
died 546 b.c, king of Lydia 560–546: noted for his great wealth.
- croissant
-
noun,
a rich, buttery, crescent-shaped roll of leavened dough or puff paste.
- cofactors
-
noun,
Biochemistry. any of various organic or inorganic substances necessary to the function of an enzyme.
- cofeature
-
noun,
a movie that shares a bill with another movie.
- crosscuts
-
- recusants
-
noun,
a person who is recusant.
- crossfoot
-
- connector
-
noun,
a person or thing that connects.
- crossness
-
noun,
the quality or state of being cross or angry; irritability; snappishness.
- numerates
-
adjective,
able to use or understand numerical techniques of mathematics.
- Cointreau
-
- centiares
-
noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- centesimo
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a lira.
- connecter
-
noun,
connector.
- notorious
-
adjective,
widely and unfavorably known:
Synonyms: infamous, egregious, outrageous, arrant, flagrant, disreputable.
- notecases
-
noun,
billfold.
- refection
-
noun,
refreshment, especially with food or drink.
- cuirasses
-
noun,
Also called corselet. defensive armor for the torso comprising a breastplate and backplate, originally made of leather.
- refinance
-
verb (used with object),
to finance again.
- cuneiform
-
noun,
cuneiform characters or writing.
- ceintures
-
noun,
cincture (defs 1, 2).
- cuniforms
-
adjective, noun,
cuneiform.
- coinsures
-
verb (used with or without object),
to insure jointly with another or others.
- noontimes
-
noun,
noon; noontide; noonday:
- nonsuccor
-
- sericeous
-
adjective,
silky.
- ceraceous
-
adjective,
waxlike; waxy:
- franciums
-
noun,
a radioactive element of the alkali metal group. Symbol: Fr; atomic number: 87.
- forenames
-
noun,
a name that precedes the family name or surname; first name.
- sea-mouse
-
noun,
any of several large, marine annelids of the genus Aphrodite and related genera, having a covering of long, fine, hairlike setae.
- forcemeat
-
noun,
a mixture of finely chopped and seasoned foods, usually containing egg white, meat or fish, etc., used as a stuffing or served alone.
- insensate
-
adjective,
not endowed with sensation; inanimate:
- force-out
-
noun,
a put-out of a base runner on a force play.
- scenarist
-
noun,
a writer of motion-picture or television scenarios.
- steersman
-
noun,
a person who steers a ship; helmsman.
- sectaries
-
noun,
a member of a particular sect, especially an adherent of a religious body regarded as heretical or schismatic.
- forecasts
-
verb (used with object),
to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance:
- Menoetius
-
noun,
a Titan, the brother of Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Atlas.
- foremasts
-
noun,
the mast nearest the bow in all vessels having two or more masts.
- innermost
-
noun,
the innermost part.
- sunscreen
-
noun,
a substance formulated to prevent sunburn, skin cancers, and other conditions caused by excessive exposure to the sun, usually by absorbing and reflecting ultraviolet radiation.
Compare SPF.
- infuscate
-
adjective,
darkened with a fuscous or brownish tinge.
- instances
-
noun,
a case or occurrence of anything:
- forenoons
-
noun,
the period of daylight before noon.
- forensics
-
noun,
forensics, (used with a singular or plural verb) the art or study of argumentation and formal debate.
- scansions
-
noun,
the metrical analysis of verse. The usual marks for scansion are ˘ for a short or unaccented syllable, ¯ or · for a long or accented syllable, ^ for a rest, | for a foot division, and ‖ for a caesura or pause.
- unmortise
-
verb (used with object),
to unfasten or separate (something mortised).
- aforetime
-
adverb,
in time past; in a former time; previously.
- foretimes
-
noun,
former or past time; the past.
- infortune
-
noun,
Astrology. a planet or aspect of evil influence, especially Saturn or Mars.
- informant
-
noun,
a person who informs or gives information; informer.
- seamsters
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sewing; tailor.
- formation
-
noun,
the act or process of forming or the state of being formed:
- unreasons
-
noun,
inability or unwillingness to think or act rationally, reasonably, or sensibly; irrationality.
- Sauternes
-
noun,
a rich, sweet white table wine of France.
- seamounts
-
noun,
a submarine mountain rising several hundred fathoms above the floor of the sea but having its summit well below the surface of the water.
- acusector
-
noun,
a needle for cutting tissue by means of a high-frequency electric current.
- afternoon
-
noun,
the time from noon until evening.
- interfuse
-
verb (used with object),
to intersperse, intermingle, or permeate with something.
- acrostics
-
noun,
a series of lines or verses in which the first, last, or other particular letters when taken in order spell out a word, phrase, etc.
- arsonists
-
noun,
a person who commits arson.
- monotones
-
noun,
a vocal utterance or series of speech sounds in one unvaried tone.
- acrotisms
-
noun,
absence or weakness of the pulse.
- monoester
-
noun,
a single esterified polybasic acid.
- monocrats
-
noun,
a person favoring monocracy.
- intonacos
-
noun,
(formerly in fresco painting) the last and finest coat of plaster, usually applied in sections and painted while still damp with colors ground in water or a lime-water mixture.
- arsenites
-
noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- Monoceros
-
noun,
the Unicorn, a constellation south of Gemini and east of Orion.
- arsenious
-
adjective,
arsenous.
- monitress
-
noun,
a female student who helps keep order or assists a teacher in school.
- focometer
-
noun,
an instrument for measuring the focal length of a lens or other optical system.
- monecious
-
adjective,
monoecious.
- footraces
-
noun,
a race run by contestants on foot.
- scissures
-
- monastics
-
noun,
a member of a monastic community or order, especially a monk.
- interface
-
noun,
a surface regarded as the common boundary of two bodies, spaces, or phases.
- intercoms
-
noun,
an intercommunication system.
- rufescent
-
adjective,
somewhat reddish; tinged with red; rufous.
- monacetin
-
noun,
acetin.
- ruminants
-
noun,
any even-toed, hoofed mammal of the suborder Ruminantia, being comprised of cloven-hoofed, cud-chewing quadrupeds, and including, besides domestic cattle, bison, buffalo, deer, antelopes, giraffes, camels, and chevrotains.
- actresses
-
noun,
a woman who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc., especially professionally.
- ruminates
-
verb (used with object),
to chew again or over and over.
- moistures
-
noun,
condensed or diffused liquid, especially water:
- runcinate
-
adjective,
(of a leaf) pinnately incised, with the lobes or teeth curved backward.
- insurants
-
noun,
a person who takes out an insurance policy.
- inertance
-
noun,
the effect of inertia in an acoustic system, an impeding of the transmission of sound through the system.
- secretion
-
noun,
(in a cell or gland) the act or process of separating, elaborating, and releasing a substance that fulfills some function within the organism or undergoes excretion.
- Firestone
-
noun,
a fire-resisting stone, especially a kind of sandstone used in fireplaces, furnaces, etc.
- fricassee
-
noun,
meat, especially chicken or veal, browned lightly, stewed, and served in a sauce made with its own stock.
- secateurs
-
noun,
scissors or shears, especially pruning shears.
- miscreate
-
adjective,
miscreated.
- miscreant
-
noun,
a vicious or depraved person; villain.
- miscounts
-
noun,
an erroneous counting; miscalculation.
- Freemason
-
noun,
a member of a widely distributed secret order (Free and Accepted Masons) having for its object mutual assistance and the promotion of brotherly love among its members.
- suricates
-
noun,
a small, burrowing South African carnivore, Suricata suricatta, of a grayish color with dark bands across the back, related to the mongooses and having social behavior similar to that of prairie dogs.
- Samsoness
-
- sarcosome
-
noun,
a mitochondrion occurring in a muscle fiber.
- sarcosine
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, C 3 H 7 NO 2 , with a sweet taste, soluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol: used in the manufacture of toothpaste, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals.
- anestrous
-
adjective,
not showing estrus.
- sanctions
-
noun,
authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- sarcenets
-
noun,
a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used especially for linings.
- amissness
-
- messiness
-
- Fromentin
-
noun,
Eugene [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), 1820–76, French painter, critic, and author.
- amnesties
-
noun,
a general pardon for offenses, especially political offenses, against a government, often granted before any trial or conviction.
- fustiness
-
- frontenis
-
noun,
a Latin American game, resembling squash, played with rackets and a hard rubber ball on a three-walled court similar to a jai alai court.
- micaceous
-
adjective,
consisting of, containing, or resembling mica.
- Minnesota
-
noun,
a state in the N central United States. 84,068 sq. mi. (217,735 sq. km). Capital: St. Paul.
Abbreviation: MN (for use with zip code), Minn.
- fructosan
-
noun,
any of the class of hexosans, as inulin and the like, that yield fructose upon hydrolysis.
- fructoses
-
noun,
Chemistry, Pharmacology. a yellowish to white, crystalline, water-soluble, levorotatory ketose sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , sweeter than sucrose, occurring in invert sugar, honey, and a great many fruits: used in foodstuffs and in medicine chiefly in solution as an intravenous nutrient.
- microtone
-
noun,
any musical interval smaller than a semitone, specifically, a quarter tone.
- sternsons
-
noun,
a knee in a timber-framed vessel, reinforcing the angle between the keelson and the sternpost.
- fruticose
-
adjective,
having the form of a shrub; shrublike.
- sustainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that sustains.
- Francisco
-
noun,
a male given name, Spanish form of Francis.
- sarsenets
-
noun,
sarcenet.
- incrosses
-
noun,
a mating between organisms that are both homozygous for the same allele.
- anterooms
-
noun,
a room that admits to a larger room.
- secretins
-
noun,
a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- increment
-
noun,
something added or gained; addition; increase.
- fornicate
-
adjective,
arched or vaulted in form.
- antiserum
-
noun,
a serum containing antibodies, as antitoxins or agglutinins, obtained by inoculation of animals and used for injection into other animals to provide immunity to a specific disease.
- increases
-
noun,
growth or augmentation in numbers, size, strength, quality, etc.:
- sacciform
-
- Mertensia
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Mertensia, of the borage family, including the lungworts and the Virginia cowslip.
- antimeres
-
noun,
a segment or division of the body having a corresponding segment or division that is opposite to it relative to the longitudinal axis of the body.
- incessant
-
adjective,
continuing without interruption; ceaseless; unending:
- saturnism
-
noun,
lead poisoning (def 1b).
- Saturnine
-
adjective,
sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn.
- sunstones
-
noun,
a reddish variety of oligoclase feldspar, used as a gem, having a red and bright-yellow play of color.
- mesorecta
-
noun,
the mesentery of the rectum.
- anoestrus
-
noun,
anestrus.
- missenses
-
- mesotrons
-
noun,
(no longer in technical use) meson.
- Secession
-
noun,
an act or instance of seceding.
- foursomes
-
noun,
a company or set of four; two couples; a quartet:
- fourteens
-
noun,
a cardinal number, ten plus four.
- tanneries
-
noun,
a place where tanning is carried on.
- icteruses
-
noun,
jaundice (def 1).
- fractious
-
adjective,
refractory or unruly:
- messieurs
-
noun,
plural of monsieur.
- ice-cream
-
noun,
a frozen food containing cream or milk and butterfat, sugar, flavoring, and sometimes eggs.
- anorectic
-
noun,
an anorectic substance, as a drug; anorexiant.
- misfeasor
-
noun,
a person who is guilty of misfeasance.
- intumesce
-
verb (used without object),
to swell up, as with heat; become tumid.
- insurance
-
noun,
the act, system, or business of insuring property, life, one's person, etc., against loss or harm arising in specified contingencies, as fire, accident, death, disablement, or the like, in consideration of a payment proportionate to the risk involved.
- mossiness
-
- moutonnee
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a rock formation having a rounded outline like the back of a sheep, resulting from glacial action.
Compare roche moutonnée.
- uncrosses
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a crossed position, as the legs.
- masseters
-
noun,
a short, thick, masticatory muscle, the action of which assists in closing the jaws by raising the mandible or lower jaw.
- moraceous
-
adjective,
belonging to the Moraceae, the mulberry family of plants.
- accession
-
noun,
the act of coming into the possession of a right, title, office, etc.:
- masseuses
-
- assertion
-
noun,
a positive statement or declaration, often without support or reason:
- mouse-ear
-
noun,
any of various plants having small, hairy leaves, as the hawkweed, Hieracium pilosella, or the forget-me-not, Myosotis palustris.
- fatnesses
-
noun,
the state or condition of being fat; obesity; corpulence.
- tenancies
-
noun,
a holding, as of lands, by any kind of title; occupancy of land, a house, or the like, under a lease or on payment of rent; tenure.
- asterisms
-
noun,
Astronomy.
a group of stars.
a constellation.
- Romanists
-
noun,
Disparaging. a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
- moonstone
-
noun,
Also called precious moonstone. a semitransparent or translucent, opalescent, pearly-blue variety of adularia, used as a gem.
- fasteners
-
noun,
any of various devices for fastening.
- accentors
-
noun,
any oscine bird of the family Prunellidae, of Europe and Asia, resembling sparrows but having more finely pointed bills, as the hedge sparrow.
- massicots
-
noun,
monoxide of lead, PbO, in the form of a yellow powder, used as a pigment and drier.
- unconfess
-
- moonrises
-
noun,
the rising of the moon above the horizon.
- assessors
-
- suctorian
-
noun,
a suctorial animal.
- manicures
-
noun,
a cosmetic treatment of the hands and fingernails, including trimming and polishing of the nails and removing cuticles.
- Masoretic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Masorah or the Masoretes.
- accretion
-
noun,
an increase by natural growth or by gradual external addition; growth in size or extent.
- masonries
-
noun,
the craft or occupation of a mason.
- accoutres
-
verb (used with object),
accouter.
- succentor
-
noun,
a precentor's deputy.
- successes
-
noun,
the favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors; the accomplishment of one's goals.
- successor
-
noun,
a person or thing that succeeds or follows.
- succinate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of succinic acid.
- accouters
-
verb (used with object),
to equip or outfit, especially with military clothes, equipment, etc.
- Ascension
-
noun,
the act of ascending; ascent.
- Martinson
-
noun,
Harry Edmund [har-ee ed-muh nd;; Swedish hah-ri ed-moo nt] /ˈhær i ˈɛd mənd;; Swedish ˈhɑ rɪ ˈɛd mʊnt/ (Show IPA), 1904–78, Swedish novelist and poet: Nobel prize 1974.
- unfastens
-
verb (used with object),
to release from or as from fastenings; detach.
- accustoms
-
- iterances
-
noun,
iteration.
- motocross
-
noun,
a timed motorcycle race over a closed course consisting of a winding dirt trail with hills, jumps, sharp turns, and often muddy terrain.
- ferocious
-
adjective,
savagely fierce, as a wild beast, person, action, or aspect; violently cruel:
- tenacious
-
adjective,
holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of):
- rosaceous
-
adjective,
belonging to the plant family Rosaceae.
Compare rose family.
- Moriscoes
-
noun,
a Moor, especially one of the Moors of Spain.
- isotomous
-
- issuances
-
noun,
the act of issuing.
- scot-free
-
adjective,
completely free from harm, restraint, punishment, or obligation:
- acre-foot
-
noun,
a unit of volume of water in irrigation: the amount covering one acre to a depth of one foot, equal to 43,560 cubic feet.
- manifests
-
noun,
a list of the cargo carried by a ship, made for the use of various agents and officials at the ports of destination.
- sea-front
-
noun,
an area, including buildings, along the edge of the sea; waterfront.
- monstrous
-
adverb,
extremely; exceedingly; very.
- Masterson
-
noun,
William Barclay ("Bat") 1853–1921, U.S. frontier law officer.
- ironstone
-
noun,
any iron-bearing mineral or rock with siliceous impurities.
- rotenones
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous heterocyclic compound, C 23 H 22 O 6 , obtained from derris root: used chiefly as the active ingredient of certain insecticides and in medicine in the treatment of chiggers and scabies.
- masteries
-
noun,
command or grasp, as of a subject:
- Massorete
-
noun,
Masorete.
- Rosinante
-
noun,
the old, worn horse of Don Quixote.
- manticore
-
noun,
a legendary monster with a man's head, horns, a lion's body, and the tail of a dragon or, sometimes, a scorpion.
- atrocious
-
adjective,
extremely or shockingly wicked, cruel, or brutal:
- acoustics
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) Physics. the branch of physics that deals with sound and sound waves.
- scutiform
-
adjective,
being in the shape of a shield; shield-shaped.
- isomerous
-
adjective,
having an equal number of parts, markings, etc.
- Isocrates
-
noun,
436–338 b.c, Athenian orator.
- isooctane
-
noun,
the octane C 8 H 18 , used as one of the standards in establishing the octane number of a fuel.
- acrosomes
-
noun,
an organelle covering the head of animal sperm and containing enzymes that digest the egg cell coating, thus permitting the sperm to enter the egg.
- semantics
-
noun,
Linguistics.
the study of meaning.
the study of linguistic development by classifying and examining changes in meaning and form.
- isomerase
-
noun,
any of a class of enzymes that catalyze reactions involving intramolecular rearrangements.
- manifesto
-
noun,
a public declaration of intentions, opinions, objectives, or motives, as one issued by a government, sovereign, or organization.
- stresses
-
noun,
importance attached to a thing:
Synonyms: significance, meaning, emphasis, consequence; weight, value, worth.
- stunners
-
noun,
a person or thing that stuns.
- Messenia
-
noun,
a division of ancient Greece, in the SW Peloponnesus: an important center of Mycenaean culture.
- sureties
-
noun,
security against loss or damage or for the fulfillment of an obligation, the payment of a debt, etc.; a pledge, guaranty, or bond.
- MacNeice
-
noun,
Louis, 1907–63, British poet, born in Northern Ireland.
- concours
-
noun,
a public contest or competition.
- Messiaen
-
noun,
Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles [aw-lee-vyey œ-zhen praw-sper sharl] /ɔ liˈvyeɪ œˈʒɛn prɔˈspɛr ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1908–92, French composer and organist.
- Creation
-
noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- treasons
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- manifest
-
noun,
a list of the cargo carried by a ship, made for the use of various agents and officials at the ports of destination.
- furcates
-
adjective,
forked; branching.
- mannoses
-
noun,
a hexose, C 6 H 12 O 6 , obtained from the hydrolysis of the ivory nut and yielding mannitol upon reduction.
- surcoats
-
noun,
a garment worn over medieval armor, often embroidered with heraldic arms.
- costumes
-
noun,
a style of dress, including accessories and hairdos, especially that peculiar to a nation, region, group, or historical period.
- conenose
-
noun,
any of several bloodsucking assassin bugs of the genus Triatoma, some of which inflict a painful bite and serve as vectors of Chagas' disease.
- ice-foot
-
noun,
(in polar regions) a belt of ice frozen to the shore, formed chiefly as a result of the rise and fall of the tides.
- surcease
-
noun,
cessation; end.
- concerts
-
noun,
a public musical performance in which a number of singers or instrumentalists, or both, participate.
- function
-
noun,
the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
- costumer
-
noun,
a person who makes, sells, or rents costumes, as for theatrical productions.
- Stoneman
-
noun,
a stonecutter or stoneworker.
- Masonite
-
- onanisms
-
noun,
withdrawal of the penis in sexual intercourse so that ejaculation takes place outside the vagina; coitus interruptus.
- mesotron
-
noun,
(no longer in technical use) meson.
- cremains
-
plural noun,
the ashes of a cremated corpse.
- strumose
-
adjective,
having a struma or strumae.
- omicrons
-
noun,
the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet (O, o).
- surfaces
-
noun,
the outer face, outside, or exterior boundary of a thing; outermost or uppermost layer or area.
- coumarin
-
noun,
a fragrant crystalline substance, C 9 H 6 O 2 , obtained from the tonka bean, sweet clover, and certain other plants or prepared synthetically, used chiefly in soaps and perfumery.
- Cranston
-
noun,
a city in E Rhode Island, near Providence.
- concrete
-
noun,
an artificial, stonelike material used for various structural purposes, made by mixing cement and various aggregates, as sand, pebbles, gravel, or shale, with water and allowing the mixture to harden.
Compare reinforced concrete.
- sissonne
-
noun,
a jump in which the dancer lands on one foot, with the other extended to the back, front, or side.
- Sisseton
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people belonging to the Santee branch of the Dakota.
- manicure
-
noun,
a cosmetic treatment of the hands and fingernails, including trimming and polishing of the nails and removing cuticles.
- stuccoes
-
noun,
an exterior finish for masonry or frame walls, usually composed of cement, sand, and hydrated lime mixed with water and laid on wet.
- Suriname
-
noun,
a republic on the NE coast of South America: formerly a territory of the Netherlands; gained independence 1975. 60,230 sq. mi. (155,995 sq. km). Capital: Paramaribo.
- sistrums
-
noun,
an ancient Egyptian percussion instrument consisting of a looped metal frame set in a handle and fitted with loose crossbars that rattle when shaken.
- siroccos
-
noun,
a hot, dry, dustladen wind blowing from northern Africa and affecting parts of southern Europe.
- Maronite
-
noun,
a member of a body of Uniates living chiefly in Lebanon, who maintain a Syriac liturgy and a married clergy, and who are governed by the patriarch of Antioch.
- meteoric
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or consisting of meteors.
- courants
-
noun,
courante.
- Ossetian
-
noun,
an Osset.
- craniums
-
noun,
the skull of a vertebrate.
- crannies
-
noun,
a small, narrow opening in a wall, rock, etc.; chink; crevice; fissure:
- courante
-
noun,
a dance dating back to the 17th century and characterized by a running or gliding step.
- mannites
-
noun,
mannitol.
- maestoso
-
adjective, adverb,
with majesty; stately (used as a musical direction).
- creatine
-
noun,
an amino acid, C 4 H 9 N 3 O 2 , that is a constituent of the muscles of vertebrates and is phosphorylated to store energy used for muscular contraction.
- Messines
-
noun,
a village in W Belgium, near Ypres: battles 1914, 1917.
- oestrous
-
adjective,
estrous.
- counter-
-
- surmises
-
noun,
a matter of conjecture.
- trainmen
-
noun,
a member of the crew that operates a railroad train, usually an assistant to the conductor, such as a brakeman or flagman.
- maestros
-
noun,
an eminent composer, teacher, or conductor of music:
- suricate
-
noun,
a small, burrowing South African carnivore, Suricata suricatta, of a grayish color with dark bands across the back, related to the mongooses and having social behavior similar to that of prairie dogs.
- fustians
-
noun,
a stout fabric of cotton and flax.
- counters
-
noun,
a table or display case on which goods can be shown, business transacted, etc.
- Countess
-
noun,
the wife or widow of a count in the nobility of Continental Europe or of an earl in the British peerage.
- surfeits
-
noun,
excess; an excessive amount:
- counties
-
noun,
the largest administrative division of a U.S. state:
- Martinon
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1910–76, French violinist, conductor, and composer.
- consents
-
noun,
permission, approval, or agreement; compliance; acquiescence:
- Massenet
-
noun,
Jules Émile Frédéric [zhyl ey-meel frey-dey-reek] /ʒül eɪˈmil freɪ deɪˈrik/ (Show IPA), 1842–1912, French composer.
- stonemen
-
noun,
a stonecutter or stoneworker.
- isotones
-
noun,
one of two or more atoms having an equal number of neutrons but different atomic numbers.
- contemns
-
verb (used with object),
to treat or regard with disdain, scorn, or contempt.
- connects
-
adjective,
of or relating to a connection or connections:
- contessa
-
noun,
countess.
- continue
-
verb (used with object),
to go on with or persist in:
- isostere
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound isosteric with one or more other compounds.
- insurant
-
noun,
a person who takes out an insurance policy.
- continuo
-
noun,
a keyboard accompanying part consisting originally of a figured bass, which in modern scores is usually realized, and serving to provide or fill out the harmonic texture.
- sternums
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a bone or series of bones extending along the middle line of the ventral portion of the body of most vertebrates, consisting in humans of a flat, narrow bone connected with the clavicles and the true ribs; breastbone.
- instance
-
noun,
a case or occurrence of anything:
- contains
-
verb (used with object),
to hold or include within its volume or area:
- Simonson
-
noun,
Lee, 1888–1967, U.S. set designer.
- issuance
-
noun,
the act of issuing.
- insnares
-
verb (used with object),
ensnare.
- ornament
-
noun,
an accessory, article, or detail used to beautify the appearance of something to which it is added or of which it is a part:
- cooncans
-
noun,
a variety of rummy for two players.
- Conneaut
-
noun,
a city in NE Ohio.
- insecure
-
adjective,
subject to fears, doubts, etc.; not self-confident or assured:
- meniscus
-
noun,
a crescent or a crescent-shaped body.
- connotes
-
verb (used with object),
to signify or suggest (certain meanings, ideas, etc.) in addition to the explicit or primary meaning:
- intercom
-
noun,
an intercommunication system.
- sunroofs
-
noun,
a section of an automobile roof that can be slid or lifted open.
- matrices
-
noun,
something that constitutes the place or point from which something else originates, takes form, or develops:
- meanness
-
noun,
the state or quality of being mean.
- consists
-
noun,
Railroads.
the rolling stock, exclusive of the locomotive, making up a train.
a record made of this rolling stock.
- strasses
-
noun,
a flint glass with a high lead content, used to imitate gemstones.
- ionomers
-
noun,
any of a class of plastics that because of its ionic bonding action is capable of conducting electric current.
- Sumerian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Sumer.
- intrans.
-
- consorts
-
noun,
a husband or wife; spouse, especially of a reigning monarch.
Compare prince consort, queen consort.
- measures
-
noun,
a unit or standard of measurement:
- intonaco
-
noun,
(formerly in fresco painting) the last and finest coat of plaster, usually applied in sections and painted while still damp with colors ground in water or a lime-water mixture.
- consumes
-
verb (used with object),
to destroy or expend by use; use up.
- sunrises
-
noun,
the rise or ascent of the sun above the horizon in the morning.
- internes
-
noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- matinees
-
noun,
an entertainment, especially a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon.
- iron-man
-
noun,
a person, as a worker or athlete, of great physical endurance who can be depended upon to perform a given task or job tirelessly.
- meatuses
-
noun,
an opening or foramen, especially in a bone or bony structure, as the opening of the ear or nose.
- construe
-
noun,
the act of construing.
- consumer
-
noun,
a person or thing that consumes.
- suitcase
-
noun,
a usually rectangular piece of luggage especially for carrying clothes while traveling.
- conifers
-
noun,
any of numerous, chiefly evergreen trees or shrubs of the class Coniferinae (or group Coniferales), including the pine, fir, spruce, and other cone-bearing trees and shrubs, and also the yews and their allies that bear drupelike seeds.
- corantos
-
noun,
courante.
- incenses
-
noun,
an aromatic gum or other substance producing a sweet odor when burned, used in religious ceremonies, to enhance a mood, etc.
- confines
-
noun,
Usually, confines. a boundary or bound; limit; border; frontier.
- infantes
-
noun,
any son of the king of Spain or of Portugal who is not heir to the throne.
- iterance
-
noun,
iteration.
- infamous
-
adjective,
having an extremely bad reputation:
- sunstone
-
noun,
a reddish variety of oligoclase feldspar, used as a gem, having a red and bright-yellow play of color.
- incrusts
-
verb (used with object),
to cover or line with a crust or hard coating.
- confirms
-
verb (used with object),
to establish the truth, accuracy, validity, or genuineness of; corroborate; verify:
- sucrases
-
noun,
invertase.
- cosecant
-
noun,
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the hypotenuse to the side opposite a given angle.
- increate
-
adjective,
not created; uncreated.
- cortico-
-
- Increase
-
noun,
growth or augmentation in numbers, size, strength, quality, etc.:
- incomers
-
noun,
a person who comes in.
- confects
-
noun,
a preserved, candied, or other sweet confection.
- suasions
-
noun,
the act of advising, urging, or attempting to persuade; persuasion.
- one-time
-
adjective,
having been as specified at one time; former:
- cosmetic
-
noun,
a powder, lotion, lipstick, rouge, or other preparation for beautifying the face, skin, hair, nails, etc.
- incenter
-
noun,
the center of an inscribed circle; that point where the bisectors of the angles of a triangle or of a regular polygon intersect.
- Masorete
-
noun,
one of the writers or compilers of the Masorah.
- infarcts
-
noun,
a localized area of tissue, as in the heart or kidney, that is dying or dead, having been deprived of its blood supply because of an obstruction by embolism or thrombosis.
- sinuates
-
adjective,
bent in and out; winding; sinuous.
- sunrooms
-
noun,
a room designed to admit a large amount of sunlight; sun parlor or sun porch.
- cornices
-
noun,
Architecture.
any prominent, continuous, horizontally projecting feature surmounting a wall or other construction, or dividing it horizontally for compositional purposes.
the uppermost member of a classical entablature, consisting of a bed molding, a corona, and a cymatium, with rows of dentils, modillions, etc., often placed between the bed molding and the corona.
- transoms
-
noun,
a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it.
- massicot
-
noun,
monoxide of lead, PbO, in the form of a yellow powder, used as a pigment and drier.
- Oresteia
-
noun,
a trilogy of tragic dramas (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus, consisting of the Agamemnon, the Choëphori, and the Eumenides.
- ossature
-
noun,
the structure or framework supporting a building or sculpture.
- confutes
-
verb (used with object),
to prove to be false, invalid, or defective; disprove:
- masseuse
-
- masseurs
-
noun,
a man who provides massage as a profession or occupation.
- corneous
-
adjective,
consisting of a horny substance; horny.
- sinecure
-
noun,
an office or position requiring little or no work, especially one yielding profitable returns.
- sucroses
-
noun,
a crystalline disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , the sugar obtained from the sugarcane, the sugar beet, and sorghum, and forming the greater part of maple sugar; sugar.
- masseter
-
noun,
a short, thick, masticatory muscle, the action of which assists in closing the jaws by raising the mandible or lower jaw.
- infracts
-
verb (used with object),
to break, violate, or infringe (a law, commitment, etc.).
- confront
-
verb (used with object),
to face in hostility or defiance; oppose:
- cornutos
-
noun,
a cuckold.
- conforms
-
verb (used without object),
to act in accordance or harmony; comply (usually followed by to):
- coronate
-
adjective,
having or wearing a crown, coronet, or the like.
- suctions
-
noun,
the act, process, or condition of sucking.
- mentions
-
noun,
a direct or incidental reference; a mentioning:
- coronium
-
noun,
a hypothetical element once thought to exist because certain spectral lines in the emission spectrum of the solar corona could not be identified by known elements. These lines were subsequently found to be emitted by certain highly ionized metals.
- cremates
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite.
- fascines
-
noun,
a long bundle of sticks bound together, used in building earthworks and batteries and in strengthening ramparts.
- minarets
-
noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- necrosis
-
noun,
death of a circumscribed portion of animal or plant tissue.
- sonances
-
noun,
the condition or quality of being sonant.
- montanes
-
noun,
the lower vegetation belt on mountains.
- finestra
-
noun,
an aperture, especially a ventilator in the wall of a tomb.
- Monteria
-
noun,
a city in N Colombia.
- erasions
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- monteros
-
noun,
a Spanish hunter's cap, round in shape and having an earflap.
- fineness
-
noun,
the state or quality of being fine.
- erection
-
noun,
the act of erecting.
- fine-cut
-
adjective,
cut into very thin strips (contrasted with rough-cut):
- tearooms
-
noun,
a room or shop where tea and other refreshments are served to customers.
- Montrose
-
noun,
James Graham, Marquis of, 1612–50, Scottish supporter of Charles I.
- finances
-
noun,
the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.
- Ericsson
-
noun,
John, 1803–89, Swedish engineer and inventor; in the U.S. after 1839.
- tiresome
-
adjective,
causing or liable to cause a person to tire; wearisome:
- tea-rose
-
noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- necroses
-
noun,
death of a circumscribed portion of animal or plant tissue.
- monurons
-
noun,
a white crystalline solid, C 9 H 11 ClN 2 O, used as a herbicide, especially for broad-leaved plants.
- steamers
-
noun,
something propelled or operated by steam, as a steamship.
- moonrise
-
noun,
the rising of the moon above the horizon.
- sonarmen
-
noun,
a petty officer who operates and maintains sonar.
- Nearctic
-
adjective,
belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising temperate Greenland and arctic North America, sometimes including high mountainous regions of the northern Temperate Zone.
- erosions
-
noun,
the act or state of eroding; state of being eroded.
- moonsets
-
noun,
the setting of the moon below the horizon.
- natriums
-
noun,
(formerly) sodium.
- timorous
-
adjective,
full of fear; fearful:
- Timorese
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Timor.
