Anagrams of totalitarianism
Word totalitarianism has
1431 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of totalitarianism.
- transmittal
-
noun,
transmission.
- rationalism
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noun,
the principle or habit of accepting reason as the supreme authority in matters of opinion, belief, or conduct.
- Italianism
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noun,
an Italian practice, trait, or idiom.
- limitation
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noun,
a limiting condition; restrictive weakness; lack of capacity; inability or handicap:
- Italianist
-
noun,
a person who specializes in the study of Italy, the Italian people, or the Italian language.
- natatorial
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adjective,
pertaining to, adapted for, or characterized by swimming:
- militarist
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noun,
a person imbued with militarism.
- imitations
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noun,
a result or product of imitating.
- Matronalia
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noun,
an annual festival of ancient Rome held by matrons in honor of Juno.
- inamoratas
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noun,
a woman who loves or is loved; female sweetheart or lover.
- saltation
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noun,
a dancing, hopping, or leaping movement.
- trailsman
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noun,
a person who follows a trail.
- natatoria
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noun,
a swimming pool, especially one that is indoors.
- imitation
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noun,
a result or product of imitating.
- inamorata
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noun,
a woman who loves or is loved; female sweetheart or lover.
- Timisoara
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noun,
a city in W Romania.
- Samaritan
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noun,
an inhabitant of Samaria.
- striation
-
noun,
striated condition or appearance.
- Ismailian
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noun,
a member of the Ismaʿiliya sect.
- sanitaria
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noun,
an institution for the preservation or recovery of health, especially for convalescence; health resort.
- attrition
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noun,
a reduction or decrease in numbers, size, or strength:
- atonalism
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noun,
atonality.
- on-limits
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adjective,
open or not prohibited to certain persons, as military personnel:
- sitomania
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noun,
abnormal craving for food.
- anatomist
-
noun,
a specialist in anatomy.
- mirlitons
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noun,
kazoo.
- animalist
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noun,
a person driven by animal appetites; sensualist.
- militants
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noun,
a militant person.
- miliarias
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noun,
an inflammatory disease of the skin, located about the sweat glands, marked by the formation of vesicles or papules resembling millet seeds; prickly heat.
- artisanal
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adjective,
pertaining to or noting a person skilled in an applied art:
- antiatoms
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noun,
an atom of antimatter.
- antisolar
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adjective,
(on the celestial sphere) opposite the sun.
- intromits
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verb (used with object),
to send, put, or let in; introduce; admit.
- sanatoria
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noun,
a hospital for the treatment of chronic diseases, as tuberculosis or various nervous or mental disorders.
- tarlatans
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noun,
a thin, plain-weave, open-mesh cotton fabric finished with stiffening agents and sometimes glazed.
- irisation
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noun,
the effect or quality of being iridescent; iridescence.
- laminitis
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noun,
inflammation of sensitive laminae in the hoof of a horse, caused by stressful events, as trauma, infection, or parturition.
- tarantism
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noun,
a mania characterized by an uncontrollable impulse to dance, especially as prevalent in southern Italy from the 15th to the 17th century, popularly attributed to the bite of the tarantula.
- Laminaria
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noun,
any of various often very large kelps of the genus Laminaria, some species of which are the source of algins used as thickening or stabilizing agents in foodstuffs and other products.
- rationals
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noun,
Mathematics. rational number.
- trinomial
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adjective,
Algebra. consisting of or pertaining to three terms.
- rat-a-tat
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noun,
a sound of knocking or rapping:
- tamarins
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noun,
any South American marmoset of the genera Saguinus and Leontopithecus (Leontideus), having silky fur and a nonprehensile tail: several species are threatened or endangered.
- malarias
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noun,
Pathology. any of a group of diseases, usually intermittent or remittent, characterized by attacks of chills, fever, and sweating: formerly supposed to be due to swamp exhalations but now known to be caused by a parasitic protozoan, which is transferred to the human bloodstream by a mosquito of the genus Anopheles and which occupies and destroys red blood cells.
- Tritonis
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noun,
(in ancient geography) a mythical lake near the Mediterranean coast of Libya.
- mainsail
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noun,
the lowermost sail on a mainmast.
- Titanism
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noun,
revolt against tradition, convention, and established order.
- titanias
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noun,
synthetic rutile, TiO 2 , used as a gem.
- Amratian
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adjective,
of, relating to, or belonging to the predynastic Chalcolithic culture that flourished in Upper Egypt about 3800 b.c., characterized by the working of raw gold, the use of copper, and the burial of the dead in shallow graves.
- staminal
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adjective,
of or relating to stamens.
- Atlantis
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noun,
a legendary island, first mentioned by Plato, said to have existed in the Atlantic Ocean west of Gibraltar and to have sunk beneath the sea, but linked by some modern archaeologists with the island of Thera, the surviving remnant of a much larger island destroyed by a volcanic eruption c1500 b.c.
- totalism
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noun,
totalitarianism.
- rational
-
noun,
Mathematics. rational number.
- Tasmania
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noun,
an island S of Australia: a state of the commonwealth of Australia. 26,382 sq. mi. (68,330 sq. km). Capital: Hobart.
- stomatal
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adjective,
of, relating to, or of the nature of a stoma.
- attaints
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noun,
Obsolete. a stain; disgrace; taint.
- Sarmatia
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noun,
the ancient name of a region in E Europe, between the Vistula and the Volga.
- amanitas
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noun,
any agaricaceous fungus of the genus Amanita, comprised chiefly of poisonous species.
- rat-tail
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noun,
grenadier (def 4).
- trailman
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noun,
trailsman.
- Anatolia
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noun,
a vast plateau between the Black and the Mediterranean seas: in ancient usage, synonymous with the peninsula of Asia Minor; in modern usage, applied to Turkey in Asia.
- mistrial
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noun,
a trial terminated without conclusion on the merits of the case because of some error in the proceedings.
- Stratton
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noun,
Charles Sherwood ("General Tom Thumb") 1838–83, U.S. midget who performed in the circus of P. T. Barnum.
- Marianao
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noun,
a city in NW Cuba, a suburb of Havana.
