Anagrams of vegetarianism
Word vegetarianism has
2104 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of vegetarianism.
- germinative
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adjective,
capable of germinating, developing, or creating; of or pertaining to germination.
- in-migrate
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verb (used without object),
to move or settle into a different part of one's country or home territory.
- negativism
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noun,
a negative or pessimistic attitude.
- variegates
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verb (used with object),
to make varied in appearance, as by adding different colors.
- reanimates
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verb (used with object),
to restore to life; resuscitate.
- germinates
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verb (used with object),
to cause to develop; produce.
- emarginate
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adjective,
notched at the margin.
- vegetarian
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noun,
a person who does not eat or does not believe in eating meat, fish, fowl, or, in some cases, any food derived from animals, as eggs or cheese, but subsists on vegetables, fruits, nuts, grain, etc.
- timesaving
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adjective,
(of methods, devices, etc.) reducing the time spent or required to do something.
- imageries
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noun,
the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively:
- antimeres
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noun,
a segment or division of the body having a corresponding segment or division that is opposite to it relative to the longitudinal axis of the body.
- Mertensia
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noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Mertensia, of the borage family, including the lungworts and the Virginia cowslip.
- negatives
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noun,
a negative statement, answer, word, gesture, etc.:
- gravities
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noun,
the force of attraction by which terrestrial bodies tend to fall toward the center of the earth.
- navigates
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verb (used with object),
to move on, over, or through (water, air, or land) in a ship or aircraft:
- varieties
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noun,
the state of being varied or diversified:
- agrements
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noun,
Music. ornament (def 9).
- variegate
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verb (used with object),
to make varied in appearance, as by adding different colors.
- grievants
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noun,
a person who submits a complaint for arbitration.
- naiveties
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noun,
naiveté.
- sea-raven
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noun,
a large marine fish of the genus Hemitripterus, as H. americanus, common on the northern Atlantic coast of America.
- marinates
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verb (used with object),
to steep (food) in a marinade.
- averments
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noun,
the act of averring.
- agentives
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noun,
an agentive word or suffix.
- migraines
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noun,
an extremely severe paroxysmal headache, usually confined to one side of the head and often associated with nausea; hemicrania.
- stingaree
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noun,
a stingray.
- marginate
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adjective,
having a margin.
- man-eater
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noun,
an animal, especially a tiger or lion, that eats or is said to eat human flesh.
- invertase
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noun,
an enzyme, occurring in yeast and in the digestive juices of animals, that causes the inversion of cane sugar into invert sugar.
- streaming
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noun,
an act or instance of flowing.
- magnesite
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noun,
a mineral, magnesium carbonate, MgCO 3 , having a characteristic conchoidal fracture and usually occurring in white masses.
- agentries
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noun,
the profession, business, or activities of an agent:
- Artemisia
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noun,
any of several composite plants of the genus Artemisia, having aromatic foliage and small disk flowers, including the sagebrush, wormwood, and mugwort.
- germinate
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verb (used with object),
to cause to develop; produce.
- reanimate
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verb (used with object),
to restore to life; resuscitate.
- semainier
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noun,
a chest of the 18th century having seven long drawers: originally meant to hold a week's supply of clothing.
- geminates
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noun,
Phonetics. a doubled consonant sound.
- verminate
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verb (used without object),
to become infested with vermin, especially parasitic vermin.
- evaginate
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verb (used with object),
to turn inside out, or cause to protrude by eversion, as a tubular organ.
- genitives
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noun,
the genitive case.
- amenities
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noun,
an agreeable way or manner; courtesy; civility:
- Germanist
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noun,
a specialist in the study of German culture, literature, or linguistics.
- regiments
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noun,
Military. a unit of ground forces, consisting of two or more battalions or battle groups, a headquarters unit, and certain supporting units.
- vintagers
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noun,
a person who helps in the harvest of grapes for winemaking.
- emigrates
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verb (used without object),
to leave one country or region to settle in another; migrate:
- minister
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noun,
a person authorized to conduct religious worship; member of the clergy; pastor.
- angaries
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noun,
the right of a belligerent state to seize and use the property of neutrals for purposes of warfare, subject to payment of full compensation.