- Monstera
-
noun,
any of various tropical American climbing plants belonging to the genus Monstera, of the arum family, especially M. deliciosa, having split or perforated leaves and often grown as a houseplant.
- enuresis
-
noun,
lack of control of urination, especially during sleep; bed-wetting; urinary incontinence.
- fiascoes
-
noun,
a complete and ignominious failure.
- Monessen
-
noun,
a city in SW Pennsylvania, on the Monongahela River.
- moisture
-
noun,
condensed or diffused liquid, especially water:
- enations
-
noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- fontinas
-
noun,
a type of Italian cheese, semisoft to firm, made of cow's or sheep's milk.
- stearins
-
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.
- Fomorian
-
noun,
one of a race of pirates or sea demons who raided and pillaged Ireland but were finally defeated: sometimes associated with the hostile powers of nature.
- encrusts
-
verb (used with or without object),
incrust.
- monastic
-
noun,
a member of a monastic community or order, especially a monk.
- enforces
-
verb (used with object),
to put or keep in force; compel obedience to:
- Somerset
-
noun,
a city in SE Massachusetts.
- enormous
-
adjective,
greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc.; huge; immense:
- enounces
-
verb (used with object),
to utter or pronounce, as words; enunciate.
- foetuses
-
noun,
fetus.
- ensconce
-
verb (used with object),
to settle securely or snugly:
- monsoons
-
noun,
the seasonal wind of the Indian Ocean and southern Asia, blowing from the southwest in summer and from the northeast in winter.
- monitors
-
noun,
(especially formerly) a student appointed to assist in the conduct of a class or school, as to help take attendance or keep order.
- ensiform
-
adjective,
sword-shaped; xiphoid.
- monocots
-
noun,
a monocotyledon.
- monocrat
-
noun,
a person favoring monocracy.
- ensnares
-
verb (used with object),
to capture in, or involve as in, a snare:
- neoteric
-
noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- fissures
-
noun,
a narrow opening produced by cleavage or separation of parts.
- neonates
-
noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- monotone
-
noun,
a vocal utterance or series of speech sounds in one unvaried tone.
- entrains
-
verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- entrance
-
noun,
an act of entering, as into a place or upon new duties.
- taurines
-
noun,
a neutral crystalline substance, C 2 H 7 NO 3 S, obtained from bile.
- monsieur
-
noun,
the conventional French title of respect and term of address for a man, corresponding to Mr. or sir.
- esconson
-
noun,
sconcheon.
- esoteric
-
adjective,
understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite:
- footrace
-
noun,
a race run by contestants on foot.
- faiences
-
noun,
glazed earthenware or pottery, especially a fine variety with highly colored designs.
- mutineer
-
noun,
a person who mutinies.
- Teresina
-
noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- Teresian
-
noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- Mountain
-
noun,
a natural elevation of the earth's surface rising more or less abruptly to a summit, and attaining an altitude greater than that of a hill, usually greater than 2000 feet (610 meters).
- tenesmus
-
noun,
a straining to urinate or defecate, without the ability to do so.
- mounters
-
noun,
a person or thing that mounts.
- features
-
noun,
a prominent or conspicuous part or characteristic:
- fearsome
-
adjective,
causing fear:
- factious
-
adjective,
given to faction; dissentious:
- fastness
-
noun,
a secure or fortified place; stronghold:
- factures
-
noun,
the act, process, or manner of making anything; construction.
- fastener
-
noun,
any of various devices for fastening.
- Fairmont
-
noun,
a city in W West Virginia.
- Sorensen
-
noun,
Soren Peter Lauritz [sœ-ruh n pey-tar lou-rits] /ˈsœ rən ˈpeɪ tær ˈlaʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1868–1939, Danish chemist: developed pH scale.
- fairness
-
noun,
the state, condition, or quality of being fair, or free from bias or injustice; evenhandedness:
- muricate
-
adjective,
covered with short, sharp points.
- faitours
-
noun,
impostor; fake.
- M-series
-
noun,
See under M-line.
- muriates
-
noun,
(not in scientific use) any chloride, especially potassium chloride, KCl, used as a fertilizer.
- fascists
-
noun,
a person who believes in or sympathizes with fascism.
- munsters
-
noun,
muenster.
- fascisms
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.
- Muenster
-
noun,
a white, semisoft, mild cheese made from whole milk.
- farceuse
-
noun,
a woman skilled in farce.
- tensions
-
noun,
the act of stretching or straining.
- farinose
-
adjective,
yielding farina.
- Terminus
-
noun,
the end or extremity of anything.
- nacreous
-
adjective,
of or relating to nacre.
- fiancees
-
noun,
a woman engaged to be married.
- ferments
-
noun,
Also called organized ferment. any of a group of living organisms, as yeasts, molds, and certain bacteria, that cause fermentation.
- moraines
-
noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- narcotic
-
noun,
any of a class of substances that blunt the senses, as opium, morphine, belladonna, and alcohol, that in large quantities produce euphoria, stupor, or coma, that when used constantly can cause habituation or addiction, and that are used in medicine to relieve pain, cause sedation, and induce sleep.
- narcosis
-
noun,
a state of stupor or drowsiness.
- essonite
-
noun,
Mineralogy. a variety of grossularite garnet.
- morasses
-
noun,
a tract of low, soft, wet ground.
- stasimon
-
noun,
(in ancient Greek drama) a choral ode, especially in tragedy, divided into strophe and antistrophe: usually alternating with the epeisodion and, in the final ode, preceding the exodos.
- festoons
-
noun,
a string or chain of flowers, foliage, ribbon, etc., suspended in a curve between two points.
- narceine
-
noun,
a narcotic alkaloid, C 23 H 27 NO 8 , occurring in opium and acting as a mild relaxant on smooth muscle.
- Estonian
-
noun,
a member of a Finnish people inhabiting Estonia, Livonia, and other districts of Russia.
- estrones
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- estruses
-
noun,
Also, estrum [es-truh m] /ˈɛs trəm/ (Show IPA), oestrus. the period of heat or rut; the period of maximum sexual receptivity of the female.
- fermions
-
noun,
any particle that obeys the exclusion principle and Fermi-Dirac statistics; fermions have spins that are half an odd integer: 1/2, 3/2, 5/2, ….
- Teucrian
-
noun,
one of the ancient Trojans.
- stannous
-
adjective,
containing tin, especially in the bivalent state.
- esurient
-
adjective,
hungry; greedy.
- moroccos
-
noun,
French Maroc. Spanish Marruecos. a kingdom in NW Africa: formed from a sultanate that was divided into two protectorates (French Morocco and Spanish Morocco) and an international zone. 172,104 sq. mi. (445,749 sq. km). Capital: Rabat.
Compare Tangier Zone.
- mortices
-
noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- etamines
-
noun,
a lightweight cotton or worsted fabric constructed in plain weave and loosely woven.
- mortises
-
noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- ternions
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- fenurons
-
noun,
a white crystalline compound, C 9 H 12 N 2 O, used as an herbicide.
- Etruscan
-
noun,
an inhabitant of ancient Etruria.
- stannums
-
noun,
tin.
- sonorant
-
noun,
a voiced sound that is less sonorous than a vowel but more sonorous than a stop or fricative and that may occur as either a sonant or a consonant, as (l, r, m, n, y, w).
- fenestra
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a small opening or perforation, as in a bone, especially between the middle and inner ear.
- eucaines
-
noun,
a white, crystalline solid, C 15 H 21 NO 2 , formerly a local anesthetic, used in veterinary medicine as a substitute for cocaine.
- eucrites
-
noun,
a basic gabbro consisting mainly of bytownite and augite.
- moistens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become moist.
- neuromas
-
noun,
a tumor formed of nerve tissue.
- creosote
-
noun,
an oily liquid having a burning taste and a penetrating odor, obtained by the distillation of coal and wood tar, used mainly as a preservative for wood and as an antiseptic.
- Notornis
-
noun,
a rare, flightless gallinulelike bird, Notornis mantelli, of New Zealand.
- numerate
-
adjective,
able to use or understand numerical techniques of mathematics.
- Francine
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Frances.
- nuisance
-
noun,
an obnoxious or annoying person, thing, condition, practice, etc.:
- croutons
-
noun,
a small piece of fried or toasted bread, sometimes seasoned, used as a garnish for soups, salads, and other dishes.
- nuciform
-
adjective,
having the shape of a nut; nut-shaped.
- cruciate
-
adjective,
shaped like a cross; cross-shaped.
- snifters
-
noun,
Also called inhaler. a pear-shaped glass, narrowing at the top to intensify the aroma of brandy, liqueur, etc.
- tournois
-
adjective,
(of coins) minted in Tours, France:
- crustose
-
adjective,
forming a crusty, tenaciously fixed mass that covers the surface on which it grows, as certain lichens.
- tourisms
-
noun,
the activity or practice of touring, especially for pleasure.
- Touraine
-
noun,
a former province in W France. Capital: Tours.
- touracos
-
noun,
any of several large, brightly colored birds of the family Musophagidae, of Africa, having a helmetlike crest.
- Fraction
-
noun,
Mathematics.
a number usually expressed in the form a/b.
a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- francium
-
noun,
a radioactive element of the alkali metal group. Symbol: Fr; atomic number: 87.
- notecase
-
noun,
billfold.
- notaries
-
noun,
notary public.
- nostrums
-
noun,
a medicine sold with false or exaggerated claims and with no demonstrable value; quack medicine.
- fourteen
-
noun,
a cardinal number, ten plus four.
- torsions
-
noun,
the act of twisting.
- cumarins
-
noun,
coumarin.
- cumarone
-
noun,
coumarone.
- norsemen
-
noun,
Northman.
- Norseman
-
noun,
Northman.
- cuneatic
-
adjective,
cuneiform; cuneate.
- foursome
-
noun,
a company or set of four; two couples; a quartet:
- cuniform
-
adjective, noun,
cuneiform.
- crosstie
-
noun,
Railroads. a tie.
- soutanes
-
noun,
a cassock.
- missouts
-
noun,
(in the game of craps) a losing throw of the dice.
- smarties
-
noun,
a smart aleck.
- sustains
-
verb (used with object),
to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure.
- Crescent
-
noun,
a shape resembling a segment of a ring tapering to points at the ends.
- cressets
-
noun,
a metal cup or basket often mounted on a pole or suspended from above, containing oil, pitch, a rope steeped in rosin, etc., burned as a light or beacon.
- fructose
-
noun,
Chemistry, Pharmacology. a yellowish to white, crystalline, water-soluble, levorotatory ketose sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , sweeter than sucrose, occurring in invert sugar, honey, and a great many fruits: used in foodstuffs and in medicine chiefly in solution as an intravenous nutrient.
- cretonne
-
noun,
a heavy cotton material in colorfully printed designs, used especially for drapery and slipcovers.
- sternson
-
noun,
a knee in a timber-framed vessel, reinforcing the angle between the keelson and the sternpost.
- Minorcan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Minorca.
- occasion
-
noun,
a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences:
- frontons
-
noun,
a building in which jai alai is played, containing the cancha or court and sometimes having facilities for betting.
- smartens
-
Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- minorcas
-
noun,
Spanish Menorca. one of the Balearic Islands, in the W Mediterranean. 271 sq. mi. (700 sq. km).
- crimsons
-
noun,
a crimson color, pigment, or dye.
- Minotaur
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a monster, the offspring of Pasiphaë and the Cretan bull, that had the head of a bull on the body of a man: housed in the Cretan Labyrinth, it was fed on human flesh until Theseus, helped by Ariadne, killed it.
- miscount
-
noun,
an erroneous counting; miscalculation.
- croceins
-
noun,
any of several acid azo dyes producing orange or scarlet colors.
- miseases
-
noun,
Archaic. discomfort; distress; suffering.
- crocoite
-
noun,
a yellow, orange, or red mineral, lead chromate, PbCrO 4 , formed by replacement.
- minsters
-
noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- frissons
-
noun,
a sudden, passing sensation of excitement; a shudder of emotion; thrill:
- frescoes
-
noun,
Also called buon fresco, true fresco. the art or technique of painting on a moist, plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture.
Compare fresco secco.
- crocuses
-
noun,
any of the small, bulbous plants of the genus Crocus, of the iris family, cultivated for their showy, solitary flowers, which are among the first to bloom in the spring.
- miscasts
-
verb (used with object),
to assign an unsuitable role to (an actor):
- frenetic
-
adjective,
frantic; frenzied.
- Nuristan
-
noun,
a mountainous region in NE Afghanistan. 5000 sq. mi. (12,950 sq. km).
- fremitus
-
noun,
palpable vibration, as of the walls of the chest.
- freesias
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Freesia, of the iris family, native to southern Africa, having fragrant white, yellow, or sometimes rose-colored, tubular flowers.
- crosscut
-
noun,
a transverse cut or course.
- fountain
-
noun,
a spring or source of water; the source or head of a stream.
- curacies
-
noun,
the office or position of a curate.
- footsore
-
adjective,
having sore or tender feet, as from much walking.
- Soissons
-
noun,
a city in N France, on the Aisne River: battles a.d. 486, 1918, 1944.
- Stefanie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- economic
-
adjective,
pertaining to the production, distribution, and use of income, wealth, and commodities.
- forensic
-
noun,
forensics, (used with a singular or plural verb) the art or study of argumentation and formal debate.
- softener
-
noun,
Chemistry.
any admixture to a substance for promoting or increasing its softness, smoothness, or plasticity.
water softener.
- forenoon
-
noun,
the period of daylight before noon.
- ecotones
-
noun,
the transition zone between two different plant communities, as that between forest and prairie.
- forename
-
noun,
a name that precedes the family name or surname; first name.
- foremost
-
adjective, adverb,
first in place, order, rank, etc.:
- foremast
-
noun,
the mast nearest the bow in all vessels having two or more masts.
- ectosarc
-
noun,
the ectoplasm of a protozoan (opposed to endosarc).
- forecast
-
verb (used with object),
to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance:
- eftsoons
-
adverb,
soon after.
- emeritus
-
noun,
an emeritus professor, minister, etc.
- foretime
-
noun,
former or past time; the past.
- emersion
-
noun,
Also called egress. Astronomy. the emergence of a heavenly body from an eclipse, an occultation, or a transit.
Compare immersion (def 5).
- neutrons
-
noun,
an elementary particle having no charge, mass slightly greater than that of a proton, and spin of ½: a constituent of the nuclei of all atoms except those of hydrogen. Symbol: n.
- neutrino
-
noun,
any of the massless or nearly massless electrically neutral leptons. There is a distinct kind of neutrino associated with each of the massive leptons.
- Eminescu
-
noun,
Mihail [mee-hah-eel] /ˌmi hɑˈil/ (Show IPA), (Mihail Iminovici) 1850–89, Romanian poet.
- Neustria
-
noun,
the W part of the Frankish kingdom, corresponding roughly to N and NW France.
- emirates
-
noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- neustons
-
noun,
the aggregate of minute aquatic organisms that float or swim in the surface film of a body of water.
- moccasin
-
noun,
a heelless shoe made entirely of soft leather, as deerskin, with the sole brought up and attached to a piece of u -shaped leather on top of the foot, worn originally by the American Indians.
- neurotic
-
noun,
a neurotic person.
- neurosis
-
noun,
Also called psychoneurosis. a functional disorder in which feelings of anxiety, obsessional thoughts, compulsive acts, and physical complaints without objective evidence of disease, in various degrees and patterns, dominate the personality.
- neuroses
-
noun,
Also called psychoneurosis. a functional disorder in which feelings of anxiety, obsessional thoughts, compulsive acts, and physical complaints without objective evidence of disease, in various degrees and patterns, dominate the personality.
- foramens
-
noun,
an opening, orifice, or short passage, as in a bone or in the integument of the ovule of a plant.
- tonneaus
-
noun,
a rear part or compartment of an automobile body, containing seats for passengers.
- nitroso-
-
- Fostoria
-
noun,
a city in N Ohio.
- nominees
-
noun,
a person nominated, as to run for elective office or fill a particular post.
- noontime
-
noun,
noon; noontide; noonday:
- nonusers
-
noun,
a person who does not use or partake of something, as drugs or alcoholic beverages.
- nonsuits
-
noun,
a judgment given against a plaintiff who neglects to prosecute, or who fails to show a legal cause of action or to bring sufficient evidence.
- missuses
-
noun,
missis.
- nonissue
-
noun,
a matter or issue of little or no interest or importance:
- stenosis
-
noun,
a narrowing or stricture of a passage or vessel.
- curtains
-
noun,
a hanging piece of fabric used to shut out the light from a window, adorn a room, increase privacy, etc.
- Mistress
-
noun,
a woman who has authority, control, or power, especially the female head of a household, institution, or other establishment.
- curtsies
-
noun,
a respectful bow made by women and girls, consisting of bending the knees and lowering the body.
- misusers
-
noun,
abuse of a right; unlawful use of an office, franchise, benefit, etc.
- nonaries
-
noun,
a number in a nonary system.
- customer
-
noun,
a person who purchases goods or services from another; buyer; patron.
- nominate
-
adjective,
having a particular name.
- Steinman
-
noun,
David Barnard, 1886–1960, U.S. civil engineer: specialist in bridge design and construction.
- fornenst
-
preposition,
next to; near to:
- Socrates
-
noun,
469?–399 b.c, Athenian philosopher.
- Socratic
-
noun,
a follower of Socrates.
- nocturns
-
noun,
the office of matins, consisting of nine psalms and either three or nine lessons.
- Formosus
-
noun,
a.d. c816–896, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 891–896.
- nocturne
-
noun,
a piece appropriate to the night or evening.
- earnests
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- nocturia
-
noun,
a condition in which one often wakes up during the night to urinate.
- tonsures
-
noun,
the act of cutting the hair or shaving the head.
- formates
-
noun,
a salt or ester of formic acid.
- no-count
-
adjective, noun,
no-account.
- easiness
-
noun,
the quality or condition of being easy.
- formants
-
noun,
Music. the range and number of partials present in a tone of a specific instrument, representing its timbre.
- sonorous
-
adjective,
giving out or capable of giving out a sound, especially a deep, resonant sound, as a thing or place:
- Moriscos
-
noun,
a Moor, especially one of the Moors of Spain.
- concerto
-
noun,
a composition for one or more principal instruments, with orchestral accompaniment, now usually in symphonic form.
- trounces
-
verb (used with object),
to beat severely; thrash.
- serotine
-
noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- romaunts
-
noun,
a romantic tale or poem; romance.
- sarsenet
-
noun,
sarcenet.
- Asuncion
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Paraguay, in the S part.
- uranites
-
noun,
any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.
- casefies
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become like cheese.
- unctions
-
noun,
an act of anointing, especially as a medical treatment or religious rite.
- sarcenet
-
noun,
a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used especially for linings.
- Americus
-
noun,
a city in SW central Georgia.
- renounce
-
noun,
Cards. an act or instance of renouncing.
- romantic
-
noun,
a romantic person.
- sea-room
-
noun,
unobstructed space at sea in which a vessel can be easily maneuvered or navigated.
- cicerone
-
noun,
a person who conducts sightseers; guide.
- carouses
-
noun,
carousal.
- rainouts
-
noun,
a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.
- Casement
-
noun,
a window sash opening on hinges that are generally attached to the upright side of its frame.
- semisoft
-
adjective,
having a somewhat soft consistency or quality.
- saunters
-
noun,
a leisurely walk or ramble; stroll.
- cassinos
-
noun,
casino (def 3).
- remotion
-
noun,
the act of removing; removal.
- assesses
-
verb (used with object),
to estimate officially the value of (property, income, etc.) as a basis for taxation.
- assessor
-
noun,
a person who makes assessments, especially for purposes of taxation.
- remounts
-
noun,
a fresh horse or supply of fresh horses.
- amorists
-
noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- cassites
-
noun,
Kassite.
- cerumens
-
noun,
earwax.
- cetaceum
-
noun,
spermaceti.
- reaction
-
noun,
a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- amniotes
-
noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- casimere
-
noun,
cassimere.
- cessions
-
noun,
act of ceding, as by treaty.
- sermonic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling a sermon.
- unfasten
-
verb (used with object),
to release from or as from fastenings; detach.
- asterism
-
noun,
Astronomy.
a group of stars.
a constellation.
- cincture
-
noun,
a belt or girdle.
- Romanist
-
noun,
Disparaging. a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
- Cernauti
-
noun,
a city in SW Ukraine, on the Prut River: formerly in Romania.
- resinate
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- cisterna
-
noun,
cistern (def 2).
- unciform
-
adjective,
hook-shaped.
- romaines
-
noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- cistrons
-
noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- carmines
-
noun,
a crimson or purplish-red color.
- scienter
-
noun,
a mental state in which one has knowledge that one’s action, statement, etc., is wrong, deceptive, or illegal: often used as a standard of guilt:
- citreous
-
adjective,
lemon-yellow; greenish-yellow.
- scenario
-
noun,
an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- scissors
-
noun,
(used with a singular or plural verb) a cutting instrument for paper, cloth, etc., consisting of two blades, each having a ring-shaped handle, that are so pivoted together that their sharp edges work one against the other (often used with pair of).
- scissure
-
noun,
a longitudinal cleft or opening.
- racemous
-
adjective,
racemose.
- seamount
-
noun,
a submarine mountain rising several hundred fathoms above the floor of the sea but having its summit well below the surface of the water.
- citruses
-
noun,
any small tree or spiny shrub of the genus Citrus, of the rue family, including the lemon, lime, orange, tangerine, grapefruit, citron, kumquat, and shaddock, widely cultivated for fruit or grown as an ornamental.
- racemose
-
adjective,
Botany.
having the form of a raceme.
arranged in racemes.
- resinous
-
adjective,
full of or containing resin.
- uncinate
-
adjective,
hooked; bent at the end like a hook.
- scarious
-
adjective,
thin, dry, and membranous, as certain bracts; chaffy.
- carotins
-
noun,
carotene.
- sestinas
-
noun,
a poem of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy, originally without rhyme, in which each stanza repeats the end words of the lines of the first stanza, but in different order, the envoy using the six words again, three in the middle of the lines and three at the end.
- cineaste
-
noun,
any person, especially a director or producer, associated professionally with filmmaking.
- raiments
-
noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- carotene
-
noun,
any of three yellow or orange fat-soluble pigments having the formula C 40 H 56 , found in many plants, especially carrots, and transformed to vitamin A in the liver; provitamin A.
- sauterne
-
noun,
a semisweet white wine of California, commonly sold as a jug wine.
- Romanies
-
noun,
Gypsy (def 2).
- urinates
-
verb (used without object),
to pass or discharge urine.
- raftsmen
-
noun,
a person who manages or is employed on a raft.
- sautoirs
-
noun,
a ribbon, chain, scarf, or the like, tied around the neck in such a manner that the ends cross over each other.
- carneous
-
adjective,
fleshlike; flesh-colored.
- circuses
-
noun,
a large public entertainment, typically presented in one or more very large tents or in an outdoor or indoor arena, featuring exhibitions of pageantry, feats of skill and daring, performing animals, etc., interspersed throughout with the slapstick antics of clowns.
Compare big top.
- trisomes
-
noun,
a trisomic individual.
- auctions
-
noun,
Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
- scansion
-
noun,
the metrical analysis of verse. The usual marks for scansion are ˘ for a short or unaccented syllable, ¯ or · for a long or accented syllable, ^ for a rest, | for a foot division, and ‖ for a caesura or pause.
- scanties
-
noun,
scanties, very brief underpants, especially for women.
- romances
-
noun,
a novel, movie, or genre of popular fiction in which characters fall in love or begin a romantic relationship (often used attributively):
- seamster
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sewing; tailor.
- ancestor
-
noun,
a person from whom one is descended; forebear; progenitor.
- ancients
-
noun,
a person who lived in ancient times.
- actinons
-
noun,
a chemically inert, gaseous, short-lived isotope of radon that is a member of the actinium series. Symbol: An; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 219.
- Antonius
-
noun,
Marcus, Antony, Mark.
- anuresis
-
noun,
retention of urine in the bladder.
- arsenics
-
- arsenite
-
noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- reinsmen
-
noun,
a person who rides or drives horses, especially a skillful one, as a jockey or harness driver.
- centesis
-
noun,
a puncture or perforation.
- secretin
-
noun,
a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- centiare
-
noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- centaurs
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a race of monsters having the head, trunk, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse.
- tumefies
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become swollen or tumid.
- arsenous
-
adjective,
containing arsenic in the trivalent state, as arsenous chloride, AsCl 3 .
- centimes
-
noun,
a monetary unit of various nations and territories, as Lichtenstein, Martinique, Senegal, Switzerland, and Tahiti, the 100th part of a franc.
- centimos
-
noun,
the 100th part of the monetary units of various countries, as Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Paraguay, and Venezuela.
- routines
-
noun,
a customary or regular course of procedure.
- centners
-
noun,
(in several European countries) a unit of weight of 50 kilograms, equivalent to 110.2 pounds avoirdupois.
- reissues
-
noun,
something that is issued again, as a book or a motion picture.
- reinsman
-
noun,
a person who rides or drives horses, especially a skillful one, as a jockey or harness driver.
- sericate
-
adjective,
sericeous; silky.
- recusant
-
noun,
a person who is recusant.
- arenites
-
noun,
psammite.
- ruminate
-
verb (used with object),
to chew again or over and over.
- ruminant
-
noun,
any even-toed, hoofed mammal of the suborder Ruminantia, being comprised of cloven-hoofed, cud-chewing quadrupeds, and including, besides domestic cattle, bison, buffalo, deer, antelopes, giraffes, camels, and chevrotains.
- sections
-
noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- unmiters
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive of a miter; depose from the rank of a bishop.
- ceinture
-
noun,
cincture (defs 1, 2).
- ruinates
-
adjective,
ruined.
- censures
-
noun,
strong or vehement expression of disapproval:
- ructions
-
noun,
a disturbance, quarrel, or row.
- unreason
-
noun,
inability or unwillingness to think or act rationally, reasonably, or sensibly; irrationality.
- unmitres
-
verb (used with object),
unmiter.
- censuses
-
noun,
an official enumeration of the population, with details as to age, sex, occupation, etc.
- seicento
-
noun,
the 17th century, with reference to the Italian art or literature of that period.
- Arcesius
-
noun,
a son of Zeus and Euryodia, father of Laertes, and grandfather of Odysseus.
- centares
-
noun,
centiare.
- anestrus
-
noun,
(of a female mammal) the interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of heat or rut.
- seriemas
-
noun,
either of two birds of the family Cariamidae, Cariama cristata, of southern Brazil, or Chunga burmeisteri, of Argentina, having long legs, an erectile crest, a short, broad bill, and limited ability to fly.
- Antinous
-
noun,
the chief suitor of Penelope, killed by Odysseus upon his return from Troy.
- antinome
-
noun,
something that is contradictory or opposite to another; a logical contradiction.
- Castries
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of the state of St. Lucia, on the NW coast.
- Asnieres
-
noun,
a city in N central France, near Paris.
- sameness
-
noun,
the state or quality of being the same; identity; uniformity.
- samisens
-
noun,
a guitarlike Japanese musical instrument having an extremely long neck and three strings, played with a plectrum.
- unifaces
-
noun,
a coin or medal having a blank reverse.
- animuses
-
noun,
strong dislike or enmity; hostile attitude; animosity.
- Anicetus
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 155?–166?.
- aneurins
-
noun,
thiamine.
- sanction
-
noun,
authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- semantic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols:
- casuists
-
noun,
an oversubtle or disingenuous reasoner, especially in questions of morality.
- anemosis
-
noun,
wind shake (def 1).
- tsarisms
-
noun,
czarism.
- anemones
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Anemone, of the buttercup family, having petallike sepals and including several wild species with white flowers as well as others cultivated for their showy flowers in a variety of colors.
- Rosemont
-
noun,
a town in central California, near Sacramento.
- cerimans
-
noun,
a climbing, tropical American plant, Monstera deliciosa, of the arum family, characterized by cordlike, aerial roots and large, perforated leaves.
- sanctums
-
noun,
a sacred or holy place.
- cerastes
-
noun,
any of several small vipers of the genus Cerastes, including the horned viper, that have a sideways looping motion like that of a sidewinder and inhabit deserts of northern Africa and southwestern Asia.
- re-count
-
noun,
a second or additional count, as of votes in an election.
- antimere
-
noun,
a segment or division of the body having a corresponding segment or division that is opposite to it relative to the longitudinal axis of the body.
- Ansermet
-
noun,
Ernest [er-nest] /ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1883–1969, Swiss symphony orchestra conductor.
- cautions
-
noun,
alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness:
- routemen
-
noun,
a person who works in a specified area or covers a specific route, as a mail carrier or truckdriver.
- routeman
-
noun,
a person who works in a specified area or covers a specific route, as a mail carrier or truckdriver.
- arsonist
-
noun,
a person who commits arson.
- caustics
-
noun,
a caustic substance.
- anteroom
-
noun,
a room that admits to a larger room.
- centrums
-
noun,
a center.
- anserine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the subfamily Anserinae, of the family Anatidae, comprising the true geese.
- ceramist
-
noun,
a person who makes ceramics.
- safeties
-
noun,
the state of being safe; freedom from the occurrence or risk of injury, danger, or loss.
- causerie
-
noun,
an informal talk or chat.
- tsunamis
-
noun,
an unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption.
- remanent
-
adjective,
remaining; left behind.
- uniforms
-
noun,
an identifying outfit or style of dress worn by the members of a given profession, organization, or rank.
- ceramics
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) the art or technology of making objects of clay and similar materials treated by firing.
- rotenone
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous heterocyclic compound, C 23 H 22 O 6 , obtained from derris root: used chiefly as the active ingredient of certain insecticides and in medicine in the treatment of chiggers and scabies.
- caresses
-
noun,
an act or gesture expressing affection, as an embrace or kiss, especially a light stroking or touching.
- Romanite
-
noun,
a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- semitone
-
noun,
a pitch interval halfway between two whole tones.
- ostracon
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece) a potsherd, especially one used as a ballot on which the name of a person voted to be ostracized was inscribed.
- coituses
-
noun,
sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- outfaces
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to submit by or as if by staring down; face or stare down.
- Scotsmen
-
noun,
a person, especially a man, who is a native or inhabitant of Scotland; Scot.
- coatroom
-
noun,
cloakroom (def 1).
- Comaneci
-
noun,
Nadia [nah-dee-uh,, nahd-yuh] /ˈnɑ di ə,, ˈnɑd yə/ (Show IPA), born 1961, Romanian gymnast.
- senorita
-
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.
- reunites
-
verb (used with or without object),
to unite again, as after separation.
- Scotsman
-
noun,
a person, especially a man, who is a native or inhabitant of Scotland; Scot.
- scotomas
-
noun,
loss of vision in a part of the visual field; blind spot.
- rimstone
-
noun,
a calcareous deposit forming a dam at the edge or outlet of an overflowing pool of water, as in a cavern.
- comatose
-
adjective,
affected with or characterized by coma.
- accesses
-
noun,
the ability, right, or permission to approach, enter, speak with, or use; admittance:
- cocinero
-
noun,
a cook, especially one working on a ranch or a trail drive.
- Comenius
-
noun,
John Amos (Jan Amos Komenský) 1592–1670, Moravian educational reformer and bishop.
- sentries
-
noun,
a soldier stationed at a place to stand guard and prevent the passage of unauthorized persons, watch for fires, etc., especially a sentinel stationed at a pass, gate, opening in a defense work, or the like.
- cancrine
-
adjective,
reading the same backwards as forwards:
- ostomies
-
noun,
any of various surgical procedures, as a colostomy, in which an artificial opening is made so as to permit the drainage of waste products either into an appropriate organ or to the outside of the body.
- outrance
-
noun,
the utmost extremity.
- coasters
-
noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- canteens
-
noun,
a small container used especially by soldiers and hikers for carrying water or other liquids.
- caissons
-
noun,
a structure used in underwater work, consisting of an airtight chamber, open at the bottom and containing air under sufficient pressure to exclude the water.
- coarsens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become coarse.
- aconites
-
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.
- acoustic
-
noun,
Obsolete. a remedy for deafness or imperfect hearing.
- accentor
-
noun,
any oscine bird of the family Prunellidae, of Europe and Asia, resembling sparrows but having more finely pointed bills, as the hedge sparrow.
- cocaines
-
noun,
a bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 21 NO 4 , obtained from coca leaves, used as a local anesthetic and also widely used as an illicit drug for its stimulant and euphorigenic properties.
- outcross
-
noun,
a hybrid animal or plant so produced.
- osteosis
-
noun,
the formation of bony tissue, usually infiltrating connective tissue.