- martians
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noun,
a supposed inhabitant of the planet Mars:
- aortitis
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noun,
inflammation of the aorta.
- martinis
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noun,
a cocktail made with gin or vodka and dry vermouth, usually served with a green olive or a twist of lemon peel.
- Maritain
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noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1882–1973, French philosopher and diplomat.
- arnattos
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noun,
annatto (def 2).
- antistat
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noun,
an antistatic agent.
- Ismailia
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noun,
a city and seaport at the midpoint of the Suez Canal, in NE Egypt.
- tarlatan
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noun,
a thin, plain-weave, open-mesh cotton fabric finished with stiffening agents and sometimes glazed.
- antiatom
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noun,
an atom of antimatter.
- Matralia
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noun,
an annual festival of ancient Rome celebrated by women in honor of the goddess Matuta.
- mirliton
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noun,
kazoo.
- marantas
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noun,
any of several tropical American plants of the genus Maranta, including arrowroot and several species cultivated as ornamentals for their variegated foliage.
- tonalist
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noun,
a person who works with or uses tonality, especially one who uses traditional tonality rather than atonality in composing music.
- titrants
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noun,
the reagent added in a titration.
- miliaria
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noun,
an inflammatory disease of the skin, located about the sweat glands, marked by the formation of vesicles or papules resembling millet seeds; prickly heat.
- militant
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noun,
a militant person.
- animator
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noun,
a person or thing that animates.
- militias
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noun,
a body of citizens enrolled for military service, and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies.
- isanomal
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noun,
a line on a map or chart connecting points having an equal anomaly of a meteorological quantity.
- Animalia
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noun,
the taxonomic kingdom comprising all animals.
- Miltonia
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noun,
any of various epiphytic tropical American orchids of the genus Miltonia, having sprays of showy, flat, variously colored flowers.
- tritomas
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noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Kniphofia, of the lily family, native to Africa, especially K. uvaria, having long, dense clusters of tubular red or yellow flowers.
- moralist
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noun,
a person who teaches or inculcates morality.
- tantaras
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noun,
a blast of a trumpet or horn.
- intarsia
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noun,
an art or technique of decorating a surface with inlaid patterns, especially of wood mosaic, developed during the Renaissance.
- talisman
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noun,
a stone, ring, or other object, engraved with figures or characters supposed to possess occult powers and worn as an amulet or charm.
- salariat
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noun,
the class of workers in an economy who receive salaries.
- initials
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noun,
an initial letter, as of a word.
- Tatianas
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noun,
a female given name.
- notarial
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a notary public.
- Latinist
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noun,
a specialist in Latin.
- Latinism
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noun,
a mode of expression derived from or imitative of Latin.
- Alastair
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noun,
a male given name.
- alarmist
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noun,
a person who tends to raise alarms, especially without sufficient reason, as by exaggerating dangers or prophesying calamities.
- also-ran
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noun,
Sports.
(in a race) a contestant who fails to win or to place among the first three finishers.
an athlete or team whose performance in competition is rarely, if ever, a winning or near-winning one.
- intimist
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noun,
an intimist painter, writer, etc.
- Romanist
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noun,
Disparaging. a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
- tamaraos
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noun,
tamarau.
- laotians
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Laos.
- introits
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noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a part of a psalm with antiphon recited by the celebrant of the Mass at the foot of the altar and, at High Mass, sung by the choir when the priest begins the Mass.
- transmit
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verb (used with object),
to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
- intromit
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verb (used with object),
to send, put, or let in; introduce; admit.
- airmails
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noun,
the system, especially a government postal system, of sending mail by airplane.
- orinasal
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noun,
an orinasal sound.
- Alsatian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Alsace.
- Arianism
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noun,
the doctrine, taught by Arius, that Christ the Son was not consubstantial with God the Father.
- strontia
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noun,
Also called strontium oxide. a white or grayish-white, amorphous powder, SrO, resembling lime in its general character: used chiefly in the manufacture of strontium salts.
- Altamira
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noun,
a cave in northern Spain, near Santander, noted for its Upper Paleolithic polychrome paintings of bison, deer, and pigs.
- talions
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noun,
lex talionis.
- Maranta
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noun,
any of several tropical American plants of the genus Maranta, including arrowroot and several species cultivated as ornamentals for their variegated foliage.
- artisan
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noun,
a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
- tatamis
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noun,
(in Japanese houses) any of a number of thick, woven straw mats of uniform dimensions, about three feet by six feet (91 cm by 183 cm), the placing of which determines the dimensions of an interior.
- Taranto
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noun,
Ancient Tarentum. a fortified seaport in SE Italy, on the Gulf of Taranto: founded by the Greeks in the 8th century b.c.; naval base.
- stratal
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adjective,
of a stratum or strata.
- mantras
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noun,
Hinduism. a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.
- asarota
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noun,
(in ancient Roman architecture) a painted pavement.
- attorns
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verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- lariats
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noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- Tarlton
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noun,
Richard, died 1588, English actor.
- titrant
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noun,
the reagent added in a titration.
- talaria
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plural noun,
the wings or winged sandals on the feet of Hermes, or Mercury.
- isation
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- strati-
-
- marinas
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noun,
a boat basin offering dockage and other service for small craft.
- iris-in
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noun,
the gradual appearance of an image or scene through an expanding circle.
- marital
-
- marlins
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noun,
any large, saltwater game fish of the genera Makaira and Tetrapterus, having the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike structure.
- tamarin
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noun,
any South American marmoset of the genera Saguinus and Leontopithecus (Leontideus), having silky fur and a nonprehensile tail: several species are threatened or endangered.
- Laotian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Laos.
- Maritsa
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noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing from S Bulgaria along the boundary between Greece and European Turkey and into the Aegean. 300 miles (485 km) long.
- aristo-
-
- strato-
-
- Marsala
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noun,
a seaport in W Sicily.
- Titoism
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noun,
a form of communism associated with Tito, characterized by the assertion by a satellite state of its national interests in opposition to Soviet rule.
- arnatto
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noun,
annatto (def 2).
