Anagrams of subregion
Word subregion has
606 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of subregion.
- burgeons
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noun,
a bud; sprout.
- Gisborne
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noun,
a seaport on E North Island, in N New Zealand.
- unrobes
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verb (used with or without object),
to disrobe; undress.
- Bourges
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Cher, in central France: cathedral.
- biogens
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noun,
a hypothetical protein molecule, large and unstable, once assumed to be basic to fundamental biological processes.
- re-sign
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verb (used with or without object),
to sign again.
- signore
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noun,
a conventional Italian title of respect for a man, usually used separately; signor.
- 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.
- subring
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noun,
a subset of a ring that is a subgroup under addition and that is closed under multiplication.
Compare ring1 (def 22).
- ignores
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verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- bournes
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noun,
a city in SE Massachusetts.
- Bergius
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noun,
Friedrich [free-drik;; German free-drikh] /ˈfri drɪk;; German ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1884–1949, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1931.
- brogues
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noun,
an Irish accent in the pronunciation of English.
- rousing
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noun,
a rousing.
- igneous
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adjective,
Geology. produced under conditions involving intense heat, as rocks of volcanic origin or rocks crystallized from molten magma.
- surgeon
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noun,
a physician who specializes in surgery.
- rugbies
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noun,
a city in E Warwickshire, in central England.
- burgeon
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noun,
a bud; sprout.
- Bergson
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noun,
Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1859–1941, French philosopher and writer: Nobel Prize in Literature 1927.
- borings
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noun,
Machinery.
the act or process of making or enlarging a hole.
the hole so made.
- Seguin
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noun,
a city in SE Texas.
- bourgs
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noun,
a town.
- ignore
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verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- brings
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Verb phrases,
bring about, to accomplish; cause:
- brines
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noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- region
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noun,
an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body:
- Bourse
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noun,
a stock exchange, especially the stock exchange of certain European cities.
- bourns
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noun,
burn2 .
- Beguin
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noun,
a Beghard.
- Bourne
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noun,
a city in SE Massachusetts.
- nebris
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noun,
a fawn skin worn in Greek mythology by Dionysus and his followers.
- begins
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verb (used with object),
to proceed to perform the first or earliest part of (some action):
- insure
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verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- bougie
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noun,
Medicine/Medical.
a slender, flexible instrument introduced into passages of the body, especially the urethra, for dilating, examining, medicating, etc.
a suppository.
- regius
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adjective,
of or belonging to a king.
- Singer
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noun,
a person who sings, especially a trained or professional vocalist.
- serbo-
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- soigne
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adjective,
carefully or elegantly done, operated, or designed.
- suborn
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verb (used with object),
to bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime.
- beings
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noun,
the fact of existing; existence (as opposed to nonexistence).
- Boring
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noun,
Machinery.
the act or process of making or enlarging a hole.
the hole so made.
- Brogue
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noun,
an Irish accent in the pronunciation of English.
- rugose
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adjective,
having wrinkles; wrinkled; ridged.
- reigns
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noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- irones
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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.
- busing
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noun,
the transporting of students by bus to schools outside their neighborhoods, especially as a means of achieving socioeconomic or racial diversity among students in a public school.
- orgies
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noun,
wild or drunken festivity or revelry, especially involving sex with multiple participants.
- unrobe
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verb (used with or without object),
to disrobe; undress.
- unrigs
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verb (used with object),
to strip of rigging, as a ship.
- burins
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noun,
a tempered steel rod, with a lozenge-shaped point and a rounded handle, used for engraving furrows in metal.
- buries
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noun,
Nautical. housing1 (def 8a, b).
- Origen
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noun,
(Origenes Admantius) a.d. 185?–254? Alexandrian writer, Christian theologian, and teacher.
- Burgos
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noun,
a city in N Spain: Gothic cathedral.
- rubies
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noun,
a red variety of corundum, used as a gem.
- bunger
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noun,
a firecracker.
- Ogburn
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noun,
William Fielding, 1886–1959, U.S. sociologist and educator.
