Anagrams of transfigurations
Word transfigurations has
1963 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of transfigurations.
- infatuations
-
noun,
the state of being infatuated.
- frustrations
-
noun,
act of frustrating; state of being frustrated:
- first-string
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adjective,
composed of regular members, participants, etc. (distinguished from substitute):
- assignation
-
noun,
an appointment for a meeting, especially a lover's secret rendezvous.
- Sagittarius
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Archer, a zodiacal constellation between Scorpius and Capricorn.
- frustration
-
noun,
act of frustrating; state of being frustrated:
- farraginous
-
adjective,
heterogeneous; mixed:
- infatuation
-
noun,
the state of being infatuated.
- sanitations
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noun,
the development and application of sanitary measures for the sake of cleanliness, protecting health, etc.
- nutritions
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noun,
the act or process of nourishing or of being nourished.
- narrations
-
noun,
something narrated; an account, story, or narrative.
- infusorian
-
noun,
any of the Infusoria.
- sanitation
-
noun,
the development and application of sanitary measures for the sake of cleanliness, protecting health, etc.
- antagonist
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another; opponent; adversary.
- agitations
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noun,
the act or process of agitating; state of being agitated:
- titanosaur
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noun,
any amphibious plant-eating dinosaur of the genus Titanosaurus, from the Cretaceous Period, having a long, thin neck and a long, whiplike tail.
- situations
-
noun,
manner of being situated; location or position with reference to environment:
- air-to-air
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adverb,
from one aircraft, missile, or the like, to another while in flight:
- stagnation
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noun,
the state or condition of stagnating, or having stopped, as by ceasing to run or flow:
- fruitarian
-
noun,
a person whose diet consists chiefly of fruit.
- orangutans
-
noun,
a large, long-armed anthropoid ape, Pongo pygmaeus, of arboreal habits, inhabiting Borneo and Sumatra: an endangered species.
- signorinas
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noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a girl or unmarried woman, either used separately or prefixed to the name.
- intrigants
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noun,
a person who engages in intrigue or intrigues.
- guitarists
-
noun,
a performer on the guitar.
- transition
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noun,
movement, passage, or change from one position, state, stage, subject, concept, etc., to another; change:
- transistor
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noun,
Electronics. a semiconductor device that amplifies, oscillates, or switches the flow of current between two terminals by varying the current or voltage between one of the terminals and a third: although much smaller in size than a vacuum tube, it performs similar functions without requiring current to heat a cathode.
- striations
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noun,
striated condition or appearance.
- saturation
-
noun,
the act or process of saturating.
- figuration
-
noun,
the act of shaping into a particular figure.
- sitatunga
-
noun,
an antelope, Tragelaphus spekei, inhabiting marshy regions of central and eastern Africa.
- irritants
-
noun,
anything that irritates.
- situation
-
noun,
manner of being situated; location or position with reference to environment:
- figurants
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noun,
a ballet dancer who does not perform solo.
- signorina
-
noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a girl or unmarried woman, either used separately or prefixed to the name.
- sinistro-
-
- stirrings
-
noun,
a mental impulse, sensation, or feeling:
- Froissart
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noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1333?–c1400, French chronicler.
- autograft
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noun,
a tissue or organ that is grafted into a new position on the body of the individual from which it was removed.
- frostings
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noun,
a sweet mixture, cooked or uncooked, for coating or filling cakes, cookies, and the like; icing.
- fruitions
-
noun,
attainment of anything desired; realization; accomplishment:
- striation
-
noun,
striated condition or appearance.
- Ansgarius
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noun,
Latin name of Ansgar.
- strontian
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noun,
strontianite.
- trainings
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noun,
the education, instruction, or discipline of a person or thing that is being trained:
- first-run
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noun,
the initial exhibition period for a film.
- sinuation
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noun,
a winding; sinuosity.
- natations
-
noun,
an act or the skill of swimming.
- nutations
-
noun,
an act or instance of nodding one's head, especially involuntarily or spasmodically.
- ruination
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noun,
the act or state of ruining or the state of being ruined.
- trination
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noun,
celebration of Mass three times on the same day by the same priest.
- rosarians
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noun,
a person who is fond of, develops, or cultivates roses.
- nut-grass
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noun,
either of two sedges, Cyperus rotundus or C. esculentus, that have small, nutlike tubers and are often troublesome weeds.
- sugar-tit
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noun,
a piece of cloth containing moist sugar, wrapped to resemble a nipple and used to pacify an infant.
- antirusts
-
noun,
something that prevents or resists rust.
- trinitro-
-
- fossarian
-
noun,
fossor.
- Ruritania
-
noun,
a mythical, romantic kingdom conceived as the setting for a fairy tale, costume drama, comic operetta, or the like.
- fioritura
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noun,
the ornamentation of a melody, often extemporized by the performer, as in Italian opera during the 18th century.
- strontias
-
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.
- nutrition
-
noun,
the act or process of nourishing or of being nourished.
- tornarias
-
noun,
the ciliated, free-swimming larva of certain hemichordates.
- narration
-
noun,
something narrated; an account, story, or narrative.
- intrusion
-
noun,
an act or instance of intruding.
- orangutan
-
noun,
a large, long-armed anthropoid ape, Pongo pygmaeus, of arboreal habits, inhabiting Borneo and Sumatra: an endangered species.
- garrisons
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noun,
a body of troops stationed in a fortified place.
- Astroturf
-
- agitation
-
noun,
the act or process of agitating; state of being agitated:
- astronaut
-
noun,
a person engaged in or trained for spaceflight.
- Gantrisin
-
- sonatinas
-
noun,
a short or simplified sonata.
- guarantor
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noun,
a person, group, system, etc., that guarantees.
- argonauts
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a member of the band of men who sailed to Colchis with Jason in the ship Argo in search of the Golden Fleece.
- Unitarian
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noun,
a person who maintains that God is one being, rejecting the doctrine of the Trinity.
- rigatonis
-
noun,
a tubular pasta in short, ribbed pieces.
- Infusoria
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plural noun,
protozoans of the phylum Ciliophora (or class Ciliata).
- guitarist
-
noun,
a performer on the guitar.
- gastritis
-
noun,
inflammation of the stomach, especially of its mucous membrane.
- tarnation
-
noun,
damnation; hell (used as a euphemism):
- sartorius
-
noun,
a long, flat, narrow muscle extending obliquely from the front of the hip to the inner side of the tibia, assisting in bending the hip or knee joint and in rotating the thigh outward: the longest muscle in humans.
- ignitrons
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noun,
a cathode-arc vacuum tube with an auxiliary electrode projecting into a pool of mercury: it conducts current when the anode is positive.
- gustation
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noun,
the act of tasting.
- outtiring
-
- tarragons
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noun,
an Old World plant, Artemisia dracunculus, having aromatic leaves used for seasoning.
- intarsist
-
noun,
a person who creates in or practices intarsia.
- intrigant
-
noun,
a person who engages in intrigue or intrigues.
- unionists
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noun,
a person whose activities or beliefs are characterized by unionism.
- intourist
-
noun,
a Russian agency that handles travel arrangements for foreign visitors to the former Soviet Union.
- tartarous
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adjective,
consisting of or containing tartar.
- Saturnian
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adjective,
of or relating to the planet Saturn.
- sainfoins
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noun,
a Eurasian plant, Onobrychis viciifolia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and clusters of pink flowers, used for forage.
- intarsias
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noun,
an art or technique of decorating a surface with inlaid patterns, especially of wood mosaic, developed during the Renaissance.
- saturator
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noun,
saturater.
- saturants
-
noun,
something that causes saturation.
- insurants
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noun,
a person who takes out an insurance policy.
- raisings
-
noun,
a rule of transformational grammar that shifts the subject or object of an embedded clause into the subject or object position of the main clause, as in the derivation of The suspect appears to be innocent from It appears that the suspect is innocent.
- rainouts
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noun,
a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.
- sonatina
-
noun,
a short or simplified sonata.
- Storting
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noun,
the parliament of Norway, elected by popular vote, which is divided into the upper house (Lagting) comprising one quarter of the members, and the lower house (Odelsting) comprising the rest.
- nonsuits
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noun,
a judgment given against a plaintiff who neglects to prosecute, or who fails to show a legal cause of action or to bring sufficient evidence.
- Farragut
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noun,
David Glasgow, 1801–70, U.S. admiral: won the battles of New Orleans and Mobile Bay for the Union in the U.S. Civil War.
- fairings
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noun,
a structure on the exterior of an aircraft or boat, for reducing drag.
- Nuristan
-
noun,
a mountainous region in NE Afghanistan. 5000 sq. mi. (12,950 sq. km).
- arsonist
-
noun,
a person who commits arson.
- triforia
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noun,
(in a church) the wall at the side of the nave, choir, or transept, corresponding to the space between the vaulting or ceiling and the roof of an aisle, often having a blind arcade or an opening in a gallery.
- trusting
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noun,
reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
- tsarinas
-
noun,
czarina.
- Asturian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asturias.
- stannous
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adjective,
containing tin, especially in the bivalent state.
- Staunton
-
noun,
a city in N Virginia.
- organist
-
noun,
a person who plays the organ.
- stirring
-
noun,
a mental impulse, sensation, or feeling:
- stagnant
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adjective,
not flowing or running, as water, air, etc.
- Ossining
-
noun,
a town in SE New York, on the Hudson: the site of a state prison formerly known as Sing Sing.
- Asturias
-
noun,
Miguel Ángel [mee-gel ahng-hel] /miˈgɛl ˈɑŋ hɛl/ (Show IPA), 1899–1974, Guatemalan novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1967.
- stoating
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noun,
the process or technique of finishing a facing, collar, or the like, or of mending material with concealed stitching.
- Tritonis
-
noun,
(in ancient geography) a mythical lake near the Mediterranean coast of Libya.
- outsings
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verb (used with object),
to sing better than.
- nuttings
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noun,
the act of seeking or gathering nuts.
- Triratna
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noun,
the three components of Buddhism, which are the Buddha, or teacher, the dharma, or teaching, and the Sangha, or priesthood.
- Srinagar
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noun,
a city in and the summer capital of Kashmir, on the Jhelum River.
- trussing
-
noun,
the members that form a truss.
- stations
-
noun,
a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- outrings
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verb (used with object),
to outdo in ringing; ring louder than.
- assignat
-
noun,
one of the notes issued as paper currency from 1789 to 1796 by the revolutionary government on the security of confiscated lands.
- nutation
-
noun,
an act or instance of nodding one's head, especially involuntarily or spasmodically.
- trustors
-
noun,
a person who creates a trust.
- grattoir
-
noun,
a flaked stone implement, usually Upper Paleolithic, retouched at the end and used probably for working wood or cleaning hides; scraper.
- suitings
-
noun,
fabric for making suits.
- transits
-
noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- gastrins
-
noun,
a hormone that stimulates the secretion of gastric juice.
- intortus
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adjective,
(of a cirrus cloud) having very irregular filaments that often look entangled.
- intarsia
-
noun,
an art or technique of decorating a surface with inlaid patterns, especially of wood mosaic, developed during the Renaissance.
- fustians
-
noun,
a stout fabric of cotton and flax.
- insurant
-
noun,
a person who takes out an insurance policy.
- instants
-
noun,
an infinitesimal or very short space of time; a moment:
- titanous
-
adjective,
containing trivalent titanium.
- titanias
-
noun,
synthetic rutile, TiO 2 , used as a gem.
- ingrains
-
noun,
yarn, wool, etc., dyed before manufacture.
- Garrison
-
noun,
a body of troops stationed in a fortified place.
- ingrafts
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verb (used with object),
engraft.
- Gastonia
-
noun,
a city in S North Carolina, W of Charlotte.
- infusion
-
noun,
the act or process of infusing.
- intrans.
-
- infaunas
-
noun,
the aggregate of animals that burrow into and live in the bottom deposits of an ocean, river, or lake.
- infantas
-
noun,
a daughter of the king of Spain or of Portugal.
- tinnitus
-
noun,
a ringing or similar sensation of sound in the ears.
- ignorant
-
adjective,
lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned:
- ignitron
-
noun,
a cathode-arc vacuum tube with an auxiliary electrode projecting into a pool of mercury: it conducts current when the anode is positive.