- tamaris
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noun,
a rich, naturally fermented soybean sauce containing little or no wheat and thicker than soy sauce.
- tailors
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- Marisol
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noun,
(Marisol Escobar) born 1930, Venezuelan artist, in U.S. since 1950.
- tantara
-
noun,
a blast of a trumpet or horn.
- Introit
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noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a part of a psalm with antiphon recited by the celebrant of the Mass at the foot of the altar and, at High Mass, sung by the choir when the priest begins the Mass.
- attaint
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noun,
Obsolete. a stain; disgrace; taint.
- tamarao
-
noun,
tamarau.
- starlit
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adjective,
lighted by the stars:
- Titania
-
noun,
synthetic rutile, TiO 2 , used as a gem.
- Stilton
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- tartans
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noun,
a woolen or worsted cloth woven with stripes of different colors and widths crossing at right angles, worn chiefly by the Scottish Highlanders, each clan having its own distinctive plaid.
- latrias
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noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- Stalino
-
noun,
a former name of Donetsk.
- atamans
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noun,
the elected chief of a Cossack village or military force.
- station
-
noun,
a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- stamin-
-
- astrol.
-
- stamina
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noun,
strength of physical constitution; power to endure disease, fatigue, privation, etc.
- Atlanta
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Georgia, in the N part.
- liaison
-
noun,
the contact or connection maintained by communications between units of the armed forces or of any other organization in order to ensure concerted action, cooperation, etc.
- laminar
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adjective,
composed of, or arranged in, laminae.
- laminas
-
noun,
a thin plate, scale, or layer.
- statant
-
adjective,
(of an animal) represented as standing with all feet on the ground:
- Mai-Tai
-
noun,
a cocktail of rum, curaçao, lemon and pineapple juice, grenadine, and orgeat syrup, poured over crushed ice.
- malaria
-
noun,
Pathology. any of a group of diseases, usually intermittent or remittent, characterized by attacks of chills, fever, and sweating: formerly supposed to be due to swamp exhalations but now known to be caused by a parasitic protozoan, which is transferred to the human bloodstream by a mosquito of the genus Anopheles and which occupies and destroys red blood cells.
- Mansart
-
noun,
Jules Hardouin [zhyl ar-dwan] /ʒül arˈdwɛ̃/ (Show IPA), (Jules Hardouin) 1646–1708, French architect: chief architectural director for Louis XIV.
- Tatiana
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noun,
a female given name.
- attains
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verb (used with object),
to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain:
- Liatris
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noun,
any of various composite plants of the genus Liatris, native to North America, having long spikes of purplish flowers.
- stomata
-
noun,
a plural of stoma.
- manilas
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of the Philippines, on W central Luzon. Abbreviation: Man.
Compare Quezon City.
- latinos
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- titlist
-
noun,
a titleholder; champion.
- Italian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Italy, or a person of Italian descent.
- Tartini
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1692–1770, Italian violinist and composer.
- titians
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noun,
(Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.
- Astolat
-
noun,
a place in the Arthurian romances, possibly in Surrey, England.
- ironist
-
noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- tantras
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noun,
(italics) Hinduism. any of several books of esoteric doctrine regarding rituals, disciplines, meditation, etc., composed in the form of dialogues between Shiva and his Shakti; Agama.
- stomat-
-
- initial
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noun,
an initial letter, as of a word.
- Latitia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- malison
-
noun,
a curse.
- Linaria
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Linaria, of the figwort family, especially of the cultivated species, as L. maroccana or L. aeruginea, having slender clusters of spurred flowers in a variety of colors.
- Marston
-
noun,
John, c1575–1634, English dramatist and satirical poet.
- Amittai
-
noun,
the father of Jonah. II Kings 14:25.
- saltant
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adjective,
dancing; leaping; jumping.
- Alsatia
-
noun,
name formerly given to the Whitefriars district in London, England, which was a sanctuary for debtors and lawbreakers.
- natator
-
noun,
a swimmer.
- Samaria
-
noun,
a district in ancient Palestine: later part of the Roman province of Syria; taken by Jordan 1948; occupied by Israel 1967.
- altoist
-
noun,
a performer on the alto saxophone.
- Amanita
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noun,
any agaricaceous fungus of the genus Amanita, comprised chiefly of poisonous species.
- Santali
-
noun,
the Munda language spoken by the Santal.
- amatols
-
noun,
an explosive mixture of ammonium nitrate and TNT.
- mortals
-
noun,
a human being.
- Amon-Ra
-
noun,
Amen-Ra.
- nostril
-
noun,
either of the two external openings of the nose.
- Monilia
-
noun,
a fungus of the genus Monilia, of the class Fungi Imperfecti, having spherical or oval conidia in branched chains.
- amorist
-
noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- similar
-
adjective,
having a likeness or resemblance, especially in a general way:
- simitar
-
noun,
scimitar.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- amritas
-
noun,
the beverage of immortality.
- Sinaloa
-
noun,
a state in W Mexico, bordering on the Gulf of California. 22,582 sq. mi. (58,485 sq. km). Capital: Culiacán.
- Sinatra
-
noun,
Frank (Francis Albert) 1915–98, U.S. singer and actor.
- sirloin
-
noun,
the portion of the loin of beef in front of the rump.
- normals
-
adjective,
conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- alinota
-
noun,
the plate to which the wings are attached on the notum of an insect.
- anattos
-
noun,
annatto.
- rialtos
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- tsarina
-
noun,
czarina.
- ramtils
-
noun,
Niger seed.
- tritons
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- Tritoma
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Kniphofia, of the lily family, native to Africa, especially K. uvaria, having long, dense clusters of tubular red or yellow flowers.
- Tristan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Tristram.
- rattans
-
noun,
Also called rattan palm. any of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus or allied genera.
- rattons
-
noun,
a rat.
- Osmanli
-
noun,
an Ottoman.
- airmail
-
noun,
the system, especially a government postal system, of sending mail by airplane.
- Alastor
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) an avenging spirit or deity frequently evoked in Greek tragedy; a male Nemesis.
- oralist
-
noun,
an advocate of oralism.
