Anagrams of sync-generator
Word sync-generator has
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- rencontres
-
noun,
rencounter.
- caen-stone
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noun,
a cream-colored limestone quarried near Caen, France, for use in building.
- cyanogens
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noun,
a colorless, poisonous, flammable, water-soluble gas, C 2 N 2 , having an almondlike odor: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- roentgens
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noun,
Wilhelm Konrad [wil-helm kon-rad;; German vil-helm kawn-raht] /ˈwɪl hɛlm ˈkɒn ræd;; German ˈvɪl hɛlm ˈkɔn rɑt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1923, German physicist: discoverer of x-rays 1895; Nobel prize 1901.
- sergeanty
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noun,
serjeanty.
- renascent
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adjective,
being reborn; springing again into being or vigor:
- rencontre
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noun,
rencounter.
- secretary
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noun,
a person, usually an official, who is in charge of the records, correspondence, minutes of meetings, and related affairs of an organization, company, association, etc.:
- secretory
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noun,
a secretory organ, vessel, or the like.
- recreants
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noun,
a coward.
- one-acter
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noun,
a short play consisting of one act.
- generator
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noun,
a machine that converts one form of energy into another, especially mechanical energy into electrical energy, as a dynamo, or electrical energy into sound, as an acoustic generator.
- carotenes
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noun,
any of three yellow or orange fat-soluble pigments having the formula C 40 H 56 , found in many plants, especially carrots, and transformed to vitamin A in the liver; provitamin A.
- congeners
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noun,
a person or thing of the same kind or class as another.
- Centenary
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noun,
a centennial.
- cretonnes
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noun,
a heavy cotton material in colorfully printed designs, used especially for drapery and slipcovers.
- Cantonese
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noun,
a Chinese language spoken in Canton, the surrounding area of southern China, and Hong Kong.
- entrances
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noun,
an act of entering, as into a place or upon new duties.
- resonance
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noun,
the state or quality of being resonant.
- resnatron
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noun,
a tetrode with the grid connected to form a drift space for the electrons, formerly used to generate high power at very high frequency.
- garrotes
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noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- Torrance
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noun,
a city in SW California, SW of Los Angeles.
- estrange
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verb (used with object),
to turn away in feeling or affection; make unfriendly or hostile; alienate the affections of:
- Stranger
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noun,
a person with whom one has had no personal acquaintance:
- estragon
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noun,
tarragon.
- Torrence
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noun,
(Frederic) Ridgely [rij-lee] /ˈrɪdʒ li/ (Show IPA), 1875–1950, U.S. poet, playwright, and editor.
- grantors
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noun,
a person or organization that makes a grant.
- antrorse
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adjective,
bent or directed forward or upward.
- estrogen
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noun,
any of several major female sex hormones produced primarily by the ovarian follicles of female mammals, capable of inducing estrus, developing and maintaining secondary female sex characteristics, and preparing the uterus for the reception of a fertilized egg: used, especially in synthetic form, as a component of oral contraceptives, in certain cancer treatments, and in other therapies.
- orangery
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noun,
a warm place, as a greenhouse, in which orange trees are cultivated in cool climates.
- negatory
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adjective,
marked by negation; denying; negative.
- negatons
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noun,
(not in technical use) electron (def 1).
- cyanogen
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noun,
a colorless, poisonous, flammable, water-soluble gas, C 2 N 2 , having an almondlike odor: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- snot-rag
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noun,
a handkerchief.
- recreant
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noun,
a coward.
- tonnages
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noun,
the capacity of a merchant vessel, expressed either in units of weight, as deadweight tons, or of volume, as gross tons.
- grantees
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noun,
the receiver of a grant.
- cryogens
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noun,
a substance for producing low temperatures; freezing mixture.
- centares
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noun,
centiare.
- Roentgen
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noun,
Wilhelm Konrad [wil-helm kon-rad;; German vil-helm kawn-raht] /ˈwɪl hɛlm ˈkɒn ræd;; German ˈvɪl hɛlm ˈkɔn rɑt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1923, German physicist: discoverer of x-rays 1895; Nobel prize 1901.
- carry-on
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noun,
a piece of carry-on luggage.
- centners
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noun,
(in several European countries) a unit of weight of 50 kilograms, equivalent to 110.2 pounds avoirdupois.
- carotene
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noun,
any of three yellow or orange fat-soluble pigments having the formula C 40 H 56 , found in many plants, especially carrots, and transformed to vitamin A in the liver; provitamin A.
- argento-
-
- enactory
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adjective,
of or relating to an enactment that creates new rights and obligations.
- tangency
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noun,
the state of being tangent.
- cretonne
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noun,
a heavy cotton material in colorfully printed designs, used especially for drapery and slipcovers.
- escargot
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noun,
an edible snail.
- caterers
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noun,
one whose business is to provide food, supplies, and sometimes service at social gatherings.
- category
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noun,
any general or comprehensive division; a class.
- regrates
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verb (used with object),
to buy up (grain, provisions, etc.) in order to sell again at a profit in or near the same market.
- neonates
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noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- ancestry
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noun,
family or ancestral descent; lineage.
- ancestor
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noun,
a person from whom one is descended; forebear; progenitor.
- Scranton
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noun,
William Warren, 1917–2011, U.S. politician.
- Cranston
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noun,
a city in E Rhode Island, near Providence.
- congrats
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noun, interjection,
congratulations.
- gynaeco-
-
- tea-rose
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noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- Sancerre
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noun,
a dry white wine from the Loire valley region of France.
- re-trace
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verb (used with object),
to trace again, as lines in writing or drawing.
- acrogens
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noun,
a flowerless plant growing and producing its reproductive structures at the apex only, as ferns and mosses.
- congener
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noun,
a person or thing of the same kind or class as another.
- resonate
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verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- cayennes
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noun,
a hot, biting condiment composed of the ground pods and seeds of the pepper Capsicum annuum longum.
- greatens
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verb (used with object),
to make greater; enlarge; increase.
- sarcenet
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noun,
a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used especially for linings.
- acetones
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noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 3 H 6 O, usually derived by oxidation of isopropyl alcohol or by bacterial fermentation of carbohydrates: used chiefly in paints and varnishes, as a general solvent, and in organic synthesis.
- resonant
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noun,
Phonetics. a vowel or a voiced consonant or semivowel that is neither a stop nor an affricate, as, in English, (m, ng, n, l, r, y, w).
- terraces
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noun,
a raised level with a vertical or sloping front or sides faced with masonry, turf, or the like, especially one of a series of levels rising one above another.
- Nanterre
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Hauts-de-Seine, in N France: W suburb of Paris.
- segreant
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adjective,
(of a griffin) rampant.
- contrary
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noun,
something that is contrary or opposite:
- entrance
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noun,
an act of entering, as into a place or upon new duties.
- terranes
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noun,
any rock formation or series of formations or the area in which a particular formation or group of rocks is predominant.
- cognates
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noun,
a person or thing cognate with another.
- corteges
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noun,
a procession, especially a ceremonial one:
- canteens
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noun,
a small container used especially by soldiers and hikers for carrying water or other liquids.
- notecase
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noun,
billfold.
- crannogs
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noun,
(in ancient Ireland and Scotland) a lake dwelling, usually built on an artificial island.
- reagents
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noun,
a substance that, because of the reactions it causes, is used in analysis and synthesis.
- coagents
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noun,
a joint agent.
- Sergeant
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noun,
a noncommissioned army officer of a rank above that of corporal.
- restore
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verb (used with object),
to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish:
- nonages
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noun,
the period of legal minority, or of an age below 21.
- groynes
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noun,
groin (def 4).
- Cayenne
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noun,
a hot, biting condiment composed of the ground pods and seeds of the pepper Capsicum annuum longum.
- carters
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noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- earnest
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noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- storage
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noun,
the act of storing; state or fact of being stored:
- terrace
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noun,
a raised level with a vertical or sloping front or sides faced with masonry, turf, or the like, especially one of a series of levels rising one above another.