- signer
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noun,
a person who signs.
- inures
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verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- Rubens
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noun,
Peter Paul [pee-ter pawl;; Flemish pey-tuh r poul] /ˈpi tər pɔl;; Flemish ˈpeɪ tər paʊl/ (Show IPA), 1577–1640, Flemish painter.
- Negros
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noun,
an island of the central Philippines. 5043 sq. mi. (13,061 sq. km).
- goners
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noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- Brunei
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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.
- bruise
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noun,
an injury due to bruising; contusion.
- bruins
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noun,
a bear, especially a European brown bear.
- Bruges
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noun,
a city in NW Belgium: connected by canal with its seaport, Zeebrugge.
- Borges
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noun,
Jorge Luis [hawr-he lwees] /ˈhɔr hɛ lwis/ (Show IPA), 1899–1986, Argentine poet, short-story writer, and philosophical essayist.
- Busoni
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noun,
Ferruccio (Benvenuto) [fer-root-chaw ben-ve-noo-taw] /fɛrˈrut tʃɔ ˌbɛn vɛˈnu tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1924, Italian composer and pianist.
- genius
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noun,
an exceptional natural capacity of intellect, especially as shown in creative and original work in science, art, music, etc.:
Synonyms: intelligence, ingenuity, wit; brains.
- groins
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noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- inorg.
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- binges
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noun,
a period or bout, usually brief, of excessive indulgence, as in eating, drinking alcoholic beverages, etc.; spree.
- biogen
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noun,
a hypothetical protein molecule, large and unstable, once assumed to be basic to fundamental biological processes.
- Gibson
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noun,
a dry martini cocktail garnished with a pearl onion.
- Grison
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noun,
a weasellike carnivore, Galictis vittata, ranging from southern Mexico to Peru, having a grayish-white upper body, a distinctive white stripe across the forehead and ears, and a dark brown face, chest, and legs.
- rouens
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- ribose
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noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble, slightly sweet solid, C 5 H 10 O 5 , a pentose sugar obtained by the hydrolysis of RNA.
- Gibeon
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noun,
a town in ancient Palestine, NW of Jerusalem. Josh. 9:3.
- bingos
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noun,
a form of lotto in which balls or slips, each with a number and one of the letters B, I, N, G, or O, are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers printed on their cards, the winner being the first to cover five numbers in any row or diagonal or, sometimes, all numbers on the card.
- urino-
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- rouges
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noun,
any of various red cosmetics for coloring the cheeks or lips.
- Senior
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noun,
a person who is older than another.
- urines
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noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- resign
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verb (used with object),
to give up (an office, position, etc.), often formally.
- genous
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- Bering
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noun,
Vitus [vee-too s] /ˈvi tʊs/ (Show IPA), 1680–1741, Danish navigator: explorer of the N Pacific.
- ursine
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adjective,
of or relating to a bear or bears.
- gobies
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noun,
any small marine or freshwater fish of the family Gobiidae, often having the pelvic fins united to form a suctorial disk.
- gerous
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- Signor
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noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a man, either used separately or prefixed to the name. Abbreviation: Sig., sig.
- INGRES
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noun,
Jean Auguste Dominique [zhahn oh-gyst daw-mee-neek] /ʒɑ̃ oʊˈgüst dɔ miˈnik/ (Show IPA), 1780–1867, French painter.
- grouse
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noun,
any of numerous gallinaceous birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae.
Compare black grouse, capercaillie, ruffed grouse, spruce grouse.
- boners
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noun,
a person or thing that bones.
- neuro-
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- surg.
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- Rugen
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noun,
an island in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, off the NE coast, in the Baltic Sea. 358 sq. mi. (926 sq. km).
- Oreg.
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- grins
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noun,
a broad smile.
- goner
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noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- Niobe
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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.
- engr.
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- rogue
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noun,
a dishonest, knavish person; scoundrel.
- surge
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noun,
a strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush, or sweep:
- unrig
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verb (used with object),
to strip of rigging, as a ship.
