Anagrams of subordinate
Word subordinate has
2398 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of subordinate.
- boundaries
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noun,
something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line.
- detrusion
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noun,
the act of detruding.
- diner-out
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noun,
a person who dines out.
- ordinates
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noun,
Mathematics. (in plane Cartesian coordinates) the y-coordinate of a point: its distance from the x-axis measured parallel to the y-axis.
- isobutane
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noun,
a colorless, flammable gas, C 4 H 10 , used as a fuel, as a refrigerant, and in the manufacture of gasoline by alkylation.
- disnature
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verb (used with object),
to deprive (something) of its proper nature or appearance; make unnatural.
- subeditor
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noun,
a subordinate or junior editor.
- danburite
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noun,
a rare mineral, calcium borosilicate, CaB 2 Si 2 O 8 , occurring in pegmatite in yellow or colorless crystals resembling topaz.
- urbanites
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noun,
a resident of a city or urban community.
- Bundesrat
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noun,
the upper house of the federal legislature of Germany.
- brontides
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noun,
a rumbling noise heard occasionally in some parts of the world, probably caused by seismic activity.
- indurates
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adjective,
hardened; unfeeling; callous; inured.
- sea-robin
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noun,
any of various gurnards, especially certain American species of the genus Prionotus, having large pectoral fins used to move across the ocean bottom.
- unstoried
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adjective,
without a history; not written as history or told as folklore:
- breadnuts
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noun,
the round, yellow or brown fruit of the ramon, Brosimum alicastrum, of the mulberry family, used, roasted or boiled, as a substitute for bread in the West Indies.
- braunites
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noun,
an ore of manganese, 3Mn 2 O 3 ⋅MnSiO 3 .
- air-bound
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adjective,
stopped up by air.
- indurate
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adjective,
hardened; unfeeling; callous; inured.
- inboards
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noun,
an inboard motor.
- sea-born
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adjective,
born in or of the sea, as naiads.
- astonied
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adjective,
dazed; bewildered; filled with consternation.
- intrados
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noun,
the interior curve or surface of an arch or vault.
- sedation
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noun,
the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- senorita
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- asteroid
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noun,
Also called minor planet. Astronomy. any of the thousands of small bodies of from 480 miles (775 km) to less than one mile (1.6 km) in diameter that revolve about the sun in orbits lying mostly between those of Mars and Jupiter.
- sideburn
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plural noun,
short whiskers extending from the hairline to below the ears and worn with an unbearded chin.
- deorbits
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verb (used with object),
to cause to deliberately depart from orbit.
- saboteur
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noun,
a person who commits or practices sabotage.
- turbines
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noun,
any of various machines having a rotor, usually with vanes or blades, driven by the pressure, momentum, or reactive thrust of a moving fluid, as steam, water, hot gases, or air, either occurring in the form of free jets or as a fluid passing through and entirely filling a housing around the rotor.
- routines
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noun,
a customary or regular course of procedure.
- uranites
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noun,
any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.
- untreads
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verb (used with object),
to go back through in the same steps.
- Rodentia
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noun,
the order comprising the rodents.
- rotundas
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noun,
a round building, especially one with a dome.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- aneroids
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noun,
aneroid barometer.
- unitards
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noun,
a one-piece leotard with full-length stockings; bodysuit.
- intrudes
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verb (used with object),
to thrust or bring in without invitation, permission, or welcome.
- rubstone
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noun,
a stone, especially a whetstone, used for polishing or sharpening.
- Neustria
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noun,
the W part of the Frankish kingdom, corresponding roughly to N and NW France.
- ruinates
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adjective,
ruined.
- unbraids
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verb (used with object),
to separate (anything braided, as hair) into the several strands.
- bandores
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noun,
an obsolete musical instrument resembling the guitar.
- unbiased
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adjective,
not biased or prejudiced; fair; impartial.
- Eridanus
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noun,
the River, a large southern constellation between Cetus and Orion, containing the bright star Achernar.
- baronies
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noun,
the domain of a baron.
- sourdine
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noun,
mute (def 10).
- brontide
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noun,
a rumbling noise heard occasionally in some parts of the world, probably caused by seismic activity.
- taborins
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noun,
a small tabor.
- taurines
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noun,
a neutral crystalline substance, C 2 H 7 NO 3 S, obtained from bile.
- burstone
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noun,
any of various siliceous rocks used for millstones.
- Burnside
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noun,
Ambrose Everett, 1824–81, Union general in the American Civil War.
- bornites
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noun,
a common mineral and important ore of copper, copper iron sulfide, Cu 5 FeS 4 , occurring in masses, of brownish color when first exposed to the air; peacock ore.
- botanies
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noun,
the science of plants; the branch of biology that deals with plant life.
- broadens
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verb (used with or without object),
to become or make broad.
- denarius
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noun,
a silver coin and monetary unit of ancient Rome, first issued in the latter part of the 3rd century b.c., that fluctuated in value and sometimes appeared as a bronze coin.
- bounders
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noun,
an obtrusive, ill-bred man.
- bountied
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adjective,
offering a bounty.
- bounties
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noun,
a premium or reward, especially one offered by a government:
- breadnut
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noun,
the round, yellow or brown fruit of the ramon, Brosimum alicastrum, of the mulberry family, used, roasted or boiled, as a substitute for bread in the West Indies.
- braunite
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noun,
an ore of manganese, 3Mn 2 O 3 ⋅MnSiO 3 .
- Brandeis
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noun,
Louis Dembitz [dem-bits] /ˈdɛm bɪts/ (Show IPA), 1856–1941, U.S. lawyer and writer: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1916–39.
- debonair
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adjective,
courteous, gracious, and having a sophisticated charm:
- deration
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verb (used with object),
to discontinue the rationing of (something).
- banister
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noun,
a baluster.
- douanier
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noun,
a customs officer or official.
- duration
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noun,
the length of time something continues or exists (often used with the).
- baritone
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noun,
a male voice or voice part intermediate between tenor and bass.
- baronets
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noun,
a member of a British hereditary order of honor, ranking below the barons and made up of commoners, designated by Sir before the name and Baronet, usually abbreviated Bart., after:
- Aidoneus
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noun,
a king of Thesprotia.
- bartends
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verb (used without object),
to serve or work as a bartender.
- dourines
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noun,
an infectious disease of horses, affecting the genitals and hind legs, caused by a protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma equiperdum.
- tribades
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noun,
lesbian (def 5).
- detrains
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verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- baudrons
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noun,
a cat.
- strained
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- Bedouins
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noun,
an Arab of the desert, in Asia or Africa; nomadic Arab.
- transude
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verb (used without object),
to pass or ooze through pores or interstices, as a fluid.
- trade-in
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noun,
goods given in whole or, usually, part payment of a purchase:
- dinosaur
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noun,
any chiefly terrestrial, herbivorous or carnivorous reptile of the extinct orders Saurischia and Ornithischia, from the Mesozoic Era, certain species of which are the largest known land animals.
- Touraine
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noun,
a former province in W France. Capital: Tours.
- obdurate
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adjective,
unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding.
- brandies
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noun,
a spirit distilled from wine or from the fermented juice of grapes or of apples, peaches, plums, etc.
- redbaits
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verb (used without object),
to denounce or deprecate as a political radical, especially to accuse of being communist.
- Urbanist
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noun,
a person who is a specialist in urban planning.
- urbanite
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noun,
a resident of a city or urban community.
- obtrudes
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verb (used with object),
to thrust (something) forward or upon a person, especially without warrant or invitation:
- outdares
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verb (used with object),
to surpass in daring.
- Ratisbon
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noun,
Regensburg.
- outrides
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noun,
Prosody. an unaccented syllable or syllables added to a metrical foot, especially in sprung rhythm.
- redoubts
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noun,
an isolated work forming a complete enclosure of any form, used to defend a prominent point.
- outsider
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noun,
a person not belonging to a particular group, set, party, etc.:
- re-sound
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verb (used with or without object),
to sound again.
- rainouts
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noun,
a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.
- rebounds
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noun,
the act of rebounding; recoil.
- urinates
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verb (used without object),
to pass or discharge urine.
- ordinate
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noun,
Mathematics. (in plane Cartesian coordinates) the y-coordinate of a point: its distance from the x-axis measured parallel to the y-axis.
- dourine
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noun,
an infectious disease of horses, affecting the genitals and hind legs, caused by a protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma equiperdum.
- basinet
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noun,
a globular or pointed helmet of the 14th century, often provided with a visor or aventail: evolved from the cervellière.
Compare great basinet.
- obtrude
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verb (used with object),
to thrust (something) forward or upon a person, especially without warrant or invitation:
- steroid
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noun,
any of a large group of fat-soluble organic compounds, as the sterols, bile acids, and sex hormones, most of which have specific physiological action.
- sterno-
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- outride
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noun,
Prosody. an unaccented syllable or syllables added to a metrical foot, especially in sprung rhythm.
- bartend
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verb (used without object),
to serve or work as a bartender.
- baronet
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noun,
a member of a British hereditary order of honor, ranking below the barons and made up of commoners, designated by Sir before the name and Baronet, usually abbreviated Bart., after:
- obtains
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verb (used with object),
to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request:
- tribune
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noun,
a person who upholds or defends the rights of the people.
- douanes
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noun,
a custom house; customs.
- outside
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noun,
the outer side, surface, or part; exterior:
- Donatus
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noun,
early-4th-century bishop of Casae Nigrae in northern Africa: leader of a heretical Christian group.
Compare Donatist.
- urinate
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verb (used without object),
to pass or discharge urine.
- Beduins
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noun,
Bedouin.
- Bedouin
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noun,
an Arab of the desert, in Asia or Africa; nomadic Arab.
- Dobuans
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noun,
Dobu.
- donates
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verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- treason
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noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- abounds
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verb (used without object),
to occur or exist in great quantities or numbers:
- bastide
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noun,
a medieval fortified town, planned as a whole and built at one time, especially in southern France, for strategic or commercial purposes.
- tribade
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noun,
lesbian (def 5).
- bausond
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adjective,
(of animals) having white spots on a black or bay background; piebald.
- redouts
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noun,
a condition experienced by pilots and astronauts in which blood is forced to the head and results in a reddening of the field of vision during rapid deceleration or in maneuvers that produce a negative gravity force.
- storied
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noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- bastion
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noun,
Fortification. a projecting portion of a rampart or fortification that forms an irregular pentagon attached at the base to the main work.
- stearo-
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- Barents
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noun,
Willem [wil-uh m] /ˈwɪl əm/ (Show IPA), died 1597, Dutch navigator and explorer.
- outdare
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verb (used with object),
to surpass in daring.
- Austro-
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- enduros
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noun,
an endurance race for automobiles or sometimes motorcycles.
- erasion
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noun,
the act of erasing.
- resound
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verb (used with object),
to reecho (a sound).