- Ignatius
-
noun,
Saint (Ignatius Theophorus) a.d. c40–107? bishop of Antioch and Apostolic Father.
- Guaranis
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Paraguay, equal to 100 centimos.
- tarragon
-
noun,
an Old World plant, Artemisia dracunculus, having aromatic leaves used for seasoning.
- grunions
-
noun,
a small, silvery food fish, Leuresthes tenuis, of southern California, that spawns at high tide in wet sand.
- Tartarus
-
noun,
a sunless abyss, below Hades, in which Zeus imprisoned the Titans.
- grantors
-
noun,
a person or organization that makes a grant.
- furrings
-
noun,
the act of lining, trimming, or clothing with fur:
- intrants
-
noun,
a person who enters (a college, association, etc.); entrant.
- Faustian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of Faust:
- fountain
-
noun,
a spring or source of water; the source or head of a stream.
- strontia
-
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.
- figurant
-
noun,
a ballet dancer who does not perform solo.
- training
-
noun,
the education, instruction, or discipline of a person or thing that is being trained:
- tragions
-
noun,
a point in the depth of the notch just above the tragus of the ear.
- naturist
-
noun,
a person who appreciates the beauty and benefits of nature.
- fistiana
-
noun,
the sport or world of boxing:
- natation
-
noun,
an act or the skill of swimming.
- fittings
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that fits.
- Fittonia
-
noun,
either of two plants, Fittonia gigantea or F. verschaffeltii, of the acanthus family, native to South America, having conspicuously veined leaves and often cultivated as a houseplant.
- fontinas
-
noun,
a type of Italian cheese, semisoft to firm, made of cow's or sheep's milk.
- arraigns
-
verb (used with object),
to call or bring before a court to answer to an indictment.
- tornaria
-
noun,
the ciliated, free-swimming larva of certain hemichordates.
- introits
-
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.
- isograft
-
noun,
syngraft.
- fragrant
-
adjective,
having a pleasant scent or aroma; sweet-smelling; sweet-scented:
- surfings
-
noun,
the act or sport of riding the surf, as on a surfboard.
- irritant
-
noun,
anything that irritates.
- ironists
-
noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- ironings
-
noun,
the act or process of smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
- iris-out
-
noun,
the gradual disappearance of an image or scene through a contracting circle.
- iranians
-
noun,
a subbranch of the Indo-European family of languages, including especially Persian, Pashto, Avestan, and Kurdish.
- frosting
-
noun,
a sweet mixture, cooked or uncooked, for coating or filling cakes, cookies, and the like; icing.
- fruition
-
noun,
attainment of anything desired; realization; accomplishment:
- intrusts
-
verb (used with object),
entrust.
- arrogant
-
adjective,
making claims or pretensions to superior importance or rights; overbearingly assuming; insolently proud:
- faitours
-
noun,
impostor; fake.
- arnattos
-
noun,
annatto (def 2).
- snot-rag
-
noun,
a handkerchief.
- rinsings
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- siftings
-
noun,
something sifted:
- agonists
-
noun,
a person engaged in a contest, conflict, struggle, etc., especially the protagonist in a literary work.
- aortitis
-
noun,
inflammation of the aorta.
- ringtoss
-
noun,
a game in which rings, often made of rope, are tossed to encircle an upright peg.
- agnosias
-
noun,
partial or total inability to recognize objects by use of the senses.
- agitator
-
noun,
a person who stirs up others in order to upset the status quo and further a political, social, or other cause:
- saguaros
-
noun,
a tall, horizontally branched cactus, Carnegiea (or Cereus) gigantea, of Arizona and neighboring regions, yielding a useful wood and bearing an edible fruit: still locally common, though some populations have been reduced.
- tuitions
-
noun,
the charge or fee for instruction, as at a private school or a college or university:
- sangrias
-
noun,
an iced drink, typically made with red wine, sugar, fruit juice, soda water, and spices, and containing fruit slices.
- Santiago
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Chile, in the central part.
- Argonaut
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a member of the band of men who sailed to Colchis with Jason in the ship Argo in search of the Golden Fleece.
- unstring
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive of strings:
- rigatoni
-
noun,
a tubular pasta in short, ribbed pieces.
- Sainfoin
-
noun,
a Eurasian plant, Onobrychis viciifolia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and clusters of pink flowers, used for forage.
- Unionist
-
noun,
a person whose activities or beliefs are characterized by unionism.
- Siangtan
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xiangtan.
- turnings
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that turns.
- Rotarian
-
noun,
a member of a Rotary Club.
- annattos
-
noun,
Also called lipstick tree. a small tree, Bixa orellana, of tropical America.
- rosarian
-
noun,
a person who is fond of, develops, or cultivates roses.
- routings
-
noun,
the scheduling of the route or itinerary of people, freight, etc.
- turistas
-
noun,
tourista.
- sinfonia
-
noun,
a symphony.
- Antinous
-
noun,
the chief suitor of Penelope, killed by Odysseus upon his return from Troy.
- signiors
-
noun,
signor.
- antirust
-
noun,
something that prevents or resists rust.
- sittings
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that sits.
- Antonius
-
noun,
Marcus, Antony, Mark.
- Turanian
-
noun,
a member of any of the peoples speaking a Turanian, especially a Ural-Altaic, language.
- signoras
-
noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a married woman, either used separately or prefixed to the name.
- roasting
-
noun,
a severely critical notice or review; pan.
- roarings
-
noun,
the act of a person, animal, or thing that roars.
- soarings
-
noun,
the sport of flying a sailplane.
- Agrinion
-
noun,
a city in W Greece.
- Rattigan
-
noun,
Terence, 1911–77, English playwright.
- saurians
-
noun,
a saurian animal, as a dinosaur or lizard.
- sautoirs
-
noun,
a ribbon, chain, scarf, or the like, tied around the neck in such a manner that the ends cross over each other.
- satirist
-
noun,
a writer of satires.
- sastruga
-
noun,
Usually, sastrugi. ridges of snow formed on a snowfield by the action of the wind.
- saturant
-
noun,
something that causes saturation.
- Urartian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Urartu.
- anattos
-
noun,
annatto.
- Grisons
-
noun,
a canton in E Switzerland. 2747 sq. mi. (7115 sq. km). Capital: Chur.
- turning
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that turns.
- issuant
-
adjective,
Heraldry. (of a beast) represented with the body erect and only the forepart visible:
- tartans
-
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.
- Sinatra
-
noun,
Frank (Francis Albert) 1915–98, U.S. singer and actor.
- Sungari
-
noun,
Songhua.
- sunfast
-
adjective,
not subject to fading in sunlight, as a dye, fabric, or garment.
- Fortuna
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of fortune, identified with the Greek goddess Tyche.
- FORTRAN
-
noun,
a high-level programming language used mainly for solving problems in science and engineering.
- suntans
-
noun,
a tan military uniform for summer wear.
- sarongs
-
noun,
a loose-fitting skirtlike garment formed by wrapping a strip of cloth around the lower part of the body, worn by both men and women in the Malay Archipelago and certain islands of the Pacific Ocean.
- isation
-
- signors
-
noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a man, either used separately or prefixed to the name. Abbreviation: Sig., sig.
- grunion
-
noun,
a small, silvery food fish, Leuresthes tenuis, of southern California, that spawns at high tide in wet sand.
- Gournia
-
noun,
a village in NE Crete, near the site of an excavated Minoan town and palace.
- Grotius
-
noun,
Hugo (Huig de Groot) 1583–1645, Dutch jurist and statesman.
- frisson
-
noun,
a sudden, passing sensation of excitement; a shudder of emotion; thrill:
- Frisian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Friesland or the Frisian Islands.
- Tartini
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1692–1770, Italian violinist and composer.
- ironing
-
noun,
the act or process of smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
- suiting
-
noun,
fabric for making suits.
- Grafton
-
noun,
Sue, born 1940, U.S. detective novelist.
- ironist
-
noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- Russian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Russia.
- surfing
-
noun,
the act or sport of riding the surf, as on a surfboard.
- granita
-
noun,
frozen flavored ice.
- isatins
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- anginas
-
noun,
any attack of painful spasms characterized by sensations of choking or suffocating.
- Fontana
-
noun,
Domenico [duh-men-i-koh;; Italian daw-me-nee-kaw] /dəˈmɛn ɪˌkoʊ;; Italian dɔˈmɛ niˌkɔ/ (Show IPA), 1543–1607, Italian architect.
- forints
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and the monetary unit of Hungary, equal to 100 fillér. Abbreviation: F., Ft.
- routing
-
noun,
the scheduling of the route or itinerary of people, freight, etc.
- traitor
-
noun,
a person who betrays another, a cause, or any trust.
- anoints
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- gratins
-
noun,
au gratin.
- rotguts
-
noun,
cheap and inferior liquor.
- finings
-
noun,
the process by which fused glass is freed of undissolved gases.
- rousing
-
noun,
a rousing.
- Ninurta
-
noun,
a Sumerian and Babylonian hero god.
- Niigata
-
noun,
a seaport on NW Honshu, in central Japan.
- strunts
-
noun,
the fleshy part or stump of a tail, especially of a horse's tail.
- annatto
-
noun,
Also called lipstick tree. a small tree, Bixa orellana, of tropical America.
- firings
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that fires.
- Gratian
-
noun,
(Flavius Gratianus) a.d. 359–383, Roman emperor 375–383.
- tragion
-
noun,
a point in the depth of the notch just above the tragus of the ear.
- natrons
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- Tortuga
-
noun,
an island off the N coast of and belonging to Haiti: formerly a pirate stronghold. 23 miles (37 km) long; 70 sq. mi. (180 sq. km).
- tartars
-
noun,
Dentistry. calculus (def 3).
- turista
-
noun,
tourista.
- fission
-
noun,
the act of cleaving or splitting into parts.
- natator
-
noun,
a swimmer.
- Tournai
-
noun,
a city in W Belgium, on the Scheldt River.
- Fitting
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that fits.
- grantor
-
noun,
a person or organization that makes a grant.
- tourist
-
noun,
a person who is traveling, especially for pleasure.
- nasions
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- tufting
-
noun,
the act or process of making tufts.
- angoras
-
noun,
Angora cat.
- suasion
-
noun,
the act of advising, urging, or attempting to persuade; persuasion.
- Susanna
-
noun,
a book of the Apocrypha, constituting the 13th chapter of Daniel in the Douay Bible.
- Fontina
-
noun,
a type of Italian cheese, semisoft to firm, made of cow's or sheep's milk.
- Iranian
-
noun,
a subbranch of the Indo-European family of languages, including especially Persian, Pashto, Avestan, and Kurdish.
- sustain
-
verb (used with object),
to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure.
- satoris
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- tantras
-
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.
- Taunton
-
noun,
a city in SE Massachusetts.
- instars
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- titians
-
noun,
(Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.
- agnosia
-
noun,
partial or total inability to recognize objects by use of the senses.
- instant
-
noun,
an infinitesimal or very short space of time; a moment:
- Taussig
-
noun,
Frank William, 1859–1940, U.S. economist.
- Taranto
-
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.
- insofar
-
adverb,
to such an extent (usually followed by as):
- agitato
-
adjective,
agitated; restless or hurried in movement or style.
- gisants
-
noun,
a sculptured representation of a dead person in a recumbent position, usually as part of a sepulchral monument.
- sanious
-
adjective,
characterized by the discharge of sanies.
- Titania
-
noun,
synthetic rutile, TiO 2 , used as a gem.
- ingrain
-
noun,
yarn, wool, etc., dyed before manufacture.
- santirs
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- unisons
-
noun,
coincidence in pitch of two or more musical tones, voices, etc.
- ingraft
-
verb (used with object),
engraft.
- against
-
Idioms,
over against, in contrast with:
- tautogs
-
noun,
a black food and game fish, Tautoga onitis, inhabiting waters along the North Atlantic coast of the U.S.
- gastrin
-
noun,
a hormone that stimulates the secretion of gastric juice.
- aftosas
-
noun,
foot-and-mouth disease.
- gastro-
-
- tanists
-
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.
- sarangi
-
noun,
(in India) a violinlike instrument used to accompany classical dancing.