- oralism
-
noun,
the theory, practice, or advocacy of education for the deaf chiefly or exclusively through lipreading, training in speech production, and training of residual hearing.
- Trianta
-
noun,
Trianda.
- transom
-
noun,
a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it.
- Romains
-
noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Louis Farigoule) 1885–1972, French novelist, poet, and dramatist.
- transl.
-
- Romania
-
noun,
a republic in SE Europe, bordering on the Black Sea. 91,699 sq. mi. (237,500 sq. km). Capital: Bucharest.
- Transit
-
noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- oarsman
-
noun,
a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.
- Mistral
-
noun,
a cold, dry, northerly wind common in southern France and neighboring regions.
- Somalia
-
noun,
an independent republic on the E coast of Africa, formed from the former British Somaliland and the former Italian Somaliland. 246,198 sq. mi. (637,653 sq. km). Capital: Mogadishu.
- martins
-
noun,
Peter, born 1946, U.S. choreographer and ballet master, born in Denmark.
- animato
-
adjective,
animated; lively. Abbreviation: anim.
- anosmia
-
noun,
absence or loss of the sense of smell.
- Martial
-
noun,
(Marcus Valerius Martialis) a.d. 43?–104? Roman epigrammatist, born in Spain.
- matrons
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- Martina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tomtits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- solaria
-
noun,
a glass-enclosed room, porch, or the like, exposed to the sun's rays, as at a seaside hotel or for convalescents in a hospital.
- mattins
-
noun,
matin (def 1).
- militia
-
noun,
a body of citizens enrolled for military service, and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies.
- antiars
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- Martini
-
noun,
a cocktail made with gin or vodka and dry vermouth, usually served with a green olive or a twist of lemon peel.
- solatia
-
noun,
something given in compensation for inconvenience, loss, injury, or the like; recompense.
- Martian
-
noun,
a supposed inhabitant of the planet Mars:
- Marini
-
noun,
Giambattista [jahm-baht-tees-tah] /ˌdʒɑm bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), Also, Marino [muh-ree-noh;; Italian mah-ree-naw] /məˈri noʊ;; Italian mɑˈri nɔ/ (Show IPA), ("il Cavalier Marino") 1569–1625, Italian poet.
- Manala
-
noun,
Tuonela.
- Marino
-
noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- oilman
-
noun,
a person who owns or operates oil wells or an executive in the petroleum industry.
- Marion
-
noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- Rimini
-
noun,
Francesca da, Francesca da Rimini.
- masto-
-
- riatas
-
noun,
a lariat.
- tamari
-
noun,
a rich, naturally fermented soybean sauce containing little or no wheat and thicker than soy sauce.
- matins
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- lariat
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- Marina
-
noun,
a boat basin offering dockage and other service for small craft.
- Romans
-
noun,
an Epistle of the New Testament, written by Paul to the Christian community in Rome. Abbreviation: Rom.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- Marian
-
noun,
a person who has a particular devotion to the Virgin Mary.
- Tamara
-
noun,
a powdered mixture of cinnamon, cloves, coriander, aniseed, and fennel seed.
- talons
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- Latina
-
noun,
a woman of Latin-American descent.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- matri-
-
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- matron
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- normal
-
noun,
the average or mean:
- latins
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- Marist
-
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.
- Tamils
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- maslin
-
noun,
a mixture of different grains, flours, or meals, especially rye mixed with wheat.
- Taoism
-
noun,
the philosophical system evolved by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu, advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to attain a happy existence in harmony with the Tao.
- Ransom
-
noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- somat-
-
- ramtil
-
noun,
Niger seed.
- ramson
-
noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- Ramona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- ratals
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- raisin
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- Italia
-
noun,
Italian name of Italy.
- ratans
-
noun,
rattan.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- Marlon
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Marlin
-
noun,
any large, saltwater game fish of the genera Makaira and Tetrapterus, having the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike structure.
- Somali
-
noun,
a member of a Hamitic population showing an admixture of Arab, black, and other ancestry, and dwelling in Somalia and adjacent regions.
- Tantra
-
noun,
(italics) Hinduism. any of several books of esoteric doctrine regarding rituals, disciplines, meditation, etc., composed in the form of dialogues between Shiva and his Shakti; Agama.
- Rattan
-
noun,
Also called rattan palm. any of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus or allied genera.
- ottars
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- tanist
-
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.
- lamias
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a class of fabulous monsters, commonly represented with the head and breast of a woman and the body of a serpent, said to allure youths and children in order to suck their blood.
- somni-
-
- lamina
-
noun,
a thin plate, scale, or layer.
- otitis
-
noun,
inflammation of the ear.
- ratton
-
noun,
a rat.
- Lamont
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- sailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- lanais
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Salian
-
noun,
a Salian Frank.
- Salaam
-
noun,
a salutation meaning “peace,” used especially in Islamic countries.
- monial
-
noun,
a mullion.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- Lorain
-
noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- lorans
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- milit.
-
- mantra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.
- mortal
-
noun,
a human being.
- Siloam
-
noun,
a spring and pool near Jerusalem. John 9:7.
- Morini
-
noun,
Erika, 1906–1995, U.S. violinist, born in Austria.
- stator
-
noun,
Electricity, Machinery. a portion of a machine that remains fixed with respect to rotating parts, especially the collection of stationary parts in the magnetic circuits of a machine.
Compare rotor (def 1).
- morals
-
noun,
the moral teaching or practical lesson contained in a fable, tale, experience, etc.
- mantis
-
noun,
any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- simian
-
noun,
an ape or monkey.
- mantas
-
noun,
(in Spain and Spanish America) a cloak or wrap.
- Manisa
-
noun,
a city in W Turkey, near the Aegean: Roman defeat of Antiochus the Great 190 b.c.
- Sarnia
-
noun,
a port in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on the S shore of Lake Huron, on the St. Clair River, across from Port Huron, Michigan.
- Milton
-
noun,
John, 1608–74, English poet.
- Molina
-
noun,
Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1535–1600, Spanish Jesuit theologian.
- Manila
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of the Philippines, on W central Luzon. Abbreviation: Man.