- carroty
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adjective,
like a carrot, as in color, flavor, or shape.
- canters
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noun,
an easy gallop.
- terrane
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noun,
any rock formation or series of formations or the area in which a particular formation or group of rocks is predominant.
- careens
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noun,
a careening.
- grocery
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noun,
Also called grocery store. a grocer's store.
- nosegay
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noun,
a small bunch of flowers; bouquet; posy.
- Eastern
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adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- scenery
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noun,
the general appearance of a place; the aggregate of features that give character to a landscape.
- stearo-
-
- cargoes
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noun,
the lading or freight of a ship, airplane, etc.
- Scarron
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noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1610–60, French novelist, dramatist, and poet.
- carneys
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noun,
carny.
- cannery
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noun,
a factory where foodstuffs, as meat, fish, or fruit are canned.
- styrene
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noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C 8 H 8 , having a penetrating aromatic odor, usually prepared from ethylene and benzene or ethylbenzene, that polymerizes to a clear transparent material and copolymerizes with other materials to form synthetic rubbers.
- sterno-
-
- canonry
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noun,
the office or benefice of a canon.
- retrace
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verb (used with object),
to trace backward; go back over:
- carnets
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noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- encages
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verb (used with object),
to confine in or as in a cage; coop up.
- ecartes
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noun,
a card game for two players.
- re-sort
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verb (used with object),
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- carnose
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adjective,
of or relating to flesh; fleshy.
- ternary
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noun,
a group of three.
- encores
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noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- stereo-
-
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- canteen
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noun,
a small container used especially by soldiers and hikers for carrying water or other liquids.
- roseate
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adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- yestern
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adjective,
yester.
- scanner
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noun,
a person or thing that scans.
- cortege
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noun,
a procession, especially a ceremonial one:
- nectars
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noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- crannog
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noun,
(in ancient Ireland and Scotland) a lake dwelling, usually built on an artificial island.
- nectary
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noun,
Botany. an organ or part that secretes nectar.
- coagent
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noun,
a joint agent.
- coarsen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become coarse.
- coarser
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adjective,
of or relating to a topology on a topological space whose open sets are included among the open sets of a second specified topology on the space.
- crayons
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noun,
a pointed stick or pencil of colored clay, chalk, wax, etc., used for drawing or coloring.
- coaster
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noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- necrose
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verb (used with or without object),
to affect or be affected with necrosis.
- coatees
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noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- cognate
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noun,
a person or thing cognate with another.
- neatens
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verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- natrons
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noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- congees
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noun,
congé.
- craters
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noun,
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- Congers
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noun,
a large marine eel, Conger conger, sometimes reaching a length of 10 feet (3 meters), used for food.
- congest
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verb (used with object),
to fill to excess; overcrowd or overburden; clog:
- corsage
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noun,
a small bouquet worn at the waist, on the shoulder, on the wrist, etc., by a woman.
- connate
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adjective,
existing in a person or thing from birth or origin; inborn:
- cornets
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noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- consent
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noun,
permission, approval, or agreement; compliance; acquiescence:
- corners
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noun,
the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
- conster
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verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- constr.
-
- nascent
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adjective,
beginning to exist or develop:
- corneas
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noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- contra-
-
- contras
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- Coryate
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noun,
Thomas, 1577–1617, English traveler and author.
- Rosanne
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noun,
a female given name.
- negates
-
verb (used with object),
to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of:
- strange
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adverb,
in a strange manner.
- cerates
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noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- caterer
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noun,
one whose business is to provide food, supplies, and sometimes service at social gatherings.
- roaster
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noun,
a contrivance for roasting something, as an oven, a pan for roasting meat, or a machine for roasting coffee beans.
- tenrecs
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- cenotes
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- tannery
-
noun,
a place where tanning is carried on.
- centare
-
noun,
centiare.
- yester-
-
- centner
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noun,
(in several European countries) a unit of weight of 50 kilograms, equivalent to 110.2 pounds avoirdupois.
- royster
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verb (used without object),
roister.
- ensnare
-
verb (used with object),
to capture in, or involve as in, a snare:
- centres
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noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- centro-
-
- cryogen
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noun,
a substance for producing low temperatures; freezing mixture.
- tenners
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noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- cerato-
-
- cygnets
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noun,
a young swan.
- Sargent
-
noun,
Sir (Harold) Malcolm (Watts) 1895–1967, English conductor.
- neoteny
-
noun,
Also called pedogenesis. the production of offspring by an organism in its larval or juvenile form; the elimination of the adult phase of the life cycle.
- crenate
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adjective,
having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.
- neonate
-
noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- tanrecs
-
noun,
tenrec.
- Creator
-
noun,
a person or thing that creates.
- Rontgen
-
noun,
Julius [yoo-lee-uh s] /ˈyu li əs/ (Show IPA), 1855–1932, Dutch pianist, conductor, and composer; born in Germany.
- tenancy
-
noun,
a holding, as of lands, by any kind of title; occupancy of land, a house, or the like, under a lease or on payment of rent; tenure.
- tenaces
-
noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- creates
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adjective,
Archaic. created.
- cetanes
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noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- Negroes
-
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.
- cratons
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- negaton
-
noun,
(not in technical use) electron (def 1).
- enrages
-
verb (used with object),
to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate:
- narcose
-
adjective,
characterized by stupor; stuporous.
- entero-
-
- Gascony
-
noun,
a former province in SW France.
- reactor
-
noun,
a person or thing that reacts or undergoes reaction.
- Sno-Cat
-
- serrate
-
adjective,
Chiefly Biology. notched on the edge like a saw:
- errancy
-
noun,
the state or an instance of erring.
- Grayson
-
noun,
David, pen name of Ray Stannard Baker.
- regnant
-
adjective,
reigning; ruling (usually used following the noun it modifies):
- arenose
-
adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- grantor
-
noun,
a person or organization that makes a grant.
- arseno-
-
- tonnage
-
noun,
the capacity of a merchant vessel, expressed either in units of weight, as deadweight tons, or of volume, as gross tons.
- Gennaro
-
noun,
San [san;; Italian sahn] /sæn;; Italian sɑn/ (Show IPA), Januarius.
- Reynosa
-
noun,
a city in N Tamaulipas, in E Mexico, on the Rio Grande.
- screeno
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) (formerly) bingo played in a movie theater.
- reagent
-
noun,
a substance that, because of the reactions it causes, is used in analysis and synthesis.
- trocars
-
noun,
a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
- Regency
-
noun,
the office, jurisdiction, or control of a regent or body of regents exercising the ruling power during the minority, absence, or disability of a sovereign.
- onagers
-
noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- onstage
-
adverb,
on or onto the stage (opposed to offstage): .
- rectory
-
noun,
a rector's house; parsonage.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- socager
-
noun,
a tenant holding land by socage; sokeman.
- Serrano
-
noun,
a small, green or reddish, extremely hot chili pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum annuum used in cooking.
- gearset
-
noun,
a combination of gears that mesh to provide a particular gear ratio.
- estrone
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- argents
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- regrate
-
verb (used with object),
to buy up (grain, provisions, etc.) in order to sell again at a profit in or near the same market.
- sonance
-
noun,
the condition or quality of being sonant.
- regrets
-
noun,
a sense of loss, disappointment, dissatisfaction, etc.
- gastro-
-
- grantee
-
noun,
the receiver of a grant.
- snorter
-
noun,
a person or thing that snorts.
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- go-cart
-
noun,
a small carriage for young children to ride in; stroller.
- antero-
-
- Graeco-
-
- sorcery
-
noun,
the art, practices, or spells of a person who is supposed to exercise supernatural powers through the aid of evil spirits; black magic; witchery.
- gyrenes
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- graters
-
noun,
a person or thing that grates.
- rangers
-
noun,
forest ranger.
- greaten
-
verb (used with object),
to make greater; enlarge; increase.
