Anagrams of strobilaceous
Word strobilaceous has
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- lubricates
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verb (used with object),
to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- locutories
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noun,
locutorium.
- bacteriol.
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- cabriolets
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noun,
a light, two-wheeled, one-horse carriage with a folding top, capable of seating two persons.
- orbiculate
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adjective,
orbicular; rounded.
- cabrioles
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noun,
Furniture. a curved, tapering leg curving outward at the top and inward farther down so as to end in a round pad, the semblance of an animal's paw, or some other feature: used especially in the first half of the 18th century.
- sociables
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noun,
Chiefly Northern and Midland U.S. an informal social gathering, especially of members of a church.
- bisulcate
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adjective,
with two grooves.
- brocatels
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noun,
a brocade in which the design is woven in high relief.
- strobilus
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noun,
a reproductive structure characterized by overlapping scalelike parts, as a pine cone or the fruit of the hop.
- osculates
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verb (used with object),
to bring into close contact or union.
- closeouts
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noun,
a sale on all goods in liquidating a business.
- saboteurs
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noun,
a person who commits or practices sabotage.
- storables
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noun,
Usually, storables. articles that are storable.
- sorbitols
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noun,
a white, crystalline, sweet, water-soluble powder, C 6 H 8 (OH) 6 , occurring in cherries, plums, pears, seaweed, and many berries, obtained by the breakdown of dextrose and used as a sugar substitute for diabetics and in the manufacture of vitamin C, synthetic resins, candy, varnishes, etc.; sorbol.
- atrocious
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adjective,
extremely or shockingly wicked, cruel, or brutal:
- clubroots
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noun,
Plant Pathology. a disease of cabbage and other cruciferous plants, characterized by enlarged, malformed roots, caused by a slime mold, Plasmodiophora brassicae.
- cobaltous
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adjective,
containing bivalent cobalt.
- troiluses
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noun,
a warrior son of Priam, mentioned by Homer and Vergil and later represented as the lover of Cressida.
- suricates
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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.
- Isocrates
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noun,
436–338 b.c, Athenian orator.
- barstools
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noun,
a stool or seat, usually high and having a round, cushioned top, of a type often used for seating customers at a bar.
- laborites
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noun,
a member of a political party promoting the interests of labor.
- Labourite
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noun,
a member or supporter of the Labour party.
- subsoiler
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noun,
one who operates a subsoil plow.
- sectorial
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adjective,
of or relating to a sector.
- cassoulet
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noun,
a white-bean stew of French origin, often containing pork, mutton, garlic sausage, and preserved goose or duck.
- suctorial
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adjective,
adapted for sucking or suction, as an organ; functioning as a sucker for imbibing or adhering.
- carousels
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noun,
merry-go-round (def 1).
- cabriolet
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noun,
a light, two-wheeled, one-horse carriage with a folding top, capable of seating two persons.
- lobscouse
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noun,
a stew of meat, potatoes, onions, ship biscuit, etc.
- caroluses
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noun,
any of various coins issued under monarchs named Charles, especially the broad of Charles I of England.
- locutoria
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noun,
parlor (def 4).
- sclerotia
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noun,
a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- absolutes
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noun,
something that is not dependent upon external conditions for existence or for its specific nature, size, etc. (opposed to relative).
- lubricate
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verb (used with object),
to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- torulosis
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noun,
cryptococcosis.
- cortisols
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noun,
Biochemistry. one of several steroid hormones produced by the adrenal cortex and resembling cortisone in its action.
- autocross
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noun,
gymkhana (def 2).
- bootlaces
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noun,
a long, strong lace used to fasten a boot.
- Cristobal
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noun,
a seaport in Panama at the Atlantic end of the Panama Canal, adjacent to Colón.
- abortuses
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noun,
immature placental or fetal tissue prematurely passed or curetted.
- Baculites
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noun,
any ammonite of the genus Baculites, of the Cretaceous Period, having a straight shell with a spiral tip.
- bluecoats
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noun,
a person who wears a coat or uniform that is blue.
- cross-out
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noun,
a word, line, etc., that has been crossed out.
- colorists
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noun,
a person who uses color skillfully.
- Sterculia
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noun,
any of various tropical trees of the genus Sterculia, of which some species are grown as ornamentals and some are the source of commercially valuable wood.
- coistrels
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noun,
a scoundrel; knave.
- rosaceous
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adjective,
belonging to the plant family Rosaceae.
Compare rose family.
- scrutable
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adjective,
capable of being understood by careful study or investigation.
- balusters
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noun,
Architecture. any of a number of closely spaced supports for a railing.
- boracites
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noun,
a strongly pyroelectric mineral, a borate and chloride of magnesium, Mg 6 Cl 2 B 14 O 26 , occurring in white or colorless cubic crystals or fine-grained masses.
- Castries
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noun,
a port in and the capital of the state of St. Lucia, on the NW coast.
- troubles
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noun,
difficulty, annoyance, or harassment:
- bacteri-
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- issuable
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adjective,
able to be issued or to issue.
- baculite
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noun,
any ammonite of the genus Baculites, of the Cretaceous Period, having a straight shell with a spiral tip.
- Laborite
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noun,
a member of a political party promoting the interests of labor.
- couloirs
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noun,
a steep gorge or gully on the side of a mountain, especially in the Alps.
- Coulters
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noun,
colter.
- subsolar
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adjective,
situated beneath the sun or between the earth and the sun.
- sub-rosa
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adverb,
confidentially; secretly; privately.
- Lacrosse
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noun,
a game, originated by Indians of North America, in which two 10-member teams attempt to send a small ball into each other's netted goal, each player being equipped with a crosse or stick at the end of which is a netted pocket for catching, carrying, or throwing the ball.
- lacteous
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adjective,
milky; of the color of milk.
- lactoses
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noun,
Biochemistry. a disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , present in milk, that upon hydrolysis yields glucose and galactose.
- Larousse
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noun,
Pierre Athanase [pyer a-ta-nahz] /pyɛr a taˈnɑz/ (Show IPA), 1817–75, French grammarian, lexicographer, and encyclopedist.
- isolates
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noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- crustose
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adjective,
forming a crusty, tenaciously fixed mass that covers the surface on which it grows, as certain lichens.
- seculars
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noun,
a layperson.
- scouters
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noun,
a person who scouts.
- sclerous
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adjective,
hard; firm; bony.
- bicolors
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noun,
a flag divided into two major areas of color.
- scooters
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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.
- loricate
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adjective,
covered with a lorica.
- carioles
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noun,
a small, open, two-wheeled vehicle.
- cortisol
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noun,
Biochemistry. one of several steroid hormones produced by the adrenal cortex and resembling cortisone in its action.
- bailouts
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noun,
the act of parachuting from an aircraft, especially to escape a crash, fire, etc.
- corbeils
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noun,
a sculptured ornament, especially on a capital, having the form of a basket.
- coulisse
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noun,
a timber or the like having a groove for guiding a sliding panel.
- baluster
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noun,
Architecture. any of a number of closely spaced supports for a railing.
- carouses
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noun,
carousal.
- costrels
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noun,
a flask made of leather, earthenware, or wood, usually with an ear or ears by which to suspend it, as from the waist.
- librates
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verb (used without object),
to oscillate or move from side to side or between two points.
- Arcesius
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noun,
a son of Zeus and Euryodia, father of Laertes, and grandfather of Odysseus.
- celosias
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noun,
any plant of the genus Celosia, having small, usually red or yellowish flowers in dense, crested or plumelike spikes.
Compare cockscomb (def 3).
- seaboots
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noun,
a high, waterproof wading boot worn for fishing and sailing.
- leucosis
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noun,
leukosis.
- Libertas
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noun,
the ancient Roman personification of liberty.
- sociable
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noun,
Chiefly Northern and Midland U.S. an informal social gathering, especially of members of a church.
- Subotica
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noun,
a city in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, in N Serbia.
- curtails
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noun,
a horizontal, spiral termination to the lower end of a stair railing.
- sorbates
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noun,
a sorbed substance.
- sorbitol
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noun,
a white, crystalline, sweet, water-soluble powder, C 6 H 8 (OH) 6 , occurring in cherries, plums, pears, seaweed, and many berries, obtained by the breakdown of dextrose and used as a sugar substitute for diabetics and in the manufacture of vitamin C, synthetic resins, candy, varnishes, etc.; sorbol.
- clotures
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noun,
a method of closing a debate and causing an immediate vote to be taken on the question.
- storable
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noun,
Usually, storables. articles that are storable.
- stoolies
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- curtsies
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noun,
a respectful bow made by women and girls, consisting of bending the knees and lowering the body.
- basilect
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noun,
the variety of language in a creole continuum that is most distinct from the acrolect.
- clubroot
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noun,
Plant Pathology. a disease of cabbage and other cruciferous plants, characterized by enlarged, malformed roots, caused by a slime mold, Plasmodiophora brassicae.
- crosstie
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noun,
Railroads. a tie.
- crosslet
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noun,
a small cross, as one used as a heraldic charge.
- clusters
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noun,
a number of things of the same kind, growing or held together; a bunch:
- bascules
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noun,
a device operating like a balance or seesaw, especially an arrangement of a movable bridge (bascule bridge) by which the rising floor or section is counterbalanced by a weight.
- coasters
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noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- auricles
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noun,
Anatomy.
the projecting outer portion of the ear; pinna.
Also called auricular appendage. an ear-shaped appendage projecting from each atrium of the heart.
(loosely) the atrium.
- coituses
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noun,
sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- barstool
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noun,
a stool or seat, usually high and having a round, cushioned top, of a type often used for seating customers at a bar.
- stabiles
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noun,
a piece of abstract sculpture having immobile units constructed of sheet metal, wire, or other material and attached to fixed supports.
Compare mobile (def 10).
- coistrel
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noun,
a scoundrel; knave.
- elastics
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noun,
webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.
- solstice
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noun,
Astronomy.
either of the two times a year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator: about June 21, when the sun reaches its northernmost point on the celestial sphere, or about December 22, when it reaches its southernmost point. Compare summer solstice, winter solstice.
either of the two points in the ecliptic farthest from the equator.
- iceboats
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noun,
a vehicle for rapid movement on ice, usually consisting of a T -shaped frame on three runners driven by a fore-and-aft sailing rig or, sometimes, by an engine operating a propeller.
- strobila
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noun,
the body of a tapeworm exclusive of the head and neck region.
Compare scolex.
- sublates
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verb (used with object),
to deny or contradict; negate.
- stablers
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noun,
a person who runs a horse stable.
- Colossae
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noun,
an ancient city in SW Phrygia: seat of an early Christian church to which Paul wrote the Epistle to the Colossians.
- creosols
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noun,
a colorless oily liquid, C 8 H 10 O 2 , having an agreeable odor and a burning taste, obtained from wood tar and guaiacum resin: used as a disinfectant, in the manufacture of resins, and in ore flotation.
- ascribes
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verb (used with object),
to credit or assign, as to a cause or source; attribute; impute:
- subcosta
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noun,
a longitudinal vein in the anterior portion of the wing of an insect.
- societal
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to large social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
- colorist
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noun,
a person who uses color skillfully.
- estriols
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- closeout
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noun,
a sale on all goods in liquidating a business.
- Socrates
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noun,
469?–399 b.c, Athenian philosopher.
- citreous
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adjective,
lemon-yellow; greenish-yellow.
- soilures
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noun,
a stain.
- Escurial
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noun,
Escorial.
- citruses
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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.
- Escorial
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noun,
a building in central Spain, 27 miles (43 km) NW of Madrid, containing a monastery, palace, church, and mausoleum of the Spanish sovereigns: erected 1563–84.
- escolars
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noun,
a snake mackerel, especially Lepidocybium flavobrunneum.
- touracos
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noun,
any of several large, brightly colored birds of the family Musophagidae, of Africa, having a helmetlike crest.
- cloister
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noun,
a covered walk, especially in a religious institution, having an open arcade or colonnade usually opening onto a courtyard.
- carousel
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noun,
merry-go-round (def 1).
- Lucretia
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noun,
Also, Lucrece [loo-krees] /luˈkris/ (Show IPA). Roman Legend. a Roman woman whose suicide led to the expulsion of the Tarquins and the establishment of the Roman republic.
- ossature
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noun,
the structure or framework supporting a building or sculpture.
- outliers
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noun,
something that lies outside the main body or group that it is a part of, as a cow far from the rest of the herd, or a distant island belonging to a cluster of islands:
- outcross
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noun,
a hybrid animal or plant so produced.
- outcries
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noun,
a strong and usually public expression of protest, indignation, or the like.
- outclass
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verb (used with object),
to surpass in excellence or quality, especially by a wide margin; be superior:
- acoelous
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adjective,
without a true alimentary canal.
- saboteur
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noun,
a person who commits or practices sabotage.
- ostioles
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noun,
Biology. a small opening or pore, especially in the fruiting body of a fungus.
- bricoles
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noun,
Billiards. a shot in which the cue ball strikes a cushion after touching the object ball and before hitting the carom ball.
- bristles
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noun,
one of the short, stiff, coarse hairs of certain animals, especially hogs, used extensively in making brushes.
- uralites
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noun,
a fibrous, dark-green hornblende formed by the hydrothermal alteration of pyroxene.
- outsails
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verb (used with object),
to outdo in sailing; sail farther, more skillfully, or faster than.
- osculate
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verb (used with object),
to bring into close contact or union.
- bristols
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noun,
a seaport in Avon, in SW England, on the Avon River near its confluence with the Severn estuary.
- brocatel
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noun,
a brocade in which the design is woven in high relief.
- saltiers
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noun,
saltire.
- saltires
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noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- aerobics
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noun,
Also called aerobic exercises. (used with a plural verb) any of various sustained exercises, as jogging, rowing, swimming, or cycling, that stimulate and strengthen the heart and lungs, thereby improving the body's utilization of oxygen.
- orbitals
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noun,
Physics, Chemistry.
a wave function describing the state of a single electron in an atom (atomic orbital) or in a molecule (molecular orbital)
the electron in that state.
- aerosols
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noun,
Physical Chemistry. a system of colloidal particles dispersed in a gas; smoke or fog.
- orbitale
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noun,
Craniometry, Cephalometry. the lowermost point on the lower margin of the left orbit, located instrumentally on the skull or by palpation on the head.
- oralists
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noun,
an advocate of oralism.
- outraces
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verb (used with object),
to race or run faster than:
- outsoars
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verb (used with object),
to soar beyond.
- air-cool
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verb (used with object),
Machinery. to remove the heat of combustion, friction, etc., from (a machine, engine, or device), as by air streams flowing over an engine jacket.
- bolsters
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noun,
a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.
- utricles
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noun,
a small sac or baglike body, as an air-filled cavity in a seaweed.
- rootless
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adjective,
having no roots.
- roseolas
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noun,
a kind of rose-colored rash.
- robotics
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noun,
the use of computer-controlled robots to perform manual tasks, especially on an assembly line.
