Anagrams of taciturnities
Word taciturnities has
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- inartistic
-
adjective,
lacking in artistic sense or appreciation.
- nictitates
-
verb (used without object),
to wink.
- scaturient
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adjective,
gushing; overflowing.
- austenitic
-
adjective,
consisting mainly of austenite.
- urticates
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verb (used with object),
to sting with or as if with nettles.
- truncates
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adjective,
truncated.
- anti-icer
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noun,
a device used to prevent the forming of ice, as on an airplane propeller.
- uintaites
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noun,
an extremely pure asphalt particularly valuable for the manufacture of paints and varnishes.
- initiates
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noun,
a person who has been initiated.
- intricate
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adjective,
having many interrelated parts or facets; entangled or involved:
- retinitis
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noun,
inflammation of the retina.
- intercuts
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noun,
a film sequence or scene produced by intercutting.
- rusticate
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verb (used with object),
to send to or domicile in the country.
- titanites
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noun,
sphene.
- interacts
-
verb (used without object),
to act one upon another.
- tunicates
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noun,
Zoology. any sessile marine chordate of the subphylum Tunicata (Urochordata), having a saclike body enclosed in a thick membrane or tunic and two openings or siphons for the ingress and egress of water.
- tinctures
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noun,
Pharmacology. a solution of alcohol or of alcohol and water, containing animal, vegetable, or chemical drugs.
- nictitate
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verb (used without object),
to wink.
- trinities
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noun,
Also called Blessed Trinity, Holy Trinity. the union of three persons (Father, Son, and Holy Ghost) in one Godhead, or the threefold personality of the one Divine Being.
- truancies
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noun,
the act or state of being truant.
- titanite
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noun,
sphene.
- curtains
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noun,
a hanging piece of fabric used to shut out the light from a window, adorn a room, increase privacy, etc.
- naturist
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noun,
a person who appreciates the beauty and benefits of nature.
- titrants
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noun,
the reagent added in a titration.
- titrates
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verb (used with or without object),
to ascertain the quantity of a given constituent by adding a liquid reagent of known strength and measuring the volume necessary to convert the constituent to another form.
- cisterna
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noun,
cistern (def 2).
- citrates
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noun,
a salt or ester of citric acid.
- citrines
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noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- Anicetus
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noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 155?–166?.
- citterns
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noun,
an old musical instrument related to the guitar, having a flat, pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.
- neuritis
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noun,
inflammation of a nerve.
- Cernauti
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noun,
a city in SW Ukraine, on the Prut River: formerly in Romania.
- Neustria
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noun,
the W part of the Frankish kingdom, corresponding roughly to N and NW France.
- recusant
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noun,
a person who is recusant.
- straiten
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verb (used with object),
to put into difficulties, especially financial ones:
- canister
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noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- sciurine
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adjective,
of or relating to the squirrels and allied rodents of the family Sciuridae.
- suricate
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noun,
a small, burrowing South African carnivore, Suricata suricatta, of a grayish color with dark bands across the back, related to the mongooses and having social behavior similar to that of prairie dogs.
- Scituate
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noun,
a town in E Massachusetts.
- taciturn
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adjective,
inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation.
- ruinates
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adjective,
ruined.
- taurines
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noun,
a neutral crystalline substance, C 2 H 7 NO 3 S, obtained from bile.
- tincture
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noun,
Pharmacology. a solution of alcohol or of alcohol and water, containing animal, vegetable, or chemical drugs.
- centaurs
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a race of monsters having the head, trunk, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse.
- artistic
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adjective,
conforming to the standards of art; satisfying aesthetic requirements:
- tertians
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noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- nitrites
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitrous acid.
- centrist
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noun,
(especially in continental Europe) a member of a political party of the Center; moderate.
- nitrates
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- Teucrian
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noun,
one of the ancient Trojans.
- transect
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verb (used with object),
to cut across; dissect transversely.
- antirust
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noun,
something that prevents or resists rust.
- intreats
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verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- cristate
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adjective,
having a crest; crested.
- uranites
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noun,
any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.
- incisure
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noun,
a notch, as in a bone or other structure.
- uintaite
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noun,
an extremely pure asphalt particularly valuable for the manufacture of paints and varnishes.