- acerose
-
adjective,
needle-shaped, as the leaves of the pine.
- Greater
-
noun,
a person who has achieved importance or distinction in a field:
- gerents
-
noun,
a ruler or manager.
- esotery
-
noun,
esotericism.
- rennets
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- Sectary
-
noun,
a member of a particular sect, especially an adherent of a religious body regarded as heretical or schismatic.
- garnets
-
noun,
any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
- tracers
-
noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- reentry
-
noun,
an act of reentering.
- garners
-
noun,
a granary or grain bin.
- garcons
-
noun,
(usually in direct address) a waiter in a restaurant.
- gyneco-
-
- orgeats
-
noun,
a syrup or drink made originally from barley but later from almonds, prepared with sugar and an extract of orange flowers.
- enteron
-
noun,
the alimentary canal; the digestive tract.
- ocreate
-
adjective,
having an ocrea or ocreae; sheathed.
- Garonne
-
noun,
a river in SW France, flowing NW from the Pyrenees to the Gironde River. 350 miles (565 km) long.
- acrogen
-
noun,
a flowerless plant growing and producing its reproductive structures at the apex only, as ferns and mosses.
- erector
-
noun,
Also, erecter. a person or thing that erects.
- Torrens
-
noun,
Lake, a salt lake in Australia, in E South Australia. 130 miles (210 km) long; 2400 sq. mi. (6220 sq. km); 25 feet (8 meters) below sea level.
- garrote
-
noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- garrets
-
noun,
an attic, usually a small, wretched one.
- octanes
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- rancors
-
noun,
bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
- agentry
-
noun,
the profession, business, or activities of an agent:
- tonners
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- greaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that greases.
- ergates
-
noun,
a worker ant.
- garotes
-
noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- gyrates
-
adjective,
Zoology. having convolutions.
- gannets
-
noun,
any large, web-footed, seabird of the family Sulidae, having a sharply pointed bill, long wings, and a wedge-shaped tail, noted for its plunging dives for fish.
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- acetone
-
noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 3 H 6 O, usually derived by oxidation of isopropyl alcohol or by bacterial fermentation of carbohydrates: used chiefly in paints and varnishes, as a general solvent, and in organic synthesis.
- recants
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- tracery
-
noun,
ornamental work consisting of ramified ribs, bars, or the like, as in the upper part of a Gothic window, in panels, screens, etc.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- enter-
-
- gastr-
-
- Gaston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- crease
-
noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- creasy
-
adjective,
full of creases.
- create
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- Gascon
-
noun,
a native of Gascony, France, the inhabitants of which were reputedly very boastful.
- Garter
-
noun,
Also called, British, sock suspender, suspender. an article of clothing for holding up a stocking or sock, usually an elastic band around the leg or an elastic strap hanging from a girdle or other undergarment.
- Garret
-
noun,
an attic, usually a small, wretched one.
- garote
-
noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- Garnet
-
noun,
any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- goatee
-
noun,
a man's beard trimmed to a tuft or point on the chin.
- crayon
-
noun,
a pointed stick or pencil of colored clay, chalk, wax, etc., used for drawing or coloring.
- Crater
-
noun,
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- nances
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- genoas
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- gyrene
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- senega
-
noun,
the dried root of a milkwort, Polygala senega, of the eastern U.S., used as an expectorant and diuretic.
- sacro-
-
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- Gentry
-
noun,
wellborn and well-bred people.
- Seneca
-
noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- Sanger
-
noun,
Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1958.
- gyrate
-
adjective,
Zoology. having convolutions.
- gerent
-
noun,
a ruler or manager.
- Corner
-
noun,
the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- senary
-
adjective,
of or relating to the number six.
- Gesner
-
noun,
Konrad von [kon-rad von;; German kawn-raht fuh n] /ˈkɒn ræd vɒn;; German ˈkɔn rɑt fən/ (Show IPA), 1516–65, Swiss naturalist.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- Nantes
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- genets
-
noun,
any small, Old World carnivore of the genus Genetta, especially G. genetta, having spotted sides and a ringed tail.
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- crayer
-
noun,
a small sailing vessel formerly used in trade along the coasts of western Europe.
- secern
-
verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- gators
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cranny
-
noun,
a small, narrow opening in a wall, rock, etc.; chink; crevice; fissure:
- Serang
-
noun,
Ceram.
- gyrose
-
adjective,
marked with wavy lines.
- sentry
-
noun,
a soldier stationed at a place to stand guard and prevent the passage of unauthorized persons, watch for fires, etc., especially a sentinel stationed at a pass, gate, opening in a defense work, or the like.
- 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.
- sarco-
-
- Cosyra
-
noun,
ancient name of Pantelleria.
- geyser
-
noun,
a hot spring that intermittently sends up fountainlike jets of water and steam into the air.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- gyrons
-
noun,
a subordinary having the form of a triangle, usually equal to half a quarter of the escutcheon, with its apex at the fess point.
- sennet
-
noun,
any of several small barracudas, as Sphyraena borealis (northern sennet) ranging along the eastern coast of North and Central America.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- Sennar
-
noun,
a region in the E Sudan between the White and Blue Nile rivers, S of Khartoum: a former kingdom.
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- targes
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- genera
-
noun,
a plural of genus.
- Garner
-
noun,
a granary or grain bin.
- Tanner
-
noun,
a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- groyne
-
noun,
groin (def 4).
- ergots
-
noun,
Plant Pathology.
a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, especially C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body.
the sclerotial body itself.
- grates
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- grater
-
noun,
a person or thing that grates.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- groans
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- groats
-
noun,
hulled grain, as wheat or oats, broken into fragments.
- grocer
-
noun,
the owner or operator of a store that sells general food supplies and certain nonedible articles of household use, as soaps and paper products.
- Sontag
-
noun,
Susan, 1933–2004, U.S. critic, novelist, and essayist.
- starry
-
adjective,
abounding with stars:
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- Grants
-
noun,
a town in W New Mexico.
- errant
-
adjective,
deviating from the regular or proper course; erring; straying.
- egrets
-
noun,
any of several usually white herons that grow long, graceful plumes during the breeding season, as Egretta garzetta (little egret) of the Old World.
- stego-
-
- steno-
-
- Egesta
-
noun,
matter egested from the body, as excrement or other waste.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- sonnet
-
noun,
Prosody. a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being in the strict or Italian form divided into a major group of 8 lines (the octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet), and in a common English form into 3 quatrains followed by a couplet.
- scato-
-
- Gretry
-
noun,
André Ernest Modeste [ahn-drey er-nest maw-dest] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ ɛrˈnɛst mɔˈdɛst/ (Show IPA), 1741–1813, French operatic composer.
- grease
-
noun,
the melted or rendered fat of animals, especially when in a soft state.
- Ecorse
-
noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- Greats
-
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- greens
-
noun,
a color intermediate in the spectrum between yellow and blue, an effect of light with a wavelength between 500 and 570 nm; found in nature as the color of most grasses and leaves while growing, of some fruits while ripening, and of the sea.
- Stacey
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Greco-
-
- enrage
-
verb (used with object),
to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate:
- greets
-
verb (used with object),
to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
- stagey
-
adjective,
stagy.
- stager
-
noun,
a person of experience in some profession, way of life, etc.
- Enesco
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1955, Romanian violinist, composer, and conductor: teacher of Yehudi Menuhin.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- eraser
-
noun,
a device, as a piece of rubber or cloth, for erasing marks made with pen, pencil, chalk, etc.
- energy
-
noun,
the capacity for vigorous activity; available power:
- greasy
-
adjective,
smeared, covered, or soiled with grease.
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- encore
-
noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- encyst
-
verb (used with or without object),
to enclose or become enclosed in a cyst.
- corers
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- encase
-
verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- ergate
-
noun,
a worker ant.
- encage
-
verb (used with object),
to confine in or as in a cage; coop up.
