Anagrams of tribeswoman
Word tribeswoman has
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- tribesman
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noun,
a member of a tribe.
- brominate
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verb (used with object),
to treat or combine with bromine; bromate.
- brimstone
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noun,
sulfur.
- brainstem
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noun,
the portion of the brain that is continuous with the spinal cord and comprises the medulla oblongata, pons, midbrain, and parts of the hypothalamus, functioning in the control of reflexes and such essential internal mechanisms as respiration and heartbeat.
- tirewoman
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noun,
a lady's maid.
- sea-robin
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noun,
any of various gurnards, especially certain American species of the genus Prionotus, having large pectoral fins used to move across the ocean bottom.
- Trasimeno
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noun,
a lake in central Italy, in Umbria near Perugia: Romans defeated by Hannibal 217 b.c. About 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).
- on-stream
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adverb,
in or into regular operation, especially as part of a system, assembly line, or the like:
- tinwares
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noun,
articles made of tin plate.
- embrowns
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become brown or dark.
- Rainbows
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noun,
a bow or arc of prismatic colors appearing in the heavens opposite the sun and caused by the refraction and reflection of the sun's rays in drops of rain.
Compare primary rainbow, secondary rainbow.
- minarets
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- raiments
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- airwomen
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noun,
a woman who pilots an aircraft.
- boatsmen
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noun,
boatman.
- sea-born
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adjective,
born in or of the sea, as naiads.
- baronets
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noun,
a member of a British hereditary order of honor, ranking below the barons and made up of commoners, designated by Sir before the name and Baronet, usually abbreviated Bart., after:
- baronies
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noun,
the domain of a baron.
- ambients
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noun,
ambient music (def 1).
- senorita
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- Monstera
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noun,
any of various tropical American climbing plants belonging to the genus Monstera, of the arum family, especially M. deliciosa, having split or perforated leaves and often grown as a houseplant.
- taborins
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noun,
a small tabor.
- two-name
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adjective,
(of commercial paper) having more than one obligor, usually a maker and endorser, both of whom are fully liable.
- Monteria
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noun,
a city in N Colombia.
- moraines
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noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- towerman
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noun,
Railroads. a person who works in a switch tower and, by means of a signal box, directs the movement of trains.
- amniotes
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noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- botanies
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noun,
the science of plants; the branch of biology that deals with plant life.
- imbowers
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verb (used with or without object),
embower.
- imbrowns
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verb (used with or without object),
embrown.
- bornites
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noun,
a common mineral and important ore of copper, copper iron sulfide, Cu 5 FeS 4 , occurring in masses, of brownish color when first exposed to the air; peacock ore.
- timeworn
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adjective,
worn or impaired by time.
- romaines
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noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- wartimes
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noun,
a time or period of war:
- Maronite
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noun,
a member of a body of Uniates living chiefly in Lebanon, who maintain a Syriac liturgy and a married clergy, and who are governed by the patriarch of Antioch.
- Romanite
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noun,
a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- Masonite
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- womanist
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noun,
a person who holds or supports womanist views.
- banister
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noun,
a baluster.
- Romanist
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noun,
Disparaging. a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
- bromines
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noun,
an element that is a dark-reddish, fuming, toxic liquid and a member of the halogen family: obtained from natural brines and ocean water, and used chiefly in the manufacture of gasoline antiknock compounds, pharmaceuticals, and dyes. Symbol: Br; atomic weight: 79.909; atomic number: 35; specific gravity: 3.119 at 20°C.
- Romanies
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noun,
Gypsy (def 2).
- bromates
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noun,
a salt of bromic acid.
- rimstone
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noun,
a calcareous deposit forming a dam at the edge or outlet of an overflowing pool of water, as in a cavern.
- baritone
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noun,
a male voice or voice part intermediate between tenor and bass.
- Ratisbon
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noun,
Regensburg.
- Riesman
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noun,
David, 1909–2002, U.S. sociologist.
- Torenia
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- banters
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noun,
an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
- bromate
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noun,
a salt of bromic acid.
- aristo-
-
- Brownie
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noun,
a tiny, fanciful, good-natured brown elf who secretly helps at night with household chores.
- obtains
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verb (used with object),
to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request:
- bow-net
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noun,
a clam-shaped net for trapping hawks, set open and baited with a pigeon, and closed upon the hawk by means of a trigger sprung from a blind.
- oarsmen
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noun,
a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.
- Aretino
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noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- Romains
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noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Louis Farigoule) 1885–1972, French novelist, poet, and dramatist.
- bastion
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noun,
Fortification. a projecting portion of a rampart or fortification that forms an irregular pentagon attached at the base to the main work.
- norites
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- transom
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noun,
a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it.
- tawnies
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noun,
a shade of brown tinged with yellow; dull yellowish brown.
- imarets
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- treason
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noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- Antibes
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noun,
a seaport in SE France, SW of Nice: preserved ruins of 4th-century b.c. Roman town.
- Romaine
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noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- anomite
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noun,
a variety of mica, similar to biotite but differing in optical orientation.
- imbrown
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verb (used with or without object),
embrown.
- Anteros
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- antero-
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- bromine
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noun,
an element that is a dark-reddish, fuming, toxic liquid and a member of the halogen family: obtained from natural brines and ocean water, and used chiefly in the manufacture of gasoline antiknock compounds, pharmaceuticals, and dyes. Symbol: Br; atomic weight: 79.909; atomic number: 35; specific gravity: 3.119 at 20°C.
- niobate
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noun,
any salt of niobic acid; columbate.
- imbower
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verb (used with or without object),
embower.
- timbers
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noun,
the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses.
- Estonia
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noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- atomies
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noun,
an atom; mote.
- bretons
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noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1966, French poet, essayist, and critic.
- remains
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noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- rainbow
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noun,
a bow or arc of prismatic colors appearing in the heavens opposite the sun and caused by the refraction and reflection of the sun's rays in drops of rain.
Compare primary rainbow, secondary rainbow.
- atonies
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noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- reboant
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adjective,
resounding or reverberating loudly.
- rebatos
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noun,
rabato.
- barites
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noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- terbias
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noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- tinware
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noun,
articles made of tin plate.
- embrown
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become brown or dark.
- taborin
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noun,
a small tabor.
- ebonist
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noun,
a worker in ebony.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- timbres
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noun,
Acoustics, Phonetics. the characteristic quality of a sound, independent of pitch and loudness, from which its source or manner of production can be inferred. Timbre depends on the relative strengths of the components of different frequencies, which are determined by resonance.
- raiment
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- baronet
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noun,
a member of a British hereditary order of honor, ranking below the barons and made up of commoners, designated by Sir before the name and Baronet, usually abbreviated Bart., after:
- estamin
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noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- arseno-
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- basinet
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noun,
a globular or pointed helmet of the 14th century, often provided with a visor or aventail: evolved from the cervellière.
Compare great basinet.
- rations
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noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- to-name
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noun,
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
- orients
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- barwise
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adjective,
(of a charge or charges) transversely across an escutcheon, in the manner of a bar.
- erasion
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noun,
the act of erasing.
- enwombs
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verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as if in the womb.
- enamors
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verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- ARTEMIS
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noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- entombs
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verb (used with object),
to place in a tomb; bury; inter.
- Barstow
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noun,
a city in S California.
- Owenism
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noun,
the socialistic philosophy of Robert Owen.
- Barents
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noun,
Willem [wil-uh m] /ˈwɪl əm/ (Show IPA), died 1597, Dutch navigator and explorer.
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- batsmen
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noun,
a batter, especially in cricket.
- bornite
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noun,
a common mineral and important ore of copper, copper iron sulfide, Cu 5 FeS 4 , occurring in masses, of brownish color when first exposed to the air; peacock ore.
- maestro
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noun,
an eminent composer, teacher, or conductor of music:
- Weirton
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noun,
a city in N West Virginia, on the Ohio River.
- minaret
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- stearo-
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- manbote
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noun,
a sum of money paid to a lord whose vassal was murdered.
- Minster
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noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- boaters
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noun,
a person who boats, especially for pleasure.
- boatmen
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noun,
a person skilled in the use of small craft.