- acuities
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noun,
sharpness; acuteness; keenness:
- inertias
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- initiate
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noun,
a person who has been initiated.
- urinates
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verb (used without object),
to pass or discharge urine.
- tunicate
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noun,
Zoology. any sessile marine chordate of the subphylum Tunicata (Urochordata), having a saclike body enclosed in a thick membrane or tunic and two openings or siphons for the ingress and egress of water.
- cut-rate
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noun,
a price, fare, or rate below the standard charge.
- urticant
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adjective,
producing a stinging or itching sensation.
- instruct
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verb (used with object),
to furnish with knowledge, especially by a systematic method; teach; train; educate.
- urticate
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verb (used with object),
to sting with or as if with nettles.
- truncate
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adjective,
truncated.
- Etruscan
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noun,
an inhabitant of ancient Etruria.
- tristate
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adjective,
pertaining to a territory made up of three adjoining states:
- crinites
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- interact
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verb (used without object),
to act one upon another.
- intercut
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noun,
a film sequence or scene produced by intercutting.
- curtain
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noun,
a hanging piece of fabric used to shut out the light from a window, adorn a room, increase privacy, etc.
- satinet
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noun,
a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- curtate
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adjective,
shortened; reduced; abbreviated.
- entrust
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verb (used with object),
to charge or invest with a trust or responsibility; charge with a specified office or duty involving trust:
- curates
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noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- ruinate
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adjective,
ruined.
- carnets
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noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- rinceau
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noun,
an ornamental foliate or floral motif.
- carnies
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noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- Statice
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noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Limonium, of the leadwort family, having clusters of variously colored flowers that retain their color when dried.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- eristic
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noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- recants
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verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- Saucier
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noun,
a chef or cook who specializes in making sauces.
- situate
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adjective,
Archaic. located; placed; situated.
- saunter
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noun,
a leisurely walk or ramble; stroll.
- scatter
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noun,
the act of scattering.
- canters
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noun,
an easy gallop.
- sirenic
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adjective,
of or characteristic of a siren; melodious, tempting, or alluring.
- encrust
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verb (used with or without object),
incrust.
- curites
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noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- sinuate
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adjective,
bent in and out; winding; sinuous.
- ratites
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noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- Sinitic
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noun,
a branch of Sino-Tibetan consisting of the various local languages and dialects whose speakers share literary Chinese as their standard language.
- Cainite
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noun,
a member of a Gnostic sect that exalted Cain and regarded the God of the Old Testament as responsible for evil.
- sericin
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noun,
a gelatinous organic compound that holds the two strands of natural silk together.
- scrinia
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noun,
a cylindrical container used in ancient Rome to hold papyrus rolls.
- Scutari
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noun,
Lake, a lake between NW Albania and Montenegro. About 135 sq. mi. (350 sq. km).
- scutter
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verb (used without object), noun,
scurry.
- cutties
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noun,
a short spoon.
- iatrics
-
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- iris-in
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noun,
the gradual appearance of an image or scene through an expanding circle.
- nectars
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noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- natters
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noun,
a conversation; chat.
- iterant
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adjective,
characterized by repetition; repeating.
- statute
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noun,
Law.
an enactment made by a legislature and expressed in a formal document.
the document in which such an enactment is expressed.
- cistern
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noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- crinite
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- irenics
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noun,
the branch of theology dealing with the promotion of peace and conciliation among Christian churches.
Compare polemics (def 2).
- instate
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verb (used with object),
to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- citrate
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noun,
a salt or ester of citric acid.
- citrine
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noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- cretins
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- citrins
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noun,
bioflavonoid.
- cittern
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noun,
an old musical instrument related to the guitar, having a flat, pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.
- intreat
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verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- intuits
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verb (used with or without object),
to know or receive by intuition.
- neritic
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adjective,
of or relating to the region of water lying directly above the sublittoral zone of the sea bottom.
- Insecta
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noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- catties
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noun,
(in China and southeast Asia) a weight equal to about 1½ pounds (680 grams) avoirdupois.
- Ictinus
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noun,
flourished mid-5th century b.c, Greek architect, a designer of the Parthenon.
- nutters
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noun,
a person who gathers nuts.
- 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.
- centaur
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a race of monsters having the head, trunk, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse.
- cuisine
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noun,
a style or quality of cooking; cookery:
- intrust
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verb (used with object),
entrust.