- ecrase
-
adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- sonant
-
noun,
a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant).
- Sarnen
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Obwalden, in central Switzerland, E of Bern.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- Graces
-
noun,
elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action:
Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity.
Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
- cteno-
-
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- yentas
-
noun,
a person, especially a woman, who is a busybody or gossip.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- screen
-
noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- tangos
-
noun,
a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- crores
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- etrogs
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- Cronyn
-
noun,
Hume, 1911–2003, Canadian actor in the U.S.
- Tagore
-
noun,
Sir Rabindranath [ruh-been-druh-naht] /rəˈbin drəˌnɑt/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, Indian poet: Nobel prize 1913.
- goners
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- gannet
-
noun,
any large, web-footed, seabird of the family Sulidae, having a sharply pointed bill, long wings, and a wedge-shaped tail, noted for its plunging dives for fish.
- gantry
-
noun,
a framework spanning a railroad track or tracks for displaying signals.
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- seance
-
noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- sarong
-
noun,
a loose-fitting skirtlike garment formed by wrapping a strip of cloth around the lower part of the body, worn by both men and women in the Malay Archipelago and certain islands of the Pacific Ocean.
- cryst.
-
- Searcy
-
noun,
a city in central Arkansas.
- Garcon
-
noun,
(usually in direct address) a waiter in a restaurant.
- Sartre
-
noun,
Jean-Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ˈpɔl/ (Show IPA), 1905–80, French philosopher, novelist, and dramatist: declined 1964 Nobel Prize in literature.
- yearns
-
verb (used without object),
to have an earnest or strong desire; long:
- escent
-
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- ecarte
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- scarry
-
adjective,
marked with the scars of wounds.
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- socage
-
noun,
a tenure of land held by the tenant in performance of specified services or by payment of rent, and not requiring military service.
- yagers
-
noun,
jaeger (defs 2, 3).
- eatery
-
noun,
a restaurant or other commercial establishment serving food.
- stoney
-
adjective,
stony.
- esnecy
-
noun,
the right of the oldest member of a coparcenary to have first choice of share upon division of the inheritance.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- Strong
-
Idioms,
come on strong, Slang. to behave in an aggressive, ardent, or flamboyant manner:
- grano-
-
- scanty
-
noun,
scanties, very brief underpants, especially for women.
- Storey
-
noun,
story2 .
- Granny
-
noun,
Informal. a grandmother.
- Yeager
-
noun,
Charles (Elwood) ("Chuck") born 1923, U.S. aviator and test pilot: the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound (1947).
- eagres
-
noun,
a tidal bore or flood.
- eagers
-
noun,
eagre.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- estray
-
noun,
a person or animal that has strayed.
- Strega
-
- Gretna
-
noun,
a city in SE Louisiana, near New Orleans.
- tenons
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- narco-
-
- Rennes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Ille-et-Vilaine, in NW France: former capital of Brittany; scene of trial of Alfred Dreyfus, 1899.
- resect
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- terras
-
noun,
earth; land.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- Renton
-
noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- renter
-
noun,
a person or organization that holds, or has the use of, property by payment of rent.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- astron
-
- astro-
-
- rennet
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- Tyrone
-
noun,
a former administrative county in W Northern Ireland: replaced by several new districts 1973.
- cagers
-
noun,
Informal. a basketball player.
- octane
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- artery
-
noun,
Anatomy. a blood vessel that conveys blood from the heart to any part of the body.
- arsen-
-
- oyster
-
noun,
any of several edible, marine, bivalve mollusks of the family Ostreidae, having an irregularly shaped shell, occurring on the bottom or adhering to rocks or other objects in shallow water.
- arrest
-
noun,
the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- onager
-
noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- regret
-
noun,
a sense of loss, disappointment, dissatisfaction, etc.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- argots
-
noun,
a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
- argosy
-
noun,
a large merchant ship, especially one with a rich cargo.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- Argent
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- retro-
-
- nonces
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- Carney
-
noun,
carny.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- caryo-
-
- cargos
-
noun,
the lading or freight of a ship, airplane, etc.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- nonets
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- Noreen
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish diminutive of Nora.
- careys
-
noun,
male given name, form of Carew.
- career
-
noun,
an occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework:
- careen
-
noun,
a careening.
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Cagney
-
noun,
James, 1899–1986, U.S. film actor.
- Cantor
-
noun,
the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
- Canton
-
noun,
a small territorial district, especially one of the states of the Swiss confederation.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- notary
-
noun,
notary public.
- cannot
-
verb,
a form of ·can not.
- Cannes
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean Sea: resort; annual film festival.
- canner
-
noun,
a person who cans meat, fruit, etc., for preservation.
- Canyon
-
noun,
a deep valley with steep sides, often with a stream flowing through it.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- resort
-
noun,
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- argons
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- agency
-
noun,
an organization, company, or bureau that provides some service for another:
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- trans.
-
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- treasr
-
- aeron.
-
- racers
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- raters
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- trocar
-
noun,
a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
- rayons
-
noun,
a regenerated, semisynthetic textile filament made from cellulose, cotton linters, or wood chips by treating these with caustic soda and carbon disulfide and passing the resultant solution, viscose, through spinnerets.
- rancor
-
noun,
bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- raster
-
noun,
Television. a pattern of scanning lines covering the area upon which the image is projected in the cathode-ray tube or liquid-crystal display of a television set or other screen.
- Troyes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Aube, in NE France, on the Seine: truce treaty in Hundred Year's War.
- aceto-
-
- Ranger
-
noun,
forest ranger.
- ranges
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Tsonga
-
noun,
a Bantu language spoken in Mozambique, Zambia, and South Africa.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- agrees
-
verb (used with object),
to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause):
- Tongan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Tonga.
- tonnes
-
noun,
metric ton.
- Tongas
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in India.
- regent
-
noun,
a person who exercises the ruling power in a kingdom during the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.
- Orange
-
noun,
a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- orangy
-
adjective,
resembling or suggesting an orange, as in taste, appearance, or color:
- Antons
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- Antony
-
noun,
Mark (Marcus Antonius) 83?–30 b.c, Roman general: friend of Caesar; member of the second triumvirate and rival of Octavian.
- orangs
-
noun,
orangutan.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- tonner
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- annoys
-
noun,
Archaic. an annoyance.
- Annecy
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Haute-Savoie, in SE France.
- anyone
-
pronoun,
any person at all; anybody:
- agron.
-
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- Angers
-
noun,
a city in and capital of Maine-et-Loire, in W France.
- orgeat
-
noun,
a syrup or drink made originally from barley but later from almonds, prepared with sugar and an extract of orange flowers.
- rectos
-
- anergy
-
noun,
Pathology. deficiency of energy.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- anenst
-
preposition,
anent (def 2).
- Rector
-
noun,
a member of the clergy in charge of a parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
- ornery
-
adjective,
ugly and unpleasant in disposition or temper:
- Torrey
-
noun,
John, 1796–1873, U.S. botanist and chemist.
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- tracer
-
noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- Carnot
-
noun,
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
- gynec-
-
- negate
-
verb (used with object),
to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of:
- Conant
-
noun,
James Bryant, 1893–1978, U.S. chemist and educator: president of Harvard University 1933–53.
- centr-
-
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- Center
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- censor
-
noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- censer
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- cogent
-
adjective,
convincing or believable by virtue of forcible, clear, or incisive presentation; telling.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- neaten
-
verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- Rogers
-
noun,
Bernard, 1893–1968, U.S. composer.
- Centre
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- nycto-
-
- coneys
-
noun,
a serranid fish, Epinephelus fulvus, of tropical American waters.
- roster
-
noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- tenrec
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- rostra
-
noun,
a plural of rostrum.
- congas
-
noun,
a Cuban ballroom dance that consists of three steps forward followed by a kick, characteristically performed by a group following a leader in a single line.
- congee
-
noun,
congé.