- rosulate
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adjective,
forming a rosette or rosettes.
- bluecoat
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noun,
a person who wears a coat or uniform that is blue.
- boasters
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noun,
a person who boasts or brags.
- rictuses
-
noun,
the gape of the mouth of a bird.
- bloaters
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noun,
a herring cured by being salted and briefly smoked and dried.
- blisters
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noun,
a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
- outsoles
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noun,
the outer sole of a shoe.
- boosters
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noun,
a person or thing that boosts, especially an energetic and enthusiastic supporter.
- bootlace
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noun,
a long, strong lace used to fasten a boot.
- bootless
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adjective,
without result, gain, or advantage; unavailing; useless.
- boracite
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noun,
a strongly pyroelectric mineral, a borate and chloride of magnesium, Mg 6 Cl 2 B 14 O 26 , occurring in white or colorless cubic crystals or fine-grained masses.
- abristle
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adverb, adjective,
in a bristling state:
- borstals
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noun,
(in England) a school for delinquent boys that provides therapy and vocational training.
- rubeolas
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noun,
measles.
- Botsares
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noun,
Markos [Greek mahr-kaws] /Greek ˈmɑr kɔs/ (Show IPA), Bozzaris, Marco.
- Absolute
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noun,
something that is not dependent upon external conditions for existence or for its specific nature, size, etc. (opposed to relative).
- abstruse
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adjective,
hard to understand; recondite; esoteric:
- airbuses
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noun,
a short-range or medium-range commercial passenger airplane, especially one that is part of a frequent shuttlelike service between two popular destinations.
- corslets
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noun,
corselet (def 2).
- oestrous
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adjective,
estrous.
- bustiers
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noun,
a woman's close-fitting, sleeveless, strapless top, often elasticized, usually having boning or facing to give it shape, and worn as a blouse.
- cabooses
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noun,
a car on a freight train, used chiefly as the crew's quarters and usually attached to the rear of the train.
- obscures
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noun,
obscurity.
- cabriole
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noun,
Furniture. a curved, tapering leg curving outward at the top and inward farther down so as to end in a round pad, the semblance of an animal's paw, or some other feature: used especially in the first half of the 18th century.
- Alcestis
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noun,
Also, Alkestis. Classical Mythology. the wife of Admetus who gave up her life in order that the Fates might save the life of Admetus and later was brought back from Hades by Hercules.
- obsolesc
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- sautoirs
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noun,
a ribbon, chain, scarf, or the like, tied around the neck in such a manner that the ends cross over each other.
- obstacle
-
noun,
something that obstructs or hinders progress.
- scabious
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noun,
Also called pincushion flower. any of various plants belonging to the genus Scabiosa, of the teasel family, having opposite leaves and often showy flower heads in a variety of colors.
- scabrous
-
adjective,
having a rough surface because of minute points or projections.
- suitcase
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noun,
a usually rectangular piece of luggage especially for carrying clothes while traveling.
- suricate
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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.
- surcoats
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noun,
a garment worn over medieval armor, often embroidered with heraldic arms.
- suitable
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adjective,
such as to suit; appropriate; fitting; becoming.
- scarious
-
adjective,
thin, dry, and membranous, as certain bracts; chaffy.
- oculists
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noun,
ophthalmologist.
- scarlets
-
noun,
a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
- calibers
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noun,
the diameter of something of circular section, especially that of the inside of a tube:
- bisector
-
noun,
a line or plane that bisects an angle or line segment.
- Boeotus
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noun,
a son of Arne and Poseidon, and ancestor of the Boeotians.
- stoical
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adjective,
impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics:
- carouse
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noun,
carousal.
- boaters
-
noun,
a person who boats, especially for pleasure.
- Bossuet
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noun,
Jacques Bénigne [zhahk bey-neen-yuh] /ʒɑk beɪˈnin yə/ (Show IPA), 1627–1704, French bishop, writer, and orator.
- corbels
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noun,
any bracket, especially one of brick or stone, usually of slight extent.
- Corliss
-
noun,
George Henry, 1817–88, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- boaster
-
noun,
a person who boasts or brags.
- cariole
-
noun,
a small, open, two-wheeled vehicle.
- boucles
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noun,
yarn with loops producing a rough, nubby appearance on woven or knitted fabrics.
- boatels
-
noun,
a waterside hotel with dock space for persons who travel by boat.
- borates
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noun,
a salt or ester of boric acid.
- cobalts
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noun,
a silver-white metallic element with a faint pinkish tinge, occurring in compounds whose silicates afford important blue coloring substances for ceramics. Symbol: Co; atomic weight: 58.933; atomic number: 27; specific gravity: 8.9 at 20°C.
- caribes
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noun,
piranha.
- boulter
-
noun,
a long, stout fishing line with several hooks attached.
- bourses
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noun,
a stock exchange, especially the stock exchange of certain European cities.
- coaster
-
noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- coalers
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noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- caboose
-
noun,
a car on a freight train, used chiefly as the crew's quarters and usually attached to the rear of the train.
- cluster
-
noun,
a number of things of the same kind, growing or held together; a bunch:
- borstal
-
noun,
(in England) a school for delinquent boys that provides therapy and vocational training.
- Colbert
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noun,
Claudette (Lily Claudette Chauchoin) 1903–96, U.S. actress, born in France.
- boilers
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noun,
a closed vessel or arrangement of vessels and tubes, together with a furnace or other heat source, in which steam or other vapor is generated from water to drive turbines or engines, supply heat, process certain materials, etc.
Compare fire-tube boiler, water-tube boiler.
- bolster
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noun,
a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.
- sterols
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- boleros
-
noun,
a lively Spanish dance in triple meter.
- Caribou
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noun,
any of several large, North American deer of the genus Rangifer, related to the reindeer of the Old World.
- colures
-
noun,
either of two great circles of the celestial sphere intersecting each other at the poles, one passing through both equinoxes and the other through both solstices.
- colters
-
noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- Roscius
-
noun,
Quintus [kwin-tuh s] /ˈkwɪn təs/ (Show IPA), c126–c62 b.c, Roman actor.
- colours
-
noun,
the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue.
- Boletus
-
noun,
any mushroomlike fungus of the genus Boletus, having an easily separable layer of tubes on the underside of the cap or pileus.
- carious
-
adjective,
having caries, as teeth; decayed.
- cabrito
-
noun,
the meat of a young goat.
- cartels
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- boluses
-
noun,
Pharmacology, Veterinary Medicine. a round mass of medicinal material, larger than an ordinary pill. Abbreviation: bol.
- booster
-
noun,
a person or thing that boosts, especially an energetic and enthusiastic supporter.
- Carlist
-
noun,
a supporter of the claims of Don Carlos of Spain or of his successors to the Spanish throne.
- Colobus
-
noun,
any of several large, slender African monkeys of the genus Colobus, lacking thumbs and having long silky fur of black and white (C. polykomos), black and reddish-brown (C. badius), or olive (C. verus): now dwindling.
- Corbeil
-
noun,
a sculptured ornament, especially on a capital, having the form of a basket.
- Boeotia
-
noun,
a district in ancient Greece, NW of Athens. Capital: Thebes.
- caliber
-
noun,
the diameter of something of circular section, especially that of the inside of a tube:
- Carolus
-
noun,
any of various coins issued under monarchs named Charles, especially the broad of Charles I of England.
- braises
-
verb (used with object),
to cook (meat, fish, or vegetables) by sautéeing in fat and then simmering slowly in very little liquid.
- brassie
-
noun,
a club with a wooden head, the brass-plated face of which has more slope than a driver but less than a spoon, for hitting long, low drives on the fairway.
- braless
-
adjective,
wearing no bra.
- cesuras
-
noun,
caesura.
- strobes
-
noun,
Also called strobe light. stroboscope (def 2a).
- castles
-
noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- talcose
-
adjective,
containing or composed largely of talc.
- 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.
- Brotula
-
noun,
any of several chiefly deep-sea fishes of the family Brotulidae.
- brucite
-
noun,
a mineral, magnesium hydroxide, Mg(OH) 2 , occurring in tabular, foliated crystals: used in magnesia refractories.
- bustles
-
noun,
thriving or energetic activity; stir; ferment.
- suberic
-
adjective,
of or relating to cork.
- sublate
-
verb (used with object),
to deny or contradict; negate.
- casuist
-
noun,
an oversubtle or disingenuous reasoner, especially in questions of morality.
- subtile
-
adjective,
subtle.
- cerato-
-
- citoles
-
noun,
cittern.
- sublets
-
noun,
a sublease.
- catouse
-
noun,
New England. a noisy disturbance; commotion.
- Celsius
-
noun,
Anders [ahn-ders] /ˈɑn dərs/ (Show IPA), 1701–44, Swedish astronomer who devised the Celsius temperature scale.
- bruises
-
noun,
an injury due to bruising; contusion.
- Brussel
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Belgium, in the central part.
- Celosia
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Celosia, having small, usually red or yellowish flowers in dense, crested or plumelike spikes.
Compare cockscomb (def 3).
- tailors
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- burials
-
noun,
the act or ceremony of burying.
- sutlers
-
noun,
(formerly) a person who followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers.
- busters
-
noun,
a person who breaks up something:
- bustier
-
noun,
a woman's close-fitting, sleeveless, strapless top, often elasticized, usually having boning or facing to give it shape, and worn as a blouse.
- Castile
-
noun,
Spanish Cas·ti·lla, [kahs-tee-lyah, -yah] /kɑsˈti lyɑ, -yɑ/ (Show IPA). a former kingdom comprising most of Spain.
- citrals
-
noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- cablets
-
noun,
a small cable, especially a cablelaid rope under 10 inches (25 cm) in circumference.
- closers
-
noun,
a person or thing that closes.
- brasils
-
noun,
Brazil.
- 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.
- subsoil
-
noun,
the bed or stratum of earth or earthy material immediately under the surface soil.
- sulcate
-
adjective,
having long, narrow grooves or channels, as plant stems, or being furrowed or cleft, as hoofs.
- taluses
-
noun,
the uppermost bone of the proximal row of bones of the tarsus; anklebone.
- cloture
-
noun,
a method of closing a debate and causing an immediate vote to be taken on the question.
- surbase
-
noun,
a molding above a base, as that immediately above a baseboard, the crowning molding of a pedestal, etc.
- caseous
-
adjective,
of or like cheese.
- closure
-
noun,
the act of closing; the state of being closed.
- breasts
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
- closets
-
noun,
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
- Cassite
-
noun,
Kassite.
- casters
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- Brescia
-
noun,
a city in central Lombardy, in N Italy.
- Breslau
-
noun,
German name of Wrocław.
- clootie
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) cloot (def 2).
- bricole
-
noun,
Billiards. a shot in which the cue ball strikes a cushion after touching the object ball and before hitting the carom ball.
- stories
-
noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- claries
-
noun,
any of several aromatic herbs of the genus Salvia, especially S. sclarea, having hairy, heart-shaped leaves and open clusters of lilac or blue flowers, used as a seasoning, a wine flavoring, and an ingredient in perfumes.
- clarets
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- claires
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- sucrase
-
noun,
invertase.
- bristle
-
noun,
one of the short, stiff, coarse hairs of certain animals, especially hogs, used extensively in making brushes.
- surcoat
-
noun,
a garment worn over medieval armor, often embroidered with heraldic arms.
- Calorie
-
noun,
Thermodynamics.
Also called gram calorie, small calorie. an amount of heat exactly equal to 4.1840 joules. Abbreviation: cal.
(usually initial capital letter) kilocalorie. Abbreviation: Cal.
- Bristol
-
noun,
a seaport in Avon, in SW England, on the Avon River near its confluence with the Severn estuary.
- cutlass
-
noun,
a short, heavy, slightly curved sword with a single cutting edge, formerly used by sailors.
- 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.
- sarcous
-
adjective,
consisting of or pertaining to flesh or skeletal muscle.
- saucers
-
noun,
a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.
- October
-
noun,
the tenth month of the year, containing 31 days. Abbreviation: Oct.
- oculars
-
noun,
Optics. eyepiece.
- oculist
-
noun,
ophthalmologist.
- satoris
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- oestrus
-
noun,
estrus.
- ooblast
-
noun,
a primordial cell from which the ovum is developed.
- oolites
-
noun,
a limestone composed of minute rounded concretions resembling fish roe, in some places altered to ironstone by replacement with iron oxide.
- oralist
-
noun,
an advocate of oralism.
- Saucier
-
noun,
a chef or cook who specializes in making sauces.
- salutes
-
noun,
Military.
the special act of respect paid in saluting.
the position of the hand or rifle in saluting:
- orbital
-
noun,
Physics, Chemistry.
a wave function describing the state of a single electron in an atom (atomic orbital) or in a molecule (molecular orbital)
the electron in that state.
- saltire
-
noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- orioles
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World.
Compare golden oriole.
- saltier
-
noun,
saltire.
- Orosius
-
noun,
Paulus [paw-luh s] /ˈpɔ ləs/ (Show IPA), flourished 5th century a.d, Spanish theologian and historian.
- Salters
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- Osceola
-
noun,
1804–38, U.S. Indian leader: chief of the Seminole tribe.
- ocelots
-
noun,
a spotted leopardlike cat, Felis pardalis, ranging from Texas through South America: now greatly reduced in number and endangered in the U.S.
- obscure
-
noun,
obscurity.
- Ossetia
-
noun,
a region in Caucasia: divided between North Ossetia of the Russian Federation and the South Ossetian Autonomous Region of the Georgian Republic.
- Scarlet
-
noun,
a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
- scotias
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- loiters
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- loobies
-
noun,
an awkward person, especially one who is lazy or stupid; lout; lubber.
- scoters
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- 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.
- lotuses
-
noun,
a plant believed to be a jujube or elm, referred to in Greek legend as yielding a fruit that induced a state of dreamy and contented forgetfulness in those who ate it.
- sclero-
-
- scleras
-
noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- lusters
-
noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- oboists
-
noun,
a player of the oboe.
- lustres
-
noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- scalers
-
noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- scabies
-
noun,
a contagious skin disease occurring especially in sheep and cattle and also in humans, caused by the itch mite, Sarcoptes scabiei, which burrows under the skin.
Compare itch (def 10), mange.
- sautoir
-
noun,
a ribbon, chain, scarf, or the like, tied around the neck in such a manner that the ends cross over each other.
- obelias
-
noun,
a colonial hydroid of the genus Obelia, common in temperate seas and appearing as a delicate, mosslike growth on rocks, pilings, etc.
- sauries
-
noun,
a sharp-snouted fish, Scomberesox saurus, inhabiting temperate regions of the Atlantic Ocean.
- saurels
-
noun,
any of several elongated marine fishes of the genus Trachurus, having bony plates along each side.
- oblasts
-
noun,
(in Russia and the Soviet Union) an administrative division corresponding to an autonomous province.
- oblates
-
noun,
a person offered to the service of and living in a monastery, but not under monastic vows or full monastic rule.