- caesiums
-
noun,
cesium.
- acentric
-
adjective,
not centered; having no center.
- scouters
-
noun,
a person who scouts.
- coercion
-
noun,
the act of coercing; use of force or intimidation to obtain compliance.
- accustom
-
verb (used with object),
to familiarize by custom or use; habituate:
- canonist
-
noun,
a person who is a specialist in canon law.
- accusers
-
noun,
a person who accuses, especially in a court of law:
- coesites
-
noun,
a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.
- cofactor
-
noun,
Biochemistry. any of various organic or inorganic substances necessary to the function of an enzyme.
- Ouessant
-
noun,
French name of Ushant.
- acescent
-
adjective,
turning sour; slightly sour; acidulous.
- cactuses
-
noun,
any of numerous succulent plants of the family Cactaceae, of warm, arid regions of the New World, having fleshy, leafless, usually spiny stems, and typically having solitary, showy flowers.
- Scranton
-
noun,
William Warren, 1917–2011, U.S. politician.
- canorous
-
adjective,
melodious; musical.
- cocoanut
-
noun,
coconut.
- retinues
-
noun,
a body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage; suite.
- retsinas
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- accretes
-
adjective,
Botany. grown together.
- canotier
-
noun,
a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- cocomats
-
noun,
matting made of the fiber from the outer husk of the coconut.
- coinsure
-
verb (used with or without object),
to insure jointly with another or others.
- accoutre
-
verb (used with object),
accouter.
- canister
-
noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- accouter
-
verb (used with object),
to equip or outfit, especially with military clothes, equipment, etc.
- accounts
-
noun,
an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative:
- outcries
-
noun,
a strong and usually public expression of protest, indignation, or the like.
- acetones
-
noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 3 H 6 O, usually derived by oxidation of isopropyl alcohol or by bacterial fermentation of carbohydrates: used chiefly in paints and varnishes, as a general solvent, and in organic synthesis.
- comforts
-
noun,
relief in affliction; consolation; solace:
- outraces
-
verb (used with object),
to race or run faster than:
- canoness
-
noun,
a member of a Christian community of women living under a rule but not under a vow.
- senarius
-
noun,
a Latin verse of six feet, especially an iambic trimeter.
- Cameroun
-
noun,
Cameroon (def 1).
- autecism
-
noun,
autoecism.
- cantoris
-
adjective,
of or relating to the gospel or liturgical north side of a church (opposed to decani).
- ossiform
-
- conation
-
noun,
the part of mental life having to do with striving, including desire and volition.
- acrosome
-
noun,
an organelle covering the head of animal sperm and containing enzymes that digest the egg cell coating, thus permitting the sperm to enter the egg.
- conceits
-
noun,
an excessively favorable opinion of one's own ability, importance, wit, etc.
- scunners
-
noun,
an irrational dislike; loathing:
- concents
-
noun,
concord of sound, voices, etc.; harmony.
- Comtesse
-
noun,
countess.
- rictuses
-
noun,
the gape of the mouth of a bird.
- concerns
-
noun,
something that relates or pertains to a person; business; affair:
- setiform
-
adjective,
bristle-shaped; setaceous.
- resonate
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- acrostic
-
noun,
a series of lines or verses in which the first, last, or other particular letters when taken in order spell out a word, phrase, etc.
- resonant
-
noun,
Phonetics. a vowel or a voiced consonant or semivowel that is neither a stop nor an affricate, as, in English, (m, ng, n, l, r, y, w).
- acrotism
-
noun,
absence or weakness of the pulse.
- scooters
-
noun,
a child's vehicle that typically has two wheels with a low footboard between them, is steered by a handlebar, and is propelled by pushing one foot against the ground while resting the other on the footboard.
- sensoria
-
noun,
a part of the brain or the brain itself regarded as the seat of sensation.
- Turcoman
-
noun,
Turkoman.
- osteomas
-
noun,
a benign tumor composed of osseous tissue.
- coaction
-
noun,
force or compulsion, either in restraining or in impelling.
- outsoars
-
verb (used with object),
to soar beyond.
- acromion
-
noun,
the outward end of the spine of the scapula or shoulder blade.
- Comnenus
-
noun,
a dynasty of Byzantine emperors that ruled at Constantinople, 1057?–1185, and at Trebizond in Asia Minor, 1204–1461?.
- autosome
-
noun,
any chromosome other than a sex chromosome.
- Cameroon
-
noun,
Also, Cameroun. Official name United Republic of Cameroon. an independent republic in W Africa: formed 1960 by the French trusteeship of Cameroun; Southern Cameroons incorporated as a self-governing province 1961. 183,350 sq. mi. (474,877 sq. km). Capital: Yaoundé.
- scrotums
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- montero
-
noun,
a Spanish hunter's cap, round in shape and having an earflap.
- sematic
-
adjective,
serving as a sign or warning of danger, as the conspicuous colors or markings of certain poisonous animals.
- nascent
-
adjective,
beginning to exist or develop:
- stearin
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- Finance
-
noun,
the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.
- unicorn
-
noun,
a mythical creature resembling a horse, with a single horn in the center of its forehead: often symbolic of chastity or purity.
- arseno-
-
- etesian
-
adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- uniface
-
noun,
a coin or medal having a blank reverse.
- Estonia
-
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.
- tureens
-
noun,
a large, deep, covered dish for serving soup, stew, or other foods.
- finesse
-
noun,
extreme delicacy or subtlety in action, performance, skill, discrimination, taste, etc.
- tessera
-
noun,
one of the small pieces used in mosaic work.
- sonnies
-
noun,
little son (often used as a familiar term of address to a boy).
- fitness
-
noun,
health.
- uniform
-
noun,
an identifying outfit or style of dress worn by the members of a given profession, organization, or rank.
- foments
-
verb (used with object),
to instigate or foster (discord, rebellion, etc.); promote the growth or development of:
- caisson
-
noun,
a structure used in underwater work, consisting of an airtight chamber, open at the bottom and containing air under sufficient pressure to exclude the water.
- Cameron
-
noun,
Julia Margaret, 1815–79, English photographer, born in India.
- fiestas
-
noun,
any festival or festive celebration.
- moonset
-
noun,
the setting of the moon below the horizon.
- aristos
-
noun,
aristocrat.
- asserts
-
Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- fiascos
-
noun,
a complete and ignominious failure.
- roseate
-
adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- teasers
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- Fontina
-
noun,
a type of Italian cheese, semisoft to firm, made of cow's or sheep's milk.
- secures
-
adjective,
free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- Fonseca
-
noun,
Gulf of, a bay of the Pacific Ocean in W Central America, bordered by El Salvador on the W, Honduras on the NE, and Nicaragua on the S. About 700 sq. mi. (1800 sq. km).
- sensate
-
adjective,
perceiving or perceived through the senses.
- foisons
-
noun,
abundance; plenty.
- assents
-
noun,
agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
- Etonian
-
noun,
a person who is or has been a pupil at Eton College.
- ficuses
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical trees, shrubs, and vines belonging to the genus Ficus, of the mulberry family, having milky sap and large, thick or stiff leaves, including the edible fig, the banyan, and many species grown as ornamentals.
- monuron
-
noun,
a white crystalline solid, C 9 H 11 ClN 2 O, used as a herbicide, especially for broad-leaved plants.
- caesium
-
noun,
cesium.
- Essonne
-
noun,
a department in N France. 699 sq. mi. (1810 sq. km). Capital: Évry.
- nancies
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Meurthe-et-Moselle, in NE France: battles 1477, 1914, 1944.
- stearo-
-
- Riemann
-
noun,
Georg Friedrich Bernhard [gey-awrk free-drikh bern-hahrt] /geɪˈɔrk ˈfri drɪx ˈbɛrn hɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1826–66, German mathematician.
- nanisms
-
noun,
the condition of being unusually or abnormally small in size or stature; dwarfism.
- ruinate
-
adjective,
ruined.
- ARTEMIS
-
noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- monesia
-
noun,
a preparation extracted from the bark of a South American tree, Pradosia lactescens, and used chiefly as an astringent and as an expectorant.
- arouses
-
verb (used with object),
to stir to action or strong response; excite:
- monsoon
-
noun,
the seasonal wind of the Indian Ocean and southern Asia, blowing from the southwest in summer and from the northeast in winter.
- monitor
-
noun,
(especially formerly) a student appointed to assist in the conduct of a class or school, as to help take attendance or keep order.
- firmans
-
noun,
an edict or administrative order issued by or in the name of a Middle Eastern sovereign (formerly by an Ottoman Turkish sultan).
- essoins
-
noun,
(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
- Cairene
-
noun,
a native or resident of Cairo, Egypt.
- stearic
-
adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- routine
-
noun,
a customary or regular course of procedure.
- rinceau
-
noun,
an ornamental foliate or floral motif.
- taurine
-
noun,
a neutral crystalline substance, C 2 H 7 NO 3 S, obtained from bile.
- estrous
-
adjective,
pertaining to or involving the estrus.
- focuses
-
noun,
a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity:
- fiances
-
noun,
a man engaged to be married. Synonyms: future groom, future husband, future spouse, betrothed.
- estrone
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- seiners
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- fissure
-
noun,
a narrow opening produced by cleavage or separation of parts.
- narcose
-
adjective,
characterized by stupor; stuporous.
- estrins
-
noun,
estrone.
- foetors
-
noun,
fetor.
- seismo-
-
- camions
-
noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- ascesis
-
noun,
askesis.
- arsines
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- Riesman
-
noun,
David, 1909–2002, U.S. sociologist.
- tearoom
-
noun,
a room or shop where tea and other refreshments are served to customers.
- turfman
-
noun,
a person who is extremely devoted to horse racing.
- semaise
-
noun,
cymaise.
- Moncton
-
noun,
a city in SE New Brunswick, in E Canada.
- ascites
-
noun,
accumulation of serous fluid in the peritoneal cavity; dropsy of the peritoneum.
- montane
-
noun,
the lower vegetation belt on mountains.
- ascetic
-
noun,
a person who dedicates his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self-denial or self-mortification for religious reasons.
- monocot
-
noun,
a monocotyledon.
- moneran
-
noun,
any organism of the kingdom Monera.
- ascents
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- monster
-
noun,
a legendary animal combining features of animal and human form or having the forms of various animals in combination, as a centaur, griffin, or sphinx.
- fireman
-
noun,
a person employed to extinguish or prevent fires; firefighter.
- ruction
-
noun,
a disturbance, quarrel, or row.
- firemen
-
noun,
a person employed to extinguish or prevent fires; firefighter.
- unisons
-
noun,
coincidence in pitch of two or more musical tones, voices, etc.
- tierces
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- etamine
-
noun,
a lightweight cotton or worsted fabric constructed in plain weave and loosely woven.
- Turenne
-
noun,
Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne de [ahn-ree duh la toor doh-vern-yuh duh] /ɑ̃ˈri də la ˈtur doʊˈvɛrn yə də/ (Show IPA), 1611–75, French general and marshal.
- estamin
-
noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- morions
-
noun,
an open helmet of the 16th and early 17th centuries, worn by common soldiers and usually having a flat or turned-down brim and a crest from front to back.
- fiancee
-
noun,
a woman engaged to be married.
- sorosis
-
noun,
a fleshy multiple fruit composed of many flowers, seed vessels, and receptacles consolidated, as in the pineapple and mulberry.
- Farnese
-
noun,
Alessandro [ah-les-sahn-draw] /ˌɑ lɛsˈsɑn drɔ/ (Show IPA), Duke of Parma, 1545–92, Italian general, statesman, and diplomat.
- Faroese
-
noun,
Faeroese.
- far-out
-
adjective,
unconventional; offbeat; avant-garde.
- soutane
-
noun,
a cassock.
- souters
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- fascine
-
noun,
a long bundle of sticks bound together, used in building earthworks and batteries and in strengthening ramparts.
- facient
-
- auction
-
noun,
Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
- concert
-
noun,
a public musical performance in which a number of singers or instrumentalists, or both, participate.
- Fascism
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.
- atriums
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- Fascist
-
noun,
a person who believes in or sympathizes with fascism.
- Romanic
-
noun,
romance1 (def 9).
- Soutine
-
noun,
Chaim [khahy-im,, khahy-im] /xaɪˈɪm,, ˈxaɪ ɪm/ (Show IPA), 1894–1943, Lithuanian painter in France.
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- tension
-
noun,
the act of stretching or straining.
- mustees
-
noun,
the offspring of a white person and a quadroon; octoroon.
- musters
-
noun,
an assembling of troops or persons for formal inspection or other purposes.
- atonics
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- fastens
-
verb (used with object),
to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.
- musties
-
noun,
(formerly) a kind of snuff having a musty flavor.
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- moisten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become moist.
- sorites
-
noun,
a form of argument having several premises and one conclusion, capable of being resolved into a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each of which is a premise of the next.
- tenrecs
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- Staines
-
noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, on the Thames River near Heathrow airport.
- senecas
-
noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- fatness
-
noun,
the state or condition of being fat; obesity; corpulence.
- atomies
-
noun,
an atom; mote.
- fatsoes
-
noun,
a fat person (used as a term of address).
- farmout
-
noun,
an act or instance of farming out or leasing, as land for oil exploration.
- autisms
-
noun,
Psychiatry. a pervasive developmental disorder of children, characterized by impaired communication, excessive rigidity, and emotional detachment: now considered one of the autism spectrum disorders.
- stamnos
-
noun,
a storage jar having an oval body tapering at the base and two horizontal handles set on the shoulder.
- Munster
-
noun,
muenster.
- faitour
-
noun,
impostor; fake.
- murines
-
noun,
a murine rodent.
- ausform
-
verb (used with object),
to subject (steel or other metals) to a hardening process that increases its strength and improves its wear properties.
- Muscari
-
- austere
-
adjective,
severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding:
- tenures
-
noun,
the holding or possessing of anything:
- aurists
-
noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- Fameuse
-
noun,
an American variety of red apple that ripens in early winter.
- faience
-
noun,
glazed earthenware or pottery, especially a fine variety with highly colored designs.
- muriate
-
noun,
(not in scientific use) any chloride, especially potassium chloride, KCl, used as a fertilizer.
- muntins
-
noun,
Also called sash bar. a bar for holding the edges of window panes within a sash.
- fancier
-
noun,
a person having a liking for or interest in something; enthusiast:
- fancies
-
noun,
imagination or fantasy, especially as exercised in a capricious manner.
- Romaine
-
noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- rococos
-
noun,
a style of architecture and decoration, originating in France about 1720, evolved from Baroque types and distinguished by its elegant refinement in using different materials for a delicate overall effect and by its ornament of shellwork, foliage, etc.
- faconne
-
noun,
a fabric having a faconne pattern or motif.
- fanions
-
noun,
a small flag, originally carried by military brigades, used by soldiers and surveyors as a positional marker.
- facture
-
noun,
the act, process, or manner of making anything; construction.
- tensors
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- fantoms
-
noun,
an apparition or specter.
- soucars
-
noun,
a Hindu banker.
- Austro-
-
- Romains
-
noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Louis Farigoule) 1885–1972, French novelist, poet, and dramatist.
- factors
-
noun,
one of the elements contributing to a particular result or situation:
- uncases
-
verb (used with object),
to remove from a case; remove the case from.
- farcies
-
noun,
a form of glanders chiefly affecting the skin and superficial lymphatic vessels of horses and mules.
- muscats
-
noun,
a variety of grape having a pronounced sweet aroma and flavor, used for making wine and raisins.
- Romance
-
noun,
a novel, movie, or genre of popular fiction in which characters fall in love or begin a romantic relationship (often used attributively):
- faction
-
noun,
a group or clique within a larger group, party, government, organization, or the like:
- muscone
-
noun,
an oily, very slightly water-soluble, large cyclic ketone containing a 15-membered ring, C 16 H 30 O, obtained from musk: used in the perfume industry.
- stamin-
-
- faucets
-
noun,
any device for controlling the flow of liquid from a pipe or the like by opening or closing an orifice; tap; cock.
- steamer
-
noun,
something propelled or operated by steam, as a steamship.
- Morisco
-
noun,
a Moor, especially one of the Moors of Spain.
- mortise
-
noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- assumes
-
verb (used with object),
to take for granted or without proof:
Synonyms: suppose, presuppose; postulate, posit.
- mortice
-
noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- ferment
-
noun,
Also called organized ferment. any of a group of living organisms, as yeasts, molds, and certain bacteria, that cause fermentation.
- Morocco
-
noun,
French Maroc. Spanish Marruecos. a kingdom in NW Africa: formed from a sultanate that was divided into two protectorates (French Morocco and Spanish Morocco) and an international zone. 172,104 sq. mi. (445,749 sq. km). Capital: Rabat.
Compare Tangier Zone.
- sennits
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- fermion
-
noun,
any particle that obeys the exclusion principle and Fermi-Dirac statistics; fermions have spins that are half an odd integer: 1/2, 3/2, 5/2, ….
- assorts
-
verb (used with object),
to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
- Temenus
-
noun,
a son of Aristomachus who was allotted the city of Argos for his participation in the Heraclidae invasion of Peloponnesus.
- riotous
-
adjective,
(of an act) characterized by or of the nature of rioting or a disturbance of the peace.
- Morison
-
noun,
Samuel Eliot, 1887–1976, U.S. historian.
- strumas
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing SE through SW Bulgaria and NE Greece into the Aegean. 225 miles (362 km) long.
- fescues
-
noun,
Also called fescue grass. any grass of the genus Festuca, some species of which are cultivated for pasture or lawns.
- Rosanne
-
noun,
a female given name.
- semites
-
noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- eucaine
-
noun,
a white, crystalline solid, C 15 H 21 NO 2 , formerly a local anesthetic, used in veterinary medicine as a substitute for cocaine.
- moreens
-
noun,
a heavy fabric of wool, or wool and cotton, with a ribbed face and a moiré finish, used for curtains, petticoats, etc.
- senoras
-
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.
- festers
-
noun,
an ulcer; a rankling sore.
- festoon
-
noun,
a string or chain of flowers, foliage, ribbon, etc., suspended in a curve between two points.
- assists
-
noun,
Sports.
Baseball. a play that helps to put out a batter or base runner.
Basketball, Ice Hockey. a play that helps a teammate in gaining a goal.
the official credit scored for such plays.
- festuca
-
noun,
any grass of the genus Festuca, chiefly characterized by tufted blades and spikelets, comprising the fescues.
- Roscian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- morceau
-
noun,
piece; morsel.
- Roscius
-
noun,
Quintus [kwin-tuh s] /ˈkwɪn təs/ (Show IPA), c126–c62 b.c, Roman actor.
- moraine
-
noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- ternion
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- fetuses
-
noun,
(used chiefly of viviparous mammals) the young of an animal in the womb or egg, especially in the later stages of development when the body structures are in the recognizable form of its kind, in humans after the end of the second month of gestation.
- Stassen
-
noun,
Harold Edward, 1907–2001, U.S. politician and university president.
- fiacres
-
noun,
a small horse-drawn carriage.
- assures
-
verb (used with object),
to declare earnestly to; inform or tell positively; state with confidence to:
- fenuron
-
noun,
a white crystalline compound, C 9 H 12 N 2 O, used as an herbicide.
- stances
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- sooners
-
noun,
a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
- moutons
-
noun,
sheepskin that has been processed to resemble another fur, especially seal or beaver.
- atomics
-
noun,
the branch of physics that deals with atoms, especially atomic energy.
- eutocia
-
noun,
normal childbirth.
- romanos
-
- tenners
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- mousers
-
noun,
an animal that catches mice:
- Teniers
-
noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- feature
-
noun,
a prominent or conspicuous part or characteristic:
- uncross
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a crossed position, as the legs.
- Mountie
-
noun,
a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
- unction
-
noun,
an act of anointing, especially as a medical treatment or religious rite.
- mounter
-
noun,
a person or thing that mounts.
- Eustace
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “steadfast.”.
- Romanus
-
noun,
died a.d. 897, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 897.
- romaunt
-
noun,
a romantic tale or poem; romance.
- turfmen
-
noun,
a person who is extremely devoted to horse racing.
- Euratom
-
noun,
an organization formed in 1957, comprising France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy, and West Germany, for coordinated action in developing and marketing their nuclear resources.
- Eunomia
-
noun,
one of the Horae: the personification of order.
- sennets
-
noun,
any of several small barracudas, as Sphyraena borealis (northern sennet) ranging along the eastern coast of North and Central America.
- stannic
-
adjective,
of or containing tin, especially in the tetravalent state.
- tenaces
-
noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- motoric
-
adjective,
motor (def 11).
- eucrite
-
noun,
a basic gabbro consisting mainly of bytownite and augite.
- motions
-
noun,
the action or process of moving or of changing place or position; movement.
- ronions
-
noun,
ronyon.
- stannum
-
noun,
tin.
- fencers
-
noun,
a person who practices the art of fencing with a sword, foil, etc.
- seminar
-
noun,
a small group of students, as in a university, engaged in advanced study and original research under a member of the faculty and meeting regularly to exchange information and hold discussions.
- fennecs
-
noun,
a small, pale yellowish-brown fox, Fennecus zerda, of northern Africa, having large, pointed ears.
- fenster
-
noun,
an erosional break in an overthrust rock sheet, exposing the rocks that underlie the sheet.
- aristo-
-
- anstoss
-
noun,
(in the philosophy of Fichte) any of the six successive steps by which the absolute ego attains self-knowledge.
- footers
-
noun,
British Informal.
Rugby (def 3).
soccer.
- instars
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- intense
-
adjective,
existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree:
- intens.
-
- sunroof
-
noun,
a section of an automobile roof that can be slid or lifted open.
- insures
-
verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- scissor
-
noun,
scissors.
- acumens
-
noun,
keen insight; shrewdness:
- science
-
noun,
a branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws:
- sconces
-
noun,
a bracket for candles or other lights, placed on a wall, mirror, picture frame, etc.
- insofar
-
adverb,
to such an extent (usually followed by as):
- usances
-
noun,
Commerce. a length of time, exclusive of days of grace and varying in different places, allowed by custom or usage for the payment of foreign bills of exchange.
- insnare
-
verb (used with object),
ensnare.
- Meissen
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany, on the Elbe River: famous for fine porcelain.
- Meitner
-
noun,
Lise [lee-zuh] /ˈli zə/ (Show IPA), 1878–1968, Austrian nuclear physicist.
- inserts
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- aeneous
-
adjective,
bronze-colored:
- actress
-
noun,
a woman who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc., especially professionally.
- interne
-
noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- menaces
-
noun,
something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat:
- strains
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- Maurist
-
noun,
a member of the Benedictine “Congregation of St. Maur,” founded in France in 1618, distinguished for its scholarship and literary works: suppressed during the French Revolution.
- Maurois
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), (Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog) 1885–1967, French biographer and novelist.
- ionones
-
noun,
a light-yellow to colorless, slightly water-soluble liquid that is either one or a mixture of two unsaturated ketones having the formula C 13 H 20 O, used chiefly in perfumery.
- ionomer
-
noun,
any of a class of plastics that because of its ionic bonding action is capable of conducting electric current.
- Ionesco
-
noun,
Eugène [French œ-zhen;; English yoo-jeen,, yoo-jeen] /French œˈʒɛn;; English yuˈdʒin,, ˈyu dʒin/ (Show IPA), 1912–94, French playwright, born in Romania.
- Sunnite
-
noun,
Sunni (def 1).
- sunrise
-
noun,
the rise or ascent of the sun above the horizon in the morning.
- inturns
-
noun,
an inward turn or curve around an axis or fixed point.
- interns
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- introns
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- strafes
-
noun,
a strafing attack.
- measure
-
noun,
a unit or standard of measurement:
- intones
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- scooter
-
noun,
a child's vehicle that typically has two wheels with a low footboard between them, is steered by a handlebar, and is propelled by pushing one foot against the ground while resting the other on the footboard.
- actino-
-
- actinon
-
noun,
a chemically inert, gaseous, short-lived isotope of radon that is a member of the actinium series. Symbol: An; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 219.
- Insecta
-
noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- inseams
-
noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- Maurice
-
noun,
German Moritz. 1521–53, German general: elector of Saxony 1547–53.
- incomes
-
noun,
the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
- merinos
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- urinate
-
verb (used without object),
to pass or discharge urine.
- incrust
-
verb (used with object),
to cover or line with a crust or hard coating.
- sauries
-
noun,
a sharp-snouted fish, Scomberesox saurus, inhabiting temperate regions of the Atlantic Ocean.
- incross
-
noun,
a mating between organisms that are both homozygous for the same allele.
- saunter
-
noun,
a leisurely walk or ramble; stroll.
- Saucier
-
noun,
a chef or cook who specializes in making sauces.
- saucers
-
noun,
a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.
- mercies
-
noun,
compassionate or kindly forbearance shown toward an offender, an enemy, or other person in one's power; compassion, pity, or benevolence:
- incomer
-
noun,
a person who comes in.
- incests
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- seances
-
noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- uremias
-
noun,
a condition resulting from the retention in the blood of constituents normally excreted in the urine.
- ureases
-
noun,
an enzyme that changes urea into ammonium carbonate, occurring in bacteria, fungi, etc.
- incense
-
noun,
an aromatic gum or other substance producing a sweet odor when burned, used in religious ceremonies, to enhance a mood, etc.
- incases
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- stoners
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- sunsets
-
noun,
the setting or descent of the sun below the horizon in the evening.
- Mencius
-
noun,
c380–289 b.c, Chinese philosopher.
- afreets
-
noun,
a powerful evil demon or monster.
- sunroom
-
noun,
a room designed to admit a large amount of sunlight; sun parlor or sun porch.
- Menorca
-
noun,
Minorca.
- stories
-
noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- infract
-
verb (used with object),
to break, violate, or infringe (a law, commitment, etc.).
- mention
-
noun,
a direct or incidental reference; a mentioning:
- informs
-
Verb phrases,
inform on, to furnish incriminating evidence about (someone) to an authority, prosecuting officer, etc.:
- scanner
-
noun,
a person or thing that scans.
- infests
-
verb (used with object),
to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner, especially as predatory animals or vermin do:
- Mercian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Mercia.
- Inferno
-
noun,
hell; the infernal regions.
- infects
-
adjective,
Archaic. infected.
- Mercast
-
noun,
a broadcasting system used by U.S. agencies to deliver messages to government-operated ships.
- infares
-
noun,
a party or reception for a newly married couple.
- infarct
-
noun,
a localized area of tissue, as in the heart or kidney, that is dying or dead, having been deprived of its blood supply because of an obstruction by embolism or thrombosis.
- sautoir
-
noun,
a ribbon, chain, scarf, or the like, tied around the neck in such a manner that the ends cross over each other.
- infante
-
noun,
any son of the king of Spain or of Portugal who is not heir to the throne.
- sunfast
-
adjective,
not subject to fading in sunlight, as a dye, fabric, or garment.
- Maureen
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish form of Mary.
- suntans
-
noun,
a tan military uniform for summer wear.
- screeno
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) (formerly) bingo played in a movie theater.
- Marston
-
noun,
John, c1575–1634, English dramatist and satirical poet.
- Screens
-
noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- Martens
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- maftirs
-
noun,
the concluding section of the portion of the Torah chanted or read in a Jewish service on the Sabbath and festivals.
- Mafioso
-
noun,
a member of a Mafia or of a mafia.
- martins
-
noun,
Peter, born 1946, U.S. choreographer and ballet master, born in Denmark.
- maestro
-
noun,
an eminent composer, teacher, or conductor of music:
- maroons
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) any of a group of blacks, descended from fugitive slaves of the 17th and 18th centuries, living in the West Indies and Guiana, especially in mountainous areas.
- accosts
-
noun,
a greeting.
- Martinu
-
noun,
Bohuslav [baw-hoo-slahf] /ˈbɔ hʊˌslɑf/ (Show IPA), 1890–1959, Czech composer.
- account
-
noun,
an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative:
- stunner
-
noun,
a person or thing that stuns.
- macrons
-
noun,
a horizontal line used as a diacritic over a vowel to indicate that it has a long sound or other specified pronunciation, as (ā) in fate (fāt).
- mascons
-
noun,
a massive concentration of high-density material beneath the surface of the moon.
- mascots
-
noun,
an animal, person, or thing adopted by a group as its representative symbol and supposed to bring good luck:
- mainour
-
noun,
a stolen article found on the person of or near the thief:
- accents
-
noun,
prominence of a syllable in terms of differential loudness, or of pitch, or length, or of a combination of these.
- accrete
-
adjective,
Botany. grown together.
- uterine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the uterus or womb.
- Scutari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between NW Albania and Montenegro. About 135 sq. mi. (350 sq. km).
- mansion
-
noun,
a very large, impressive, or stately residence.
- manroot
-
noun,
man-of-the-earth.
- Marcion
-
noun,
a.d. c100–c160, Christian Gnostic.
- Marconi
-
noun,
Guglielmo [goo-lyel-maw] /guˈlyɛl mɔ/ (Show IPA), Marchese, 1874–1937, Italian electrical engineer and inventor, especially in the field of wireless telegraphy: Nobel Prize in physics 1909.
- scunner
-
noun,
an irrational dislike; loathing:
- mannose
-
noun,
a hexose, C 6 H 12 O 6 , obtained from the hydrolysis of the ivory nut and yielding mannitol upon reduction.
- mannite
-
noun,
mannitol.
- stuccos
-
noun,
an exterior finish for masonry or frame walls, usually composed of cement, sand, and hydrated lime mixed with water and laid on wet.
- Marcuse
-
noun,
Herbert, 1898–1979, U.S. political and social philosopher, born in Germany.
- Manners
-
noun,
a way of doing, being done, or happening; mode of action, occurrence, etc.:
- Manitou
-
noun,
(among the Algonquian Indians) a supernatural being that controls nature; a spirit, deity, or object that possesses supernatural power.
- maniocs
-
noun,
cassava.
- marines
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- scrotum
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- manifer
-
noun,
a gauntlet for protecting the left hand when holding the reins of a horse.
- Masonic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or characteristic of Freemasons or Freemasonry.
- suasion
-
noun,
the act of advising, urging, or attempting to persuade; persuasion.
- Strauss
-
noun,
David Friedrich [dah-veet free-drikh] /ˈdɑ vit ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1808–74, German theologian, philosopher, and author.
- mastics
-
noun,
Also called mastic tree, lentisk. a small Mediterranean tree, Pistacia lentiscus, of the cashew family, that is the source of an aromatic resin used in making varnish and adhesives.
- acinous
-
adjective,
consisting of acini.
- isomers
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- Massine
-
noun,
Léonide [ley-aw-need] /leɪ ɔˈnid/ (Show IPA), 1896–1979, U.S. ballet dancer and choreographer, born in Russia.
- scotoma
-
noun,
loss of vision in a part of the visual field; blind spot.
- suimate
-
noun,
self-mate.
- Scotism
-
noun,
the set of doctrines of Duns Scotus.
- scotias
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- 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.
- massifs
-
noun,
a compact portion of a mountain range, containing one or more summits.
- Ironton
-
noun,
a city in S Ohio, on the Ohio River.
- streams
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- scoters
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- matinee
-
noun,
an entertainment, especially a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon.
- Matisse
-
noun,
Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1869–1954, French painter.
- matrons
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- matures
-
adjective,
complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms:
- aciform
-
adjective,
needle-shaped; acicular.
- isotone
-
noun,
one of two or more atoms having an equal number of neutrons but different atomic numbers.
- screams
-
noun,
a loud, sharp, piercing cry:
- acerose
-
adjective,
needle-shaped, as the leaves of the pine.
- accrues
-
verb (used without object),
to happen or result as a natural growth, addition, etc.
- success
-
noun,
the favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors; the accomplishment of one's goals.
- accuser
-
noun,
a person who accuses, especially in a court of law:
- succors
-
noun,
help; relief; aid; assistance.
- sucrase
-
noun,
invertase.
- sucrose
-
noun,
a crystalline disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , the sugar obtained from the sugarcane, the sugar beet, and sorghum, and forming the greater part of maple sugar; sugar.
- suction
-
noun,
the act, process, or condition of sucking.
- acerous
-
adjective,
acerose1 .
- acetous
-
adjective,
containing or producing acetic acid.
- scouter
-
noun,
a person who scouts.
- masseur
-
noun,
a man who provides massage as a profession or occupation.
- scouses
-
noun,
a baked dish or stew made usually with meat and hardtack.
- acetins
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- issuant
-
adjective,
Heraldry. (of a beast) represented with the body erect and only the forepart visible:
- acetoin
-
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.