- wartime
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noun,
a time or period of war:
- manwise
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adverb,
in the manner of a human being:
- sterno-
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- mobster
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noun,
a member of a criminal mob.
- warison
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noun,
a bugle call to assault.
- ambiens
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- ambient
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noun,
ambient music (def 1).
- Serbian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Serbia, especially one of the Slavic peoples inhabiting it.
- moisten
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become moist.
- Amboise
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noun,
a town in central France, E of Tours: castle.
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- boaster
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noun,
a person who boasts or brags.
- ambries
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noun,
Also called armarium. Ecclesiastical. a recess in the wall of a church or a cupboard in the sacristy where sacred vessels, books, vestments, etc., are kept.
- wombats
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noun,
any of several stocky, burrowing, herbivorous marsupials of the family Vombatidae, of Australia, about the size of a badger.
- matrons
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noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- sorbate
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noun,
a sorbed substance.
- sorbent
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noun,
a surface that sorbs.
- Sorbian
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noun,
Also called Lusatian, Wendish. a Slavic language spoken by an isolated group in E Germany.
- merinos
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- womeras
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noun,
woomera.
- martins
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noun,
Peter, born 1946, U.S. choreographer and ballet master, born in Denmark.
- Smeaton
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noun,
John, 1724–92, English engineer.
- Martens
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noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- Winsome
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adjective,
sweetly or innocently charming; winning; engaging:
- Marston
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noun,
John, c1575–1634, English dramatist and satirical poet.
- smarten
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Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- stamin-
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- bestrow
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verb (used with object),
bestrew.
- Wiseman
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noun,
Nicholas Patrick Stephen, 1802–65, Irish cardinal and author, born in Spain.
- marines
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noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- wireman
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noun,
a person who installs and maintains electric wiring.
- Winters
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noun,
Yvor [ahy-vawr] /ˈaɪ vɔr/ (Show IPA), 1900–68, U.S. poet and critic.
- monesia
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noun,
a preparation extracted from the bark of a South American tree, Pradosia lactescens, and used chiefly as an astringent and as an expectorant.
- Moabite
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noun,
an inhabitant or native of Moab.
- Ambrose
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noun,
Saint, a.d. 340?–397, bishop of Milan 374–397.
- borates
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noun,
a salt or ester of boric acid.
- Amorite
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noun,
a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. II Sam. 12:26–31.
- Iobates
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noun,
a Lycian king commissioned by his son-in-law, Proetus, to kill Bellerophon: after surviving ordeals designed to destroy him, Bellerophon was believed to be divinely protected, and Iobates gave him half his kingdom.
- senator
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noun,
a member of a senate.
- seminar
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noun,
a small group of students, as in a university, engaged in advanced study and original research under a member of the faculty and meeting regularly to exchange information and hold discussions.
- amosite
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noun,
an asbestine variety of anthophyllite, rich in iron, formerly used as a heat-resistant material.
- trisome
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noun,
a trisomic individual.
- amniote
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noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- boranes
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noun,
any of the compounds, both neutral and anionic, of boron and hydrogen with formulas ranging from B 2 H 6 to B 20 H 16 .
- intombs
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verb (used with object),
entomb.
- bonitas
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noun,
a female given name.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- nemato-
-
- bemoans
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verb (used with object),
to express distress or grief over; lament:
- amorist
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noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- mortise
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- moraine
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noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- monster
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noun,
a legendary animal combining features of animal and human form or having the forms of various animals in combination, as a centaur, griffin, or sphinx.
- waiters
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noun,
a person, especially a man, who waits on tables, as in a restaurant.
- Bonaire
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noun,
an island in the E Netherlands Antilles, in the S West Indies. 95 sq. mi. (245 sq. km).
- brewis
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noun,
hard bread soaked in water and then boiled.
- brents
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noun,
brant.
- biomes
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noun,
a complex biotic community characterized by distinctive plant and animal species and maintained under the climatic conditions of the region, especially such a community that has developed to climax.
- Sirena
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noun,
a female given name.
- Soemba
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noun,
Dutch name of Sumba.
- Boreas
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noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the north wind.
- Breton
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noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1966, French poet, essayist, and critic.
- satori
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noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- bitser
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noun,
a mongrel dog.
- sobeit
-
conjunction,
if it be so that; provided that.
- Romans
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noun,
an Epistle of the New Testament, written by Paul to the Christian community in Rome. Abbreviation: Rom.
- bister
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noun,
bistre.
- biters
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noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- borane
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noun,
any of the compounds, both neutral and anionic, of boron and hydrogen with formulas ranging from B 2 H 6 to B 20 H 16 .
- Bosnia
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noun,
a historic region in SE Europe: a former Turkish province; a part of Austria-Hungary (1879–1918) now part of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- satire
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noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- brines
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noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- biotas
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noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- birota
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noun,
a two-wheeled cart, usually drawn by three mules, used for transporting commercial goods and one or two passengers.
- Seboim
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noun,
Zeboim.
- bistro
-
noun,
a small, modest, European-style restaurant or café.
- bistre
-
noun,
a brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood, often used in pen and wash drawings.
- borate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of boric acid.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- Bowman
-
noun,
an archer.
- Serbia
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noun,
a republic in S Europe since 2006; includes the autonomous province of Vojvodina and claims sovereignty over the autonomous province of Kosovo, which has declared itself independent; formerly part of Yugoslavia, in the N part: a former kingdom in S Europe. 34,116 sq. mi. (88,360 sq. km). Capital: Belgrade.
- Sabine
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noun,
one of the Sabine people.
- brains
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- boites
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noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- rowens
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noun,
Chiefly Northern U.S. the second crop of grass or hay in a season; aftermath.
- brants
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noun,
any of several species of small, dark-colored geese of the genus Branta, especially B. bernicla, breeding in high northern latitudes and migrating south in the autumn.
- Rowena
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noun,
a female given name.
- serbo-
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- bowser
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noun,
a gasoline pump at a filling station.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- Borman
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noun,
Frank, born 1928, U.S. astronaut.
- boners
-
noun,
a person or thing that bones.
- bowmen
-
noun,
an archer.
- sermon
-
noun,
a discourse for the purpose of religious instruction or exhortation, especially one based on a text of Scripture and delivered by a member of the clergy as part of a religious service.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- sinter
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- bonsai
-
noun,
a tree or shrub that has been dwarfed, as by pruning the roots and pinching, and is grown in a pot or other container and trained to produce a desired shape or effect.
- Bowers
-
noun,
Claude Gernade [zher-nahd] /ʒərˈnɑd/ (Show IPA), 1878–1958, U.S. diplomat and historian.
- Sambre
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noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing NE through N France and S Belgium into the Meuse at Namur: battle 1918. 120 miles (193 km) long.
- rowans
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noun,
the European mountain ash, Sorbus aucuparia, having pinnate leaves and clusters of bright red berries.
- brawns
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noun,
strong, well-developed muscles.
- samite
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noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- breams
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noun,
any of various freshwater fishes of the genus Abramis, as A. brama, of Europe, with a compressed, deep body and silvery scales.
- boater
-
noun,
a person who boats, especially for pleasure.
- santir
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noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- breast
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
- Rosita
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noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- braise
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verb (used with object),
to cook (meat, fish, or vegetables) by sautéeing in fat and then simmering slowly in very little liquid.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- boarts
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noun,
bort.
- Simeon
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noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
- rabies
-
noun,
an infectious disease of dogs, cats, and other animals, transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected animal and usually fatal if prophylactic treatment is not administered: caused by an RNA virus of the rhabdovirus group; hydrophobia.
- Briton
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Great Britain, especially of England.
- mowers
-
noun,
lawn mower.
- miters
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- Moesia
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noun,
an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.
- moires
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- Monera
-
noun,
a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and have a nutritional mode of absorption, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.
- Moneta
-
noun,
Ernesto Teodoro [er-ne-staw te-aw-daw-raw] /ɛrˈnɛ stɔ ˌtɛ ɔˈdɔ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1833–1918, Italian journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- monies
-
noun,
a plural of money.
- isomer
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- isobar
-
noun,
Meteorology. a line drawn on a weather map or chart that connects points at which the barometric pressure is the same.