- oscular
-
adjective,
pertaining to an osculum.
- Ossetic
-
noun,
the Indo-European, Iranian language of the Ossets.
- locates
-
verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- Roussel
-
noun,
Albert (Charles Paul Mari) [al-ber sharl pawl ma-ree] /alˈbɛr ʃarl pɔl maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1869–1937, French composer.
- rubasse
-
noun,
a variety of bright-red rock crystal.
- recusal
-
noun,
the disqualification of a judge for a particular lawsuit or proceeding, especially due to some possible conflict of interest or prejudice.
- relicts
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- relucts
-
verb (used without object),
to struggle (against something); rebel.
- resails
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- results
-
noun,
something that happens as a consequence; outcome.
- retails
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- retools
-
verb (used with object),
to replace or rearrange the tools and machinery of (a factory).
- rialtos
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- recital
-
noun,
a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
- riblets
-
noun,
a boneless cut of meat from the end of a rib of veal, lamb, or pork.
- riboses
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble, slightly sweet solid, C 5 H 10 O 5 , a pentose sugar obtained by the hydrolysis of RNA.
- ribosos
-
noun,
rebozo.
- roubles
-
noun,
ruble.
- riotous
-
adjective,
(of an act) characterized by or of the nature of rioting or a disturbance of the peace.
- rissole
-
noun,
a small pastry, often in turnover form, filled with a mixture containing meat or fish and usually fried in deep fat.
- rituals
-
noun,
an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- robalos
-
noun,
snook2 (def 1).
- roseola
-
noun,
a kind of rose-colored rash.
- re-coil
-
verb (used with or without object),
to coil again.
- recasts
-
noun,
a recasting.
- ossicle
-
noun,
a small bone.
- outsoar
-
verb (used with object),
to soar beyond.
- ostiole
-
noun,
Biology. a small opening or pore, especially in the fruiting body of a fungus.
- ostlers
-
noun,
hostler.
- sailors
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- sailers
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- ousters
-
noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- outlier
-
noun,
something that lies outside the main body or group that it is a part of, as a cow far from the rest of the herd, or a distant island belonging to a cluster of islands:
- outrace
-
verb (used with object),
to race or run faster than:
- outsail
-
verb (used with object),
to outdo in sailing; sail farther, more skillfully, or faster than.
- outsole
-
noun,
the outer sole of a shoe.
- rubatos
-
noun,
a rubato phrase or passage.
- rutiles
-
noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- rustles
-
noun,
the sound made by anything that rustles:
- rustics
-
noun,
a country person.
- 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.
- rubeola
-
noun,
measles.
- realist
-
noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- rebatos
-
noun,
rabato.
- reboots
-
noun,
an act or instance of restarting a computer.
- rebosos
-
noun,
rebozo.
- locator
-
noun,
a person who locates something.
- lobster
-
noun,
any of various large, edible, marine, usually dull-green, stalk-eyed decapod crustaceans of the family Homaridae, especially of the genus Homarus, having large, asymmetrical pincers on the first pair of legs, one used for crushing and the other for cutting and tearing: the shell turns bright red when cooked.
- corslet
-
noun,
corselet (def 2).
- Curtiss
-
noun,
Glenn Hammond, 1878–1930, U.S. inventor: pioneer in the field of aviation.
- curable
-
adjective,
capable of being cured.
- curates
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- soucars
-
noun,
a Hindu banker.
- curiosa
-
plural noun,
books, pamphlets, etc., dealing with unusual subjects.
- 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.
- Soubise
-
noun,
a brown or white sauce containing strained or puréed onions and served with meat.
- curtail
-
noun,
a horizontal, spiral termination to the lower end of a stair railing.
- curtals
-
noun,
a 16th-century bassoon.
- terbias
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- cuestas
-
noun,
a long, low ridge with a relatively steep face or escarpment on one side and a long, gentle slope on the other.
- cutlers
-
noun,
a person who makes, sells, or repairs knives and other cutting instruments.
- 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.
- sorbose
-
noun,
a ketohexose, C 6 H 12 O 6 , occurring in mountain ash and obtained industrially from sorbitol by bacterial oxidation: used in the synthesis of vitamin C.
- sorbets
-
noun,
sherbet (defs 1, 3).
- eclairs
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- sorbate
-
noun,
a sorbed substance.
- solutes
-
noun,
the substance dissolved in a given solution.
- elastic
-
noun,
webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.
- cuirass
-
noun,
Also called corselet. defensive armor for the torso comprising a breastplate and backplate, originally made of leather.
- cubital
-
noun,
Ornithology Now Rare. a secondary feather.
- Erastus
-
noun,
Thomas [tom-uh s;; German toh-mahs] /ˈtɒm əs;; German ˈtoʊ mɑs/ (Show IPA), 1524–83, Swiss-German theologian.
- courses
-
noun,
a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- stearo-
-
- stearic
-
adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- costars
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- costers
-
noun,
costermonger.
- costrel
-
noun,
a flask made of leather, earthenware, or wood, usually with an ear or ears by which to suspend it, as from the waist.
- couloir
-
noun,
a steep gorge or gully on the side of a mountain, especially in the Alps.
- Coulter
-
noun,
colter.
- Courbet
-
noun,
Gustave [gys-tav] /güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1819–77, French painter.
- couters
-
noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- souters
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- creosol
-
noun,
a colorless oily liquid, C 8 H 10 O 2 , having an agreeable odor and a burning taste, obtained from wood tar and guaiacum resin: used as a disinfectant, in the manufacture of resins, and in ore flotation.
- cresols
-
noun,
any of three isomeric compounds having the formula C 7 H 8 O, usually derived from coal tar and wood tar, and used chiefly as a disinfectant.
- crissal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the crissum.
- Croesus
-
noun,
died 546 b.c, king of Lydia 560–546: noted for his great wealth.
- cruises
-
noun,
the act of cruising.
- stables
-
noun,
a building for the lodging and feeding of horses, cattle, etc.
- crustal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a crust, as of the earth.
- stabler
-
noun,
a person who runs a horse stable.
- stabile
-
noun,
a piece of abstract sculpture having immobile units constructed of sheet metal, wire, or other material and attached to fixed supports.
Compare mobile (def 10).
- soloist
-
noun,
a person who performs a solo.
- erotica
-
noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- scouter
-
noun,
a person who scouts.
- Lautrec
-
noun,
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri.
- labrets
-
noun,
an ornament worn in a pierced hole in the lip.
- Lacoste
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney;; French ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ;; French rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1996, French tennis player.
- lactose
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , present in milk, that upon hydrolysis yields glucose and galactose.
- Setubal
-
noun,
Bay of, an inlet of the Atlantic, in W Portugal. 20 miles (32 km) long; 35 miles (56 km) wide.
- serious
-
noun,
that which is of importance, grave, critical, or somber:
- serials
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- latices
-
noun,
a plural of latex.
- Latrobe
-
noun,
Benjamin Henry, 1764–1820, U.S. architect and engineer, born in England.
- secular
-
noun,
a layperson.
- Silures
-
plural noun,
a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- lectors
-
noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- Leuctra
-
noun,
a town in ancient Greece, in Boeotia: Thebans defeated Spartans here 371 b.c.
- seaboot
-
noun,
a high, waterproof wading boot worn for fishing and sailing.
- librate
-
verb (used without object),
to oscillate or move from side to side or between two points.
- lictors
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- Scutari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between NW Albania and Montenegro. About 135 sq. mi. (350 sq. km).
- listers
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- scribes
-
noun,
a person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of printing.
- labours
-
noun,
productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- isolate
-
noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- erotics
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- Socotra
-
noun,
an island in the Indian Ocean, S of Arabia: a part of the Republic of Yemen. 1382 sq. mi. (3579 sq. km).
- solates
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- solaces
-
noun,
comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.
- escolar
-
noun,
a snake mackerel, especially Lepidocybium flavobrunneum.
- escorts
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- eslisor
-
noun,
elisor.
- soilure
-
noun,
a stain.
- estriol
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- estrous
-
adjective,
pertaining to or involving the estrus.
- sociol.
-
- isobars
-
noun,
Meteorology. a line drawn on a weather map or chart that connects points at which the barometric pressure is the same.
- socials
-
noun,
a social gathering or party, especially of or as given by an organized group:
- eutocia
-
noun,
normal childbirth.
- sluices
-
noun,
an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- iceboat
-
noun,
a vehicle for rapid movement on ice, usually consisting of a T -shaped frame on three runners driven by a fore-and-aft sailing rig or, sometimes, by an engine operating a propeller.
- icterus
-
noun,
jaundice (def 1).
- ictuses
-
noun,
Prosody. rhythmical or metrical stress.
- Iobates
-
noun,
a Lycian king commissioned by his son-in-law, Proetus, to kill Bellerophon: after surviving ordeals designed to destroy him, Bellerophon was believed to be divinely protected, and Iobates gave him half his kingdom.
- slicers
-
noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- slaters
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- bluster
-
noun,
boisterous noise and violence:
- Rosalie
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning rose festival.
- touraco
-
noun,
any of several large, brightly colored birds of the family Musophagidae, of Africa, having a helmetlike crest.
- bailors
-
noun,
a person who delivers personal property in bailment.
- bistros
-
noun,
a small, modest, European-style restaurant or café.
- ascribe
-
verb (used with object),
to credit or assign, as to a cause or source; attribute; impute:
- Belasco
-
noun,
David, 1854–1931, U.S. playwright, actor, and producer.
- Bleriot
-
noun,
Louis [lwee] /lwi/ (Show IPA), 1872–1936, French aviator, pioneer aeronautical engineer, and inventor.
- bailout
-
noun,
the act of parachuting from an aircraft, especially to escape a crash, fire, etc.
- aerobic
-
adjective,
(of an organism or tissue) requiring the presence of air or free oxygen for life.
- bistres
-
noun,
a brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood, often used in pen and wash drawings.
- blister
-
noun,
a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
- bascule
-
noun,
a device operating like a balance or seesaw, especially an arrangement of a movable bridge (bascule bridge) by which the rising floor or section is counterbalanced by a weight.
- basters
-
noun,
a person or thing that bastes.
- auricle
-
noun,
Anatomy.
the projecting outer portion of the ear; pinna.
Also called auricular appendage. an ear-shaped appendage projecting from each atrium of the heart.
(loosely) the atrium.
- ascites
-
noun,
accumulation of serous fluid in the peritoneal cavity; dropsy of the peritoneum.
- trioses
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- Troilus
-
noun,
a warrior son of Priam, mentioned by Homer and Vergil and later represented as the lover of Cressida.
- Aerosol
-
noun,
Physical Chemistry. a system of colloidal particles dispersed in a gas; smoke or fog.
- uracils
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a pyrimidine base, C 4 H 4 N 2 O 2 , that is one of the fundamental components of RNA, in which it forms base pairs with adenine. Symbol: U.
- tousles
-
noun,
a disheveled or rumpled mass, especially of hair.
- Arecibo
-
noun,
a seaport in N Puerto Rico.
- bloater
-
noun,
a herring cured by being salted and briefly smoked and dried.
- albites
-
noun,
the sodium end member of the plagioclase feldspar group, light-colored and found in alkalic igneous rocks.
- actress
-
noun,
a woman who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc., especially professionally.
- blasto-
-
- astrol.
-
- triable
-
- bicolor
-
noun,
a flag divided into two major areas of color.
- Astilbe
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Astilbe, of the saxifrage family, having spirelike clusters of small white, pink, or reddish flowers.
- aorists
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- uralite
-
noun,
a fibrous, dark-green hornblende formed by the hydrothermal alteration of pyroxene.
- abscise
-
verb (used without object),
to separate by abscission, as a leaf from a stem.
- abortus
-
noun,
immature placental or fetal tissue prematurely passed or curetted.
- barites
-
noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- bestirs
-
verb (used with object),
to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively):
- turacos
-
noun,
touraco.
- Alberti
-
noun,
Leon Battista [le-awn baht-tee-stah] /lɛˈɔn bɑtˈti stɑ/ (Show IPA), 1404–72, Italian architect, artist, musician, and poet.
- bestial
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or having the form of a beast:
- balteus
-
noun,
(on an Ionic capital) the horizontal band connecting the volutes on either side.
- ariosos
-
noun,
an arioso composition or section.
- blastic
-
- acetous
-
adjective,
containing or producing acetic acid.
- abseils
-
noun, verb (used without object),
rappel.
- acerous
-
adjective,
acerose1 .
- aristo-
-
- bisters
-
noun,
bistre.
- Aetolus
-
noun,
son of Endymion and founder of Aetolia.
- airless
-
adjective,
lacking air.
- torulas
-
noun,
a highly nutritious yeast produced commercially on a sugar recovered from the manufacture of wood products or from processed fruit.
- bisects
-
noun,
Also called split. Philately. a portion of a stamp, usually half, used for payment of a proportionate amount of the face value of the whole stamp.
- utricle
-
noun,
a small sac or baglike body, as an air-filled cavity in a seaweed.
- Basutos
-
noun,
Sotho (def 3).
- aristos
-
noun,
aristocrat.
- article
-
noun,
a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
- ulsters
-
noun,
a former province in Ireland, now comprising Northern Ireland and a part of the Republic of Ireland.
- arouses
-
verb (used with object),
to stir to action or strong response; excite:
- trouble
-
noun,
difficulty, annoyance, or harassment:
- aurists
-
noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- Ariosto
-
noun,
Ludovico [loo-daw-vee-kaw] /ˌlu dɔˈvi kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1474–1533, Italian poet: author of Orlando Furioso.
- Austro-
-
- artless
-
adjective,
free from deceit, cunning, or craftiness; ingenuous:
- Baltic
-
noun,
the Baltic branch of the Indo-European family of languages.
- scato-
-
- Corbie
-
noun,
a raven or crow.
- crasis
-
noun,
composition; constitution; makeup.
- luteo-
-
- corals
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- sterol
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- lutose
-
adjective,
covered with a powdery substance resembling mud, as certain insects.
- corbel
-
noun,
any bracket, especially one of brick or stone, usually of slight extent.
- Alecto
-
noun,
one of the Furies.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- scares
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- coolie
-
noun,
an unskilled laborer, especially formerly in China and India.
- Creusa
-
noun,
the bride to be of Jason, slain by Medea.
- colure
-
noun,
either of two great circles of the celestial sphere intersecting each other at the poles, one passing through both equinoxes and the other through both solstices.
- Tulear
-
noun,
a city on SW Madagascar.
- cooler
-
noun,
a container or apparatus, as an insulated chest, in which something may be cooled or kept cool.
- crests
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- sclera
-
noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- scaler
-
noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- cootie
-
noun,
a louse, especially one affecting humans, as the body louse, head louse, or pubic louse.
- Scales
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- cresol
-
noun,
any of three isomeric compounds having the formula C 7 H 8 O, usually derived from coal tar and wood tar, and used chiefly as a disinfectant.