- sinuate
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adjective,
bent in and out; winding; sinuous.
- Estonia
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noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- sidero-
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- side-on
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adverb,
with the side or sides foremost, especially in a collision:
- sorbent
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noun,
a surface that sorbs.
- sidebar
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noun,
follow-up (def 3b).
- Serbian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Serbia, especially one of the Slavic peoples inhabiting it.
- auditor
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noun,
a person appointed and authorized to examine accounts and accounting records, compare the charges with the vouchers, verify balance sheet and income items, and state the result.
- senator
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noun,
a member of a senate.
- inboard
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noun,
an inboard motor.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- ebonist
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noun,
a worker in ebony.
- Sorbian
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noun,
Also called Lusatian, Wendish. a Slavic language spoken by an isolated group in E Germany.
- barites
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noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- banters
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noun,
an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
- dunites
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noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed almost entirely of olivine.
- subedit
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verb (used with or without object),
to copyedit.
- Soutine
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noun,
Chaim [khahy-im,, khahy-im] /xaɪˈɪm,, ˈxaɪ ɪm/ (Show IPA), 1894–1943, Lithuanian painter in France.
- Durante
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noun,
James Francis ("Jimmy") 1893–1980, U.S. comedian.
- outbids
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verb (used with object),
to outdo in bidding; make a higher bid than (another bidder).
- durians
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noun,
the edible fruit of a tree, Durio zibethinus, of the bombax family, of southeastern Asia, having a hard, prickly rind, a highly flavored, pulpy flesh, and an unpleasant odor.
- soutane
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noun,
a cassock.
- soredia
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noun,
a group of algal cells surrounded by hyphal tissue, occurring on the surface of the thallus and functioning in vegetative reproduction.
- triodes
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noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- sounder
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noun,
a person or thing that makes a sound or noise, or sounds something.
- dustbin
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noun,
an ashcan; garbage can.
- bandore
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noun,
an obsolete musical instrument resembling the guitar.
- bandies
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noun,
an early form of tennis.
- triunes
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noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- subarid
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adjective,
moderately arid.
- disrobe
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verb (used with or without object),
to undress.
- diurons
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noun,
a white crystalline substance, C 9 H 10 Cl 2 N 2 O, used as a weed-killer.
- randies
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noun,
Chiefly Scot. a rude or coarse beggar.
- bustard
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noun,
any of several large, chiefly terrestrial and ground-running birds of the family Otididae, of the Old World and Australia, related to the cranes.
- burtons
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noun,
any of various small tackles for use on shipboard.
- tedious
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adjective,
marked by monotony or tedium; long and tiresome:
- burnets
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genera Sanguisorba and Poterium, of the rose family, having pinnate leaves and dense heads of small flowers.
- bonitas
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noun,
a female given name.
- burdens
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noun,
that which is carried; load:
- boranes
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noun,
any of the compounds, both neutral and anionic, of boron and hydrogen with formulas ranging from B 2 H 6 to B 20 H 16 .
- borates
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noun,
a salt or ester of boric acid.
- bundies
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noun,
a time clock.
- borides
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noun,
a compound consisting of two elements of which boron is the more electronegative one.
- terbias
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noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- bornite
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noun,
a common mineral and important ore of copper, copper iron sulfide, Cu 5 FeS 4 , occurring in masses, of brownish color when first exposed to the air; peacock ore.
- rebound
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noun,
the act of rebounding; recoil.
- brunets
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noun,
a person, usually a male, with dark hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin.
- toadies
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noun,
an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
- bustier
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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.
- bradsot
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noun,
braxy (def 1).
- Brandes
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noun,
Georg Morris [ge-ohrg moh-ris] /gɛˈoʊrg ˈmoʊ rɪs/ (Show IPA), (Georg Morris Cohen) 1842–1927, Danish historian and literary critic.
- readout
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noun,
Computers. the output of information from a computer in readable form.
Compare printout.
- tirades
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noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- brained
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- rations
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noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- bretons
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noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1966, French poet, essayist, and critic.
- reboant
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adjective,
resounding or reverberating loudly.
- bournes
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noun,
a city in SE Massachusetts.
- tinders
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noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- bounder
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noun,
an obtrusive, ill-bred man.
- rebatos
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noun,
rabato.
- broaden
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verb (used with or without object),
to become or make broad.
- Broadus
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noun,
something given as a bonus; lagniappe.
- Bonaire
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noun,
an island in the E Netherlands Antilles, in the S West Indies. 95 sq. mi. (245 sq. km).
- butanes
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noun,
a colorless, flammable gas, C 4 H 10 , a saturated aliphatic existing in two isometric forms: used chiefly in the manufacture of rubber and as fuel.
- abortus
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noun,
immature placental or fetal tissue prematurely passed or curetted.
- detours
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noun,
a roundabout or circuitous way or course, especially one used temporarily when the main route is closed.
- suberin
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noun,
a waxlike, fatty substance, occurring in cork cell walls and in or between other cells, that on alkaline hydrolysis yields chiefly suberic acid.
- disturb
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verb (used with object),
to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
- indorse
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verb (used with object),
endorse.
- disrate
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verb (used with object),
to reduce to a lower rating or rank.
- redoubt
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noun,
an isolated work forming a complete enclosure of any form, used to defend a prominent point.
- subtend
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verb (used with object),
Geometry. to extend under or be opposite to:
- dineros
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noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- Tournai
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noun,
a city in W Belgium, on the Scheldt River.
- Tourane
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noun,
former name of Danang.
- sunbird
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noun,
any of various small, brilliantly colored Old World birds of the family Nectariniidae.
- diaster
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noun,
the stage in mitosis at which the chromosomes, after their division and separation, are grouped near the poles of the spindle.
- redbait
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verb (used without object),
to denounce or deprecate as a political radical, especially to accuse of being communist.
- detrain
-
verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- binders
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noun,
a person or thing that binds.
- torsade
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noun,
a twisted cord.
- rainout
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noun,
a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.
- darbies
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noun,
a float having two handles, used by plasterers.
- taurine
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noun,
a neutral crystalline substance, C 2 H 7 NO 3 S, obtained from bile.
- dabster
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noun,
Slang. an expert.
- boaters
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noun,
a person who boats, especially for pleasure.
- boaster
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noun,
a person who boasts or brags.
- danseur
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noun,
a male ballet dancer.
- Tardieu
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noun,
André Pierre Gabriel Amédée [ahn-drey pyer ga-bree-el a-mey-dey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ pyɛr ga briˈɛl a meɪˈdeɪ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, French statesman.
- tonsure
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noun,
the act of cutting the hair or shaving the head.
- detains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- taborin
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noun,
a small tabor.
- Torenia
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- debitor
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noun,
a debtor.
- debtors
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noun,
a person who is in debt or under financial obligation to another (opposed to creditor).
- deorbit
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verb (used with object),
to cause to deliberately depart from orbit.
- destain
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verb (used with object),
to remove stain (from a specimen) to enhance visibility and contrast of parts.
- tundras
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noun,
one of the vast, nearly level, treeless plains of the arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America.
- sorbate
-
noun,
a sorbed substance.
- androus
-
- rotunda
-
noun,
a round building, especially one with a dome.
- natured
-
adjective,
having a temperament of a particular kind (usually used in combination):
- untread
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verb (used with object),
to go back through in the same steps.
- ribands
-
noun,
a decorative ribbon.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- astride
-
preposition,
with a leg on each side of; straddling:
- rodents
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noun,
a rodent mammal.
- rubatos
-
noun,
a rubato phrase or passage.
- oneidas
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noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- astound
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adjective,
Archaic. astonished; astounded.
- rondeau
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noun,
Prosody. a short poem of fixed form, consisting of 13 or 10 lines on two rhymes and having the opening words or phrase used in two places as an unrhymed refrain.
- nitrous
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adjective,
pertaining to compounds obtained from niter, usually containing less oxygen than the corresponding nitric compounds.
- Anterus
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noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 235–236.
- Anteros
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- insured
-
noun,
the person, group, or organization whose life or property is covered by an insurance policy.
- antero-
-
- saunter
-
noun,
a leisurely walk or ramble; stroll.
- nutrias
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noun,
the coypu.
- turbine
-
noun,
any of various machines having a rotor, usually with vanes or blades, driven by the pressure, momentum, or reactive thrust of a moving fluid, as steam, water, hot gases, or air, either occurring in the form of free jets or as a fluid passing through and entirely filling a housing around the rotor.
- antbird
-
noun,
any of numerous passerine birds of the family Formicariidae, of the New World tropics, many species of which follow army ant swarms to feed on insects disturbed by the ants.
- Rosebud
-
noun,
the bud of a rose.
- iodates
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- Rostand
-
noun,
Edmond [ed-mawn] /ɛdˈmɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1868–1918, French dramatist and poet.
- intrude
-
verb (used with object),
to thrust or bring in without invitation, permission, or welcome.
- unbraid
-
verb (used with object),
to separate (anything braided, as hair) into the several strands.
- turdine
-
adjective,
belonging or pertaining to the family Turdidae, comprising the true thrushes.
- aristo-
-
- ordains
-
verb (used with object),
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- sautoir
-
noun,
a ribbon, chain, scarf, or the like, tied around the neck in such a manner that the ends cross over each other.
- astroid
-
noun,
a hypocycloid with four cusps.
- sadiron
-
noun,
Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S. Older Use. a flatiron that is pointed at both ends and has a detachable handle.
- obtunds
-
verb (used with object),
to blunt; dull; deaden.
- inroads
-
noun,
a damaging or serious encroachment:
- unitard
-
noun,
a one-piece leotard with full-length stockings; bodysuit.
- arseno-
-
- norites
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- Nidaros
-
noun,
former name of Trondheim.
- uranite
-
noun,
any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.
- sainted
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- routine
-
noun,
a customary or regular course of procedure.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- robands
-
noun,
a short piece of spun yarn or other material, used to secure a sail to a yard, gaff, or the like.
- sandbur
-
noun,
any of various grasses of the genus Cenchrus, having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs.
- neutro-
-
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- unbated
-
adjective,
not abated; undiminished; unlessened.
- ruinate
-
adjective,
ruined.
- niobate
-
noun,
any salt of niobic acid; columbate.
- 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.
- Antibes
-
noun,
a seaport in SE France, SW of Nice: preserved ruins of 4th-century b.c. Roman town.
- Isadore
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Greek word meaning “gift of Isis.”.
- unrobes
-
verb (used with or without object),
to disrobe; undress.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- asunder
-
adverb, adjective,
into separate parts; in or into pieces:
- sardine
-
noun,
the pilchard, Sardina pilchardus, often preserved in oil and used for food.
- instead
-
Idioms,
instead of, in place of; in lieu of:
- untried
-
adjective,
not tried; not attempted, proved, or tested.
- aneroid
-
noun,
aneroid barometer.
- seabird
-
noun,
a bird frequenting the sea or coast.