- Conger
-
noun,
a large marine eel, Conger conger, sometimes reaching a length of 10 feet (3 meters), used for food.
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- Rosary
-
noun,
Roman Catholic Church.
a series of prayers, usually consisting of 15 decades of aves, each decade being preceded by a paternoster and followed by a Gloria Patri, one of the mysteries or events in the life of Christ or the Virgin Mary being recalled at each decade.
a string of beads used for counting these prayers during their recitation.
a similar string of beads consisting of five decades.
- tenson
-
noun,
a Provençal poem taking the form of a dialogue or debate between two rival troubadours.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- Cyrene
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city and colony in N Africa, in Cyrenaica.
- cysto-
-
- Cygnet
-
noun,
a young swan.
- cyano-
-
- Negros
-
noun,
an island of the central Philippines. 5043 sq. mi. (13,061 sq. km).
- tenace
-
noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- cetane
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- Cesena
-
noun,
a city in E central Italy.
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- Nernst
-
noun,
Walther Herman [vahl-tuh r her-mahn] /ˈvɑl tər ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1941, German physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1920.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- teensy
-
adjective,
teeny; tiny.
- Tenner
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- cerate
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- cerat-
-
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- coatee
-
noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- necro-
-
- nocent
-
adjective,
harmful; injurious.
- cenote
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- conges
-
noun,
leave-taking; farewell.
- nonary
-
noun,
a number in a nonary system.
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Rotary
-
noun,
a rotary device or machine.
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- contr.
-
- Carter
-
noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- tarso-
-
- nonage
-
noun,
the period of legal minority, or of an age below 21.
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- natron
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- carrot
-
noun,
a plant, Daucus carota, of the parsley family, having pinnately decompound leaves and umbels of small white or yellow flowers, in its wild form a widespread, familiar weed, and in cultivation valued for its edible root.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- carrys
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Carew.
- scrog
-
noun,
any naturally short or stunted tree or bush, as a crab apple tree or blackthorn bush.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- gores
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- naso-
-
- Range
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- Goyen
-
noun,
(Charles) William, 1915–83, U.S. novelist and playwright.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- Goren
-
noun,
Charles Henry, 1901–91, U.S authority and writer on contract bridge.
- Oreg.
-
- rangy
-
adjective,
(of animals or people) slender and long-limbed.
- goner
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- Gorey
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- yores
-
noun,
Chiefly Literary. time past:
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Sarge
-
noun,
sergeant.
- gonys
-
noun,
the ridge along the tip of the lower mandible of a bird's bill at the junction of the two joined halves, especially prominent in gulls.
- nasty
-
noun,
Informal. a nasty person or thing.
- gyno-
-
- gonna
-
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- gonne
-
noun,
Maud ("Irish Joan of Arc") 1865–1953, Irish political activist and actress, born in England.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- 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.
- rect.
-
- sect.
-
- rears
-
- gyron
-
noun,
a subordinary having the form of a triangle, usually equal to half a quarter of the escutcheon, with its apex at the fess point.
- Sango
-
noun,
a Niger-Congo language of the Adamawa-Eastern branch, used as a lingua franca in the Central African Republic.
- nears
-
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- gorse
-
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.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- rages
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Nance
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- gnars
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- racer
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- oste-
-
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- gyres
-
noun,
a ring or circle.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- gyros
-
noun,
gyrocompass.
- Osage
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of western Missouri, now living in northern Oklahoma.
- nano-
-
- rayon
-
noun,
a regenerated, semisynthetic textile filament made from cellulose, cotton linters, or wood chips by treating these with caustic soda and carbon disulfide and passing the resultant solution, viscose, through spinnerets.
- sarc-
-
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- 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.
- Nancy
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Meurthe-et-Moselle, in NE France: battles 1477, 1914, 1944.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- goers
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- gyro-
-
- rater
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- Yonne
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2881 sq. mi. (7460 sq. km). Capital: Auxerre.
- Regan
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.
Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
- Greta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- groat
-
noun,
a silver coin of England, equal to four pennies, issued from 1279 to 1662.
- groan
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- nosey
-
adjective,
nosy.
- yeans
-
verb (used without object),
(of a sheep or goat) to bring forth young.
- restr
-
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- noct-
-
- yearn
-
verb (used without object),
to have an earnest or strong desire; long:
- roars
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- yeast
-
noun,
any of various small, single-celled fungi of the phylum Ascomycota that reproduce by fission or budding, the daughter cells often remaining attached, and that are capable of fermenting carbohydrates into alcohol and carbon dioxide.
- Yeats
-
noun,
William Butler, 1865–1939, Irish poet, dramatist, and essayist: Nobel prize 1923.
- Yenan
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Yanan.
- Scot.
-
- 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.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- yenta
-
noun,
a person, especially a woman, who is a busybody or gossip.
- greet
-
verb (used with object),
to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
- satyr
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a class of woodland deities, attendant on Bacchus, represented as part human, part horse, and sometimes part goat and noted for riotousness and lasciviousness.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- grees
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- nonce
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- ryots
-
noun,
a peasant.
- scat-
-
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- nones
-
noun,
the fifth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the ninth hour of the day (or 3 p.m.).
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- yangs
-
noun,
See under yin and yang.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- grots
-
noun,
a grotto.
- Norge
-
noun,
Norwegian name of Norway.
- Grote
-
noun,
George, 1794–1871, English historian.
- nona-
-
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- Noyes
-
noun,
Alfred, 1880–1958, English poet.
- Roger
-
noun,
a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “fame” and “spear.”.
- 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.
- gotra
-
noun,
a Hindu clan tracing its paternal lineage from a common ancestor, usually a saint or sage.
- scary
-
adjective,
causing fright or alarm.
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Grant
-
noun,
something granted, as a privilege or right, a sum of money, or a tract of land:
- grans
-
noun,
grandmother.
- yogas
-
noun,
a school of Hindu philosophy advocating and prescribing a course of physical and mental disciplines for attaining liberation from the material world and union of the self with the Supreme Being or ultimate principle.
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- Onega
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in the NW Russian Federation in Europe: second largest lake in Europe. 3764 sq. mi. (9750 sq. km).
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- neons
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- Reger
-
noun,
Max [mahks] /mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1873–1916, German composer and pianist.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- oracy
-
noun,
the ability to express oneself in and understand spoken language.
- Orang
-
noun,
orangutan.
- grays
-
noun,
any achromatic color; any color with zero chroma, intermediate between white and black.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- Negro
-
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.
- 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.
- Grace
-
noun,
elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action:
Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity.
Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
- sargo
-
noun,
a silvery grunt, Anisotremus davidsonii, inhabiting waters off the coasts of California and Mexico, having blackish markings and yellowish fins.
- Ronan
-
noun,
a king who killed his son, Mael Fothartaigh, after his wife had falsely accused the boy of attempting to seduce her, and who was himself killed by the children of Mael Fothartaigh.
- Greer
-
noun,
Germaine, born 1939, Australian feminist and writer.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- Roget
-
noun,
Peter Mark, 1779–1869, English physician and author of a thesaurus.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- Green
-
noun,
a color intermediate in the spectrum between yellow and blue, an effect of light with a wavelength between 500 and 570 nm; found in nature as the color of most grasses and leaves while growing, of some fruits while ripening, and of the sea.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- 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.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- Royce
-
noun,
Josiah, 1855–1916, U.S. philosopher and educator.
- Sarre
-
noun,
French name of Saar.
- Regt.
-
- renga
-
noun,
linked verse.
- octa-
-
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- ogees
-
noun,
a double curve, resembling the letter S, formed by the union of a concave and a convex line.
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- grate
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- ogres
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- scrag
-
noun,
a lean or scrawny person or animal.
- oyers
-
noun,
oyer and terminer.
- greys
-
noun,
any achromatic color; any color with zero chroma, intermediate between white and black.
- engr.
-
- segar
-
noun,
cigar.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- cargo
-
noun,
the lading or freight of a ship, airplane, etc.