- Cooter
-
noun,
Chiefly Southern U.S. any of several large aquatic turtles of the southern U.S. and northern Mexico.
- scler-
-
- Scioto
-
noun,
a river in central Ohio, flowing S to the Ohio River. 237 miles (382 km) long.
- lustre
-
noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- corses
-
noun,
corpse.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- steals
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- bailor
-
noun,
a person who delivers personal property in bailment.
- costo-
-
- course
-
noun,
a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- Lucias
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- torsel
-
noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- torula
-
noun,
a highly nutritious yeast produced commercially on a sugar recovered from the manufacture of wood products or from processed fruit.
- colter
-
noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- scarts
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- cotula
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a measure.
- torsos
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- coulis
-
noun,
a sauce made with puréed vegetables or fruit and used as a base or garnish.
- lubric
-
adjective,
lubricous.
- Tulare
-
noun,
a city in central California.
- 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.
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- 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.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- coutil
-
noun,
a sturdy fabric constructed of a compactly woven herringbone twill.
- luster
-
noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- stares
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- 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.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Lurcat
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1892–1966, French painter and tapestry designer.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- torose
-
adjective,
Botany. cylindrical, with swellings or constrictions at intervals; knobbed.
- Lucite
-
- luetic
-
adjective,
syphilitic.
- lucres
-
noun,
monetary reward or gain; money.
- 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.
- cosies
-
noun,
a padded covering for a teapot, chocolate pot, etc., to retain the heat.
- couter
-
noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- cosset
-
noun,
a lamb brought up without its dam; pet lamb.
- cossie
-
noun,
a bathing suit; bathers.
- costal
-
adjective,
Anatomy. pertaining to the ribs or the upper sides of the body:
- bluets
-
noun,
Usually, bluets. Also called innocence, Quaker-ladies. any of several North American plants of the genus Houstonia (or Hedyotis), of the madder family, especially H. caerulea, a low-growing plant having four-petaled blue and white flowers.
- colous
-
- Cloots
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste du Val-de-Grâce [zhahn ba-teest dy val duh-grahs] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist dü val dəˈgrɑs/ (Show IPA), Baron de ("Anacharsis Clootz") 1755–94, Prussian leader in the French Revolution.
- stours
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- U-boat
-
noun,
a German submarine.
- tussle
-
noun,
a rough physical contest or struggle; scuffle.
- clites
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- Basuto
-
noun,
Sotho (def 3).
- stores
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- ocular
-
noun,
Optics. eyepiece.
- bastes
-
noun,
liquid used to moisten and flavor food during cooking:
- Cloris
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Cletus
-
noun,
Anacletus.
- octroi
-
noun,
(formerly especially in France and Italy) a local tax levied on certain articles, such as foodstuffs, on their entry into a city.
- baster
-
noun,
a person or thing that bastes.
- closer
-
noun,
a person or thing that closes.
- tussal
-
adjective,
pertaining to tussis.
- closes
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- closet
-
noun,
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
- Toluca
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Mexico state, in S central Mexico.
- Basset
-
noun,
one of a breed of hounds having short legs, long body and ears, and usually a black, tan, and white coat.
- oculo-
-
- Strabo
-
noun,
63? b.c.–a.d. 21? Greek geographer and historian.
- saucer
-
noun,
a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.
- strobe
-
noun,
Also called strobe light. stroboscope (def 2a).
- Olbers
-
noun,
Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus [hahyn-rikh vil-helm mah-te-oo s] /ˈhaɪn rɪx ˈvɪl hɛlm mɑˈtɛ ʊs/ (Show IPA), 1758–1840, German astronomer and physician.
- citole
-
noun,
cittern.
- citral
-
noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- Baucis
-
noun,
an aged Phrygian peasant woman who, with her husband Philemon, offered hospitality to the disguised Zeus and Hermes: they were rewarded by being saved from a flood and changed into trees.
- 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.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- Claire
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- oilers
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- clares
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- cleats
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- claret
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- claros
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- airbus
-
noun,
a short-range or medium-range commercial passenger airplane, especially one that is part of a frequent shuttlelike service between two popular destinations.
- class.
-
- clasts
-
noun,
a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
- clause
-
noun,
Grammar. a syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence.
- Straus
-
noun,
Isidor, 1845–1912, U.S. retail merchant and politician, born in Bavaria: congressman 1894–95 (brother of Nathan and Oscar Solomon Straus).
- clears
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- toluic
-
adjective,
of or derived from toluic acid.
- stools
-
noun,
a single seat on legs or a pedestal and without arms or a back.
- colour
-
noun,
the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue.
- barite
-
noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- stoics
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- saults
-
noun,
a waterfall or rapid.
- oblate
-
noun,
a person offered to the service of and living in a monastery, but not under monastic vows or full monastic rule.
- oblast
-
noun,
(in Russia and the Soviet Union) an administrative division corresponding to an autonomous province.
- Barolo
-
noun,
a dry red wine from the Piedmont region of Italy.
- coitus
-
noun,
sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- stales
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- albite
-
noun,
the sodium end member of the plagioclase feldspar group, light-colored and found in alkalic igneous rocks.
- obelus
-
noun,
a mark (− or ÷) used in ancient manuscripts to point out spurious, corrupt, doubtful, or superfluous words or passages.
- oboist
-
noun,
a player of the oboe.
- turaco
-
noun,
touraco.
- Obelia
-
noun,
a colonial hydroid of the genus Obelia, common in temperate seas and appearing as a delicate, mosslike growth on rocks, pilings, etc.
- Coleus
-
noun,
any of several tropical Asian or African plants belonging to the genus Coleus, of the mint family, certain species of which are cultivated for their showy, colored foliage and blue flowers.
- colies
-
noun,
any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
- sautes
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- barit.
-
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- colors
-
noun,
the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue.
- cobras
-
noun,
any of several highly venomous, Old World elapid snakes of the genera Naja and Ophiophagus, characterized by the ability to flatten the neck into a hoodlike form when disturbed.
- Albert
-
noun,
Carl (Bert) 1908–2000, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1971–77.
- basils
-
noun,
any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Ocimum, of the mint family, as O. basilicum (sweet basil) having purplish-green ovate leaves used in cooking.
- turbo-
-
- sauces
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- aisles
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- ocelot
-
noun,
a spotted leopardlike cat, Felis pardalis, ranging from Texas through South America: now greatly reduced in number and endangered in the U.S.
- turco-
-
- obtuse
-
adjective,
not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull.
- stolas
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- coaler
-
noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- turbos
-
noun,
turbine.
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- cobles
-
noun,
a flat-bottomed fishing boat with a lugsail, used mainly in northern England and Scotland for salmon.
- albeit
-
conjunction,
although; even if:
- Albers
-
noun,
Josef, 1888–1976, U.S. painter, born in Germany.
- coasts
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- 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.
- obolus
-
noun,
a modern Greek unit of weight equal to 0.1 gram.
- cobalt
-
noun,
a silver-white metallic element with a faint pinkish tinge, occurring in compounds whose silicates afford important blue coloring substances for ceramics. Symbol: Co; atomic weight: 58.933; atomic number: 27; specific gravity: 8.9 at 20°C.
- oboles
-
noun,
a silver-alloy coin of France issued during the Middle Ages, the 24th part of a sol, or one-half denier.
- cobias
-
noun,
a large, fusiform fish, Rachycentron canadum, found off the eastern coast of temperate and tropical America, in the East Indies, and in Japan.
- saurel
-
noun,
any of several elongated marine fishes of the genus Trachurus, having bony plates along each side.
- Crusoe
-
noun,
Robinson, Robinson Crusoe.
- louses
-
noun,
any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
- triols
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- Leucas
-
noun,
Levkas.
- estocs
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- lessor
-
noun,
a person, group, etc., who grants a lease.
- 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.
- Lesbos
-
noun,
Mytilene (def 1).
- socles
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- socio-
-
- leuco-
-
- social
-
noun,
a social gathering or party, especially of or as given by an organized group:
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- 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.
- lector
-
noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- leasts
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- Sobers
-
adjective,
not intoxicated or drunk.
- sobeit
-
conjunction,
if it be so that; provided that.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Soares
-
noun,
Mário [mah-ryoo] /ˈmɑ ryʊ/ (Show IPA), born 1924, Portuguese statesman: prime minister 1976–78, 1983–85; president 1986–96.
- tribo-
-
- assert
-
Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- slurbs
-
noun,
a shabby, ill-planned suburban area.
- Libera
-
noun,
an ancient Italian goddess of wine, vineyards, and fertility and the wife of Liber, in later times identified with Persephone.
- scutes
-
noun,
a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- assure
-
verb (used with object),
to declare earnestly to; inform or tell positively; state with confidence to:
- tsuris
-
noun,
trouble; woe.
- Solera
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- 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.
- libras
-
noun,
the ancient Roman pound (containing 5053 grains or 327.4 grams).
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- libers
-
noun,
phloem.
- eroto-
-
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- tribal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a tribe:
- solate
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- eructs
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- assort
-
verb (used with object),
to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
- solace
-
noun,
comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.
- Escaut
-
noun,
French name of Scheldt.
- assoil
-
verb (used with object),
to absolve; acquit; pardon.
- assoc.
-
- Assiut
-
noun,
Asyut.
- truces
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- iatro-
-
- lictor
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- lacto-
-
- Iseult
-
noun,
Also, Yseult. German Isolde. Arthurian Romance.
the daughter of a king of Ireland who became the wife of King Mark of Cornwall: she was the beloved of Tristram.
daughter of the king of Brittany, and wife of Tristram.
- sitars
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- setula
-
noun,
a short, blunt seta.
- Sister
-
noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- isobar
-
noun,
Meteorology. a line drawn on a weather map or chart that connects points at which the barometric pressure is the same.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Seurat
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1859–91, French (pointillist) painter.
- Sisera
-
noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- arises
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- Arliss
-
noun,
George, 1868–1946, English actor.
- labret
-
noun,
an ornament worn in a pierced hole in the lip.
- arouse
-
verb (used with object),
to stir to action or strong response; excite:
- istles
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- labour
-
noun,
productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- Labors
-
noun,
productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- labio-
-
- silure
-
plural noun,
a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.
- Isabel
-
noun,
a female given name.
- situla
-
noun,
a deep urn, vase, or bucket-shaped vessel, especially one made in the ancient world.
- seracs
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- Serbia
-
noun,
a republic in S Europe since 2006; includes the autonomous province of Vojvodina and claims sovereignty over the autonomous province of Kosovo, which has declared itself independent; formerly part of Yugoslavia, in the N part: a former kingdom in S Europe. 34,116 sq. mi. (88,360 sq. km). Capital: Belgrade.
- Laurie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- lauric
-
adjective,
of or derived from lauric acid.
- sluice
-
noun,
an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- serais
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- 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.
- arioso
-
noun,
an arioso composition or section.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- Lassie
-
noun,
a young girl; lass.
- serous
-
adjective,
resembling serum; of a watery nature.
- serbo-
-
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- sliest
-
adjective,
a superlative of sly.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- slices
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- slicer
-
noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- slates
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- serosa
-
noun,
Embryology, Zoology.
the chorion.
a similar membrane in insects and other lower invertebrates.
- soleus
-
noun,
a muscle in the calf of the leg, behind the gastrocnemius muscle, that helps extend the foot forward.
- Elissa
-
noun,
Phoenician name of Dido.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- cuisse
-
noun,
a piece of armor or padding for protecting the thigh.
- souter
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- lories
-
noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- lorica
-
noun,
Zoology. a hard protective case or sheath, as the protective coverings secreted by certain protists.
- cubits
-
noun,
an ancient linear unit based on the length of the forearm, from elbow to the tip of the middle finger, usually from 17 to 21 inches (43 to 53 cm).
- cueist
-
noun,
a billiard player.
- cuesta
-
noun,
a long, low ridge with a relatively steep face or escarpment on one side and a long, gentle slope on the other.
- source
-
noun,
any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin:
- tousle
-
noun,
a disheveled or rumpled mass, especially of hair.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- looses
-
Idioms,
break loose, to free oneself; escape:
- culets
-
noun,
Jewelry. a small face forming the bottom of a faceted gem.
- looies
-
noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- curate
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- soucar
-
noun,
a Hindu banker.
- loiter
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- curets
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- Auriol
-
noun,
Vincent [vin-suh nt;; French van-sahn] /ˈvɪn sənt;; French vɛ̃ˈsɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1884–1966, French statesman: president 1947–54.
- losers
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- curios
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- cruets
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- Louise
-
noun,
Lake, a glacial lake in W Canada, in SW Alberta in the Canadian Rockies: resort. 5670 feet (1728 meters) above sea level.
- louies
-
noun,
looie.
- cross-
-
- Crosse
-
noun,
a long-handled racket used in the game of lacrosse.
- Aloeus
-
noun,
a son of Poseidon, husband of Iphimedia, and foster father of Otus and Ephialtes.
- Crouse
-
noun,
Russel, 1893–1966, U.S. dramatist.
- croute
-
noun,
crust.
- tuebor
-
verb,
I will defend: motto on the coat of arms of Michigan.
- cruise
-
noun,
the act of cruising.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- austr-
-
- scoots
-
noun,
a swift, darting movement or course.
- suable
-
adjective,
liable to be sued; capable of being sued.
- Auster
-
noun,
the south wind personified.
- scores
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- Aussie
-
noun,
an Australian.
- touses
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- stable
-
noun,
a building for the lodging and feeding of horses, cattle, etc.
- aurist
-
noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- 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.
- elisor
-
noun,
a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- lobate
-
adjective,
having a lobe lobes; lobed.
- sorbol
-
noun,
sorbitol.
- Scribe
-
noun,
a person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of printing.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- sorbet
-
noun,
sherbet (defs 1, 3).
- eclair
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- astro-
-
- eclats
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- liters
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- Lobito
-
noun,
a seaport in W Angola.
- scries
-
verb (used without object),
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- Lister
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- scrubs
-
noun,
an act or instance of scrubbing.
- solute
-
noun,
the substance dissolved in a given solution.
- Elbrus
-
noun,
a mountain in the S Russian Federation, in the Caucasus range: the highest peak in Europe, 18,465 feet (5628 meters).
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- scubas
-
noun,
a portable breathing device for free-swimming divers, consisting of a mouthpiece joined by hoses to one or two tanks of compressed air that are strapped on the back.
- Lieut.
-
- scouts
-
noun,
a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- sorels
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- scoto-
-
- Locris
-
noun,
either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.
- curses
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- locust
-
noun,
Also called acridid, short-horned grasshopper. any of several grasshoppers of the family Acrididae, having short antennae and commonly migrating in swarms that strip the vegetation from large areas.
- sotols
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dasylirion, of the agave family, native to the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico, resembling the yucca.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Atreus
-
noun,
the father of Plisthenes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia upon whose house Thyestes pronounced a curse.