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- danios
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- onside
-
adjective, adverb,
not offside; being within the prescribed line or area at the beginning of or during play or a play.
- Danube
-
noun,
a river in central and SE Europe, flowing E from southern Germany to the Black Sea. 1725 miles (2775 km) long.
- Tarbes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Hautes-Pyrénées, in SW France.
- rubato
-
noun,
a rubato phrase or passage.
- Darien
-
noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
- rebuts
-
verb (used with object),
to refute by evidence or argument.
- tarso-
-
- Dairen
-
noun,
former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
- debars
-
verb (used with object),
to shut out or exclude from a place or condition:
- dastur
-
noun,
a Parsee chief priest.
- denti-
-
- sunder
-
verb (used with object),
to separate; part; divide; sever.
- rubies
-
noun,
a red variety of corundum, used as a gem.
- deuton
-
noun,
deuteron.
- deuto-
-
- radio-
-
- rubied
-
adjective,
having a color like that of a ruby; deep red.
- Rubens
-
noun,
Peter Paul [pee-ter pawl;; Flemish pey-tuh r poul] /ˈpi tər pɔl;; Flemish ˈpeɪ tər paʊl/ (Show IPA), 1577–1640, Flemish painter.
- detour
-
noun,
a roundabout or circuitous way or course, especially one used temporarily when the main route is closed.
- Nistru
-
noun,
Romanian name of Dniester.
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- desorb
-
verb (used with object),
to remove an absorbate or adsorbate from (an absorbent or adsorbent).
- radios
-
noun,
wireless telegraphy or telephony:
- Derain
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- radius
-
noun,
a straight line extending from the center of a circle or sphere to the circumference or surface:
- tanbur
-
noun,
tambura.
- redans
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- nitro-
-
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- daubes
-
noun,
a stew of braised meat, vegetables, herbs, and seasonings.
- daunts
-
verb (used with object),
to overcome with fear; intimidate:
- dautie
-
noun,
a darling.
- tabors
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- rounds
-
noun,
any round shape, as a circle, ring or sphere.
- tabers
-
noun,
tabor.
- debits
-
noun,
the recording or an entry of debt in an account.
- radons
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- debris
-
noun,
the remains of anything broken down or destroyed; ruins; rubble:
- debtor
-
noun,
a person who is in debt or under financial obligation to another (opposed to creditor).
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- debuts
-
noun,
a first public appearance on a stage, on television, etc.
- routes
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- indues
-
verb (used with object),
endue.
- buteos
-
noun,
any of several buzzards or hawks of the genus Buteo.
- Briand
-
noun,
Aristide [ar-uh-steed;; French a-ree-steed] /ˈær əˌstid;; French a riˈstid/ (Show IPA), 1862–1932, French statesman: minister of France 11 times; Nobel Peace Prize 1926.
- Roseau
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Dominica.
- ranids
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- Bronte
-
noun,
Anne ("Acton Bell") 1820–49, English novelist.
- Broads
-
noun,
The, (used with a plural verb) a low-lying region in E England, in Norfolk and Suffolk: bogs and marshy lakes.
- rebids
-
noun,
Bridge. a second bid:
- rident
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- tinder
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- Briton
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Great Britain, especially of England.
- roadie
-
noun,
a member of a crew for a traveling group of musicians or other entertainers, whose work usually includes the setting up of equipment.
- rebato
-
noun,
rabato.
- rodent
-
noun,
a rodent mammal.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- brines
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- obtuse
-
adjective,
not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull.
- Bruant
-
noun,
Libéral [lee-bey-ral] /li beɪˈral/ (Show IPA), c1635–1697, French architect.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- obtain
-
verb (used with object),
to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request:
- roband
-
noun,
a short piece of spun yarn or other material, used to secure a sail to a yard, gaff, or the like.
- Brandt
-
noun,
Willy [wil-ee;; German vil-ee] /ˈwɪl i;; German ˈvɪl i/ (Show IPA), (Karl Herbert Frahm) 1913–1992, West German political leader: chancellor 1969–74; Nobel Peace Prize 1971.
- brants
-
noun,
any of several species of small, dark-colored geese of the genus Branta, especially B. bernicla, breeding in high northern latitudes and migrating south in the autumn.
- obtund
-
verb (used with object),
to blunt; dull; deaden.
- tirade
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Breton
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1966, French poet, essayist, and critic.
- robust
-
adjective,
strong and healthy; hardy; vigorous:
- breads
-
noun,
a kind of food made of flour or meal that has been mixed with milk or water, made into a dough or batter, with or without yeast or other leavening agent, and baked.
- 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.
- Brenda
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “flame” or “sword.”.
- brents
-
noun,
brant.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Oneida
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- bruins
-
noun,
a bear, especially a European brown bear.
- tauro-
-
- burden
-
noun,
that which is carried; load:
- Nordau
-
noun,
Max Simon [mahks zee-mawn] /mɑks ˈzi mɔn/ (Show IPA), 1849–1923, Hungarian author, physician, and leader in the Zionist movement.
- butane
-
noun,
a colorless, flammable gas, C 4 H 10 , a saturated aliphatic existing in two isometric forms: used chiefly in the manufacture of rubber and as fuel.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Buster
-
noun,
a person who breaks up something:
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- Busoni
-
noun,
Ferruccio (Benvenuto) [fer-root-chaw ben-ve-noo-taw] /fɛrˈrut tʃɔ ˌbɛn vɛˈnu tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1924, Italian composer and pianist.
- 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.
- Burton
-
noun,
any of various small tackles for use on shipboard.
- raised
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- rouens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- Burnet
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genera Sanguisorba and Poterium, of the rose family, having pinnate leaves and dense heads of small flowers.
- burins
-
noun,
a tempered steel rod, with a lozenge-shaped point and a rounded handle, used for engraving furrows in metal.
- buries
-
noun,
Nautical. housing1 (def 8a, b).
- Buriat
-
noun,
Buryat.
- burans
-
noun,
a strong Asian wind of the Asian steppes accompanying dust storms in summer and blizzards in winter.
- bruise
-
noun,
an injury due to bruising; contusion.
- terbia
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- bruits
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. any generally abnormal sound or murmur heard on auscultation.
- Brunei
-
noun,
a sultanate under British protection on the NW coast of Borneo: formerly a British protectorate; gained independence 1984. 2220 sq. mi. (5750 sq. km). Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan.
- brunet
-
noun,
a person, usually a male, with dark hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin.
- nutria
-
noun,
the coypu.
- brunts
-
noun,
the main force or impact, as of an attack or blow:
- nubias
-
noun,
a light, knitted woolen head scarf for women.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- bundts
-
adjective,
of or noting a cake baked in such a pan, or the ring-shaped form of such a cake.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tenuis
-
noun,
an unaspirated, voiceless plosive.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- rotund
-
adjective,
round in shape; rounded:
- sundae
-
noun,
ice cream served with syrup poured over it, and often other toppings, as whipped cream, chopped nuts, or fruit.
- diseur
-
noun,
a male professional entertainer who performs monologues.
- suitor
-
noun,
a man who courts or woos a woman.
- Ostend
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Belgium.
- intro.
-
- oreads
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- outbid
-
verb (used with object),
to outdo in bidding; make a higher bid than (another bidder).
- ouster
-
noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- orenda
-
noun,
a supernatural force believed by the Iroquois Indians to be present, in varying degrees, in all objects or persons, and to be the spiritual force by which human accomplishment is attained or accounted for.
- Duster
-
noun,
a person or thing that removes or applies dust.
- intra-
-
- durian
-
noun,
the edible fruit of a tree, Durio zibethinus, of the bombax family, of southeastern Asia, having a hard, prickly rind, a highly flavored, pulpy flesh, and an unpleasant odor.
- Dustin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- duties
-
noun,
something that one is expected or required to do by moral or legal obligation.
- intoed
-
adjective,
having inwardly turned toes.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- sorted
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- souter
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- sorbet
-
noun,
sherbet (defs 1, 3).
- Saturn
-
noun,
an ancient Roman god of agriculture, the consort of Ops, believed to have ruled the earth during an age of happiness and virtue, identified with the Greek god Cronus.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- droits
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- irades
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- Duarte
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- DuBois
-
noun,
(Marie) Eugène (François Thomas) [ma-ree œ-zhen frahn-swa taw-mah] /maˈri œˈʒɛn frɑ̃ˈswa tɔˈmɑ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1941, Dutch physical anthropologist and anatomist.
- Durban
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Natal, in the E Republic of South Africa.
- Dunbar
-
noun,
Paul Laurence, 1872–1906, U.S. poet.
- dunite
-
noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed almost entirely of olivine.
- Dunois
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Comte de ("Bastard of Orleans") 1403?–68, French military leader: relieved by Joan of Arc and her troops when besieged at Orleans.
- iodate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- durain
-
noun,
the coal forming the dull layers in banded bituminous coal.
- Durant
-
noun,
Ariel, 1898–1981, U.S. author and historian (wife of Will).
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- inter.
-
- outran
-
verb,
simple past tense of outrun.
- inroad
-
noun,
a damaging or serious encroachment:
- serdab
-
noun,
a chamber inside a mastaba containing a statue of the deceased.
- serbo-
-
- iatro-
-
- 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.
- Osbert
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “god” and “bright.”.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- Eudora
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sendai
-
noun,
a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Orinda
-
noun,
a town in W California.
- inbred
-
adjective,
naturally inherent; innate; native:
- Indore
-
noun,
a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- Seurat
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1859–91, French (pointillist) painter.
- brands
-
noun,
kind, grade, or make, as indicated by a stamp, trademark, or the like:
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- Sondra
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sobeit
-
conjunction,
if it be so that; provided that.
- Edison
-
noun,
Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- editor
-
noun,
a person having managerial and sometimes policy-making responsibility related to the writing, compilation, and revision of content for a publishing firm or for a newspaper, magazine, or other publication:
- enduro
-
noun,
an endurance race for automobiles or sometimes motorcycles.
- Siouan
-
noun,
an American Indian language family formerly widespread from Saskatchewan to the lower Mississippi, also found in the Virginia and Carolina piedmont, and including Catawba, Crow, Dakota, Hidatsa, Mandan, Osage, and Winnebago.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- insure
-
verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Sinbad
-
noun,
Sindbad the Sailor.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- instr.
-
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- driest
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- suited
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- Dnestr
-
noun,
Russian name of Dniester.
- subito
-
adverb,
(as a musical direction) suddenly; abruptly:
- Nautes
-
noun,
(in the Aeneid) an aged Trojan and advisor to Aeneas.
- diuron
-
noun,
a white crystalline substance, C 9 H 10 Cl 2 N 2 O, used as a weed-killer.
- Nature
-
noun,
the material world, especially as surrounding humankind and existing independently of human activities.
- rutins
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- nasute
-
noun,
a soldier termite characterized by a beaklike snout through which a sticky secretion repellent to other insects is emitted.