- Caryn
-
noun,
a female given name.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- Carny
-
noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- Carry
-
noun,
range, as of a gun.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- tera-
-
- Casey
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “brave.”.
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- canny
-
adverb,
in a canny manner.
- cager
-
noun,
Informal. a basketball player.
- cages
-
noun,
a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
- terr.
-
- 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.
- Cayes
-
noun,
Les. Les Cayes.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- Carey
-
noun,
male given name, form of Carew.
- Canon
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical rule or law enacted by a council or other competent authority and, in the Roman Catholic Church, approved by the pope.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Cant.
-
- Canty
-
adjective,
cheerful; lively.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Yager
-
noun,
jaeger (defs 2, 3).
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- Terra
-
noun,
earth; land.
- Cons.
-
- Conan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Coney
-
noun,
a serranid fish, Epinephelus fulvus, of tropical American waters.
- Cong.
-
- conga
-
noun,
a Cuban ballroom dance that consists of three steps forward followed by a kick, characteristically performed by a group following a leader in a single line.
- conge
-
noun,
leave-taking; farewell.
- teary
-
adjective,
of or like tears.
- Conn.
-
- conns
-
noun,
responsibility for the steering of a ship.
- Const
-
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- cont.
-
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- contg
-
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- Corey
-
noun,
Elias James, born 1928, U.S. chemist and educator: Nobel Prize 1990.
- corer
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- cores
-
- tarry
-
noun,
a stay; sojourn.
- tears
-
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- cent.
-
- Cerro
-
noun,
a hill or peak.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- teno-
-
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- Tenn.
-
- cero-
-
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- cert.
-
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- cyan-
-
- cyans
-
noun,
cyan blue.
- Tegea
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Arcadia, Greece.
- cyst-
-
- cyto-
-
- teeny
-
adjective,
tiny.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- cagey
-
adjective,
cautious, wary, or shrewd:
- Terry
-
noun,
the loop formed by the pile of a fabric when left uncut.
- Corny
-
adjective,
of or abounding in corn.
- Ayres
-
noun,
air1 (def 8d).
- Agnes
-
noun,
Saint, a.d. 292?–304? Roman Catholic child martyr.
- agone
-
adverb, adjective,
ago.
- agony
-
noun,
extreme and generally prolonged pain; intense physical or mental suffering.
- agree
-
verb (used with object),
to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause):
- agro-
-
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- 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.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- agers
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- Ancon
-
noun,
the elbow.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- anger
-
noun,
a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
- angor
-
noun,
extreme distress or mental anguish, usually of physical origin.
- angry
-
adjective,
feeling or showing anger or strong resentment (usually followed by at, with, or about):
- Tracy
-
noun,
Spencer, 1900–67, U.S. film actor.
- agent
-
noun,
a person or business authorized to act on another's behalf:
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- acro-
-
- 30-30
-
- 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.
- 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.
- troys
-
noun,
Latin Ilium. Greek Ilion. an ancient ruined city in NW Asia Minor: the seventh of nine settlements on the site is commonly identified as the Troy of the Iliad.
- acet-
-
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- trogs
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- agcy.
-
- actg.
-
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- actos
-
- treys
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- 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.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- aero-
-
- treas
-
- angst
-
noun,
a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.
- annoy
-
noun,
Archaic. an annoyance.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- artsy
-
adjective,
arty.
- asco-
-
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- Tyson
-
noun,
Michael Gerald ("Mike"; "Iron Mike") born 1966, U.S. boxer.
- tyros
-
noun,
a beginner in learning anything; novice.
- tyres
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- togas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- astr.
-
- Tyree
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, near Ronne Ice Shelf. About 16,290 feet (4965 meters).
- tynes
-
noun,
tine.
- Tyner
-
noun,
McCoy (Sulaimon Saud) born 1938, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- atony
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- tyees
-
noun,
chinook salmon.
- atory
-
- 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.
- arrgt
-
- annot
-
- 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.
- anon.
-
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ante-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- antsy
-
adjective,
unable to sit or stand still; fidgety:
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- tongs
-
noun,
any of various implements consisting of two arms hinged, pivoted, or otherwise fastened together, for seizing, holding, or lifting something (usually used with pair of).
- areo-
-
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Tonga
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in India.
- argon
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- Argos
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis: a powerful rival of Sparta, Athens, and Corinth.
- argot
-
noun,
a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- 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.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- ento-
-
- egers
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- eyres
-
noun,
a circuit made by an itinerant judge (justice in eyre) in medieval England.
- stang
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- eyras
-
noun,
a jaguarundi.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Starr
-
noun,
Belle (Myra Belle Shirley) 1848–89, U.S. outlaw and folk hero.
- Sycon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having a thick body wall that is folded to form many short canals leading to the spongocoel.
- sycee
-
noun,
fine uncoined silver in lumps of various sizes usually bearing a banker's or assayer's stamp or mark, formerly used in China as a medium of exchange.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- EGRET
-
noun,
any of several usually white herons that grow long, graceful plumes during the breeding season, as Egretta garzetta (little egret) of the Old World.
- egest
-
verb (used with object),
to discharge, as from the body; void (opposed to ingest).
- ster.
-
- ency.
-
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Gaons
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- ecto-
-
- stge.
-
- econ.
-
- stogy
-
noun,
a long, slender, roughly made, inexpensive cigar.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- stony
-
adjective,
full of or abounding in stones or rock:
- serry
-
verb (used with or without object),
to crowd closely together.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Syene
-
noun,
ancient name of Aswan.
- stagy
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or suggestive of the stage.
- sero-
-
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- esrog
-
noun,
etrog.
- Sonya
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- erron
-
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- Sonny
-
noun,
little son (often used as a familiar term of address to a boy).
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- 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.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- sorry
-
adjective,
feeling regret, compunction, sympathy, pity, etc.:
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- rares
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- ergot
-
noun,
Plant Pathology.
a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, especially C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body.
the sclerotial body itself.
- ergo-
-
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- etrog
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- Synge
-
noun,
John Millington [mil-ing-tuh n] /ˈmɪl ɪŋ tən/ (Show IPA), 1871–1909, Irish dramatist.
- Srta.
-
- Stacy
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- entry
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- corns
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- STAGE
-
noun,
a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- Story
-
noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- gater
-
noun,
gator.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- crony
-
noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- cryo-
-
- Genoa
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- Gates
-
noun,
Horatio, 1728–1806, American Revolutionary general, born in England.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- genro
-
noun,
any of the unofficial elder statesmen of Japan who influenced the government c1875–1940.
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- gents
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- Tansy
-
noun,
any of several composite plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially a strong-scented, weedy, Old World herb, T. vulgare, having flat-topped clusters of tubular yellow flowers.
- crore
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- corr.
-
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- getas
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- segno
-
noun,
a sign.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- geste
-
noun,
gest.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Segre
-
noun,
Emilio [uh-mee-lee-oh,, uh-meel-yoh;; Italian e-mee-lyaw] /əˈmi liˌoʊ,, əˈmil yoʊ;; Italian ɛˈmi lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1989, U.S. physicist, born in Italy: Nobel prize 1959.
- Gerry
-
noun,
Elbridge [el-brij] /ˈɛl brɪdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1744–1814, U.S. politician: vice president 1813–14.
Compare gerrymander.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- Gerar
-
noun,
an ancient city in Palestine, near the Mediterranean: now an archaeological site in Israel.
- targe
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Genet
-
noun,
any small, Old World carnivore of the genus Genetta, especially G. genetta, having spotted sides and a ringed tail.
- genre
-
noun,
a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like:
- gears
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- tangy
-
adjective,
having a tang.
- stray
-
noun,
a domestic animal found wandering at large or without an owner.
- stroy
-
verb (used with object),
to destroy.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- Taney
-
noun,
Roger Brooke, 1777–1864, U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. 1836–64.