- Niger
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noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- Siren
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- girns
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noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- Irons
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noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- Ibsen
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noun,
Henrik [hen-rik] /ˈhɛn rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1828–1906, Norwegian dramatist and poet.
- segno
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noun,
a sign.
- giros
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noun,
autogiro.
- Negro
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noun,
Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, especially those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
- irone
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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.
- Goren
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noun,
Charles Henry, 1901–91, U.S authority and writer on contract bridge.
- sengi
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noun,
a monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equal to 1/10,000 (.0001) of a zaire.
- Segni
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noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1972, Italian teacher, lawyer, and statesman: president 1962–64.
- eosin
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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.
- ogres
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noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- esrog
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noun,
etrog.
- Grues
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verb (used without object),
to shudder.
- suber
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noun,
cork (def 6).
- genro
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noun,
any of the unofficial elder statesmen of Japan who influenced the government c1875–1940.
- Norge
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noun,
Norwegian name of Norway.
- Nebr.
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- genus
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noun,
Biology. the usual major subdivision of a family or subfamily in the classification of organisms, usually consisting of more than one species.
- noise
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noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- sober
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adjective,
not intoxicated or drunk.
- senor
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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.
- euros
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noun,
wallaroo.
- groin
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noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- serin
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noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Nurse
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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.
- Guin.
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- gibus
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noun,
opera hat.
- guiro
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noun,
a South American musical instrument consisting of a hollow gourd with serrated surface that is scraped with a stick.
- Guise
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noun,
general external appearance; aspect; semblance:
- runes
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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.
- gibes
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noun,
a taunting or sarcastic remark.
- sero-
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- sebi-
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- Negus
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noun,
a title of Ethiopian royalty.
- ruins
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noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- goers
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noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- ergo-
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- snore
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noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- Norse
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noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- neur-
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- Ensor
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noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- Euro-
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- 30-30
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- burse
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noun,
a pouch or case for some special purpose.
- Bogue
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noun,
a bayou, stream, or waterway.
- bingo
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noun,
a form of lotto in which balls or slips, each with a number and one of the letters B, I, N, G, or O, are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers printed on their cards, the winner being the first to cover five numbers in any row or diagonal or, sometimes, all numbers on the card.
- biog.
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- resin
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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.
- birne
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noun,
boule1 (def 1).
- birse
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noun,
a short hair of the beard or body; a bristle.
- bison
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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.
- boers
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noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- Bogie
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noun,
Automotive. (on a truck) a rear-wheel assembly composed of four wheels on two axles, either or both driving axles, so mounted as to support the rear of the truck body jointly.
- bogus
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noun,
Printing, Journalism. matter set, by union requirement, by a compositor and later discarded, duplicating the text of an advertisement for which a plate has been supplied or type set by another publisher.
- rouge
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noun,
any of various red cosmetics for coloring the cheeks or lips.
- Boise
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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.
- urine
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noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- boner
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noun,
a person or thing that bones.
- bones
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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.
- reni-
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- bongs
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noun,
a dull, resonant sound, as of a large bell.
- Irgun
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noun,
a militant Zionist underground group, active chiefly during the period (1917–48) of British control by mandate of Palestine.
- bonus
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noun,
something given or paid over and above what is due.
- binge
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noun,
a period or bout, usually brief, of excessive indulgence, as in eating, drinking alcoholic beverages, etc.; spree.
- bines
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noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- orig.
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- inure
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verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- sing.
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- Robus
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noun,
Hugo, 1885–1963, U.S. sculptor.
- Robin
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noun,
any of several small Old World birds having a red or reddish breast, especially Erithacus rubecula, of Europe.
- Usbeg
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noun,
Uzbek.
- Begin
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noun,
Menachem [muh-nah-khuh m] /məˈnɑ xəm/ (Show IPA), 1913–92, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1977–83; Nobel Peace Prize 1978.
- robes
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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.
- begun
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verb,
past participle of begin.
- being
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noun,
the fact of existing; existence (as opposed to nonexistence).
- Beng.