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- Miseno
-
noun,
a cape in SW Italy, on the N shore of the Bay of Naples: ruins of ancient Misenum, a Roman naval station and resort.
- iowans
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Iowa.
- nebris
-
noun,
a fawn skin worn in Greek mythology by Dionysus and his followers.
- nemat-
-
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- intro.
-
- intra-
-
- intomb
-
verb (used with object),
entomb.
- Nesbit
-
noun,
E(dith) 1858–1924, English children's author, novelist, and poet.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- inter.
-
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- Mister
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- Mersin
-
noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- mbiras
-
noun,
a musical instrument of Africa usually made out of a gourd that serves as a resonating box, to which vibrating metal or wooden strips are attached for plucking.
- Mawson
-
noun,
Sir Douglas, 1882–1958, Australian antarctic explorer, born in England.
- matron
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- matri-
-
- matins
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Mentor
-
noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- Merino
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- masto-
-
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- miners
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- Merton
-
noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- Merwin
-
noun,
W(illiam) S(tanley) born 1927, U.S. poet, translator, and writer.
- Marist
-
noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- Marion
-
noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- Marino
-
noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- metro-
-
- metros
-
noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- Maoris
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- miaows
-
noun,
the characteristic sound a cat makes.
- mantis
-
noun,
any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- instr.
-
- Newari
-
noun,
a Sino-Tibetan language, the language of the Newar.
- Bronte
-
noun,
Anne ("Acton Bell") 1820–49, English novelist.
- rebato
-
noun,
rabato.
- embars
-
verb (used with object),
to stop or hinder, as by a bar.
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- ramose
-
adjective,
having many branches.
- ramson
-
noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- Ransom
-
noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- rawins
-
noun,
a method of observation of upper-air winds conducted by means of a weather balloon tracked by radar or a radio direction finder.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- somber
-
adjective,
gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted:
- remans
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- remits
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- rewins
-
verb (used with object),
to win back or again.
- ribose
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble, slightly sweet solid, C 5 H 10 O 5 , a pentose sugar obtained by the hydrolysis of RNA.
- browse
-
noun,
tender shoots or twigs of shrubs and trees as food for cattle, deer, etc.
- Browns
-
noun,
a dark tertiary color with a yellowish or reddish hue.
- Browne
-
noun,
Charles Farrer [far-er] /ˈfær ər/ (Show IPA), ("Artemus Ward") 1834–67, U.S. humorist.
- rimose
-
adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- enamor
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- owners
-
noun,
a person who owns; possessor; proprietor.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- nowise
-
adverb,
noway.
- inseam
-
noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- inmost
-
adjective,
situated farthest within:
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- nitro-
-
- I-beam
-
noun,
a rolled or extruded metal beam having a cross section resembling an I.
Compare H-beam.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- iatro-
-
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- entomb
-
verb (used with object),
to place in a tomb; bury; inter.
- obtain
-
verb (used with object),
to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request:
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- ombers
-
noun,
a card game popular in the 17th and 18th centuries and played, usually by three persons, with 40 cards.
- omenta
-
noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- orbits
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- Osbert
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “god” and “bright.”.
- eonism
-
noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- enwomb
-
verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as if in the womb.
- somat-
-
- Bonita
-
noun,
a female given name.
- somite
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- astro-
-
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- Tobias
-
noun,
the son of Tobit.
- somni-
-
- tobira
-
noun,
a shrub, Pittosporum tobira, of China and Japan, having leathery leaves, fragrant, greenish-white flower clusters, densely hairy fruit, and lemon-scented foliage.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- arsen-
-
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- Towers
-
noun,
a building or structure high in proportion to its lateral dimensions, either isolated or forming part of a building.
- Towner
-
noun,
a person who lives in a town or city.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- astron
-
- timbre
-
noun,
Acoustics, Phonetics. the characteristic quality of a sound, independent of pitch and loudness, from which its source or manner of production can be inferred. Timbre depends on the relative strengths of the components of different frequencies, which are determined by resonance.
- Townie
-
noun,
a resident of a town, especially a nonstudent resident of a college town.
- banter
-
noun,
an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
- Bartow
-
noun,
a city in central Florida.
- Barton
-
noun,
Clara, 1821–1912, U.S. philanthropist who organized the American Red Cross in 1881.
- Barnet
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- Barnes
-
noun,
Albert Coombs [koomz] /kumz/ (Show IPA), 1873–1951, U.S. inventor and art collector.
- tabors
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- Barmen
-
noun,
a former city in W Germany, now incorporated into Wuppertal.
- barite
-
noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- barit.
-
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Taoism
-
noun,
the philosophical system evolved by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu, advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to attain a happy existence in harmony with the Tao.
- timber
-
noun,
the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses.
- Tarbes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Hautes-Pyrénées, in SW France.
- Tarnow
-
noun,
a city in SE Poland, E of Cracow.
- tarso-
-
- bairns
-
noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- tenaim
-
noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- terbia
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- Townes
-
noun,
Charles Hard, 1915–2015, U.S. physicist and educator: Nobel Prize in physics 1964.
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- basion
-
noun,
the midpoint of the anterior margin of the foramen magnum.
- wisent
-
noun,
bison (def 2).
- waster
-
noun,
a person or thing that wastes time, money, etc.
- Waters
-
noun,
Ethel, 1896–1977, U.S. singer and actress.
- Watson
-
noun,
James Dewey, born 1928, U.S. biologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1962.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- Weimar
-
noun,
a city in Thuringia, in central Germany.
- Weston
-
noun,
Edward, 1886–1958, U.S. photographer.
- aeron.
-
- Winsor
-
noun,
Justin, 1831–97, U.S. librarian and historian.
- Winter
-
noun,
the cold season between autumn and spring in northern latitudes (in the Northern Hemisphere from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox; in the Southern Hemisphere from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox).
- Wismar
-
noun,
a seaport in N Germany, on the Baltic.
- ambits
-
noun,
circumference; circuit.
- absent
-
adjective,
not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present):
- Wister
-
noun,
Owen, 1860–1938, U.S. novelist.
- wombat
-
noun,
any of several stocky, burrowing, herbivorous marsupials of the family Vombatidae, of Australia, about the size of a badger.
- aborts
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- womera
-
noun,
woomera.
- abient
-
adjective,
tending to move away from a stimulus or situation.
- worsen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become worse.
- worset
-
noun, adjective,
worsted.
- wriest
-
adjective,
superlative of wry.
- writes
-
Verb phrases,
write down,
to set down in writing; record; note.
to direct one's writing to a less intelligent reader or audience:
- ambers
-
noun,
a pale yellow, sometimes reddish or brownish, fossil resin of vegetable origin, translucent, brittle, and capable of gaining a negative electrical charge by friction and of being an excellent insulator: used for making jewelry and other ornamental articles.
- Waiter
-
noun,
a person, especially a man, who waits on tables, as in a restaurant.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- towser
-
noun,
a big dog.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- trans.
-
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- answer
-
noun,
a spoken or written reply or response to a question, request, letter, etc.:
- anomie
-
noun,
a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.
- aniso-
-
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- tribo-
-
- anemo-
-
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- 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.
- amnios
-
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- amino-
-
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- twains
-
noun,
Mark, pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens.
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- twines
-
noun,
a strong thread or string composed of two or more strands twisted together.
- tabers
-
noun,
tabor.
- Tobies
-
noun,
Also, Toby, Toby jug. a mug in the form of a stout old man wearing a three-cornered hat.
- Benoit
-
noun,
Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), (or Peter) Léonard Léopold [ley-aw-nar ley-aw-pawld] /leɪ ɔˈnar leɪ ɔˈpɔld/ (Show IPA), 1834–1901, Belgian composer.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- bimane
-
noun,
a bimanous animal.
- sorbet
-
noun,
sherbet (defs 1, 3).
- Besant
-
noun,
bezant.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- bemoan
-
verb (used with object),
to express distress or grief over; lament:
- batmen
-
noun,
a soldier assigned to an officer as a servant.
- Strabo
-
noun,
63? b.c.–a.d. 21? Greek geographer and historian.