- nutates
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verb (used without object),
to undergo or show nutation.
- icterus
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noun,
jaundice (def 1).
- centri-
-
- Nicetas
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noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- Suttner
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noun,
Bertha von [bur-thuh von;; German ber-tuh fuh n] /ˈbɜr θə vɒn;; German ˈbɛr tə fən/ (Show IPA), 1843–1914, Austrian writer: Nobel Peace Prize 1905.
- nitrite
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitrous acid.
- incites
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verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- nitrate
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- incrust
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verb (used with object),
to cover or line with a crust or hard coating.
- inertia
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- certain
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Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- stature
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noun,
the height of a human or animal body.
- nutrias
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noun,
the coypu.
- stearic
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adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- titrate
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verb (used with or without object),
to ascertain the quantity of a given constituent by adding a liquid reagent of known strength and measuring the volume necessary to convert the constituent to another form.
- tartine
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noun,
a fancy French open-faced sandwich topped with spreadable ingredients.
- Tartini
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noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1692–1770, Italian violinist and composer.
- tatters
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noun,
a torn piece hanging loose from the main part, as of a garment or flag.
- taurine
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noun,
a neutral crystalline substance, C 2 H 7 NO 3 S, obtained from bile.
- tautens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become taut.
- tertian
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noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- artiste
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noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- tetanic
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adjective,
Pathology. pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by tetanus.
- tetanus
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noun,
Pathology. an infectious, often fatal disease caused by a specific bacterium that enters the body through wounds and characterized by respiratory paralysis and tonic spasms and rigidity of the voluntary muscles, especially those of the neck and lower jaw.
Compare lockjaw.
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- Titanic
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noun,
a British luxury liner that sank after colliding with an iceberg in the North Atlantic on its maiden voyage in April, 1912, with a loss of 1517 lives.
- titians
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noun,
(Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.
- titrant
-
noun,
the reagent added in a titration.
- Anterus
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noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 235–236.
- tanrecs
-
noun,
tenrec.
- titters
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noun,
a tittering laugh.
- Transit
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noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- trisect
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verb (used with object),
to divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts.
- Tristan
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noun,
a male given name, form of Tristram.
- triunes
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noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- Tunisia
-
noun,
a republic in N Africa, on the Mediterranean: a French protectorate until 1956. 48,330 sq. mi. (125,175 sq. km). Capital: Tunis.
- turista
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noun,
tourista.
- tutties
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noun,
an impure oxide of zinc obtained from the flues of smelting furnaces, or a similar substance occurring as a native mineral, used chiefly as a polishing powder.
- unities
-
noun,
the state of being one; oneness.
- unstate
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verb (used with object),
Archaic. to deprive (a person) of office or rank.
- uranite
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noun,
any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.
- acetins
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noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- urinate
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verb (used without object),
to pass or discharge urine.
- astrict
-
verb (used with object),
to bind fast; constrain.
- tinters
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noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- Tacitus
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noun,
Publius Cornelius [puhb-lee-uh s] /ˈpʌb li əs/ (Show IPA), a.d. c55–c120, Roman historian.
- stutter
-
noun,
distorted speech characterized principally by blocks or spasms interrupting the rhythm.
- Stettin
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noun,
German name of Szczecin.
- attunes
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verb (used with object),
to bring into accord, harmony, or sympathetic relationship; adjust:
- strati-
-
- stretta
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noun,
a concluding passage played at a faster tempo.
- attires
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noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- striate
-
adjective,
striated.
- attrite
-
adjective,
Also, attrited. worn by rubbing or attrition.
- scutate
-
adjective,
Botany. formed like a round buckler.
- insure
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verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- Triune
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noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- inter.
-
- tanist
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noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- truant
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noun,
a student who stays away from school without permission.
- intact
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adjective,
not altered, broken, or impaired; remaining uninjured, sound, or whole; untouched; unblemished:
- truces
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noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- tuners
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noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- Sitter
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noun,
a person who sits.
- instr.
-
- Tunica
-
noun,
a tunic.
- instar
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noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- insert
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- stacte
-
noun,
one of the sweet spices used in the holy incense of the ancient Hebrews. Ex. 30:34.
- insect
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noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- stance
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noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- triste
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adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- sitten
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verb,
past participle of sit1 .