- curtal
-
noun,
a 16th-century bassoon.
- 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.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Custer
-
noun,
George Armstrong [ahrm-strawng,, -strong] /ˈɑrm strɔŋ,, -strɒŋ/ (Show IPA), 1839–76, U.S. general and Indian fighter.
- lobose
-
adjective,
having broad, thick pseudopodia, as certain ameboid protozoans.
- custos
-
noun,
(italics) Latin. a custodian.
- Scotus
-
noun,
John Duns, Duns Scotus, John.
- tubers
-
noun,
Botany. a fleshy, usually oblong or rounded thickening or outgrowth, as the potato, of a subterranean stem or shoot, bearing minute scalelike leaves with buds or eyes in their axils from which new plants may arise.
- locate
-
verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- scours
-
noun,
the act of scouring.
- Cutler
-
noun,
a person who makes, sells, or repairs knives and other cutting instruments.
- Scouse
-
noun,
a baked dish or stew made usually with meat and hardtack.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- Sasebo
-
noun,
a seaport on NW Kyushu, in SW Japan.
- clouts
-
noun,
a blow, especially with the hand; cuff:
- siesta
-
noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- Bissau
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Guinea-Bissau, in the W part.
- busies
-
adjective,
actively and attentively engaged in work or a pastime:
- Boreal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the north wind.
- aceous
-
- tauro-
-
- Buster
-
noun,
a person who breaks up something:
- borate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of boric acid.
- bisect
-
noun,
Also called split. Philately. a portion of a stamp, usually half, used for payment of a proportionate amount of the face value of the whole stamp.
- sabirs
-
noun,
lingua franca (def 2).
- bustle
-
noun,
thriving or energetic activity; stir; ferment.
- birses
-
noun,
a short hair of the beard or body; a bristle.
- riblet
-
noun,
a boneless cut of meat from the end of a rib of veal, lamb, or pork.
- borals
-
noun,
a compound of an aluminum tartrate and borate, used chiefly as an astringent and antiseptic.
- ribose
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble, slightly sweet solid, C 5 H 10 O 5 , a pentose sugar obtained by the hydrolysis of RNA.
- buteos
-
noun,
any of several buzzards or hawks of the genus Buteo.
- Boreas
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the north wind.
- bursts
-
noun,
an act or instance of bursting.
- Butler
-
noun,
the chief male servant of a household, usually in charge of serving food, the care of silverware, etc.
- buries
-
noun,
Nautical. housing1 (def 8a, b).
- sutras
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- urials
-
noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- burial
-
noun,
the act or ceremony of burying.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- retool
-
verb (used with object),
to replace or rearrange the tools and machinery of (a factory).
- Buriat
-
noun,
Buryat.
- blears
-
noun,
a blur; cloudiness; dimness:
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- rouses
-
noun,
a rousing.
- bister
-
noun,
bistre.
- sutler
-
noun,
(formerly) a person who followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers.
- rutile
-
noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- bursas
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a pouch, sac, or vesicle, especially a sac containing synovia, to facilitate motion, as between a tendon and a bone.
- burses
-
noun,
a pouch or case for some special purpose.
- aceto-
-
- birota
-
noun,
a two-wheeled cart, usually drawn by three mules, used for transporting commercial goods and one or two passengers.
- rabies
-
noun,
an infectious disease of dogs, cats, and other animals, transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected animal and usually fatal if prophylactic treatment is not administered: caused by an RNA virus of the rhabdovirus group; hydrophobia.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- sabres
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- sacro-
-
- bootie
-
noun,
Also, bootee. a usually soft, sometimes disposable sock or bootlike covering for the foot or shoe, as for informal wear, warmth, or protection:
- Bootes
-
noun,
the Herdsman, a northern constellation between Ursa Major and Serpens, containing the bright star Arcturus.
- saices
-
noun,
syce.
- otiose
-
adjective,
being at leisure; idle; indolent.
- boosts
-
noun,
an upward shove or raise; lift.
- rictus
-
noun,
the gape of the mouth of a bird.
- sailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- across
-
adverb,
from one side to another.
- Ostler
-
noun,
hostler.
- urases
-
noun,
urease.
- carbo-
-
- osteo-
-
- cabots
-
noun,
John (Giovanni Caboto) c1450–98? Italian navigator in the service of England: discoverer of North American mainland 1497.
- Bootle
-
noun,
a city in Merseyside metropolitan county, in W England, on the Mersey estuary.
- bleats
-
noun,
the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
- ouster
-
noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- birles
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for.
- acious
-
- uretic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or occurring in the urine.
- riboso
-
noun,
rebozo.
- suitor
-
noun,
a man who courts or woos a woman.
- suites
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- ousels
-
noun,
ouzel.
- brails
-
noun,
Nautical. any of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail.
- cabers
-
noun,
a pole or beam, especially one thrown as a trial of strength.
- urates
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- cables
-
noun,
a heavy, strong rope.
- cablet
-
noun,
a small cable, especially a cablelaid rope under 10 inches (25 cm) in circumference.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- rouble
-
noun,
ruble.
- biotas
-
noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- rustle
-
noun,
the sound made by anything that rustles:
- tabers
-
noun,
tabor.
- caress
-
noun,
an act or gesture expressing affection, as an embrace or kiss, especially a light stroking or touching.
- bouses
-
noun,
liquor or drink.
- boutel
-
noun,
boltel (def 1).
- reboso
-
noun,
rebozo.
- reboot
-
noun,
an act or instance of restarting a computer.
- routes
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- biuret
-
noun,
a white crystalline substance, C 2 H 5 O 2 N 3 ⋅H 2 O, soluble in water and alcohol, used for the identification of urea, from which it is formed on heating.
- bitser
-
noun,
a mongrel dog.
- rebato
-
noun,
rabato.
- rubato
-
noun,
a rubato phrase or passage.
- biters
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- blasts
-
- abseil
-
noun, verb (used without object),
rappel.
- broils
-
noun,
the act or state of broiling; state of being broiled.
- Bourse
-
noun,
a stock exchange, especially the stock exchange of certain European cities.
- rebuts
-
verb (used with object),
to refute by evidence or argument.
- braces
-
noun,
something that holds parts together or in place, as a clasp or clamp.
- broses
-
noun,
a porridge made by stirring boiling liquid into oatmeal or other meal.
- Tarbes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Hautes-Pyrénées, in SW France.
- recti-
-
- Brasil
-
noun,
Brazil.
- rectal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- rectos
-
- blares
-
noun,
a loud, raucous noise:
- Brasso
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Braşov.
- rectus
-
noun,
any of several straight muscles, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye, etc.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- aborts
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- breast
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
- Blaise
-
noun,
a male given name.
- recoil
-
noun,
an act of recoiling.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- Blairs
-
noun,
Anthony Charles Lynton [lin-tuh n] /ˈlɪn tən/ (Show IPA), ("Tony") born 1953, British political leader: prime minister 1997–2007.
- bracts
-
noun,
a specialized leaf or leaflike part, usually situated at the base of a flower or inflorescence.
- rubies
-
noun,
a red variety of corundum, used as a gem.
- relict
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- Tassie
-
noun,
tass.
- tabors
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- raises
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- tarso-
-
- Ulster
-
noun,
a former province in Ireland, now comprising Northern Ireland and a part of the Republic of Ireland.
- 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).
- 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.
- ticals
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- Russo-
-
- rousts
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- rustic
-
noun,
a country person.
- tables
-
noun,
an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports:
- 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.
- result
-
noun,
something that happens as a consequence; outcome.
- tassel
-
noun,
a pendent ornament consisting commonly of a bunch of threads, small cords, or other strands hanging from a roundish knob or head, used on clothing, in jewelry, on curtains, etc.
- russet
-
noun,
yellowish brown, light brown, or reddish brown.
- resoil
-
verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- boules
-
noun,
Also called birne. a cylindrical lump of material for synthetic gems, made by the Verneuil process.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- usable
-
adjective,
available or convenient for use:
- reluct
-
verb (used without object),
to struggle (against something); rebel.
- bruise
-
noun,
an injury due to bruising; contusion.
- bistro
-
noun,
a small, modest, European-style restaurant or café.
- boucle
-
noun,
yarn with loops producing a rough, nubby appearance on woven or knitted fabrics.
- bruits
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. any generally abnormal sound or murmur heard on auscultation.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- botels
-
noun,
boatel.
- brules
-
noun,
(in the Pacific Northwest) an area of forest destroyed by fire.
- brutal
-
adjective,
savage; cruel; inhuman:
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- bistre
-
noun,
a brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood, often used in pen and wash drawings.
- 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.
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- rassle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- osteal
-
adjective,
osseous.
- sabots
-
noun,
a shoe made of a single block of wood hollowed out, worn especially by farmers and workers in the Netherlands, France, Belgium, etc.
- braise
-
verb (used with object),
to cook (meat, fish, or vegetables) by sautéeing in fat and then simmering slowly in very little liquid.
- subset
-
noun,
a set that is a part of a larger set.
- rosets
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- boiler
-
noun,
a closed vessel or arrangement of vessels and tubes, together with a furnace or other heat source, in which steam or other vapor is generated from water to drive turbines or engines, supply heat, process certain materials, etc.
Compare fire-tube boiler, water-tube boiler.
- 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:
- Uticas
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- C-bias
-
noun,
grid bias.
- Beirut
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Lebanon.
- subsea
-
adjective,
occurring, working, etc., under the sea or ocean:
- oriels
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- ceibas
-
noun,
the silk-cotton tree, Ceiba pentandra.
- blouse
-
noun,
a usually lightweight, loose-fitting garment for women and children, covering the body from the neck or shoulders more or less to the waistline, with or without a collar and sleeves, worn inside or outside a skirt, slacks, etc.
- saltus
-
noun,
oscillation (def 5b).
- Roseau
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Dominica.
- orbits
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- beauts
-
noun,
(often used ironically) something or someone beautiful, remarkable, or amazing.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- robust
-
adjective,
strong and healthy; hardy; vigorous:
- celto-
-
- Castle
-
noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- Aeolis
-
noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- Tobias
-
noun,
the son of Tobit.
- boites
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- 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.
- Aeolus
-
noun,
the ruler of the winds.
- Oriole
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World.
Compare golden oriole.
- 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.
- Tobies
-
noun,
Also, Toby, Toby jug. a mug in the form of a stout old man wearing a three-cornered hat.
- 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.
- tobira
-
noun,
a shrub, Pittosporum tobira, of China and Japan, having leathery leaves, fragrant, greenish-white flower clusters, densely hairy fruit, and lemon-scented foliage.
- Beloit
-
noun,
a city in S Wisconsin.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Subroc
-
noun,
a rocket that contains a nuclear depth charge and that can be launched underwater from a submarine torpedo tube.
- uracil
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a pyrimidine base, C 4 H 4 N 2 O 2 , that is one of the fundamental components of RNA, in which it forms base pairs with adenine. Symbol: U.
- Aeolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- sarco-
-
- beasts
-
noun,
any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal.
- boarts
-
noun,
bort.
- oracle
-
noun,
(especially in ancient Greece) an utterance, often ambiguous or obscure, given by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a god to an inquiry.
- Roscoe
-
noun,
a revolver or pistol.
- subito
-
adverb,
(as a musical direction) suddenly; abruptly:
- Cetura
-
noun,
Keturah.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- cestus
-
noun,
a girdle or belt, especially as worn by women of ancient Greece.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- terbia
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- subers
-
noun,
cork (def 6).
- oolite
-
noun,
a limestone composed of minute rounded concretions resembling fish roe, in some places altered to ironstone by replacement with iron oxide.
- blurts
-
noun,
an abrupt utterance.
- Cibola
-
noun,
the Seven Cities of, legendary cities of great wealth believed by earlier Spanish explorers to exist in the SW United States.
- cesura
-
noun,
caesura.
- roosts
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- boater
-
noun,
a person who boats, especially for pleasure.
- boatel
-
noun,
a waterside hotel with dock space for persons who travel by boat.
- ceorls
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- salute
-
noun,
Military.
the special act of respect paid in saluting.
the position of the hand or rifle in saluting:
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- cerat-
-
- teslas
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- rooses
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- 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.
- 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.
- ultras
-
noun,
an extremist, as in politics, religion, fashion, etc.
- boasts
-
noun,
a thing boasted of; a cause for pride:
- cerous
-
adjective,
containing trivalent cerium.
- sublet
-
noun,
a sublease.
- ultra-
-
- besots
-
verb (used with object),
to intoxicate or stupefy with drink.
- subtle
-
adjective,
thin, tenuous, or rarefied, as a fluid or an odor.
- bolita
-
noun,
a form of numbers pool.
- blites
-
noun,
sea blite.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- bestir
-
verb (used with object),
to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively):
- cartel
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- oscars
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- carses
-
noun,
bottom land.
- Carlos
-
noun,
Don [don;; Spanish dawn] /dɒn;; Spanish dɔn/ (Show IPA), (Carlos Maria Isidro de Borbón) 1788–1855, pretender to the Spanish throne.
- acutes
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- 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.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- 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.
- Caruso
-
noun,
Enrico [en-ree-koh;; Italian en-ree-kaw] /ɛnˈri koʊ;; Italian ɛnˈri kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1921, Italian operatic tenor.
- robles
-
noun,
a Californian white oak, Quercus lobata, having a short trunk and large, spreading branches.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- Carole
-
noun,
a female given name.
- osiers
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- robalo
-
noun,
snook2 (def 1).
- carobs
-
noun,
a Mediterranean tree, Ceratonia siliqua, of the legume family, bearing long, leathery pods containing hard seeds and sweet, edible pulp.
- bolero
-
noun,
a lively Spanish dance in triple meter.
- bloats
-
noun,
Also called hoven. Veterinary Pathology. (in cattle, sheep, and horses) a distention of the rumen or paunch or of the large colon by gases of fermentation, caused by eating ravenously of green forage, especially legumes.
- utero-
-
- Caribs
-
noun,
a member of a group of Indian peoples formerly dominant through the Lesser Antilles, now found in small numbers in a few areas of the West Indies and in parts of Central America and northeastern South America.
- Uralic
-
noun,
a family of languages that comprises Finno-Ugric and Samoyed as subfamilies. Hungarian, Finnish, and Estonian belong to Uralic.
- Cassie
-
noun,
huisache.
- r-less
-
adjective,
r-dropping.
- 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.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- ritual
-
noun,
an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- Bicols
-
noun,
Bikol.
- Cassel
-
noun,
Kassel.
- Osbert
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “god” and “bright.”.
- caribe
-
noun,
piranha.
- tubal
-
adjective,
pertaining to a tube, as a Fallopian tube.
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Seoul
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of South Korea, in the W part.
- lasso
-
noun,
a long rope or line of hide or other material with a running noose at one end, used for roping horses, cattle, etc.
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- labor
-
noun,
productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- USSCt
-
- scute
-
noun,
a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- 30-30
-
- licet
-
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- lases
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- sials
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- Sices
-
noun,
syce.