- acetone
-
noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 3 H 6 O, usually derived by oxidation of isopropyl alcohol or by bacterial fermentation of carbohydrates: used chiefly in paints and varnishes, as a general solvent, and in organic synthesis.
- satoris
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- sateens
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- Moissan
-
noun,
Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1852–1907, French chemist: Nobel prize 1906.
- escorts
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- anoints
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- fraises
-
noun,
Fortification. a defense consisting of pointed stakes projecting from the ramparts in a horizontal or an inclined position.
- fraenum
-
noun,
frenum.
- anomite
-
noun,
a variety of mica, similar to biotite but differing in optical orientation.
- fractus
-
adjective,
containing small, individual elements that have a ragged appearance.
- unrests
-
noun,
lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
- secerns
-
verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- Francie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Frances.
- antero-
-
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- missout
-
noun,
(in the game of craps) a losing throw of the dice.
- foumart
-
noun,
the European polecat, Mustela putorius.
- Anterus
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 235–236.
- anticum
-
noun,
pronaos.
- Fosters
-
noun,
Stephen (Collins) 1826–64, U.S. songwriter.
- Misenus
-
noun,
a son of Aeolus who challenged the gods to a musical contest and was killed by them for his arrogance.
- anoesis
-
noun,
a state of mind consisting of pure sensation or emotion without cognitive content.
- tanrecs
-
noun,
tenrec.
- samisen
-
noun,
a guitarlike Japanese musical instrument having an extremely long neck and three strings, played with a plectrum.
- frenate
-
adjective,
having a frenum or frenulum.
- Fremont
-
noun,
a city in W California, near San Francisco Bay.
- Aneurin
-
noun,
thiamine.
- Freesia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Freesia, of the iris family, native to southern Africa, having fragrant white, yellow, or sometimes rose-colored, tubular flowers.
- Samoset
-
noun,
died 1653? North American Indian leader: aided Pilgrims during early years in New England.
- Freeman
-
noun,
a person who is free; a person who enjoys personal, civil, or political liberty.
- samites
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- miscues
-
noun,
Sports. a failure to execute a play, stroke, or maneuver properly; an error.
- Francis
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “Frenchman.”.
- frantic
-
adjective,
desperate or wild with excitement, passion, fear, pain, etc.; frenzied.
- misease
-
noun,
Archaic. discomfort; distress; suffering.
- Frannie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Frances.
- unroots
-
verb (used with object),
to uproot.
- Franco-
-
- secants
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- unroofs
-
verb (used with object),
to take off the roof or covering of.
- fossors
-
noun,
(in the early Christian church) a minor clergyman employed as a gravedigger.
- misters
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- sanctum
-
noun,
a sacred or holy place.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- arctics
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the region lying north of the Arctic Circle or of the northernmost limit of tree growth; the polar area north of the timber line.
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- foremen
-
noun,
a person in charge of a particular department, group of workers, etc., as in a factory or the like.
- arenose
-
adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- Foreman
-
noun,
a person in charge of a particular department, group of workers, etc., as in a factory or the like.
- unmitre
-
verb (used with object),
unmiter.
- section
-
noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- foramen
-
noun,
an opening, orifice, or short passage, as in a bone or in the integument of the ovule of a plant.
- Russian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Russia.
- tansies
-
noun,
any of several composite plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially a strong-scented, weedy, Old World herb, T. vulgare, having flat-topped clusters of tubular yellow flowers.
- ariosos
-
noun,
an arioso composition or section.
- footsie
-
noun,
Sometimes, footsies. the act of flirting or sharing a surreptitious intimacy.
- Ariosto
-
noun,
Ludovico [loo-daw-vee-kaw] /ˌlu dɔˈvi kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1474–1533, Italian poet: author of Orlando Furioso.
- unmiter
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive of a miter; depose from the rank of a bishop.
- footmen
-
noun,
a liveried servant who attends the door or carriage, waits on table, etc.
- footman
-
noun,
a liveried servant who attends the door or carriage, waits on table, etc.
- russets
-
noun,
yellowish brown, light brown, or reddish brown.
- unmoors
-
verb (used with object),
to loose (a vessel) from moorings or anchorage.
- Fortune
-
noun,
position in life as determined by wealth:
- Formica
-
- Fortuna
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of fortune, identified with the Greek goddess Tyche.
- Antoine
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1943, French theatrical director, manager, and critic.
- forties
-
noun,
a cardinal number, ten times four.
- misuser
-
noun,
abuse of a right; unlawful use of an office, franchise, benefit, etc.
- Forseti
-
noun,
the god of justice, the son of Balder and Nanna.
- secrets
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- Formosa
-
noun,
Taiwan.
- stemson
-
noun,
a curved timber in a wooden bow, scarfed at its lower end to the keelson.
- forests
-
noun,
a large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush; woodland.
- formats
-
noun,
the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves.
Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
- rustics
-
noun,
a country person.
- formate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of formic acid.
- formant
-
noun,
Music. the range and number of partials present in a tone of a specific instrument, representing its timbre.
- forints
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and the monetary unit of Hungary, equal to 100 fillér. Abbreviation: F., Ft.
- Steiner
-
noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- aorists
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- Freneau
-
noun,
Philip, 1752–1832, U.S. poet and editor.
- frescos
-
noun,
Also called buon fresco, true fresco. the art or technique of painting on a moist, plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture.
Compare fresco secco.
- Sassoon
-
noun,
Siegfried (Loraine) [seeg-freed law-reyn,, loh-] /ˈsig frid lɔˈreɪn,, loʊ-/ (Show IPA), 1886–1967, English poet and novelist.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- amnions
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the innermost of the embryonic or fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended.
- fustics
-
noun,
the wood of a large, tropical American tree, Chlorophora tinctoria, of the mulberry family, yielding a light-yellow dye.
- metisse
-
noun,
a woman of mixed ancestry.
- Sanusis
-
noun,
a member of an Islamic brotherhood established among the anticolonial Bedouins of North Africa.
- fustian
-
noun,
a stout fabric of cotton and flax.
- fusions
-
noun,
the act or process of fusing; the state of being fused.
- fusains
-
noun,
a fine charcoal used in drawing, made from the wood of the spindle tree.
- metiers
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- Stinnes
-
noun,
Hugo [hoo-gaw;; English hyoo-goh] /ˈhu gɔ;; English ˈhyu goʊ/ (Show IPA), 1870–1924, German industrialist.
- Stimson
-
noun,
Henry L(ewis) 1867–1950, U.S. statesman: secretary of war 1911–13, 1940–45; secretary of state 1929–33.
- Furness
-
noun,
Horace Howard, 1833–1912, and his son Horace Howard, 1865–1930, U.S. Shakespearean scholars and editors.
- furnace
-
noun,
a structure or apparatus in which heat may be generated, as for heating houses, smelting ores, or producing steam.
- furmint
-
noun,
a variety of grape from which Tokay is made.
- furioso
-
adverb,
forcefully; turbulently.
- amniote
-
noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- Susanne
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- surname
-
noun,
the name that a person has in common with other family members, as distinguished from a Christian name or given name; family name.
- microns
-
noun,
Also called micrometer. the millionth part of a meter. Symbol: μ, mu.
- Messier
-
noun,
Charles [sharl] /ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1730–1817, French astronomer.
- imarets
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- messans
-
noun,
a lap dog; small pet dog.
- sassies
-
noun,
sassy bark.
- surcoat
-
noun,
a garment worn over medieval armor, often embroidered with heraldic arms.
- ictuses
-
noun,
Prosody. rhythmical or metrical stress.
- icterus
-
noun,
jaundice (def 1).
- seasons
-
noun,
one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- amerces
-
verb (used with object),
to punish by imposing a fine not fixed by statute.
- surmise
-
noun,
a matter of conjecture.
- sarsens
-
noun,
any of numerous large sandstone blocks or fragments found in south-central England, probably remnants of eroded Tertiary beds.
- Messina
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Sicily.
- surface
-
noun,
the outer face, outside, or exterior boundary of a thing; outermost or uppermost layer or area.
- uranite
-
noun,
any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.
- surfeit
-
noun,
excess; an excessive amount:
- stomous
-
- sarcous
-
adjective,
consisting of or pertaining to flesh or skeletal muscle.
- furcate
-
adjective,
forked; branching.
- Funston
-
noun,
Frederick, 1865–1917, U.S. general.
- miscast
-
verb (used with object),
to assign an unsuitable role to (an actor):
- sterno-
-
- sanious
-
adjective,
characterized by the discharge of sanies.
- fronton
-
noun,
a building in which jai alai is played, containing the cancha or court and sometimes having facilities for betting.
- fronto-
-
- frontis
-
noun,
the front wall of a cancha or jai alai court.
Compare rebote (def 1).
- ancient
-
noun,
a person who lived in ancient times.
- Minster
-
noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- seaters
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- Sanctus
-
noun,
(italics). Also called Tersanctus. the hymn beginning “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts,” with which the Eucharistic preface culminates.
- Minorca
-
noun,
Spanish Menorca. one of the Balearic Islands, in the W Mediterranean. 271 sq. mi. (700 sq. km).
- frisson
-
noun,
a sudden, passing sensation of excitement; a shudder of emotion; thrill:
- minuets
-
noun,
a slow, stately dance in triple meter, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- minuses
-
noun,
minus sign.
- minutes
-
noun,
the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
- Miocene
-
noun,
the Miocene Epoch or Series.
- anemone
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Anemone, of the buttercup family, having petallike sepals and including several wild species with white flowers as well as others cultivated for their showy flowers in a variety of colors.
- stereo-
-
- unseams
-
verb (used with object),
to open the seam or seams of; undo; rip apart:
- sanseis
-
noun,
a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. or Canada.
- funster
-
noun,
a person who creates or seeks fun, as a comedian or reveler.
- fumaric
-
adjective,
of or derived from fumaric acid.
- funnies
-
noun,
Informal. a funny remark or story; a joke:
- functor
-
noun,
that which functions.
- amorino
-
noun,
a putto represented as an infant cupid.
- sternum
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a bone or series of bones extending along the middle line of the ventral portion of the body of most vertebrates, consisting in humans of a flat, narrow bone connected with the clavicles and the true ribs; breastbone.
- minaret
-
noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- amorist
-
noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- sustain
-
verb (used with object),
to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure.
- Fuertes
-
noun,
Louis Agassiz [ag-uh-see] /ˈæg ə si/ (Show IPA), 1874–1927, U.S. painter and naturalist.
- unseats
-
verb (used with object),
to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
- Amorite
-
noun,
a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. II Sam. 12:26–31.
- amoroso
-
noun,
a medium dry sherry of Spain.
- amorous
-
adjective,
inclined or disposed to love, especially sexual love:
- santirs
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- amosite
-
noun,
an asbestine variety of anthophyllite, rich in iron, formerly used as a heat-resistant material.
- amounts
-
noun,
the sum total of two or more quantities or sums; aggregate.
- santims
-
noun,
a former coin of Latvia, the 100th part of a lat.
- timeous
-
adjective,
timely; sufficiently early.
- Tournai
-
noun,
a city in W Belgium, on the Scheldt River.
- nasions
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- 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.
- cresses
-
noun,
any of various plants of the mustard family, especially the watercress, having pungent-tasting leaves often used for salad and as a garnish.
- ocreate
-
adjective,
having an ocrea or ocreae; sheathed.
- Crescas
-
noun,
Hasdai [khahs-dahy] /ˈxɑs daɪ/ (Show IPA), 1340–1412? Jewish philosopher and theologian, born in Spain.
- ceriman
-
noun,
a climbing, tropical American plant, Monstera deliciosa, of the arum family, characterized by cordlike, aerial roots and large, perforated leaves.
- crenate
-
adjective,
having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.
- Cremona
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, on the Po River.
- manures
-
noun,
excrement, especially of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer.
- Oceanus
-
noun,
a Titan who was the son of Uranus and Gaea, the consort of Tethys, and the father of the river gods and Oceanids.
- cerises
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- cremate
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite.
- recasts
-
noun,
a recasting.
- ceriums
-
noun,
a steel-gray, ductile metallic element of the rare-earth group found only in combination. Symbol: Ce; atomic weight: 140.12; atomic number: 58.
- cermets
-
noun,
a durable, heat-resistant alloy formed by compacting and sintering a metal and a ceramic substance, used under conditions of high temperature and stress.
- tsarism
-
noun,
czarism.
- recants
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- cresset
-
noun,
a metal cup or basket often mounted on a pole or suspended from above, containing oil, pitch, a rope steeped in rosin, etc., burned as a light or beacon.
- Oceanic
-
adjective,
of, living in, or produced by the ocean:
- creases
-
noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- crinose
-
adjective,
hairy.
- smectic
-
adjective,
noting a mesomorphic state in which the arrangement of the molecules is in layers or planes.
- Smeaton
-
noun,
John, 1724–92, English engineer.
- oarsmen
-
noun,
a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.
- ceramic
-
noun,
ceramic material.
- crissum
-
noun,
the region surrounding the cloacal opening beneath the tail of a bird.
- crinums
-
noun,
any of the tropical and subtropical bulbous plants constituting the genus Crinum, of the amaryllis family, usually having umbels of large, showy flowers.
- crimson
-
noun,
a crimson color, pigment, or dye.
- cereous
-
adjective,
waxlike.
- smarten
-
Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- situses
-
noun,
position; situation.
- recount
-
noun,
a second or additional count, as of votes in an election.
- cerates
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- cerato-
-
- cretins
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- recites
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- creates
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- creance
-
noun,
a light cord attached to the leg of a hawk to prevent escape during training.
- tsunami
-
noun,
an unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- courant
-
noun,
courante.
- sirocco
-
noun,
a hot, dry, dustladen wind blowing from northern Africa and affecting parts of southern Europe.
- ratoons
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- cesuras
-
noun,
caesura.
- trusses
-
noun,
Civil Engineering, Building Trades.
any of various structural frames based on the geometric rigidity of the triangle and composed of straight members subject only to longitudinal compression, tension, or both: functions as a beam or cantilever to support bridges, roofs, etc. Compare complete (def 8), incomplete (def 3), redundant (def 5c).
any of various structural frames constructed on principles other than the geometric rigidity of the triangle or deriving stability from other factors, as the rigidity of joints, the abutment of masonry, or the stiffness of beams.
- cetanes
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- cession
-
noun,
act of ceding, as by treaty.
- omicron
-
noun,
the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet (O, o).
- serosas
-
noun,
Embryology, Zoology.
the chorion.
a similar membrane in insects and other lower invertebrates.
- Coueism
-
noun,
a method of self-help stressing autosuggestion, popular especially in the U.S. c1920 and featuring the slogan “Day by day in every way I am getting better and better.”.
- ransoms
-
noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- Cotonou
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Benin.
- ominous
-
adjective,
portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious:
- coterie
-
noun,
a group of people who associate closely.
- courses
-
noun,
a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- serious
-
noun,
that which is of importance, grave, critical, or somber:
- sitcoms
-
noun,
situation comedy.
- reasons
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- cratons
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- oestrus
-
noun,
estrus.
- cerotic
-
adjective,
of or derived from cerotic acid.
- Crassus
-
noun,
Marcus Licinius [li-sin-ee-uh s] /lɪˈsɪn i əs/ (Show IPA), c115–53 b.c, Roman general: member of the first triumvirate.
- certain
-
Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- cranium
-
noun,
the skull of a vertebrate.
- cesiums
-
noun,
a rare, highly reactive, soft, metallic element of the alkali metal group, used chiefly in photoelectric cells. Symbol: Cs; atomic weight: 132.905; atomic number: 55; specific gravity: 1.9 at 20°C; melts at 28.5°C.
- craniom
-
- cranio-
-
- cerumen
-
noun,
earwax.
- sistrum
-
noun,
an ancient Egyptian percussion instrument consisting of a looped metal frame set in a handle and fitted with loose crossbars that rattle when shaken.
- Sisters
-
noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- serines
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- couters
-
noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- crocein
-
noun,
any of several acid azo dyes producing orange or scarlet colors.
- centums
-
noun,
one hundred.
- trounce
-
verb (used with object),
to beat severely; thrash.
- 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.
- curiosa
-
plural noun,
books, pamphlets, etc., dealing with unusual subjects.
- nonuser
-
noun,
a person who does not use or partake of something, as drugs or alcoholic beverages.
- refutes
-
verb (used with object),
to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge.
- curates
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- Noricum
-
noun,
an ancient Roman province in central Europe, roughly corresponding to the part of Austria south of the Danube.
- cunners
-
noun,
a small wrasse, Tautogolabrus adspersus, common in North Atlantic coastal waters of the U.S.
- seriema
-
noun,
either of two birds of the family Cariamidae, Cariama cristata, of southern Brazil, or Chunga burmeisteri, of Argentina, having long legs, an erectile crest, a short, broad bill, and limited ability to fly.
- nonsuit
-
noun,
a judgment given against a plaintiff who neglects to prosecute, or who fails to show a legal cause of action or to bring sufficient evidence.
- cements
-
noun,
any of various calcined mixtures of clay and limestone, usually mixed with water and sand, gravel, etc., to form concrete, that are used as a building material.
- Cenaeum
-
noun,
(in ancient geography) a NW promontory of Euboea.
- cuneate
-
adjective,
having or being in the shape of a wedge; wedge-shaped.
- torsion
-
noun,
the act of twisting.
- normans
-
noun,
a member of that branch of the Northmen or Scandinavians who in the 10th century conquered Normandy.
- refines
-
Verb phrases,
refine on/upon, to improve by inserting finer distinctions, superior elements, etc.:
- cenotes
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- curites
-
noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- seriate
-
adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- refects
-
verb (used with object),
to refresh, especially with food or drink.
- customs
-
noun,
a habitual practice; the usual way of acting in given circumstances.
- 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.
- noetics
-
noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- Socotra
-
noun,
an island in the Indian Ocean, S of Arabia: a part of the Republic of Yemen. 1382 sq. mi. (3579 sq. km).
- noisome
-
adjective,
offensive or disgusting, as an odor.
- catouse
-
noun,
New England. a noisy disturbance; commotion.
- nominee
-
noun,
a person nominated, as to run for elective office or fill a particular post.
- remains
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- reissue
-
noun,
something that is issued again, as a book or a motion picture.
- Socinus
-
noun,
Faustus [faw-stuh s] /ˈfɔ stəs/ (Show IPA), (Fausto Sozzini) 1539–1604, and his uncle, Laelius [lee-lee-uh s] /ˈli li əs/ (Show IPA) (Lelio Sozzini), 1525–62, Italian Protestant theologians and reformers.
- caustic
-
noun,
a caustic substance.
- noncoms
-
noun,
a noncommissioned officer.
- caution
-
noun,
alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness:
- Curtiss
-
noun,
Glenn Hammond, 1878–1930, U.S. inventor: pioneer in the field of aviation.
- soccers
-
noun,
a form of football played between two teams of 11 players, in which the ball may be advanced by kicking or by bouncing it off any part of the body but the arms and hands, except in the case of the goalkeepers, who may use their hands to catch, carry, throw, or stop the ball.
- curtain
-
noun,
a hanging piece of fabric used to shut out the light from a window, adorn a room, increase privacy, etc.
- cumarin
-
noun,
coumarin.
- censers
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- camises
-
noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- crosses
-
noun,
a structure consisting essentially of an upright and a transverse piece, used to execute persons in ancient times.
- crouton
-
noun,
a small piece of fried or toasted bread, sometimes seasoned, used as a garnish for soups, salads, and other dishes.
- centime
-
noun,
a monetary unit of various nations and territories, as Lichtenstein, Martinique, Senegal, Switzerland, and Tahiti, the 100th part of a franc.
- crotons
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical plants constituting the genus Croton, of the spurge family, several species of which, as C. tiglium, have important medicinal properties.
- Crotone
-
noun,
a city in S Italy; ancient Greek colony.
- centimo
-
noun,
the 100th part of the monetary units of various countries, as Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Paraguay, and Venezuela.
- centner
-
noun,
(in several European countries) a unit of weight of 50 kilograms, equivalent to 110.2 pounds avoirdupois.
- centres
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- snifter
-
noun,
Also called inhaler. a pear-shaped glass, narrowing at the top to intensify the aroma of brandy, liqueur, etc.
- centri-
-
- centric
-
adjective,
pertaining to or situated at the center; central.
- cronies
-
noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- nuncios
-
noun,
a diplomatic representative of the pope at a foreign court or capital: equal in status to an ambassador.
- centro-
-
- centrum
-
noun,
a center.
- nutrias
-
noun,
the coypu.
- nuances
-
noun,
a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc.
- cruises
-
noun,
the act of cruising.
- cuirass
-
noun,
Also called corselet. defensive armor for the torso comprising a breastplate and backplate, originally made of leather.
- notions
-
noun,
a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something:
- nostocs
-
noun,
any freshwater, blue-green alga of the genus Nostoc, often occurring in jellylike colonies in moist places.
- nostrum
-
noun,
a medicine sold with false or exaggerated claims and with no demonstrable value; quack medicine.
- cuestas
-
noun,
a long, low ridge with a relatively steep face or escarpment on one side and a long, gentle slope on the other.
- censors
-
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.
- censure
-
noun,
strong or vehement expression of disapproval:
- notices
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- refaces
-
verb (used with object),
to renew, restore, or repair the face or surface of (buildings, stone, etc.).
- centaur
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a race of monsters having the head, trunk, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse.
- toucans
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, fruit-eating birds of the family Ramphastidae, of tropical America, having a very large bill.
- touraco
-
noun,
any of several large, brightly colored birds of the family Musophagidae, of Africa, having a helmetlike crest.
- centare
-
noun,
centiare.
- Tourane
-
noun,
former name of Danang.
- tourism
-
noun,
the activity or practice of touring, especially for pleasure.
- nourice
-
noun,
a nurse.
- Sno-Cat
-
- Sirenum
-
noun,
Mare, Mare Sirenum.
- costume
-
noun,
a style of dress, including accessories and hairdos, especially that peculiar to a nation, region, group, or historical period.
- remises
-
verb (used with object),
to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.
- coerces
-
verb (used with object),
to compel by force, intimidation, or authority, especially without regard for individual desire or volition:
- coconut
-
noun,
the large, hard-shelled seed of the coconut palm, lined with a white edible meat, and containing a milky liquid.
- ousters
-
noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- Cocteau
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1889–1963, French author and painter.
- Siamese
-
noun,
a native of Siam.
- Ouranos
-
noun,
Uranus (def 2).
- osmatic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the sense of smell.
- osmious
-
adjective,
of or containing osmium in its lower valences.
- outcome
-
noun,
a final product or end result; consequence; issue.
- coesite
-
noun,
a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.
- connote
-
verb (used with object),
to signify or suggest (certain meanings, ideas, etc.) in addition to the explicit or primary meaning:
- Connors
-
noun,
James Scott (Jimmy) born 1952, U.S. tennis player.
- osmoses
-
noun,
osmosis.
- Siemens
-
noun,
Electricity. the standard unit of electrical conductance in the International System of Units (SI), equal to the reciprocal of the ohm and replacing the equivalent MKS unit (mho) Abbreviation: S.
- connect
-
adjective,
of or relating to a connection or connections:
- connate
-
adjective,
existing in a person or thing from birth or origin; inborn:
- cocomat
-
noun,
matting made of the fiber from the outer husk of the coconut.
- consent
-
noun,
permission, approval, or agreement; compliance; acquiescence:
- coniums
-
noun,
the poison hemlock, Conium maculatum.
- consume
-
verb (used with object),
to destroy or expend by use; use up.
- outsoar
-
verb (used with object),
to soar beyond.
- coarsen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become coarse.
- contemn
-
verb (used with object),
to treat or regard with disdain, scorn, or contempt.
- sfumato
-
noun,
the subtle and minute gradation of tone and color used to blur or veil the contours of a form in painting.
- coaster
-
noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- contain
-
verb (used with object),
to hold or include within its volume or area:
- coatees
-
noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- consist
-
noun,
Railroads.
the rolling stock, exclusive of the locomotive, making up a train.
a record made of this rolling stock.
- outrace
-
verb (used with object),
to race or run faster than:
- constr.
-
- conster
-
verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- outmans
-
verb (used with object),
to surpass in manpower.
- cocaine
-
noun,
a bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 21 NO 4 , obtained from coca leaves, used as a local anesthetic and also widely used as an illicit drug for its stimulant and euphorigenic properties.
- consort
-
noun,
a husband or wife; spouse, especially of a reigning monarch.
Compare prince consort, queen consort.
- outface
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to submit by or as if by staring down; face or stare down.
- osmosis
-
noun,
Physical Chemistry, Cell Biology.
the tendency of a fluid, usually water, to pass through a semipermeable membrane into a solution where the solvent concentration is higher, thus equalizing the concentrations of materials on either side of the membrane.
the diffusion of fluids through membranes or porous partitions. Compare endosmosis, exosmosis.
- tresses
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- sferics
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) electronic equipment for determining the position of storms by locating their accompanying atmospherics.
- concuss
-
verb (used with object),
to injure by concussion:
- comices
-
- Comines
-
noun,
Philippe de [fee-leep duh] /fiˈlip də/ (Show IPA), 1445?–1511? French historian and diplomat.
- confect
-
noun,
a preserved, candied, or other sweet confection.
- Ossetia
-
noun,
a region in Caucasia: divided between North Ossetia of the Russian Federation and the South Ossetian Autonomous Region of the Georgian Republic.
- Comorin
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the S tip of India, extending into the Indian Ocean.
- osteoma
-
noun,
a benign tumor composed of osseous tissue.
- Comtian
-
noun,
a follower of the philosophy of Auguste Comte.
- comfits
-
noun,
a candy containing a nut or piece of fruit.
- concurs
-
verb (used without object),
to accord in opinion; agree:
- conatus
-
noun,
an effort or striving.
- Ossetic
-
noun,
the Indo-European, Iranian language of the Ossets.
- conceit
-
noun,
an excessively favorable opinion of one's own ability, importance, wit, etc.
- concent
-
noun,
concord of sound, voices, etc.; harmony.
- concern
-
noun,
something that relates or pertains to a person; business; affair:
- concise
-
adjective,
expressing or covering much in few words; brief in form but comprehensive in scope; succinct; terse:
- Comfort
-
noun,
relief in affliction; consolation; solace:
- osseous
-
adjective,
composed of, containing, or resembling bone; bony.
- conifer
-
noun,
any of numerous, chiefly evergreen trees or shrubs of the class Coniferinae (or group Coniferales), including the pine, fir, spruce, and other cone-bearing trees and shrubs, and also the yews and their allies that bear drupelike seeds.
- comatic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or blurred as a result of a coma.
- sifters
-
noun,
a person or thing that sifts.
- siennas
-
noun,
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- confute
-
verb (used with object),
to prove to be false, invalid, or defective; disprove:
- confuse
-
verb (used with object),
to perplex or bewilder:
- siestas
-
noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- comates
-
noun,
a mate or companion.
- conform
-
verb (used without object),
to act in accordance or harmony; comply (usually followed by to):
- confers
-
verb (used with object),
to bestow upon as a gift, favor, honor, etc.:
- osseins
-
noun,
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- Comecon
-
noun,
an economic association of Communist countries, established in 1949, to facilitate trade and development.
- come-on
-
noun,
inducement; lure.
- confirm
-
verb (used with object),
to establish the truth, accuracy, validity, or genuineness of; corroborate; verify:
- ostosis
-
noun,
the formation of bone; ossification.
- confine
-
noun,
Usually, confines. a boundary or bound; limit; border; frontier.
- confess
-
verb (used with object),
to acknowledge or avow (a fault, crime, misdeed, weakness, etc.) by way of revelation.
- Oscines
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- contour
-
noun,
the outline of a figure or body; the edge or line that defines or bounds a shape or object.
- onanism
-
noun,
withdrawal of the penis in sexual intercourse so that ejaculation takes place outside the vagina; coitus interruptus.
- 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.
- sesames
-
noun,
a tropical, herbaceous plant, Sesamum indicum, whose small oval seeds are edible and yield an oil.
- triunes
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- session
-
noun,
the sitting together of a court, council, legislature, or the like, for conference or the transaction of business:
- sestina
-
noun,
a poem of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy, originally without rhyme, in which each stanza repeats the end words of the lines of the first stanza, but in different order, the envoy using the six words again, three in the middle of the lines and three at the end.
- Cortona
-
noun,
Pietro da [pye-traw dah] /ˈpyɛ trɔ dɑ/ (Show IPA), (Pietro Berrettini) 1596–1669, Italian painter and architect.
- circum-
-
- Ontario
-
noun,
a province in S Canada, bordering on the Great Lakes. 412,582 sq. mi. (1,068,585 sq. km). Capital: Toronto.
- sinuses
-
noun,
a curve; bend.
- racoons
-
noun,
raccoon.
- Corsica
-
noun,
an island in the Mediterranean, SE of and forming a department of France. 3367 sq. mi. (8720 sq. km). Capital: Ajaccio.
- corsets
-
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.
- sinuate
-
adjective,
bent in and out; winding; sinuous.
- sinters
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- trisome
-
noun,
a trisomic individual.
- coronet
-
noun,
a small crown.
- transf.
-
- raiment
-
noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- coronas
-
noun,
a white or colored circle or set of concentric circles of light seen around a luminous body, especially around the sun or moon.
- cossets
-
noun,
a lamb brought up without its dam; pet lamb.
- ramsons
-
noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- costers
-
noun,
costermonger.
- costars
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- Onassis
-
noun,
Aristotle Socrates, 1906–75, Greek businessman, born in Turkey.
- Costain
-
noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- one-man
-
adjective,
of or relating to, or operated, performed, or used by one person:
- oneness
-
noun,
the quality of being one; singleness.
- cinemas
-
noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- ciceros
-
noun,
a Continental unit of measurement for type, equal to 12 Didot points, or 0.178 inches (4.5 mm), roughly comparable to a pica.
- one-one
-
adjective,
one-to-one (def 1).
- Rameses
-
noun,
Ramses (def 1).
- Oneonta
-
noun,
a city in E central New York.
- onerous
-
adjective,
burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship:
- cosines
-
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.
- rainout
-
noun,
a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.
- ciscoes
-
noun,
any of several whitefishes of the genus Coregonus, of the Great Lakes and smaller lakes of eastern North America.
- racists
-
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.
- contra-
-
- trasses
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Orinoco
-
noun,
a river in N South America, flowing N from the border of Brazil, along the E border of Colombia, and NE through Venezuela to the Atlantic. 1600 miles (2575 km) long.
- racemes
-
noun,
a simple indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are borne on short pedicels lying along a common axis, as in the lily of the valley.
- coontie
-
noun,
either of two arrowroots, Zamia integrifolia or Z. floridana, of Florida, having a short trunk, pinnate leaves, and cones: Z. floridana is an endangered species.
- orisons
-
noun,
a prayer.
- cooncan
-
noun,
a variety of rummy for two players.
- raccoon
-
noun,
a nocturnal carnivore, Procyon lotor, having a masklike black stripe across the eyes, a sharp snout, and a bushy, ringed tail, native to North and Central America and introduced elsewhere for its valuable fur.
- racemic
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to any of various organic compounds in which racemism occurs.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- Orontes
-
noun,
a river in W Asia, flowing N from Lebanon through NW Syria and then SW past Antioch, Turkey, to the Mediterranean. 250 miles (405 km) long.
- Orosius
-
noun,
Paulus [paw-luh s] /ˈpɔ ləs/ (Show IPA), flourished 5th century a.d, Spanish theologian and historian.
- Cnossus
-
noun,
Knossos.
- contuse
-
verb (used with object),
to injure (tissue), especially without breaking the skin; bruise.
- trienes
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- contras
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- Oriente
-
noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- coranto
-
noun,
courante.
- cornuto
-
noun,
a cuckold.
- oration
-
noun,
a formal public speech, especially one delivered on a special occasion, as on an anniversary, at a funeral, or at academic exercises.
- cornute
-
adjective,
cornuted.
- trismus
-
noun,
a spasm of the jaw muscles that makes it difficult to open the mouth.
- cistern
-
noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- cornice
-
noun,
Architecture.
any prominent, continuous, horizontally projecting feature surmounting a wall or other construction, or dividing it horizontally for compositional purposes.
the uppermost member of a classical entablature, consisting of a bed molding, a corona, and a cymatium, with rows of dentils, modillions, etc., often placed between the bed molding and the corona.
- cornets
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- cistron
-
noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- corneas
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- sincere
-
adjective,
free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest:
- citrons
-
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.
- trioses
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- orceins
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- racisms
-
noun,
a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- orectic
-
adjective,
of or relating to desire; appetitive.
- transom
-
noun,
a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it.