Compare Quezon City.
- Smriti
-
noun,
writings containing traditions concerning law, rituals, teachings of the sages, the epics, and the Puranas.
- molars
-
noun,
Also called molar tooth. a tooth having a broad biting surface adapted for grinding, being one of twelve in humans, with three on each side of the upper and lower jaws.
- Stalin
-
noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- manias
-
noun,
excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
- Sorata
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Bolivia, in the Andes, near Lake Titicaca: two peaks, Ancohuma, 21,490 feet (6550 meters), and Illampu, 21,276 feet (6485 meters).
- smalto
-
noun,
colored glass or similar vitreous material used in mosaic.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- mitral
-
adjective,
of or resembling a miter.
- malars
-
noun,
Also, malar bone. zygomatic bone.
- Manati
-
noun,
a city in N Puerto Rico.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- Lomita
-
noun,
a town in SW California.
- Latona
-
noun,
the goddess Leto as identified in Roman mythology.
- Samara
-
noun,
an indehiscent, usually one-seeded, winged fruit, as of the elm or maple.
- salami
-
noun,
a kind of sausage, originally Italian, often flavored with garlic.
- maloti
-
noun,
plural of loti.
- latria
-
noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- Salina
-
noun,
a saline marsh, spring, or the like.
- Salmon
-
noun,
a marine and freshwater food fish, Salmo salar, of the family Salmonidae, having pink flesh, inhabiting waters off the North Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America near the mouths of large rivers, which it enters to spawn.
- nitro-
-
- marais
-
noun,
a swamp or bayou.
- lianas
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- Samain
-
noun,
Samhain.
- talion
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- sonata
-
noun,
a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys.
- natals
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- Talara
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Peru.
- limits
-
noun,
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- taints
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Maoris
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- narial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the nares or nostrils.
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- stroma
-
noun,
Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- Samian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Samos.
- tarata
-
noun,
a tree, Pittosporum eugenioides, of New Zealand, having elliptic leaves and fragrant, yellow flowers, grown as an ornamental.
- Samoan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Samoa.
- Santal
-
noun,
sandalwood.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- strata
-
noun,
a plural of stratum.
- Strait
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- Namtar
-
noun,
the Sumerian and Akkadian demon personifying death.
- Isaian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of Isaiah or of the book of the Bible bearing his name.
- Anomia
-
noun,
the inability to name objects or to recognize the written or spoken names of objects.
- Tilsit
-
noun,
former name of Sovetsk.
- aloins
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- aslant
-
adverb,
at a slant; slantingly; obliquely.
- tra-la
-
noun,
nonsense syllables sung as a refrain, expressing gaiety.
- almost
-
adverb,
very nearly; all but:
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- Alison
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- trans.
-
- iatro-
-
- alarms
-
noun,
a sudden fear or distressing suspense caused by an awareness of danger; apprehension; fright.
- Anatol
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “sunrise.”.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- Amrita
-
noun,
the beverage of immortality.
- anatta
-
noun,
the doctrine asserting the nonexistence of a personal and immortal soul. Sanskrit, anatman.
- Aromas
-
noun,
an odor arising from spices, plants, cooking, etc., especially an agreeable odor; fragrance.
- anatto
-
noun,
annatto.
- tiaras
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- Ilorin
-
noun,
a town in W central Nigeria.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- Tiamat
-
noun,
an Akkadian goddess, the consort of Apsu and mother of the gods.
- tolans
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- Arista
-
noun,
Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
- inmost
-
adjective,
situated farthest within:
- tatars
-
noun,
a member of a modern Turkic people living in the Tatar Autonomous Republic and adjacent regions of eastern European Russia and in widely scattered communities in western Siberia and central Asia.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- Asmara
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Eritrea, in N Ethiopia.
- attorn
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- instil
-
verb (used with object),
instill.
- Altman
-
noun,
Robert, 1925–2006, U.S. film director, producer, and screenwriter.
- ataman
-
noun,
the elected chief of a Cossack village or military force.
- astron
-
- amatol
-
noun,
an explosive mixture of ammonium nitrate and TNT.
- Amarna
-
adjective,
of or relating to the period in ancient Egyptian history described on cuneiform tablets (Amarna tablets) that were found in 1887 at Tell el Amarna and contain the correspondence (Amarna letters) from neighboring kings and governors to Amenhotep IV and his father Amenhotep III.
- Amalia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- astro-
-
- astral
-
adjective,
pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- amino-
-
- Altona
-
noun,
a metropolitan district of Hamburg, Germany: formerly an independent city.
- totals
-
noun,
the total amount; sum; aggregate:
- atonal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or marked by atonality.
- titman
-
noun,
the runt of an animal litter, especially the smallest pig.
- tonsil
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- amnios
-
- Altair
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Aquila.
- Titian
-
noun,
(Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.
- amoral
-
adjective,
not involving questions of right or wrong; without moral quality; neither moral nor immoral.
- asrama
-
noun,
any of the four phases of the ideally conducted life: education, work, withdrawal from society, and asceticism.
- attain
-
verb (used with object),
to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain:
- Alston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- asonia
-
noun,
tone deafness.
- attars
-
noun,
Also, atar, athar, ottar, otto. a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
- Attila
-
noun,
("Scourge of God") a.d. 406?–453, king of the Huns who invaded Europe: defeated by the Romans and Visigoths in 451 at Châlons-sur-Marne in France.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- alamos
-
noun,
a poplar.
- 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.
- Animas
-
noun,
soul; life.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- aaliis
-
noun,
a bushy shrub, Dodonaea viscosa, of Australia, Hawaii, Africa, and tropical America, having sticky foliage.
- antiar
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- Aralia
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Aralia and related genera, several of which are cultivated as houseplants or have been used medicinally.
- aniso-
-
- triols
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- aortas
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- tarots
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- tarsal
-
noun,
a tarsal bone, joint, or the like.
- Tasman
-
noun,
Abel Janszoon [ah-buh l yahn-sohn] /ˈɑ bəl ˈyɑn soʊn/ (Show IPA), 1602?–59, Dutch navigator and explorer.