- studio
-
noun,
the workroom or atelier of an artist, as a painter or sculptor.
- distr.
-
- doater
-
noun,
doter.
- Sabine
-
noun,
one of the Sabine people.
- dobras
-
noun,
any of various former Portuguese coins, especially a gold coin of John V equal to two johannes.
- redout
-
noun,
a condition experienced by pilots and astronauts in which blood is forced to the head and results in a reddening of the field of vision during rapid deceleration or in maneuvers that produce a negative gravity force.
- Dobuan
-
noun,
Dobu.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- Ruston
-
noun,
a city in N Louisiana.
- Rustin
-
noun,
Bayard [bey-erd] /ˈbeɪ ərd/ (Show IPA), 1910–1987, U.S. civil rights leader.
- strode
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- diners
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- 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.
- dinars
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- dinero
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- riband
-
noun,
a decorative ribbon.
- neuro-
-
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- Nesbit
-
noun,
E(dith) 1858–1924, English children's author, novelist, and poet.
- nebris
-
noun,
a fawn skin worn in Greek mythology by Dionysus and his followers.
- suborn
-
verb (used with object),
to bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime.
- subnet
-
noun,
the abstraction, in topology, of a subsequence.
- disbar
-
verb (used with object),
to expel from the legal profession or from the bar of a particular court.
- Neruda
-
noun,
Pablo [pah-vlaw;; English pah-bloh] /ˈpɑ vlɔ;; English ˈpɑ bloʊ/ (Show IPA), (Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto) 1904–73, Chilean poet and diplomat: Nobel Prize in literature 1971.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Stroud
-
noun,
a coarse woolen cloth, blanket, or garment formerly used by the British in bartering with the North American Indians.
- strobe
-
noun,
Also called strobe light. stroboscope (def 2a).
- Sardou
-
noun,
Victorien [veek-taw-ryen] /vik tɔˈryɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1831–1908, French dramatist.
- doubts
-
noun,
a feeling of uncertainty about the truth, reality, or nature of something.
- stoned
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- douane
-
noun,
a custom house; customs.
- Sander
-
noun,
a person or thing that sands or sandpapers.
- Sandie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- Sandor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Sandro
-
noun,
a male given name.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- stound
-
noun,
Archaic. a short time; short while.
- douras
-
noun,
durra.
- ordain
-
verb (used with object),
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- isobar
-
noun,
Meteorology. a line drawn on a weather map or chart that connects points at which the barometric pressure is the same.
- douser
-
noun,
a person or thing that douses.
- douter
-
noun,
an implement for snuffing out candles, consisting either of a scissorlike device with two broad flat blades or of a cone at the end of a handle.
- drains
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- dorsi-
-
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- stride
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- Strand
-
noun,
the land bordering the sea, a lake, or a river; shore; beach.
- donate
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- orbits
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- nadirs
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- Donets
-
noun,
a river rising in the SW Russian Federation near Belgorod, flowing SE through Ukraine to the Don River. About 650 miles (1045 km) long.
- donsie
-
adjective,
Midland U.S. somewhat sick, weak, or lacking in vitality; not completely well.
- Dorset
-
noun,
1st Earl of, Thomas Sackville.
- donuts
-
noun,
doughnut.
- Strabo
-
noun,
63? b.c.–a.d. 21? Greek geographer and historian.
- Dorati
-
noun,
Antal [ahn-tahl;; Hungarian on-tol] /ˈɑn tɑl;; Hungarian ˈɒn tɒl/ (Show IPA), 1906–1988, Hungarian conductor, in the U.S.
- Dorian
-
noun,
a member of a people who entered Greece about the 12th century b.c., conquered the Peloponnesus, and destroyed the Mycenaean culture: one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Aeolian (def 2), Ionian (def 3).
- dories
-
noun,
a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- steno-
-
- inures
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- Brando
-
noun,
Marlon, 1924–2004, U.S. actor.
- 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.
- Barton
-
noun,
Clara, 1821–1912, U.S. philanthropist who organized the American Red Cross in 1881.
- untrod
-
adjective,
not trod; not traversed:
- boards
-
noun,
a piece of wood sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth compared with the thickness.
- 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.
- turbo-
-
- turbos
-
noun,
turbine.
- unseat
-
verb (used with object),
to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
- basion
-
noun,
the midpoint of the anterior margin of the foramen magnum.
- basnet
-
noun,
basinet.
- turion
-
noun,
a small shoot, as of asparagus or certain aquatic plants, from which a new plant can develop.
- bitser
-
noun,
a mongrel dog.
- boarts
-
noun,
bort.
- baster
-
noun,
a person or thing that bastes.
- Basuto
-
noun,
Sotho (def 3).
- tribo-
-
- U-boat
-
noun,
a German submarine.
- biters
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- Andres
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- andro-
-
- Andros
-
noun,
Sir Edmund, 1637–1714, British governor in the American colonies, 1686–89, 1692–98.
- bistro
-
noun,
a small, modest, European-style restaurant or café.
- bistre
-
noun,
a brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood, often used in pen and wash drawings.
- bister
-
noun,
bistre.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- boater
-
noun,
a person who boats, especially for pleasure.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- barite
-
noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- adreno
-
- boners
-
noun,
a person or thing that bones.
- barit.
-
- tundra
-
noun,
one of the vast, nearly level, treeless plains of the arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America.
- adroit
-
adjective,
expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body.
- adsorb
-
verb (used with object),
to gather (a gas, liquid, or dissolved substance) on a surface in a condensed layer:
- urbane
-
adjective,
having the polish and suavity regarded as characteristic of sophisticated social life in major cities:
- Atreus
-
noun,
the father of Plisthenes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia upon whose house Thyestes pronounced a curse.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- boites
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- tuners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- urano-
-
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- aeron.
-
- bodies
-
noun,
the physical structure and material substance of an animal or plant, living or dead.
- urates
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- Barnes
-
noun,
Albert Coombs [koomz] /kumz/ (Show IPA), 1873–1951, U.S. inventor and art collector.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- turban
-
noun,
a man's headdress worn chiefly by Muslims in southern Asia, consisting of a long cloth of silk, linen, cotton, etc., wound either about a cap or directly around the head.
- turbid
-
adjective,
not clear or transparent because of stirred-up sediment or the like; clouded; opaque; obscured:
- astron
-
- astro-
-
- Astrid
-
noun,
a female given name: from Scandinavian, meaning “divine strength.”.
- Andrus
-
noun,
Andron.
- unsaid
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of unsay.
- Bonita
-
noun,
a female given name.
- undies
-
plural noun,
women's or children's underwear.
- biased
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- Undset
-
noun,
Sigrid [sig-rid;; Norwegian si-gri] /ˈsɪg rɪd;; Norwegian ˈsɪ grɪ/ (Show IPA), 1882–1949, Norwegian novelist: Nobel prize 1928.
- undoes
-
verb (used with object),
to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done:
- Beaton
-
noun,
Sir Cecil (Walter Hardy) 1904–80, English photographer, writer, and theatrical designer.
- ardebs
-
noun,
a unit of capacity used for dry measure in Egypt and neighboring countries, officially equivalent in Egypt to 5.62 U.S. bushels, but varying greatly in different localities.
- bestud
-
verb (used with object),
to set with or as if with studs; dot:
- treads
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- beauts
-
noun,
(often used ironically) something or someone beautiful, remarkable, or amazing.
- Beduin
-
noun,
Bedouin.
- ardent
-
adjective,
having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent:
- bestir
-
verb (used with object),
to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively):
- Besant
-
noun,
bezant.
- Uniate
-
noun,
a member of an Eastern church that is in union with the Roman Catholic Church, acknowledges the Roman pope as supreme in matters of faith, but maintains its own liturgy, discipline, and rite.
- Arendt
-
noun,
Hannah, 1906–75, U.S. author, political scientist, and teacher, born in Germany.
- trades
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- Brodie
-
noun,
a suicidal or daredevil leap; wild dive:
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- Beirut
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Lebanon.
- under-
-
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- trans.
-
- unbred
-
adjective,
not taught or trained.
- Benoit
-
noun,
Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), (or Peter) Léonard Léopold [ley-aw-nar ley-aw-pawld] /leɪ ɔˈnar leɪ ɔˈpɔld/ (Show IPA), 1834–1901, Belgian composer.
- Benita
-
noun,
a female given name.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- Anubis
-
noun,
the god of tombs and weigher of the hearts of the dead: represented as having the head of a jackal.
- birota
-
noun,
a two-wheeled cart, usually drawn by three mules, used for transporting commercial goods and one or two passengers.
- unites
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- unrobe
-
verb (used with or without object),
to disrobe; undress.
- unrest
-
noun,
lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
- bauson
-
noun,
a badger (applied contemptuously to people).
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- biotas
-
noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- triads
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- arsen-
-
- aniso-
-
- unread
-
adjective,
not read, as a letter or newspaper.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- United
-
adjective,
made into or caused to act as a single entity:
- bidets
-
noun,
a low, basinlike bathroom fixture, usually with spigots, used for bathing the genital and perineal areas.
- trends
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- unbars
-
verb (used with object),
to remove a bar or bars from; open; unlock; unbolt:
- arouse
-
verb (used with object),
to stir to action or strong response; excite:
- around
-
Idioms,
been around, having had much worldly experience:
- binder
-
noun,
a person or thing that binds.
- binate
-
adjective,
produced or borne in pairs; double.
- beanos
-
noun,
bingo.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- beards
-
noun,
the growth of hair on the face of an adult man, often including a mustache.
- aroids
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- adren-
-
- Barnet
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- Bourne
-
noun,
a city in SE Massachusetts.
- abides
-
Verb phrases,
abide by,
to act in accord with.
to submit to; agree to:
to remain steadfast or faithful to; keep:
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- 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.
- aurist
-
noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- tuebor
-
verb,
I will defend: motto on the coat of arms of Michigan.
- auntie
-
noun,
Informal. aunt.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- bourns
-
noun,
burn2 .
- Triune
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- banter
-
noun,
an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
- Tobies
-
noun,
Also, Toby, Toby jug. a mug in the form of a stout old man wearing a three-cornered hat.
- Bourse
-
noun,
a stock exchange, especially the stock exchange of certain European cities.
- triode
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- uredia
-
noun,
uredinium.
- ursine
-
adjective,
of or relating to a bear or bears.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- bandit
-
noun,
a robber, especially a member of a gang or marauding band.
- absurd
-
noun,
the quality or condition of existing in a meaningless and irrational world.
- audits
-
noun,
an official examination and verification of accounts and records, especially of financial accounts.
- Auster
-
noun,
the south wind personified.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- bairns
-
noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- austr-
-
- Austin
-
noun,
Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
- aborts
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- abound
-
verb (used without object),
to occur or exist in great quantities or numbers:
- boudin
-
noun,
a blood sausage (boudin noir) or sometimes a white sausage (boudin blanc) made of chicken, pork, or veal.