- Serge
-
noun,
a twilled worsted or woolen fabric used especially for clothing.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- tango
-
noun,
a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- tangs
-
- 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.
- gator
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- eagre
-
noun,
a tidal bore or flood.
- eager
-
noun,
eagre.
- snye
-
noun,
a backwater.
- Troy
-
noun,
Latin Ilium. Greek Ilion. an ancient ruined city in NW Asia Minor: the seventh of nine settlements on the site is commonly identified as the Troy of the Iliad.
- 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.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- snog
-
verb (used without object),
to kiss and cuddle.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Trey
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- tonn
-
- Tony
-
noun,
one of a group of awards made annually by the American Theatre Wing, a professional school for the performing arts, for achievements in theatrical production and performance.
- sego
-
noun,
sego lily.
- tron
-
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- secy
-
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- regr
-
- sec.
-
- scry
-
verb (used without object),
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- snag
-
noun,
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- Tray
-
noun,
a flat, shallow container or receptacle made of wood, metal, etc., usually with slightly raised edges, used for carrying, holding, or displaying articles of food, glass, china, etc.
- sync
-
noun,
synchronization:
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- tRNA
-
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- syce
-
noun,
(in India) a groom; stable attendant.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- syn-
-
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- Tory
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- syne
-
adverb, preposition, conjunction,
since.
- 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.
- Reg.
-
- Syr.
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- trog
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- Torr
-
noun,
a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.
- tong
-
noun,
tongs.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- RONA
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- Rory
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Sat.
-
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- 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.
- tegs
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- str.
-
- 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.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- scag
-
noun,
heroin.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- ten.
-
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- ter.
-
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- 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.
- Sage
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- sago
-
noun,
a starchy foodstuff derived from the soft interior of the trunk of various palms and cycads, used in making puddings.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- Sang
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- 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.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- 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.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- roar
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- 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.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Tyre
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Tyro
-
noun,
a beginner in learning anything; novice.
- scr.
-
- Tyrr
-
noun,
Tyr.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Sra.
-
- toey
-
adjective,
touchy or restive; apprehensive; fractious.
- toga
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- togs
-
noun,
a coat.
- regs
-
noun,
Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
- toys
-
noun,
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Song
-
noun,
a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.
- 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.
- Tyne
-
noun,
tine.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- Ryan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- RNAS
-
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Styr
-
noun,
a river in NW Ukraine, flowing N to the Pripet River. 300 miles (480 km) long.
- stg.
-
- ryot
-
noun,
a peasant.
- ryes
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- ryas
-
noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- 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.
- tyee
-
noun,
chinook salmon.
- 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.
- Ste.
-
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- stay
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- Stag
-
noun,
an adult male deer.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Rosy
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- eco-
-
- gory
-
adjective,
covered or stained with gore; bloody.
- gon-
-
- Gone
-
noun,
the act of going:
- gony
-
- coys
-
adjective,
artfully or affectedly shy or reserved; slyly hesitant; coquettish.
- cogs
-
noun,
(not in technical use) a gear tooth, formerly especially one of hardwood or metal, fitted into a slot in a gearwheel of less durable material.
- Gore
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- Gray
-
noun,
any achromatic color; any color with zero chroma, intermediate between white and black.
- Goya
-
noun,
Francisco de [fran-sis-koh duh;; Spanish frahn-thees-kaw de,, -sees-] /frænˈsɪs koʊ də;; Spanish frɑnˈθis kɔ dɛ,, -ˈsis-/ (Show IPA), (Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes) 1746–1828, Spanish painter.
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- gras
-
- cog.
-
- gree
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- Grey
-
noun,
Charles, 2nd Earl, 1764–1845, British statesman: prime minister 1830–34.
- gres
-
- gro.
-
- goys
-
noun,
a term used by a Jew to refer to someone who is not Jewish.
- Con.
-
- grot
-
noun,
a grotto.
- gyr-
-
- Cor.
-
- gest
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- geta
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- gets
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- gyn-
-
- gyne
-
- Gyor
-
noun,
a city in NW Hungary.
- gyre
-
noun,
a ring or circle.
- GOES
-
noun,
plural of go1 .
- Cony
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- gnat
-
noun,
any of certain small flies, especially the biting gnats or punkies of the family Ceratopogonidae, the midges of the family Chironomidae, and the black flies of the family Simuliidae.
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- goas
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- Goat
-
noun,
any of numerous agile, hollow-horned ruminants of the genus Capra, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the sheep, found native in rocky and mountainous regions of the Old World, and widely distributed in domesticated varieties.
- Goer
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- Gros
-
noun,
Antoine Jean [ahn-twan zhahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1771–1835, French painter.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- Gers
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- ect-
-
- cat.
-
- yrs.
-
- Yser
-
noun,
a river flowing from N France through NW Belgium into the North Sea: battles 1914–18. 55 miles (89 km) long.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- Carr
-
noun,
John Dickson, 1906–77, U.S. mystery writer.
- Yoga
-
noun,
a school of Hindu philosophy advocating and prescribing a course of physical and mental disciplines for attaining liberation from the material world and union of the self with the Supreme Being or ultimate principle.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Can.
-
- cays
-
noun,
a small low island; key.
- Nagy
-
noun,
Imre [im-re] /ˈɪm rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1958, Hungarian political leader: premier 1953–55, 1956.
- cagy
-
adjective,
cagey.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- cyte
-
- CERN
-
- Ceto
-
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Yang
-
noun,
See under yin and yang.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- cet-
-
- yare
-
adjective,
quick; agile; lively.
- yarn
-
noun,
thread made of natural or synthetic fibers and used for knitting and weaving.
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- yean
-
verb (used without object),
(of a sheep or goat) to bring forth young.
- year
-
noun,
a period of 365 or 366 days, in the Gregorian calendar, divided into 12 calendar months, now reckoned as beginning Jan. 1 and ending Dec. 31 (calendar year or civil year)
Compare common year, leap year.
- yeas
-
noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- cene
-
- yens
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y.
- cen.
-
- Gert
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- nays
-
noun,
a denial or refusal.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Ens.
-
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- 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.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ergs
-
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Enyo
-
noun,
an ancient Greek war goddess.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- cts.
-
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- ctr.
-
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- 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).
- est.
-
- eyes
-
noun,
the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- EEOC
-
- eery
-
adjective,
eerie.
- Eger
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- 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.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- eyas
-
noun,
a nestling, usually a hawk.
- eyen
-
noun,
plural of eye.
- eyne
-
noun,
plural of eye.
- Eng.
-
- eyot
-
noun,
ait.
- eyra
-
noun,
a jaguarundi.
- Eyre
-
noun,
a circuit made by an itinerant judge (justice in eyre) in medieval England.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- enc.
-
- ence
-
- easy
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- eso-
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- Ger.
-
- Cory
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- cosy
-
noun,
a padded covering for a teapot, chocolate pot, etc., to retain the heat.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- 1080
-
- Cort
-
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- gear
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- gees
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- gats
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Gen.
-
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- gene
-
noun,
the basic physical unit of heredity; a linear sequence of nucleotides along a segment of DNA that provides the coded instructions for synthesis of RNA, which, when translated into protein, leads to the expression of hereditary character.
- 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.
- Gent
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- geo-
-
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- gate
-
noun,
a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- cray
-
adjective,
crazy.
- etc.
-
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Cres
-
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- crat
-
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- Gays
-
noun,
Sometimes Offensive. a homosexual person, especially a male.
- gast
-
verb (used with object),
to terrify or frighten.
- Crag
-
noun,
a steep, rugged rock; rough, broken, projecting part of a rock.
- Gaon
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- Coty
-
noun,
René Jules Gustave [ruh-ney zhyl gys-tav] /rəˈneɪ ʒül güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1882–1962, president of France 1954–59.
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- Gary
-
noun,
Elbert Henry, 1846–1927, U.S. financier and lawyer.
- gars
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Cage
-
noun,
a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
- yore
-
noun,
Chiefly Literary. time past:
- Arg.