- animal
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Animalia, comprising multicellular organisms that have a well-defined shape and usually limited growth, can move voluntarily, actively acquire food and digest it internally, and have sensory and nervous systems that allow them to respond rapidly to stimuli: some classification schemes also include protozoa and certain other single-celled eukaryotes that have motility and animallike nutritional modes.
- Tartan
-
noun,
a woolen or worsted cloth woven with stripes of different colors and widths crossing at right angles, worn chiefly by the Scottish Highlanders, each clan having its own distinctive plaid.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- tomtit
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- tarso-
-
- Antlia
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Air Pump, a small southern constellation between Vela and Hydra.
- tarsia
-
noun,
intarsia.
- iritis
-
noun,
inflammation of the iris of the eye.
- Triton
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- aiolis
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- intima
-
noun,
the innermost membrane or lining of some organ or part, especially that of an artery, vein, or lymphatic.
- Tolima
-
noun,
a volcano in W Colombia, in the Andes. 18,438 feet (5620 meters).
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- instr.
-
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- 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.
- intro.
-
- tatami
-
noun,
(in Japanese houses) any of a number of thick, woven straw mats of uniform dimensions, about three feet by six feet (91 cm by 183 cm), the placing of which determines the dimensions of an interior.
- intra-
-
- airman
-
noun,
an aviator.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- total
-
noun,
the total amount; sum; aggregate:
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- 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.
- anima
-
noun,
soul; life.
- milts
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- Amato
-
noun,
Pasquale [puh-skwah-lee,, -ley;; Italian pahs-kwah-le] /pəˈskwɑ li,, -leɪ;; Italian pɑsˈkwɑ lɛ/ (Show IPA), 1879–1942, Italian operatic baritone.
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- Milan
-
noun,
an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral.
- Amora
-
noun,
one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in the rabbinical academies of Palestine and Babylonia from the 3rd to the 6th centuries a.d., whose commentaries on and interpretations of the Mishnah comprise the Palestinian and Babylonian Gemaras.
- Milos
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- Islam
-
noun,
the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the basic principle of which is absolute submission to a unique and personal god, Allah.
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- anis-
-
- milia
-
noun,
a small white or yellowish nodule resembling a millet seed, produced in the skin by the retention of sebaceous secretion.
- Mont.
-
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- amin-
-
- moral
-
noun,
the moral teaching or practical lesson contained in a fable, tale, experience, etc.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- anoia
-
noun,
extreme mental deficiency.
- toti-
-
- morns
-
noun,
morning.
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- Misti
-
noun,
El Misti.
- mitts
-
noun,
Baseball.
a rounded glove with one internal section for the four fingers and another for the thumb and having the side next to the palm of the hand protected by a thick padding, used by catchers.
a somewhat similar glove but with less padding and having sections for the thumb and one or two fingers, used by first basemen. Compare baseball glove.
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- Minos
-
noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- Smail
-
noun,
snail mail.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- miso-
-
- smalt
-
noun,
a coloring agent made of blue glass produced by fusing silica, potassium carbonate, and cobalt oxide, used in powdered form to add color to vitreous materials.
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- anim.
-
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- Minto
-
noun,
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond [el-ee-uh t-mur-ee-ki-nin-muh nd,, -muhr-ee-,, el-yuh t-] /ˈɛl i ətˈmɜr i kɪˈnɪn mənd,, -ˈmʌr i-,, ˈɛl yət-/ (Show IPA), 4th Earl of, 1845–1914, British colonial administrator: governor general of Canada 1898–1904; viceroy of India 1905–10.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- anat.
-
- molts
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- torts
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- molar
-
noun,
Also called molar tooth. a tooth having a broad biting surface adapted for grinding, being one of twelve in humans, with three on each side of the upper and lower jaws.
- smolt
-
noun,
a young, silvery salmon in the stage of its first migration to the sea.
- mini-
-
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- moils
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- anal.
-
- Sino-
-
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- minis
-
noun,
miniskirt.
- sito-
-
- 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.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- Amati
-
noun,
Nicolò [nee-kaw-law] /ˌni kɔˈlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1596–1684, Italian violinmaker, one of a famous family of 16th- and 17th-century violinmakers: teacher of Antonio Stradivari.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- orial
-
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- omni-
-
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Alamo
-
noun,
a poplar.
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- aioli
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- Alans
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- 30-30
-
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- ratal
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- trots
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- Ramon
-
noun,
any of several tropical American trees belonging to the genus Brosimum, of the mulberry family, the leaves of which are used as forage, especially B. alicastrum, which bears the breadnut.
- Raman
-
noun,
Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata [chuhn-druh-shey-ker-uh veng-kuh-tuh] /ˈtʃʌn drəˈʃeɪ kər ə ˈvɛŋ kə tə/ (Show IPA), 1888–1970, Indian physicist: Nobel prize 1930.
- ramal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a ramus.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- 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).
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- aalii
-
noun,
a bushy shrub, Dodonaea viscosa, of Australia, Hawaii, Africa, and tropical America, having sticky foliage.
- Aalst
-
noun,
Flemish name of Alost.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Aalto
-
noun,
Alvar [ahl-vahr] /ˈɑl vɑr/ (Show IPA), 1898–1976, Finnish architect and furniture designer.
- Aaron
-
noun,
the older brother of Moses, usually regarded as the first high priest of the Hebrews. Ex. 28; 40:13–16.
- ottar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- alani
-
plural noun,
a nomadic Iranian people who flourished in the 2nd–4th centuries a.d. and are ancestors of the present-day Ossets.
- alarm
-
noun,
a sudden fear or distressing suspense caused by an awareness of danger; apprehension; fright.
- Amata
-
noun,
the mother, by Latinus, of Lavinia.
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- Samar
-
noun,
an island in the E central Philippines. 5309 sq. mi. (13,750 sq. km).
- natl.
-
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Alta.
-
- Altai
-
noun,
a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Capital: Barnaul.
- Natal
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- alti-
-
- naso-
-
- nasal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- alto-
-
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- Natta
-
noun,
Giulio [joo-lyaw] /ˈdʒu lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1903–79, Italian chemist and engineer: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1963.