- tuboid
-
adjective,
having or approximating a tubular form.
- Bounds
-
noun,
a leap onward or upward; jump.
- Austen
-
noun,
Jane, 1775–1817, English novelist.
- Bosnia
-
noun,
a historic region in SE Europe: a former Turkish province; a part of Austria-Hungary (1879–1918) now part of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- urines
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- abient
-
adjective,
tending to move away from a stimulus or situation.
- bonsai
-
noun,
a tree or shrub that has been dwarfed, as by pruning the roots and pinching, and is grown in a pot or other container and trained to produce a desired shape or effect.
- Tobias
-
noun,
the son of Tobit.
- urino-
-
- absent
-
adjective,
not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present):
- Boreas
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the north wind.
- boride
-
noun,
a compound consisting of two elements of which boron is the more electronegative one.
- adeno-
-
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- audio-
-
- bardes
-
noun,
bard2 (def 1).
- braids
-
noun,
a braided length or plait, especially of hair.
- borate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of boric acid.
- audios
-
noun,
Television.
the audio elements of television (distinguished from video).
the circuits in a receiver for reproducing sound.
the audio part of a television broadcast.
- adobes
-
noun,
sun-dried brick made of clay and straw, in common use in countries having little rainfall.
- Adonis
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a youth slain by a wild boar but permitted by Zeus to pass four months every year in the lower world with Persephone, four with Aphrodite, and four wherever he chose.
- Bardot
-
noun,
Brigitte (Camille Javal) born 1934, French film actress and animal rights activist.
- Borden
-
noun,
Gail, 1801–74, U.S. inventor: developed technique for condensing milk.
- brains
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- Bordet
-
noun,
Jules Jean Baptiste Vincent [zhyl zhahn ba-teest van-sahn] /ʒül ʒɑ̃ baˈtist vɛ̃ˈsɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1870–1961, Belgian physiologist and bacteriologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1919.
- braise
-
verb (used with object),
to cook (meat, fish, or vegetables) by sautéeing in fat and then simmering slowly in very little liquid.
- borane
-
noun,
any of the compounds, both neutral and anionic, of boron and hydrogen with formulas ranging from B 2 H 6 to B 20 H 16 .
- 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.
- adores
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- adorns
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- todies
-
noun,
any of several small West Indian birds of the family Todidae, related to the motmots and kingfishers, having brightly colored green and red plumage.
- Audion
-
noun,
an early type of triode.
- utero-
-
- Sabin
-
noun,
Physics. a unit of sound absorption, equal to one square foot (929 square centimeters) of a perfectly absorptive surface.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- auto.
-
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- naso-
-
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- tubi-
-
- unbar
-
verb (used with object),
to remove a bar or bars from; open; unlock; unbolt:
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- tsadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- estab
-
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- sanit
-
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- tubes
-
noun,
a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
- ento-
-
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- 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.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Eridu
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian and Babylonian city near the Euphrates in S Iraq: center for the worship of Ea; partially excavated.
- SABRE
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- Arndt
-
noun,
Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
- 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.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Brand
-
noun,
kind, grade, or make, as indicated by a stamp, trademark, or the like:
- 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.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- Sabir
-
noun,
lingua franca (def 2).
- sito-
-
- nards
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- Nabis
-
- nabes
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- 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.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- aroid
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- Sino-
-
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Sidra
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- Audie
-
noun,
a female or male given name.
- Sidon
-
noun,
a city of ancient Phoenicia: site of modern Saida.
- tunes
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- intr.
-
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- astr.
-
- Ibsen
-
noun,
Henrik [hen-rik] /ˈhɛn rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1828–1906, Norwegian dramatist and poet.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- inst.
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Saber
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- audit
-
noun,
an official examination and verification of accounts and records, especially of financial accounts.
- TUNIS
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- ation
-
- Ibert
-
noun,
Jacques François Antoine [zhahk frahn-swa ahn-twan] /ʒɑk frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1890–1962, French composer.
- Indra
-
noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- 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.
- Auden
-
noun,
W(ystan) H(ugh) [wis-tuh n] /ˈwɪs tən/ (Show IPA), 1907–73, English poet in the U.S.
- Tunas
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- sebi-
-
- Indo-
-
- Auber
-
noun,
Daniel François Esprit [da-nyel frahn-swa es-pree] /daˈnyɛl frɑ̃ˈswa ɛsˈpri/ (Show IPA), 1782–1871, French composer.
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- indue
-
verb (used with object),
endue.
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- Indus
-
noun,
a river in S Asia, flowing from W Tibet through Kashmir and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea. 1900 miles (3060 km) long.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- ideo-
-
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Tudor
-
noun,
Antony, 1909–87, English choreographer and dancer.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- isnad
-
noun,
the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- sarod
-
noun,
a lute of northern India, played with a bow.
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- 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.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- Aust.
-
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- Euro-
-
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Udine
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Iran.
-
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- berat
-
noun,
a city in S central Albania.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- turds
-
noun,
a piece of excrement.
- IATSE
-
- Saudi
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Saudi Arabia.
- Asben
-
noun,
Aïr.
- seti-
-
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- sero-
-
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- Ruben
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Reuben (defs 1, 2).
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- oread
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- adobe
-
noun,
sun-dried brick made of clay and straw, in common use in countries having little rainfall.
- adits
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- adios
-
interjection,
goodbye; farewell.
- adieu
-
noun,
the act of leaving or departing; farewell.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- aden-
-
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- ordn.
-
- abuts
-
verb (used with object),
to be adjacent to; border on; end at.
- oste-
-
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- Otaru
-
noun,
a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- reni-
-
- rends
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- retd.
-
- Adore
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- aero-
-
- aeri-
-
- Obuda
-
noun,
See under Budapest.
- Urban
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 222–230.
- Odets
-
noun,
Clifford, 1906–63, U.S. dramatist.
- 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.
- oidea
-
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Aedon
-
noun,
a daughter of Pandareus who mistakenly killed her son. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a nightingale.
- adorn
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- adust
-
adjective,
dried or darkened as by heat.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- ribat
-
noun,
a building housing a community of Sufis.
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- orbit
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- Ouida
-
noun,
pen name of Louise de la Ramée.
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- rebut
-
verb (used with object),
to refute by evidence or argument.
- raids
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- rebus
-
noun,
a representation of a word or phrase by pictures, symbols, etc., that suggest that word or phrase or its syllables:
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Ursid
-
noun,
any plantigrade carnivore of the family Ursidae, comprising the spectacled bear, the black, brown, and sun bears, and various extinct species that also gave rise to the giant panda of the family Ailuropodidae.
- Abdon
-
noun,
one of the minor judges of Israel. Judges 12:13–15.
- rands
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- rebid
-
noun,
Bridge. a second bid:
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- Usnea
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- reads
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- utend
-
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- 30-30
-
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- abets
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- abide
-
Verb phrases,
abide by,
to act in accord with.
to submit to; agree to:
to remain steadfast or faithful to; keep:
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- about
-
adverb,
near in time, number, degree, etc.; approximately:
- abuse
-
noun,
wrong or improper use; misuse:
- Uredo
-
noun,
a skin irritation; hives; urticaria.
- abstr
-
- outen
-
verb (used with object),
to turn off (a light) or extinguish (a fire).
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- Urena
-
noun,
any tropical plant or shrub belonging to the genus Urena, of the mallow family, having clusters of small, yellow flowers, especially U. lobata, which yields a useful bast fiber.
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- abris
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- abrin
-
noun,
a highly poisonous protein found in the seeds of the rosary pea: inhibits protein synthesis, causing symptoms such as internal bleeding, intestinal upset, and irritation of mucous membranes.
- abort
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- radon
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- redos
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- Redon
-
noun,
Odilon [ohd-l-on;; French aw-dee-lawn] /ˈoʊd lˌɒn;; French ɔ diˈlɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1840–1916, French painter and etcher.
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- abode
-
noun,
a place in which a person resides; residence; dwelling; habitation; home.
- rabid
-
adjective,
irrationally extreme in opinion or practice:
- Abner
-
noun,
the commander of the Israelite army and a cousin of Saul. I Sam. 14:50; 26:5.
- Rabin
-
noun,
Yitzhak [yits-khahk] /yɪtsˈxɑk/ (Show IPA), 1922–95, Israeli military and political leader: prime minister 1974–77 and 1992–95: Nobel Peace Prize 1994.
- rabot
-
noun,
a hardwood block used for rubbing marble before polishing.
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- ante-
-
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- endo-
-
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- anti-
-
- nitr-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- unite
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- Niobe
-
noun,
the daughter of Tantalus and wife of Amphion of Thebes. She provoked Apollo and Artemis to vengeance by taunting their mother, Leto, with the number and beauty of her own children; Niobe's children were slain and Zeus turned her into stone, in which state she continued to weep over her loss.
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- anode
-
noun,
the electrode or terminal by which current enters an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
- nodus
-
noun,
a difficult or intricate point, situation, plot, etc.
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- NORAD
-
noun,
a joint U.S.-Canadian air force command responsible for detecting aircraft and space vehicles deemed a threat to the continental airspace.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- rubes
-
noun,
an unsophisticated person from a rural area; hick.
- round
-
noun,
any round shape, as a circle, ring or sphere.
- Rundi
-
noun,
a member of a people constituting virtually the entire population of Burundi.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- naut.
-
- areo-
-
- rutin
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- nears
-
- runts
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- Nebr.
-
- runes
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- runed
-
adjective,
having runes inscribed:
- nerds
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- nidus
-
noun,
a nest, especially one in which insects, spiders, etc., deposit their eggs.
- ruins
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- ardeb
-
noun,
a unit of capacity used for dry measure in Egypt and neighboring countries, officially equivalent in Egypt to 5.62 U.S. bushels, but varying greatly in different localities.
- neur-
-
- neut.
-
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- Unit.
-
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- anis-
-
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Robus
-
noun,
Hugo, 1885–1963, U.S. sculptor.
- untie
-
verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- ronde
-
noun,
a typeface imitative of upright, somewhat angular, handwriting.
- Rodin
-
noun,
(François) Auguste (René) [frahn-swa oh-gyst ruh-ney] /frɑ̃ˈswa oʊˈgüst rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1840–1917, French sculptor.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- oared
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- uran-
-
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Robin
-
noun,
any of several small Old World birds having a red or reddish breast, especially Erithacus rubecula, of Europe.
- unset
-
adjective,
not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- Obad.
-
- obdt.
-
- 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.
- Obeid
-
noun,
El Obeid.
- Aidos
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of modesty, respect, and shame.
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- 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.
- obits
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- OBrit
-
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- andor
-
conjunction,
(used to imply that either or both of the things mentioned may be affected or involved):
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- andr-
-
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- Rouen
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- noted
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Notus
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- Andre
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Nurse
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- Nubia
-
noun,
a light, knitted woolen head scarf for women.