- Beaton
-
noun,
Sir Cecil (Walter Hardy) 1904–80, English photographer, writer, and theatrical designer.
- baster
-
noun,
a person or thing that bastes.
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- stamen
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- bestir
-
verb (used with object),
to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively):
- bestow
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift; give; confer (usually followed by on or upon):
- beanos
-
noun,
bingo.
- stroma
-
noun,
Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- steno-
-
- strobe
-
noun,
Also called strobe light. stroboscope (def 2a).
- binate
-
adjective,
produced or borne in pairs; double.
- Benita
-
noun,
a female given name.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- basnet
-
noun,
basinet.
- Nabis
-
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- mower
-
noun,
lawn mower.
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- MSEnt
-
- nabes
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- sero-
-
- Twain
-
noun,
Mark, pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens.
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- stome
-
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- Narew
-
noun,
a river in NE Poland, flowing S and SW into the Bug River: battle 1915. 290 miles (465 km) long.
- naso-
-
- trows
-
verb (used with or without object),
to believe, think, or suppose.
- Sino-
-
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- nomes
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- Mont.
-
- waist
-
noun,
the part of the body in humans between the ribs and the hips, usually the narrowest part of the torso.
- wains
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Astronomy. Charles's Wain.
- Monte
-
noun,
Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- sinew
-
noun,
a tendon.
- twine
-
noun,
a strong thread or string composed of two or more strands twisted together.
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- morns
-
noun,
morning.
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- Nebr.
-
- nears
-
- newts
-
noun,
any of several brilliantly colored salamanders of the family Salamandridae, especially those of the genera Triturus and Notophthalmus, of North America, Europe, and northern Asia.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- tribe
-
noun,
any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- Newar
-
noun,
a member of a Mongoloid people of Nepal.
- serow
-
noun,
a goat antelope of the genus Capricornis, of eastern Asia, related to the goral: the Sumatran serow is endangered.
- trews
-
noun,
close-fitting tartan trousers, worn especially by certain Scottish regiments.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- ster.
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- treas
-
- nitr-
-
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Niobe
-
noun,
the daughter of Tantalus and wife of Amphion of Thebes. She provoked Apollo and Artemis to vengeance by taunting their mother, Leto, with the number and beauty of her own children; Niobe's children were slain and Zeus turned her into stone, in which state she continued to weep over her loss.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- seti-
-
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- stoma
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- sewan
-
noun,
seawan.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- nemos
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- 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.
- Waite
-
noun,
Morrison Remick [rem-ik] /ˈrɛm ɪk/ (Show IPA), 1816–88, U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. 1874–88.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- meta-
-
- women
-
noun,
plural of woman.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- woman
-
noun,
the female human being, as distinguished from a girl or a man.
- wites
-
noun,
a fine imposed by a king or lord on a subject who committed a serious crime.
a fee demanded for granting a special privilege.
- witan
-
noun,
the members of the national council or witenagemot.
- meso-
-
- meson
-
noun,
Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- mero-
-
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- wires
-
noun,
a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- metr-
-
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- Worms
-
noun,
a city in E Rhineland-Palatinate, in SW Germany.
- miaow
-
noun,
the characteristic sound a cat makes.
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- wrote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of write.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- meno-
-
- write
-
Verb phrases,
write down,
to set down in writing; record; note.
to direct one's writing to a less intelligent reader or audience:
- wrist
-
noun,
the carpus or lower part of the forearm where it joins the hand.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- wrest
-
noun,
a wresting; twist or wrench.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- Wotan
-
- worts
-
noun,
the unfermented or fermenting infusion of malt that after fermentation becomes beer or mash.
- meows
-
noun,
the characteristic sound a cat makes.
- worst
-
noun,
that which is worst.
- sober
-
adjective,
not intoxicated or drunk.
- worse
-
noun,
that which is worse.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- Mewar
-
noun,
Udaipur (def 2).
- winos
-
noun,
a person who is addicted to wine, especially a derelict.
- waits
-
noun,
an act or instance of waiting or awaiting; delay; halt:
- wares
-
noun,
Usually, wares.
articles of merchandise or manufacture; goods:
any intangible items, as services or products of artistic or intellectual creativity, that are salable:
- waste
-
noun,
useless consumption or expenditure; use without adequate return; an act or instance of wasting:
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- warns
-
verb (used with object),
to give notice, advice, or intimation to (a person, group, etc.) of danger, impending evil, possible harm, or anything else unfavorable:
- Warms
-
noun,
Informal. a warming:
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- sito-
-
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- wants
-
noun,
something wanted or needed; necessity:
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- wanes
-
noun,
a gradual decrease or decline in strength, intensity, power, etc.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- miso-
-
- wines
-
noun,
the fermented juice of grapes, made in many varieties, such as red, white, sweet, dry, still, and sparkling, for use as a beverage, in cooking, in religious rites, etc., and usually having an alcoholic content of 14 percent or less.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Srta.
-
- Westm
-
- weirs
-
noun,
a small dam in a river or stream.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- wears
-
noun,
the act of wearing; use, as of a garment:
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- water
-
noun,
a transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid, a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, H 2 O, freezing at 32°F or 0°C and boiling at 212°F or 100°C, that in a more or less impure state constitutes rain, oceans, lakes, rivers, etc.: it contains 11.188 percent hydrogen and 88.812 percent oxygen, by weight.
- Minos
-
noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- weans
-
Verb phrases,
wean on, to accustom to; to familiarize with from, or as if from, childhood:
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- Minto
-
noun,
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond [el-ee-uh t-mur-ee-ki-nin-muh nd,, -muhr-ee-,, el-yuh t-] /ˈɛl i ətˈmɜr i kɪˈnɪn mənd,, -ˈmʌr i-,, ˈɛl yət-/ (Show IPA), 4th Earl of, 1845–1914, British colonial administrator: governor general of Canada 1898–1904; viceroy of India 1905–10.
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- wames
-
noun,
Scot. and North England. belly.
- Tower
-
noun,
a building or structure high in proportion to its lateral dimensions, either isolated or forming part of a building.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ribat
-
noun,
a building housing a community of Sufis.
- 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.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- tears
-
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- teno-
-
- T-bar
-
noun,
a rolled metal bar or beam with a cross section resembling a T .
- tawie
-
adjective,
docile; easy to manage.
- swarm
-
noun,
a body of honeybees that emigrate from a hive and fly off together, accompanied by a queen, to start a new colony.
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- 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.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- rewin
-
verb (used with object),
to win back or again.
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- Swain
-
noun,
a male admirer or lover.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- strow
-
verb,
strew.
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- term.
-
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- reni-
-
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- resaw
-
noun,
Lumbering. a machine for cutting logs into lumber.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- swami
-
noun,
an honorific title given to a Hindu religious teacher.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tera-
-
- sware
-
verb,
simple past tense of swear.
- 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.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- swine
-
noun,
any stout, cloven-hoofed artiodactyl of the Old World family Suidae, having a thick hide sparsely covered with coarse hair, a disklike snout, and an often short, tasseled tail: now of worldwide distribution and hunted or raised for its meat and other products.
Compare hog, pig1 , wild boar.
- sweat
-
noun,
the process of sweating or perspiring.
- 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.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Rowan
-
noun,
the European mountain ash, Sorbus aucuparia, having pinnate leaves and clusters of bright red berries.
- Sambo
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a black person, especially a male.
- Tabor
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- Rowen
-
noun,
Chiefly Northern U.S. the second crop of grass or hay in a season; aftermath.
- tabis
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- swore
-
verb,
a simple past tense of swear.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Saber
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- Sabin
-
noun,
Physics. a unit of sound absorption, equal to one square foot (929 square centimeters) of a perfectly absorptive surface.
- tabes
-
noun,
a gradually progressive emaciation.
- Taber
-
noun,
tabor.
- sworn
-
verb,
past participle of swear.
- Sabir
-
noun,
lingua franca (def 2).
- sabot
-
noun,
a shoe made of a single block of wood hollowed out, worn especially by farmers and workers in the Netherlands, France, Belgium, etc.
- SABRE
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- swear
-
Verb phrases,
swear by,
to name (a sacred being or thing) as one's witness or guarantee in swearing.