- infauna
-
noun,
the aggregate of animals that burrow into and live in the bottom deposits of an ocean, river, or lake.
- Uranian
-
adjective,
pertaining to the planet Uranus.
- Ifugaos
-
noun,
a member of an agricultural people who inhabit Luzon, in the Philippines.
- infanta
-
noun,
a daughter of the king of Spain or of Portugal.
- iguanas
-
noun,
a large, arboreal lizard, Iguana iguana, native to Central and South America, having stout legs and a crest of spines from neck to tail.
- giaours
-
noun,
an unbeliever; a non-Muslim, especially a Christian.
- sangria
-
noun,
an iced drink, typically made with red wine, sugar, fruit juice, soda water, and spices, and containing fruit slices.
- fustian
-
noun,
a stout fabric of cotton and flax.
- Susiana
-
noun,
Elam.
- introns
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- frontis
-
noun,
the front wall of a cancha or jai alai court.
Compare rebote (def 1).
- uranias
-
noun,
uranium dioxide.
- airings
-
noun,
an exposure to the air, as for drying.
- safaris
-
noun,
a journey or expedition, for hunting, exploration, or investigation, especially in eastern Africa.
- inturns
-
noun,
an inward turn or curve around an axis or fixed point.
- intuits
-
verb (used with or without object),
to know or receive by intuition.
- Signora
-
noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a married woman, either used separately or prefixed to the name.
- tarsias
-
noun,
intarsia.
- Sagitta
-
noun,
the Arrow, a northern constellation between Aquila and Cygnus.
- signior
-
noun,
signor.
- saguaro
-
noun,
a tall, horizontally branched cactus, Carnegiea (or Cereus) gigantea, of Arizona and neighboring regions, yielding a useful wood and bearing an edible fruit: still locally common, though some populations have been reduced.
- intrust
-
verb (used with object),
entrust.
- sautoir
-
noun,
a ribbon, chain, scarf, or the like, tied around the neck in such a manner that the ends cross over each other.
- fugatos
-
noun,
a section of a composition that is in fugal style but does not constitute a real fugue.
- agonist
-
noun,
a person engaged in a contest, conflict, struggle, etc., especially the protagonist in a literary work.
- Goiania
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Goiás, in central Brazil, SW of Brasília.
- Introit
-
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.
- Sagunto
-
noun,
a city in E Spain, N of Valencia: besieged by Hannibal 219–218 b.c.
- Funston
-
noun,
Frederick, 1865–1917, U.S. general.
- transf.
-
- intrant
-
noun,
a person who enters (a college, association, etc.); entrant.
- agoutis
-
noun,
any of several short-haired, short-eared, rabbitlike rodents of the genus Dasyprocta, of South and Central America and the West Indies, destructive to sugar cane.
- furring
-
noun,
the act of lining, trimming, or clothing with fur:
- saurian
-
noun,
a saurian animal, as a dinosaur or lizard.
- Guarani
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Paraguay, equal to 100 centimos.
- fusains
-
noun,
a fine charcoal used in drawing, made from the wood of the spindle tree.
- goannas
-
noun,
any of the several large monitor lizards of the family Varanidae, of Australia, especially Varanus varius and V. giganteus, both sometimes growing to 6 feet (1.8 meters).
- Guarini
-
noun,
Guarino [gwah-ree-naw] /gwɑˈri nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1624–83, Italian architect.
- fusions
-
noun,
the act or process of fusing; the state of being fused.
- nitrous
-
adjective,
pertaining to compounds obtained from niter, usually containing less oxygen than the corresponding nitric compounds.
- Sturgis
-
noun,
Russell, 1836–1909, U.S. architect and author.
- turgors
-
noun,
Plant Physiology. the normal distention or rigidity of plant cells, resulting from the pressure exerted by the cell contents on the cell walls.
- anurias
-
noun,
the absence or suppression of urine.
- attains
-
verb (used with object),
to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain:
- rinsing
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- aorists
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- Stanton
-
noun,
Edwin McMasters [muh k-mas-terz,, -mah-sterz] /məkˈmæs tərz,, -ˈmɑ stərz/ (Show IPA), 1814–69, U.S. statesman: Secretary of War 1862–67.
- station
-
noun,
a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- Statius
-
noun,
Publius Papinius [puhb-lee-uh s puh-pin-ee-uh s] /ˈpʌb li əs pəˈpɪn i əs/ (Show IPA), a.d. c45–c96, Roman poet.
- stators
-
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).
- Aorangi
-
noun,
Cook, Mount.
- stingos
-
noun,
strong beer.
- aurists
-
noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- auroras
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of the dawn.
Compare Eos.
- tritons
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- risings
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that rises.
- Tunisia
-
noun,
a republic in N Africa, on the Mediterranean: a French protectorate until 1956. 48,330 sq. mi. (125,175 sq. km). Capital: Tunis.
- Austria
-
noun,
a republic in central Europe. 32,381 sq. mi. (83,865 sq. km). Capital: Vienna.
- Stagira
-
noun,
an ancient town in NE Greece, in Macedonia on the E Chalcidice peninsula: birthplace of Aristotle.
- Austro-
-
- anurans
-
noun,
any amphibian of the order Anura, comprising the frogs and toads.
- roaring
-
noun,
the act of a person, animal, or thing that roars.
- autoist
-
noun,
motorist.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- Tristan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Tristram.
- nutrias
-
noun,
the coypu.
- Antonia
-
noun,
a female given name: derived from Antonius.
- sitting
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that sits.
- fairing
-
noun,
a structure on the exterior of an aircraft or boat, for reducing drag.
- antings
-
noun,
the placing of ants among the feathers, done by certain birds apparently to kill parasites.
- Sitsang
-
noun,
Tibet (def 1).
- faitour
-
noun,
impostor; fake.
- Grattan
-
noun,
Henry, 1746–1820, Irish statesman and orator.
- origans
-
noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- rigours
-
noun,
rigor.
- stoting
-
noun,
stoating.
- ragouts
-
noun,
French Cookery. a highly seasoned stew of meat or fish, with or without vegetables.
- ratings
-
noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- arraign
-
verb (used with object),
to call or bring before a court to answer to an indictment.
- arnatto
-
noun,
annatto (def 2).
- sonants
-
noun,
a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant).
- raisins
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- aristos
-
noun,
aristocrat.
- raising
-
noun,
a rule of transformational grammar that shifts the subject or object of an embedded clause into the subject or object position of the main clause, as in the derivation of The suspect appears to be innocent from It appears that the suspect is innocent.
- aristo-
-
- sonatas
-
noun,
a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- Artigas
-
noun,
José Gervasio [haw-se her-vah-syaw] /hɔˈsɛ hɛrˈvɑ syɔ/ (Show IPA), 1764–1850, Uruguayan soldier and patriot.
- artisan
-
noun,
a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
- rainout
-
noun,
a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.
- rattans
-
noun,
Also called rattan palm. any of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus or allied genera.
- Aruntas
-
noun,
Aranda.
- tuition
-
noun,
the charge or fee for instruction, as at a private school or a college or university:
- tsarist
-
noun,
an adherent of a czar or of czarism.
- rafting
-
noun,
the sport of traveling on rivers and streams by raft.
- tsarina
-
noun,
czarina.
- sorting
-
noun,
the process by which sedimentary particles become separated according to some particular characteristic, as size or shape.
- outsits
-
verb (used with object),
to sit longer than; outwait:
- rattons
-
noun,
a rat.
- trustor
-
noun,
a person who creates a trust.
- outsing
-
verb (used with object),
to sing better than.
- outsang
-
verb,
simple past tense of outsing.
- soaring
-
noun,
the sport of flying a sailplane.
- outring
-
verb (used with object),
to outdo in ringing; ring louder than.
- outrang
-
verb,
simple past tense of outring.
- outings
-
noun,
a pleasure trip, excursion, picnic, or the like:
- ouraris
-
noun,
curare.
- trigons
-
noun,
a triangle.
- attorns
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- nougats
-
noun,
a chewy or brittle candy containing almonds or other nuts and sometimes fruit.
- rosaria
-
noun,
a rose garden.
- fantast
-
noun,
a visionary or dreamer.
- straits
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- Antigua
-
noun,
one of the Leeward Islands, in the E West Indies. 108 sq. mi. (280 sq. km).
- farinas
-
noun,
flour or meal made from cereal grains and cooked as cereal, used in puddings, soups, etc.
- Trianta
-
noun,
Trianda.
- far-out
-
adjective,
unconventional; offbeat; avant-garde.
- antiars
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- farrago
-
noun,
a confused mixture; hodgepodge; medley:
- stratas
-
noun,
a plural of stratum.
- nosings
-
noun,
a projecting edge, as the part of the tread of a step extending beyond the riser or a projecting part of a buttress.
- strati-
-
- stratig
-
- nonsuit
-
noun,
a judgment given against a plaintiff who neglects to prosecute, or who fails to show a legal cause of action or to bring sufficient evidence.
- strato-
-
- Transit
-
noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- stratus
-
noun,
a cloud of a class characterized by a gray, horizontal layer with a uniform base, found at a lower altitude than altostratus, usually below 8000 feet (2400 meters).
- Ansonia
-
noun,
a city in SW Connecticut.
- Rossini
-
noun,
Gioacchino Antonio [jaw-ahk-kee-naw ahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌdʒɔ ɑkˈki nɔ ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1792–1868, Italian composer.
- fan-tan
-
noun,
Also, fan tan. Also called parliament, sevens. Cards. a game in which the players play their sevens and other cards forming sequences in the same suits as their sevens, the winner being the player who first runs out of cards.
- Nutting
-
noun,
the act of seeking or gathering nuts.
- fanions
-
noun,
a small flag, originally carried by military brigades, used by soldiers and surveyors as a positional marker.
- strains
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- guitar
-
noun,
a stringed musical instrument with a long, fretted neck, a flat, somewhat violinlike body, and typically six strings, which are plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum.
- 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.
- Ifugao
-
noun,
a member of an agricultural people who inhabit Luzon, in the Philippines.
- iatro-
-
- tangos
-
noun,
a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- 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.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- Tanoan
-
noun,
an American Indian language family of which the three surviving languages are spoken in several pueblos, including Taos, in northern New Mexico near the Rio Grande.
- 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).
- strunt
-
noun,
the fleshy part or stump of a tail, especially of a horse's tail.
- Ragusa
-
noun,
a province in SE Italy.
- rosins
-
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.
- strung
-
noun,
a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- Sontag
-
noun,
Susan, 1933–2004, U.S. critic, novelist, and essayist.
- ragout
-
noun,
French Cookery. a highly seasoned stew of meat or fish, with or without vegetables.
- Gunnar
-
noun,
Scandinavian Legend. the husband of Brynhild: corresponds to Gunther in the Nibelungenlied.
- nonfat
-
adjective,
without fat or fat solids; having the fat solids removed, as skim milk:
- rousts
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- satang
-
noun,
a monetary unit and former coin of Thailand, the 100th part of a baht.
- Guston
-
noun,
Philip, 1912–80, U.S. abstract expressionist painter, born in Canada.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- sunnas
-
noun,
the traditional portion of Muslim law, based on the words and acts of Muhammad, and preserved in the traditional literature.
- struts
-
noun,
the act of strutting.
- riatas
-
noun,
a lariat.
- infra-
-
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- infin.
-
- sarans
-
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.
- outsat
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of outsit.
- nougat
-
noun,
a chewy or brittle candy containing almonds or other nuts and sometimes fruit.
- sargos
-
noun,
a silvery grunt, Anisotremus davidsonii, inhabiting waters off the coasts of California and Mexico, having blackish markings and yellowish fins.
- sofars
-
noun,
a system for determining a position at sea by exploding a charge under water and measuring the time the shock waves take to reach three widely separated shore stations at known distances from each other.
- ratton
-
noun,
a rat.
- infant
-
noun,
a child during the earliest period of its life, especially before he or she can walk; baby.
- taints
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- 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.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- iguana
-
noun,
a large, arboreal lizard, Iguana iguana, native to Central and South America, having stout legs and a crest of spines from neck to tail.
- outsit
-
verb (used with object),
to sit longer than; outwait:
- sarong
-
noun,
a loose-fitting skirtlike garment formed by wrapping a strip of cloth around the lower part of the body, worn by both men and women in the Malay Archipelago and certain islands of the Pacific Ocean.
- suitor
-
noun,
a man who courts or woos a woman.
- Guiana
-
noun,
a vast tropical region in NE South America, bounded by the Orinoco, Negro, and Amazon rivers and the Atlantic. About 690,000 sq. mi. (1,787,000 sq. km).
- Ruston
-
noun,
a city in N Louisiana.
- suntan
-
noun,
a browning or a brown color of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or a sunlamp; tan.
- Grison
-
noun,
a weasellike carnivore, Galictis vittata, ranging from southern Mexico to Peru, having a grayish-white upper body, a distinctive white stripe across the forehead and ears, and a dark brown face, chest, and legs.
- groins
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- groats
-
noun,
hulled grain, as wheat or oats, broken into fragments.
- groans
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- nitons
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- 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.
- grists
-
noun,
grain to be ground.
- raring
-
adjective,
very eager or anxious; enthusiastic:
- sonant
-
noun,
a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant).
- softas
-
noun,
a Turkish Muslim theological student.
- Tarsus
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the bones of the proximal segment of the foot; the bones between the tibia and the metatarsus, contributing to the construction of the ankle joint.
- griots
-
noun,
a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc.
- string
-
noun,
a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- Saturn
-
noun,
an ancient Roman god of agriculture, the consort of Ops, believed to have ruled the earth during an age of happiness and virtue, identified with the Greek god Cronus.
- Tartar
-
noun,
Dentistry. calculus (def 3).
- nitro-
-
- grifts
-
noun,
(sometimes used with a plural verb) a group of methods for obtaining money falsely through the use of swindles, frauds, dishonest gambling, etc.
- ratans
-
noun,
rattan.
- rating
-
noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- Strong
-
Idioms,
come on strong, Slang. to behave in an aggressive, ardent, or flamboyant manner:
- sonars
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- sonata
-
noun,
a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys.
- satins
-
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.
- rotgut
-
noun,
cheap and inferior liquor.
- sitars
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Straus
-
noun,
Isidor, 1845–1912, U.S. retail merchant and politician, born in Bavaria: congressman 1894–95 (brother of Nathan and Oscar Solomon Straus).
- Nissan
-
noun,
Nisan.
- guanos
-
noun,
a natural manure composed chiefly of the excrement of sea birds, found especially on islands near the Peruvian coast.
- itious
-
- Nistru
-
noun,
Romanian name of Dniester.
- Guaira
-
noun,
La Guaira.
- tarots
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- tarso-
-
- G-suit
-
noun,
anti-G suit.
- tarsia
-
noun,
intarsia.
- raisin
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- grunts
-
noun,
a sound of grunting.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- stours
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- grouts
-
noun,
a thin, coarse mortar poured into various narrow cavities, as masonry joints or rock fissures, to fill them and consolidate the adjoining objects into a solid mass.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- Rattan
-
noun,
Also called rattan palm. any of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus or allied genera.
- Sifnos
-
noun,
Siphnos.
- Stuart
-
noun,
a member of the royal family that ruled in Scotland from 1371 to 1714 and in England from 1603 to 1714.
- natant
-
adjective,
swimming; floating.
- Isaian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of Isaiah or of the book of the Bible bearing his name.
- nasion
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- Signor
-
noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a man, either used separately or prefixed to the name. Abbreviation: Sig., sig.
- Norris
-
noun,
Charles Gilman, 1881–1945, U.S. novelist and editor.
- intuit
-
verb (used with or without object),
to know or receive by intuition.
- stints
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- Nassau
-
noun,
a seaport on New Providence Island: capital of the Bahamas; seaside resort.
- stings
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- stingo
-
noun,
strong beer.
- stoats
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- strata
-
noun,
a plural of stratum.
- status
-
noun,
the position of an individual in relation to another or others, especially in regard to social or professional standing.
- intron
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- Sining
-
noun,
Xining.
- 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.
-
- rising
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that rises.
- inturn
-
noun,
an inward turn or curve around an axis or fixed point.
- inurns
-
verb (used with object),
to put into an urn, especially ashes after cremation.
- saigas
-
noun,
a goatlike antelope, Saiga tatarica, of western Asia and eastern Russia, having a greatly enlarged muzzle.
- Russo-
-
- rutins
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- Nagano
-
noun,
a city on central Honshu, in central Japan.
- nutria
-
noun,
the coypu.
- Rustin
-
noun,
Bayard [bey-erd] /ˈbeɪ ərd/ (Show IPA), 1910–1987, U.S. civil rights leader.
- roasts
-
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.
- surras
-
noun,
an often fatal infectious disease of horses, camels, elephants, and dogs caused by a blood-infecting protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma evansi, transmitted by the bite of horseflies, characterized by fever, anemia, and emaciation.
- Nagari
-
noun,
a group of related scripts, including Devanagari, derived from Brahmi and used for the writing of many of the languages of India.
- run-in
-
noun,
a quarrel; argument.
- safari
-
noun,
a journey or expedition, for hunting, exploration, or investigation, especially in eastern Africa.
- tafias
-
noun,
a type of rum made in Haiti from lower grades of molasses, refuse sugar, or the like.
- Susian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Susa or Susiana.
- nutant
-
adjective,
drooping; nodding.
- sugars
-
noun,
a sweet, crystalline substance, C 12 H 22 O 11 , obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet, and present in sorghum, maple sap, etc.: used extensively as an ingredient and flavoring of certain foods and as a fermenting agent in the manufacture of certain alcoholic beverages; sucrose.
Compare beet sugar, cane sugar.
- nosing
-
noun,
a projecting edge, as the part of the tread of a step extending beyond the riser or a projecting part of a buttress.
- sutras
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- sturts
-
noun,
violent quarreling.
- Singan
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Ionian
-
noun,
a member of one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks who invaded the Greek mainland and, after the Dorian invasions, emigrated to the Aegean islands and the coast of Asia Minor.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Aeolian2 (def 2), Dorian1 (def 2).
- Sutton
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- Storrs
-
noun,
a town in NE Connecticut.
- rostra
-
noun,
a plural of rostrum.
- run-on
-
noun,
run-on matter.
- stouts
-
noun,
a dark, sweet brew made of roasted malt and having a higher percentage of hops than porter.
- ottars
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- taigas
-
noun,
the coniferous evergreen forests of subarctic lands, covering vast areas of northern North America and Eurasia.
- inorg.
-
- rigors
-
noun,
strictness, severity, or harshness, as in dealing with people.
- Innuit
-
noun,
Inuit.
- ourari
-
noun,
curare.
- natron
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- Tainan
-
noun,
a city in SW Taiwan.
- outgas
-
verb (used with object),
to remove (adsorbed or occluded gases), usually by heat or reduced pressure.
- rigour
-
noun,
rigor.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Outing
-
noun,
a pleasure trip, excursion, picnic, or the like:
- Russia
-
noun,
Also called Russian Empire. Russian Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Capital: St. Petersburg (1703–1917).
- outran
-
verb,
simple past tense of outrun.
- ingots
-
noun,
a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining.
- Santos
-
noun,
a seaport in S Brazil: world's largest coffee-exporting port.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- Sanusi
-
noun,
a member of an Islamic brotherhood established among the anticolonial Bedouins of North Africa.
- insist
-
verb (used with object),
to assert or maintain firmly:
- nation
-
noun,
a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own:
- starts
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- organa
-
noun,
a plural of organon.
- Saigon
-
noun,
former name of Ho Chi Minh City: capital of former South Vietnam 1954–76.
- intra-
-
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- orangs
-
noun,
orangutan.
- ruanas
-
noun,
a poncholike outer garment of heavy wool, worn especially in the mountains of Colombia.
- saints
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Siouan
-
noun,
an American Indian language family formerly widespread from Saskatchewan to the lower Mississippi, also found in the Virginia and Carolina piedmont, and including Catawba, Crow, Dakota, Hidatsa, Mandan, Osage, and Winnebago.
- Sirius
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Dog Star, the brightest-appearing star in the heavens, located in the constellation Canis Major.
- origan
-
noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- otitis
-
noun,
inflammation of the ear.
- Strait
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- origin
-
noun,
something from which anything arises or is derived; source; fountainhead:
- stains
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Osiris
-
noun,
the king and judge of the dead, the husband and brother of Isis, and father (or brother) of Horus, killed by Set but later resurrected (after Horus killed Set): usually depicted as a man, partly wrapped as a mummy, having a beard and wearing the atef-crown.
- snorts
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- instr.
-
- suints
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- Ossian
-
noun,
a legendary hero and poet and son of Finn, who is supposed to have lived during the 3rd century a.d., represented in Gaelic poems and in imitations of them written by James Macpherson in the 18th century.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- outfit
-
noun,
an assemblage of articles that equip a person for a particular task, role, trade, etc.:
- saunas
-
noun,
a bath that uses dry heat to induce perspiration, and in which steam is produced by pouring water on heated stones.
- gratis
-
adverb,
without charge or payment; free:
- tungos
-
noun,
rat-kangaroo.
- Antons
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- Antung
-
noun,
former name of Dandong.
- anuran
-
noun,
any amphibian of the order Anura, comprising the frogs and toads.
- anuria
-
noun,
the absence or suppression of urine.
- frosts
-
noun,
a degree or state of coldness sufficient to cause the freezing of water.
- Aurora
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of the dawn.
Compare Eos.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- Tongan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Tonga.
- 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.
- Tongas
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in India.
- Aragon
-
noun,
Louis [lwee] /lwi/ (Show IPA), 1897–1982, French novelist, poet, and journalist.
- anting
-
noun,
the placing of ants among the feathers, done by certain birds apparently to kill parasites.
- argons
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- argots
-
noun,
a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
- arguta
-
noun,
the green, smooth-skinned, edible fruit of an Asian vine, Actinidia arguta.
- Arista
-
noun,
Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- arrant
-
adjective,
downright; thorough; unmitigated; notorious:
- fortis
-
noun,
a fortis consonant.
- Fortas
-
noun,
Abe, 1910–1982, U.S. lawyer, government official, and jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1965–69.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- arsons
-
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.
- frusta
-
noun,
the part of a conical solid left after cutting off a top portion with a plane parallel to the base.
- fugato
-
noun,
a section of a composition that is in fugal style but does not constitute a real fugue.
- forgat
-
verb,
a simple past tense of forget.
- Titian
-
noun,
(Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.
- angsts
-
noun,
a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.
- gastr-
-
- Gaston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Tissot
-
noun,
James Joseph Jacques [zham zhaw-zef zhahk,, zheymz] /ʒam ʒɔˈzɛf ʒɑk,, ʒeɪmz/ (Show IPA), 1836–1902, French painter.
- aniso-
-
- ganoin
-
noun,
a hard, shiny, enamellike substance secreted by the corium, composing the outer layer of the scales of certain fishes.
- turion
-
noun,
a small shoot, as of asparagus or certain aquatic plants, from which a new plant can develop.
- Turing
-
noun,
Alan Mathison [math-uh-suh n] /ˈmæθ ə sən/ (Show IPA), 1912–54, English mathematician, logician, and pioneer in computer theory.
- gainst
-
preposition,
against.
- 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.
- futons
-
noun,
a thin mattress, usually filled with layers of cotton batting and encased in cotton fabric, placed on a floor for sleeping, especially in traditional Japanese interiors, and folded and stored during the day.
- toasts
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- anoint
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- Turgot
-
noun,
Anne Robert Jacques [an raw-ber zhahk] /ˈan rɔˈbɛr ˈʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1727–81, French statesman, financier, and economist.
- fusion
-
noun,
the act or process of fusing; the state of being fused.
- turgor
-
noun,
Plant Physiology. the normal distention or rigidity of plant cells, resulting from the pressure exerted by the cell contents on the cell walls.
- fusain
-
noun,
a fine charcoal used in drawing, made from the wood of the spindle tree.
- furors
-
noun,
a general outburst of enthusiasm, excitement, controversy, or the like.
- furnit
-
- furans
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated, five-membered heterocyclic compound, C 4 H 4 O, obtained from furfural: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- fungi-
-
- antiar
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- forint
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and the monetary unit of Hungary, equal to 100 fillér. Abbreviation: F., Ft.
- tsuris
-
noun,
trouble; woe.
- Angora
-
noun,
Angora cat.
- Fangio
-
noun,
Juan Manuel [wahn man-wel;; Spanish hwahn mah-nwel] /ˈwɑn mænˈwɛl;; Spanish ˈʰwɑn mɑˈnwɛl/ (Show IPA), 1911–1995, Argentine racing-car driver.
- fatsos
-
noun,
a fat person (used as a term of address).
- fatsia
-
noun,
a shrub or small tree, Fatsia japonica, of the ginseng family, having large, glossy, palmately compound leaves and often grown as a houseplant.
- attain
-
verb (used with object),
to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain:
- 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).
- farina
-
noun,
flour or meal made from cereal grains and cooked as cereal, used in puddings, soups, etc.
- attars
-
noun,
Also, atar, athar, ottar, otto. a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
- fanons
-
noun,
a maniple.
- Attius
-
noun,
Lucius, Accius, Lucius.
- 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.
- fanion
-
noun,
a small flag, originally carried by military brigades, used by soldiers and surveyors as a positional marker.
- attorn
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- faunas
-
noun,
the animals of a given region or period considered as a whole.
- trigon
-
noun,
a triangle.
- trigos
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- faints
-
noun,
the impure spirit produced in the first and last stages of the distillation of whiskey.
- fagots
-
noun,
a bundle of sticks, twigs, or branches bound together and used as fuel, a fascine, a torch, etc.
- fagins
-
noun,
(in Dickens' Oliver Twist) a villainous old man who trains and uses young boys as thieves.
- Auriga
-
noun,
the Charioteer, a northern constellation between Perseus and Gemini, containing the bright star Capella.
- Triton
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- aurist
-
noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- austr-
-
- gratin
-
noun,
au gratin.
- trouts
-
noun,
any of several game fishes of the genus Salmo, related to the salmon.
Compare brown trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout.
- truant
-
noun,
a student who stays away from school without permission.
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- Assiut
-
noun,
Asyut.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- Tsonga
-
noun,
a Bantu language spoken in Mozambique, Zambia, and South Africa.
- Arunta
-
noun,
Aranda.
- foists
-
noun,
Chinese Buddhism.
- asians
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- toting
-
noun,
the practice of taking home food from an employer by a person engaged in domestic service.
- trusts
-
noun,
reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
- asonia
-
noun,
tone deafness.
- Asosan
-
noun,
a volcano in SW Japan, in central Kyushu. 5225 feet (1593 meters); crater 12 miles (19 km) across.
- assign
-
noun,
Usually, assigns. Law. a person to whom the property or interest of another is or may be transferred; assignee:
- fissi-
-
- trans.
-
- firsts
-
noun,
the person or thing that is first in time, order, rank, etc.
- assort
-
verb (used with object),
to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
- Assuan
-
noun,
Aswan.
- firing
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that fires.
- tragus
-
noun,
a fleshy prominence at the front of the external opening of the ear.
- astro-
-
- astron
-
- fining
-
noun,
the process by which fused glass is freed of undissolved gases.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Fianna
-
plural noun,
the Fenians.
- gators
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- fronts
-
noun,
the foremost part or surface of anything.
- angio-
-
- gisant
-
noun,
a sculptured representation of a dead person in a recumbent position, usually as part of a sepulchral monument.
- agouta
-
noun,
the Haitian solenodon, Solenodon paradoxus.
- taunts
-
noun,
an insulting gibe or sarcasm; scornful reproach or challenge.
- unison
-
noun,
coincidence in pitch of two or more musical tones, voices, etc.
- Agrius
-
noun,
one of the Gigantes.
- tauro-
-
- agron.
-
- tauto-
-
- tautog
-
noun,
a black food and game fish, Tautoga onitis, inhabiting waters along the North Atlantic coast of the U.S.
- agoras
-
noun,
a popular political assembly.
- Girtin
-
noun,
Thomas, 1775–1802, English painter.
- ungirt
-
adjective,
having a girdle loosened or removed.
- unfits
-
adjective,
not fit; not adapted or suited; unsuitable:
- airing
-
noun,
an exposure to the air, as for drying.
- unfair
-
adjective,
not fair; not conforming to approved standards, as of justice, honesty, or ethics:
- Ugrian
-
noun,
a member of any of the Ugrian peoples.
- Ugarit
-
noun,
an ancient city in Syria, N of Latakia, on the site of modern Ras Shamra: destroyed by an earthquake early in the 13th century b.c.; excavations have yielded tablets written in cuneiform and hieroglyphic script that reveal important information on Canaanite mythology.
- gnosis
-
noun,
knowledge of spiritual matters; mystical knowledge.
- goanna
-
noun,
any of the several large monitor lizards of the family Varanidae, of Australia, especially Varanus varius and V. giganteus, both sometimes growing to 6 feet (1.8 meters).
- Tifton
-
noun,
a town in central Georgia.
- grafts
-
noun,
Horticulture.
a bud, shoot, or scion of a plant inserted in a groove, slit, or the like in a stem or stock of another plant in which it continues to grow.
the plant resulting from such an operation; the united stock and scion.
the place where the scion is inserted.
- Grants
-
noun,
a town in W New Mexico.
- urino-
-
- Granta
-
noun,
Cam.
- grano-
-
- grani-
-
- urano-
-
- grains
-
noun,
an iron instrument with barbed prongs, for spearing or harpooning fish.
- afrits
-
noun,
afreet.
- Tatius
-
noun,
a Sabine king who, following the rape of the Sabine women, attacked Rome and eventually ruled with Romulus.
- Urania
-
noun,
uranium dioxide.
- aftosa
-
noun,
foot-and-mouth disease.
- gossan
-
noun,
a rust-colored deposit of mineral matter at the outcrop of a vein or orebody containing iron-bearing materials.
- unrigs
-
verb (used with object),
to strip of rigging, as a ship.
- gonifs
-
noun,
ganef.
- agists
-
verb (used with object),
to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee.
- 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.
- tiaras
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- agouti
-
noun,
any of several short-haired, short-eared, rabbitlike rodents of the genus Dasyprocta, of South and Central America and the West Indies, destructive to sugar cane.
- Tigris
-
noun,
a river in SW Asia, flowing SE from SE Turkey through Iraq, joining the Euphrates to form the Shatt-al-Arab. 1150 miles (1850 km) long.
- tutors
-
noun,
a person employed to instruct another in some branch or branches of learning, especially a private instructor.
- angina
-
noun,
any attack of painful spasms characterized by sensations of choking or suffocating.
- Tustin
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- giaour
-
noun,
an unbeliever; a non-Muslim, especially a Christian.
- anatto
-
noun,
annatto.
- Austin
-
noun,
Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- astr.
-
- Sousa
-
noun,
John Philip, 1854–1932, U.S. band conductor and composer.
- ruana
-
noun,
a poncholike outer garment of heavy wool, worn especially in the mountains of Colombia.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- ottar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- truss
-
noun,
Civil Engineering, Building Trades.
any of various structural frames based on the geometric rigidity of the triangle and composed of straight members subject only to longitudinal compression, tension, or both: functions as a beam or cantilever to support bridges, roofs, etc. Compare complete (def 8), incomplete (def 3), redundant (def 5c).
any of various structural frames constructed on principles other than the geometric rigidity of the triangle or deriving stability from other factors, as the rigidity of joints, the abutment of masonry, or the stiffness of beams.
- Srta.
-
- uran-
-
- AFTRA
-
- Otaru
-
noun,
a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- agars
-
noun,
Also, agar-agar. Also called Chinese gelatin, Chinese isinglass, Japanese gelatin, Japanese isinglass. a gelatinlike product of certain seaweeds, used for solidifying certain culture media, as a thickening agent for ice cream and other foods, as a substitute for gelatin, in adhesives, as an emulsifier, etc.
- Truro
-
noun,
a town in central Nova Scotia, in SE Canada.
- Asura
-
noun,
(in Indian mythology) a god or demon.
- 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.
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- ossia
-
conjunction,
(indicating an alternative, usually easier, version of a passage in a musical score) or; or else.
- trugs
-
noun,
a shallow basket for carrying flowers, vegetables, etc., made from strips of wood.
- angas
-
noun,
any of the eight practices of Yoga, including the abstentions, mandatory actions, posture, breath control, control of the senses, concentration, meditation, and contemplation.
- sargo
-
noun,
a silvery grunt, Anisotremus davidsonii, inhabiting waters off the coasts of California and Mexico, having blackish markings and yellowish fins.
- afros
-
noun,
a hair style originating with black persons, in which the hair is allowed to grow naturally and to acquire a bushy appearance.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- sours
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- Afro-
-
- Sans.
-
- Unit.
-
- unrig
-
verb (used with object),
to strip of rigging, as a ship.
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- Sinus
-
noun,
a curve; bend.
- Russ.
-
abbreviation,
Russia.
- sanit
-
- assai
-
noun,
any of several slender Brazilian palms of the genus Euterpe, especially E. edulis, a species bearing a purple fruit from which a beverage is made by infusion.
- agist
-
verb (used with object),
to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee.
- agios
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- sorus
-
noun,
Botany. one of the clusters of sporangia on the back of the fronds of ferns.
- ousts
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- assn.
-
- anis-
-
- asst.
-
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- Assur
-
noun,
the god of war and supreme national god of Assyria.
- Trust
-
noun,
reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
- UNRRA
-
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- ORuss
-
- ation
-
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- stat.
-
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- 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.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- ruins
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- Aaron
-
noun,
the older brother of Moses, usually regarded as the first high priest of the Hebrews. Ex. 28; 40:13–16.
- faros
-
noun,
a gambling game in which players place bets on a special board or layout, betting on each series of two cards as they are drawn from a box containing the dealer's or banker's pack.
- trogs
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- 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.
- stats
-
noun,
Also, 'stat. thermostat.
- OFris
-
noun,
the Frisian language before c1500. Abbreviation: OFris.
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- sting
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- aurar
-
noun,
plural of eyrir.
- sings
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- sing.
-
- 30-30
-
- sauna
-
noun,
a bath that uses dry heat to induce perspiration, and in which steam is produced by pouring water on heated stones.
- oasts
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- oasis
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- angst
-
noun,
a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.
- sasin
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- Sino-
-
- orris
-
noun,
an iris, Iris germanica florentina, having a fragrant rootstock.
- saris
-
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.
- Orrin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- stang
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- Trout
-
noun,
any of several game fishes of the genus Salmo, related to the salmon.
Compare brown trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout.
- trots
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- 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.
- orig.
-
- angi-
-
- afrit
-
noun,
afreet.
- Starr
-
noun,
Belle (Myra Belle Shirley) 1848–89, U.S. outlaw and folk hero.
- attar
-
noun,
Also, atar, athar, ottar, otto. a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
- Stans
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland.
- 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.
- afars
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic Muslim people living in Eritrea, Djibouti, and northern Ethiopia.
- Saros
-
noun,
the period of 223 synodic months, equaling 6585.32 days or 18 years, 11.32 days (or 10.32 days if 5 leap years occur in the interval), after which eclipses repeat but are shifted 120° west.
- Angus
-
noun,
Formerly Forfar. a historic county in E Scotland.
- 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.
- Orang
-
noun,
orangutan.
- runts
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- atto-
-
- soras
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- 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.
- signs
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- Union
-
noun,
the act of uniting two or more things.
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- agura
-
noun,
agora2 .
- TUNIS
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- sagos
-
noun,
a starchy foodstuff derived from the soft interior of the trunk of various palms and cycads, used in making puddings.
- 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.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- snogs
-
verb (used without object),
to kiss and cuddle.
- 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.
- signa
-
verb,
(used imperatively, in prescriptions) mark; write; label.
- Sinas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rings
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- sagas
-
noun,
a medieval Icelandic or Norse prose narrative of achievements and events in the history of a personage, family, etc.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- tungo
-
noun,
rat-kangaroo.
- anat.
-
- snots
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Tunas
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- argon
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- rigor
-
noun,
strictness, severity, or harshness, as in dealing with people.
- snout
-
noun,
the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- Argos
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis: a powerful rival of Sparta, Athens, and Corinth.
- snags
-
noun,
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- SNAFU
-
noun,
a badly confused or ridiculously muddled situation:
Synonyms: snarl, bedlam, tumult, disarray, disorder, confusion, mess; foul-up.
Antonyms: order, efficiency, calm.
- rifts
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- 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.
- turfs
-
noun,
a layer of matted earth formed by grass and plant roots.
- 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.
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- anti-
-
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- rusts
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- Safar
-
noun,
the second month of the Muslim calendar.
- anoia
-
noun,
extreme mental deficiency.
- sito-
-
- Ronan
-
noun,
a king who killed his son, Mael Fothartaigh, after his wife had falsely accused the boy of attempting to seduce her, and who was himself killed by the children of Mael Fothartaigh.
- situs
-
noun,
position; situation.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- unfit
-
adjective,
not fit; not adapted or suited; unsuitable:
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- 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.
- tutor
-
noun,
a person employed to instruct another in some branch or branches of learning, especially a private instructor.
- 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.
- roars
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- sagan
-
noun,
Carl (Edward) 1934–96, U.S. astronomer and writer.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- snugs
-
noun,
British. a small, secluded room in a tavern, as for private parties.
- argot
-
noun,
a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
- rafts
-
noun,
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:
- 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).
- angor
-
noun,
extreme distress or mental anguish, usually of physical origin.
- anon.
-
- arrgt
-
- arris
-
noun,
a sharp ridge, as between adjoining channels of a Doric column.
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- 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.
- sains
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- siris
-
noun,
lebbek (def 1).
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- sifts
-
verb (used with object),
to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- agora
-
noun,
a popular political assembly.
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- Artur
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Sango
-
noun,
a Niger-Congo language of the Adamawa-Eastern branch, used as a lingua franca in the Central African Republic.
- RSFSR
-
- ragis
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- ragas
-
noun,
one of the melodic formulas of Hindu music having the melodic shape, rhythm, and ornamentation prescribed by tradition.
- rutin
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Arrau
-
noun,
Claudio [klaw-dee-oh;; Spanish klou-th yaw] /ˈklɔ diˌoʊ;; Spanish ˈklaʊ ðyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1903–91, Chilean pianist.
- agro-
-
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Argus
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant with 100 eyes, set to guard the heifer Io: his eyes were transferred after his death to the peacock's tail.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- soars
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- sofar
-
noun,
a system for determining a position at sea by exploding a charge under water and measuring the time the shock waves take to reach three widely separated shore stations at known distances from each other.
- saiga
-
noun,
a goatlike antelope, Saiga tatarica, of western Asia and eastern Russia, having a greatly enlarged muzzle.
- SOFIA
-
noun,
Also, Sofiya [Bulgarian saw-fee-yuh] /Bulgarian ˈsɔ fi yə/ (Show IPA). a city in and the capital of Bulgaria, in the W part.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- softa
-
noun,
a Turkish Muslim theological student.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- annot
-
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- annas
-
noun,
a former cupronickel coin of Pakistan, the 16th part of a rupee: last issued in 1960.
- tufas
-
noun,
Also called calcareous tufa, calc-tufa, calc-tuff. a porous limestone formed from calcium carbonate deposited by springs or the like.
Compare travertine.
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- Arran
-
noun,
an island in SW Scotland, in the Firth of Clyde. 166 sq. mi. (430 sq. km).
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- softs
-
noun,
something that is soft or yielding; the soft part.
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- Arras
-
noun,
a rich tapestry.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- Stoat
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- 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.
- gaits
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- toast
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- fungo
-
noun,
(in practice sessions) a ball tossed into the air by the batter and struck as it comes down.
- Titus
-
noun,
a disciple and companion of the apostle Paul, to whom Paul is supposed to have addressed an Epistle.
- furan
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated, five-membered heterocyclic compound, C 4 H 4 O, obtained from furfural: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- furor
-
noun,
a general outburst of enthusiasm, excitement, controversy, or the like.
- intr.
-
- Fusan
-
noun,
Pusan.
- Titos
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- Tagus
-
noun,
a river in SW Europe, flowing W through central Spain and Portugal to the Atlantic at Lisbon. 566 miles (910 km) long.
- futon
-
noun,
a thin mattress, usually filled with layers of cotton batting and encased in cotton fabric, placed on a floor for sleeping, especially in traditional Japanese interiors, and folded and stored during the day.
- titis
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- inst.
-
- gains
-
- taiga
-
noun,
the coniferous evergreen forests of subarctic lands, covering vast areas of northern North America and Eurasia.
- Gaius
-
noun,
a.d. c110–c180, Roman jurist and writer, especially on civil law.
- fruit
-
noun,
any product of plant growth useful to humans or animals.
- Inonu
-
noun,
Ismet [is-met] /ɪsˈmɛt/ (Show IPA), (Ismet Paşa) 1884–1973, president of Turkey 1938–50; prime minister 1923–24, 1925–37, 1961–65.
- init.
-
- inion
-
noun,
a point at the external occipital protuberance of the skull.
- Gaons
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- garni
-
adjective,
garnished.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- ingot
-
noun,
a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- gasts
-
verb (used with object),
to terrify or frighten.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- infos
-
noun,
information.
- tious
-
- gator
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- tofts
-
noun,
the site of a house and outbuildings.
- frugs
-
noun,
a dance deriving from the twist.
- Gaunt
-
noun,
John of, John of Gaunt.
- tongs
-
noun,
any of various implements consisting of two arms hinged, pivoted, or otherwise fastened together, for seizing, holding, or lifting something (usually used with pair of).
- frass
-
noun,
insect excrement.
- suras
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- frats
-
noun,
fraternity (def 1).
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- tonus
-
noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- surfs
-
noun,
the swell of the sea that breaks upon a shore or upon shoals.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- tonia
-
- friar
-
noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a member of a religious order, especially the mendicant orders of Franciscans, Dominicans, Carmelites, and Augustinians.
- frigs
-
noun,
refrigerator.
- surg.
-
- surra
-
noun,
an often fatal infectious disease of horses, camels, elephants, and dogs caused by a blood-infecting protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma evansi, transmitted by the bite of horseflies, characterized by fever, anemia, and emaciation.
- Fris.
-
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- togas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- Irgun
-
noun,
a militant Zionist underground group, active chiefly during the period (1917–48) of British control by mandate of Palestine.
- Frits
-
noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- Iran.
-
- Susan
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- Aust.
-
- frons
-
noun,
the upper anterior portion of the head of an insect, above or behind the clypeus.
- front
-
noun,
the foremost part or surface of anything.
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- Frost
-
noun,
a degree or state of coldness sufficient to cause the freezing of water.
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- Tonga
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in India.
- tafia
-
noun,
a type of rum made in Haiti from lower grades of molasses, refuse sugar, or the like.
- inurn
-
verb (used with object),
to put into an urn, especially ashes after cremation.
- Inuit
-
noun,
a member of the Eskimo peoples inhabiting northernmost North America from northern Alaska to eastern Canada and Greenland.
- Gatun
-
noun,
a town in the N Canal Zone of Panama.
- gaurs
-
noun,
a massive wild ox, Bibos gaurus, of southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago, growing to a height of 6 feet (1.8 meters) at the shoulder: now reduced in numbers.
- 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.
- gouts
-
noun,
an acute, recurrent disease characterized by painful inflammation of the joints, chiefly those in the feet and hands, and especially in the great toe, and by an excess of uric acid in the blood.
- guano
-
noun,
a natural manure composed chiefly of the excrement of sea birds, found especially on islands near the Peruvian coast.
- 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.
- Goias
-
noun,
a state in central Brazil. 247,826 sq. mi. (641,870 sq. km). Capital: Goiânia.
- tarot
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- ta-ta
-
interjection,
goodbye.
- gonif
-
noun,
ganef.
- gonna
-
- Tasso
-
noun,
Torquato [tawr-kwah-taw] /tɔrˈkwɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1544–95, Italian poet.
- grunt
-
noun,
a sound of grunting.
- gotra
-
noun,
a Hindu clan tracing its paternal lineage from a common ancestor, usually a saint or sage.
- gotta
-
- Tartu
-
noun,
a city in SE Estonia.
- grout
-
noun,
a thin, coarse mortar poured into various narrow cavities, as masonry joints or rock fissures, to fill them and consolidate the adjoining objects into a solid mass.
- grots
-
noun,
a grotto.
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- guar.
-
- Gross
-
noun,
a group of 12 dozen, or 144, things. Abbreviation: gro.
- graft
-
noun,
Horticulture.
a bud, shoot, or scion of a plant inserted in a groove, slit, or the like in a stem or stock of another plant in which it continues to grow.
the plant resulting from such an operation; the united stock and scion.
the place where the scion is inserted.
- groin
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- grain
-
noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- groat
-
noun,
a silver coin of England, equal to four pennies, issued from 1279 to 1662.
- groan
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- Grana
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) plural of granum.
- grist
-
noun,
grain to be ground.
- grans
-
noun,
grandmother.
- Grant
-
noun,
something granted, as a privilege or right, a sum of money, or a tract of land:
- griot
-
noun,
a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc.
- grins
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- GRASS
-
noun,
any plant of the family Gramineae, having jointed stems, sheathing leaves, and seedlike grains.
Compare grass family.
- grift
-
noun,
(sometimes used with a plural verb) a group of methods for obtaining money falsely through the use of swindles, frauds, dishonest gambling, etc.
- guans
-
noun,
a large game bird of the curassow family, common in dense woodlands of Central and South America, somewhat resembling a turkey.
- taunt
-
noun,
an insulting gibe or sarcasm; scornful reproach or challenge.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- Gauss
-
noun,
the centimeter-gram-second unit of magnetic induction, equal to the magnetic induction of a magnetic field in which one abcoulomb of charge, moving with a component of velocity perpendicular to the field and equal to one centimeter per second, is acted on by a force of one dyne; 1 maxwell per square centimeter or 10− 4 weber per square meter. Symbol: G.
- giant
-
noun,
(in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- tings
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- gifts
-
noun,
something given voluntarily without payment in return, as to show favor toward someone, honor an occasion, or make a gesture of assistance; present.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- Tanga
-
noun,
either of two former coins of India, one gold and one silver, issued by various Muslim rulers.
- tango
-
noun,
a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- iasis
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- tangs
-
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- girns
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- tanna
-
noun,
one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in Palestine during the 1st and 2nd centuries a.d., whose teachings are found chiefly in the Mishnah.
- guars
-
noun,
a plant, Cyamopsis tetragonolobus, of the legume family, grown as a forage crop and for its seeds, which produce a gum (guar gum) used as a thickening agent and stabilizer in foods and pharmaceuticals and as sizing for paper and cloth.
- giros
-
noun,
autogiro.
- Tanta
-
noun,
a city in N Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- tanto
-
adverb,
(of a musical direction) too much; so much.
- girts
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- gutta
-
noun,
a drop, or something resembling one.
- gusto
-
noun,
hearty or keen enjoyment, as in eating or drinking, or in action or speech in general:
Synonyms: enthusiasm, delight, relish, zest, spirit, fervor.
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- gists
-
noun,
the main or essential part of a matter:
- Gunas
-
noun,
(in Sankhya and Vedantic philosophy) one of the three qualities of prakriti, or nature, which are passion (rajas) dullness or inertia (tamas) and goodness or purity (sattva)
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- gnars
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- guiro
-
noun,
a South American musical instrument consisting of a hollow gourd with serrated surface that is scraped with a stick.
- Guin.
-
- Guat.
-
- Frans
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Francis.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- frags
-
noun,
fragmentation grenade.
- naso-
-
- Natta
-
noun,
Giulio [joo-lyaw] /ˈdʒu lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1903–79, Italian chemist and engineer: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1963.
- first
-
noun,
the person or thing that is first in time, order, rank, etc.
- stung
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- non-U
-
adjective,
not characteristic of or appropriate to the upper class, especially of Great Britain:
- Farsi
-
noun,
the modern Iranian language of Iran and western Afghanistan, written in the Arabic alphabet; modern Persian.
- fists
-
noun,
the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
- Tours
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.
- stuns
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- Farro
-
noun,
emmer.
- stunt
-
noun,
a stop or hindrance in growth or development.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- touts
-
noun,
a person who solicits business, employment, support, or the like, importunately.
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- Fargo
-
noun,
William George, 1818–81, U.S. businessman: pioneered in express shipping and banking.
- trig.
-
- foins
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- Fanti
-
noun,
a Kwa language spoken in Ghana that is mutually intelligible with Twi.
- Foist
-
verb (used with object),
to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably (usually followed by on or upon):
- fanos
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea: cathedral; Roman ruins.
- Sturt
-
noun,
violent quarreling.
- fanon
-
noun,
a maniple.
- triga
-
noun,
a two-wheeled chariot drawn by a team of three horses.
- fauns
-
noun,
one of a class of rural deities represented as men with the ears, horns, tail, and later also the hind legs of a goat.
- Notus
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
- farts
-
noun,
a flatus expelled through the anus.
- naut.
-
- nano-
-
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- Nitti
-
noun,
Francesco Saverio [frahn-ches-kaw sah-ve-ryaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ sɑˈvɛ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1868–1953, Italian lawyer, statesman, and economist.
- Faust
-
noun,
Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), c1480–c1538, German magician, alchemist, and astrologer.
- nitr-
-
- fiats
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- Fauna
-
noun,
the animals of a given region or period considered as a whole.
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- Nogai
-
noun,
a member of a people living in the Caucasus region.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- fatso
-
noun,
a fat person (used as a term of address).
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- nisus
-
noun,
an effort or striving toward a particular goal or attainment; impulse.
- finis
-
noun,
end; conclusion.
- finns
-
noun,
Irish Legend. a leader of the Fenian warriors and the father of Ossian: the subject of many legends.
- firns
-
noun,
névé.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Ninus
-
noun,
the legendary husband of Semiramis and founder of Nineveh.
- nona-
-
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- finos
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- Fiona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- fasts
-
noun,
a fastening for a door, window, or the like.
- Fionn
-
noun,
Finn.
- strut
-
noun,
the act of strutting.
- Nguni
-
noun,
a member of a group of culturally and linguistically related peoples of southern and eastern Africa, including the Xhosa, Zulu, Ndebele, and Swazi.
- fango
-
noun,
clay or mud, especially a clay obtained from certain hot springs in Battaglio, Italy, used as a hot application in the treatment of certain diseases.
- toti-
-
- fort.
-
- suint
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- sunns
-
noun,
a tall East Indian shrub, Crotalaria juncea, of the legume family, having slender branches and yellow flowers, and an inner bark that yields a hemplike fiber used for making ropes, sacking, etc.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- Torun
-
noun,
a city in N Poland, on the Vistula.
- NAAFI
-
noun,
Navy, Army, and Air Force Institutes: an organization that provides social facilities, stores, etc., to British military personnel.
- Fagin
-
noun,
(in Dickens' Oliver Twist) a villainous old man who trains and uses young boys as thieves.
- sugis
-
noun,
Japan cedar.
- Sunni
-
noun,
Also called Sunnite. a member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam, regarding the first four caliphs as legitimate successors of Muhammad and stressing the importance of Sunna as a basis for law.
Compare Shiʿite.
- fagot
-
noun,
a bundle of sticks, twigs, or branches bound together and used as fuel, a fascine, a torch, etc.
- Fount
-
noun,
a spring of water; fountain.
- stoas
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- 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.
- Sunna
-
noun,
the traditional portion of Muslim law, based on the words and acts of Muhammad, and preserved in the traditional literature.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- ition
-
- fossa
-
noun,
a pit, cavity, or depression, as in a bone.
- naifs
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- torus
-
noun,
Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
- Sugar
-
noun,
a sweet, crystalline substance, C 12 H 22 O 11 , obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet, and present in sorghum, maple sap, etc.: used extensively as an ingredient and flavoring of certain foods and as a fermenting agent in the manufacture of certain alcoholic beverages; sucrose.
Compare beet sugar, cane sugar.
- fairs
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- nanas
-
noun,
Chiefly Northeastern U.S. grandmother; grandma.
- fours
-
noun,
a cardinal number, three plus one.
- Stout
-
noun,
a dark, sweet brew made of roasted malt and having a higher percentage of hops than porter.
- trigo
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- Sufis
-
noun,
a member of an ascetic, mystical Muslim sect.
- trigs
-
noun,
trigonometry.
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- auto.
-
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- faint
-
noun,
a temporary loss of consciousness resulting from a decreased flow of blood to the brain; a swoon:
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- USIS
-
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- USIA
-
- USAR
-
- uro-
-
- 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)
- USAF
-
noun,
the permanent or regular military air force of the United States, established in 1947 as a separate service under the authority of the Department of Defense: a branch of the U.S. Army before 1947. Abbreviation: USAF.
- uni-
-
- ungt
-
- USSR
-
noun,
a former federal union of 15 constituent republics, in E Europe and W and N Asia, comprising the larger part of the former Russian Empire: dissolved in December 1991. 8,650,069 sq. mi. (22,402,200 sq. km). Capital: Moscow.
Abbreviation: U.S.S.R., USSR.
- USNA
-
- USGA
-
- sift
-
verb (used with object),
to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- trit
-
- 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.
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- str.
-
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- tron
-
- 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.
- trog
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- Sig.
-
- tri-
-
- tRNA
-
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- Urfa
-
noun,
a city in SE Turkey, E of the Euphrates River: on the site of ancient Edessa.
- sign
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- taur
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- stg.
-
- Urga
-
noun,
former name of Ulan Bator.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- uria
-
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- trug
-
noun,
a shallow basket for carrying flowers, vegetables, etc., made from strips of wood.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- tufa
-
noun,
Also called calcareous tufa, calc-tufa, calc-tuff. a porous limestone formed from calcium carbonate deposited by springs or the like.
Compare travertine.
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- Susa
-
noun,
a ruined city in W Iran: the capital of ancient Elam; palaces of Darius and Artaxerxes I; stele containing the Code of Hammurabi discovered here.
- sugi
-
noun,
Japan cedar.
- snog
-
verb (used without object),
to kiss and cuddle.
- snag
-
noun,
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- 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.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- Song
-
noun,
a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.
- tong
-
noun,
tongs.
- togs
-
noun,
a coat.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- Sufi
-
noun,
a member of an ascetic, mystical Muslim sect.
- TSgt
-
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- tuna
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- Soni
-
- sofa
-
noun,
a long, upholstered couch with a back and two arms or raised ends.
- tugs
-
noun,
an act or instance of tugging; pull; haul.
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- 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.
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- soft
-
noun,
something that is soft or yielding; the soft part.
- Torr
-
noun,
a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- tuft
-
noun,
a bunch or cluster of small, usually soft and flexible parts, as feathers or hairs, attached or fixed closely together at the base and loose at the upper ends.
- Sung
-
noun,
a dynasty in China, a.d. 960–1279, characterized by a high level of achievement in painting, ceramics, and philosophy: overthrown by the Mongols.
- SURF
-
noun,
the swell of the sea that breaks upon a shore or upon shoals.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- tonn
-
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- snug
-
noun,
British. a small, secluded room in a tavern, as for private parties.
- sunn
-
noun,
a tall East Indian shrub, Crotalaria juncea, of the legume family, having slender branches and yellow flowers, and an inner bark that yields a hemplike fiber used for making ropes, sacking, etc.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- toga
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- ufos
-
noun,
any unexplained moving object observed in the sky, especially one assumed by some observers to be of extraterrestrial origin.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- tout
-
noun,
a person who solicits business, employment, support, or the like, importunately.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- tion
-
- sur-
-
- Sra.
-
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Ting
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tuts
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tut.”.
- Stag
-
noun,
an adult male deer.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tit.
-
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- tofu
-
noun,
a soft, bland, white cheeselike food, high in protein content, made from curdled soybean milk: used in Asian and vegetarian cookery.
- Taft
-
noun,
Helen Herron [her-uh n] /ˈhɛr ən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1943, U.S. First Lady 1909–13 (wife of William Howard Taft).
- Toft
-
noun,
the site of a house and outbuildings.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- turf
-
noun,
a layer of matted earth formed by grass and plant roots.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- titi
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Taif
-
noun,
a city in W Saudi Arabia.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- funs
-
noun,
something that provides mirth or amusement:
- saur
-
- itis
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- ISIS
-
noun,
a goddess of fertility, the sister and wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, and usually represented as a woman with a cow's horns with the solar disk between them: later worshiped in the Greek and Roman empires.
- iso-
-
- fain
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- ISSN
-
- fags
-
noun,
Slang. a cigarette.
- aut-
-
- Fair
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- Aus.
-
- AURA
-
noun,
a distinctive and pervasive quality or character; air; atmosphere:
- aur-
-
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- Aug.
-
- Attu
-
noun,
the westernmost of the Aleutian Islands: Japanese occupation 1942–43.
- attn
-
- Naga
-
noun,
a member of any of the disparate tribal peoples of Nagaland and bordering areas of Burma.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- fana
-
noun,
the ecstatic union of the Sufi with the Divine.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- 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 = .
- int.
-
- 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.
- Faun
-
noun,
one of a class of rural deities represented as men with the ears, horns, tail, and later also the hind legs of a goat.
- fats
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) cattle fattened and ready for market.
- FAST
-
noun,
a fastening for a door, window, or the like.
- fart
-
noun,
a flatus expelled through the anus.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- Fars
-
noun,
a province in SW Iran. 51,466 sq. mi. (133,297 sq. km).
- Irra
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of pestilence.
- Faro
-
noun,
a gambling game in which players place bets on a special board or layout, betting on each series of two cards as they are drawn from a box containing the dealer's or banker's pack.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- ious
-
- Fano
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea: cathedral; Roman ruins.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Fang
-
noun,
one of the long, sharp, hollow or grooved teeth of a venomous snake by which poison is injected.
- 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.
- naif
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- ator
-
- ins.
-
- not-
-
- non-
-
- 1080
-
- Nor.
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- nos-
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- nogs
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- noun
-
noun,
any member of a class of words that can function as the main or only elements of subjects of verbs (A dog just barked), or of objects of verbs or prepositions (to send money from home), and that in English can take plural forms and possessive endings (Three of his buddies want to borrow John's laptop). Nouns are often described as referring to persons, places, things, states, or qualities, and the word noun is itself often used as an attributive modifier, as in noun compound; noun group.
See also noun adjunct, noun clause, noun phrase.
Synonyms: substantive, name.
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- asis
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- NTIA
-
- 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).
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- NOAA
-
- 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.
- att.
-
- Nana
-
noun,
Chiefly Northeastern U.S. grandmother; grandma.
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- 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.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- NIRA
-
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- ASSR
-
- fiat
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- oafs
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- FRGS
-
- Frs.
-
- FROG
-
noun,
any tailless, stout-bodied amphibian of the order Anura, including the smooth, moist-skinned frog species that live in a damp or semiaquatic habitat and the warty, drier-skinned toad species that are mostly terrestrial as adults.
- frit
-
noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- girt
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- frig
-
noun,
refrigerator.
- gist
-
noun,
the main or essential part of a matter:
- Fri.
-
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- gnat
-
noun,
any of certain small flies, especially the biting gnats or punkies of the family Ceratopogonidae, the midges of the family Chironomidae, and the black flies of the family Simuliidae.
- Frau
-
noun,
a married woman; a wife.
- goaf
-
noun,
gob1 (def 3).
- goas
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- Goat
-
noun,
any of numerous agile, hollow-horned ruminants of the genus Capra, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the sheep, found native in rocky and mountainous regions of the Old World, and widely distributed in domesticated varieties.
- frat
-
noun,
fraternity (def 1).
- gon-
-
- Fran
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Francis.
- giro
-
noun,
autogiro.
- Gino
-
noun,
a male given name.
- gout
-
noun,
an acute, recurrent disease characterized by painful inflammation of the joints, chiefly those in the feet and hands, and especially in the great toe, and by an excess of uric acid in the blood.
- frug
-
noun,
a dance deriving from the twist.
- fuss
-
noun,
an excessive display of anxious attention or activity; needless or useless bustle:
- fut.
-
- fugs
-
noun,
stale air, especially the humid, warm, ill-smelling air of a crowded room, kitchen, etc.
- gait
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- Gaon
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- gars
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- gast
-
verb (used with object),
to terrify or frighten.