- Orestes
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and the brother of Electra and Iphigenia: he avenged the murder of Agamemnon by killing Clytemenestra and her lover, Aegisthus, then was pursued by the Furies until saved by Athena.
- coremia
-
noun,
the fruiting bodies of certain fungi, consisting of a loosely bound bundle of conidiophores.
- cations
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- Croesus
-
noun,
died 546 b.c, king of Lydia 560–546: noted for his great wealth.
- remnant
-
noun,
a remaining, usually small part, quantity, number, or the like.
- encomia
-
noun,
a formal expression of high praise; eulogy:
- reseats
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- neuroma
-
noun,
a tumor formed of nerve tissue.
- enamors
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- carouse
-
noun,
carousal.
- carotin
-
noun,
carotene.
- enation
-
noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- encases
-
verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- reseaus
-
noun,
a network.
- tisanes
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- encinas
-
noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- carnous
-
adjective,
carnose.
- emotion
-
noun,
an affective state of consciousness in which joy, sorrow, fear, hate, or the like, is experienced, as distinguished from cognitive and volitional states of consciousness.
- somato-
-
- encores
-
noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- carnies
-
noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- carnets
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- encrust
-
verb (used with or without object),
incrust.
- resects
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- nestors
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- enfaces
-
verb (used with object),
to write, print, or stamp something on the face of (a note, draft, etc.).
- enforce
-
verb (used with object),
to put or keep in force; compel obedience to:
- resents
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- someone
-
pronoun,
some person; somebody.
- tocsins
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- rescues
-
noun,
the act of rescuing.
- enounce
-
verb (used with object),
to utter or pronounce, as words; enunciate.
- to-name
-
noun,
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
- Ninurta
-
noun,
a Sumerian and Babylonian hero god.
- casinos
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- softens
-
verb (used with object),
to make soft or softer.
- caserns
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- soirees
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- Nicetas
-
noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- tonemes
-
noun,
a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language:
- eftsoon
-
adverb,
soon afterward.
- rennets
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- caseous
-
adjective,
of or like cheese.
- Emerita
-
noun,
a woman with such status.
- neuston
-
noun,
the aggregate of minute aquatic organisms that float or swim in the surface film of a body of water.
- caseins
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- Emerson
-
noun,
Ralph Waldo [wawl-doh,, wol-] /ˈwɔl doʊ,, ˈwɒl-/ (Show IPA), 1803–82, U.S. essayist and poet.
- somatic
-
adjective,
of the body; bodily; physical.
- neutron
-
noun,
an elementary particle having no charge, mass slightly greater than that of a proton, and spin of ½: a constituent of the nuclei of all atoms except those of hydrogen. Symbol: n.
- neutro-
-
- emetics
-
noun,
an emetic medicine or agent.
- sereins
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- neuters
-
noun,
Grammar.
the neuter gender.
a noun of that gender.
another element marking that gender.
an intransitive verb.
- eminent
-
adjective,
high in station, rank, or repute; prominent; distinguished:
- emirate
-
noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- cartoon
-
noun,
a sketch or drawing, usually humorous, as in a newspaper or periodical, symbolizing, satirizing, or caricaturing some action, subject, or person of popular interest.
- Carmine
-
noun,
a crimson or purplish-red color.
- carious
-
adjective,
having caries, as teeth; decayed.
- ecotone
-
noun,
the transition zone between two different plant communities, as that between forest and prairie.
- reunite
-
verb (used with or without object),
to unite again, as after separation.
- tinners
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- nectars
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- Erasmus
-
noun,
Desiderius [des-i-deer-ee-uh s] /ˌdɛs ɪˈdɪər i əs/ (Show IPA), 1466?–1536, Dutch humanist, scholar, theologian, and writer.
- Erastus
-
noun,
Thomas [tom-uh s;; German toh-mahs] /ˈtɒm əs;; German ˈtoʊ mɑs/ (Show IPA), 1524–83, Swiss-German theologian.
- retinue
-
noun,
a body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage; suite.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- canines
-
noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- Ericson
-
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).
- Reunion
-
noun,
the act of uniting again.
- necrose
-
verb (used with or without object),
to affect or be affected with necrosis.
- eonisms
-
noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- neatens
-
verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- tinamou
-
noun,
any of several birds of the family Tinamidae, of South and Central America, related to the ratite birds but superficially resembling the gallinaceous birds.
- cancion
-
noun,
song.
- erosion
-
noun,
the act or state of eroding; state of being eroded.
- natrons
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- erotica
-
noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- erotics
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- turacos
-
noun,
touraco.
- natrium
-
noun,
(formerly) sodium.
- nasties
-
noun,
Informal. a nasty person or thing.
- Camoens
-
noun,
Luis Vaz de [loo-eesh vahzh duh] /luˈiʃ vɑʒ də/ (Show IPA), 1524?–80, Portuguese poet.
- sonants
-
noun,
a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant).
- sonance
-
noun,
the condition or quality of being sonant.
- enroots
-
verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- somites
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- enserfs
-
verb (used with object),
to make a serf of; place in bondage.
- resists
-
noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- careens
-
noun,
a careening.
- ensnare
-
verb (used with object),
to capture in, or involve as in, a snare:
- tunnies
-
noun,
tuna1 .
- neonate
-
noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- ensures
-
verb (used with object),
to secure or guarantee:
- entasis
-
noun,
a slight convexity given to a column or tower, as to correct an optical illusion.
- enteric
-
noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- entero-
-
- enteron
-
noun,
the alimentary canal; the digestive tract.
- entices
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- nematic
-
adjective,
noting a mesomorphic state in which the arrangement of the molecules is linear.
- Nemunas
-
noun,
Lithuanian name of Neman.
- entires
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- entomo-
-
- entrain
-
verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- canters
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- entries
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- resumes
-
noun,
résumé.
- canteen
-
noun,
a small container used especially by soldiers and hikers for carrying water or other liquids.
- Nemesis
-
noun,
something that a person cannot conquer, achieve, etc.:
- nemato-
-
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Cassino
-
noun,
casino (def 3).
- carnose
-
adjective,
of or relating to flesh; fleshy.
- easiest
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- tonners
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- remotes
-
noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- casters
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- tonsure
-
noun,
the act of cutting the hair or shaving the head.
- cassone
-
noun,
a large Italian chest of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, usually highly ornamented.
- tonuses
-
noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- castors
-
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.
- casuist
-
noun,
an oversubtle or disingenuous reasoner, especially in questions of morality.
- Cassius
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ecartes
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- nocturn
-
noun,
the office of matins, consisting of nine psalms and either three or nine lessons.
- tonneau
-
noun,
a rear part or compartment of an automobile body, containing seats for passengers.
- Tonnies
-
noun,
Ferdinand [fer-dee-nahnt] /ˈfɛr diˌnɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1855–1936, German sociologist.
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- Cassite
-
noun,
Kassite.
- easters
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- Eastern
-
adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- nitrous
-
adjective,
pertaining to compounds obtained from niter, usually containing less oxygen than the corresponding nitric compounds.
- eccrine
-
adjective,
of or relating to certain sweat glands, distributed over the entire body, that secrete a type of sweat important for regulating body heat (distinguished from apocrine).
- remount
-
noun,
a fresh horse or supply of fresh horses.
- Musset
-
noun,
(Louis Charles) Alfred de [lwee sharl al-fred duh] /lwi ʃarl alˈfrɛd də/ (Show IPA), 1810–57, French poet, dramatist, and novelist.
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- orison
-
noun,
a prayer.
- raceme
-
noun,
a simple indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are borne on short pedicels lying along a common axis, as in the lily of the valley.
- resume
-
noun,
résumé.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- musses
-
noun,
a state of disorder or untidiness.
- meatus
-
noun,
an opening or foramen, especially in a bone or bony structure, as the opening of the ear or nose.
- scoots
-
noun,
a swift, darting movement or course.
- scones
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- Somnus
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of sleep, a son of Night and brother of Death.
- Roseau
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Dominica.
- sconce
-
noun,
a bracket for candles or other lights, placed on a wall, mirror, picture frame, etc.
- rococo
-
noun,
a style of architecture and decoration, originating in France about 1720, evolved from Baroque types and distinguished by its elegant refinement in using different materials for a delicate overall effect and by its ornament of shellwork, foliage, etc.
- musics
-
noun,
an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- nonets
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- stours
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- strafe
-
noun,
a strafing attack.
- routes
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- mustee
-
noun,
the offspring of a white person and a quadroon; octoroon.
- McCrae
-
noun,
John, 1872–1918, Canadian physician, soldier, and poet.
- Sennar
-
noun,
a region in the E Sudan between the White and Blue Nile rivers, S of Khartoum: a former kingdom.
- matron
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- Seurat
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1859–91, French (pointillist) painter.
- mature
-
adjective,
complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms:
- setose
-
adjective,
covered with setae or bristles; bristly.
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- oscars
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- Simeon
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- Simons
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- noncom
-
noun,
a noncommissioned officer.
- Seneca
-
noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- Mauser
-
noun,
Peter Paul, 1838–1914, and his brother, Wilhelm, 1834–82, German inventors of firearms.
- roasts
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- Sestos
-
noun,
an ancient Thracian town on the Hellespont opposite Abydos: Xerxes crossed the Hellespont here when he began his invasion of Greece.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- setons
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- Straus
-
noun,
Isidor, 1845–1912, U.S. retail merchant and politician, born in Bavaria: congressman 1894–95 (brother of Nathan and Oscar Solomon Straus).
- nocti-
-
- McNair
-
noun,
Lesley James, 1883–1944, U.S. army officer.
- strass
-
noun,
a flint glass with a high lead content, used to imitate gemstones.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- meacon
-
verb (used with object),
to give false signals to (electronic navigational equipment), as by means of a radio transmitter.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- scores
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- meanie
-
noun,
Informal. meany.
- muster
-
noun,
an assembling of troops or persons for formal inspection or other purposes.
- racism
-
noun,
a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- nocent
-
adjective,
harmful; injurious.
- scions
-
noun,
a descendant.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- stores
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- scants
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- Semite
-
noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- racoon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- Mentes
-
noun,
(in the Odyssey) a captain of the Taphians. Athena assumed his form when she urged Telemachus to search for Odysseus.
- no-one
-
pronoun,
no person; not anyone; nobody:
- resist
-
noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- Moneta
-
noun,
Ernesto Teodoro [er-ne-staw te-aw-daw-raw] /ɛrˈnɛ stɔ ˌtɛ ɔˈdɔ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1833–1918, Italian journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- Menton
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean: winter resort.
- onuses
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- Mentor
-
noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- Nereus
-
noun,
a sea god, the son of Pontus and Gaea and father of the Nereids.
- menses
-
noun,
the periodic flow of blood and mucosal tissue from the uterus; menstrual flow.
- Stones
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- sofars
-
noun,
a system for determining a position at sea by exploding a charge under water and measuring the time the shock waves take to reach three widely separated shore stations at known distances from each other.
- Murcia
-
noun,
a city in SE Spain.
- Romaic
-
noun,
demotic (def 5).
- Mercia
-
noun,
an early English kingdom in central Britain.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- Nerine
-
noun,
any of several bulbous plants belonging to the genus Nerine, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having funnel-shaped red, pink, or white flowers.
- Nernst
-
noun,
Walther Herman [vahl-tuh r her-mahn] /ˈvɑl tər ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1941, German physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1920.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- muntin
-
noun,
Also called sash bar. a bar for holding the edges of window panes within a sash.
- sautes
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- resets
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- refute
-
verb (used with object),
to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge.
- Somers
-
- Monica
-
noun,
a female given name.
- scarce
-
Idioms,
make oneself scarce, Informal.
to depart, especially suddenly.
to stay away; avoid.
- mecate
-
noun,
Southwestern U.S. a rope made of horsehair or sometimes maguey.
- seines
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- somni-
-
- Scioto
-
noun,
a river in central Ohio, flowing S to the Ohio River. 237 miles (382 km) long.
- nonfat
-
adjective,
without fat or fat solids; having the fat solids removed, as skim milk:
- matri-
-
- meccas
-
noun,
Also, Makkah, Mekka. a city in and the capital of Hejaz, in W Saudi Arabia: birthplace of Muhammad; spiritual center of Islam.
- Meerut
-
noun,
a city in W Uttar Pradesh, in N India.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- storms
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- scents
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- semens
-
noun,
the viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa.
- somite
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- 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.
- Monnet
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1888–1979, French economist: originator of the European Common Market.
- Muscat
-
noun,
a variety of grape having a pronounced sweet aroma and flavor, used for making wine and raisins.
- menace
-
noun,
something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat:
- mensas
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- scenic
-
noun,
a photograph, graphic representation, etc., depicting natural scenery.
- serais
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Roscoe
-
noun,
a revolver or pistol.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- scenas
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- monies
-
noun,
a plural of money.
- murine
-
noun,
a murine rodent.
- scato-
-
- scarts
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- soccer
-
noun,
a form of football played between two teams of 11 players, in which the ball may be advanced by kicking or by bouncing it off any part of the body but the arms and hands, except in the case of the goalkeepers, who may use their hands to catch, carry, throw, or stop the ball.
- scarfs
-
noun,
a long, broad strip of wool, silk, lace, or other material worn about the neck, shoulders, or head, for ornament or protection against cold, drafts, etc.; muffler.
- scares
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- sinner
-
noun,
a person who sins; transgressor.
- scorns
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- seises
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- Sonoma
-
noun,
a town in W California: center of wine-producing region.
- rosins
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- remote
-
noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- Marius
-
noun,
Gaius, c155–86 b.c, Roman general and consul: opponent of Lucius Cornelius Sulla.
- narco-
-
- maroon
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) any of a group of blacks, descended from fugitive slaves of the 17th and 18th centuries, living in the West Indies and Guiana, especially in mountainous areas.
- sensum
-
noun,
sense datum (def 1).
- strife
-
noun,
vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism:
- ostium
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a small opening or orifice, as at the end of the oviduct.
- senses
-
noun,
any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body:
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- Nature
-
noun,
the material world, especially as surrounding humankind and existing independently of human activities.
- senors
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- Nautes
-
noun,
(in the Aeneid) an aged Trojan and advisor to Aeneas.
- sonars
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Marion
-
noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- noises
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- screen
-
noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- sifter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sifts.
- Sifnos
-
noun,
Siphnos.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- neaten
-
verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- otiose
-
adjective,
being at leisure; idle; indolent.
- mascon
-
noun,
a massive concentration of high-density material beneath the surface of the moon.
- remise
-
verb (used with object),
to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.
- Mascot
-
noun,
an animal, person, or thing adopted by a group as its representative symbol and supposed to bring good luck:
- siesta
-
noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- ossein
-
noun,
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- rimose
-
adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- masers
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- Marist
-
noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- Marino
-
noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- senufo
-
noun,
a member of a group of indigenous people of Ivory Coast, Mali, and Burkina Faso, known for their music and art.
- nation
-
noun,
a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own:
- nasion
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- Maoris
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- scurfs
-
noun,
the scales or small shreds of epidermis that are continually exfoliated from the skin.
- Struma
-
noun,
Pathology. goiter.
- sonnet
-
noun,
Prosody. a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being in the strict or Italian form divided into a major group of 8 lines (the octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet), and in a common English form into 3 quatrains followed by a couplet.
- Nasser
-
noun,
Gamal Abdel [guh-mahl ab-doo l,, juh-] /gəˈmɑl ˈæb dʊl,, dʒə-/ (Show IPA), 1918–70, Egyptian military and political leader: prime minister of Egypt 1954–56; president of Egypt 1956–58; president of the United Arab Republic 1958–70.
- Marcie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marcia.
- remiss
-
adjective,
negligent, careless, or slow in performing one's duty, business, etc.:
- 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.
- Marcos
-
noun,
Ferdinand E(dralin) [ed-ruh-lin] /ˈɛd rə lɪn/ (Show IPA), 1917–1989, Philippine political leader: president 1965–86.
- Marcus
-
noun,
Saint. Also, Mark. died a.d. 336, pope 336.
- Ossian
-
noun,
a legendary hero and poet and son of Finn, who is supposed to have lived during the 3rd century a.d., represented in Gaelic poems and in imitations of them written by James Macpherson in the 18th century.
- nasute
-
noun,
a soldier termite characterized by a beaklike snout through which a sticky secretion repellent to other insects is emitted.
- sonics
-
noun,
the branch of science that deals with the practical applications of sound.
- osteo-
-
- screes
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- stroma
-
noun,
Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- sensor
-
noun,
a mechanical device sensitive to light, temperature, radiation level, or the like, that transmits a signal to a measuring or control instrument.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- rictus
-
noun,
the gape of the mouth of a bird.
- noesis
-
noun,
(in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
- scrums
-
noun,
a Rugby play in which, typically, three members of each team line up opposite one another with a group of two and a group of three players behind them, making an eight-person, three-two-three formation on each side; the ball is then rolled between the opposing front lines, the players of which stand with arms around a teammate's waist, meeting the opponent shoulder to shoulder, and attempt to kick the ball backward to a teammate.
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- natron
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- scrims
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- scries
-
verb (used without object),
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- Maseru
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Lesotho, in the NW part.
- Nantes
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
- matins
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- rosets
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- 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.
- Scotus
-
noun,
John Duns, Duns Scotus, John.
- sonant
-
noun,
a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant).
- retems
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- osiers
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- outman
-
verb (used with object),
to surpass in manpower.
- moonie
-
noun,
a member or follower of the Unification Church.
- Monroe
-
noun,
Harriet, 1861?–1936, U.S. editor and poet.
- sennit
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- Neisse
-
noun,
a river in N Europe, flowing N from the NW Czech Republic along part of the boundary between Germany and Poland to the Oder River. 145 miles (233 km) long.
- nemat-
-
- outran
-
verb,
simple past tense of outrun.
- scoto-
-
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- Sonora
-
noun,
a state in NW Mexico. 70,484 sq. mi. (182,555 sq. km). Capital: Hermosillo.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- Mastic
-
noun,
Also called mastic tree, lentisk. a small Mediterranean tree, Pistacia lentiscus, of the cashew family, that is the source of an aromatic resin used in making varnish and adhesives.
- nonces
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- masto-
-
- sennet
-
noun,
any of several small barracudas, as Sphyraena borealis (northern sennet) ranging along the eastern coast of North and Central America.
- Sooner
-
noun,
a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
- simars
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- seracs
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- rousts
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- nooses
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- sennas
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- massif
-
noun,
a compact portion of a mountain range, containing one or more summits.
- rouses
-
noun,
a rousing.
- necro-
-
- retuse
-
adjective,
having an obtuse or rounded apex with a shallow notch, as leaves.
- Osorno
-
noun,
a city in S Chile.
- reuses
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- socmen
-
noun,
sokeman.
- socman
-
noun,
sokeman.
- sienna
-
noun,
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- scream
-
noun,
a loud, sharp, piercing cry:
- seisms
-
noun,
an earthquake.
- scrams
-
noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- seamen
-
noun,
a person skilled in seamanship.
- rinses
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- ounces
-
noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- socio-
-
- osmose
-
noun,
osmosis.
- stress
-
noun,
importance attached to a thing:
Synonyms: significance, meaning, emphasis, consequence; weight, value, worth.
- masses
-
noun,
a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size:
- Nomura
-
noun,
Kichisaburo [kee-chee-sah-boo-raw] /ˈki tʃiˈsɑ buˈrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1877–1964, Japanese diplomat.
- scouts
-
noun,
a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- remans
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- osmics
-
noun,
the science dealing with the sense of smell.
- nanism
-
noun,
the condition of being unusually or abnormally small in size or stature; dwarfism.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- 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.
- nances
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- steams
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- ouster
-
noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- Scouse
-
noun,
a baked dish or stew made usually with meat and hardtack.
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- scours
-
noun,
the act of scouring.
- rouens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- Munsee
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people, one of the Delaware group.
- Onions
-
noun,
Charles Talbut [tawl-buh t,, tal-] /ˈtɔl bət,, ˈtæl-/ (Show IPA), 1873–1965, English lexicographer and philologist.
- Merino
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- roncos
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- Samson
-
noun,
a judge of Israel famous for his great strength. Judges 13–16.
- stanes
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Remsen
-
noun,
Ira, 1846–1927, U.S. chemist and educator.
- motors
-
noun,
a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- romeos
-
noun,
the romantic lover of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
- occas.
-
- run-on
-
noun,
run-on matter.
- miscue
-
noun,
Sports. a failure to execute a play, stroke, or maneuver properly; an error.
- somat-
-
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- steers
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Samsun
-
noun,
a city in N Turkey, in Asia.
- motion
-
noun,
the action or process of moving or of changing place or position; movement.
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- ronion
-
noun,
ronyon.
- smarts
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- Nicene
-
adjective,
of or relating to Nicaea.
- smears
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- refect
-
verb (used with object),
to refresh, especially with food or drink.
- saints
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Miseno
-
noun,
a cape in SW Italy, on the N shore of the Bay of Naples: ruins of ancient Misenum, a Roman naval station and resort.
- snorts
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- misers
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- Ronnie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- recti-
-
- saices
-
noun,
syce.
- occurs
-
verb (used without object),
to happen; take place; come to pass:
- Rennie
-
noun,
John, 1761–1821, Scottish engineer.
- snores
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- mounts
-
noun,
the act or a manner of mounting.
- Norton
-
noun,
Charles Eliot, 1827–1908, U.S. scholar.
- mousse
-
noun,
Cookery.
a sweetened dessert with whipped cream as a base, often stabilized with gelatin and chilled in a mold:
an aspic, unsweetened and containing meat, vegetables, or fish:
- mouses
-
noun,
any of numerous small Old World rodents of the family Muridae, especially of the genus Mus, introduced widely in other parts of the world.
- sanies
-
noun,
a thin, often greenish, serous fluid that is discharged from ulcers, wounds, etc.
- sterns
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- Moreen
-
noun,
a heavy fabric of wool, or wool and cotton, with a ribbed face and a moiré finish, used for curtains, petticoats, etc.
- minuet
-
noun,
a slow, stately dance in triple meter, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- mouser
-
noun,
an animal that catches mice:
- Romans
-
noun,
an Epistle of the New Testament, written by Paul to the Christian community in Rome. Abbreviation: Rom.
- Nostoc
-
noun,
any freshwater, blue-green alga of the genus Nostoc, often occurring in jellylike colonies in moist places.
- mourns
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or express sorrow or grief over (misfortune, loss, or anything regretted); deplore.
- minute
-
noun,
the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- 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.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- steres
-
- neuter
-
noun,
Grammar.
the neuter gender.
a noun of that gender.
another element marking that gender.
an intransitive verb.
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- recess
-
noun,
temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity.
- moires
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- run-in
-
noun,
a quarrel; argument.
- Recife
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Pernambuco province, in NE Brazil.
- Moesia
-
noun,
an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.
- Moerae
-
plural noun,
the Fates.
- morion
-
noun,
an open helmet of the 16th and early 17th centuries, worn by common soldiers and usually having a flat or turned-down brim and a crest from front to back.
- smites
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- Mouton
-
noun,
sheepskin that has been processed to resemble another fur, especially seal or beaver.
- Ruston
-
noun,
a city in N Louisiana.
- morons
-
noun,
Informal. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment:
- Moroni
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of the Comoros.
- series
-
noun,
a group or a number of related or similar things, events, etc., arranged or occurring in temporal, spatial, or other order or succession; sequence.
- rutins
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- steno-
-
- Nueces
-
noun,
a river in S Texas, flowing SE to Corpus Christi Bay, on the Gulf of Mexico. 338 miles (545 km) long.
- rooses
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- nuance
-
noun,
a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc.
- reests
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- miters
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- sneers
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- Snefru
-
noun,
flourished c2920 b.c, Egyptian ruler of the 4th dynasty.
- roosts
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- steins
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- rustic
-
noun,
a country person.
- notion
-
noun,
a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something:
- renins
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- snoose
-
noun,
finely powdered tobacco; snuff.
- Russo-
-
- stares
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- snoots
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- Nissan
-
noun,
Nisan.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- reface
-
verb (used with object),
to renew, restore, or repair the face or surface of (buildings, stone, etc.).
- Russia
-
noun,
Also called Russian Empire. Russian Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Capital: St. Petersburg (1703–1917).
- Noumea
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of New Caledonia, on the SW coast.
- Nistru
-
noun,
Romanian name of Dniester.
- stenos
-
noun,
a stenographer.
- morose
-
adjective,
gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
- seccos
-
noun,
fresco secco.
- sacrum
-
noun,
a bone resulting from the fusion of two or more vertebrae between the lumbar and the coccygeal regions, in humans being composed usually of five fused vertebrae and forming the posterior wall of the pelvis.
- rectos
-
- mosses
-
noun,
any tiny, leafy-stemmed, flowerless plant of the class Musci, reproducing by spores and growing in tufts, sods, or mats on moist ground, tree trunks, rocks, etc.
- rectum
-
noun,
the comparatively straight, terminal section of the intestine, ending in the anus.
- Niemen
-
noun,
a river in the W Soviet Union in Europe, flowing into the Baltic: called Memel in its lower course. 565 miles (910 km) long.
- misrun
-
noun,
an incomplete casting, the metal of which has solidified prematurely.
- secern
-
verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- nutria
-
noun,
the coypu.
- MOSFET
-
noun,
Electronics. metal oxide semiconducter field-effect transistor.
- nurses
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- Mosaic
-
noun,
a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc.
- misses
-
noun,
a failure to hit something.
- Morton
-
noun,
Jelly Roll (Ferdinand Morton) 1885–1941, U.S. jazz pianist, composer, and band leader.
- nuncio
-
noun,
a diplomatic representative of the pope at a foreign court or capital: equal in status to an ambassador.
- snares
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- sacro-
-
- misuse
-
noun,
wrong or improper use; misapplication.
- numis.
-
- numina
-
noun,
plural of numen.
- missus
-
noun,
missis.
- Russes
-
noun,
a Russian.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- rennet
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- Mister
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- rectus
-
noun,
any of several straight muscles, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye, etc.
- roomie
-
noun,
roommate.
- recuse
-
verb (used with object),
to reject or challenge (a judge or juror) as disqualified to act, especially because of interest or bias.
- serifs
-
noun,
a smaller line used to finish off a main stroke of a letter, as at the top and bottom of M.
- softie
-
noun,
softy.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- Rennes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Ille-et-Vilaine, in NW France: former capital of Brittany; scene of trial of Alfred Dreyfus, 1899.
- octroi
-
noun,
(formerly especially in France and Italy) a local tax levied on certain articles, such as foodstuffs, on their entry into a city.
- Oeneus
-
noun,
a king of Calydon believed to have been the first man to cultivate grapes.
- Munroe
-
noun,
Charles Edward, 1849–1938, U.S. chemist.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- mucosa
-
noun,
mucous membrane.
- messan
-
noun,
a lap dog; small pet dog.
- Noreen
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish diminutive of Nora.
- Ramses
-
noun,
the name of several kings of ancient Egypt.
- refuse
-
noun,
something that is discarded as worthless or useless; rubbish; trash; garbage.
- ramson
-
noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- sasses
-
noun,
stewed fruit; fruit sauce.
- Season
-
noun,
one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- messes
-
noun,
a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition:
- sasins
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- mucors
-
noun,
any phycomycetous fungus of the genus Mucor, that forms a furry coating on foodstuffs and dead and decaying vegetable matter.
- Saseno
-
noun,
an island off the W coast of Albania, at the entrance to Valona Bay: belongs to Albania. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
- soften
-
verb (used with object),
to make soft or softer.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- messin
-
noun,
messan.
- serous
-
adjective,
resembling serum; of a watery nature.
- mucins
-
noun,
any of a class of glycoproteins found in saliva, gastric juice, etc., that form viscous solutions and act as lubricants or protectants on external and internal surfaces of the body.
- Ransom
-
noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- sirens
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- 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.
- source
-
noun,
any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin:
- remits
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- souses
-
noun,
an act of sousing.
- sarsen
-
noun,
any of numerous large sandstone blocks or fragments found in south-central England, probably remnants of eroded Tertiary beds.
- Sarnen
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Obwalden, in central Switzerland, E of Bern.
- sarees
-
noun,
sari.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- sirees
-
noun,
sirree.
- sarco-
-
- Nessie
-
noun,
Loch Ness monster.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- munite
-
verb (used with object),
to fortify.
- sesame
-
noun,
a tropical, herbaceous plant, Sesamum indicum, whose small oval seeds are edible and yield an oil.
- russet
-
noun,
yellowish brown, light brown, or reddish brown.
- Siouan
-
noun,
an American Indian language family formerly widespread from Saskatchewan to the lower Mississippi, also found in the Virginia and Carolina piedmont, and including Catawba, Crow, Dakota, Hidatsa, Mandan, Osage, and Winnebago.
- seance
-
noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- Muncie
-
noun,
a city in E Indiana.
- soucar
-
noun,
a Hindu banker.
- raises
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- sauces
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- merous
-
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- muftis
-
noun,
civilian clothes, in contrast with military or other uniforms, or as worn by a person who usually wears a uniform.
- nesses
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- Mersin
-
noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- mesons
-
noun,
Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- saucer
-
noun,
a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.
- ramose
-
adjective,
having many branches.
- Soares
-
noun,
Mário [mah-ryoo] /ˈmɑ ryʊ/ (Show IPA), born 1924, Portuguese statesman: prime minister 1976–78, 1983–85; president 1986–96.
- softas
-
noun,
a Turkish Muslim theological student.
- Nessus
-
noun,
a centaur who, on attempting to seduce Deianira, the wife of Hercules, was shot by Hercules with a poisoned arrow. Before Nessus died, he gave to Deianira the poisoned tunic that ultimately caused Hercules' death.
- Monera
-
noun,
a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and have a nutritional mode of absorption, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.
- Merton
-
noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- Saturn
-
noun,
an ancient Roman god of agriculture, the consort of Ops, believed to have ruled the earth during an age of happiness and virtue, identified with the Greek god Cronus.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- satins
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- ramous
-
adjective,
ramose.
- Monaco
-
noun,
a principality on the Mediterranean coast, bordering SE France. ½ sq. mi. (1.3 sq. km).
- souter
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- Renton
-
noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- refine
-
Verb phrases,
refine on/upon, to improve by inserting finer distinctions, superior elements, etc.:
- Sanusi
-
noun,
a member of an Islamic brotherhood established among the anticolonial Bedouins of North Africa.
- neuro-
-
- Santos
-
noun,
a seaport in S Brazil: world's largest coffee-exporting port.
- MSCons
-
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- reseau
-
noun,
a network.
- secure
-
adjective,
free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- stains
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- stamen
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- neuron
-
noun,
Cell Biology. a specialized, impulse-conducting cell that is the functional unit of the nervous system, consisting of the cell body and its processes, the axon and dendrites.
- sitars
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- micros
-
noun,
anything extremely small in scope or capability.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- minces
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- miners
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- sitcom
-
noun,
situation comedy.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- Sansom
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Samson.
- nitons
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- Moreau
-
noun,
Gustave [gys-tav] /güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1826–98, French painter.
- sansei
-
noun,
a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. or Canada.
- Minoan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of ancient Crete.
- rescue
-
noun,
the act of rescuing.
- Oenone
-
noun,
a nymph of Mount Ida who was the wife of Paris, but was deserted by him for Helen.
- Sister
-
noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- stacc.
-
- serosa
-
noun,
Embryology, Zoology.
the chorion.
a similar membrane in insects and other lower invertebrates.
- metros
-
noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- meteor
-
noun,
Astronomy.
a meteoroid that has entered the earth's atmosphere.
a transient fiery streak in the sky produced by a meteoroid passing through the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or bolide.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- meters
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- metier
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- rumens
-
noun,
the first stomach of ruminating animals, lying next to the reticulum.
- stasis
-
noun,
the state of equilibrium or inactivity caused by opposing equal forces.
- resect
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- netman
-
noun,
a tennis player.
- me-too
-
adjective,
Slang. characterized by or involving me-tooism:
- metric
-
noun,
Often, metrics. a standard for measuring or evaluating something, especially one that uses figures or statistics:
- ratoon
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- metro-
-
- nitro-
-
- refits
-
noun,
an act of refitting.
- stomas
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- stoics
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- netmen
-
noun,
a tennis player.
- sermon
-
noun,
a discourse for the purpose of religious instruction or exhortation, especially one based on a text of Scripture and delivered by a member of the clergy as part of a religious service.
- omenta
-
noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- neumes
-
noun,
any of various symbols representing from one to four notes, used in the musical notation of the Middle Ages but now employed solely in the notation of Gregorian chant in the liturgical books of the Roman Catholic Church.