Informal. to have great confidence in; rely on:
to have certain knowledge of:
- sanit
-
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- 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.
- robes
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- Robin
-
noun,
any of several small Old World birds having a red or reddish breast, especially Erithacus rubecula, of Europe.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Swart
-
noun,
Charles Robberts [rob-erts] /ˈrɒb ərts/ (Show IPA), 1894–1982, South African statesman: president 1961–67.
- 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.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- 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.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- tambo
-
noun,
Mr. Tambo.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Swati
-
noun,
Swat (def 2).
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- omni-
-
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- orbit
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- tombe
-
noun,
a step in which a dancer falls from one leg to the other, landing with all the weight on the foot that has just moved, while flexing the knee.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Storm
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- Stowe
-
noun,
Harriet (Elizabeth) Beecher, 1811–96, U.S. abolitionist and novelist.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- towie
-
noun,
a form of contract bridge for three players in which the players bid for the dummy hand after six of its cards have been turned up.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Norw.
-
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- tonia
-
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- obits
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- OBrit
-
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- omber
-
noun,
a card game popular in the 17th and 18th centuries and played, usually by three persons, with 40 cards.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- oste-
-
- Tiber
-
noun,
a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 miles (395 km) long.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- Ramon
-
noun,
any of several tropical American trees belonging to the genus Brosimum, of the mulberry family, the leaves of which are used as forage, especially B. alicastrum, which bears the breadnut.
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- sebi-
-
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rawin
-
noun,
a method of observation of upper-air winds conducted by means of a weather balloon tracked by radar or a radio direction finder.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- reams
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- to-be
-
adjective,
future; soon to be the thing specified (usually used in combination):
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- straw
-
noun,
a single stalk or stem, especially of certain species of grain, chiefly wheat, rye, oats, and barley.
- Owens
-
noun,
Jesse (John Cleveland) 1913–80, U.S. athlete.
- owner
-
noun,
a person who owns; possessor; proprietor.
- Tobin
-
noun,
James, 1918–2002, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1981.
- semi-
-
- Rabin
-
noun,
Yitzhak [yits-khahk] /yɪtsˈxɑk/ (Show IPA), 1922–95, Israeli military and political leader: prime minister 1974–77 and 1992–95: Nobel Peace Prize 1994.
- rabot
-
noun,
a hardwood block used for rubbing marble before polishing.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- strew
-
verb (used with object),
to let fall in separate pieces or particles over a surface; scatter or sprinkle:
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- 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).
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Rambo
-
noun,
a fanatically militant or violently aggressive person.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- Brose
-
noun,
a porridge made by stirring boiling liquid into oatmeal or other meal.
- Brent
-
noun,
brant.
- beats
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- abrin
-
noun,
a highly poisonous protein found in the seeds of the rosary pea: inhibits protein synthesis, causing symptoms such as internal bleeding, intestinal upset, and irritation of mucous membranes.
- basin
-
noun,
a circular container with a greater width than depth, becoming smaller toward the bottom, used chiefly to hold water or other liquid, especially for washing.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- bason
-
noun,
a basin.
- Ibsen
-
noun,
Henrik [hen-rik] /ˈhɛn rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1828–1906, Norwegian dramatist and poet.
- baste
-
noun,
liquid used to moisten and flavor food during cooking:
- Bates
-
noun,
Katherine Lee, 1859–1929, U.S. educator and author.
- Baton
-
noun,
Music. a wand used by a conductor.
- beams
-
noun,
any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped especially for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines.
- beano
-
noun,
bingo.
- beans
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- Ibert
-
noun,
Jacques François Antoine [zhahk frahn-swa ahn-twan] /ʒɑk frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1890–1962, French composer.
- bears
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- beast
-
noun,
any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal.
- IATSE
-
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- berms
-
noun,
Also, berme. Fortification. a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat.
- biers
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- abets
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- betas
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- besot
-
verb (used with object),
to intoxicate or stupefy with drink.
- besom
-
noun,
a broom, especially one of brush or twigs.
- Berns
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- Beria
-
noun,
Lavrenti Pavlovich [luh v-ren-tee pav-loh-vich;; Russian luh-vryen-tyee puh-vlaw-vyich] /ləvˈrɛn ti pævˈloʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian lʌˈvryɛn tyi pʌˈvlɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1953, Soviet secret-police chief: executed for treason.
- Beira
-
noun,
a seaport in central Mozambique.
- berat
-
noun,
a city in S central Albania.
- bents
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- Benis
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- bemas
-
noun,
Eastern Church. the enclosed space surrounding the altar; the sanctuary or chancel.
- aero-
-
- iambs
-
noun,
a foot of two syllables, a short followed by a long in quantitative meter, or an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter, as in Come live / with me / and be / my love.
- Basie
-
noun,
William ("Count") 1904–84, U.S. jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer.
- Bart.
-
- bines
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- awner
-
noun,
a machine for cutting the awns from grain.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- 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.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Asben
-
noun,
Aïr.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- 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.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- astr.
-
- ation
-
- atmo-
-
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Iran.
-
- Baron
-
noun,
a member of the lowest grade of nobility.
- intr.
-
- baro-
-
- barms
-
noun,
yeast formed on malt liquors while fermenting.
- baris
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- inst.
-
- bares
-
verb,
simple past tense of bear1 .
- banes
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- Iowas
-
noun,
a state in the central United States: a part of the Midwest. 56,290 sq. mi. (145,790 sq. km). Capital: Des Moines.
Abbreviation: IA (approved esp. for use with zip code), Ia., Io.
- baits
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- bairn
-
noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- abris
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Iowan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Iowa.
- abstr
-
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Binet
-
noun,
Alfred [al-frid;; French al-fred] /ˈæl frɪd;; French alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1857–1911, French psychologist: co-deviser of the Binet-Simon scale.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- aeri-
-
- botas
-
noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- embar
-
verb (used with object),
to stop or hinder, as by a bar.
- Botes
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- Bowen
-
noun,
Catherine (Shober) Drinker [shoh-ber dring-ker] /ˈʃoʊ bər ˈdrɪŋ kər/ (Show IPA), 1897–1973, U.S. biographer and essayist.
- Bower
-
noun,
a leafy shelter or recess; arbor.
- Bowie
-
noun,
James, 1799–1836, U.S. soldier and pioneer.
- bowse
-
noun,
liquor or drink.
- brain
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- Brans
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Brant
-
noun,
any of several species of small, dark-colored geese of the genus Branta, especially B. bernicla, breeding in high northern latitudes and migrating south in the autumn.
- brawn
-
noun,
strong, well-developed muscles.
- Bream
-
noun,
any of various freshwater fishes of the genus Abramis, as A. brama, of Europe, with a compressed, deep body and silvery scales.
- Abner
-
noun,
the commander of the Israelite army and a cousin of Saul. I Sam. 14:50; 26:5.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Brit.
-
- Names
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- bros.
-
noun,
a brother.
- brom-
-
- abort
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- brits
-
noun,
the group of small marine animals forming the food of whalebone whales.
- BSMet
-
- brise
-
noun,
a ballet movement in which the dancer jumps off one foot, beats the legs together, and lands on both feet.
- Brest
-
noun,
a seaport in the W extremity of France: German submarine base in World War II; surrendered to Allies September 1944.
- brios
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- Brine
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- BSRet
-
- brims
-
noun,
the upper edge of anything hollow; rim; brink:
- Brian
-
noun,
a male given name.
- brews
-
noun,
a quantity brewed in a single process.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- borts
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- bints
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- biter
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- BMEWS
-
noun,
Ballistic Missile Early Warning System.
- Erwin
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “boar” and “friend.”.
- BMarE
-
- bites
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- bison
-
noun,
Also called American bison, American buffalo. a North American, oxlike ruminant, Bison bison, having a large head and high, humped shoulders: formerly common in North America, its small remaining population in isolated western areas of the U.S. and Canada is now protected.
- boart
-
noun,
bort.
- birse
-
noun,
a short hair of the beard or body; a bristle.
- birne
-
noun,
boule1 (def 1).
- Biota
-
noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- estab
-
- biont
-
- biome
-
noun,
a complex biotic community characterized by distinctive plant and animal species and maintained under the climatic conditions of the region, especially such a community that has developed to climax.