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- scuta
-
noun,
plural of scutum.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Arbil
-
noun,
Erbil.
- lists
-
noun,
an enclosed arena for a tilting contest.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- aboil
-
adverb, adjective,
boiling:
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- telo-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- scrub
-
noun,
an act or instance of scrubbing.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- SCUBA
-
noun,
a portable breathing device for free-swimming divers, consisting of a mouthpiece joined by hoses to one or two tanks of compressed air that are strapped on the back.
- 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.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- lasts
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Utica
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- scuts
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- leuc-
-
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- seti-
-
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- seals
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Seric
-
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- areo-
-
- sect.
-
- Laius
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the husband of Jocasta and father of Oedipus: unwittingly killed by Oedipus.
- secos
-
noun,
sekos.
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- Robus
-
noun,
Hugo, 1885–1963, U.S. sculptor.
- 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.
- 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.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- sero-
-
- abets
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- sebi-
-
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- ribat
-
noun,
a building housing a community of Sufis.
- truce
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- utile
-
adjective,
useful.
- robes
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- 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.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Libra
-
noun,
the ancient Roman pound (containing 5053 grains or 327.4 grams).
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- ables
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- roble
-
noun,
a Californian white oak, Quercus lobata, having a short trunk and large, spreading branches.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- 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.
- Liber
-
noun,
phloem.
- Libau
-
noun,
German name of Liepāja.
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- robot
-
noun,
a machine that resembles a human and does mechanical, routine tasks on command.
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- lect.
-
- arcus
-
noun,
a dense, horizontal, roll-shaped cloud sometimes occurring at the lower front portion of a cumulonimbus.
- lact-
-
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- USLTA
-
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- 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.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Alcor
-
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- oases
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- oasis
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- oasts
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- sails
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- actos
-
- Tulsa
-
noun,
a city in NE Oklahoma: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- acute
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- obits
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- tules
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- scale
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- Sault
-
noun,
a waterfall or rapid.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- Aleut
-
noun,
Also, Aleutian. a member of a people native to the Aleutian Islands and the western Alaska Peninsula who are related physically and culturally to the Eskimos.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- SABRE
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- Aleus
-
noun,
a king of Tegea and the father of Amphidamas, Auge, Cepheus, and Lycurgus.
- Coral
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- lures
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- acro-
-
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- Otaru
-
noun,
a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- lusts
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- 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.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- oste-
-
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- ossia
-
conjunction,
(indicating an alternative, usually easier, version of a passage in a musical score) or; or else.
- ORuss
-
- obole
-
noun,
a silver-alloy coin of France issued during the Middle Ages, the 24th part of a sol, or one-half denier.
- ousel
-
noun,
ouzel.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- oecus
-
noun,
(in an ancient Roman house) an apartment, especially a dining room, decorated with columns.
- sauce
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- ulcer
-
noun,
Pathology. a sore on the skin or a mucous membrane, accompanied by the disintegration of tissue, the formation of pus, etc.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- OIcel
-
- sarc-
-
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- 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.
- 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.
- oleic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- oleo-
-
- oleos
-
noun,
margarine.
- olios
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- 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.
- orbit
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- Salus
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of health and prosperity: identified with the Greek goddess Hygeia.
- obols
-
noun,
a silver coin of ancient Greece, the sixth part of a drachma.
- Silas
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Obote
-
noun,
(Apollo) Milton, 1924–2005, Ugandan political leader: president 1966–71 and 1980–85.
- OBrit
-
- Sauls
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- orlos
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- orles
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- aeri-
-
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- salts
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- orial
-
- octa-
-
- aero-
-
- octal
-
noun,
octonary (def 6).
- octo-
-
- Orcus
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of the underworld, identified with the Greek Pluto, or Hades.
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- ocul-
-
- lucre
-
noun,
monetary reward or gain; money.
- ousts
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- alti-
-
- SCOTS
-
noun,
Also called Scottish. the English language as spoken in Scotland.
Compare Scots Gaelic.
- loess
-
noun,
a loamy deposit formed by wind, usually yellowish and calcareous, common in the Mississippi Valley and in Europe and Asia.
- rubes
-
noun,
an unsophisticated person from a rural area; hick.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- ruble
-
noun,
a silver or copper-alloy coin and monetary unit of Russia, the Soviet Union, and its successor states, equal to 100 kopecks.
- alto-
-
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Altus
-
noun,
a city in SW Oklahoma.
- looie
-
noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- loose
-
Idioms,
break loose, to free oneself; escape:
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- Rules
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- loots
-
noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- Lorca
-
noun,
García Lorca.
- Scot.
-
- tubes
-
noun,
a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Russ.
-
abbreviation,
Russia.
- tuber
-
noun,
Botany. a fleshy, usually oblong or rounded thickening or outgrowth, as the potato, of a subterranean stem or shoot, bearing minute scalelike leaves with buds or eyes in their axils from which new plants may arise.
- tubas
-
noun,
Music.
a valved, brass wind instrument having a low range.
an organ reed stop of large scale with tones of exceptional power.
an ancient Roman trumpet.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- rect.
-
- abort
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- lobar
-
adjective,
of or relating to a lobe, as of the lungs.
- lobos
-
noun,
the gray or timber wolf of the western U.S.
- Scout
-
noun,
a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- Recit
-
- lobus
-
noun,
a lobe.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- rebut
-
verb (used with object),
to refute by evidence or argument.
- rebus
-
noun,
a representation of a word or phrase by pictures, symbols, etc., that suggest that word or phrase or its syllables:
- alure
-
noun,
a passageway, as the walk along one side of a cloister.
- about
-
adverb,
near in time, number, degree, etc.; approximately:
- scour
-
noun,
the act of scouring.
- Uriel
-
noun,
one of the archangels. II Esdras 4.
- locos
-
noun,
locoweed.
- abris
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- locus
-
noun,
a place; locality.
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- sabot
-
noun,
a shoe made of a single block of wood hollowed out, worn especially by farmers and workers in the Netherlands, France, Belgium, etc.
- lubes
-
noun,
lubricant.
- louts
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- Urial
-
noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- abuts
-
verb (used with object),
to be adjacent to; border on; end at.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- acerb
-
adjective,
acerbic.
- scats
-
noun,
scat singing.
- scat-
-
- Sable
-
noun,
an Old World weasellike mammal, Mustela zibellina, of cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.
- Saber
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- lubra
-
noun,
an Aborigine girl or woman.
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- acet-
-
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- Lucas
-
noun,
George, born 1944, U.S. film director.
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- luces
-
noun,
plural of lux.
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- Lucia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- Sabir
-
noun,
lingua franca (def 2).
- louse
-
noun,
any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- rabot
-
noun,
a hardwood block used for rubbing marble before polishing.
- tubi-
-
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- loses
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- abstr
-
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- lours
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- scoot
-
noun,
a swift, darting movement or course.
- lotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- lotos
-
noun,
lotus.
- Lotus
-
noun,
a plant believed to be a jujube or elm, referred to in Greek legend as yielding a fruit that induced a state of dreamy and contented forgetfulness in those who ate it.
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- 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.
- Louie
-
noun,
looie.
- Louis
-
noun,
louis d'or.
- abuse
-
noun,
wrong or improper use; misuse:
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- baste
-
noun,
liquid used to moisten and flavor food during cooking:
- Basso
-
noun,
a person who sings bass; a bass.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- basts
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- cloot
-
noun,
a cloven hoof; one of the divisions of the cloven hoof of the swine, sheep, etc.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Close
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- silos
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- clots
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- clase
-
- Basle
-
noun,
Basel.
- basis
-
noun,
the bottom or base of anything; the part on which something stands or rests.
- clout
-
noun,
a blow, especially with the hand; cuff:
- stool
-
noun,
a single seat on legs or a pedestal and without arms or a back.
- Basil
-
noun,
any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Ocimum, of the mint family, as O. basilicum (sweet basil) having purplish-green ovate leaves used in cooking.
- Basie
-
noun,
William ("Count") 1904–84, U.S. jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer.
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- BASIC
-
noun,
Military.
basic training.
a soldier or airman receiving basic training.
- bases
-
noun,
plural of basis.
- Basel
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Basel-Stadt, in NW Switzerland, on the Rhine River.
- coals
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- clast
-
noun,
a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
- claro
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- cists
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- bears
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- Cetus
-
noun,
the Whale, a constellation lying above the equator, containing the variable star Mira.
- Blair
-
noun,
Anthony Charles Lynton [lin-tuh n] /ˈlɪn tən/ (Show IPA), ("Tony") born 1953, British political leader: prime minister 1997–2007.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- Ceuta
-
noun,
a seaport and enclave of Spain in N Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- suber
-
noun,
cork (def 6).
- Beals
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- talus
-
noun,
the uppermost bone of the proximal row of bones of the tarsus; anklebone.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- blare
-
noun,
a loud, raucous noise:
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- Brass
-
noun,
any of various metal alloys consisting mainly of copper and zinc.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- Blase
-
adjective,
indifferent to or bored with life; unimpressed, as or as if from an excess of worldly pleasures.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Brale
-
- brail
-
noun,
Nautical. any of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail.
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- Bauer
-
noun,
Georg [gey-awrk] /geɪˈɔrk/ (Show IPA), Agricola, Georgius.
- Bates
-
noun,
Katherine Lee, 1859–1929, U.S. educator and author.
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- bract
-
noun,
a specialized leaf or leaflike part, usually situated at the base of a flower or inflorescence.
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- Brace
-
noun,
something that holds parts together or in place, as a clasp or clamp.
- Bouse
-
noun,
liquor or drink.
- 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.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- cores
-
- Botes
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- botel
-
noun,
boatel.
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- cools
-
noun,
something that is cool; a cool part, place, time, etc.:
- stilb
-
noun,
a unit of luminance, equal to one candle per square centimeter.
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- botas
-
noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- 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.
- Balt.
-
- 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.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- 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.
- Corot
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste Camille [zhahn ba-teest ka-mee-yuh] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1796–1875, French painter.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- bales
-
noun,
a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, especially one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering:
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- borts
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- ster.
-
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- 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.
- bails
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- 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.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- blats
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- baro-
-
- tools
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- Boult
-
noun,
Sir Adrian Cedric, 1889–1983, English conductor.
- cobia
-
noun,
a large, fusiform fish, Rachycentron canadum, found off the eastern coast of temperate and tropical America, in the East Indies, and in Japan.
- coble
-
noun,
a flat-bottomed fishing boat with a lugsail, used mainly in northern England and Scotland for salmon.
- COBOL
-
noun,
a programming language particularly suited for writing programs to process large files of data, using a vocabulary of common English words, phrases, and sentences.
- Cobra
-
noun,
any of several highly venomous, Old World elapid snakes of the genera Naja and Ophiophagus, characterized by the ability to flatten the neck into a hoodlike form when disturbed.
- coel-
-
- Bart.
-
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Boule
-
noun,
Also called birne. a cylindrical lump of material for synthetic gems, made by the Verneuil process.
- stobs
-
noun,
a post, stump, or stake.
- bares
-
verb,
simple past tense of bear1 .
- blate
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- Colas
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- colat
-
- stoas
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Coles
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Colet
-
noun,
John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
- Colo.
-
- color
-
noun,
the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue.
- baris
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- baric
-
adjective,
of or containing barium.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Bouar
-
noun,
a city in the W Central African Republic.
- beast
-
noun,
any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal.
- 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.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Biota
-
noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- suras
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- sural
-
adjective,
of or relating to the calf of the leg.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Brose
-
noun,
a porridge made by stirring boiling liquid into oatmeal or other meal.
- birle
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for.
- bros.
-
noun,
a brother.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- broil
-
noun,
the act or state of broiling; state of being broiled.
- caber
-
noun,
a pole or beam, especially one thrown as a trial of strength.
- Cabet
-
noun,
Étienne [ey-tyen] /eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1788–1856, French socialist who established a utopian community in the U.S. (in Illinois) called Icaria: became U.S. citizen 1854.
- Cable
-
noun,
a heavy, strong rope.
- Cabot
-
noun,
John (Giovanni Caboto) c1450–98? Italian navigator in the service of England: discoverer of North American mainland 1497.
- Butes
-
noun,
phenylbutazone.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- scabs
-
noun,
the incrustation that forms over a sore or wound during healing.
- biol.
-
- biter
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- Broca
-
noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1824–80, French surgeon and anthropologist.
- Biles
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- tious
-
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- Caius
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 296, pope 283–296.
- biers
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- Caleb
-
noun,
a Hebrew leader, sent as a spy into the land of Canaan. Num. 13:6.
- brits
-
noun,
the group of small marine animals forming the food of whalebone whales.
- birls
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- Buteo
-
noun,
any of several buzzards or hawks of the genus Buteo.
- Brit.
-
- Brusa
-
noun,
Bursa.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- brute
-
noun,
a nonhuman creature; beast.
- Tabor
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- BSRet
-
- taboo
-
noun,
a prohibition or interdiction of anything; exclusion from use or practice:
Synonyms: ban, proscription, embargo, interdiction; no-no.
- table
-
noun,
an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports:
- tabis
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- tabes
-
noun,
a gradually progressive emaciation.
- Taber
-
noun,
tabor.
- built
-
noun,
the physical structure, especially of a person; physique; figure:
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- birse
-
noun,
a short hair of the beard or body; a bristle.
- burls
-
noun,
a small knot or lump in wool, thread, or cloth.
- Bursa
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a pouch, sac, or vesicle, especially a sac containing synovia, to facilitate motion, as between a tendon and a bone.
- burse
-
noun,
a pouch or case for some special purpose.
- Brule
-
noun,
(in the Pacific Northwest) an area of forest destroyed by fire.
- burst
-
noun,
an act or instance of bursting.
- Susie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- bruit
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. any generally abnormal sound or murmur heard on auscultation.
- buses
-
noun,
a large motor vehicle, having a long body, equipped with seats or benches for passengers, usually operating as part of a scheduled service; omnibus.
- Busra
-
noun,
Basra.
- Bruce
-
noun,
Blanche Kelso, 1841–98, U.S. politician: first black to serve a full term as U.S. senator 1875–81.
- bisso
-
noun,
bis2 .
- busts
-
noun,
a sculptured, painted, drawn, or engraved representation of the upper part of the human figure, especially a portrait sculpture showing only the head and shoulders of the subject.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- suets
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- cert.
-
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- berat
-
noun,
a city in S central Albania.
- belts
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- Blaeu
-
noun,
Willem Janszoon [vil-uh m yahn-suh n,, -sohn] /ˈvɪl əm ˈyɑn sən,, -soʊn/ (Show IPA), 1571–1638, Dutch cartographer, geographer, astronomer, and mathematician.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- subst
-
- Tobol
-
noun,
a river rising in Kazakhstan, flowing NE through the Russian Federation in Asia to the Irtysh River. 800 miles (1290 km) long.