- Andes
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- nudes
-
noun,
a sculpture, painting, etc., of a nude human figure.
- nudi-
-
- nudie
-
noun,
a film, performance, or magazine featuring nude performers or photographs.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- nurds
-
noun,
nerd.
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- besot
-
verb (used with object),
to intoxicate or stupefy with drink.
- Berns
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- 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.
- dist.
-
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- bents
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- suber
-
noun,
cork (def 6).
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Benis
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- Dares
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- bends
-
noun,
the act of bending.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- Tiber
-
noun,
a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 miles (395 km) long.
- Beira
-
noun,
a seaport in central Mozambique.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- bonds
-
noun,
something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together.
- boars
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- dints
-
noun,
force; power:
- Bores
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- 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.
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- Dario
-
noun,
Rubén [roo-ven] /ruˈvɛn/ (Show IPA), (Félix Rubén García Sarmiento) 1867–1916, Nicaraguan poet and diplomat.
- suint
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- tera-
-
- BSRet
-
- dirts
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- Dione
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
- Sudra
-
noun,
Shudra.
- Sudan
-
noun,
a region in N Africa, S of the Sahara and Libyan deserts, extending from the Atlantic to the Red Sea.
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Boris
-
noun,
a male given name.
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- doats
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- boart
-
noun,
bort.
- betas
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- dorab
-
noun,
wolf herring.
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- beads
-
noun,
a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
- Donus
-
noun,
died a.d. 678, pope 676–678.
- donut
-
noun,
doughnut.
- tides
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- Brusa
-
noun,
Bursa.
- DORAN
-
noun,
an electronic device for determining range and assisting navigation, employing the principle of the Doppler effect.
- Donau
-
noun,
German name of Danube.
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- boast
-
noun,
a thing boasted of; a cause for pride:
- borne
-
noun,
a circular sofa having a conical or cylindrical back piece at the center.
- Doris
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids.
- dorse
-
noun,
the back of a book or folded document.
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- beano
-
noun,
bingo.
- beans
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- Dobie
-
noun,
Chiefly Southwestern U.S. adobe.
- Tibur
-
noun,
ancient name of Tivoli.
- dobra
-
noun,
any of various former Portuguese coins, especially a gold coin of John V equal to two johannes.
- beaut
-
noun,
(often used ironically) something or someone beautiful, remarkable, or amazing.
- beats
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- doers
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- doest
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- treas
-
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- beast
-
noun,
any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal.
- Busra
-
noun,
Basra.
- doits
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- 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.
- brute
-
noun,
a nonhuman creature; beast.
- Donar
-
noun,
the god of thunder, corresponding to Thor.
- donas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- Beard
-
noun,
the growth of hair on the face of an adult man, often including a mustache.
- tears
-
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- Bruno
-
noun,
Giordano [jawr-dah-naw] /dʒɔrˈdɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1548?–1600, Italian philosopher.
- 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.
- Tabor
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- debar
-
verb (used with object),
to shut out or exclude from a place or condition:
- Debir
-
noun,
a royal city in the vicinity of Hebron, conquered by Othniel.
- debit
-
noun,
the recording or an entry of debt in an account.
- Debra
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Deborah.
- bonus
-
noun,
something given or paid over and above what is due.
- bison
-
noun,
Also called American bison, American buffalo. a North American, oxlike ruminant, Bison bison, having a large head and high, humped shoulders: formerly common in North America, its small remaining population in isolated western areas of the U.S. and Canada is now protected.
- boner
-
noun,
a person or thing that bones.
- burin
-
noun,
a tempered steel rod, with a lozenge-shaped point and a rounded handle, used for engraving furrows in metal.
- birse
-
noun,
a short hair of the beard or body; a bristle.
- debus
-
verb (used with or without object),
to get out of a bus; alight from a bus.
- debut
-
noun,
a first public appearance on a stage, on television, etc.
- birne
-
noun,
boule1 (def 1).
- tabes
-
noun,
a gradually progressive emaciation.
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- dears
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- burst
-
noun,
an act or instance of bursting.
- Taber
-
noun,
tabor.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- datos
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- tonus
-
noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- daube
-
noun,
a stew of braised meat, vegetables, herbs, and seasonings.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- daubs
-
noun,
material, especially of an inferior kind, for daubing walls.
- daunt
-
verb (used with object),
to overcome with fear; intimidate:
- dauts
-
verb (used with object),
to caress.
- biter
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- burse
-
noun,
a pouch or case for some special purpose.
- Bursa
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a pouch, sac, or vesicle, especially a sac containing synovia, to facilitate motion, as between a tendon and a bone.
- tonia
-
- burnt
-
noun,
a burned place or area:
- bones
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- bites
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- Burns
-
noun,
Arthur F(rank) 1904–1987, U.S. economist, born in Austria: chairman of the Federal Reserve Board 1970–78.
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- burds
-
noun,
a young lady; maiden.
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- bidet
-
noun,
a low, basinlike bathroom fixture, usually with spigots, used for bathing the genital and perineal areas.
- biers
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- boned
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- Torun
-
noun,
a city in N Poland, on the Vistula.
- Tobin
-
noun,
James, 1918–2002, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1981.
- 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.
- bides
-
Idioms,
bide one's time, to wait for a favorable opportunity:
- Deut.
-
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Bueno
-
interjection,
good; all right.
- teno-
-
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- darns
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- tends
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- bunds
-
noun,
an embankment or an embanked quay, often providing a promenade.
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- biont
-
- dent.
-
- Biota
-
noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- board
-
noun,
a piece of wood sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth compared with the thickness.
- dents
-
noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- boras
-
noun,
a city in S Sweden, near Göteborg.
- Buran
-
noun,
a strong Asian wind of the Asian steppes accompanying dust storms in summer and blizzards in winter.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- 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.
- bunts
-
noun,
a push with the head or horns; butt.
- bints
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- bundt
-
adjective,
of or noting a cake baked in such a pan, or the ring-shaped form of such a cake.
- darts
-
- Binet
-
noun,
Alfred [al-frid;; French al-fred] /ˈæl frɪd;; French alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1857–1911, French psychologist: co-deviser of the Binet-Simon scale.
- bines
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- binds
-
noun,
the act or process of binding; the state or instance of being bound.
- Bauer
-
noun,
Georg [gey-awrk] /geɪˈɔrk/ (Show IPA), Agricola, Georgius.
- brunt
-
noun,
the main force or impact, as of an attack or blow:
- bauds
-
noun,
a unit used to measure the speed of signaling or data transfer, equal to the number of pulses or bits per second:
- 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.
- Bride
-
noun,
a newly married woman or a woman about to be married.
- banes
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- Brian
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- bands
-
noun,
a company of persons or, sometimes, animals or things, joined, acting, or functioning together; aggregation; party; troop:
- SOUND
-
noun,
the sensation produced by stimulation of the organs of hearing by vibrations transmitted through the air or other medium.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- Durst
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- baits
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Brest
-
noun,
a seaport in the W extremity of France: German submarine base in World War II; surrendered to Allies September 1944.
- Bouse
-
noun,
liquor or drink.
- 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.
- Troad
-
noun,
The, a region in NW Asia Minor surrounding ancient Troy.
- Brent
-
noun,
brant.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- duros
-
noun,
a peso of Spain or Spanish America.
- bairn
-
noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- Barde
-
noun,
bard2 (def 1).
- dorts
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Duran
-
noun,
Roberto [ruh-bair-toh;; Spanish raw-ber-taw] /rəˈbɛər toʊ;; Spanish rɔˈbɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), born 1951, Panamanian boxer.
- Bardo
-
noun,
(in Lamaism) the state of the soul between death and rebirth.
- duras
-
noun,
dura mater.
- Bound
-
noun,
a leap onward or upward; jump.
- Brit.
-
- brise
-
noun,
a ballet movement in which the dancer jumps off one foot, beats the legs together, and lands on both feet.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- brios
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- dures
-
verb (used with or without object),
endure.
- Bantu
-
noun,
a member of any of several peoples forming a linguistically and in some respects culturally interrelated family in central and southern Africa.
- bodes
-
verb,
a simple past tense of bide.
- Bourn
-
noun,
burn2 .
- durns
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object), noun,
darn2 .
- Brine
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- edit.
-
- tious
-
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- Buteo
-
noun,
any of several buzzards or hawks of the genus Buteo.
- brain
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- Braun
-
noun,
Eva [ee-vuh;; German ey-vah] /ˈi və;; German ˈeɪ vɑ/ (Show IPA), 1912–45, mistress of Adolf Hitler.
- snout
-
noun,
the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- eidos
-
noun,
the formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas, criteria for interpreting experience, etc.
- Brant
-
noun,
any of several species of small, dark-colored geese of the genus Branta, especially B. bernicla, breeding in high northern latitudes and migrating south in the autumn.
- 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.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- Brans
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Baden
-
noun,
a region in SW Germany, formerly a state, now incorporated in Baden-Württemberg.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- Breda
-
noun,
a city in the S Netherlands.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- T-bar
-
noun,
a rolled metal bar or beam with a cross section resembling a T .
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- Butes
-
noun,
phenylbutazone.
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- brads
-
noun,
a slender wire nail having either a small, deep head or a projection to one side of the head end.
- sober
-
adjective,
not intoxicated or drunk.
- boers
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- boite
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- sonde
-
noun,
a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- braid
-
noun,
a braided length or plait, especially of hair.
- bread
-
noun,
a kind of food made of flour or meal that has been mixed with milk or water, made into a dough or batter, with or without yeast or other leavening agent, and baked.
- brits
-
noun,
the group of small marine animals forming the food of whalebone whales.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Srta.
-
- Drain
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- basin
-
noun,
a circular container with a greater width than depth, becoming smaller toward the bottom, used chiefly to hold water or other liquid, especially for washing.
- Basie
-
noun,
William ("Count") 1904–84, U.S. jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer.
- danio
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- tardo
-
adjective,
slow (used as a musical direction).
- drabs
-
noun,
dull gray; dull brownish or yellowish gray.
- Broun
-
noun,
(Matthew) Heywood (Campbell) 1888–1939, U.S. journalist, essayist, and novelist.
- douse
-
noun,
British Dialect. a stroke or blow.
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- drats
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- drest
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- dribs
-
noun,
a small or minute quantity; bit.
- dries
-
noun,
a plural of dry.
- Bart.
-
- bosun
-
noun,
boatswain.
- bason
-
noun,
a basin.
- Drina
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing N along the part of the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Sava River at Belgrade, Serbia. 285 miles (459 km) long.
- 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.
- Baton
-
noun,
Music. a wand used by a conductor.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Bates
-
noun,
Katherine Lee, 1859–1929, U.S. educator and author.
- 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.