- anergies
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noun,
Pathology. deficiency of energy.
- sagenite
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noun,
a variety of rutile occurring as needlelike crystals embedded in quartz.
- 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.
- migrants
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noun,
a person or animal that migrates.
- migrates
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verb (used without object),
to go from one country, region, or place to another. Synonyms: move, resettle, relocate.
Antonyms: remain.
- resinate
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- sanative
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adjective,
having the power to heal; curative.
- sangaree
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noun,
sangría.
- Santarem
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noun,
a city in N Brazil, on the Amazon River.
- Armitage
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noun,
Kenneth, 1916–2002, English sculptor.
- Santeria
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noun,
(sometimes lowercase) a religion merging the worship of Yoruba deities with veneration of Roman Catholic saints: practiced in Cuba and spread to other parts of the Caribbean and to the U.S. by Cuban emigrés.
- sarmenta
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noun,
a slender running stem; runner.
- arsenate
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenic acid.
- arsenite
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- Arianism
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noun,
the doctrine, taught by Arius, that Christ the Son was not consubstantial with God the Father.
- mintages
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noun,
the act or process of minting.
- minivers
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noun,
(in the Middle Ages) a fur of white or spotted white and gray used for linings and trimmings.
Compare vair (def 1).
- Ansermet
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noun,
Ernest [er-nest] /ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1883–1969, Swiss symphony orchestra conductor.
- niteries
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noun,
a nightclub.
- antimere
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noun,
a segment or division of the body having a corresponding segment or division that is opposite to it relative to the longitudinal axis of the body.
- ragtimes
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noun,
rhythm in which the accompaniment is strict two-four time and the melody, with improvised embellishments, is in steady syncopation.
- negative
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noun,
a negative statement, answer, word, gesture, etc.:
- meetings
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noun,
the act of coming together:
- raiments
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- energism
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noun,
the theory that self-realization is the highest good.
- Ramsgate
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noun,
a seaport in NE Kent, in SE England: resort.
- arginase
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noun,
a liver enzyme that converts arginine to urea.
- nativism
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noun,
the policy of protecting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants.
- reagents
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noun,
a substance that, because of the reactions it causes, is used in analysis and synthesis.
- nametags
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noun,
an identification tag or label showing one's name and sometimes one's address or business affiliation, attached to an article of clothing or worn around the neck or wrist.
- animates
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adjective,
alive; possessing life:
- regimens
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noun,
Medicine/Medical. a regulated course, as of diet, exercise, or manner of living, intended to preserve or restore health or to attain some result.
- arenites
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noun,
psammite.
- naivetes
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noun,
the quality or state of being naive; natural or artless simplicity.
- regiment
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noun,
Military. a unit of ground forces, consisting of two or more battalions or battle groups, a headquarters unit, and certain supporting units.
- migraine
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noun,
an extremely severe paroxysmal headache, usually confined to one side of the head and often associated with nausea; hemicrania.
- maitrise
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noun,
mastery; skill.
- Artesian
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adjective,
noting, pertaining to, or characteristic of an artesian well.
- gaieties
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noun,
the state of being joyous, vivacious, or cheerful.
- Germania
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noun,
an ancient region in central Europe, N of the Danube River.
- Germaine
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noun,
a female given name.
- gentries
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noun,
wellborn and well-bred people.
- genitive
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noun,
the genitive case.
- geminate
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noun,
Phonetics. a doubled consonant sound.
- gematria
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noun,
a cabbalistic system of interpretation of the Scriptures by substituting for a particular word another word whose letters give the same numerical sum.
- seriatim
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adverb, adjective,
in a series; one after another.
- gantries
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noun,
a framework spanning a railroad track or tracks for displaying signals.
- ganister
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noun,
a highly refractory, siliceous rock used to line furnaces.
- gamester
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noun,
a gambler.
- etamines
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noun,
a lightweight cotton or worsted fabric constructed in plain weave and loosely woven.
- granites
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noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz, usually with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals, as mica, hornblende, or augite.
- emanates
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verb (used with object),
to send forth; emit.