- Samoa
-
noun,
a group of islands in the S Pacific, the islands W of 170° W longitude constituting an independent state and the rest belonging to the U.S.
- amain
-
adverb,
with full force.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- Naima
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “benevolent.”.
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- sanit
-
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Amasa
-
noun,
the commander of Absalom's army and later of David's army. II Sam. 17:25; 19:13.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- Saran
-
noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- Saman
-
noun,
a Persian noble who lived in the 8th century a.d., progenitor of the Samanid dynasty.
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Alas.
-
- alias
-
noun,
a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- trama
-
noun,
a specialized hyphal tissue constituting the internal structure of mushroom gills, pore tubes, or spines.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- almas
-
noun,
a town in SE Quebec, in SE Canada.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Almon
-
noun,
a Philippine, dipterocarpaceous tree, Shorea eximia.
- salat
-
noun,
prayers, said five times a day: the second of the Pillars of Islam.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- salmi
-
noun,
a ragout of partially cooked game, as pheasant or woodcock, stewed in wine and butter.
- Nitti
-
noun,
Francesco Saverio [frahn-ches-kaw sah-ve-ryaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ sɑˈvɛ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1868–1953, Italian lawyer, statesman, and economist.
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- nitr-
-
- Salta
-
noun,
a game for two, resembling Chinese checkers, played on a board with 100 squares.
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- altar
-
noun,
an elevated place or structure, as a mound or platform, at which religious rites are performed or on which sacrifices are offered to gods, ancestors, etc.
- anoas
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- atria
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- maars
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Tatar
-
noun,
a member of a modern Turkic people living in the Tatar Autonomous Republic and adjacent regions of eastern European Russia and in widely scattered communities in western Siberia and central Asia.
- Larsa
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in southern Iraq: archaeological site.
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- stat.
-
- Atman
-
noun,
the principle of life.
- atmo-
-
- stilt
-
noun,
one of two poles, each with a support for the foot at some distance above the bottom end, enabling the wearer to walk with his or her feet above the ground.
- ation
-
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- Tamar
-
noun,
the daughter of David and half-sister of Absalom. II Sam. 13.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- Stoat
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- stoma
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- Lotta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Charlotte.
- ATLAS
-
noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- intr.
-
- inst.
-
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- Srta.
-
- astr.
-
- Malar
-
noun,
Also, malar bone. zygomatic bone.
- Tamil
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- Malan
-
noun,
Daniel François [frahn-swah] /frɑnˈswɑ/ (Show IPA), 1874–1959, South African editor and political leader: prime minister 1948–54.
- Liman
-
noun,
a muddy lagoon, marsh, or lake near the mouth of a river behind part of the delta and more or less protected from open water by a barrier or spit.
- Lanai
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- lanas
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- atilt
-
adjective, adverb,
with a tilt or inclination; tilted:
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- Tamas
-
noun,
See under guna.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- lansa
-
noun,
langsat.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- mails
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- ta-ta
-
interjection,
goodbye.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- matts
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Matthew.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- imino
-
adjective,
containing the imino group.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- tilts
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Liana
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- imit.
-
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- limos
-
noun,
a limousine.
- talas
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- Limon
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1908–72, Mexican dancer and choreographer in the U.S.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- limns
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- Ilion
-
noun,
Greek name of ancient Troy.
- ilio-
-
- limit
-
noun,
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Storm
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- insol
-
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- attar
-
noun,
Also, atar, athar, ottar, otto. a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
- init.
-
- atto-
-
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- loams
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- LittM
-
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- limas
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- Marta
-
noun,
a female given name.
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- marls
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- ition
-
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- Iran.
-
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- aroma
-
noun,
an odor arising from spices, plants, cooking, etc., especially an agreeable odor; fragrance.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- tarot
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- aorta
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- matr-
-
- tonia
-
- Matt.
-
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- anti-
-
- Ital.
-
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- molas
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- mast-
-
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Mason
-
noun,
a person whose trade is building with units of various natural or artificial mineral products, as stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or tiles, usually with the use of mortar or cement as a bonding agent.
- Masan
-
noun,
a seaport in SE South Korea.
- Masai
-
noun,
a member of an African people inhabiting the highlands of Kenya and Tanzania and having a largely pastoral economy and a society based on the patrilineal clan.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- Manta
-
noun,
(in Spain and Spanish America) a cloak or wrap.
- titis
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- Titos
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- tanto
-
adverb,
(of a musical direction) too much; so much.
- manas
-
noun,
the rational faculty of the mind.
- mania
-
noun,
excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- manor
-
noun,
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- Lamar
-
noun,
Joseph R. 1857–1916, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1911–16.
- Lamas
-
noun,
Carlos Saavedra [kahr-laws sah-ah-ve-drah] /ˈkɑr lɔs ˌsɑ ɑˈvɛ drɑ/ (Show IPA), Saavedra Lamas, Carlos.
- lamia
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a class of fabulous monsters, commonly represented with the head and breast of a woman and the body of a serpent, said to allure youths and children in order to suck their blood.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- asana
-
noun,
any of the postures in a yoga exercise.
- Manat
-
noun,
a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess personifying fortune, sometimes considered a daughter of Allah.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- toast
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- artal
-
noun,
plural of rotl.
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Malta
-
noun,
an island in the Mediterranean between Sicily and Africa. 95 sq. mi. (246 sq. km).
- malts
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- Maria
-
noun,
calaba.
- maras
-
noun,
a city in S Turkey, NE of Adana.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Marat
-
noun,
Jean Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1743–93, French politician and journalist: leader in the French Revolution; assassinated by Charlotte Corday d'Armont.
- Tanta
-
noun,
a city in N Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- trit
-
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Rom.
-
- Tasm
-
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- tron
-
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- RIIA
-
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tRNA
-
- RNAS
-
- tri-
-
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- rit.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- soln
-
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- tort
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- 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.
- Sra.
-
- SRAM
-
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Soni
-
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Sol.