- Tustin
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noun,
a city in SW California.
- transe
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noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- irenic
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adjective,
tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- trains
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noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- trance
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noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- inures
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verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- trans.
-
- sit-in
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noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- trines
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- intuit
-
verb (used with or without object),
to know or receive by intuition.
- treats
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- triens
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noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- intra-
-
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- Tuscan
-
noun,
the standard literary form of the Italian language.
- stater
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- Strait
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- urines
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- statue
-
noun,
a three-dimensional work of art, as a representational or abstract form, carved in stone or wood, molded in a plastic material, cast in bronze, or the like.
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- urates
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- uretic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or occurring in the urine.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Cutter
-
noun,
a person who cuts, especially as a job, as one who cuts fabric for garments.
- Escaut
-
noun,
French name of Scheldt.
- ursine
-
adjective,
of or relating to a bear or bears.
- cut-in
-
noun,
Movies. a still, as of a scene or an object, inserted in a film and interrupting the action or continuity:
- usance
-
noun,
Commerce. a length of time, exclusive of days of grace and varying in different places, allowed by custom or usage for the payment of foreign bills of exchange.
- Custer
-
noun,
George Armstrong [ahrm-strawng,, -strong] /ˈɑrm strɔŋ,, -strɒŋ/ (Show IPA), 1839–76, U.S. general and Indian fighter.
- Curtis
-
noun,
Benjamin Robbins, 1809–74, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1851–57; resigned in dissent over Dred Scott case.
- Curtin
-
noun,
John, 1885–1945, Australian statesman: prime minister 1941–45.
- Uticas
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- eructs
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- incuse
-
noun,
an incuse figure or impression.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- incurs
-
verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- tuttis
-
noun,
a tutti passage or movement.
- uncase
-
verb (used with object),
to remove from a case; remove the case from.
- incite
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- Uniate
-
noun,
a member of an Eastern church that is in union with the Roman Catholic Church, acknowledges the Roman pope as supreme in matters of faith, but maintains its own liturgy, discipline, and rite.
- incise
-
verb (used with object),
to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- unites
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- taints
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- unrest
-
noun,
lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
- unseat
-
verb (used with object),
to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
- Icarus
-
noun,
Also, Ikaros. Classical Mythology. a youth who attempted to escape from Crete with wings of wax and feathers but flew so high that his wings melted from the heat of the sun, and he plunged to his death in the sea.
- static
-
noun,
Electricity.
static or atmospheric electricity.
interference due to such electricity.
- iatric
-
adjective,
of or relating to a physician or medicine; medical.
- uranic
-
adjective,
of or containing uranium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- tittie
-
noun,
titty1 .
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- rutins
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- raisin
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- tauten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become taut.
- ratite
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- tenuis
-
noun,
an unaspirated, voiceless plosive.
- Nutter
-
noun,
a person who gathers nuts.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- nutria
-
noun,
the coypu.
- strict
-
adjective,
characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles:
- recti-
-
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- Tatius
-
noun,
a Sabine king who, following the rape of the Sabine women, attacked Rome and eventually ruled with Romulus.
- Rustin
-
noun,
Bayard [bey-erd] /ˈbeɪ ərd/ (Show IPA), 1910–1987, U.S. civil rights leader.
- Sutter
-
noun,
John Augustus, 1803–80, U.S. frontiersman: owner of Sutter's Mill.
- rustic
-
noun,
a country person.
- Stuart
-
noun,
a member of the royal family that ruled in Scotland from 1371 to 1714 and in England from 1603 to 1714.
- strunt
-
noun,
the fleshy part or stump of a tail, especially of a horse's tail.
- taster
-
noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- taters
-
noun,
potato.
- rictus
-
noun,
the gape of the mouth of a bird.
- rectus
-
noun,
any of several straight muscles, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye, etc.
- ricins
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- tatter
-
noun,
a torn piece hanging loose from the main part, as of a garment or flag.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- tattie
-
noun,
tatty2 .
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- taunts
-
noun,
an insulting gibe or sarcasm; scornful reproach or challenge.
- terat-
-
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- titres
-
noun,
titer.
- nasute
-
noun,
a soldier termite characterized by a beaklike snout through which a sticky secretion repellent to other insects is emitted.
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- Nautes
-
noun,
(in the Aeneid) an aged Trojan and advisor to Aeneas.
- Titian
-
noun,
(Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.
- Nature
-
noun,
the material world, especially as surrounding humankind and existing independently of human activities.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- natter
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- titans
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus.
Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia.
any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- tactus
-
noun,
the basic metrical unit in medieval music.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- isatin
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- iritis
-
noun,
inflammation of the iris of the eye.
- titers
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- saucer
-
noun,
a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.
- nutate
-
verb (used without object),
to undergo or show nutation.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- Saturn
-
noun,
an ancient Roman god of agriculture, the consort of Ops, believed to have ruled the earth during an age of happiness and virtue, identified with the Greek god Cronus.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- tetra-
-
- tetras
-
noun,
any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
- nitric
-
adjective,
containing nitrogen, usually in the pentavalent state.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- Tetuan
-
noun,
a seaport in N Morocco, on the Mediterranean: former capital of the Spanish zone of Morocco.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- Nistru
-
noun,
Romanian name of Dniester.
- tinct.
-
- tincts
-
noun,
tint; tinge; coloring.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- tinter
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- Nicias
-
noun,
died 413 b.c, Athenian statesman and general.
- Seurat
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1859–91, French (pointillist) painter.
- titter
-
noun,
a tittering laugh.
- utters
-
adjective,
complete; total; absolute:
- cesura
-
noun,
caesura.
- acutes
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- cuirie
-
noun,
a hardened leather piece for protecting the breast, worn over mail.
- attune
-
verb (used with object),
to bring into accord, harmony, or sympathetic relationship; adjust:
- Citrus
-
noun,
any small tree or spiny shrub of the genus Citrus, of the rue family, including the lemon, lime, orange, tangerine, grapefruit, citron, kumquat, and shaddock, widely cultivated for fruit or grown as an ornamental.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- auntie
-
noun,
Informal. aunt.
- citrin
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- cities
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- aurist
-
noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- actin-
-
- Austen
-
noun,
Jane, 1775–1817, English novelist.
- Auster
-
noun,
the south wind personified.
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- centi-
-
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- centr-
-
- Canute
-
noun,
a.d. 994?–1035, Danish king of England 1017–35; of Denmark 1018–35; and of Norway 1028–35.
- Attius
-
noun,
Lucius, Accius, Lucius.
- cuesta
-
noun,
a long, low ridge with a relatively steep face or escarpment on one side and a long, gentle slope on the other.
- curate
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- cruise
-
noun,
the act of cruising.
- cruets
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- arsen-
-
- astute
-
adjective,
of keen penetration or discernment; sagacious:
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- Creusa
-
noun,
the bride to be of Jason, slain by Medea.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- Atreus
-
noun,
the father of Plisthenes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia upon whose house Thyestes pronounced a curse.
- cueist
-
noun,
a billiard player.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- attent
-
adjective,
attentive; intent.
- attest
-
noun,
Archaic. witness; testimony; attestation.
- cantus
-
noun,
cantus firmus.
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- Austin
-
noun,
Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- austr-
-
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- curets
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- cerat-
-
- curite
-
noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- Cetura
-
noun,
Keturah.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- acinus
-
noun,
Botany. one of the small drupelets or berries of an aggregate, baccate fruit, as the blackberry.
- Recit
-
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- Cetus
-
noun,
the Whale, a constellation lying above the equator, containing the variable star Mira.
- 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.
- cert.
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- neut.
-
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- 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.
- neur-
-
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- rect.
-
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- 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.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- tera-
-
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- tents
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- tacts
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- 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: ¢.
- taunt
-
noun,
an insulting gibe or sarcasm; scornful reproach or challenge.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- cent.
-
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Nitti
-
noun,
Francesco Saverio [frahn-ches-kaw sah-ve-ryaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ sɑˈvɛ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1868–1953, Italian lawyer, statesman, and economist.
- ASCII
-
noun,
a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- tears
-
- tecta
-
noun,
a rooflike structure.
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- Nurse
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- nuci-
-
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- astr.
-
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- cause
-
noun,
a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect:
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Tartu
-
noun,
a city in SE Estonia.
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- nitr-
-
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- caus.
-
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- curst
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- Cant.
-
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- scatt
-
noun,
scat5 .
- scat-
-
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- sauce
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- stat.
-
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- scuta
-
noun,
plural of scutum.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- seti-
-
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Seric
-
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Caius
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 296, pope 283–296.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- sect.
-
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- Srta.
-
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- scute
-
noun,
a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- reni-
-
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- Sturt
-
noun,
violent quarreling.
- Sucre
-
noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- suint
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- ricin
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- strut
-
noun,
the act of strutting.
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- tacet
-
verb (imperative),
be silent (directing an instrument or voice not to play or sing).
- 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.
- tacit
-
adjective,
understood without being openly expressed; implied:
- stunt
-
noun,
a stop or hindrance in growth or development.
- Attic
-
noun,
the part of a building, especially of a house, directly under a roof; garret.
- Aust.
-
- rutin
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- sarc-
-
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- sanit
-
- Auric
-
adjective,
of or containing gold in the trivalent state.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- ster.
-
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- runts
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- runic
-
adjective,
consisting of or set down in runes:
- runes
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- ruins
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- nears
-
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- tunes
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- cruse
-
noun,
an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
- cruet
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- treas
-
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- curet
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- init.
-
- inst.
-
- cures
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- crust
-
noun,
the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- incus
-
noun,
Anatomy. the middle one of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals.
Compare malleus, stapes.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- untie
-
verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- Urena
-
noun,
any tropical plant or shrub belonging to the genus Urena, of the mallow family, having clusters of small, yellow flowers, especially U. lobata, which yields a useful bast fiber.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- anis-
-
- tunic
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a coat worn as part of a military or other uniform.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- Ecua.
-
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- acet-
-
- crit.
-
- Crius
-
noun,
a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaea.
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- uran-
-
- incur
-
verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Trust
-
noun,
reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
- ician
-
- Iceni
-
noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- truce
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- Cunas
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- IATSE
-
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- tutti
-
noun,
a tutti passage or movement.
- acute
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- ictus
-
noun,
Prosody. rhythmical or metrical stress.
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Tunas
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- TUNIS
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- aeri-
-
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- uncia
-
noun,
a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the 12th part of an as.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- 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.
- incr.
-
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- unset
-
adjective,
not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- 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.
- unite
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- Unit.
-
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- eruct
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- cunts
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- Tract
-
noun,
an expanse or area of land, water, etc.; region; stretch.
- intr.
-
- Inuit
-
noun,
a member of the Eskimo peoples inhabiting northernmost North America from northern Alaska to eastern Canada and Greenland.
- Curie
-
noun,
a unit of activity of radioactive substances equivalent to 3.70 × 10 10 disintegrations per second: it is approximately the amount of activity produced by 1 gram of radium-226. Abbreviation: Ci.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- cutin
-
noun,
a transparent, waxy substance constituting, together with cellulose, the cuticle of plants.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- cutis
-
noun,
the true skin, consisting of the dermis and the epidermis.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- arcus
-
noun,
a dense, horizontal, roll-shaped cloud sometimes occurring at the lower front portion of a cumulonimbus.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Curia
-
noun,
one of the political subdivisions of each of the three tribes of ancient Rome.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- cutie
-
noun,
Informal. a charmingly attractive or cute person, especially a girl or a young woman (often used as a form of address):
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- Usnea
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- curse
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- Ceuta
-
noun,
a seaport and enclave of Spain in N Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar.
- naut.
-
- Teut.
-
- Utter
-
adjective,
complete; total; absolute:
- cine-
-
- curns
-
noun,
a grain.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- 30-30
-
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- Utica
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- cutes
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- 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.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Isiac
-
adjective,
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
- anti-
-
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- titis
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- istic
-
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Titus
-
noun,
a disciple and companion of the apostle Paul, to whom Paul is supposed to have addressed an Epistle.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- Iran.
-
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- ante-
-
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- USAR
-
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- tuts
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tut.”.
- uric
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
- Ste.
-
- aur-
-
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- aer-
-
- uria
-
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- uni-
-
- Aus.
-
- uret
-
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- USRC
-
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- USTC
-
- aut-
-
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- 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.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- USIA
-
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- acr-
-
- Sra.
-
- 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.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- USCA
-
- USNA
-
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- 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.
- ANTU
-
- titi
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- taur
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- 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.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ant.