- Norman
-
noun,
a member of that branch of the Northmen or Scandinavians who in the 10th century conquered Normandy.
- morass
-
noun,
a tract of low, soft, wet ground.
- serins
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- stimes
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- Sisera
-
noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- micro-
-
- micron
-
noun,
Also called micrometer. the millionth part of a meter. Symbol: μ, mu.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- Cuenca
-
noun,
a city in SW Ecuador.
- manure
-
noun,
excrement, especially of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- Cronus
-
noun,
a Titan, son of Uranus and Gaea, who was dethroned by his son Zeus.
- Cronin
-
noun,
A(rchibald) J(oseph) 1896–1981, Scottish novelist and physician in the U.S.
- CRONIC
-
noun,
very potent marijuana.
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- crofts
-
noun,
a small farm, especially one worked by a tenant.
- Crocus
-
noun,
any of the small, bulbous plants of the genus Crocus, of the iris family, cultivated for their showy, solitary flowers, which are among the first to bloom in the spring.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- Crinum
-
noun,
any of the tropical and subtropical bulbous plants constituting the genus Crinum, of the amaryllis family, usually having umbels of large, showy flowers.
- Crimea
-
noun,
the, a peninsula in SE Ukraine, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
- Creuse
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2165 sq. mi. (5605 sq. km). Capital: Guéret.
- Creusa
-
noun,
the bride to be of Jason, slain by Medea.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- crests
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- cross-
-
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- cremes
-
noun,
cream.
- create
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- crease
-
noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- creams
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- crasis
-
noun,
composition; constitution; makeup.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- crafts
-
noun,
an art, trade, or occupation requiring special skill, especially manual skill:
- couter
-
noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- Cousin
-
noun,
Also called first cousin, full cousin. the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt.
See also second cousin, removed (def 2).
- courts
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- manuf.
-
- Crosse
-
noun,
a long-handled racket used in the game of lacrosse.
- counts
-
noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- torsos
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- Curtin
-
noun,
John, 1885–1945, Australian statesman: prime minister 1941–45.
- curses
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- torose
-
adjective,
Botany. cylindrical, with swellings or constrictions at intervals; knobbed.
- curite
-
noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- curios
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- curets
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- curate
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- torses
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- cunner
-
noun,
a small wrasse, Tautogolabrus adspersus, common in North Atlantic coastal waters of the U.S.
- cumins
-
noun,
a small plant, Cuminum cyminum, of the parsley family, bearing aromatic, seedlike fruit, used in cookery and medicine.
- cumene
-
noun,
a colorless and toxic liquid, C 9 H 12 , soluble in alcohol: used as a solvent and in the production of phenol and acetone.
- cuisse
-
noun,
a piece of armor or padding for protecting the thigh.
- cuesta
-
noun,
a long, low ridge with a relatively steep face or escarpment on one side and a long, gentle slope on the other.
- Rustin
-
noun,
Bayard [bey-erd] /ˈbeɪ ərd/ (Show IPA), 1910–1987, U.S. civil rights leader.
- Croton
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical plants constituting the genus Croton, of the spurge family, several species of which, as C. tiglium, have important medicinal properties.
- cueist
-
noun,
a billiard player.
- tosses
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- toucan
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, fruit-eating birds of the family Ramphastidae, of tropical America, having a very large bill.
- cteno-
-
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- Crusoe
-
noun,
Robinson, Robinson Crusoe.
- cruise
-
noun,
the act of cruising.
- cruets
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- Crucis
-
noun,
genitive of Crux.
- cruces
-
noun,
a plural of crux.
- touses
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- croute
-
noun,
crust.
- Crouse
-
noun,
Russel, 1893–1966, U.S. dramatist.
- course
-
noun,
a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- cusecs
-
noun,
a unit of flow of one cubic foot per second.
- COMSAT
-
noun,
(often lowercase) a communications satellite.
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- Conroe
-
noun,
a town in E Texas.
- Connor
-
noun,
Ralph (Charles William Gordon) 1860–1937, Canadian novelist and clergyman.
- Connie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Constance.
- Conium
-
noun,
the poison hemlock, Conium maculatum.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- conics
-
noun,
the branch of geometry that deals with conic sections.
- confit
-
noun,
duck or goose cooked in its own fat and preserved.
- confer
-
verb (used with object),
to bestow upon as a gift, favor, honor, etc.:
- concur
-
verb (used without object),
to accord in opinion; agree:
- Conant
-
noun,
James Bryant, 1893–1978, U.S. chemist and educator: president of Harvard University 1933–53.
- comtes
-
noun,
count2 .
- comose
-
adjective,
hairy; comate.
- contos
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- comfit
-
noun,
a candy containing a nut or piece of fruit.
- comers
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- comate
-
noun,
a mate or companion.
- tremie
-
noun,
a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.
- coitus
-
noun,
sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- coerce
-
verb (used with object),
to compel by force, intimidation, or authority, especially without regard for individual desire or volition:
- coeno-
-
- cocoon
-
noun,
the silky envelope spun by the larvae of many insects, as silkworms, serving as a covering while they are in the pupal stage.
- cocoas
-
noun,
a powder made from roasted, husked, and ground seeds of the cacao, Theobroma cacao, from which much of the fat has been removed.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- 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.
- contin
-
- contr.
-
- costo-
-
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- trans.
-
- cossie
-
noun,
a bathing suit; bathers.
- cosset
-
noun,
a lamb brought up without its dam; pet lamb.
- COSMOS
-
noun,
the world or universe regarded as an orderly, harmonious system.
- cosmo-
-
- COSMIC
-
adjective,
of or relating to the cosmos:
- 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.
- Cosimo
-
noun,
Piero di [pee-air-oh di;; Italian pye-raw dee] /piˈɛər oʊ dɪ;; Italian ˈpyɛ rɔ di/ (Show IPA), Piero di Cosimo.
- cosies
-
noun,
a padded covering for a teapot, chocolate pot, etc., to retain the heat.
- cosets
-
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.
- cosecs
-
noun,
cosecant.
- Coruna
-
noun,
La Coruña.
- conure
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed New World parrots, especially of the genus Aratinga, certain species of which are kept as pets.
- 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.
- corses
-
noun,
corpse.
- corona
-
noun,
a white or colored circle or set of concentric circles of light seen around a luminous body, especially around the sun or moon.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- corium
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. dermis.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- Corfam
-
- cootie
-
noun,
a louse, especially one affecting humans, as the body louse, head louse, or pubic louse.
- Cooter
-
noun,
Chiefly Southern U.S. any of several large aquatic turtles of the southern U.S. and northern Mexico.
- cooner
-
noun,
coon dog.
- cooees
-
noun,
a prolonged, shrill, clear call or cry used as a signal by Australian Aborigines and adopted by the settlers in the country.
- Curtis
-
noun,
Benjamin Robbins, 1809–74, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1851–57; resigned in dissent over Dred Scott case.
- cusses
-
noun,
curse word; oath.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Tereus
-
noun,
a Thracian prince, the husband of Procne, who raped his sister-in-law Philomela and was changed into a hoopoe as a punishment.
- faerie
-
noun,
the imaginary land of the fairies; fairyland.
- faeces
-
noun,
feces.
- factum
-
noun,
a statement of the facts in a controversy or legal case.
- Factor
-
noun,
one of the elements contributing to a particular result or situation:
- facsim
-
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- facies
-
noun,
general appearance, as of an animal or vegetable group.
- facets
-
noun,
one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
- facete
-
adjective,
facetious.
- facers
-
noun,
a person or thing that faces.
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- Eunice
-
noun,
a city in S central Louisiana.
- famine
-
noun,
extreme and general scarcity of food, as in a country or a large geographical area.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Tessie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Tessin
-
noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- estrus
-
noun,
Also, estrum [es-truh m] /ˈɛs trəm/ (Show IPA), oestrus. the period of heat or rut; the period of maximum sexual receptivity of the female.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- estocs
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- esters
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- essoin
-
noun,
(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- Timaru
-
noun,
a seaport on the E coast of South Island, in S New Zealand.
- Esenin
-
noun,
Sergey Aleksandrovich [Russian syir-gyey uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Yesenin, Sergey Aleksandrovich.
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- escent
-
- faints
-
noun,
the impure spirit produced in the first and last stages of the distillation of whiskey.
- famous
-
adjective,
having a widespread reputation, usually of a favorable nature; renowned; celebrated:
Synonyms: famed, notable, illustrious.
Antonyms: unknown, obscure.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- faucet
-
noun,
any device for controlling the flow of liquid from a pipe or the like by opening or closing an orifice; tap; cock.
- Fenian
-
noun,
a member of an Irish revolutionary organization founded in New York in 1858, which worked for the establishment of an independent Irish republic.
- fences
-
noun,
a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
- fencer
-
noun,
a person who practices the art of fencing with a sword, foil, etc.
- femto-
-
- tenace
-
noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- tenaim
-
noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- feists
-
noun,
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a small mongrel dog, especially one that is ill-tempered; cur; mutt.
- feints
-
noun,
a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack:
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- feasts
-
noun,
any rich or abundant meal:
- Tenner
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- tennis
-
noun,
a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with rackets, in which a ball is driven back and forth over a low net that divides the court in half.
- tenons
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- fauces
-
noun,
Anatomy. the cavity at the back of the mouth, leading into the pharynx.
- tenure
-
noun,
the holding or possessing of anything:
- fatsos
-
noun,
a fat person (used as a term of address).
- tenrec
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- fasten
-
verb (used with object),
to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.
- fasces
-
noun,
a bundle of rods containing an ax with the blade projecting, borne before Roman magistrates as an emblem of official power.
- tensas
-
noun,
a river in NE Louisiana, flowing S to the Ouachita River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- tenses
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- tenson
-
noun,
a Provençal poem taking the form of a dialogue or debate between two rival troubadours.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- fantom
-
noun,
an apparition or specter.
- fanons
-
noun,
a maniple.
- Fannie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Frances.
- fanion
-
noun,
a small flag, originally carried by military brigades, used by soldiers and surveyors as a positional marker.
- tenuis
-
noun,
an unaspirated, voiceless plosive.
- Escaut
-
noun,
French name of Scheldt.
- eructs
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- Custer
-
noun,
George Armstrong [ahrm-strawng,, -strong] /ˈɑrm strɔŋ,, -strɒŋ/ (Show IPA), 1839–76, U.S. general and Indian fighter.
- ecrase
-
adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- encase
-
verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- tissue
-
noun,
Biology. an aggregate of similar cells and cell products forming a definite kind of structural material with a specific function, in a multicellular organism.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- enamor
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- tmesis
-
noun,
the interpolation of one or more words between the parts of a compound word, as be thou ware for beware.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- emotes
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- emetic
-
noun,
an emetic medicine or agent.
- emesis
-
noun,
vomitus.
- toneme
-
noun,
a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language:
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Ecorse
-
noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- encore
-
noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- tonner
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- ecesis
-
noun,
the establishment of an immigrant plant in a new environment.
- ecarte
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- tonnes
-
noun,
metric ton.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- easies
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- cut-in
-
noun,
Movies. a still, as of a scene or an object, inserted in a film and interrupting the action or continuity:
- Torino
-
noun,
Turin.
- custos
-
noun,
(italics) Latin. a custodian.
- custom
-
noun,
a habitual practice; the usual way of acting in given circumstances.
- Encina
-
noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- Timour
-
noun,
Tamerlane.
- eonian
-
adjective,
aeonian.
- eroto-
-
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- Ermine
-
noun,
an Old World weasel, Mustela erminea, having in its winter color phase a white coat with black at the tip of the tail.
Compare stoat.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- tinman
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- 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.
- tinmen
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- tinner
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- erases
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- eosins
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- eonism
-
noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- enures
-
verb (used with or without object),
inure.
- Enesco
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1955, Romanian violinist, composer, and conductor: teacher of Yehudi Menuhin.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- entice
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- enter-
-
- ensure
-
verb (used with object),
to secure or guarantee:
- ensues
-
verb (used without object),
to follow in order; come afterward, especially in immediate succession:
- enserf
-
verb (used with object),
to make a serf of; place in bondage.
- enroot
-
verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- enosis
-
noun,
a movement for securing the political union of Greece and Cyprus.
- ennuis
-
noun,
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
- Ennius
-
noun,
Quintus [kwin-tuh s] /ˈkwɪn təs/ (Show IPA), 239–169? b.c, Roman poet.
- enface
-
verb (used with object),
to write, print, or stamp something on the face of (a note, draft, etc.).
- coatee
-
noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- coasts
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- fenmen
-
noun,
a dweller in the Fens of England.
- Aomori
-
noun,
a seaport on N Honshu, in N Japan.
- unites
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- unmans
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive of courage or fortitude; break down the manly spirit of:
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- unmeet
-
adjective,
not meet; not fitting, suitable, or proper; not becoming or seemly.
- arises
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- arioso
-
noun,
an arioso composition or section.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Arctic
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the region lying north of the Arctic Circle or of the northernmost limit of tree growth; the polar area north of the timber line.
- unmoor
-
verb (used with object),
to loose (a vessel) from moorings or anchorage.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- anuses
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- arouse
-
verb (used with object),
to stir to action or strong response; excite:
- unrent
-
adjective,
not rent; not torn, disturbed, pained, or the like:
- antrum
-
noun,
a cavity in a body organ, especially a bone.
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Antons
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- unrest
-
noun,
lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
- unroof
-
verb (used with object),
to take off the roof or covering of.
- anomie
-
noun,
a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.
- anoint
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- unroot
-
verb (used with object),
to uproot.
- aniso-
-
- anises
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- animus
-
noun,
strong dislike or enmity; hostile attitude; animosity.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- arsen-
-
- anenst
-
preposition,
anent (def 2).
- assoc.
-
- Atreus
-
noun,
the father of Plisthenes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia upon whose house Thyestes pronounced a curse.
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- atomic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resulting from, or using atoms, atomic energy, or atomic bombs:
- UNESCO
-
noun,
an agency of the United Nations charged with instituting and administering programs for cooperative, coordinated action by member states in education, science, and the arts.
- unfact
-
noun,
a fabrication that is disseminated as fact.
- astron
-
- astro-
-
- unfair
-
adjective,
not fair; not conforming to approved standards, as of justice, honesty, or ethics:
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- assure
-
verb (used with object),
to declare earnestly to; inform or tell positively; state with confidence to:
- assume
-
verb (used with object),
to take for granted or without proof:
Synonyms: suppose, presuppose; postulate, posit.
- assort
-
verb (used with object),
to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
- Assiut
-
noun,
Asyut.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- assist
-
noun,
Sports.
Baseball. a play that helps to put out a batter or base runner.
Basketball, Ice Hockey. a play that helps a teammate in gaining a goal.
the official credit scored for such plays.
- assess
-
verb (used with object),
to estimate officially the value of (property, income, etc.) as a basis for taxation.
- assert
-
Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- assent
-
noun,
agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
- unfits
-
adjective,
not fit; not adapted or suited; unsuitable:
- Uniate
-
noun,
a member of an Eastern church that is in union with the Roman Catholic Church, acknowledges the Roman pope as supreme in matters of faith, but maintains its own liturgy, discipline, and rite.
- UNICEF
-
noun,
United Nations Children's Fund: an agency, created by the United Nations General Assembly in 1946, concerned with improving the health and nutrition of children and mothers throughout the world; Nobel Peace Prize 1965.
- ascots
-
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.
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- unison
-
noun,
coincidence in pitch of two or more musical tones, voices, etc.
- arsons
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- anemo-
-
- auntie
-
noun,
Informal. aunt.
- acinus
-
noun,
Botany. one of the small drupelets or berries of an aggregate, baccate fruit, as the blackberry.
- usance
-
noun,
Commerce. a length of time, exclusive of days of grace and varying in different places, allowed by custom or usage for the payment of foreign bills of exchange.
- aecium
-
noun,
the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
- acutes
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- acumen
-
noun,
keen insight; shrewdness:
- usenet
-
noun,
Computers. an extensive system of newsgroups: a branch of the Internet.
- Actium
-
noun,
a promontory in NW ancient Greece: Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian and Agrippa in a naval battle near here in 31 b.c.
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- actin-
-
- across
-
adverb,
from one side to another.
- acmite
-
noun,
a rare pyroxene mineral, sodium-ferric iron silicate, NaFe(Si 2 O 6), found in feldspathoid rocks.
- acious
-
- acetum
-
noun,
a preparation having vinegar or dilute acetic acid as the solvent.
- ursine
-
adjective,
of or relating to a bear or bears.
- aceto-
-
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- acetic
-
adjective,
pertaining to, derived from, or producing vinegar or acetic acid.
- aceous
-
- accuse
-
verb (used with object),
to charge with the fault, offense, or crime (usually followed by of):
- accrue
-
verb (used without object),
to happen or result as a natural growth, addition, etc.
- accost
-
noun,
a greeting.
- Accius
-
noun,
Lucius, c170–c90 b.c, Roman poet and prose writer.
- access
-
noun,
the ability, right, or permission to approach, enter, speak with, or use; admittance:
- accent
-
noun,
prominence of a syllable in terms of differential loudness, or of pitch, or length, or of a combination of these.
- usneas
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- utero-
-
- Uticas
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- aeron.
-
- urino-
-
- anemic
-
adjective,
Pathology. suffering from anemia.
- urano-
-
- unseam
-
verb (used with object),
to open the seam or seams of; undo; rip apart:
- unseat
-
verb (used with object),
to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
- unseen
-
adjective,
not seen; unperceived; unobserved; invisible.
- amours
-
noun,
a love affair.
- amount
-
noun,
the sum total of two or more quantities or sums; aggregate.
- amnios
-
- amnion
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the innermost of the embryonic or fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended.
- amino-
-
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- uranic
-
adjective,
of or containing uranium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- amicus
-
noun,
a philanthropist.
- amices
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- amerce
-
verb (used with object),
to punish by imposing a fine not fixed by statute.
- urines
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- ameers
-
noun,
emir.
- urases
-
noun,
urease.
- urates
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- urease
-
noun,
an enzyme that changes urea into ammonium carbonate, occurring in bacteria, fungi, etc.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- uremia
-
noun,
a condition resulting from the retention in the blood of constituents normally excreted in the urine.
- uremic
-
adjective,
pertaining to uremia.
- uretic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or occurring in the urine.
- afters
-
- AFSCME
-
- afrits
-
noun,
afreet.
- afreet
-
noun,
a powerful evil demon or monster.
- atrium
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- aurist
-
noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- Centre
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- cerous
-
adjective,
containing trivalent cerium.
- CERMET
-
noun,
a durable, heat-resistant alloy formed by compacting and sintering a metal and a ceramic substance, used under conditions of high temperature and stress.
- cerium
-
noun,
a steel-gray, ductile metallic element of the rare-earth group found only in combination. Symbol: Ce; atomic weight: 140.12; atomic number: 58.
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- 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.
- Cereus
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Cereus, of the cactus family, having large, usually white, funnel-shaped flowers.
- cercus
-
noun,
one of a pair of appendages at the rear of the abdomen of certain insects and other arthropods, serving as tactile organs.
- Cercis
-
noun,
any shrub or small tree of the genus Cercis, as the redbud or Judas tree.
- cerate
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- cerat-
-
- centum
-
noun,
one hundred.
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- ceruse
-
noun,
a pigment composed of white lead.
- centr-
-
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- centi-
-
- Center
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- census
-
noun,
an official enumeration of the population, with details as to age, sex, occupation, etc.
- 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.
- censes
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- censer
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- cenote
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- tsuris
-
noun,
trouble; woe.
- Tucson
-
noun,
a city in S Arizona: health resort.
- cement
-
noun,
any of various calcined mixtures of clay and limestone, usually mixed with water and sand, gravel, etc., to form concrete, that are used as a building material.
- certif
-
- Cesena
-
noun,
a city in E central Italy.
- Tumaco
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Colombia.
- cinema
-
noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- coacts
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do or act together.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- cnemis
-
noun,
the tibia or shin.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Citrus
-
noun,
any small tree or spiny shrub of the genus Citrus, of the rue family, including the lemon, lime, orange, tangerine, grapefruit, citron, kumquat, and shaddock, widely cultivated for fruit or grown as an ornamental.
- 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.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- Cissus
-
noun,
any of numerous tropical and subtropical vines of the genus Cissus, including the grape ivy and the kangaroo vine.
- ciscos
-
noun,
any of several whitefishes of the genus Coregonus, of the Great Lakes and smaller lakes of eastern North America.
- circus
-
noun,
a large public entertainment, typically presented in one or more very large tents or in an outdoor or indoor arena, featuring exhibitions of pageantry, feats of skill and daring, performing animals, etc., interspersed throughout with the slapstick antics of clowns.
Compare big top.
- Triune
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- C-in-C
-
- cesium
-
noun,
a rare, highly reactive, soft, metallic element of the alkali metal group, used chiefly in photoelectric cells. Symbol: Cs; atomic weight: 132.905; atomic number: 55; specific gravity: 1.9 at 20°C; melts at 28.5°C.
- Tromso
-
noun,
a seaport in N Norway.
- Cicero
-
noun,
a Continental unit of measurement for type, equal to 12 Didot points, or 0.178 inches (4.5 mm), roughly comparable to a pica.
- 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.
- 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.
- truces
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- Cetura
-
noun,
Keturah.
- truism
-
noun,
a self-evident, obvious truth.
- Truman
-
noun,
Elizabeth Virginia Wallace ("Bess") 1885–1982, U.S. First Lady 1945–53 (wife of Harry S Truman).
- cetane
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- cesura
-
noun,
caesura.
- cestus
-
noun,
a girdle or belt, especially as worn by women of ancient Greece.
- cestas
-
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.
- cesses
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- ceases
-
noun,
cessation:
- tumors
-
noun,
a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- Aussie
-
noun,
an Australian.
- cameos
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- cansos
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- cannot
-
verb,
a form of ·can not.
- Cannes
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean Sea: resort; annual film festival.
- canner
-
noun,
a person who cans meat, fruit, etc., for preservation.
- canine
-
noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- turaco
-
noun,
touraco.
- Cancun
-
noun,
an island off NE Quintana Roo territory, on the Yucatán Peninsula, in SE Mexico: beach resort.
- Cancer
-
noun,
Pathology.
a malignant and invasive growth or tumor, especially one originating in epithelium, tending to recur after excision and to metastasize to other sites.
any disease characterized by such growths.
- turco-
-
- camote
-
noun,
batata.
- camise
-
noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- camion
-
noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- tureen
-
noun,
a large, deep, covered dish for serving soup, stew, or other foods.
- Canton
-
noun,
a small territorial district, especially one of the states of the Swiss confederation.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- caecum
-
noun,
cecum.
- Cactus
-
noun,
any of numerous succulent plants of the family Cactaceae, of warm, arid regions of the New World, having fleshy, leafless, usually spiny stems, and typically having solitary, showy flowers.
- turion
-
noun,
a small shoot, as of asparagus or certain aquatic plants, from which a new plant can develop.
- Tuscan
-
noun,
the standard literary form of the Italian language.
- tussis
-
noun,
a cough.
- unarms
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive or relieve of arms; disarm.
- uncase
-
verb (used with object),
to remove from a case; remove the case from.
- autism
-
noun,
Psychiatry. a pervasive developmental disorder of children, characterized by impaired communication, excessive rigidity, and emotional detachment: now considered one of the autism spectrum disorders.
- austr-
-
- Austin
-
noun,
Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
- Auster
-
noun,
the south wind personified.
- Austen
-
noun,
Jane, 1775–1817, English novelist.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- 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.
- causes
-
noun,
a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect:
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- 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.
- 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.
- castes
-
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.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- CASSIS
-
noun,
crème de cassis.
- Cassie
-
noun,
huisache.
- tuners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- Caruso
-
noun,
Enrico [en-ree-koh;; Italian en-ree-kaw] /ɛnˈri koʊ;; Italian ɛnˈri kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1921, Italian operatic tenor.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Tunica
-
noun,
a tunic.
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- carses
-
noun,
bottom land.
- caroms
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- 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.
- Carmen
-
noun,
Ciudad del Carmen.
- 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.
- caress
-
noun,
an act or gesture expressing affection, as an embrace or kiss, especially a light stroking or touching.
- careen
-
noun,
a careening.
- Canute
-
noun,
a.d. 994?–1035, Danish king of England 1017–35; of Denmark 1018–35; and of Norway 1028–35.
- cantus
-
noun,
cantus firmus.
- fenman
-
noun,
a dweller in the Fens of England.
- croons
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- fennec
-
noun,
a small, pale yellowish-brown fox, Fennecus zerda, of northern Africa, having large, pointed ears.
- intra-
-
- foetus
-
noun,
fetus.
- Sumner
-
noun,
Charles, 1811–74, U.S. statesman.
- Sumter
-
noun,
a city in central South Carolina.
- sunnas
-
noun,
the traditional portion of Muslim law, based on the words and acts of Muhammad, and preserved in the traditional literature.
- ionone
-
noun,
a light-yellow to colorless, slightly water-soluble liquid that is either one or a mixture of two unsaturated ketones having the formula C 13 H 20 O, used chiefly in perfumery.
- foison
-
noun,
abundance; plenty.
- inurns
-
verb (used with object),
to put into an urn, especially ashes after cremation.
- foists
-
noun,
Chinese Buddhism.
- foment
-
verb (used with object),
to instigate or foster (discord, rebellion, etc.); promote the growth or development of:
- inures
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- inturn
-
noun,
an inward turn or curve around an axis or fixed point.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- intron
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- fumets
-
noun,
a stock made by simmering fish, chicken, game, etc., in water, wine, or in both, often boiled down to concentrate the flavor and used as a flavoring.
- intone
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- foemen
-
noun,
an enemy in war.
- Taoism
-
noun,
the philosophical system evolved by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu, advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to attain a happy existence in harmony with the Tao.
- inseam
-
noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- Forest
-
noun,
a large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush; woodland.
- 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.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- insets
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- forams
-
noun,
foraminifer.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- instr.
-
- footie
-
noun,
footsie.
- insure
-
verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- footer
-
noun,
British Informal.
Rugby (def 3).
soccer.
- inter.
-
- intern
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- foetor
-
noun,
fetor.
- foeman
-
noun,
an enemy in war.
- Inness
-
noun,
George, 1825–94, and his son George, 1854–1926, U.S. painters.
- succor
-
noun,
help; relief; aid; assistance.
- issues
-
noun,
the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution:
- finest
-
noun,
the police:
- fincas
-
noun,
a ranch or large farm in a Spanish-speaking country, especially a plantation in tropical Spanish America.
- fiesta
-
noun,
any festival or festive celebration.
- fierce
-
adjective,
menacingly wild, savage, or hostile:
- sucres
-
noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- ficoes
-
noun,
fig1 (def 4).
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- Maceio
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Alagoas, in E Brazil.
- teases
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- fiasco
-
noun,
a complete and ignominious failure.
- macers
-
noun,
macebearer.
- macons
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- Sufism
-
noun,
the ascetic and mystical system of the Sufis.
- isomer
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- tarso-
-
- firsts
-
noun,
the person or thing that is first in time, order, rank, etc.
- sumacs
-
noun,
any of several shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Rhus of the cashew family, having milky sap, compound leaves, and small, fleshy fruit.
- Tarsus
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the bones of the proximal segment of the foot; the bones between the tibia and the metatarsus, contributing to the construction of the ankle joint.
- suitor
-
noun,
a man who courts or woos a woman.
- tasses
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- Tassie
-
noun,
tass.
- 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.
- suites
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- Finsen
-
noun,
Niels Ryberg [neels ry-ber] /nils ˈrü bɛr/ (Show IPA), 1860–1904, Danish physician: Nobel Prize 1903.
- Firman
-
noun,
an edict or administrative order issued by or in the name of a Middle Eastern sovereign (formerly by an Ottoman Turkish sultan).
- tauro-
-
- Suisse
-
noun,
French name of Switzerland.
- suints
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- Ismene
-
noun,
a daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta who did not join Antigone in her forbidden burial of their brother Polynices.
- teamer
-
noun,
a teamster.
- insane
-
adjective,
not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- forint
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and the monetary unit of Hungary, equal to 100 fillér. Abbreviation: F., Ft.
- macro-
-
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- fusses
-
noun,
an excessive display of anxious attention or activity; needless or useless bustle:
- fustic
-
noun,
the wood of a large, tropical American tree, Chlorophora tinctoria, of the mulberry family, yielding a light-yellow dye.
- futons
-
noun,
a thin mattress, usually filled with layers of cotton batting and encased in cotton fabric, placed on a floor for sleeping, especially in traditional Japanese interiors, and folded and stored during the day.
- Fresno
-
noun,
a city in central California.
- fresco
-
noun,
Also called buon fresco, true fresco. the art or technique of painting on a moist, plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture.
Compare fresco secco.
- frenum
-
noun,
a fold of membrane that checks or restrains the motion of a part, as the fold on the underside of the tongue.
- freest
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- Frisco
-
noun,
San Francisco.
- iatro-
-
- Icarus
-
noun,
Also, Ikaros. Classical Mythology. a youth who attempted to escape from Crete with wings of wax and feathers but flew so high that his wings melted from the heat of the sun, and he plunged to his death in the sea.
- iceman
-
noun,
a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.
- icemen
-
noun,
a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.
- icono-
-
- francs
-
noun,
an aluminum or nickel coin and monetary unit of France, Belgium, and Luxembourg until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimes. Abbreviation: F., f., Fr, fr.
- susans
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- fusion
-
noun,
the act or process of fusing; the state of being fused.
- France
-
noun,
Anatole [a-na-tawl] /a naˈtɔl/ (Show IPA), (Jacques Anatole Thibault) 1844–1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel Prize 1921.
- fronts
-
noun,
the foremost part or surface of anything.
- frusta
-
noun,
the part of a conical solid left after cutting off a top portion with a plane parallel to the base.
- susses
-
verb (used with object),
Chiefly British Slang. to investigate or figure out (usually followed by out).
- sutras
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- frosts
-
noun,
a degree or state of coldness sufficient to cause the freezing of water.
- funest
-
adjective,
boding or causing evil or death; fatal; disastrous.
- scutes
-
noun,
a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- furans
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated, five-membered heterocyclic compound, C 4 H 4 O, obtained from furfural: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- fusees
-
noun,
a wooden friction match having a large head, formerly used when a larger than normal flame was needed.
- Furiae
-
plural noun,
fury (def 3).
- Furies
-
noun,
unrestrained or violent anger, rage, passion, or the like:
- furnit
-
- fusain
-
noun,
a fine charcoal used in drawing, made from the wood of the spindle tree.
- Susian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Susa or Susiana.
- frises
-
noun,
a rug or upholstery fabric having the pile in uncut loops or in a combination of cut and uncut loops.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- frames
-
noun,
a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.
- Forman
-
noun,
Milos [mee-lawsh] /ˈmi lɔʃ/ (Show IPA), (Jan Tomas Forman) born 1932, U.S. film director, born in the former Czechoslovakia.
- formes
-
noun,
form (def 30).
- infers
-
verb (used with object),
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
- Fortas
-
noun,
Abe, 1910–1982, U.S. lawyer, government official, and jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1965–69.
- infest
-
verb (used with object),
to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner, especially as predatory animals or vermin do:
- formic
-
adjective,
of or relating to ants.
- sunset
-
noun,
the setting or descent of the sun below the horizon in the evening.
- inform
-
adjective,
without form; formless.
- infra-
-
- fortis
-
noun,
a fortis consonant.
- infuse
-
verb (used with object),
to introduce, as if by pouring; cause to penetrate; instill (usually followed by into):
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- inmost
-
adjective,
situated farthest within:
- formee
-
adjective,
paty.
- innate
-
adjective,
existing in one from birth; inborn; native:
- format
-
noun,
the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves.
Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
- fortes
-
noun,
a person's strong suit, or most highly developed characteristic, talent, or skill; something that one excels in:
Synonyms: talent, skill, excellence, strength, strong point, specialty, proficiency; knack, bent.
- infect
-
adjective,
Archaic. infected.
- inanes
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- income
-
noun,
the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
- fraise
-
noun,
Fortification. a defense consisting of pointed stakes projecting from the ramparts in a horizontal or an inclined position.
- Tanner
-
noun,
a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.
- suntan
-
noun,
a browning or a brown color of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or a sunlamp; tan.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- fouter
-
noun,
something that has no value (used in expressions of contempt):
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- tannic
-
adjective,
Chemistry. of, relating to, or derived from tan or tannin.
- infare
-
noun,
a party or reception for a newly married couple.
- incurs
-
verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- incuse
-
noun,
an incuse figure or impression.
- infant
-
noun,
a child during the earliest period of its life, especially before he or she can walk; baby.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- Foster
-
noun,
Stephen (Collins) 1826–64, U.S. songwriter.
- fossor
-
noun,
(in the early Christian church) a minor clergyman employed as a gravedigger.
- fiance
-
noun,
a man engaged to be married. Synonyms: future groom, future husband, future spouse, betrothed.
- intro.
-
- macron
-
noun,
a horizontal line used as a diacritic over a vowel to indicate that it has a long sound or other specified pronunciation, as (ā) in fate (fāt).
- Mannie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Emanuel.
- MAeroE
-
- fetors
-
noun,
a strong, offensive smell; stench.
- mantis
-
noun,
any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- mantic
-
adjective,
of or relating to divination.
- manses
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- maftir
-
noun,
the concluding section of the portion of the Torah chanted or read in a Jewish service on the Sabbath and festivals.
- stumer
-
noun,
something bogus or fraudulent.
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- strums
-
noun,
the act of strumming.
- ferias
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
- Mannes
-
noun,
Leopold Damrosch, 1899–1964, U.S. composer and chemist.
- Temuco
-
noun,
a city in S Chile.
- manner
-
noun,
a way of doing, being done, or happening; mode of action, occurrence, etc.:
- fester
-
noun,
an ulcer; a rankling sore.
- ferine
-
adjective,
feral1 .
- Fermat
-
noun,
Pierre de [pyer duh] /pyɛr də/ (Show IPA), 1601–65, French mathematician.
- manioc
-
noun,
cassava.
- fesses
-
noun,
an ordinary in the form of a broad horizontal band across the middle of an escutcheon.
- fermis
-
noun,
a unit of length, 10− 15 m, used in measuring nuclear distances. Symbol: F.
- ferous
-
- stucco
-
noun,
an exterior finish for masonry or frame walls, usually composed of cement, sand, and hydrated lime mixed with water and laid on wet.
- fescue
-
noun,
Also called fescue grass. any grass of the genus Festuca, some species of which are cultivated for pasture or lawns.
- fiacre
-
noun,
a small horse-drawn carriage.
- maists
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- cocoa
-
noun,
a powder made from roasted, husked, and ground seeds of the cacao, Theobroma cacao, from which much of the fat has been removed.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- 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.
- tumor
-
noun,
a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- 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.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- cause
-
noun,
a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect:
- caus.
-
- Scot.
-
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- incor
-
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- Tunas
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- acmes
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- incr.
-
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- Meroe
-
noun,
a ruined city in Sudan, on the Nile, NE of Khartoum: a capital of ancient Ethiopia that was destroyed a.d. c350.
- mero-
-
- 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.
- Seres
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- Remus
-
noun,
Roman Legend. See under Romulus (def 1).
- incur
-
verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- reni-
-
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- acro-
-
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, 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.
- incus
-
noun,
Anatomy. the middle one of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals.
Compare malleus, stapes.
- meson
-
noun,
Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- ictus
-
noun,
Prosody. rhythmical or metrical stress.
- 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: ¢.
- ounce
-
noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- coifs
-
noun,
a hood-shaped cap, usually of white cloth and with extended sides, worn beneath a veil, as by nuns.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- serif
-
noun,
a smaller line used to finish off a main stroke of a letter, as at the top and bottom of M.
- reefs
-
noun,
a ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water.
- suras
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- cent.
-
- Suomi
-
noun,
Finnish name of Finland.
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- mesic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
- Seric
-
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- reifs
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- cecum
-
noun,
a cul-de-sac, especially that in which the large intestine begins.
- tufas
-
noun,
Also called calcareous tufa, calc-tufa, calc-tuff. a porous limestone formed from calcium carbonate deposited by springs or the like.
Compare travertine.
- mesas
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- SCOTS
-
noun,
Also called Scottish. the English language as spoken in Scotland.
Compare Scots Gaelic.
- Otomi
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of south-central Mexico.
- Cenci
-
noun,
Beatrice [be-ah-tree-che] /ˌbɛ ɑˈtri tʃɛ/ (Show IPA), 1577–1599, Italian parricide whose life is the subject of various novels and poems.
- refit
-
noun,
an act of refitting.
- mesne
-
adjective,
intermediate or intervening.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- meso-
-
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- cases
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- mense
-
noun,
propriety; discretion.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- actos
-
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- 30-30
-
- infos
-
noun,
information.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Otaru
-
noun,
a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- USECC
-
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- acute
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Cant.
-
- fumes
-
noun,
Often, fumes. any smokelike or vaporous exhalation from matter or substances, especially of an odorous or harmful nature:
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- seams
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- retem
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- Canon
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical rule or law enacted by a council or other competent authority and, in the Roman Catholic Church, approved by the pope.
- 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.
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- Carme
-
noun,
a small natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
- meres
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- tunes
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- tunic
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a coat worn as part of a military or other uniform.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- scoot
-
noun,
a swift, darting movement or course.
- 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.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Merci
-
interjection,
thank you.
- Merca
-
noun,
a city in S Somalia.
- 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.
- 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.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- TUNIS
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- COMAS
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- manic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affected by mania.
- carom
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- infer
-
verb (used with object),
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
- fumet
-
noun,
a stock made by simmering fish, chicken, game, etc., in water, wine, or in both, often boiled down to concentrate the flavor and used as a flavoring.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- Ceram
-
noun,
an island of the Moluccas in Indonesia, W of New Guinea. 7191 sq. mi. (18,625 sq. km).
- scour
-
noun,
the act of scouring.
- Utica
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- stoas
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- cists
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- Fusan
-
noun,
Pusan.
- Cisco
-
noun,
any of several whitefishes of the genus Coregonus, of the Great Lakes and smaller lakes of eastern North America.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- stoma
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- circs
-
noun,
circular (def 9).
- Circe
-
noun,
Also, Kirke. Also called Aeaea. Classical Mythology. the enchantress represented by Homer as turning the companions of Odysseus into swine by means of a magic drink.
- CIRCA
-
preposition, adverb,
about: (used especially in) approximate dates:
Abbreviation: ca, ca., c., c, cir., circ.
- rafts
-
noun,
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- stome
-
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- cine-
-
- fusee
-
noun,
a wooden friction match having a large head, formerly used when a larger than normal flame was needed.
- 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).
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- serum
-
noun,
the clear, pale-yellow liquid that separates from the clot in the coagulation of blood; blood serum.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Cimon
-
noun,
507–499 b.c, Athenian military leader, naval commander, and statesman (son of Miltiades).
- Cocos
-
noun,
coconut palm.
- Ramee
-
noun,
Louise de la ("Ouida") 1839–1908, English novelist.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- Meuse
-
noun,
Dutch Maas. a river in W Europe, flowing from NE France through E Belgium and S Netherlands into the North Sea. 575 miles (925 km) long.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- Ramon
-
noun,
any of several tropical American trees belonging to the genus Brosimum, of the mulberry family, the leaves of which are used as forage, especially B. alicastrum, which bears the breadnut.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- scurf
-
noun,
the scales or small shreds of epidermis that are continually exfoliated from the skin.
- outen
-
verb (used with object),
to turn off (a light) or extinguish (a fire).
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- cocas
-
noun,
a shrub, Erythroxylon coca, native to the Andes, having simple, alternate leaves and small yellowish flowers.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- 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.
- Manue
-
noun,
Manoah.
- Susie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- furan
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated, five-membered heterocyclic compound, C 4 H 4 O, obtained from furfural: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- scums
-
noun,
a film or layer of foul or extraneous matter that forms on the surface of a liquid.
- micra
-
noun,
a plural of micron.
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- scuts
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Miass
-
noun,
a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia, near the Ural Mountains, W of Chelyabinsk.
- seti-
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- scrim
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- USSCt
-
- Coamo
-
noun,
a city in S central Puerto Rico.
- ousts
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- scrum
-
noun,
a Rugby play in which, typically, three members of each team line up opposite one another with a group of two and a group of three players behind them, making an eight-person, three-two-three formation on each side; the ball is then rolled between the opposing front lines, the players of which stand with arms around a teammate's waist, meeting the opponent shoulder to shoulder, and attempt to kick the ball backward to a teammate.
- coact
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do or act together.
- COCOM
-
noun,
a nontreaty organization of the NATO nations except Iceland, and with the addition of Japan, that sets rules on exports of strategic goods to Communist countries: formed in 1949.
- Seuss
-
noun,
Dr, Geisel, Theodor Seuss.
- micas
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- 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.
- rect.
-
- meta-
-
- manor
-
noun,
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- 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.
- Susan
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- meter
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- reams
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- surfs
-
noun,
the swell of the sea that breaks upon a shore or upon shoals.
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- Sices
-
noun,
syce.
- cert.
-
- Reaum
-
- acet-
-
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- cero-
-
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Manon
-
noun,
an opera (1884) by Jules Massenet.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- icons
-
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- marcs
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- recce
-
noun,
(especially in British military use) reconnaissance:
- Recit
-
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- 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.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- ceric
-
adjective,
containing cerium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- IATSE
-
- Usnea
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- metes
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- strum
-
noun,
the act of strumming.
- acct.
-
- 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.
- ramus
-
noun,
a branch, as of a plant, vein, bone, etc.
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- 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.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- truce
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- metr-
-
- Ceuta
-
noun,
a seaport and enclave of Spain in N Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Cetus
-
noun,
the Whale, a constellation lying above the equator, containing the variable star Mira.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Manus
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the distal segment of the forelimb of a vertebrate, including the carpus and the forefoot or hand.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- scuta
-
noun,
plural of scutum.
- SCRAM
-
noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- accus
-
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- metic
-
noun,
an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.
- sero-
-
- accum
-
- truss
-
noun,
Civil Engineering, Building Trades.
any of various structural frames based on the geometric rigidity of the triangle and composed of straight members subject only to longitudinal compression, tension, or both: functions as a beam or cantilever to support bridges, roofs, etc. Compare complete (def 8), incomplete (def 3), redundant (def 5c).
any of various structural frames constructed on principles other than the geometric rigidity of the triangle or deriving stability from other factors, as the rigidity of joints, the abutment of masonry, or the stiffness of beams.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- futon
-
noun,
a thin mattress, usually filled with layers of cotton batting and encased in cotton fabric, placed on a floor for sleeping, especially in traditional Japanese interiors, and folded and stored during the day.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- 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.
- Scout
-
noun,
a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- arcus
-
noun,
a dense, horizontal, roll-shaped cloud sometimes occurring at the lower front portion of a cumulonimbus.
- areo-
-
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Russ.
-
abbreviation,
Russia.
- runts
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- 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.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- masts
-
noun,
Nautical.
a spar or structure rising above the hull and upper portions of a ship or boat to hold sails, spars, rigging, booms, signals, etc., at some point on the fore-and-aft line, as a foremast or mainmast.
any of a number of individual spars composing such a structure, as a topmast supported on trestletrees at the head of a lower mast.
any of various portions of a single spar that are beside particular sails, as a top-gallant mast and royal mast formed as a single spar.
- runic
-
adjective,
consisting of or set down in runes:
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- arium
-
- rutin
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- secos
-
noun,
sekos.
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- Sufis
-
noun,
a member of an ascetic, mystical Muslim sect.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- sates
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- suint
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- sect.
-
- rusts
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- mafic
-
adjective,
of or relating to rocks rich in dark, ferromagnesian minerals.
Compare basic (def 4), ultramafic.
- mast-
-
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- 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.
- 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.
- runes
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- Sacco
-
noun,
Nicola [nee-kaw-lah] /niˈkɔ lɑ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1927, Italian anarchist, in the U.S. after 1908: together with Bartolomeo Vanzetti, found guilty of robbery and murder 1921; executed 1927.
- matr-
-
- Sumac
-
noun,
any of several shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Rhus of the cashew family, having milky sap, compound leaves, and small, fleshy fruit.
- Unit.
-
- Aimee
-
noun,
a female given name.
- seise
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- Sumer
-
noun,
an ancient region in southern Mesopotamia that contained a number of independent cities and city-states of which the first were established possibly as early as 5000 b.c.: conquered by the Elamites and, about 2000 b.c., by the Babylonians; a number of its cities, as Ur, Uruk, Kish, and Lagash, are major archaeological sites in southern Iraq.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- seifs
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- ruins
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- Armen
-
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- seems
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- rumen
-
noun,
the first stomach of ruminating animals, lying next to the reticulum.
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- unman
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive of courage or fortitude; break down the manly spirit of:
- sauce
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- 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.
- seers
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Urena
-
noun,
any tropical plant or shrub belonging to the genus Urena, of the mallow family, having clusters of small, yellow flowers, especially U. lobata, which yields a useful bast fiber.
- unite
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- unset
-
adjective,
not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Mason
-
noun,
a person whose trade is building with units of various natural or artificial mineral products, as stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or tiles, usually with the use of mortar or cement as a bonding agent.
- amour
-
noun,
a love affair.
- macer
-
noun,
macebearer.
- sasin
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- untie
-
verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- stuns
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- amuse
-
verb (used with object),
to hold the attention of (someone) pleasantly; entertain or divert in an enjoyable or cheerful manner:
- Sans.
-
- sanit
-
- Macc.
-
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- AMORC
-
- Amer.
-
- sanes
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- masc.
-
- AMICE
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- 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.
- saris
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- amin-
-
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- Macon
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- Marut
-
noun,
any of a group of storm gods, the offspring of Rudra.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- uran-
-
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- amiss
-
Idioms,
take amiss, to be offended at or resentful of (something not meant to cause offense or resentment); misunderstand:
- sarc-
-
- maces
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Ancon
-
noun,
the elbow.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- anti-
-
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- annot
-
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- sains
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- stums
-
noun,
unfermented or partly fermented grape juice.
- secco
-
noun,
fresco secco.
- Issus
-
noun,
an ancient town in Asia Minor, in Cilicia: victory of Alexander the Great over Darius III 333 b.c.
- anon.
-
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- safes
-
noun,
a steel or iron box or repository for money, jewels, papers, etc.
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- issue
-
noun,
the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution:
- ante-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- anim.
-
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- Sucre
-
noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- masse
-
noun,
a stroke made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held almost or quite perpendicular to the table.
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- 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.
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- suets
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- seats
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- SAMOS
-
noun,
a Greek island in the E Aegean. 194 sq. mi. (502 sq. km).
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- anis-
-
- ameer
-
noun,
emir.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- seism
-
noun,
an earthquake.
- meno-
-
- turfs
-
noun,
a layer of matted earth formed by grass and plant roots.
- Unami
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people, one of the Delaware group.
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- scat-
-
- aero-
-
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- caco-
-
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- 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.
- cacti
-
noun,
any of numerous succulent plants of the family Cactaceae, of warm, arid regions of the New World, having fleshy, leafless, usually spiny stems, and typically having solitary, showy flowers.
- 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.
- Stoss
-
noun,
Veit [fahyt] /faɪt/ (Show IPA), c1440–1533, German sculptor and painter.
- scats
-
noun,
scat singing.
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- 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.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Aust.
-
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- uncia
-
noun,
a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the 12th part of an as.
- afire
-
adjective,
on fire:
- Auric
-
adjective,
of or containing gold in the trivalent state.
- Urmia
-
noun,
Lake, a salt lake in NW Iran. About 2000 sq. mi. (5180 sq. km).
- intr.
-
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- unarm
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive or relieve of arms; disarm.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- scarf
-
noun,
a long, broad strip of wool, silk, lace, or other material worn about the neck, shoulders, or head, for ornament or protection against cold, drafts, etc.; muffler.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- auto.
-
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- Maroc
-
noun,
French name of Morocco.
- Mecca
-
noun,
Also, Makkah, Mekka. a city in and the capital of Hejaz, in W Saudi Arabia: birthplace of Muhammad; spiritual center of Islam.
- meets
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- UNCIO
-
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Camus
-
noun,
Albert [al-ber] /alˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1913–60, French novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and essayist: Nobel Prize 1957.
- canc.
-
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- 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.
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Menes
-
noun,
flourished c3200 b.c, traditionally the unifier and 1st king of Egypt: founder of the 1st dynasty.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Saros
-
noun,
the period of 223 synodic months, equaling 6585.32 days or 18 years, 11.32 days (or 10.32 days if 5 leap years occur in the interval), after which eclipses repeat but are shifted 120° west.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Inonu
-
noun,
Ismet [is-met] /ɪsˈmɛt/ (Show IPA), (Ismet Paşa) 1884–1973, president of Turkey 1938–50; prime minister 1923–24, 1925–37, 1961–65.
- aeri-
-
- Storm
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- Meier
-
noun,
Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Caius
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 296, pope 283–296.
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- camis
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- inst.
-
- rifts
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- Cameo
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- sense
-
noun,
any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body:
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- cames
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- Asser
-
noun,
Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- sumos
-
noun,
a form of wrestling in Japan in which a contestant wins by forcing his opponent out of the ring or by causing him to touch the ground with any part of his body other than the soles of his feet, contestants usually being men of great height and weight.
- 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.
- unfit
-
adjective,
not fit; not adapted or suited; unsuitable:
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- semen
-
noun,
the viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa.
- asses
-
noun,
plural of ass1 .
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- Sunna
-
noun,
the traditional portion of Muslim law, based on the words and acts of Muhammad, and preserved in the traditional literature.
- afrit
-
noun,
afreet.
- assn.
-
- scams
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- Afro-
-
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- Rouen
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- Union
-
noun,
the act of uniting two or more things.
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- Matsu
-
noun,
a pine, Pinus massoniana, of China, yielding a wood used in furniture-making, the construction of houses, etc.
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- asco-
-
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- afros
-
noun,
a hair style originating with black persons, in which the hair is allowed to grow naturally and to acquire a bushy appearance.
- 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.
- Iran.
-
- Ascus
-
noun,
the sac in ascomycetes in which the sexual spores are formed.
- 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.
- semi-
-
- Sunni
-
noun,
Also called Sunnite. a member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam, regarding the first four caliphs as legitimate successors of Muhammad and stressing the importance of Sunna as a basis for law.
Compare Shiʿite.
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- semis
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, the half part of an as.
- astr.
-
- McRae
-
noun,
Carmen, 1920–94, U.S. jazz singer and songwriter.
- Romeo
-
noun,
the romantic lover of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
- afore
-
adverb, preposition, conjunction,
before.
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- ation
-
- Ronco
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- atmo-
-
- uncos
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- afoot
-
adverb, adjective,
on foot; walking:
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- Ronan
-
noun,
a king who killed his son, Mael Fothartaigh, after his wife had falsely accused the boy of attempting to seduce her, and who was himself killed by the children of Mael Fothartaigh.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- asst.
-
- roofs
-
noun,
the external upper covering of a house or other building.
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- McFee
-
noun,
William, 1881–1966, English writer.
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- rooms
-
noun,
a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts:
- Assur
-
noun,
the god of war and supreme national god of Assyria.
- sunns
-
noun,
a tall East Indian shrub, Crotalaria juncea, of the legume family, having slender branches and yellow flowers, and an inner bark that yields a hemplike fiber used for making ropes, sacking, etc.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- scans
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- Afric
-
adjective,
African.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- inurn
-
verb (used with object),
to put into an urn, especially ashes after cremation.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- Comer
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- comes
-
noun,
Astronomy. companion1 (def 6).
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- nests
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- enema
-
noun,
the injection of a fluid into the rectum to cause a bowel movement.
- mono-
-
- enfin
-
adverb,
in conclusion; finally.
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- ennui
-
noun,
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- neume
-
noun,
any of various symbols representing from one to four notes, used in the musical notation of the Middle Ages but now employed solely in the notation of Gregorian chant in the liturgical books of the Roman Catholic Church.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- Fiume
-
noun,
Italian name of Rijeka.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- ensue
-
verb (used without object),
to follow in order; come afterward, especially in immediate succession:
- neons
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- fists
-
noun,
the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
- Tasso
-
noun,
Torquato [tawr-kwah-taw] /tɔrˈkwɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1544–95, Italian poet.
- foams
-
noun,
a collection of minute bubbles formed on the surface of a liquid by agitation, fermentation, etc.:
- focus
-
noun,
a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity:
- monos
-
noun,
infectious mononucleosis.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- neut.
-
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Neuss
-
noun,
a city W Germany, near Düsseldorf.
- emote
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- neur-
-
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Frost
-
noun,
a degree or state of coldness sufficient to cause the freezing of water.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- monic
-
adjective,
(of a polynomial) having the coefficient of the term of highest degree equal to 1.
- fiscs
-
noun,
a royal or state treasury; exchequer.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- somas
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- 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.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Mont.
-
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- nears
-
- finos
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- sones
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- naut.
-
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Monte
-
noun,
Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
- finns
-
noun,
Irish Legend. a leader of the Fenian warriors and the father of Ossian: the subject of many legends.
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Fiona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- nemos
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- firms
-
noun,
a partnership or association for carrying on a business.
- ento-
-
- enure
-
verb (used with or without object),
inure.
- Nemea
-
noun,
a valley in SE Greece, in ancient Argolis.
- first
-
noun,
the person or thing that is first in time, order, rank, etc.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Neman
-
noun,
a river rising in central Byelorussia (Belarus), flowing W through Lithuania into the Baltic. 582 miles (937 km) long.
- firns
-
noun,
névé.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- 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.
- tious
-
- 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.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- fires
-
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- Fionn
-
noun,
Finn.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- foins
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- eruct
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- cutie
-
noun,
Informal. a charmingly attractive or cute person, especially a girl or a young woman (often used as a form of address):
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- foots
-
noun,
(in vertebrates) the terminal part of the leg, below the ankle joint, on which the body stands and moves.
- nomo-
-
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- cutes
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- nomes
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- nomen
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the second name of a citizen, indicating his gens, as “Gaius Julius Caesar.”.
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- cutin
-
noun,
a transparent, waxy substance constituting, together with cellulose, the cuticle of plants.
- cutis
-
noun,
the true skin, consisting of the dermis and the epidermis.
- Foote
-
noun,
Andrew Hull, 1806–63, U.S. naval officer.
- 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.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- nona-
-
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- toons
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- curio
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- fore-
-
- non-U
-
adjective,
not characteristic of or appropriate to the upper class, especially of Great Britain:
- force
-
noun,
physical power or strength possessed by a living being:
- curns
-
noun,
a grain.
- no-no
-
noun,
anything that is forbidden or not advisable, as because of being improper or unsafe:
- curse
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- curst
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- nonce
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- nones
-
noun,
the fifth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the ninth hour of the day (or 3 p.m.).
- foram
-
noun,
foraminifer.
- Cusco
-
noun,
Cuzco.
- cusec
-
noun,
a unit of flow of one cubic foot per second.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- nisus
-
noun,
an effort or striving toward a particular goal or attainment; impulse.
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Ninus
-
noun,
the legendary husband of Semiramis and founder of Nineveh.
- ecto-
-
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Ecua.
-
- tonia
-
- softs
-
noun,
something that is soft or yielding; the soft part.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Foism
-
noun,
Chinese Buddhism.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- Foist
-
verb (used with object),
to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably (usually followed by on or upon):
- econ.
-
- tonus
-
noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- Sofer
-
noun,
scribe1 (def 3).
- eases
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- comet
-
noun,
a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and gas that may form a tail that streams away from the sun.
- noct-
-
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- sofar
-
noun,
a system for determining a position at sea by exploding a charge under water and measuring the time the shock waves take to reach three widely separated shore stations at known distances from each other.
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- SOFIA
-
noun,
Also, Sofiya [Bulgarian saw-fee-yuh] /Bulgarian ˈsɔ fi yə/ (Show IPA). a city in and the capital of Bulgaria, in the W part.
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- softa
-
noun,
a Turkish Muslim theological student.
- tono-
-
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- fomes
-
noun,
any agent, as clothing or bedding, that is capable of absorbing and transmitting the infecting organism of a disease.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- nitr-
-
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- Curia
-
noun,
one of the political subdivisions of each of the three tribes of ancient Rome.
- fasts
-
noun,
a fastening for a door, window, or the like.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- Farsi
-
noun,
the modern Iranian language of Iran and western Afghanistan, written in the Arabic alphabet; modern Persian.
- farts
-
noun,
a flatus expelled through the anus.
- MSFor
-
- Srta.
-
- MSEnt
-
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Sousa
-
noun,
John Philip, 1854–1932, U.S. band conductor and composer.
- Fates
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- fatso
-
noun,
a fat person (used as a term of address).
- morns
-
noun,
morning.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Fermi
-
noun,
a unit of length, 10− 15 m, used in measuring nuclear distances. Symbol: F.
- souse
-
noun,
an act of sousing.
- sours
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- Faure
-
noun,
Gabriel Urbain [ga-bree-el oor-ban] /ga briˈɛl urˈbɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1845–1924, French composer.
- farce
-
noun,
a light, humorous play in which the plot depends upon a skillfully exploited situation rather than upon the development of character.
- 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.
- fanos
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea: cathedral; Roman ruins.
- Fanti
-
noun,
a Kwa language spoken in Ghana that is mutually intelligible with Twi.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Mufti
-
noun,
civilian clothes, in contrast with military or other uniforms, or as worn by a person who usually wears a uniform.
- Festa
-
noun,
a feast, festival, or holiday.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- farci
-
adjective,
filled with with seasoned bread crumbs or other savory matter; stuffed.
- faros
-
noun,
a gambling game in which players place bets on a special board or layout, betting on each series of two cards as they are drawn from a box containing the dealer's or banker's pack.
- mucro
-
noun,
a short point projecting abruptly, as at the end of a leaf.
- fares
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- farms
-
noun,
a tract of land, usually with a house, barn, silo, etc., on which crops and often livestock are raised for livelihood.
- mucor
-
noun,
any phycomycetous fungus of the genus Mucor, that forms a furry coating on foodstuffs and dead and decaying vegetable matter.
- muco-
-
- mucin
-
noun,
any of a class of glycoproteins found in saliva, gastric juice, etc., that form viscous solutions and act as lubricants or protectants on external and internal surfaces of the body.
- mucic
-
adjective,
of or derived from mucic acid.
- fauns
-
noun,
one of a class of rural deities represented as men with the ears, horns, tail, and later also the hind legs of a goat.
- Faust
-
noun,
Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), c1480–c1538, German magician, alchemist, and astrologer.
- Munin
-
noun,
one of the two ravens of Odin that brought him news from the whole world.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- motor
-
noun,
a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- femic
-
adjective,
of or relating to a group of rock-forming minerals in which iron and magnesium are essential components.
- moton
-
noun,
besague.
- feres
-
noun,
a companion; mate.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- femur
-
noun,
Anatomy. a bone in the human leg extending from the pelvis to the knee, that is the longest, largest, and strongest in the body; thighbone.
- motif
-
noun,
a recurring subject, theme, idea, etc., especially in a literary, artistic, or musical work.
- fence
-
noun,
a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
- MOTOS
-
- mosts
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- Temne
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Sierra Leone.
- mosso
-
adjective,
rapid; fast.
- Mossi
-
noun,
an agricultural people of Africa living mainly in Burkina Faso.
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- Stans
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland.
- Moses
-
noun,
the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites out of Egypt and delivered the Law during their years of wandering in the wilderness.
- femes
-
noun,
a woman or wife.
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- mourn
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or express sorrow or grief over (misfortune, loss, or anything regretted); deplore.
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- teno-
-
- moron
-
noun,
Informal. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment:
- Tenn.
-
- fears
-
noun,
a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm.
Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- MOUSE
-
noun,
any of numerous small Old World rodents of the family Muridae, especially of the genus Mus, introduced widely in other parts of the world.
- Feast
-
noun,
any rich or abundant meal:
- Moros
-
noun,
a child of Nyx, and the personification of fate.
- feist
-
noun,
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a small mongrel dog, especially one that is ill-tempered; cur; mutt.
- feces
-
noun,
waste matter discharged from the intestines through the anus; excrement.
- fecit
-
verb,
he made (it); she made (it): formerly used on works of art after the name of the artist. Abbreviation: fe., fec.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- feint
-
noun,
a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack:
- feria
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
- Mount
-
noun,
the act or a manner of mounting.
- moues
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- munic
-
- Munro
-
noun,
Alice (Laidlaw) [leyd-law] /ˈleɪdˌlɔ/ (Show IPA), born 1931, Canadian short-story writer.
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- Names
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- fiats
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- 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.
- Nance
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Namur
-
noun,
a province in S Belgium. 1413 sq. mi. (3660 sq. km).
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- moons
-
noun,
the earth's natural satellite, orbiting the earth at a mean distance of 238,857 miles (384,393 km) and having a diameter of 2160 miles (3476 km).
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- naifs
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- Euro-
-
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- nano-
-
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- soras
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- fines
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- Finer
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- naso-
-
- finca
-
noun,
a ranch or large farm in a Spanish-speaking country, especially a plantation in tropical Spanish America.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- 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.
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- tears
-
- Essen
-
noun,
a city in W Germany: the chief city of the Ruhr River valley.
- esses
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- Ficus
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical trees, shrubs, and vines belonging to the genus Ficus, of the mulberry family, having milky sap and large, thick or stiff leaves, including the edible fig, the banyan, and many species grown as ornamentals.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- Estes
-
noun,
a male given name.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- soots
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- fanon
-
noun,
a maniple.
- muras
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- fairs
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- fames
-
noun,
widespread reputation, especially of a favorable character; renown; public eminence:
- fetes
-
noun,
a day of celebration; holiday:
- Mures
-
noun,
a river in SE central Europe, flowing W from the Carpathian Mountains in central Romania to the Tisza River in S Hungary. 400 miles (645 km) long.
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- teems
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- Murat
-
noun,
Joachim [zhaw-a-keem] /ʒɔ aˈkim/ (Show IPA), 1767?–1815, French marshal: king of Naples 1808–15.
- sorus
-
noun,
Botany. one of the clusters of sporangia on the back of the fronds of ferns.
- faint
-
noun,
a temporary loss of consciousness resulting from a decreased flow of blood to the brain; a swoon:
- so-so
-
adverb,
in an indifferent or passable manner; indifferently; tolerably.
- muons
-
noun,
a lepton similar in most respects to the electron except that it is unstable, it may be positively charged, and its mass is approximately 207 times greater; the positively charged muon is the antiparticle of the negatively charged muon. Symbol: μ.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- fetas
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- fanes
-
noun,
a temple.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- feti-
-
- Musca
-
noun,
the Fly, a small southern constellation between Crux and Chamaeleon.
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- term.
-
- mutes
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- Moore
-
noun,
Archibald Lee ("Archie") 1913–1998, U.S. boxer.
- musts
-
noun,
something necessary, vital, or required:
- moors
-
noun,
a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- facer
-
noun,
a person or thing that faces.
- faces
-
noun,
the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- tera-
-
- facet
-
noun,
one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
- moose
-
noun,
a large, long-headed mammal, Alces alces, of the deer family, having circumpolar distribution in the Northern Hemisphere, the male of which has enormous palmate antlers.
- moots
-
noun,
an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
- music
-
noun,
an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- fetus
-
noun,
(used chiefly of viviparous mammals) the young of an animal in the womb or egg, especially in the later stages of development when the body structures are in the recognizable form of its kind, in humans after the end of the second month of gestation.
- fetor
-
noun,
a strong, offensive smell; stench.
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- Curie
-
noun,
a unit of activity of radioactive substances equivalent to 3.70 × 10 10 disintegrations per second: it is approximately the amount of activity produced by 1 gram of radium-226. Abbreviation: Ci.
- scute
-
noun,
a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- noons
-
noun,
midday.
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- fress
-
verb (used without object),
to eat or snack, especially often or in large quantities.
- misc.
-
- misce
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) mix.
- Freon
-
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- onco-
-
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- frees
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- costs
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- Omuta
-
noun,
a seaport on W Kyushu, in SW Japan.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- onion
-
noun,
a plant, Allium cepa, of the amaryllis family, having an edible, succulent, pungent bulb.
- onium
-
- omni-
-
- onto-
-
- Sino-
-
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- Corot
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste Camille [zhahn ba-teest ka-mee-yuh] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1796–1875, French painter.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- Fris.
-
- Fries
-
noun,
plural of fry1 .
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- 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.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- Sinus
-
noun,
a curve; bend.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- frets
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- cosec
-
noun,
cosecant.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- cornu
-
noun,
a horn, especially a bony part that resembles a horn.
- creme
-
noun,
cream.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- oecus
-
noun,
(in an ancient Roman house) an apartment, especially a dining room, decorated with columns.
- mises
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- octo-
-
- Frame
-
noun,
a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.