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- roues
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noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- Rosie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- Benis
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noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- rosin
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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.
- rinse
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noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- bergs
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noun,
iceberg.
- rings
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noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- Berns
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- Rouen
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- biers
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noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- reins
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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.
- singe
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noun,
a superficial burn.
- Bores
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noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- Ruben
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noun,
Douay Bible. Reuben (defs 1, 2).
- bros.
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noun,
a brother.
- Brose
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noun,
a porridge made by stirring boiling liquid into oatmeal or other meal.
- Broun
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noun,
(Matthew) Heywood (Campbell) 1888–1939, U.S. journalist, essayist, and novelist.
- Bruin
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noun,
a bear, especially a European brown bear.
- Bruno
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noun,
Giordano [jawr-dah-naw] /dʒɔrˈdɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1548?–1600, Italian philosopher.
- gorse
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noun,
any spiny shrub of the genus Ulex, of the legume family, native to the Old World, especially U. europaeus, having rudimentary leaves and yellow flowers and growing in waste places and sandy soil.
- ourie
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adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- Igbos
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noun,
Ibo.
- Bueno
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interjection,
good; all right.
- urges
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noun,
an act of urging; impelling action, influence, or force; impulse.
- osier
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noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- rubes
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noun,
an unsophisticated person from a rural area; hick.
- ornis
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noun,
an avifauna.
- bungs
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noun,
a stopper for the opening of a cask.
- ornes
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noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- burgs
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noun,
Informal. a city or town.
- burin
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noun,
a tempered steel rod, with a lozenge-shaped point and a rounded handle, used for engraving furrows in metal.
- Burns
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noun,
Arthur F(rank) 1904–1987, U.S. economist, born in Austria: chairman of the Federal Reserve Board 1970–78.
- Boris
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noun,
a male given name.
- gores
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noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- rouse
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noun,
a rousing.
- Sino-
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- reign
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noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- borne
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noun,
a circular sofa having a conical or cylindrical back piece at the center.
- Bornu
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noun,
a former sultanate in Africa, SW of Lake Chad: now largely a province in Nigeria.
- bosun
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noun,
boatswain.
- REGIS
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noun,
a male given name.
- Bourg
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noun,
a town.
- Bourn
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noun,
burn2 .
- Bouse
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noun,
liquor or drink.
- Regin
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noun,
a smith, the brother of Fafnir, who raises Sigurd and encourages him to kill Fafnir in the hope of gaining the gold he guards.
- rebus
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noun,
a representation of a word or phrase by pictures, symbols, etc., that suggest that word or phrase or its syllables:
- Brig.
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- Brine
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noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- Bring
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Verb phrases,
bring about, to accomplish; cause:
- brios
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noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- brise
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noun,
a ballet movement in which the dancer jumps off one foot, beats the legs together, and lands on both feet.
- Sig.
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- Nebo
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noun,
Mt. See under Pisgah.
- Seri
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noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- sign
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- Ire.
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- Serb
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noun, adjective,
Serbian.
- iron
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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.
- iso-
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- ISBN
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- 1080
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- NEBS
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noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- rebs
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noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- rues
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noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- onus
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noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- rubs
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noun,
an act or instance of rubbing:
- orbs
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noun,
a sphere or globe:
- org.
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- Orne
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noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Rube
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noun,
an unsophisticated person from a rural area; hick.
- ours
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Ouse
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noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- Reg.
-
- ogre
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- regs
-
noun,
Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
- 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.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- Ring
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- 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.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- 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.
- obs.
-
- neo-
-
- Nor.
-
- 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.
- sego
-
noun,
sego lily.
- nibs
-
noun,
his/her nibs, Informal: Often Facetious. a person in authority, especially one who is demanding and tyrannical:
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- 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).
- nobs
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- nogs
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- obis
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- 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.
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- nubs
-
noun,
the point, gist, or heart of something.
- Rus.
-
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- rung
-
noun,
one of the crosspieces, usually rounded, forming the steps of a ladder.
- 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.
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- 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.