- estrange
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verb (used with object),
to turn away in feeling or affection; make unfriendly or hostile; alienate the affections of:
- ergative
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noun,
the ergative case.
- emigrant
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noun,
a person who emigrates, as from his or her native country or region:
Synonyms: émigré, expatriate.
- emigrate
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verb (used without object),
to leave one country or region to settle in another; migrate:
- Erastian
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noun,
an advocate of Erastianism.
- Erasmian
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noun,
a follower of Erasmus.
- envisage
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verb (used with object),
to contemplate; visualize:
- emirates
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noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- enmities
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noun,
a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; antagonism.
- enargite
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noun,
a mineral, copper arsenic and sulfide, Cu 3 AsS 4 , occurring in the form of black orthorhombic crystals having perfect cleavage: an important source of copper.
- giantism
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noun,
Pathology. gigantism.
- grantees
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noun,
the receiver of a grant.
- matinees
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noun,
an entertainment, especially a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon.
- magentas
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noun,
fuchsin.
- mastigia
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noun,
an extensible, lashlike, anal organ in certain caterpillars.
- martinis
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noun,
a cocktail made with gin or vodka and dry vermouth, usually served with a green olive or a twist of lemon peel.
- martians
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noun,
a supposed inhabitant of the planet Mars:
- Maritain
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noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1882–1973, French philosopher and diplomat.
- marinate
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verb (used with object),
to steep (food) in a marinade.
- margents
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noun,
margin.
- manatees
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noun,
any of several plant-eating aquatic mammals of the genus Trichechus, of West Indian, Floridian, and Gulf Coast waters, having two flippers in front and a broad, spoon-shaped tail: all species are endangered.
- astringe
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verb (used with object),
to compress; bind together; constrict.
- Magnesia
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noun,
a white, tasteless substance, magnesium oxide, MgO, used in medicine as an antacid and laxative.
- magnates
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noun,
a person of great influence, importance, or standing in a particular enterprise, field of business, etc.:
- interims
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noun,
an intervening time; interval; meantime:
- gravamen
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noun,
the part of an accusation that weighs most heavily against the accused; the substantial part of a charge or complaint.
- intarsia
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noun,
an art or technique of decorating a surface with inlaid patterns, especially of wood mosaic, developed during the Renaissance.
- ingrates
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noun,
an ungrateful person.
- inertias
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- averages
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noun,
a quantity, rating, or the like that represents or approximates an arithmetic mean:
- averment
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noun,
the act of averring.
- imagines
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noun,
Entomology. an adult insect.
- igniters
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noun,
a person or thing that ignites.
- grievant
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noun,
a person who submits a complaint for arbitration.
- aviaries
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noun,
a large cage or a house or enclosure in which birds are kept.
- greatens
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verb (used with object),
to make greater; enlarge; increase.
- gravitas
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noun,
seriousness or sobriety, as of conduct or speech.
- sea-gate
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noun,
a navigable channel giving access to the sea.
- navigate
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verb (used with object),
to move on, over, or through (water, air, or land) in a ship or aircraft:
- agminate
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adjective,
aggregated together.
- tangrams
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noun,
a Chinese puzzle consisting of a square cut into five triangles, a square, and a rhomboid, which can be combined so as to form a great variety of other figures.
- amentias
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noun,
lack of intellectual development; imbecility; severe mental retardation.
- vinegars
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noun,
a sour liquid consisting of dilute and impure acetic acid, obtained by acetous fermentation from wine, cider, beer, ale, or the like: used as a condiment, preservative, etc.
- agrement
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noun,
Music. ornament (def 9).
- Temesvar
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noun,
Hungarian name of Timişoara.
- vagrants
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noun,
a person who wanders about idly and has no permanent home or employment; vagabond; tramp.
- vestigia
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noun,
a vestigial structure of any kind; vestige.
- agentive
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noun,
an agentive word or suffix.
- vanities
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noun,
excessive pride in one's appearance, qualities, abilities, achievements, etc.; character or quality of being vain; conceit:
- tear-gas
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noun,
a gas that makes the eyes smart and water, thus producing a temporary blindness, used in modern warfare, to quell riots, etc.