- franc
-
noun,
an aluminum or nickel coin and monetary unit of France, Belgium, and Luxembourg until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimes. Abbreviation: F., f., Fr, fr.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- octa-
-
- sito-
-
- cress
-
noun,
any of various plants of the mustard family, especially the watercress, having pungent-tasting leaves often used for salad and as a garnish.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- cream
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- 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.
- frass
-
noun,
insect excrement.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Count
-
noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- fores
-
noun,
the forepart of anything; front.
- frats
-
noun,
fraternity (def 1).
- Court
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- ster.
-
- crass
-
adjective,
without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity; gross; obtuse; stupid:
- craft
-
noun,
an art, trade, or occupation requiring special skill, especially manual skill:
- Frans
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Francis.
- crams
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- often
-
adverb,
many times; frequently:
- OFris
-
noun,
the Frisian language before c1500. Abbreviation: OFris.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- sines
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- 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.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- osmic
-
adjective,
of or containing osmium in its higher valences, especially the tetravalent state.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- sifts
-
verb (used with object),
to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- Conn.
-
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- osmo-
-
- conns
-
noun,
responsibility for the steering of a ship.
- Conon
-
noun,
died a.d. 687, pope 686–687.
- Cons.
-
- Minna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Const
-
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- cont.
-
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- simas
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- conic
-
noun,
Geometry. conic section.
- Minn.
-
- Minos
-
noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- Comte
-
noun,
count2 .
- MINCE
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- comic
-
noun,
a comedian.
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- Comr.
-
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- fruit
-
noun,
any product of plant growth useful to humans or animals.
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- oste-
-
- Comus
-
noun,
an ancient Greek and Roman god of drinking and revelry.
- Conan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- ossia
-
conjunction,
(indicating an alternative, usually easier, version of a passage in a musical score) or; or else.
- conc.
-
- conf.
-
- front
-
noun,
the foremost part or surface of anything.
- conto
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- Orcus
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of the underworld, identified with the Greek Pluto, or Hades.
- coots
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- cores
-
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Corfu
-
noun,
Ancient Corcyra. one of the Ionian Islands, off the NW coast of Greece. 229 sq. mi. (593 sq. km).
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- Sinas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Frits
-
noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- corms
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- minus
-
noun,
minus sign.
- frise
-
noun,
a rug or upholstery fabric having the pile in uncut loops or in a combination of cut and uncut loops.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- 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.
- Minto
-
noun,
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond [el-ee-uh t-mur-ee-ki-nin-muh nd,, -muhr-ee-,, el-yuh t-] /ˈɛl i ətˈmɜr i kɪˈnɪn mənd,, -ˈmʌr i-,, ˈɛl yət-/ (Show IPA), 4th Earl of, 1845–1914, British colonial administrator: governor general of Canada 1898–1904; viceroy of India 1905–10.
- Orion
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- CONUS
-
noun,
the most anterior part of the simple tubular heart of lower vertebrates and embryos of higher vertebrates, leading into the artery that leaves the heart; in mammals it forms a part of the upper wall of the right ventricle, in which the pulmonary artery originates.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- ORuss
-
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- frons
-
noun,
the upper anterior portion of the head of an insect, above or behind the clypeus.
- Orson
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- Orono
-
noun,
a town in S Maine.
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- Oromo
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic, pastoral people of Ethiopia and Kenya.
- cooee
-
noun,
a prolonged, shrill, clear call or cry used as a signal by Australian Aborigines and adopted by the settlers in the country.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- coofs
-
noun,
a silly or stupid person.
- treas
-
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- Fount
-
noun,
a spring of water; fountain.
- torus
-
noun,
Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
- Croft
-
noun,
a small farm, especially one worked by a tenant.
- Torun
-
noun,
a city in N Poland, on the Vistula.
- SNAFU
-
noun,
a badly confused or ridiculously muddled situation:
Synonyms: snarl, bedlam, tumult, disarray, disorder, confusion, mess; foul-up.
Antonyms: order, efficiency, calm.
- Smuts
-
noun,
Jan Christiaan [Dutch yahn kris-tee-ahn] /Dutch yɑn ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn/ (Show IPA), 1870–1950, South African statesman and general: prime minister 1919–24, 1939–48.
- forme
-
noun,
form (def 30).
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- Cufic
-
adjective, noun,
Kufic.
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- noso-
-
- noses
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- Nurse
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- snots
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- crocs
-
noun,
crocodile.
- Cumae
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Italy, on the coast of Campania: believed to be the earliest Greek colony in Italy or in Sicily.
- Croce
-
noun,
Benedetto [be-ne-det-taw] /ˌbɛ nɛˈdɛt tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1952, Italian statesman, philosopher, and historian.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- Crius
-
noun,
a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaea.
- cumin
-
noun,
a small plant, Cuminum cyminum, of the parsley family, bearing aromatic, seedlike fruit, used in cookery and medicine.
- crit.
-
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- Nurmi
-
noun,
Paavo Johannes [pah-vaw yaw-hahn-nes] /ˈpɑ vɔ ˈyɔ hɑn nɛs/ (Show IPA), 1897–1973, Finnish athlete.
- oases
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- cruet
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- notum
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Notus
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- noto-
-
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- crust
-
noun,
the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- snoot
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- cruse
-
noun,
an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- forms
-
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- fosse
-
noun,
a moat or defensive ditch in a fortification, usually filled with water.
- fort.
-
- Tours
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.
- nuci-
-
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- forte
-
noun,
a person's strong suit, or most highly developed characteristic, talent, or skill; something that one excels in:
Synonyms: talent, skill, excellence, strength, strong point, specialty, proficiency; knack, bent.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- numen
-
noun,
divine power or spirit; a deity, especially one presiding locally or believed to inhabit a particular object.
- Mists
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- Forum
-
noun,
the marketplace or public square of an ancient Roman city, the center of judicial and business affairs and a place of assembly for the people.
- fossa
-
noun,
a pit, cavity, or depression, as in a bone.
- croon
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- snout
-
noun,
the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- Miss.
-
- cures
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- soars
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- 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.
- Occam
-
noun,
William of, died 1349? English scholastic philosopher.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- crime
-
noun,
an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited.
- cunts
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- crim.
-
- misos
-
noun,
a fermented seasoning paste of soybeans, often with rice or barley added, used to flavor soups and sauces.
- Cunas
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- noose
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- fours
-
noun,
a cardinal number, three plus one.
- occur
-
verb (used without object),
to happen; take place; come to pass:
- situs
-
noun,
position; situation.
- Norco
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- miso-
-
- oasis
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- MNurs
-
- Missa
-
noun,
Mass.
- curet
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- oasts
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- USRC
-
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- USSS
-
- USSR
-
noun,
a former federal union of 15 constituent republics, in E Europe and W and N Asia, comprising the larger part of the former Russian Empire: dissolved in December 1991. 8,650,069 sq. mi. (22,402,200 sq. km). Capital: Moscow.
Abbreviation: U.S.S.R., USSR.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- USTC
-
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- ten.
-
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- stum
-
noun,
unfermented or partly fermented grape juice.
- Taif
-
noun,
a city in W Saudi Arabia.
- tref
-
adjective,
Judaism. unfit to be eaten or used, according to religious laws; not kosher.
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- sift
-
verb (used with object),
to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- Sims
-
noun,
William Sowden [soud-n] /ˈsaʊd n/ (Show IPA), 1858–1936, U.S. admiral, born in Canada.
- unco
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- uro-
-
- toom
-
adjective,
empty; vacant.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- 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.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- USES
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Umea
-
noun,
a city in NE Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- ufos
-
noun,
any unexplained moving object observed in the sky, especially one assumed by some observers to be of extraterrestrial origin.
- suss
-
verb (used with object),
Chiefly British Slang. to investigate or figure out (usually followed by out).
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- USIA
-
- USIS
-
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- USMA
-
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- USMC
-
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- USAF
-
noun,
the permanent or regular military air force of the United States, established in 1947 as a separate service under the authority of the Department of Defense: a branch of the U.S. Army before 1947. Abbreviation: USAF.
- sics
-
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).
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- tri-
-
- USNA
-
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- str.
-
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- USAR
-
- USCA
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Sra.
-
- SRAM
-
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- turf
-
noun,
a layer of matted earth formed by grass and plant roots.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- 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.
- sofa
-
noun,
a long, upholstered couch with a back and two arms or raised ends.
- sumi
-
noun,
black ink made from a mixture of plant soot and glue solidified into sticks or cakes the ends of which are scraped or ground into water on an ink slab, much used by calligraphers and painters.
- tuna
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- 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.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- 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.
- Soni
-
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Sufi
-
noun,
a member of an ascetic, mystical Muslim sect.
- SURF
-
noun,
the swell of the sea that breaks upon a shore or upon shoals.
- Sem.
-
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- sec.
-
- sues
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- tofu
-
noun,
a soft, bland, white cheeselike food, high in protein content, made from curdled soybean milk: used in Asian and vegetarian cookery.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Secs
-
noun,
second2 (def 2).
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- taur
-
- Seem
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- tufa
-
noun,
Also called calcareous tufa, calc-tufa, calc-tuff. a porous limestone formed from calcium carbonate deposited by springs or the like.
Compare travertine.
- Tues
-
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- Seif
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- Tasm
-
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- serf
-
noun,
a person in a condition of servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land and transferred with it from one owner to another.
- Tums
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- tion
-
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- sur-
-
- 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.
- seme
-
adjective,
covered with many small, identical figures.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- tonn
-
- Ste.
-
- sers
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- tron
-
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- ter.
-
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- soft
-
noun,
something that is soft or yielding; the soft part.
- uret
-
- Urfa
-
noun,
a city in SE Turkey, E of the Euphrates River: on the site of ancient Edessa.
- uria
-
- uric
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tRNA
-
- UNEF
-
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- SNCC
-
noun,
a U.S. civil-rights organization formed by students and active especially during the 1960s, whose aim was to achieve political and economic equality for blacks through local and regional action groups.
- 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.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- Susa
-
noun,
a ruined city in W Iran: the capital of ancient Elam; palaces of Darius and Artaxerxes I; stele containing the Code of Hammurabi discovered here.
- Sumo
-
noun,
a form of wrestling in Japan in which a contestant wins by forcing his opponent out of the ring or by causing him to touch the ground with any part of his body other than the soles of his feet, contestants usually being men of great height and weight.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- uni-
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- SMSA
-
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- smut
-
noun,
a particle of soot; sooty matter.
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- 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.
- sunn
-
noun,
a tall East Indian shrub, Crotalaria juncea, of the legume family, having slender branches and yellow flowers, and an inner bark that yields a hemplike fiber used for making ropes, sacking, etc.
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- 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.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- 1080
-
- scut
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- Foot
-
noun,
(in vertebrates) the terminal part of the leg, below the ankle joint, on which the body stands and moves.
- free
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- FRCS
-
- Frau
-
noun,
a married woman; a wife.
- frat
-
noun,
fraternity (def 1).
- Fran
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Francis.
- frae
-
preposition, adverb,
from.
- Four
-
noun,
a cardinal number, three plus one.
- Foss
-
noun,
Lukas [loo-kuh s] /ˈlu kəs/ (Show IPA), 1922–2009, U.S. pianist, conductor, and composer; born in Germany.
- fora
-
noun,
a plural of forum.
- for.
-
- font
-
noun,
a receptacle, usually of stone, as in a baptistery or church, containing the water used in baptism.
- fret
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- Fons
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- foin
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- FOIA
-
- foci
-
noun,
a plural of focus.
- foam
-
noun,
a collection of minute bubbles formed on the surface of a liquid by agitation, fermentation, etc.:
- FNMA
-
- FMCS
-
- FITS
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- fist
-
noun,
the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
- fisc
-
noun,
a royal or state treasury; exchequer.
- Frei
-
noun,
Eduardo [e-dwahr-th aw] /ɛˈdwɑr ðɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–82, Chilean statesman: president 1964–70.
- Fri.
-
- firn
-
noun,
névé.
- IOOF
-
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- scum
-
noun,
a film or layer of foul or extraneous matter that forms on the surface of a liquid.
- Inf.
-
- 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.
- Inc.
-
- inae
-
- IMCO
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ice.
-
- ICAO
-
- fut.
-
- frit
-
noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- fuss
-
noun,
an excessive display of anxious attention or activity; needless or useless bustle:
- FUSE
-
noun,
a tube, cord, or the like, filled or saturated with combustible matter, for igniting an explosive.
- fur.
-
- funs
-
noun,
something that provides mirth or amusement:
- fume
-
noun,
Often, fumes. any smokelike or vaporous exhalation from matter or substances, especially of an odorous or harmful nature:
- Frum
-
adjective,
Yiddish. religious; observant.
- frt.
-
- FRSS
-
- Frs.
-
- from
-
preposition,
(used to specify a starting point in spatial movement):
- froe
-
noun,
frow.
- firs
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- firm
-
noun,
a partnership or association for carrying on a business.
- ins.
-
- Fair
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- fate
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- FAST
-
noun,
a fastening for a door, window, or the like.
- fart
-
noun,
a flatus expelled through the anus.
- Fars
-
noun,
a province in SW Iran. 51,466 sq. mi. (133,297 sq. km).
- Faro
-
noun,
a gambling game in which players place bets on a special board or layout, betting on each series of two cards as they are drawn from a box containing the dealer's or banker's pack.
- farm
-
noun,
a tract of land, usually with a house, barn, silo, etc., on which crops and often livestock are raised for livelihood.
- fare
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- Fano
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea: cathedral; Roman ruins.
- fane
-
noun,
a temple.
- fame
-
noun,
widespread reputation, especially of a favorable character; renown; public eminence:
- fain
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- Faun
-
noun,
one of a class of rural deities represented as men with the ears, horns, tail, and later also the hind legs of a goat.
- fact
-
noun,
something that actually exists; reality; truth:
- FACS
-
- face
-
noun,
the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- fac.
-
- fam.
-
- Eure
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2331 sq. mi. (6035 sq. km). Capital: Evreux.
- Eur.
-
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- 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.
- fats
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) cattle fattened and ready for market.
- FCIC
-
- Fino
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- fess
-
noun,
an ordinary in the form of a broad horizontal band across the middle of an escutcheon.
- Finn
-
noun,
Irish Legend. a leader of the Fenian warriors and the father of Ossian: the subject of many legends.
- FINE
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- Fin.
-
- fict
-
- fico
-
noun,
fig1 (def 4).
- FICA
-
- fiat
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- fete
-
noun,
a day of celebration; holiday:
- feta
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- fest
-
noun,
an assembly of people engaged in a common activity (often used in combination):
- Fern
-
noun,
any seedless, nonflowering vascular plant of the class Filicinae, of tropical to temperate regions, characterized by true roots produced from a rhizome, triangular fronds that uncoil upward and have a branching vein system, and reproduction by spores contained in sporangia that appear as brown dots on the underside of the fronds.
- Fear
-
noun,
a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm.
Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- fere
-
noun,
a companion; mate.
- FERA
-
- Fens
-
noun,
Also called Fenland. a marshy lowland region in E England, S of the Wash: partly drained and channeled since the 17th century.
- fems
-
noun,
a woman.
- Feme
-
noun,
a woman or wife.
- FEMA
-
noun,
Federal Emergency Management Agency: a federal agency that coordinates the response to disasters in the U.S.
- fem.
-
- feet
-
noun,
a plural of foot.
- fees
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- fec.
-
- feat
-
noun,
a noteworthy or extraordinary act or achievement, usually displaying boldness, skill, etc.:
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- int.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- mis-
-
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- min.
-
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- mica
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- Mic.
-
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- met.
-
- mess
-
noun,
a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition:
- MNAS
-
- moas
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- mes-
-
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- MSCE
-
- MSAE
-
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- mRNA
-
- mout
-
- moue
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- Moss
-
noun,
any tiny, leafy-stemmed, flowerless plant of the class Musci, reproducing by spores and growing in tufts, sods, or mats on moist ground, tree trunks, rocks, etc.
- Moro
-
noun,
a member of any of the various tribes of Muslim Malays in the southern Philippines.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- moot
-
noun,
an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
- moos
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- Moor
-
noun,
a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
- Moon
-
noun,
the earth's natural satellite, orbiting the earth at a mean distance of 238,857 miles (384,393 km) and having a diameter of 2160 miles (3476 km).
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mon.
-
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- 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.
- 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.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- maco
-
noun,
an Egyptian cotton, used especially in the manufacture of hosiery and undergarments.
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- Mac-
-
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- ISSN
-
- Man.
-
- iso-
-
- isms
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- 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.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Ire.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ious
-
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- mere
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- menu
-
noun,
a list of the dishes served at a meal; bill of fare:
- ment
-
- men-
-
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- meas
-
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- Maun
-
auxiliary verb,
must1 .
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Maui
-
noun,
an island in central Hawaii. 728 sq. mi. (1886 sq. km).
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- Mass
-
noun,
a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size:
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- MARC
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- Mar.
-
- Manu
-
noun,
the progenitor and lawgiver of the human race.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- etc.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- MSEE
-
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- Atum
-
noun,
a primeval god who by himself begot Shu and Tefnut: the original god of the Ennead.
- ator
-
- 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.
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- atic
-
- ates
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- atm.
-
- ASTM
-
- aur-
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ASSR
-
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- ASME
-
- asis
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- asc-
-
- art.
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- Aus.
-
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- cene
-
- cen.
-
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- 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.
-
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- Cass
-
noun,
Lewis, 1782–1866, U.S. statesman.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- aut-
-
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- CanF
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Can.
-
- cams
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- CAFE
-
noun,
a restaurant, often with an enclosed or outdoor section extending onto the sidewalk.
- cac-
-
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- CERN
-
- aet.
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- 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.
- Aire
-
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- AIME
-
- AFSC
-
- afr-
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- 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.
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- 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.
- acr-
-
- 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.
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- acc.
-
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- Arm.
-
- ARIS
-
- 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.
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- ANTU
-
- ant.
-
- ANSI
-
- ano-
-
- ann.
-
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ance
-
- amus
-
- Amur
-
noun,
a river in E Asia, forming most of the boundary between N Manchuria and the SE Russian Federation, flowing into the Sea of Okhotsk. About 2700 miles (4350 km) long.
- amt.
-
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Cerf
-
noun,
Bennett (Alfred) 1898–1971, U.S. book publisher, editor, and writer.
- cess
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- est.
-
- 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.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- efts
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- EFTA
-
- EEOC
-
- ect-
-
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- eco-
-
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- EMet
-
- cute
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- cuss
-
noun,
curse word; oath.
- Curt
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Curtis.
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- curn
-
noun,
a grain.
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- cur.
-
- cunt
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- Cuna
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- cts.
-
- emes
-
noun,
friend.
- emia
-
- crut
-
noun,
crud (def 1).
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- eso-
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- ESIS
-
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- eous
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Ens.
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- ence
-
- enc.
-
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- ctr.
-
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- cet-
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Com.
-
- 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.
- coif
-
noun,
a hood-shaped cap, usually of white cloth and with extended sides, worn beneath a veil, as by nuns.
- Coco
-
noun,
coconut palm.
- coca
-
noun,
a shrub, Erythroxylon coca, native to the Andes, having simple, alternate leaves and small yellowish flowers.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- Cnut
-
noun,
Canute.
- CMOS
-
noun,
complementary metal oxide semiconductor.
- Cmon
-
- cit.
-
- come
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. semen.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- CISC
-
noun,
complex instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively large number of instructions.
- cis-
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- circ
-
noun,
circular (def 9).
- cir.
-
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- Ceto
-
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- coma
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- Como
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N Italy, in Lombardy. 35 miles (56 km) long; 56 sq. mi. (145 sq. km).
- croc
-
noun,
crocodile.
- 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.
- Cres
-
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- crat
-
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- Coue
-
noun,
Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1857–1926, French psychotherapist.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- coss
-
noun,
kos.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Cort
-
- corm
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- COMS
-
noun,
Trademark. Comedy Central: a cable television channel.
- 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.
- corf
-
noun,
Mining.
a small wagon for carrying coal, ore, etc.
a wicker basket formerly used for this purpose.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Cor.
-
- coot
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- Coos
-
noun,
a language of a group of American Indians indigenous to the coast of Oregon.
- coon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- coom
-
noun,
soot; coal dust; smut.
- coof
-
noun,
a silly or stupid person.
- 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.
- Con.
-
- msec
-
- info
-
noun,
information.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- 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.
- reft
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of reave1 .
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- nom.
-
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- reif
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- 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.
- Oona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- non-
-
- 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.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- noon
-
noun,
midday.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Nor.
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- refs
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
referee.
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- Rus.
-
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- NIRA
-
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- oro-
-
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- rums
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- Rumi
-
noun,
Jalal ud-din [Persian jah-lahl ood-deen,, oo d-,, ja-] /Persian dʒɑˈlɑl udˈdin,, ʊd-,, dʒæ-/ (Show IPA), Jalal ud-din Rumi.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- Reef
-
noun,
a ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- ref.
-
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- nos-
-
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- rifs
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- nunc
-
adverb,
now.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- 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.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- 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.
- rife
-
adjective,
of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use:
- RNAS
-
- rift
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- Rom.
-
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- oafs
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- 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.
- 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.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OEEC
-
- NTIA
-
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- Ont.
-
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- 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.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- 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.
- not-
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- 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.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- Omoo
-
noun,
a novel (1847) by Herman Melville.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- noun
-
noun,
any member of a class of words that can function as the main or only elements of subjects of verbs (A dog just barked), or of objects of verbs or prepositions (to send money from home), and that in English can take plural forms and possessive endings (Three of his buddies want to borrow John's laptop). Nouns are often described as referring to persons, places, things, states, or qualities, and the word noun is itself often used as an attributive modifier, as in noun compound; noun group.
See also noun adjunct, noun clause, noun phrase.
Synonyms: substantive, name.
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- room
-
noun,
a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts:
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- roof
-
noun,
the external upper covering of a house or other building.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- RONA
-
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Oct.
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- mute
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- muts
-
noun,
mutt.
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- 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.
-
- oto-
-
- Sass
-
noun,
stewed fruit; fruit sauce.
- SASE
-
- 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.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- scr.
-
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- MSSc
-
- naif
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- OSSA
-
noun,
plural of os1 .
- Sams
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Samuel.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- 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.
- must
-
noun,
something necessary, vital, or required:
- SCSI
-
noun,
a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
- muon
-
noun,
a lepton similar in most respects to the electron except that it is unstable, it may be positively charged, and its mass is approximately 207 times greater; the positively charged muon is the antiparticle of the negatively charged muon. Symbol: μ.
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- scfm
-
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- muc-
-
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- Muir
-
noun,
Edwin, 1887–1959, English poet.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- mun.
-
- Muni
-
noun,
a municipal bond.
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- sci.
-
- raft
-
noun,
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:
- Mura
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- Mure
-
noun,
Obsolete. a wall.
- saur
-
- 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).
- mus.
-
- MSTS
-
- Muse
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of a number of sister goddesses, originally given as Aoede (song), Melete (meditation), and Mneme (memory), but latterly and more commonly as the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne who presided over various arts: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (lyric poetry), Euterpe (music), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (religious music), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy); identified by the Romans with the Camenae.
any goddess presiding over a particular art.
- muss
-
noun,
a state of disorder or untidiness.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- Sam.
-
- neon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- neem
-
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- osis
-
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- RCAF
-
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- neo-
-
- MSIE
-
- Sacs
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- 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.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- 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.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- NEFS
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- NCTE
-
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- out-
-
- 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.
- Safi
-
noun,
a seaport in W central Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean coast.
- safe
-
noun,
a steel or iron box or repository for money, jewels, papers, etc.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- EAM
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- ea.
-
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- EEC
-
- CNS
-
- CIC
-
- ean
-
- RIF
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- 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.
- Tro
-
- CNN
-
- CNO
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- CIM
-
- CIF
-
- CIE
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- CMA
-
- ec-
-
- CMC
-
- ECA
-
- ECF
-
- RMA
-
- CNC
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- CNM
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- ECM
-
- Re.
-
- RCS
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- RFI
-
- cru
-
noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- CSR
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- REA
-
- RCT
-
- RCN
-
- CRC
-
- CST
-
- RCA
-
- CTC
-
- CSO
-
- CIA
-
- CSF
-
- CSC
-
- CSA
-
- tra
-
- 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.
- tr.
-
- CRS
-
- CTA
-
- cte
-
- RFE
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- RFC
-
- EOM
-
- eo-
-
- RFA
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- RAF
-
- 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).
- trf
-
- 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.
- ctf
-
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- COO
-
noun,
a cooing sound.
- CRT
-
- cum
-
noun,
come (def 24).
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- Cui
-
noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- USS
-
- cfs
-
- ur-
-
- SRO
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- ANC
-
- AMU
-
- SAE
-
- AMS
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- AME
-
- AMC
-
- SAR
-
- ure
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- 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.
- ANF
-
- uns
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- 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.
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- ARU
-
- RUM
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- ARS
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- ARF
-
interjection,
(used to imitate the bark of a dog).
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- So.
-
- AOU
-
- UNO
-
- aor
-
- ANU
-
noun,
a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Ar.
-
- USN
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- USO
-
- USR
-
- AUC
-
- se-
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- USM
-
- an.
-
- UTC
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- Af.
-
- ac-
-
- uti
-
- Am.
-
- SCS
-
- SCM
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- AIC
-
- AFT
-
adverb,
at, close to, or toward the stern or tail:
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- AFS
-
- AFM
-
- AFC
-
- sc.
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- ACS
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- AEF
-
- AEC
-
- USC
-
- ae.
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- SCF
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ase
-
- ASI
-
- CFR
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- CCS
-
verb (used with object),
to send a duplicate of a document, email, or the like to:
- CCR
-
- CCA
-
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- ROA
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- CEA
-
- ROI
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- CAM
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- CAI
-
- ct.
-
- cs.
-
- cr.
-
- CCU
-
- tum
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- UAR
-
- 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.
- CFO
-
- cfm
-
- CFI
-
- CFA
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- TSS
-
- CEC
-
- RMC
-
- CEO
-
- RNA
-
- Tu.
-
- tue
-
- CEF
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- Co.
-
- USA
-
- RTS
-
- ast
-
- Rs.
-
- Une
-
- at.
-
- RSA
-
- ASU
-
- RSE
-
- RSS
-
- rt.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- rte
-
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- ASR
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASN
-
- RTF
-
- ASM
-
- ATC
-
- AUM
-
noun,
Om.
- ef-
-
- 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.
- UAE
-
- UAM
-
- UCC
-
- UCR
-
- Ufa
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of the Bashkir Autonomous Republic, in the Russian Federation in Europe.
- UFC
-
- UFO
-
noun,
any unexplained moving object observed in the sky, especially one assumed by some observers to be of extraterrestrial origin.
- UIT
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Ume
-
noun,
a river in N Sweden, flowing SE from the W border to the Gulf of Bothnia. Aabout 285 miles (460 km) long.
- cf.
-
- UMT
-
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- cc.
-
- CAF
-
- unc
-
- ca.
-
- EEO
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- eft
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- ise
-
- suf
-
- ist
-
- NMU
-
- ISR
-
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- NNE
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- NOC
-
- ITC
-
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- SOF
-
- SUM
-
noun,
the aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars as determined by or as if by the mathematical process of addition:
- IRO
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- IRC
-
- ITA
-
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- IOU
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- NIA
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- MSC
-
- Mo.
-
- ite
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Me.
-
- Mc-
-
- IUS
-
- ium
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- NMI
-
- NMR
-
- Ir.
-
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- Mao
-
- fun
-
noun,
something that provides mirth or amusement:
- ITU
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- IFS
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- ics
-
- Sus
-
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- NSA
-
- Ia.
-
- FTC
-
- ft.
-
- FSR
-
- FSA
-
- NSC
-
- NSU
-
- NUM
-
- Nun
-
noun,
a woman member of a religious order, especially one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- io-
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IOT
-
- SNU
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- ior
-
- 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 = .
- IOF
-
- IOC
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- ine
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- IAS
-
- in.
-
- imu
-
noun,
a usually large, covered cooking pit in which food is cooked by means of heated stones.
- IMF
-
- Ife
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- IFC
-
- ier
-
- ICC
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- NFS
-
- NFC
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- MTS
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- Mt.
-
- MTF
-
- MTI
-
- mtn
-
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- MTO
-
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- MRE
-
- MUF
-
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- MOR
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- moo
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- Mur
-
noun,
a river in S central Austria, NE Slovenia, and N Croatia, flowing NE and SE to the Drava River. 300 miles (483 km) long.
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- MOI
-
- MRA
-
- MRI
-
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- SSN
-
- SRS
-
- MSF
-
- ss.
-
- SSA
-
- SSC
-
- SSE
-
- SSI
-
- SSM
-
- SSR
-
- MST
-
- SSS
-
- SST
-
- St.
-
- Sta
-
- MSN
-
- MSE
-
- Sr.
-
- MSA
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- 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:
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NCC
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- NEC
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- nef
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- MFR
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- MCR
-
- MCI
-
- Mcf
-
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- NES
-
- MFA
-
- MFS
-
- MNS
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- MNE
-
- MNA
-
- mut
-
noun,
mutt.
- MIT
-
- NCO
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- NSF
-
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- MFT
-
- STI
-
- MIE
-
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- STM
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- mi.
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- NRC
-
- fro
-
Idioms,
to and fro, alternating from one place to another; back and forth:
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- FAS
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- eu-
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ETS
-
- ETR
-
- ETO
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ESU
-
- tfr
-
- TIA
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- ose
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- fo.
-
- OOT
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- FCS
-
- FCC
-
- FCA
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONF
-
- FAT
-
noun,
any of several white or yellowish greasy substances, forming the chief part of adipose tissue of animals and also occurring in plants, that when pure are colorless, odorless, and tasteless and are either solid or liquid esters of glycerol with fatty acids; fats are insoluble in water or cold alcohol but soluble in ether, chloroform, or benzene: used in the manufacture of soap, paints, and other protective coatings and in cooking.
- Fan
-
noun,
any device for producing a current of air by the movement of a broad surface or a number of such surfaces.
- ONI
-
- ONR
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- oo-
-
- FAR
-
Idioms,
a far cry (from). cry (def 27).
- FAO
-
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- oon
-
- ESR
-
- OSO
-
- Fen
-
noun,
low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh.
- EMR
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- en-
-
- EMU
-
noun,
a large, flightless, ratite bird, Emu (Dromaius) novaehollandiae, of Australia, resembling the ostrich but smaller and having a feathered head and neck and rudimentary wings.
- TMO
-
- EMT
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- 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).
- sfm
-
- EMF
-
- Sfc
-
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- 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.
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- ene
-
- EOE
-
- ese
-
- OTA
-
- Esc
-
- OSS
-
- ESA
-
- ERT
-
- ot-
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- 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.
- ote
-
- EOF
-
- MSI
-
- OTS
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Fee
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- ons
-
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- fm.
-
- OAU
-
- OFM
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- SMA
-
- FMC
-
- FRC
-
- FIT
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OCC
-
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- OCR
-
- OCS
-
- TCA
-
- TCS
-
- FOE
-
noun,
a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another; enemy:
- FON
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- 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.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- OTC
-
- fou
-
adjective,
drunk.
- FOT
-
- Fra
-
noun,
a title of address for a friar or brother.
- FOS
-
- oaf
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- OAO
-
- SMS
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- OSF
-
- OSA
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- 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
-
- fer
-
preposition, conjunction,
for.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Fr.
-
abbreviation,
Father.
- FIR
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- fic
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- oft
-
adverb,
often.
- OFr
-
- OIt
-
- fie
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
- of-
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OEO
-
- oic
-
- Om.
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- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- Fia
-
- OEM
-
- OIr
-
- FIO
-
- FET
-
- Oc.
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- SN
-
- SF
-
- RO
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- O.
-
- EI
-
- 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.
- ee
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- TM
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- 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.
- RC
-
- TN
-
- AO
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RN
-
- T1
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- R.
-
- t.
-
- i.
-
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- RI
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- NI
-
- MU
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- FC
-
- FI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- FA
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- SM
-
- SA
-
- S.
-
- SU
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- 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.
- FE
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- M.
-
- RU
-
- RF
-
- NM
-
- f.
-
noun,
(Paul) Felix (Edler von Münzberg) [poul fey-liks eyd-luh r fuh n mynts-berk] /paʊl ˈfeɪ lɪks ˈeɪd lər fən ˈmüntsˌbɛrk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1942, Austrian composer, conductor, and writer.
- TC
-
- ic
-
- N.
-
- CM
-
- U.
-
- UC
-
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- OA
-
- CU
-
- MN
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- NC
-
- NF
-
- UI
-
- IF
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- CE
-
- fn
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- MF
-