- ious
-
- Sorb
-
noun,
a European tree, Sorbus domestica.
- eous
-
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- egos
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- Eng.
-
- engs
-
noun,
the symbol, ŋ, that, in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in the pronunciation alphabets of some dictionaries, represents the voiced velar nasal consonant indicated in English spelling by (ng), as in the pronunciations of cling [kling] /klɪŋ/ (Show IPA) and clink [klingk] /klɪŋk/ (Show IPA).
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- sur-
-
- 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.
- ergs
-
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- 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.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Sung
-
noun,
a dynasty in China, a.d. 960–1279, characterized by a high level of achievement in painting, ceramics, and philosophy: overthrown by the Mongols.
- eso-
-
- 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.
- sugi
-
noun,
Japan cedar.
- Eur.
-
- bio-
-
- Bing
-
noun,
a heap or pile.
- bine
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- bin-
-
- sub-
-
- Boer
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- egis
-
noun,
aegis.
- Bres
-
noun,
a Fomorian king of Ireland, whose unpopular rule led to the expulsion of the Fomorians by the Tuatha De Danann.
- Born
-
noun,
Max, 1882–1970, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- brio
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- bris
-
noun,
Brith.
- Brno
-
noun,
a city in S Moravia, in the SE Czech Republic: former capital of Moravia.
- urge
-
noun,
an act of urging; impelling action, influence, or force; impulse.
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- boun
-
verb (used with or without object),
to prepare; make ready.
- BSGE
-
- BSIE
-
- BSIR
-
- Bose
-
noun,
Sir Jagadis Chandre [juh-guh-dees chuhn-druh] /dʒə gəˈdis ˈtʃʌn drə/ (Show IPA), 1858–1937, Indian physicist and plant physiologist.
- urbs
-
noun,
an urban area.
- 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.
- Borg
-
noun,
Björn [byawrn] /byɔrn/ (Show IPA), born 1956, Swedish tennis player.
- bong
-
noun,
a dull, resonant sound, as of a large bell.
- bung
-
noun,
a stopper for the opening of a cask.
- Bur.
-
- Burg
-
noun,
Informal. a city or town.
- Buri
-
noun,
the first of the gods, revealed when the cow Audhumla licked away the salty ice that covered him.
- burs
-
noun,
a rough, prickly case around the seeds of certain plants, as the chestnut or burdock.
- bus.
-
- Bore
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- uni-
-
- bor.
-
- ebon
-
adjective,
ebony (def 6).
- Ebro
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N Spain to the Mediterranean. About 470 miles (755 km) long.
- bons
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- Gen.
-
- gens
-
noun,
a group of families in ancient Rome claiming descent from a common ancestor and united by a common name and common ancestral religious rites.
- genu
-
noun,
the knee.
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- geo-
-
- gres
-
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- Gris
-
noun,
Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), (José Vittoriano Gonzáles) 1887–1927, Spanish painter in France.
- gro.
-
- Gros
-
noun,
Antoine Jean [ahn-twan zhahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1771–1835, French painter.
- begs
-
noun,
bey.
- grue
-
verb (used without object),
to shudder.
- Grus
-
noun,
the Crane, a southern constellation between Indus and Piscis Austrinus.
- guib
-
noun,
bushbuck.
- snug
-
noun,
British. a small, secluded room in a tavern, as for private parties.
- snog
-
verb (used without object),
to kiss and cuddle.
- Gore
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- snob
-
noun,
a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others.
- snib
-
noun,
a bolt, catch, lock, or fastening on a door or window.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Ibos
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Igbo
-
noun,
Ibo.
- ign.
-
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- 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 = .
- Beni
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- 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.
- Song
-
noun,
a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- Ger.
-
- Gers
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- uro-
-
- Bern
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- Gibe
-
noun,
a taunting or sarcastic remark.
- gibs
-
noun,
a hooked prolongation that develops during the spawning season on the lower jaw of a male salmon or trout.
- Berg
-
noun,
iceberg.
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- Gino
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Gone
-
noun,
the act of going:
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- giro
-
noun,
autogiro.