-
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- Nor.
-
- nong
-
noun,
a foolish, incompetent person.
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- Oct.
-
- non-
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- Argo
-
noun,
Astronomy. a very large southern constellation, now divided into Vela, Carina, Puppis, and Pyxis, four separate constellations lying largely south of Canis Major.
- orgy
-
noun,
wild or drunken festivity or revelry, especially involving sex with multiple participants.
- nogs
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- OEEC
-
- ogee
-
noun,
a double curve, resembling the letter S, formed by the union of a concave and a convex line.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- arr.
-
- NYSE
-
- ogre
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- Nysa
-
noun,
the mountain where Zeus sent the infant Dionysus to protect him from the vindictive wrath of Hera.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- aet.
-
- ayre
-
noun,
air1 (def 8d).
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ance
-
- ancy
-
- ayes
-
noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- Ayer
-
noun,
Sir A(lfred) J(ules) 1910–1989, English philosopher, teacher, and author.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- ann.
-
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- nos-
-
- orra
-
adjective,
not regular or scheduled; odd:
- ano-
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ant.
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- not-
-
- nosy
-
adjective,
unduly curious about the affairs of others; prying; meddlesome.
- 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.
- nyet
-
adverb, noun,
no1 .
- aery
-
noun,
aerie.
- aer-
-
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- NCTE
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- agr.
-
- 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.
- Agon
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece) a contest in which prizes were awarded in any of a number of events, as athletics, drama, music, poetry, and painting.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- Nary
-
adjective,
not any; no; never a:
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- 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.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- 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.
- ator
-
- Ont.
-
- atry
-
adjective,
lying to under a trysail in heavy weather; trying.
- ages
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- racy
-
adjective,
slightly improper or indelicate; suggestive; risqué.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- 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.
- oyer
-
noun,
oyer and terminer.
- org.
-
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- agst
-
- Arty
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- asc-
-
- Agee
-
noun,
James, 1909–55, U.S. author, scenarist, and film critic.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- oary
-
adjective,
oarlike.
- 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.
- neon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- neo-
-
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- acr-
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- CST
-
- age
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- CSR
-
- ctg
-
- CTA
-
- cte
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tro
-
- ECG
-
- ECA
-
- TSE
-
- ec-
-
- ac-
-
- ag-
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- an.
-
- Ar.
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- acy
-
- ACS
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ae.
-
- Tay
-
noun,
a river flowing through central Scotland into the Firth of Tay. 118 miles (190 km) long.
- AEC
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- 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.
- ean
-
- ea.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- eo-
-
- Eg.
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- AGC
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- TAG
-
noun,
a piece or strip of strong paper, plastic, metal, leather, etc., for attaching by one end to something as a mark or label:
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- CSO
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- CSA
-
- CEA
-
- CNN
-
- ARS
-
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- CYO
-
- CGS
-
- tog
-
noun,
a coat.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Tng
-
- CEO
-
- ase
-
- ASN
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- ASR
-
- CNS
-
- ast
-
- at.
-
- ATC
-
- Tyr
-
noun,
the god of strife.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- cay
-
noun,
a small low island; key.
- TGN
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ct.
-
- cs.
-
- cr.
-
- Co.
-
- CNO
-
- TOY
-
noun,
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- CRT
-
- ANC
-
- CRS
-
- ago
-
adverb,
in past time; in the past:
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- Agt
-
- aye
-
noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- Ayn
-
noun,
ʿain.
- Ayr
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Scotland.
- ays
-
- ca.
-
- 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.
- ANG
-
- Any
-
Idioms,
any which way, in any manner whatever; indifferently or carelessly:
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- TCA
-
- TCS
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- 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.
- aor
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- 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.
- Coy
-
adjective,
artfully or affectedly shy or reserved; slyly hesitant; coquettish.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- ary
-
adjective,
any; anyone.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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.
- sty
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- Nye
-
noun,
Edgar Wilson ("Bill Nye") 1850–96, U.S. humorist.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- Ney
-
noun,
Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA), Duke of Elchingen [el-khing-uh n] /ˈɛl xɪŋ ən/ (Show IPA), 1769–1815, French revolutionary and Napoleonic military leader: marshal of France 1805–15.
- NES
-
- 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:
- NGC
-
- Roy
-
noun,
Rammohun [rah-moh-hon] /rɑˈmoʊ hɒn/ (Show IPA), 1774–1833, Indian religious leader: founder of Brahmo Samaj.
- NGO
-
noun,
1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
- NYA
-
- ROG
-
- NEA
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- NNE
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- NOC
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- nog
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- ROA
-
- RNR
-
- RNA
-
- NEC
-
- ne-
-
- rya
-
noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- NCO
-
- NYC
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- EEC
-
- Nay
-
noun,
a denial or refusal.
- SAG
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- SAE
-
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- SRO
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- So.
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Rye
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- 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.
- yon
-
pronoun,
that or those yonder.
- RCS
-
- ory
-
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ose
-
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- OTS
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- Re.
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- REA
-
- RCT
-
- RCN
-
- RCA
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- Ray
-
noun,
a narrow beam of light.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- 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.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- nr.
-
- OAS
-
- NRA
-
- NRC
-
- NSA
-
- NSC
-
- Oc.
-
- OSA
-
- OTC
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- 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.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OCR
-
- OCS
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- Rey
-
noun,
a city in N Iran, near Teheran.
- Oys
-
noun,
a grandchild.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- SAR
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Sgt
-
- 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).
- Gat
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- GCA
-
- GCE
-
- GCR
-
- GCT
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Gee
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- yet
-
Idioms,
as yet. as1 (def 31).
- gey
-
adverb,
Scot. considerably; very.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- Ges
-
- get
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- Sr.
-
- Esc
-
- GAS
-
noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- ery
-
- Goa
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- ETO
-
- ESA
-
- soy
-
noun,
soy sauce.
- ese
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- ESR
-
- ERT
-
- ety
-
- ETR
-
- GAO
-
noun,
a city in E Mali.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ETS
-
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- Ga.
-
- GAR
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- Gay
-
noun,
Sometimes Offensive. a homosexual person, especially a male.
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- goy
-
noun,
a term used by a Jew to refer to someone who is not Jewish.
- yea
-
noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- ene
-
- Yao
-
noun,
Wade-Giles, Pinyin. a legendary emperor of China who, with his successor (Shun) was a paragon of good government.
- yar
-
adjective,
yare (defs 1, 2).
- yas
-
noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- en-
-
- sc.
-
- Yen
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Yeo
-
- eye
-
noun,
the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- yer
-
- 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.
- EEO
-
- yes
-
noun,
an affirmative reply.
- EEG
-
- EOE
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- Sta
-
- GTS
-
- GSC
-
- GSA
-
- gre
-
- GTC
-
- GTO
-
- Gr.
-
- GSR
-
- got
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- Gor
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- se-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- St.
-
- gt.
-
- ey
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- AO
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- TG
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- R.
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- RC
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- t.
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- yo
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interjection,
(used as an exclamation to get someone's attention, express excitement, greet someone, etc.)
- oy
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noun,
a grandchild.
- YA
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noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- S.
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- SA
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- SG
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- CE
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- Y.
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- YT
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- ye
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pronoun,
Archaic, except in some elevated or ecclesiastical prose Literary, or British Dialect.
(used nominatively as the plural of thou especially in rhetorical, didactic, or poetic contexts, in addressing a group of persons or things):
(used nominatively for the second person singular, especially in polite address):
(used objectively in the second person singular or plural):
- ty
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- NY
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- NG
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- NC
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- N.
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- yr
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- cy
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noun,
a male given name, form of Cyrus.
- TN
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- sy
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noun,
a male given name, form of Seymour, Simon, or Silas.
- OA
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- SN
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- OG
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- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
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- O.
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- GN
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- ry
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- GC
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- RO
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- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- TC
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- GO
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noun,
the act of going: