Anagrams of timecards
Word timecards has
938 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of timecards.
- ceramist
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noun,
a person who makes ceramics.
- die-cast
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adjective,
formed by die casting.
- matrices
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noun,
something that constitutes the place or point from which something else originates, takes form, or develops:
- timecard
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noun,
a card for recording the time at which an employee arrives at and departs from a job.
- misread
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verb (used with or without object),
to read wrongly.
- Mideast
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noun,
Middle East.
- disrate
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verb (used with object),
to reduce to a lower rating or rank.
- radices
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noun,
a plural of radix.
- Ditmars
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noun,
Raymond Lee, 1876–1942, U.S. zoologist and author.
- admires
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Idioms,
be admiring of, Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. to admire:
- sidecar
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noun,
a small car attached on one side to a motorcycle and supported on the other side by a wheel of its own, used for a passenger, parcels, etc.
- sidearm
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adverb,
with a swinging motion of the arm moving to the side of the body at shoulder level or below and nearly parallel to the ground:
- directs
-
adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- drastic
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adjective,
acting with force or violence; violent.
- redacts
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verb (used with object),
to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- ARTEMIS
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noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- dermat-
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- tirades
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noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- stearic
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adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- diastem
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noun,
a minor hiatus in an orderly succession of sedimentary rocks.
- astride
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preposition,
with a leg on each side of; straddling:
- 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.
- Mercast
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noun,
a broadcasting system used by U.S. agencies to deliver messages to government-operated ships.
- sedarim
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noun,
a plural of Seder.
- sematic
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adjective,
serving as a sign or warning of danger, as the conspicuous colors or markings of certain poisonous animals.
- imarets
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- credits
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noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- diaster
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noun,
the stage in mitosis at which the chromosomes, after their division and separation, are grouped near the poles of the spindle.
- misdate
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noun,
a wrong date.
- Cedars
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noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- steric
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adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- dermic
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adjective,
dermal.
- maters
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noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Dreams
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noun,
a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- dreamt
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noun,
a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- cairds
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noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- Merida
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noun,
suntan (def 2).
- Caster
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noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- cardi-
-
- driest
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noun,
a prohibitionist.
- samite
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noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- re-act
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verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- armies
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noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- ramets
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noun,
an individual of a clone.
- armets
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noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- dermas
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. dermis.
- merits
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noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- caters
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verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- matri-
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- demits
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noun,
Also, dimit. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
- tirade
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noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- cadets
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noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- dermis
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the dense inner layer of skin beneath the epidermis, composed of connective tissue, blood and lymph vessels, sweat glands, hair follicles, and an elaborate sensory nerve network.
- stride
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noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- sacred
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adjective,
devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated.
- disarm
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verb (used with object),
to deprive of a weapon or weapons.
- direct
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adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- caries
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noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- racism
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noun,
a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- racist
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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.
- cadres
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noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- distr.
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- stream
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noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- Raetic
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noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- dicast
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noun,
(in ancient Athens) a citizen eligible to sit as a judge.
- terais
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noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Astrid
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noun,
a female given name: from Scandinavian, meaning “divine strength.”.
- Mercia
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noun,
an early English kingdom in central Britain.
- Medit.
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- medias
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noun,
a plural of medium.
- Crista
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noun,
a crest or ridge.
- cartes
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noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- dimers
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noun,
a molecule composed of two identical, simpler molecules.
- raised
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noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- timers
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noun,
a person or thing that times.
- carets
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noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Crimea
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noun,
the, a peninsula in SE Ukraine, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
- camise
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noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- amidst
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preposition,
amid.
- triads
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noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- darics
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noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- miters
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noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- ericas
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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.
- Marist
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noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- amides
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noun,
a metallic derivative of ammonia in which the −NH 2 group is retained, as potassium amide, KNH 2 .
- admits
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verb (used with object),
to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to:
- Mister
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noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- admire
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Idioms,
be admiring of, Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. to admire:
- Marcie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Marcia.
- remits
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noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- triacs
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noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- madres
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noun,
mother1 .
- redact
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verb (used with object),
to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- acmite
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noun,
a rare pyroxene mineral, sodium-ferric iron silicate, NaFe(Si 2 O 6), found in feldspathoid rocks.
- crates
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noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- creams
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noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- macers
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noun,
macebearer.
- credit
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noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- Maced.
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- imaret
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- trices
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noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- irades
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noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- C-star
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noun,
carbon star.
- scream
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noun,
a loud, sharp, piercing cry:
- ciders
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noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- treads
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noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- mitres
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noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- recast
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noun,
a recasting.
- amices
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noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- Master
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noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- cerias
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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.
- traces
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noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- metric
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noun,
Often, metrics. a standard for measuring or evaluating something, especially one that uses figures or statistics:
- trades
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noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- Mastic
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noun,
Also called mastic tree, lentisk. a small Mediterranean tree, Pistacia lentiscus, of the cashew family, that is the source of an aromatic resin used in making varnish and adhesives.
- satire
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noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- recti-
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- cerat-
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- metas
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noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- Tarim
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noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- deist
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noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- demi-
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- tares
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noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- dices
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Idioms,
no dice, Informal. of no use or help; ineffective.
- metic
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noun,
an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.
- satem
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adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- mires
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noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- deca-
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- deism
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noun,
belief in the existence of a God on the evidence of reason and nature only, with rejection of supernatural revelation (distinguished from theism).
- dict.
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- misc.
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- taces
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noun,
tasset.
- dicta
-
noun,
a plural of dictum.
- misce
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verb,
(in prescriptions) mix.
- demit
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noun,
Also, dimit. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
- meta-
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- dears
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noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- micra
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noun,
a plural of micron.
- dates
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noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- darts
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- Satie
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noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- daric
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noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- metr-
-
- Dares
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noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- derms
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noun,
a navigational device for making a nearby object conspicuous on a radarscope.
- micas
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noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- dames
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noun,
(initial capital letter)
the official title of a female member of the Order of the British Empire, equivalent to that of a knight.
the official title of the wife of a knight or baronet.
- desc.
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- Tarde
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noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- tames
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adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Metis
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noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- derma
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. dermis.
- derm-
-
- Tamis
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noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- daces
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noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- mesic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
- MIDAS
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a Phrygian king, son of Gordius, who was given by Dionysus the power of turning whatever he touched into gold.
- diam.
-
- deci-
-
- Dream
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noun,
a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- stria
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noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Siret
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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.
- Sidra
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noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- Marie
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noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- simar
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noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- ERICA
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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.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- maist
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adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- emits
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verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- marts
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noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- emirs
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noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- scat-
-
- masc.
-
- MASER
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noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- mast-
-
- marcs
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noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- mairs
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adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- scart
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verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- macer
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noun,
macebearer.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- scrim
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noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- sect.
-
- SCRAM
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noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- irade
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noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- semi-
-
- maces
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noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- maids
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noun,
a female servant.
- sceat
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noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- serac
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noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- madre
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noun,
mother1 .
- serai
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noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- IATSE
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- Seric
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- seti-
-
- sitar
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noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Smart
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noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- diets
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noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- disme
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noun,
a former coin of the U.S., equal to 10 cents, issued in 1792: early form of the dime.
- drats
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interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- Mears
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noun,
mere3 .
- drams
-
noun,
Measurements.
a unit of apothecaries' weight, equal to 60 grains, or 1/8 (0.125) ounce (3.89 grams).
1/16 (0.0625) ounce, avoirdupois weight (27.34 grains; 1.77 grams). Abbreviation: dr., dr.
- stime
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noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- Medic
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noun,
a member of a military medical corps; corpsman.
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- dist.
-
- disc.
-
- drest
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noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- dirts
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noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- Merca
-
noun,
a city in S Somalia.
- Dirae
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plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- Dirac
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noun,
Paul Adrien Maurice, 1902–84, British physicist, in the U.S. after 1971: Nobel Prize 1933.
- Merci
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interjection,
thank you.
- dimer
-
noun,
a molecule composed of two identical, simpler molecules.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- dries
-
noun,
a plural of dry.
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- edit.
-
- edict
-
noun,
a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- smite
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Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- ectad
-
adverb,
outward.
- matr-
-
- McRae
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noun,
Carmen, 1920–94, U.S. jazz singer and songwriter.
- ster.
-
- Srta.
-
- stade
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noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- staid
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- stair
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noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Meads
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noun,
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- Media
-
noun,
a plural of medium.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- crit.
-
- tires
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noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- armed
-
noun,
Usually, arms. weapons, especially firearms.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- 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.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- reads
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- reams
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- amide
-
noun,
a metallic derivative of ammonia in which the −NH 2 group is retained, as potassium amide, KNH 2 .
- amid-
-
- AMICE
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noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- Recit
-
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- ASDIC
-
noun,
sonar.
- AMEDS
-
- 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.
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- cadre
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- cadis
-
noun,
qadi.
- Cadet
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- Cades
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- races
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noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- tides
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- raids
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noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- astr.
-
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- Amer.
-
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Caird
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- acet-
-
- acrid
-
adjective,
sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.:
- acred
-
adjective,
owning many acres of land; landed.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- acmes
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- acids
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- retd.
-
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- 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.
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- tsadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- 30-30
-
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- rect.
-
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- adits
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- aeri-
-
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- treas
-
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- admit
-
verb (used with object),
to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to:
- caids
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- cider
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tera-
-
- Cedar
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- cedis
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- Ceram
-
noun,
an island of the Moluccas in Indonesia, W of New Guinea. 7191 sq. mi. (18,625 sq. km).
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- cert.
-
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- sarc-
-
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- crime
-
noun,
an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited.
- crim.
-
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- cried
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- cream
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- crams
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Cmdr.
-
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- tears
-
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- 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.
- 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.
- Card.
-
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- term.
-
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- camis
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- Carme
-
noun,
a small natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- cames
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- cards
-
noun,
a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder:
- mids
-
noun,
Archaic. the middle.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- std.
-
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- mads
-
noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- MAEd
-
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- maid
-
noun,
a female servant.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Mid.
-
- Sat.
-
- Mar.
-
- MARC
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- made
-
noun,
the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Rida
-
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- med.
-
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- mis-
-
- scr.
-
- sci.
-
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- Mac-
-
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- 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.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- 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.
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- mica
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- rit.
-
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- MScD
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- Sam.
-
- met.
-
- MDES
-
- mdse
-
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- SCAD
-
noun,
any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- RdAc
-
- Mead
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- MSCE
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- rcd.
-
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- msec
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- MSAE
-
- meas
-
- rad.
-
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- MSIE
-
- RADM
-
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Mic.
-
- reds
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- 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.
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- mes-
-
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- 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.
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- 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.
- 1080
-
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- Tasm
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- TDRS
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Cres
-
- crat
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- ctr.
-
- cit.
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cis-
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cir.
-
- 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.
- amdt
-
- cide
-
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- cts.
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- der.
-
- Dem.
-
- Dec.
-
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- AIDS
-
noun,
a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi's sarcoma, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, especially by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- AIME
-
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- dat.
-
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Dame
-
noun,
(initial capital letter)
the official title of a female member of the Order of the British Empire, equivalent to that of a knight.
the official title of the wife of a knight or baronet.
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Aire
-
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- cet-
-
- dia-
-
- atm.
-
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- 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.
- atic
-
- ates
-
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- ARIS
-
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- 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.
- ASTM
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ASME
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- asc-
-
- Arm.
-
- art.
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- amt.
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- cams
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- ter.
-
- Cdr.
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cat.
-
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- caid
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- cads
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- cadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- cade
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- DIAS
-
noun,
Bartholomeu [bahr-too-loo-me-oo] /ˌbɑr tʊ lʊˈmɛ ʊ/ (Show IPA), c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.
- etc.
-
- acid
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- 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.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Ice.
-
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- est.
-
- Esd.
-
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Dice
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- 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.
- sec.
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- trid
-
- Ire.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Sem.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- idem
-
noun,
another exactly the same.
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Idas
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- idae
-
- acr-
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- 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.
- dits
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- DRAM
-
noun,
Measurements.
a unit of apothecaries' weight, equal to 60 grains, or 1/8 (0.125) ounce (3.89 grams).