- Goer
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- gon-
-
- Soni
-
- GOES
-
noun,
plural of go1 .
- Benu
-
noun,
the sacred bird of ancient Egypt, corresponding to the phoenix.
- bens
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- gobs
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- Gobi
-
noun,
a desert in E Asia, mostly in Mongolia. About 500,000 sq. mi. (1,295,000 sq. km).
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- USO
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- USB
-
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- USN
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- Rs.
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- SBE
-
- SRB
-
- se-
-
- Sr.
-
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SUG
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- SOB
-
noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- Sib
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- SNU
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- sb.
-
- RSE
-
- ung
-
- rub
-
noun,
an act or instance of rubbing:
- ure
-
- urb
-
noun,
an urban area.
- ur-
-
- uns
-
- UNO
-
- Une
-
- SRO
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- rug
-
noun,
a thick fabric for covering part of a floor, often woven of wool and often having an oblong shape with a border design.
Compare carpet.
- Ube
-
noun,
a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- So.
-
- ROI
-
- IRO
-
- ROG
-
- gre
-
- gi.
-
- Geb
-
noun,
the god of the earth and the father of Osiris and Isis.
- Ges
-
- Gib
-
noun,
a hooked prolongation that develops during the spawning season on the lower jaw of a male salmon or trout.
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- GIs
-
noun,
a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt.
- GNU
-
noun,
either of two stocky, oxlike antelopes of the genus Connochaetes, the silver-gray, white-bearded C. taurinus of the eastern African plain and the black, white-tailed C. gnou of central South Africa: recently near extinction, the South African gnu is now protected.
- gob
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- goi
-
noun,
goy.
- Gor
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- Gr.
-
- GRB
-
- GSR
-
- eu-
-
- GUI
-
noun,
graphical user interface.
- Gun
-
noun,
a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
- Gur
-
noun,
a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, including Mossi and other languages spoken in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Ivory Coast, and Mali.
- GUS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Augustus or Gustave.
- io-
-
- ib.
-
- IBN
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ier
-
- in.
-
- ine
-
- ing
-
- 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 = .
- ior
-
- GBE
-
- ESU
-
- IOU
-
- BSN
-
- be-
-
- Br.
-
- beg
-
noun,
bey.
- Ben
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- bi-
-
- BIE
-
- big
-
noun,
the bigs, Sports Slang. the highest level of professional competition, as the major leagues in baseball.
- Bn.
-
- BNS
-
- bog
-
noun,
wet, spongy ground with soil composed mainly of decayed vegetable matter.
- Bon
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- BRE
-
- Bro
-
noun,
a brother.
- BSE
-
- BSO
-
- ESR
-
- bu.
-
- Bug
-
noun,
Also called true bug, hemipteran, hemipteron. a hemipterous insect.
- 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.
- Eg.
-
- eo-
-
- EbN
-
- EBS
-
- EGO
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- en-
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- 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.
- Ibo
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- Ir.
-
- ORB
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- ob.
-
- IRS
-
- OSB
-
- OBE
-
- obi
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OIr
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONI
-
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- nub
-
noun,
the point, gist, or heart of something.
- ose
-
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Re.
-
- RBI
-
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- RGB
-
- 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.
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ROB
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- USR
-
- NSU
-
- nog
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- NBS
-
- ne-
-
- NEB
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- NES
-
- NGO
-
noun,
1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
- nib
-
noun,
the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
- nob
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- IUS
-
- ISR
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ise
-
- nr.
-
- NbE
-
- rg
-
- SN
-
- R.
-
- RU
-
- B-
-
- NG
-
- RI
-
- NI
-
- IG
-
- RN
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- NB
-
- N.
-
- RO
-
- BG
-
- BO
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- G.
-
- SG
-
- S.
-
- SU
-
- GU
-
- GO
-
noun,
the act of going:
- GN
-
- O.
-
- GB
-
- OG
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- U.
-
- UB
-
- UI
-
- Eb
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- EI
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- i.
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- OE
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noun,
oy2 .