- cauls
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- caus.
-
- 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:
- Brice
-
noun,
Fanny (Fannie Borach) 1891–1951, U.S. singer and comedian.
- Ceiba
-
noun,
the silk-cotton tree, Ceiba pentandra.
- Beira
-
noun,
a seaport in central Mozambique.
- 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.
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- Brest
-
noun,
a seaport in the W extremity of France: German submarine base in World War II; surrendered to Allies September 1944.
- beaut
-
noun,
(often used ironically) something or someone beautiful, remarkable, or amazing.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- ceorl
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- beats
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- 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.
- cero-
-
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- Beria
-
noun,
Lavrenti Pavlovich [luh v-ren-tee pav-loh-vich;; Russian luh-vryen-tyee puh-vlaw-vyich] /ləvˈrɛn ti pævˈloʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian lʌˈvryɛn tyi pʌˈvlɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1953, Soviet secret-police chief: executed for treason.
- besot
-
verb (used with object),
to intoxicate or stupefy with drink.
- carb-
-
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- carbs
-
noun,
a carburetor.
- bites
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Carib
-
noun,
a member of a group of Indian peoples formerly dominant through the Lesser Antilles, now found in small numbers in a few areas of the West Indies and in parts of Central America and northeastern South America.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Bicol
-
noun,
Bikol.
- bices
-
noun,
either of two colors, bice blue or bice green.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- 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.
- brise
-
noun,
a ballet movement in which the dancer jumps off one foot, beats the legs together, and lands on both feet.
- talcs
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- carob
-
noun,
a Mediterranean tree, Ceratonia siliqua, of the legume family, bearing long, leathery pods containing hard seeds and sweet, edible pulp.
- to-be
-
adjective,
future; soon to be the thing specified (usually used in combination):
- Carol
-
noun,
a song, especially of joy.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- brios
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- betas
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- bests
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- cases
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- 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.
- costs
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- baits
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- bloat
-
noun,
Also called hoven. Veterinary Pathology. (in cattle, sheep, and horses) a distention of the rumen or paunch or of the large colon by gases of fermentation, caused by eating ravenously of green forage, especially legumes.
- blite
-
noun,
sea blite.
- estab
-
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- bolus
-
noun,
Pharmacology, Veterinary Medicine. a round mass of medicinal material, larger than an ordinary pill. Abbreviation: bol.
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- socle
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- bolts
-
noun,
a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Ascus
-
noun,
the sac in ascomycetes in which the sexual spores are formed.
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- Sobor
-
noun,
a council, synod, or convention.
- soils
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- Euro-
-
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- eusol
-
noun,
an antiseptic solution prepared from chlorinated lime and boric acid, formerly used in treating wounds.
- 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.
- sober
-
adjective,
not intoxicated or drunk.
- soars
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- sluts
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- bolos
-
noun,
a large, heavy, single-edged knife or machete for hacking, used in the Philippines and by the U.S. Army.
- Boles
-
noun,
the stem or trunk of a tree.
- IATSE
-
- slurb
-
noun,
a shabby, ill-planned suburban area.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- tribe
-
noun,
any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- Eolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- solus
-
adjective,
(referring to a man) alone; by oneself (used formerly in stage directions).
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- boost
-
noun,
an upward shove or raise; lift.
- Elura
-
noun,
Ellora.
- Tasso
-
noun,
Torquato [tawr-kwah-taw] /tɔrˈkwɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1544–95, Italian poet.
- tears
-
- 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.
- soles
-
noun,
a plural of sol3 .
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- Erbil
-
noun,
a town in N Iraq: built on the site of ancient Arbela.
- 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.
- blurt
-
noun,
an abrupt utterance.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Assur
-
noun,
the god of war and supreme national god of Assyria.
- asst.
-
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- eruct
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- Boole
-
noun,
George, 1815–64, English mathematician and logician.
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- Ibert
-
noun,
Jacques François Antoine [zhahk frahn-swa ahn-twan] /ʒɑk frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1890–1962, French composer.
- sluit
-
noun,
(in South Africa) a deep, dry gulch or channel formed by erosion due to heavy rains.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- issue
-
noun,
the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution:
- sito-
-
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- isbas
-
noun,
izba.
- tera-
-
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- blues
-
noun,
the blues, (used with a plural verb) depressed spirits; despondency; melancholy:
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- SISAL
-
noun,
Also called sisal hemp. a fiber yielded by an agave, Agave sisalana, of Yucatán, used for making rope, rugs, etc.
- situs
-
noun,
position; situation.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, 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.
- Ital.
-
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- boast
-
noun,
a thing boasted of; a cause for pride:
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- boart
-
noun,
bort.
- silts
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- boars
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- Bluet
-
noun,
Usually, bluets. Also called innocence, Quaker-ladies. any of several North American plants of the genus Houstonia (or Hedyotis), of the madder family, especially H. caerulea, a low-growing plant having four-petaled blue and white flowers.
- boats
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- Tiber
-
noun,
a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 miles (395 km) long.
- asco-
-
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- slues
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- bolas
-
noun,
bola (def 1).
- slubs
-
noun,
the fibers produced by slubbing.
- Icel.
-
- bolar
-
adjective,
of or relating to bole or clay.
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- ictus
-
noun,
Prosody. rhythmical or metrical stress.
- Tibur
-
noun,
ancient name of Tivoli.
- Boito
-
noun,
Arrigo [uh-ree-goh;; Italian ahr-ree-gaw] /əˈri goʊ;; Italian ɑrˈri gɔ/ (Show IPA), 1842–1918, Italian opera composer, poet, and novelist.
- slobs
-
noun,
a slovenly or boorish person.
- boite
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- ileo-
-
- boers
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- ileus
-
noun,
intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
- Boise
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Idaho, in the SW part: built on the site of an army post on the Oregon Trail.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- boils
-
noun,
the act or an instance of boiling.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Blois
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Loire-et-Cher, in central France, on the Loire River: historic castle.
- slabs
-
noun,
a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- 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.
- 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.
- Sousa
-
noun,
John Philip, 1854–1932, U.S. band conductor and composer.
- sours
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- Auric
-
adjective,
of or containing gold in the trivalent state.
- boras
-
noun,
a city in S Sweden, near Göteborg.
- culet
-
noun,
Jewelry. a small face forming the bottom of a faceted gem.
- Soult
-
noun,
Nicolas Jean de Dieu [nee-kaw-lah zhahn duh dyœ] /ni kɔˈlɑ ʒɑ̃ də dyœ/ (Show IPA), (Duke of Dalmatia) 1769–1851, French marshal.
- aulos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek wind instrument, a double pipe played with a double reed.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Aulis
-
noun,
a port in ancient Boeotia, in E central Greece: the Greek fleet set out from here for Troy during the Trojan War.
- aulic
-
adjective,
of or relating to a royal court.
- boro-
-
- cubit
-
noun,
an ancient linear unit based on the length of the forearm, from elbow to the tip of the middle finger, usually from 17 to 21 inches (43 to 53 cm).
- curbs
-
noun,
Also, British, kerb. a rim, especially of joined stones or concrete, along a street or roadway, forming an edge for a sidewalk.
- cures
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- curet
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- Curia
-
noun,
one of the political subdivisions of each of the three tribes of ancient Rome.
- 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.
- curio
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- Auber
-
noun,
Daniel François Esprit [da-nyel frahn-swa es-pree] /daˈnyɛl frɑ̃ˈswa ɛsˈpri/ (Show IPA), 1782–1871, French composer.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Crius
-
noun,
a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaea.
- blear
-
noun,
a blur; cloudiness; dimness:
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- cubes
-
noun,
a solid bounded by six equal squares, the angle between any two adjacent faces being a right angle.
- boral
-
noun,
a compound of an aluminum tartrate and borate, used chiefly as an astringent and antiseptic.
- cruet
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- crit.
-
- 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.
- auto.
-
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stabs
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- Bores
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- cruel
-
adjective,
willfully or knowingly causing pain or distress to others.
- cruse
-
noun,
an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
- souse
-
noun,
an act of sousing.
- boric
-
adjective,
of or containing boron; boracic.
- Boris
-
noun,
a male given name.
- crust
-
noun,
the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- Aust.
-
- Borel
-
noun,
Félix Édouard Émile [fey-leeks ey-dwar ey-meel] /feɪˈliks eɪˈdwar eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1871–1956, French mathematician.
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- Srta.
-
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- bleat
-
noun,
the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
- cubas
-
noun,
a republic in the Caribbean, S of Florida: largest island in the West Indies. 44,218 sq. mi. (114,525 sq. km). Capital: Havana.
- curls
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- curse
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- bact.
-
- 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.
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- Boots
-
noun,
a servant, as at a hotel, who blacks or polishes shoes and boots.
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- sorbs
-
noun,
a European tree, Sorbus domestica.
- bless
-
verb (used with object),
to consecrate or sanctify by a religious rite; make or pronounce holy.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- astr.
-
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- ecol.
-
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- blest
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of bless.
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- ecto-
-
- soras
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Ecua.
-
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- Bliss
-
noun,
supreme happiness; utter joy or contentment:
- T-bar
-
noun,
a rolled metal bar or beam with a cross section resembling a T .
- 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.
- sorus
-
noun,
Botany. one of the clusters of sporangia on the back of the fronds of ferns.
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- 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.
- crass
-
adjective,
without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity; gross; obtuse; stupid:
- cutie
-
noun,
Informal. a charmingly attractive or cute person, especially a girl or a young woman (often used as a form of address):
- cutis
-
noun,
the true skin, consisting of the dermis and the epidermis.
- treas
-
- sotol
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dasylirion, of the agave family, native to the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico, resembling the yucca.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- cutes
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- curst
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- so-so
-
adverb,
in an indifferent or passable manner; indifferently; tolerably.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- USIA
-
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Rus.
-
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- taur
-
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- USCA
-
- USES
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- USIS
-
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- USTC
-
- uro-
-
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- 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.
- 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.
- USRC
-
- USSB
-
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- 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.
- tel-
-
- ter.
-
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- rubs
-
noun,
an act or instance of rubbing:
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- USAR
-
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- uric
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
- Rube
-
noun,
an unsophisticated person from a rural area; hick.
- 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.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- 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.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- 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.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- SCSI
-
noun,
a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
- scut
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- sols
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fifth tone of a diatonic scale.
- TRIB
-
- Tuba
-
noun,
Music.
a valved, brass wind instrument having a low range.
an organ reed stop of large scale with tones of exceptional power.
an ancient Roman trumpet.
- Solo
-
noun,
a musical composition or a passage or section in a musical composition written for performance by one singer or instrumentalist, with or without accompaniment:
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Sol.
-
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- 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.
- Sorb
-
noun,
a European tree, Sorbus domestica.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Sra.
-
- Tula
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- 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.
- Tues
-
- stab
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- scr.
-
- Soul
-
noun,
the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- tri-
-
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- tube
-
noun,
a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
- 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.
- SEbS
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- slab
-
noun,
a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sibs
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- 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).
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- 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).
- SLIC
-
- sec.
-
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Secs
-
noun,
second2 (def 2).
- sobs
-
noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- slut
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- slur
-
noun,
a slurred utterance or sound.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- slub
-
noun,
the fibers produced by slubbing.
- Serb
-
noun, adjective,
Serbian.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- slob
-
noun,
a slovenly or boorish person.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Toul
-
noun,
a fortress town in NE France, on the Moselle: siege 1870. 16,832.
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- sues
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Sacs
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- sals
-
noun,
salt1 .
- Tob.
-
- Tobe
-
noun,
the principal outer garment in some parts of north and central Africa, consisting of a length of cloth that is sewn into a long loose skirt or is draped around the body and fastened over one shoulder.
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- Ural
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation, flowing S from the S Ural Mountains to the Caspian Sea. 1575 miles (2535 km) long.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- subs
-
noun,
a submarine.
- Sab.
-
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- tabu
-
noun,
a prohibition or interdiction of anything; exclusion from use or practice:
Synonyms: ban, proscription, embargo, interdiction; no-no.
- tabs
-
noun,
a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
- 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.
- tabi
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- tab.
-
- 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.
- urbs
-
noun,
an urban area.
- uria
-
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- uret
-
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- sur-
-
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- scil
-
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- SBIC
-
- SBLI
-
- scab
-
noun,
the incrustation that forms over a sore or wound during healing.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- stob
-
noun,
a post, stump, or stake.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Ste.
-
- ScBE
-
- sci.
-
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- saur
-
- ulto
-
- SATB
-
- 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.
- sub-
-
- stub
-
noun,
a short projecting part.
- SASE
-
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- Sat.
-
- 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.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- 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.
- str.
-
- Saul
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- tool
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- tule
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- 1080
-
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- cis-
-
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- clar
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cit.
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- cir.
-
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- Ceto
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- cet-
-
- cess
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- cool
-
noun,
something that is cool; a cool part, place, time, etc.:
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- Col.
-
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- cobs
-
noun,
a corncob.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- clue
-
noun,
anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem, mystery, etc.
- club
-
noun,
a heavy stick, usually thicker at one end than at the other, suitable for use as a weapon; a cudgel.
- clou
-
noun,
a major point of interest or attention.
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- Cels
-
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- 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.
- BSSE
-
- burs
-
noun,
a rough, prickly case around the seeds of certain plants, as the chestnut or burdock.
- Burl
-
noun,
a small knot or lump in wool, thread, or cloth.
- Buri
-
noun,
the first of the gods, revealed when the cow Audhumla licked away the salty ice that covered him.
- Bur.
-
- bul.
-
- btl.
-
- BSSA
-
- bus.
-
- BSRT
-
- BSOT
-
- BSLS
-
- BSIT
-
- BSIR
-
- BSIE
-
- BSES
-
- Burt
-
noun,
William Austin, 1792–1858, U.S. surveyor and inventor.
- buss
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
kiss.
- Cebu
-
noun,
an island in the S central Philippines. 1703 sq. mi. (4411 sq. km).
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- CBEL
-
- caul
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- 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.
- Bust
-
noun,
a sculptured, painted, drawn, or engraved representation of the upper part of the human figure, especially a portrait sculpture showing only the head and shoulders of the subject.
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- Cal.
-
- buts
-
noun,
buts, reservations or objections:
- Bute
-
noun,
phenylbutazone.
- but-
-
- Coos
-
noun,
a language of a group of American Indians indigenous to the coast of Oregon.
- Cor.
-
- BSCE
-
- ESIS
-
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- 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.
- etc.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- est.
-
- eso-
-
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- Eur.
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- eous
-
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Eula
-
noun,
End-User License Agreement: a contract between the manufacturer of computer software and the person who installs and uses it:
- ible
-
- Elba
-
noun,
an Italian island in the Mediterranean, between Corsica and Italy: the scene of Napoleon's first exile 1814–15. 94 sq. mi. (243 sq. km).
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- iso-
-
- isls
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- isba
-
noun,
izba.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Ire.