- Bornu
-
noun,
a former sultanate in Africa, SW of Lake Chad: now largely a province in Nigeria.
- to-be
-
adjective,
future; soon to be the thing specified (usually used in combination):
- dotes
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Bruin
-
noun,
a bear, especially a European brown bear.
- Douai
-
noun,
a city in N France, SE of Calais.
- Doubs
-
noun,
a river in E France, flowing into the Saône River. About 260 miles (420 km) long.
- bruit
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. any generally abnormal sound or murmur heard on auscultation.
- doubt
-
noun,
a feeling of uncertainty about the truth, reality, or nature of something.
- baste
-
noun,
liquid used to moisten and flavor food during cooking:
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- doura
-
noun,
durra.
- dunts
-
noun,
a hard blow or hit, especially one that makes a dull sound; thump.
- ster.
-
- droit
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Duero
-
noun,
Spanish name of Douro.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- stand
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- duets
-
noun,
a musical composition for two voices or instruments.
- 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.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- Botes
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- duits
-
noun,
doit (def 1).
- Bouar
-
noun,
a city in the W Central African Republic.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- staid
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- baris
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Broad
-
noun,
the broad part of anything.
- bares
-
verb,
simple past tense of bear1 .
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Dubai
-
noun,
an emirate in the NE United Arab Emirates, on the Persian Gulf.
- Baron
-
noun,
a member of the lowest grade of nobility.
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- drone
-
noun,
the male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no honey.
- baro-
-
- drubs
-
noun,
a blow with a stick or the like.
- Brose
-
noun,
a porridge made by stirring boiling liquid into oatmeal or other meal.
- bros.
-
noun,
a brother.
- Druse
-
noun,
an incrustation of small crystals on the surface of a rock or mineral.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- boats
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- Duane
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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).
- 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.
- Rida
-
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- 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.
- TDRS
-
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- 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.
- Tob.
-
- redo
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- toad
-
noun,
any of various tailless amphibians that are close relatives of the frogs in the order Anura and that typically have dry, warty skin and are terrestrial or semiterrestrial in habit.
Compare frog1 (def 1).
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- uro-
-
- rebs
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- USAR
-
- uret
-
- USDA
-
- used
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- tion
-
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- USIA
-
- USNA
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- uria
-
- reds
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- TODS
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- 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.
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- ten.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- urbs
-
noun,
an urban area.
- urds
-
noun,
a plant, Vigna mungo, of the legume family, widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its edible seeds and for forage.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- ter.
-
- 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.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rit.
-
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Ste.
-
- stbd
-
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- 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.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- stab
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- Sra.
-
- tuna
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- trid
-
- Serb
-
noun, adjective,
Serbian.
- SATB
-
- str.
-
- TRIB
-
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- udos
-
noun,
a plant, Aralia cordata, of the ginseng family, cultivated, especially in Japan and China, for its edible shoots.
- 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.
- 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.
- turd
-
noun,
a piece of excrement.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- stob
-
noun,
a post, stump, or stake.
- 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.
- Saud
-
noun,
(Saud ibn Abdul-Aziz), 1901?–69, king of Saudi Arabia 1953–64 (son of ibn-Saud and brother of Faisal).
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- saur
-
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- 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.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Soni
-
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- soda
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- tube
-
noun,
a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Sind
-
noun,
a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- snib
-
noun,
a bolt, catch, lock, or fastening on a door or window.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- snod
-
adjective,
smooth; sleek.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tues
-
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- tRNA
-
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sord
-
noun,
a flight or flock of mallards.
- tude
-
noun,
an arrogant attitude.
- trod
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- Sorb
-
noun,
a European tree, Sorbus domestica.
- tron
-
- tri-
-
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- 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.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- 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.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- RONA
-
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- 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.
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- Rodi
-
noun,
Italian name of Rhodes.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- 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.
- RNAS
-
- road
-
noun,
a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- taur
-
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- 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.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- rode
-
noun,
a rope by which a boat is anchored.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Sab.
-
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- Rus.
-
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- 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.
- std.
-
- sub-
-
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- stud
-
noun,
a boss, knob, nailhead, or other protuberance projecting from a surface or part, especially as an ornament.
- stub
-
noun,
a short projecting part.
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- tab.
-
- surd
-
noun,
Phonetics. a voiceless consonant (opposed to sonant).
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- Rube
-
noun,
an unsophisticated person from a rural area; hick.
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- snob
-
noun,
a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others.
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- undo
-
verb (used with object),
to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done:
- sur-
-
- rubs
-
noun,
an act or instance of rubbing:
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- Rude
-
noun,
François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1784–1855, French sculptor.
- uni-
-
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- 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.
- isba
-
noun,
izba.
- Bute
-
noun,
phenylbutazone.
- Base
-
noun,
the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests:
- Brno
-
noun,
a city in S Moravia, in the SE Czech Republic: former capital of Moravia.
- idae
-
- Idas
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- baud
-
noun,
a unit used to measure the speed of signaling or data transfer, equal to the number of pulses or bits per second:
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- Bate
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- Bast
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- Idun
-
noun,
a goddess, keeper of the apples of youth and wife of Bragi; abducted by the giant Thjazi, from whom she was rescued.
- BDes
-
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- Barn
-
noun,
a building for storing hay, grain, etc., and often for housing livestock.
- 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.
- inae
-
- IndE
-
- Bard
-
noun,
(formerly) a person who composed and recited epic or heroic poems, often while playing the harp, lyre, or the like.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- bar.
-
- Ibos
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- BDSA
-
- bant
-
verb (used without object),
to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
- bens
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- dons
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- BEST
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- Bern
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- Benu
-
noun,
the sacred bird of ancient Egypt, corresponding to the phoenix.
- Bent
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- Eur.
-
- Beni
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- Dona
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- Ind.
-
- Bend
-
noun,
the act of bending.
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- Beau
-
noun,
a male lover or sweetheart.
- beat
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- IADB
-
- 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.
- Bean
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- bead
-
noun,
a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
- Iban
-
noun,
Also called Sea Dayak. a member of any of several Dayak tribes of Sarawak.
- buts
-
noun,
buts, reservations or objections:
- bani
-
noun,
plural of ban4 .
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- aur-
-
- BSAE
-
- dits
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- dis-
-
- aut-
-
- Aus.
-
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- 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.
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- dir.
-
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- nabe
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- nabs
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- Aude
-
noun,
a department in S France. 2449 sq. mi. (6345 sq. km). Capital: Carcassonne.
- aud.
-
- drub
-
noun,
a blow with a stick or the like.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- iso-
-
- ISBN
-
- bane
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- band
-
noun,
a company of persons or, sometimes, animals or things, joined, acting, or functioning together; aggregation; party; troop:
- doer
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- bait
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- int.
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- iod-
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Bais
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- 1080
-
- BAEd
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- bads
-
noun,
that which is bad:
- ious
-
- Badr
-
noun,
Battle of, Islam. a decisive battle in the early days of Islam (a.d. 624), in which Muhammad with about 300 men overcame a force of about 1000 Meccans.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- bade
-
noun,
an act or instance of bidding.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- dobe
-
noun,
Informal. adobe.
- doat
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- bris
-
noun,
Brith.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- Bore
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- dure
-
adjective,
hard; severe.
- durn
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object), noun,
darn2 .
- duro
-
noun,
a peso of Spain or Spanish America.
- Duse
-
noun,
Eleonora [el-ee-uh-nawr-uh;; Italian e-le-aw-naw-rah] /ˌɛl i əˈnɔr ə;; Italian ˌɛ lɛ ɔˈnɔ rɑ/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, Italian actress.
- Dust
-
noun,
earth or other matter in fine, dry particles.
- Bose
-
noun,
Sir Jagadis Chandre [juh-guh-dees chuhn-druh] /dʒə gəˈdis ˈtʃʌn drə/ (Show IPA), 1858–1937, Indian physicist and plant physiologist.
- 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.
- 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.
- Born
-
noun,
Max, 1882–1970, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- Bora
-
noun,
(on the Adriatic coasts) a violent, dry, cold wind blowing from the north or northeast.
- bot.
-
- bor.
-
- bons
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- Bone
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- Bond
-
noun,
something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together.
- Bona
-
noun,
Bône, the former name of Annaba.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- drab
-
noun,
dull gray; dull brownish or yellowish gray.
- dura
-
noun,
dura mater.
- duos
-
noun,
Music. duet.
- Bres
-
noun,
a Fomorian king of Ireland, whose unpopular rule led to the expulsion of the Fomorians by the Tuatha De Danann.
- duet
-
noun,
a musical composition for two voices or instruments.
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- BRAT
-
noun,
a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation).
- Bran
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- Brad
-
noun,
a slender wire nail having either a small, deep head or a projection to one side of the head end.
- drib
-
noun,
a small or minute quantity; bit.
- dubs
-
noun,
an awkward, unskillful person.
- bout
-
noun,
a contest or trial of strength, as of boxing.
- dues
-
noun,
something that is due, owed, or naturally belongs to someone.
- boun
-
verb (used with or without object),
to prepare; make ready.
- 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).
- Duit
-
noun,
doit (def 1).
- 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.
- Duna
-
noun,
Hungarian name of the Danube.
- dune
-
noun,
a sand hill or sand ridge formed by the wind, usually in desert regions or near lakes and oceans.
- Duns
-
noun,
a person, especially a creditor, who duns another.
- Bred
-
noun,
Genetics. a relatively homogenous group of animals within a species, developed and maintained by humans.
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- dunt
-
noun,
a hard blow or hit, especially one that makes a dull sound; thump.
- duo-
-
- bote
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- bet.
-
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- BIND
-
noun,
the act or process of binding; the state or instance of being bound.
- eous
-
- bin-
-
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- bide
-
Idioms,
bide one's time, to wait for a favorable opportunity:
- bint
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Dort
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- Bias
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- Esd.
-
- eso-
-
- DORE
-
noun,
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
- est.
-
- Dora
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift.”.
- Beta
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- bine
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- Ens.
-
- Boer
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- bods
-
noun,
body:
- ebon
-
adjective,
ebony (def 6).
- Ebro
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N Spain to the Mediterranean. About 470 miles (755 km) long.
- Bode
-
verb,
a simple past tense of bide.
- 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.
- Boar
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- dour
-
adjective,
sullen; gloomy:
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- brio
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- dost
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- Bird
-
noun,
any warm-blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard-shelled egg.
- EDTA
-
- BIOS
-
noun,
computer firmware that directs many basic functions of the operating system, as booting and keyboard control.
- Bion
-
noun,
flourished c100 b.c, Greek pastoral poet.
- bio-
-
- end-
-
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Aube
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW to the Seine. 125 miles (200 km) long.
- NASD
-
- Burd
-
noun,
a young lady; maiden.
- Buna
-
- 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.
- Bund
-
noun,
an embankment or an embanked quay, often providing a promenade.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- aer-
-
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- bunt
-
noun,
a push with the head or horns; butt.