- boars
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- borne
-
noun,
a circular sofa having a conical or cylindrical back piece at the center.
- Boris
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Bores
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- boras
-
noun,
a city in S Sweden, near Göteborg.
- bones
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- boner
-
noun,
a person or thing that bones.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- boast
-
noun,
a thing boasted of; a cause for pride:
- boite
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- Boise
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Idaho, in the SW part: built on the site of an army post on the Oregon Trail.
- ento-
-
- boers
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- boats
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Brown
-
noun,
a dark tertiary color with a yellowish or reddish hue.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- amin-
-
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Amber
-
noun,
a pale yellow, sometimes reddish or brownish, fossil resin of vegetable origin, translucent, brittle, and capable of gaining a negative electrical charge by friction and of being an excellent insulator: used for making jewelry and other ornamental articles.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- ambi-
-
- ambit
-
noun,
circumference; circuit.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- Mason
-
noun,
a person whose trade is building with units of various natural or artificial mineral products, as stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or tiles, usually with the use of mortar or cement as a bonding agent.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- anti-
-
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- mast-
-
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- ante-
-
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- anim.
-
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- anis-
-
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- 30-30
-
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- areo-
-
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- mbira
-
noun,
a musical instrument of Africa usually made out of a gourd that serves as a resonating box, to which vibrating metal or wooden strips are attached for plucking.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- ambos
-
noun,
(in an early Christian church) a raised desk, or either of two such desks, from which the Gospels or Epistles were read or chanted.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- Ambon
-
noun,
ambo.
- Amer.
-
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- manor
-
noun,
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- matr-
-
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- Armen
-
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Snow
-
noun,
Meteorology. a precipitation in the form of ice crystals, mainly of intricately branched, hexagonal form and often agglomerated into snowflakes, formed directly from the freezing of the water vapor in the air.
Compare ice crystals, snow grains, snow pellets.
- snib
-
noun,
a bolt, catch, lock, or fastening on a door or window.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Born
-
noun,
Max, 1882–1970, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- Bone
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- wart
-
noun,
a small, often hard, abnormal elevation on the skin, usually caused by a papomavirus.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- Wast
-
verb,
a 2nd person singular pt. indicative of be.
- snob
-
noun,
a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- WATS
-
noun,
bulk-rate telephone service that enables a subscriber to make an unlimited number of long-distance telephone calls within a given service area for a fixed monthly charge or to receive calls from given areas with no charge to the caller.
- Bora
-
noun,
(on the Adriatic coasts) a violent, dry, cold wind blowing from the north or northeast.
- bons
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Bore
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- bor.
-
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- wame
-
noun,
Scot. and North England. belly.
- Sem.
-
- Bona
-
noun,
Bône, the former name of Annaba.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Ware
-
noun,
Usually, wares.
articles of merchandise or manufacture; goods:
any intangible items, as services or products of artistic or intellectual creativity, that are salable:
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- Boar
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- abri
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- sewn
-
noun,
the amount of additional water necessary to float a grounded vessel.
- wans
-
noun,
wide-area network.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- want
-
noun,
something wanted or needed; necessity:
- ambo
-
noun,
(in an early Christian church) a raised desk, or either of two such desks, from which the Gospels or Epistles were read or chanted.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- Boas
-
noun,
Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1858–1942, U.S. anthropologist, born in Germany.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Serb
-
noun, adjective,
Serbian.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- BMet
-
- boat
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Boer
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- warm
-
noun,
Informal. a warming:
- Wane
-
noun,
a gradual decrease or decline in strength, intensity, power, etc.
- biwa
-
noun,
Lake, the largest lake in Japan, on Honshu, near Kyoto. 260 sq. mi. (673 sq. km).
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- smew
-
noun,
a Eurasian duck, Mergus albellus, closely akin to mergansers: the male is white marked with black and gray.
- 1080
-
- warn
-
verb (used with object),
to give notice, advice, or intimation to (a person, group, etc.) of danger, impending evil, possible harm, or anything else unfavorable:
- Boma
-
noun,
a city in the W Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the Zaire (Congo) River.
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- AIME
-
- brio
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- West
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the left when facing north, corresponding to the point where the sun is seen to set. Abbreviation: W.
- brim
-
noun,
the upper edge of anything hollow; rim; brink:
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- wert
-
verb,
a 2nd person singular pt. indicative and subj. of be.
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- robs
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- RONA
-
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Brew
-
noun,
a quantity brewed in a single process.
- went
-
noun,
the act of going:
- wens
-
noun,
Pathology. a benign encysted tumor of the skin, especially on the scalp, containing sebaceous matter; a sebaceous cyst.
- Bres
-
noun,
a Fomorian king of Ireland, whose unpopular rule led to the expulsion of the Fomorians by the Tuatha De Danann.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Rom.
-
- bris
-
noun,
Brith.
- 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.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- WINS
-
noun,
a victory, as in a game or horse race.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Brno
-
noun,
a city in S Moravia, in the SE Czech Republic: former capital of Moravia.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rit.
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- wets
-
noun,
something that is or makes wet, as water or other liquid; moisture:
- RNAS
-
- wino
-
noun,
a person who is addicted to wine, especially a derelict.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- aet.
-
- wine
-
noun,
the fermented juice of grapes, made in many varieties, such as red, white, sweet, dry, still, and sparkling, for use as a beverage, in cooking, in religious rites, etc., and usually having an alcoholic content of 14 percent or less.
- Wien
-
noun,
Wilhelm [vil-helm] /ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1864–1928, German physicist: Nobel prize 1911.
- robe
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- sawn
-
noun,
a tool or device for cutting, typically a thin blade of metal with a series of sharp teeth.
- bota
-
noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- wean
-
Verb phrases,
wean on, to accustom to; to familiarize with from, or as if from, childhood:
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- bots
-
noun,
a disease affecting various mammals, especially horses, caused by the attachment of the parasitic larvae of botflies to the stomach of the host.
- aer-
-
- bote
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- 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.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- SATB
-
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- bot.
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Bose
-
noun,
Sir Jagadis Chandre [juh-guh-dees chuhn-druh] /dʒə gəˈdis ˈtʃʌn drə/ (Show IPA), 1858–1937, Indian physicist and plant physiologist.
- bort
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- 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.
- Bors
-
noun,
Sir Arthurian Romance.. Also, Sir Bors de Ganis [duh gan-is] /də ˈgæn ɪs/ (Show IPA). a knight of the Round Table, cousin of Lancelot.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- Aire
-
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- womb
-
noun,
the uterus of the human female and certain higher mammals.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Rowe
-
noun,
Nicholas, 1674–1718, British poet and dramatist, poet laureate 1715–18.
- braw
-
adjective,
fine or fine-looking; excellent.
- BRAT
-
noun,
a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation).
- rows
-
noun,
a number of persons or things arranged in a line, especially a straight line:
- abos
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- Weir
-
noun,
a small dam in a river or stream.
- abr.
-
- Sam.
-
- Sab.
-
- Bran
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- Bram
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Wear
-
noun,
the act of wearing; use, as of a garment:
- bows
-
noun,
an inclination of the head or body in salutation, assent, thanks, reverence, respect, submission, etc.
- Sat.
-
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- BIOS
-
noun,
computer firmware that directs many basic functions of the operating system, as booting and keyboard control.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Bais
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- Tasm
-
- taws
-
noun,
a whip or leather thong used to drive a spinning top.
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- wite
-
noun,
a fine imposed by a king or lord on a subject who committed a serious crime.
a fee demanded for granting a special privilege.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- ten.
-
- 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.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- abs-
-
- wist
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of wit2 .
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- tows
-
noun,
an act or instance of towing.
- awns
-
noun,
a bristlelike appendage of a plant, especially on the glumes of grasses.
- ter.
-
- bait
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- bams
-
noun,
a loud thud, as that produced when two objects strike against each other with force.
- ator
-
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- iamb
-
noun,
a foot of two syllables, a short followed by a long in quantitative meter, or an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter, as in Come live / with me / and be / my love.
- barm
-
noun,
yeast formed on malt liquors while fermenting.