-
- ious
-
- Ibos
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ile-
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ice.
-
- ICAO
-
- ical
-
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- ELAS
-
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- crat
-
- cts.
-
- 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.
- crut
-
noun,
crud (def 1).
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- crib
-
noun,
a child's bed with enclosed sides.
- Cres
-
- Crab
-
noun,
any decapod crustacean of the suborder Brachyura, having the eyes on short stalks and a short, broad, more or less flattened body, the abdomen being small and folded under the thorax.
- cube
-
noun,
a solid bounded by six equal squares, the angle between any two adjacent faces being a right angle.
- 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
-
- 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.
- Cuba
-
noun,
a republic in the Caribbean, S of Florida: largest island in the West Indies. 44,218 sq. mi. (114,525 sq. km). Capital: Havana.
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- ect-
-
- cute
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- eco-
-
- Ebro
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N Spain to the Mediterranean. About 470 miles (755 km) long.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- 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.
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- cuss
-
noun,
curse word; oath.
- cule
-
- Curt
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Curtis.
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- curl
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- curb
-
noun,
Also, British, kerb. a rim, especially of joined stones or concrete, along a street or roadway, forming an edge for a sidewalk.
- cur.
-
- cult
-
noun,
a particular system of religious worship, especially with reference to its rites and ceremonies.
- BSEc
-
- BSAE
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- ARIS
-
- 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).
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- 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.
- arbs
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- alt.
-
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- asis
-
- ASSR
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Aus.
-
- Bais
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- Bail
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- Bael
-
noun,
a spiny citrus tree, Aegle marmelos, of India.
- BRCS
-
- aut-
-
- aur-
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- Aube
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW to the Seine. 125 miles (200 km) long.
- ator
-
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- atic
-
- ates
-
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- Alis
-
- bal.
-
- ABLS
-
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- abut
-
verb (used with object),
to be adjacent to; border on; end at.
- abs-
-
- abri
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- abr.
-
- abos
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- able
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- ACLS
-
- abl.
-
- Abiu
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Abihu.
- Abie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- abet
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- ABEL
-
noun,
the second son of Adam and Eve, slain by his brother, Cain. Gen. 4.
- ABCs
-
noun,
ABC's (defs 1, 3).
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- ACLU
-
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- Alco
-
- albs
-
noun,
a linen vestment with narrow sleeves, worn chiefly by priests, now invariably white in the Western Church but can be in a color in the Eastern Church.
- Albi
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tarn, in S France: center of the Albigenses.
- Alb.
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Aire
-
- acr-
-
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- aet.
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- aer-
-
- 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.
- bait
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- Bale
-
noun,
a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, especially one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering:
- Brut
-
noun,
any of a number of partly legendary, partly historical chronicles dealing with early English history, written during the Middle Ages and usually beginning with Brutus, the mythic and eponymous ancestor of the country.
- Bolt
-
noun,
a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- Bore
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- Bora
-
noun,
(on the Adriatic coasts) a violent, dry, cold wind blowing from the north or northeast.
- bor.
-
- Boot
-
noun,
a covering of leather, rubber, or the like, for the foot and all or part of the leg.
- boos
-
noun,
an exclamation of contempt or disapproval:
- Boor
-
noun,
a churlish, rude, or unmannerly person.
- Bolo
-
noun,
a large, heavy, single-edged knife or machete for hacking, used in the Philippines and by the U.S. Army.
- bort
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- bole
-
noun,
the stem or trunk of a tree.
- bola
-
noun,
Also, bolas. a weapon consisting of two or more heavy balls secured to the ends of one or more strong cords, hurled by the Indians and gauchos of southern South America to entangle the legs of cattle and other animals.
- Bol.
-
- boil
-
noun,
the act or an instance of boiling.
- Boer
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- boat
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- Boas
-
noun,
Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1858–1942, U.S. anthropologist, born in Germany.
- Bors
-
noun,
Sir Arthurian Romance.. Also, Sir Bors de Ganis [duh gan-is] /də ˈgæn ɪs/ (Show IPA). a knight of the Round Table, cousin of Lancelot.
- Bosc
-
noun,
a large, greenish-yellow variety of pear.
- blur
-
noun,
a smudge or smear that obscures:
- BRCA
-
noun,
either of two genes (BRCA1 or BRCA2) that, if inherited in a mutated form, may predispose some carriers to develop breast or ovarian cancer.
- bris
-
noun,
Brith.
- brio
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- Bres
-
noun,
a Fomorian king of Ireland, whose unpopular rule led to the expulsion of the Fomorians by the Tuatha De Danann.
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- BRAT
-
noun,
a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation).
- Bose
-
noun,
Sir Jagadis Chandre [juh-guh-dees chuhn-druh] /dʒə gəˈdis ˈtʃʌn drə/ (Show IPA), 1858–1937, Indian physicist and plant physiologist.
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- bout
-
noun,
a contest or trial of strength, as of boxing.
- bots
-
noun,
a disease affecting various mammals, especially horses, caused by the attachment of the parasitic larvae of botflies to the stomach of the host.
- bote
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- bota
-
noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- bot.
-
- BOSS
-
noun,
a person who employs or superintends workers; manager.
- Boar
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- Blue
-
noun,
the pure color of a clear sky; the primary color between green and violet in the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 450 and 500 nm.
- Bali
-
noun,
an island in Indonesia, E of Java. 2147 sq. mi. (5561 sq. km). Capital: Singaraja.
- Bate
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- Bela
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Beau
-
noun,
a male lover or sweetheart.
- beat
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- Bear
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- Beal
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- Baul
-
noun,
a member of a nonconformist Bengalese sect having gurus but no dogmas, rituals, religious institutions, or scriptures.
- Bast
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- belt
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- Bass
-
noun,
the bass part.
- Base
-
noun,
the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests:
- BASc
-
- Bari
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- Bare
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- bar.
-
- bals
-
noun,
Balmoral (def 2).
- bels
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- blot
-
noun,
a spot or stain, especially of ink on paper.
- bio-
-
- bloc
-
noun,
a group of persons, businesses, etc., united for a particular purpose.
- BLit
-
- blat
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- blae
-
adjective,
bluish-black; blue-gray.
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- birl
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- BIOS
-
noun,
computer firmware that directs many basic functions of the operating system, as booting and keyboard control.
- bile
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- Bess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- Biel
-
noun,
Lake. Bienne, Lake of.
- Bice
-
noun,
either of two colors, bice blue or bice green.
- Bias
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- Beta
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- bet.
-
- BEST
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- 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.
- ctr.
-
- itol
-
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Loss
-
noun,
detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get:
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- lour
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- lout
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- Luba
-
noun,
a member of any of various groups of agricultural and hunting people inhabiting the SE Democratic Republic of the Congo, some of whom are famous for their wood carvings.
- lube
-
noun,
lubricant.
- Luce
-
noun,
a pike, especially when fully grown.
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- Lust
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- Loos
-
noun,
Adolf [ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1870–1933, Austrian architect and writer.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Obie
-
noun,
one of a group of awards given annually, beginning in 1956, by New York City's The Village Voice newspaper for achievement in the off-Broadway theater.
- obis
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- Oboe
-
noun,
a woodwind instrument having a slender conical, tubular body and a double-reed mouthpiece.
- obol
-
noun,
a silver coin of ancient Greece, the sixth part of a drachma.
- obs.
-
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- Oct.
-
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- 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.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- ole-
-
- loot
-
noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- olio
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Lib.
-
- libs
-
noun,
liberation (def 2):
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Loeb
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, German physiologist and experimental biologist in the U.S.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- lit.
-
- LitB
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- litu
-
noun,
a plural of litas.
- lobe
-
noun,
a roundish projection or division, as of an organ or a leaf.
- lobi
-
noun,
plural of lobus.
- lobo
-
noun,
the gray or timber wolf of the western U.S.
- lobs
-
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- Loco
-
noun,
locoweed.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- 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.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- rebs
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rel.
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- 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.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- 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.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- 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.
- 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.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rit.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- robe
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- robs
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- OSSA
-
noun,
plural of os1 .
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- orbs
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- orlo
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- oro-
-
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- osis
-
- Oslo
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Norway, in the SE part, at the head of Oslo Fiord.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- raob
-
noun,
Meteorology. a radiosonde or rawinsonde observation.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- oto-
-
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- out-
-
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- RIBA
-
- Rabi
-
noun,
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1944.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- obit
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- lea.
-
- Laue
-
noun,
Max Theodor Felix von [mahks tey-oh-dohr fey-liks fuh n] /mɑks ˈteɪ oʊˌdoʊr ˈfeɪ lɪks fən/ (Show IPA), 1879–1960, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1914.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Lat.
-
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- LASS
-
noun,
a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- Lab.
-
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- ILS
-
- Sib
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- BSC
-
- BTU
-
noun,
the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 pound (0.4 kg) of water 1°F. Abbreviation: Btu, BTU, B.t.u., B.T.U., B.th.u.
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- Br.
-
- Bac
-
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- Rab
-
noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- ASR
-
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- Re.
-
- So.
-
- BAO
-
noun,
an African board game usually played by moving pebbles along two rows of holes.
- SRO
-
- RCS
-
- BAS
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- BSS
-
- bl.
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ASU
-
- SLE
-
- ATC
-
- IOT
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- 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.
- ATB
-
- at.
-
- 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.
- tra
-
- IOU
-
- be-
-
- tr.
-
- ior
-
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ast
-
- IOC
-
- BCE
-
- BCL
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- 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.
- ILO
-
- TIA
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- BIT
-
noun,
Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
- BLA
-
- ose
-
- Ibo
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- ble
-
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ib.
-
- BLS
-
- OSS
-
- BLT
-
plural,
a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich.
- IAS
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ial
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Ia.
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- io-
-
- ITU
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- OSO
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Bat
-
noun,
Sports.
the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball.
a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis.
a whip used by a jockey.
the act of using a club or racket in a game.
the right or turn to use a club or racket.
- OTS
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
-
- BCS
-
- RBC
-
- ier
-
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- bec
-
- Bel
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- SLR
-
- ot-
-
- SAE
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- tlr
-
- tlo
-
- TLC
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- ote
-
- bi-
-
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- OTB
-
- OTA
-
- BIE
-
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- RCT
-
- RBI
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- abt
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- ist
-
- ISR
-
- La.
-
- ure
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- urb
-
noun,
an urban area.
- ACS
-
- Isl
-
- ROB
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- ae.
-
- AEC
-
- ise
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- Lt.
-
- ur-
-
- rib
-
noun,
one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- AIC
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ult
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ROA
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ISA
-
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- ab-
-
- ac-
-
- al.
-
- uti
-
- Ar.
-
- IUS
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- UTC
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- AUC
-
- ABC
-
noun,
ABC's (defs 1, 3).
- USR
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- USO
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ite
-
- ITC
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- USC
-
- USB
-
- ITA
-
- Abo
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- UIT
-
- ASI
-
- 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.
- AOU
-
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- RTS
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- tub
-
noun,
a bathtub.
- Tu.
-
- TSS
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- rub
-
noun,
an act or instance of rubbing:
- IRC
-
- ALU
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- ARS
-
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- Ir.
-
- ARU
-
- asb
-
- Tro
-
- REA
-
- SOB
-
noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- ase
-
- RCA
-
- aor
-
- rte
-
- UCR
-
- IRO
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Ube
-
noun,
a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan.
- UAE
-
- USS
-
- USA
-
- UAR
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- 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.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- IRS
-
- 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.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- rt.
-
- ALC
-
- SLA
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- IRL
-
- 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).
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- RSE
-
- 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.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- RSS
-
- tue
-
- ORB
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- boa
-
noun,
any of several nonvenomous, chiefly tropical constrictors of the family Boidae, having vestigial hind limbs at the base of the tail.
- SAR
-
- LOC
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- Clo
-
- loo
-
noun,
a card game in which forfeits are paid into a pool.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- lb.
-
plural,
pound.
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- CLR
-
- CLU
-
- LBO
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- LBS
-
plural,
pound.
- COB
-
noun,
a corncob.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- 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).
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- STL
-
- LCA
-
- COO
-
noun,
a cooing sound.
- LCI
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- ECA
-
- CLI
-
- cle
-
- ec-
-
- LST
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- Luo
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
- ESL
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- Esc
-
- lub
-
- SCB
-
- CBS
-
- CEA
-
- ics
-
- LTA
-
- CEO
-
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- LSS
-
- LSI
-
- LSC
-
- ESA
-
- CIA
-
- ERT
-
- CIB
-
- CIE
-
- Lou
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Louis.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- STI
-
- SCS
-
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- SSA
-
- ss.
-
- cte
-
- SRS
-
- 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.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- SRB
-
- Sr.
-
- Cub
-
noun,
the young of certain animals, as the bear, lion, or tiger.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- ea.
-
- SSC
-
- 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.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- eo-
-
- Les
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- SSB
-
- SSE
-
- EBS
-
- CRS
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- LCT
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- STB
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- se-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- CRT
-
- SSI
-
- 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)
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- CSA
-
- CSO
-
- CSR
-
- CST
-
- CTA
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- SST
-
- SSR
-
- ESR
-
- ltr
-
- ob.
-
- BSL
-
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- OEO
-
- ETR
-
- OCS
-
- OCR
-
- ETO
-
- Bro
-
noun,
a brother.
- BRT
-
- TAL
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- BSA
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- BSE
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ESU
-
- obi
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- BSO
-
- OBE
-
- Oba
-
noun,
a hereditary tribal ruler among various peoples in the Benin region of western Africa.
- OAU
-
- BRE
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- BST
-
- TBA
-
- boo
-
noun,
an exclamation of contempt or disapproval:
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- OOT
-
- 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.
- TCS
-
- TCA
-
- TBO
-
- Tbi
-
- 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.
- oo-
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- Ola
-
- eu-
-
- OIt
-
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- OIr
-
- ETS
-
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- oic
-
- sb.
-
- obl
-
- 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.
- OTC
-
- ct.
-
- Sus
-
- cl.
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- CAB
-
noun,
a taxicab.
- 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.
- OAO
-
- sc.
-
- CBE
-
- Co.
-
- CAI
-
- OSB
-
- cs.
-
- OSA
-
- SBE
-
- bu.
-
- SBA
-
- ca.
-
- Oc.
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- BTE
-
- Bt.
-
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- OAS
-
- cr.
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- CU
-
- CE
-
- CB
-
- B-
-
- ol
-
- TC
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- BA
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- L.
-
- AO
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- 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.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- i.
-
- ic
-
- EI
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- 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.
- BO
-
- BC
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- SA
-
- UL
-
- SL
-
- UI
-
- O.
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- UB
-
- Eb
-
- UC
-
- RC
-
- U.
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- S.
-
- L1
-
- LR
-
- LC
-
- L2
-
- RO
-
- R.
-
- OA
-
- SU
-
- RU
-
- TL
-
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- le
-
- t.
-
- TB
-
- RI
-
- T1
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.