- gata
-
noun,
the nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum.
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- gats
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- GATT
-
- gaur
-
noun,
a massive wild ox, Bibos gaurus, of southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago, growing to a height of 6 feet (1.8 meters) at the shoulder: now reduced in numbers.
- GFTU
-
- frt.
-
- gift
-
noun,
something given voluntarily without payment in return, as to show favor toward someone, honor an occasion, or make a gesture of assistance; present.
- Gifu
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan.
- FRSS
-
- frag
-
noun,
fragmentation grenade.
- Graf
-
noun,
Stephanie Maria ("Steffi") born 1969, German tennis player.
- INRI
-
- Ifni
-
noun,
a former Spanish enclave on the W coast of Morocco, ceded to Morocco 1969.
- fist
-
noun,
the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
- firs
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- Iago
-
noun,
the villain in Shakespeare's Othello.
- iana
-
- firn
-
noun,
névé.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- IATA
-
- Fino
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- FOIA
-
- ign.
-
- Finn
-
noun,
Irish Legend. a leader of the Fenian warriors and the father of Ossian: the subject of many legends.
- Fini
-
adjective,
finished; done.
- Inf.
-
- info
-
noun,
information.
- Fin.
-
- fig.
-
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- FITS
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- guts
-
noun,
the alimentary canal, especially between the pylorus and the anus, or some portion of it.
Compare foregut, midgut, hindgut.
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- Grus
-
noun,
the Crane, a southern constellation between Indus and Piscis Austrinus.
- gras
-
- Four
-
noun,
a cardinal number, three plus one.
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- Gris
-
noun,
Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), (José Vittoriano Gonzáles) 1887–1927, Spanish painter in France.
- Grit
-
noun,
abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- gro.
-
- Gros
-
noun,
Antoine Jean [ahn-twan zhahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1771–1835, French painter.
- grot
-
noun,
a grotto.
- Foss
-
noun,
Lukas [loo-kuh s] /ˈlu kəs/ (Show IPA), 1922–2009, U.S. pianist, conductor, and composer; born in Germany.
- foin
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- fora
-
noun,
a plural of forum.
- for.
-
- guan
-
noun,
a large game bird of the curassow family, common in dense woodlands of Central and South America, somewhat resembling a turkey.
- font
-
noun,
a receptacle, usually of stone, as in a baptistery or church, containing the water used in baptism.
- Fons
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- guna
-
noun,
(in Sankhya and Vedantic philosophy) one of the three qualities of prakriti, or nature, which are passion (rajas) dullness or inertia (tamas) and goodness or purity (sattva)
- Fong
-
noun,
Hiram L(eong) [lee-awng,, -ong] /liˈɔŋ,, -ˈɒŋ/ (Show IPA), 1907–2004, U.S. lawyer and senator from Hawaii 1959–77.
- gust
-
noun,
a sudden, strong blast of wind.
- art.
-
- nong
-
noun,
a foolish, incompetent person.
- fur.
-
- 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).
- afr-
-
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- Afar
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic Muslim people living in Eritrea, Djibouti, and northern Ethiopia.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- ruga
-
noun,
Usually, rugae. Biology, Anatomy. a wrinkle, fold, or ridge.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rung
-
noun,
one of the crosspieces, usually rounded, forming the steps of a ladder.
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- raga
-
noun,
one of the melodic formulas of Hindu music having the melodic shape, rhythm, and ornamentation prescribed by tradition.
- AISI
-
- raft
-
noun,
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- RAAF
-
- Rus.
-
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- out-
-
- Anas
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- agst
-
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Agon
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece) a contest in which prizes were awarded in any of a number of events, as athletics, drama, music, poetry, and painting.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- RONA
-
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- agio
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- roar
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- agit
-
- 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.
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- RNAS
-
- agas
-
noun,
a title of honor, usually implying respect for age.
- rifs
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- Agar
-
noun,
Also, agar-agar. Also called Chinese gelatin, Chinese isinglass, Japanese gelatin, Japanese isinglass. a gelatinlike product of certain seaweeds, used for solidifying certain culture media, as a thickening agent for ice cream and other foods, as a substitute for gelatin, in adhesives, as an emulsifier, etc.
- rit.
-
- 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.
- Ring
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- agr.
-
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- RIIA
-
- Rigi
-
noun,
a mountain in central Switzerland, near the Lake of Lucerne. 5906 feet (1800 meters).
- Agra
-
noun,
a city in SW Uttar Pradesh, in N India: site of the Taj Mahal.
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- rift
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- orra
-
adjective,
not regular or scheduled; odd:
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- OSSA
-
noun,
plural of os1 .
- sags
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- osis
-
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Sang
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- ARIS
-
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- sago
-
noun,
a starchy foodstuff derived from the soft interior of the trunk of various palms and cycads, used in making puddings.
- Argo
-
noun,
Astronomy. a very large southern constellation, now divided into Vela, Carina, Puppis, and Pyxis, four separate constellations lying largely south of Canis Major.
- org.
-
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- 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.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- Arg.
-
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- Ont.
-
- 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.
- Sat.
-
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- arr.
-
- ano-
-
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- 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.
- 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.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- anga
-
noun,
any of the eight practices of Yoga, including the abstentions, mandatory actions, posture, breath control, control of the senses, concentration, meditation, and contemplation.
- Safi
-
noun,
a seaport in W central Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean coast.
- ann.
-
- Anna
-
noun,
a former cupronickel coin of Pakistan, the 16th part of a rupee: last issued in 1960.
- ANTU
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- 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.
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- ant.
-
- ANSI
-
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- SAGA
-
noun,
a medieval Icelandic or Norse prose narrative of achievements and events in the history of a personage, family, etc.
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- fou
-
adjective,
drunk.
- TNT
-
- Tng
-
- FOT
-
- fun
-
noun,
something that provides mirth or amusement:
- FSR
-
- fug
-
noun,
stale air, especially the humid, warm, ill-smelling air of a crowded room, kitchen, etc.
- uti
-
- ft.
-
- tog
-
noun,
a coat.
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- Af.
-
- an.
-
- ur-
-
- 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.
- AIA
-
- USN
-
- fro
-
Idioms,
to and fro, alternating from one place to another; back and forth:
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- uns
-
- Aar
-
- ag-
-
- FRG
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- FSA
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- AAU
-
- USO
-
- AFA
-
- Fra
-
noun,
a title of address for a friar or brother.
- Ar.
-
- Fr.
-
abbreviation,
Father.
- USR
-
- AFS
-
- AFT
-
adverb,
at, close to, or toward the stern or tail:
- aga
-
noun,
a title of honor, usually implying respect for age.
- AAF
-
- Tu.
-
- FOS
-
- AOU
-
- Tut
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tut.”.
- ANF
-
- AUA
-
- ANG
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ATA
-
- ANU
-
noun,
a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
- at.
-
- AOA
-
- ASU
-
- ast
-
- aor
-
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- FAS
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- ASI
-
- ARS
-
- TSS
-
- 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.
- ARU
-
- TSI
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- tug
-
noun,
an act or instance of tugging; pull; haul.
- ASR
-
- ASN
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- ARF
-
interjection,
(used to imitate the bark of a dog).
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- Tro
-
- fo.
-
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- fgn
-
- FON
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- UNO
-
- fog
-
noun,
a cloudlike mass or layer of minute water droplets or ice crystals near the surface of the earth, appreciably reducing visibility.
Compare ice fog, mist, smog.
- ago
-
adverb,
in past time; in the past:
- FIT
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- tr.
-
- tra
-
- FIR
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- FIO
-
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- Agt
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- TTS
-
- Fia
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- FAA
-
- UFO
-
noun,
any unexplained moving object observed in the sky, especially one assumed by some observers to be of extraterrestrial origin.
- FAG
-
noun,
Slang. a cigarette.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- UAR
-
- USA
-
- USS
-
- Ufa
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of the Bashkir Autonomous Republic, in the Russian Federation in Europe.
- Fan
-
noun,
any device for producing a current of air by the movement of a broad surface or a number of such surfaces.
- FAT
-
noun,
any of several white or yellowish greasy substances, forming the chief part of adipose tissue of animals and also occurring in plants, that when pure are colorless, odorless, and tasteless and are either solid or liquid esters of glycerol with fatty acids; fats are insoluble in water or cold alcohol but soluble in ether, chloroform, or benzene: used in the manufacture of soap, paints, and other protective coatings and in cooking.
- 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.
- FAO
-
- FAR
-
Idioms,
a far cry (from). cry (def 27).
- trf
-
- UIT
-
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- ung
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- OSS
-
- OIt
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- ONF
-
- ONI
-
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ot-
-
- oft
-
adverb,
often.
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- SST
-
- SSR
-
- SSN
-
- SSI
-
- SSA
-
- ss.
-
- OTA
-
- OIr
-
- OFr
-
- OTS
-
- NRA
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NFS
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- NGO
-
noun,
1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
- NIA
-
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- nog
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- nr.
-
- NSU
-
- STI
-
- Nun
-
noun,
a woman member of a religious order, especially one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- OSA
-
- OSF
-
- oaf
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- 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.
- OAU
-
- of-
-
- SRS
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- RTS
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- RSS
-
- rt.
-
- RTF
-
- rug
-
noun,
a thick fabric for covering part of a floor, often woven of wool and often having an oblong shape with a border design.
Compare carpet.
- ROG
-
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- So.
-
- SRO
-
- SAA
-
- SAG
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- SAR
-
- Sgt
-
- ROI
-
- ROA
-
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Sr.
-
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- RAF
-
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- 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.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- RNR
-
- 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.
- RFA
-
- RFI
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- SOF
-
- RIF
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- SNU
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- RNA
-
- suf
-
- NSA
-
- SUG
-
- Gut
-
noun,
the alimentary canal, especially between the pylorus and the anus, or some portion of it.
Compare foregut, midgut, hindgut.
- GSR
-
- gt.
-
- GTO
-
- GTS
-
- GTT
-
- GUI
-
noun,
graphical user interface.
- Gun
-
noun,
a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
- Gur
-
noun,
a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, including Mossi and other languages spoken in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Ivory Coast, and Mali.
- GUS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Augustus or Gustave.
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- grf
-
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- IFS
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ITU
-
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- GSA
-
- Gr.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Ga.
-
- GAR
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- gi.
-
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- GAO
-
noun,
a city in E Mali.
- GAS
-
noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- Gat
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- GIF
-
noun,
a set of standards and file format for storage of digital color images and short animations.
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- TIA
-
- got
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- TGN
-
- tfr
-
- GIs
-
noun,
a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt.
- git
-
noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- GNU
-
noun,
either of two stocky, oxlike antelopes of the genus Connochaetes, the silver-gray, white-bearded C. taurinus of the eastern African plain and the black, white-tailed C. gnou of central South Africa: recently near extinction, the South African gnu is now protected.
- Goa
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- goi
-
noun,
goy.
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- Gor
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- in.
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- ing
-
- ist
-
- IOU
-
- Ir.
-
- Sus
-
- IRO
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- ISR
-
- ITA
-
- 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.
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- IUS
-
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- NSF
-
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- NAA
-
- IOT
-
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- ior
-
- IOF
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- 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 = .
- TAG
-
noun,
a piece or strip of strong paper, plastic, metal, leather, etc., for attaching by one end to something as a mark or label:
- IF
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- RU
-
- NF
-
- NG
-
- NI
-
- S.
-
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- SA
-
- AO
-
- RN
-
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- IG
-
- GU
-
- 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.
- GO
-
noun,
the act of going:
- SU
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- G.
-
- 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.
- SF
-
- SG
-
- f.
-
noun,
(Paul) Felix (Edler von Münzberg) [poul fey-liks eyd-luh r fuh n mynts-berk] /paʊl ˈfeɪ lɪks ˈeɪd lər fən ˈmüntsˌbɛrk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1942, Austrian composer, conductor, and writer.
- N.
-
- TT
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- UI
-
- U.
-
- i.
-
- RF
-
- fn
-
- t.
-
- rg
-
- TG
-
- T1
-
- 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.
- RI
-
- OA
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- OG
-
- RO
-
- SN
-
- O.
-
- FI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- GN
-
- fg
-
- TN
-
- FA
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.