- tri-
-
- Bari
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- ano-
-
- Bare
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- bar.
-
- ANSI
-
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- bant
-
verb (used without object),
to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- bani
-
noun,
plural of ban4 .
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- ant.
-
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- bane
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- awes
-
noun,
an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, fear, etc., produced by that which is grand, sublime, extremely powerful, or the like:
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- TRIB
-
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- wise
-
noun,
way of proceeding or considering; manner; fashion (usually used in combination or in certain phrases):
- Tob.
-
- Tobe
-
noun,
the principal outer garment in some parts of north and central Africa, consisting of a length of cloth that is sewn into a long loose skirt or is draped around the body and fastened over one shoulder.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Arm.
-
- art.
-
- tomb
-
noun,
an excavation in earth or rock for the burial of a corpse; grave.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- ASME
-
- Town
-
noun,
a thickly populated area, usually smaller than a city and larger than a village, having fixed boundaries and certain local powers of government.
- atm.
-
- arbs
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- 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.
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- Tewa
-
noun,
a member of a cluster of pueblo-dwelling North American Indian peoples of New Mexico and Arizona.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- ates
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ASTM
-
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- 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.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ARIS
-
- tion
-
- tabs
-
noun,
a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
- Barn
-
noun,
a building for storing hay, grain, etc., and often for housing livestock.
- Bion
-
noun,
flourished c100 b.c, Greek pastoral poet.
- Staw
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
stall1 .
- stab
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- waes
-
noun,
woe.
- Beta
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- bet.
-
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- BEST
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- wabs
-
noun,
web.
- Ste.
-
- SRAM
-
- wire
-
noun,
a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- Bern
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- berm
-
noun,
Also, berme. Fortification. a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- Wis.
-
- Stew
-
noun,
a preparation of meat, fish, or other food cooked by stewing, especially a mixture of meat and vegetables.
- SRBM
-
- Sra.
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- Wait
-
noun,
an act or instance of waiting or awaiting; delay; halt:
- bio-
-
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- bint
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- Soni
-
- WAIS
-
noun,
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale.
See under Wechsler Scales.
- Sorb
-
noun,
a European tree, Sorbus domestica.
- sown
-
verb,
a past participle of sow1 .
- bine
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- bin-
-
- Wain
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Astronomy. Charles's Wain.
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Bias
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- anew
-
adverb,
over again; again; once more:
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- tron
-
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- Swat
-
noun,
a smart blow; slap; smack.
- Bate
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- tRNA
-
- brow
-
noun,
Anatomy. the ridge over the eye.
- Bast
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- swob
-
noun,
a large mop used on shipboard for cleaning decks, living quarters, etc.
- AMSW
-
- SWAN
-
noun,
any of several large, stately aquatic birds of the subfamily Anserinae, having a long, slender neck and usually pure-white plumage in the adult.
Compare mute swan, trumpeter swan, whistling swan, whooper swan.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- amt.
-
- swot
-
noun,
a student who studies assiduously, especially to the exclusion of other activities or interests; grind.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- tab.
-
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Base
-
noun,
the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests:
- tabi
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- bawn
-
noun,
a rocky stretch of foreshore on which caught fish are laid out to dry.
- swam
-
noun,
an act, instance, or period of swimming.
- stob
-
noun,
a post, stump, or stake.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Bent
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- bens
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- Beni
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- twin
-
noun,
either of two children or animals brought forth at a birth.
- Stow
-
noun,
a city in NE Ohio.
- twi-
-
- BEMA
-
noun,
Eastern Church. the enclosed space surrounding the altar; the sanctuary or chancel.
- str.
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- beam
-
noun,
any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped especially for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines.
- beat
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- Trow
-
verb (used with or without object),
to believe, think, or suppose.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- Bear
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Bean
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- Swab
-
noun,
a large mop used on shipboard for cleaning decks, living quarters, etc.
- swim
-
noun,
an act, instance, or period of swimming.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- NIRA
-
- NEWT
-
noun,
any of several brilliantly colored salamanders of the family Salamandridae, especially those of the genera Triturus and Notophthalmus, of North America, Europe, and northern Asia.
- ins.
-
- nibs
-
noun,
his/her nibs, Informal: Often Facetious. a person in authority, especially one who is demanding and tyrannical:
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- inae
-
- Ibos
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- int.
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- nobs
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- nom.
-
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- IBEW
-
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- NEWS
-
noun,
a report of a recent event; intelligence; information:
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Iowa
-
noun,
a state in the central United States: a part of the Midwest. 56,290 sq. mi. (145,790 sq. km). Capital: Des Moines.
Abbreviation: IA (approved esp. for use with zip code), Ia., Io.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- 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.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- 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.
- Nebo
-
noun,
Mt. See under Pisgah.
- NEBS
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- neo-
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Nor.
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Abie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- est.
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- eso-
-
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Ont.
-
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- obs.
-
- obit
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- Iban
-
noun,
Also called Sea Dayak. a member of any of several Dayak tribes of Sarawak.
- nowt
-
noun,
an ox.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- nos-
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- not-
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- nows
-
noun,
the present time or moment:
- NRAB
-
- obis
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- NTIA
-
- NTSB
-
- wort
-
noun,
the unfermented or fermenting infusion of malt that after fermentation becomes beer or mash.
- abet
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Ewan
-
noun,
a male given name, Welsh form of John.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Obie
-
noun,
one of a group of awards given annually, beginning in 1956, by New York City's The Village Voice newspaper for achievement in the off-Broadway theater.
- nabs
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- nabe
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Man.
-
- min.
-
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- mibs
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- mis-
-
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- meas
-
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- men-
-
- maws
-
noun,
the mouth, throat, or gullet of an animal, especially a carnivorous mammal.
- ment
-
- meow
-
noun,
the characteristic sound a cat makes.
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- Mar.
-
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- mes-
-
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- met.
-
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- Wren
-
noun,
any of numerous small, active songbirds of the family Troglodytidae, especially Troglodytes troglodytes, of the Northern Hemisphere, having dark-brown plumage barred with black and a short, upright tail.
Compare house wren, marsh wren, rock wren, winter wren.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- 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.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- mowe
-
noun,
a wry or derisive grimace.
- Ire.
-
- isba
-
noun,
izba.
- mown
-
noun,
the place in a barn where hay, sheaves of grain, etc., are stored.
- mows
-
noun,
the place in a barn where hay, sheaves of grain, etc., are stored.
- mRNA
-
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- MSAE
-
- MSBA
-
- IRBM
-
- MSIE
-
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- ISBN
-
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- WRNS
-
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- MNAS
-
- Moab
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of the Dead Sea, in what is now Jordan.
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- moas
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- wrnt
-
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- Mon.
-
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- writ
-
noun,
Law.
a formal order under seal, issued in the name of a sovereign, government, court, or other competent authority, enjoining the officer or other person to whom it is issued or addressed to do or refrain from some specified act.
(in early English law) any formal document in letter form, under seal, and in the sovereign's name.
- iso-
-
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- RIBA
-
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Owen
-
noun,
Sir Richard, 1804–92, English zoologist and anatomist.
- BSRT
-
- BSOT
-
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- worn
-
noun,
the act of wearing; use, as of a garment:
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- owes
-
verb (used with object),
to be under obligation to pay or repay:
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- BSNA
-
- BSMT
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- BSME
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- Ebro
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N Spain to the Mediterranean. About 470 miles (755 km) long.
- ebon
-
adjective,
ebony (def 6).
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- raws
-
noun,
a sore or irritated place, as on the flesh.
- Rabi
-
noun,
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1944.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- wons
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of win1 .
- rebs
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- wore
-
noun,
the act of wearing; use, as of a garment:
- 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).
- WORM
-
noun,
Zoology. any of numerous long, slender, soft-bodied, legless, bilaterally symmetrical invertebrates, including the flatworms, roundworms, acanthocephalans, nemerteans, gordiaceans, and annelids.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- owse
-
noun,
ox.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- owns
-
Idioms,
come into one's own,
to take possession of that which is due or owed one.
to receive the recognition that one's abilities merit:
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- enow
-
adjective, adverb,
enough.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emia
-
- Ens.