-
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- SLAM
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- SLIM
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- tilt
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Taal
-
noun,
Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- Saar
-
noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- tion
-
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- RONA
-
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- Tala
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Sat.
-
- titi
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- 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.
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Tit.
-
- Saml
-
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- str.
-
- SAMA
-
noun,
the Sufi practice of gathering to listen to religious poetry that is sung, often accompanied by ecstatic dance or other ritual.
- Sam.
-
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- 1080
-
- itol
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- itis
-
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- moas
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- MNAS
-
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- ASTM
-
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- att.
-
- mitt
-
noun,
Baseball.
a rounded glove with one internal section for the four fingers and another for the thumb and having the side next to the palm of the hand protected by a thick padding, used by catchers.
a somewhat similar glove but with less padding and having sections for the thumb and one or two fingers, used by first basemen. Compare baseball glove.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- atm.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- 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.
- mis-
-
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- 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.
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- moil
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- mol.
-
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- Mott
-
noun,
John Raleigh, 1865–1955, U.S. religious leader: Nobel Peace Prize 1946.
- Loma
-
noun,
a hill or ridge having a broad top.
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- ARIS
-
- Arm.
-
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- mRNA
-
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- art.
-
- limn
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- MOLA
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- limo
-
noun,
a limousine.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- lin.
-
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mon.
-
- molt
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- mols
-
noun,
mole4 .
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- Aram
-
noun,
Biblical name of ancient Syria.
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- Maia
-
noun,
the eldest of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes by Zeus.
- Maat
-
noun,
the goddess personifying law and righteousness.
- Maas
-
noun,
Dutch name of the Meuse.
- maar
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- 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.
- 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.
- IATA
-
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- loam
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- INRI
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- int.
-
- intl
-
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- mal-
-
- iana
-
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- min.
-
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- MILR
-
- Milo
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- mil.
-
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- ator
-
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- attn
-
- masa
-
noun,
flour or dough made of dried, ground corn, used especially for tortillas.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Mali
-
noun,
Republic of, a republic in W Africa: formerly a territory of France; gained independence 1960. 463,500 sq. mi. (120,000 sq. km). Capital: Bamako.
- Marl
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- 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.
- Mara
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of death, sometimes seen as one aspect of a god whose other aspect is Kama, or erotic desire.
- Mar.
-
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Mana
-
noun,
a generalized, supernatural force or power, which may be concentrated in objects or persons.
- Man.
-
- malt
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- MALS
-
- lit.
-
- Aras
-
noun,
Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Alai
-
noun,
a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- Lani
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- AISI
-
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Ala.
-
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Alan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Alis
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Alma
-
noun,
a town in SE Quebec, in SE Canada.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- alt.
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Lana
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- NTIA
-
- AAAL
-
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- Rama
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) any of the three avatars of Vishnu: Balarama, Parashurama, or Ramachandra.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- 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).
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- iso-
-
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- AAAS
-
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Lam.
-
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- LAMA
-
noun,
a priest or monk in Lamaism.
- Ont.
-
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- lams
-
noun,
a hasty escape; flight.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- alms
-
noun,
money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity:
- Amal
-
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- Anas
-
- Aman
-
noun,
Haman.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- ano-
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- anoa
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- 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):
- NIRA
-
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- Lat.
-
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NOAA
-
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- ANSI
-
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Nama
-
noun,
a member of a Khoikhoi people of Namaqualand, in SW Africa.
- ant.
-
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- Anam
-
noun,
Annam.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- amas
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- not-
-
- nos-
-
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- AMLS
-
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- lasa
-
noun,
Lhasa.
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- nom.
-
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- Nor.
-
- amt.
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- ITA
-
- ist
-
- IRO
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ISR
-
- Isl
-
- ISA
-
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- IRS
-
- IOT
-
- Ir.
-
- IRL
-
- ior
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- AMS
-
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- tr.
-
- tra
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ALM
-
- 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.
- AOA
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- Aar
-
- AAM
-
- Tro
-
- Ar.
-
- an.
-
- AMA
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- al.
-
- AIA
-
- AAA
-
- Am.
-
- TSI
-
- 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.
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- aor
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- TIA
-
- in.
-
- ILS
-
- ILO
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- IAS
-
- 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.
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ial
-
- Ia.
-
- io-
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- ATA
-
- at.
-
- ast
-
- ASR
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASN
-
- ASM
-
- tlo
-
- tlr
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- TMO
-
- TNT
-
- ARS
-
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- ASI
-
- LSM
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- NMI
-
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NIA
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NMR
-
- NAA
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- SAA
-
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- RTS
-
- rt.
-
- RSA
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- MTS
-
- nr.
-
- MRI
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- MOR
-
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MRA
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- MTO
-
- MSI
-
- MSN
-
- MST
-
- Mt.
-
- MTI
-
- mtn
-
- SAR
-
- Rs.
-
- NRA
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ONR
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- ons
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- OTS
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- RMA
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- ONI
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- OIr
-
- NSA
-
- OSA
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAS
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- OIt
-
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- ROI
-
- Ola
-
- Om.
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- ROA
-
- RNA
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- MOI
-
- MSA
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- LMT
-
- 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.
- MSL
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- Mo.
-
- STI
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- STL
-
- STM
-
- LTA
-
- LST
-
- LSI
-
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- LON
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- Sta
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- TAL
-
- LIM
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lt.
-
- La.
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- MAA
-
- ltr
-
- TTS
-
- MNA
-
- MIT
-
- SLR
-
- SMA
-
- MLR
-
- MLS
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- SLA
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- mi.
-
- 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.
- MLA
-
- ml.
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- St.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sr.
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Mao
-
- MNS
-
- 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.
- TT
-
- TN
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- MN
-
- TM
-
- L1
-
- L2
-
- TL
-
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- 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.
- 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.
- AO
-
- L.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RN
-
- RI
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- R.
-
- NL
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- SM
-
- SL
-
- SA
-
- S.
-
- i.
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- M.
-
- NI
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- N.
-
- RO
-
- O.
-
- OA
-
- LR
-
- SN
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- ln
-
- ol
-
- LM
-
- NM
-
- T1
-
- t.
-