-
- ANSI
-
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- ten.
-
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- ARIS
-
- art.
-
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- asc-
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- ter.
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tent
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Tit.
-
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- tRNA
-
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- aet.
-
- attn
-
- Attu
-
noun,
the westernmost of the Aleutian Islands: Japanese occupation 1942–43.
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- Aire
-
- Tues
-
- str.
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- tuna
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- trit
-
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- 1080
-
- ance
-
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- att.
-
- tact
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- tri-
-
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ates
-
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- atic
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- AISI
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- sur-
-
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Curt
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Curtis.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- 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.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- cir.
-
- cat.
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- cunt
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- cts.
-
- cur.
-
- rit.
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- RIIA
-
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- 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.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- ctr.
-
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Ice.
-
- Eur.
-
- cen.
-
- 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.
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- cet-
-
- NTIA
-
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- NIRA
-
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- CERN
-
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Inc.
-
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- est.
-
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Catt
-
noun,
Carrie Chapman Lane, 1859–1947, U.S. leader in women's suffrage movements.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- NCTE
-
- etc.
-
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- inae
-
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Cuna
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- 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.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- cit.
-
- int.
-
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- scut
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- scr.
-
- sci.
-
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- RNAS
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- sec.
-
- Cres
-
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- curn
-
noun,
a grain.
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- crat
-
- cute
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- Ire.
-
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Cnut
-
noun,
Canute.
- Can.
-
- saur
-
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- ect-
-
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- cis-
-
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- itis
-
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- Rus.
-
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- INRI
-
- ins.
-
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- 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.
- Ens.
-
- Sat.
-
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- enc.
-
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- crut
-
noun,
crud (def 1).
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- AIC
-
- Ir.
-
- CSA
-
- ine
-
- CNS
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- CST
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- ier
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- CTA
-
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ANC
-
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- CRS
-
- cru
-
noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- cte
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- CRT
-
- CSR
-
- ESR
-
- Cui
-
noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- ECA
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- AUC
-
- ec-
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- ure
-
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- en-
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ur-
-
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- Ar.
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- USR
-
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- uti
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- UTC
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- an.
-
- ea.
-
- USN
-
- ean
-
- 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.
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- USC
-
- ac-
-
- uns
-
- ACS
-
- IAS
-
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- eu-
-
- ics
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ITU
-
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- Ia.
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ETS
-
- tue
-
- Tu.
-
- TTS
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- AEC
-
- ERT
-
- UIT
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ESA
-
- Une
-
- Esc
-
- unc
-
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- tr.
-
- ETR
-
- UCR
-
- UAE
-
- USA
-
- UAR
-
- ESU
-
- Tut
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tut.”.
- ae.
-
- tra
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- TNT
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- RNA
-
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ATC
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- at.
-
- RSA
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- REA
-
- RCT
-
- ASU
-
- RCN
-
- RCA
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- 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.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- CEA
-
- Re.
-
- Rs.
-
- RSE
-
- ASR
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- CAI
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- 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).
- ct.
-
- cs.
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- cr.
-
- ca.
-
- SNU
-
- Sr.
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- rt.
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- rte
-
- RTS
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- STI
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- SAE
-
- St.
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- SAR
-
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- sc.
-
- Sta
-
- ast
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ASN
-
- ARS
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- CIE
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TIA
-
- CIA
-
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- NEA
-
- NEC
-
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- NES
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- 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:
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- 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.
- NIA
-
- ise
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- IRC
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- ISR
-
- IUS
-
- ist
-
- ANU
-
noun,
a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ITA
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- ITC
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- ite
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- ARU
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- ne-
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- NIC
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noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NSC
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- TCA
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- nit
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noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- TCS
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- tea
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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.
- ASI
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- NSU
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- TEC
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noun,
detective.
- NUS
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noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- NSA
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- NRC
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- nr.
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- RCS
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- NRA
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- ase
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- i.
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- TN
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- U.
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- SN
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- RC
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- CE
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- ic
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- RI
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- R.
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- RN
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- UT
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noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- EI
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- N.
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- UC
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- S.
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- SU
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- t.
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- T1
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TT
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- RU
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- NU
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noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- SA
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- TC
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- AU
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plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- UI
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- NI
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- NC
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- AI
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- CU
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