-
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- BSIT
-
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- orbs
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- BSAE
-
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- BSEM
-
- raob
-
noun,
Meteorology. a radiosonde or rawinsonde observation.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- BSIR
-
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- BSIE
-
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- MST
-
- MSW
-
- RBI
-
- Mt.
-
- ite
-
- ASW
-
- Rs.
-
- ISA
-
- 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.
- MTI
-
- ean
-
- ROW
-
noun,
a number of persons or things arranged in a line, especially a straight line:
- ise
-
- raw
-
noun,
a sore or irritated place, as on the flesh.
- MOR
-
- tra
-
- ITA
-
- ea.
-
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- ist
-
- ISR
-
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- BRE
-
- 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.
- tr.
-
- EAM
-
- MTO
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- mtn
-
- MTS
-
- TOW
-
noun,
an act or instance of towing.
- aor
-
- MSN
-
- IRS
-
- ast
-
- MRA
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- So.
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- asb
-
- ase
-
- ARS
-
- MRE
-
- ASI
-
- MRI
-
- SRO
-
- TNB
-
- ae.
-
- SWA
-
- TMO
-
- mow
-
noun,
the place in a barn where hay, sheaves of grain, etc., are stored.
- ASM
-
- RSA
-
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- ASR
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- MSI
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- MSA
-
- RSE
-
- rt.
-
- rtw
-
- ASN
-
- rte
-
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- RTS
-
- 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.
- MSE
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- IRO
-
- REA
-
- boa
-
noun,
any of several nonvenomous, chiefly tropical constrictors of the family Boidae, having vestigial hind limbs at the base of the tail.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- RNA
-
- mew
-
noun,
the tiny, high-pitched sound a cat or kitten makes.
- BSM
-
- Wat
-
noun,
a Buddhist temple or monastery in Thailand or Cambodia.
- 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.
- mi.
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- was
-
verb,
1st and 3rd person singular pt. indicative of be.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ROA
-
- WBS
-
- Amb
-
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- BRM
-
- MIB
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- MIE
-
- War
-
noun,
a conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation; warfare, as by land, sea, or air.
- Mao
-
- ROB
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- BSN
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- WbN
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- AME
-
- maw
-
noun,
the mouth, throat, or gullet of an animal, especially a carnivorous mammal.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- MBO
-
- BRT
-
- BSA
-
- rib
-
noun,
one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- Win
-
noun,
a victory, as in a game or horse race.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- wet
-
noun,
something that is or makes wet, as water or other liquid; moisture:
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Bro
-
noun,
a brother.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Wes
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Wesley.
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- BSE
-
- wen
-
noun,
Pathology. a benign encysted tumor of the skin, especially on the scalp, containing sebaceous matter; a sebaceous cyst.
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- Wei
-
noun,
any of several dynasties that ruled in North China, especially one ruling a.d. 220–265 and one ruling a.d. 386–534.
- Web
-
noun,
something formed by or as if by weaving or interweaving.
- WAM
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- MNS
-
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- Tro
-
- ab-
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- AMS
-
- eo-
-
- Me.
-
- EOM
-
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- Abo
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- mob
-
noun,
a disorderly or riotous crowd of people.
- MBE
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- MOI
-
- abn
-
- Iwo
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- Am.
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- MNE
-
- MNA
-
- ROI
-
- two
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 1 plus 1.
- BSO
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- wae
-
noun,
woe.
- BST
-
- wab
-
noun,
web.
- Bt.
-
- BTE
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Mo.
-
- MIT
-
- BTW
-
- Mab
-
noun,
Queen Mab.
- BWI
-
- TWA
-
noun,
a member of a Pygmy people of Burundi, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- at.
-
- AWB
-
- MWA
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- OSB
-
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- 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.
- owe
-
verb (used with object),
to be under obligation to pay or repay:
- OAS
-
- BEW
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- bi-
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ob.
-
- SRB
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- ETS
-
- Sr.
-
- ETR
-
- SOW
-
noun,
an adult female swine.
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- OTS
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- BIE
-
- OSA
-
- STB
-
- OBE
-
- io-
-
- RMA
-
- Re.
-
- ib.
-
- IAS
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ABM
-
- Ben
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Ia.
-
- STM
-
- NWS
-
- now
-
noun,
the present time or moment:
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- STI
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- own
-
Idioms,
come into one's own,
to take possession of that which is due or owed one.
to receive the recognition that one's abilities merit:
- NSA
-
- OWI
-
- wos
-
noun,
woe.
- Oba
-
noun,
a hereditary tribal ruler among various peoples in the Benin region of western Africa.
- obi
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONI
-
- SMB
-
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- SMA
-
- BME
-
- ERT
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- BIT
-
noun,
Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
- BMI
-
- BMR
-
- Sib
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- BMS
-
- BMT
-
- Bn.
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- BNS
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- woe
-
noun,
grievous distress, affliction, or trouble:
- Bon
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- OIt
-
- ote
-
- OTB
-
- ETO
-
- OTA
-
- ot-
-
- OEM
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OIr
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Om.
-
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ose
-
- OMB
-
- SOB
-
noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ESR
-
- sew
-
noun,
the amount of additional water necessary to float a grounded vessel.
- ESA
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- se-
-
- ATB
-
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Br.
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- NBA
-
- TBO
-
- Tbi
-
- NbE
-
- TBA
-
- NBS
-
- NbW
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- taw
-
noun,
a choice or fancy marble used as a shooter.
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- IOT
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- NEB
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- EBS
-
- BAM
-
noun,
a loud thud, as that produced when two objects strike against each other with force.
- 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.
- ior
-
- WIT
-
noun,
the keen perception and cleverly apt expression of those connections between ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure. Synonyms: drollery, facetiousness, waggishness, repartee.
- EbN
-
- Bow
-
noun,
an inclination of the head or body in salutation, assent, thanks, reverence, respect, submission, etc.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- MWT
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- an.
-
- WRA
-
- TIA
-
- abt
-
- NSW
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- NWT
-
- NAB
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- BEM
-
- SAE
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ORB
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- awe
-
noun,
an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, fear, etc., produced by that which is grand, sublime, extremely powerful, or the like:
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- awn
-
noun,
a bristlelike appendage of a plant, especially on the glumes of grasses.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- Ir.
-
- Won
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of North and South Korea, equal to 100 chon.
- be-
-
- Ban
-
noun,
the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
- eir
-
- Sw.
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- WMO
-
- wob
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- in.
-
- ier
-
- Rab
-
noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- sb.
-
- Ar.
-
- NMI
-
- NMR
-
- EIS
-
- wot
-
verb,
first and third person singular present of wit2 .
- nob
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- SBA
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- Ibo
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- SBE
-
- SbW
-
- IBN
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- SAW
-
noun,
a tool or device for cutting, typically a thin blade of metal with a series of sharp teeth.
- ine
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- 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 = .
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- SAR
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- NES
-
- BAO
-
noun,
an African board game usually played by moving pebbles along two rows of holes.
- EMR
-
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- New
-
noun,
something that is new; a new object, quality, condition, etc.:
- EMT
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- NIA
-
- nib
-
noun,
the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- en-
-
- BAS
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- Bat
-
noun,
Sports.
the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball.
a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis.
a whip used by a jockey.
the act of using a club or racket in a game.
the right or turn to use a club or racket.
- AO
-
- 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.
- WM
-
- 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.
- SM
-
- we
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- OW
-
interjection,
(used especially as an expression of intense or sudden pain.)
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- EW
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation expressing disgust, aversion, or the like):
- i.
-
- OA
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- O.
-
- NW
-
- NM
-
- RN
-
- NI
-
- NB
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- MW
-
- 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.
- IW
-
- M.
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- MB
-
- MN
-
- RI
-
- Eb
-
- WO
-
noun,
woe.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- WI
-
- WB
-
- w/
-
- TN
-
- TM
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- B-
-
- BA
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- BM
-
- BO
-
- BW
-
noun,
a black and white motion picture, photograph, drawing, etc.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- T1
-
- TB
-
- t.
-
- SN
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- SA
-
- S.
-
- RW
-
- RO
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- EI
-
- wt
-