- Bur.
-
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- daut
-
verb (used with object),
to caress.
- Ont.
-
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Daub
-
noun,
material, especially of an inferior kind, for daubing walls.
- orad
-
adverb,
toward the mouth or the oral region.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- Buri
-
noun,
the first of the gods, revealed when the cow Audhumla licked away the salty ice that covered him.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- dato
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- aet.
-
- Odus
-
- ord.
-
- 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.
- deb.
-
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- ands
-
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- obis
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- AIDS
-
noun,
a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi's sarcoma, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, especially by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- obit
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- obs.
-
- Aire
-
- Oder
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the NE Czech Republic, N through SW Poland and along the border between Germany and Poland into the Baltic. 562 miles (905 km) long.
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- Buda
-
noun,
See under Budapest.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- AInd
-
- orbs
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- abut
-
verb (used with object),
to be adjacent to; border on; end at.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- RIBA
-
- Danu
-
noun,
the mother of the Tuatha De Danann: identified with the Welsh Don.
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Rabi
-
noun,
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1944.
- rad.
-
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- 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.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- bus.
-
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- dabs
-
noun,
a quick or light blow; a pat, as with the hand or something soft.
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- raob
-
noun,
Meteorology. a radiosonde or rawinsonde observation.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- but-
-
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- burs
-
noun,
a rough, prickly case around the seeds of certain plants, as the chestnut or burdock.
- abs-
-
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- abri
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- OSRD
-
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- abr.
-
- abos
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- dat.
-
- Abiu
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Abihu.
- Burt
-
noun,
William Austin, 1792–1858, U.S. surveyor and inventor.
- 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:
- ouds
-
noun,
a musical instrument of the Middle East and northern Africa belonging to the lute family.
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- abed
-
adverb,
in bed:
- 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.:
- Debs
-
noun,
Eugene Victor, 1855–1926, U.S. labor leader: Socialist candidate for president 1900–20.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- debt
-
noun,
something that is owed or that one is bound to pay to or perform for another:
- nibs
-
noun,
his/her nibs, Informal: Often Facetious. a person in authority, especially one who is demanding and tyrannical:
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- BSIR
-
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- BSIT
-
- dibs
-
noun,
money in small amounts.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- NIRA
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- ano-
-
- dia-
-
- BSNA
-
- art.
-
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- neo-
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Dior
-
noun,
Christian [kris-chuh n;; French krees-tyahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; French krisˈtyɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1905–57, French fashion designer.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- ator
-
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- ates
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- BSIE
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- Dino
-
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Din.
-
- Nebo
-
noun,
Mt. See under Pisgah.
- NEBS
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- Deus
-
noun,
God. Abbreviation: D.
- DIAS
-
noun,
Bartholomeu [bahr-too-loo-me-oo] /ˌbɑr tʊ lʊˈmɛ ʊ/ (Show IPA), c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- NTSB
-
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- NRAB
-
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- BSOT
-
- BSRT
-
- NTIA
-
- arbs
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- nubs
-
noun,
the point, gist, or heart of something.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- nude
-
noun,
a sculpture, painting, etc., of a nude human figure.
- nurd
-
noun,
nerd.
- der.
-
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- ANTU
-
- ant.
-
- ANSI
-
- Den.
-
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- ARIS
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- Nor.
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nord
-
noun,
a department in N France. 2229 sq. mi. (5770 sq. km). Capital: Lille.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- nobs
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- nos-
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- not-
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- TBD
-
- Tbi
-
- BSO
-
- TBO
-
- bu.
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- BSE
-
- TBA
-
- BST
-
- BTE
-
- BSN
-
- Bt.
-
- BRT
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- Bud
-
noun,
Botany.
a small axillary or terminal protuberance on a plant, containing rudimentary foliage (leaf bud) the rudimentary inflorescence (flower bud) or both (mixed bud)
an undeveloped or rudimentary stem or branch of a plant.
- 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.
- TIA
-
- BSD
-
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- BSA
-
- bun
-
noun,
any of a wide variety of variously shaped bread rolls, usually leavened and slightly sweetened or plain, sometimes containing spices, dried currants, etc.
- Bro
-
noun,
a brother.
- TID
-
- RDA
-
- BRE
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- urb
-
noun,
an urban area.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ur-
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- 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.
- uns
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- UNO
-
- ANU
-
noun,
a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- aor
-
- AOU
-
- Une
-
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- ard
-
- 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.
- ARS
-
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- UIT
-
- udo
-
noun,
a plant, Aralia cordata, of the ginseng family, cultivated, especially in Japan and China, for its edible shoots.
- ARU
-
- ae.
-
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- Ube
-
noun,
a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan.
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- uti
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- ab-
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- USR
-
- USO
-
- ad-
-
- USN
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- an.
-
- Ar.
-
- USB
-
- Urd
-
noun,
a plant, Vigna mungo, of the legume family, widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its edible seeds and for forage.
- abd
-
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- abn
-
- Abo
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- abt
-
- ADB
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- ure
-
- asb
-
- UAE
-
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- Tro
-
- Ban
-
noun,
the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
- BAS
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- 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.
- BDA
-
- Bde
-
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- Ben
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- bi-
-
- BID
-
noun,
an act or instance of bidding.
- bad
-
noun,
that which is bad:
- BIE
-
- 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.
- Bn.
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- BNS
-
- boa
-
noun,
any of several nonvenomous, chiefly tropical constrictors of the family Boidae, having vestigial hind limbs at the base of the tail.
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- Bon
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- TNB
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- Br.
-
- USA
-
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- UAR
-
- ase
-
- ASI
-
- ASN
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASR
-
- ast
-
- ASU
-
- at.
-
- ATB
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- 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.
- 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.
- tue
-
- bd.
-
plural,
board.
- BDS
-
plural,
board.
- be-
-
- BED
-
noun,
a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
- BOD
-
noun,
body:
- tub
-
noun,
a bathtub.
- Tu.
-
- 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
-
- BAO
-
noun,
an African board game usually played by moving pebbles along two rows of holes.
- Dou
-
noun,
Gerard [gey-rahrt] /ˈgeɪ rɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1613–75, Dutch painter: pupil of Rembrandt.
- 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.
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- sd.
-
- NBA
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- NbE
-
- NBS
-
- NDE
-
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- NEB
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- NAB
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- rte
-
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- nob
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- RSE
-
- rt.
-
- RTS
-
- NES
-
- rub
-
noun,
an act or instance of rubbing:
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- nib
-
noun,
the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
- NIA
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NAD
-
- SAE
-
- nr.
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ine
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- SDR
-
- SDI
-
- SDA
-
- SBE
-
- SBA
-
- sb.
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- ior
-
- IOU
-
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- ist
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- IUS
-
- IUD
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ite
-
- ITA
-
- ISR
-
- Ir.
-
- SAR
-
- ise
-
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- IRO
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NRA
-
- SED
-
- ote
-
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- ons
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- 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.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ORB
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- 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.
- ose
-
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- OTB
-
- OTS
-
- ONI
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- REA
-
- RBI
-
- 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.
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- oud
-
noun,
a musical instrument of the Middle East and northern Africa belonging to the lute family.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Rab
-
noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- Re.
-
- Rd.
-
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- ONR
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- NSA
-
- ROI
-
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- OAS
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OSD
-
- OSB
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- OSA
-
- OAU
-
- OED
-
- ob.
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- nub
-
noun,
the point, gist, or heart of something.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- NSU
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Oba
-
noun,
a hereditary tribal ruler among various peoples in the Benin region of western Africa.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- OIt
-
- OIr
-
- oid
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- ODT
-
- RNA
-
- OBE
-
- rnd
-
- ROA
-
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- ROB
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- obi
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- ier
-
- IOT
-
- IDS
-
noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- STB
-
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- Doi
-
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- RDS
-
- Dr.
-
- STI
-
- DRE
-
- DSA
-
- DSR
-
- DST
-
- Du.
-
- dub
-
noun,
an awkward, unskillful person.
- due
-
noun,
something that is due, owed, or naturally belongs to someone.
- DOB
-
- DUI
-
- Dun
-
noun,
a person, especially a creditor, who duns another.
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Sr.
-
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- eo-
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ETD
-
- ea.
-
- ead
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- DNR
-
- 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.
- TAE
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preposition,
to.
- TAU
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noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- DBE
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- do.
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- DOA
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- DSO
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- DAB
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noun,
a quick or light blow; a pat, as with the hand or something soft.
- DAE
-
- DAR
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- TAR
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noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- TAO
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noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- DAS
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noun,
hyrax.
- Tan
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noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- dau
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noun,
dhow.
- Tai
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noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- DBA
-
- DNB
-
- Die
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noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- DNA
-
- DIU
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noun,
part of the union territory of Daman and Diu (Goa, Daman, and Diu in 1961–87) in W India: a former Portuguese colony, comprising a small island and seaport at the extremity of Kathiawar peninsula.
- dit
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noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- Sue
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noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- Sui
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noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- SUN
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- DIB
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verb (used without object),
to fish by letting the bait bob lightly on the water.
- Tad
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noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- di.
-
- DET
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- DEI
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adverb,
by the grace of God.
- DEA
-
- de-
-
- DBS
-
- ean
-
- SRB
-
- EAS
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noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- eu-
-
- ERA
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noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- SIT
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verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SIR
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noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ERS
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noun,
ervil.
- ERT
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- eat
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noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ESR
-
- Sin
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noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ESU
-
- ETO
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- SID
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noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- Sib
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noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- id.
-
- eon
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noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Ibo
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noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- SEN
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- Ido
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noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- ide
-
- IDB
-
- IDA
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noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- SER
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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).
- IBN
-
- IRA
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noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ib.
-
- IAS
-
- ian
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noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- Ia.
-
- io-
-
- ITU
-
- EOS
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noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ESA
-
- SOB
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noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- EbN
-
- EDA
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noun,
a female given name.
- sod
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noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- ed.
-
- EDO
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noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- SNU
-
- Son
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noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- EDS
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noun,
education:
- EBS
-
- EdB
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- en-
-
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- EDT
-
- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- AO
-
- UB
-
- EI
-
- OU
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noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- DB
-
- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- R.
-
- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 2D
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noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- Ud
-
- 3D
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noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- AU
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plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- RI
-
- RN
-
- A.
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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.
- DA
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noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- AI
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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.
- U.
-
- RU
-
- Eb
-
- UT
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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.
- UI
-
- SN
-
- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- O.
-
- DT
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noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- NI
-
- ND
-
- NB
-
- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- N.
-
- B-
-
- RO
-
- BA
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noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- OD
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noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- SU
-
- SA
-
- DN
-
- i.
-
- S.
-
- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- BO
-
- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- NU
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noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- TN
-
- t.
-
- TB
-
- TD
-
- T1
-
- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- OA
-
- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- D.
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