1/16 (0.0625) ounce, avoirdupois weight (27.34 grains; 1.77 grams). Abbreviation: dr., dr.
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- aet.
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- str.
-
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- Ste.
-
- dis-
-
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- dir.
-
- DIMS
-
Idioms,
take a dim view of, to regard with disapproval, skepticism, or dismay:
- dime
-
noun,
a cupronickel-clad coin of the U.S. and Canada, the 10th part of a dollar, equal to 10 cents.
- dim.
-
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Edam
-
noun,
a mild, hard, yellow cheese, produced in a round shape and coated with red wax.
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- emia
-
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- EDTA
-
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ect-
-
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- Sra.
-
- SRAM
-
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Adm.
-
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- tri-
-
- aer-
-
- RMC
-
- tra
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- tr.
-
- se-
-
- Rs.
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- sc.
-
- STI
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sr.
-
- SMD
-
- SMA
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- 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).
- ScD
-
- 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).
- SCM
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SED
-
- SDA
-
- SDI
-
- SDR
-
- STM
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- RSA
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- RSE
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- rt.
-
- TID
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TIA
-
- rte
-
- RTS
-
- sd.
-
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- SAE
-
- SAR
-
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- TCS
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- TCA
-
- ite
-
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- DAE
-
- di.
-
- DET
-
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- DEA
-
- de-
-
- DCS
-
- d-c
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- DAR
-
- Dam
-
noun,
a barrier to obstruct the flow of water, especially one of earth, masonry, etc., built across a stream or river.
- DSM
-
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- DSC
-
- DCM
-
- cte
-
- CTA
-
- CST
-
- CSR
-
- CSA
-
- CRT
-
- CRS
-
- CMD
-
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- DMA
-
- CIM
-
- 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.
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- EdM
-
abbreviation,
electronic dance music: a range of genres of electronic music often played in nightclubs and characterized by a strong danceable beat:
- EDC
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ed.
-
- ECM
-
- ECA
-
- ec-
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- EAM
-
- DMS
-
- ead
-
- ea.
-
- ETD
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- DST
-
- DSR
-
- DSA
-
- DRE
-
- Dr.
-
- DMT
-
- CMA
-
- CIE
-
- eir
-
- ae.
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- AME
-
- AMC
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- 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.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- AIC
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- AEC
-
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ACS
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- Ar.
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- ADC
-
- ad-
-
- ac-
-
- Am.
-
- AMS
-
- ard
-
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- cs.
-
- CIA
-
- CED
-
- CEA
-
- CDT
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- CAM
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- CAI
-
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- ct.
-
- cr.
-
- 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.
- ca.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ATC
-
- at.
-
- ast
-
- ASR
-
- ASM
-
- ASI
-
- ase
-
- ARS
-
- EDT
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EIS
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MSD
-
- MSA
-
- MRI
-
- MRE
-
- MRA
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MIT
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- MIE
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- mi.
-
- MSI
-
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- MDT
-
- MCR
-
- MCI
-
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- EMR
-
- MAD
-
noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- MSC
-
- MSE
-
- MST
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- RCA
-
- 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.
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- REA
-
- RDS
-
- RDC
-
- RDA
-
- RCT
-
- 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.
- Mt.
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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.
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- RMA
-
- Re.
-
- RCS
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- Rd.
-
- MTS
-
- MTI
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Me.
-
- ics
-
- Ir.
-
- ier
-
- IDS
-
noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- ide
-
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- Ia.
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- id.
-
- ETS
-
- IRS
-
- ETR
-
- ESR
-
- Esc
-
- ESA
-
- ERT
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- EMT
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- IRC
-
- IAS
-
- 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.
- ise
-
- ITA
-
- ITC
-
- Mc-
-
- ist
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- Md.
-
- ISR
-
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- ic
-
- i.
-
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- M.
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- TC
-
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- DC
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- t.
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- R.
-
- TD
-
- CM
-
- CE
-
- DM
-
- T1
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- D.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- S.
-
- DT
-
noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- RC
-
- TM
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- EI
-
- SM
-
- RI
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- SA
-