- aegirite
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noun,
a mineral, mainly sodium-ferric iron silicate, NaFe⋅(Si 2 O 6), occurring in feldspathoid rocks in slender prismatic crystals.
- vantages
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noun,
a position, condition, or place affording some advantage or a commanding view.
- tavernas
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noun,
a small, unpretentious café or restaurant in Greece.
- sirvente
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noun,
a medieval poem or song of heroic or satirical character, as composed by a troubadour.
- vineries
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noun,
a place or enclosure in which vines, especially grapevines, are grown.
- verities
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noun,
the state or quality of being true; accordance with fact or reality:
- variants
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noun,
a person or thing that varies.
- tanagers
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noun,
any of numerous songbirds of the New World family Thraupidae, the males of which are usually brightly colored.
- variates
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noun,
Statistics. random variable.
- steering
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noun,
the discriminatory practice by a real estate agent of maneuvering a client from a minority group away from considering a home in a white neighborhood.
- varmints
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noun,
Chiefly Southern and South Midland U.S.
vermin.
an objectionable or undesirable animal, usually predatory, as a coyote or bobcat.
- sterigma
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noun,
a small stalk that bears a sporangium, a conidium, or especially a basidiospore.
- tamarins
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noun,
any South American marmoset of the genera Saguinus and Leontopithecus (Leontideus), having silky fur and a nonprehensile tail: several species are threatened or endangered.
- airtimes
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noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- agametes
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noun,
an asexual reproductive cell, as a spore, that forms a new organism without fusion with another cell.
- ventages
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noun,
a small hole or vent, as one of the fingerholes of a flute.
- vegetism
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- vaginate
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adjective,
having a vagina or sheath; sheathed.
- stravage
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verb (used without object),
Scot., Irish, and North England. to wander aimlessly.
- vagaries
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noun,
an unpredictable or erratic action, occurrence, course, or instance:
- viremias
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noun,
the presence of a virus in the blood.
- segreant
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adjective,
(of a griffin) rampant.
- vitrains
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noun,
the material of which the friable, vitreous layers in banded bituminous coal are composed.
- vintager
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noun,
a person who helps in the harvest of grapes for winemaking.
- tsarevna
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noun,
czarevna.
- vitamins
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noun,
any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism, found in minute amounts in natural foodstuffs or sometimes produced synthetically: deficiencies of vitamins produce specific disorders.
- amirates
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noun,
emirate.
- virgates
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noun,
an early English measure of land of varying extent, usually considered equivalent to a quarter of a hide, or about 30 acres (12 hectares).
- serenata
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noun,
a form of secular cantata, often of a dramatic or imaginative character.
- Sergeant
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noun,
a noncommissioned army officer of a rank above that of corporal.
- seatrain
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noun,
a ship for the transportation of loaded railroad cars.
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- vintages
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noun,
the wine from a particular harvest or crop.
- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- vitrines
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noun,
a glass cabinet or case, especially for displaying art objects.
- trangams
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noun,
an odd gadget; gewgaw; trinket.
- Semarang
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noun,
a seaport on N Java, in S Indonesia.
- greaves
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noun,
crackling (def 3).
- triages
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noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- magnate
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noun,
a person of great influence, importance, or standing in a particular enterprise, field of business, etc.:
- Magenta
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noun,
fuchsin.
- invites
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noun,
Informal. an invitation.
- variate
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noun,
Statistics. random variable.
- greaten
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verb (used with object),
to make greater; enlarge; increase.
- gravies
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noun,
the fat and juices that drip from cooking meat, often thickened, seasoned, flavored, etc., and used as a sauce for meat, potatoes, rice, etc.
- trienes
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- greisen
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noun,
a hydrothermally altered rock of granitic texture composed chiefly of quartz and mica, common in the tin mines of Europe.
- Venetia
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noun,
an ancient district in NE Italy: later a Roman province bounded by the Alps, the Po River, and the Adriatic Sea.
- varmint
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noun,
Chiefly Southern and South Midland U.S.
vermin.
an objectionable or undesirable animal, usually predatory, as a coyote or bobcat.
- variant
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noun,
a person or thing that varies.
- grivets
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noun,
a small Abyssinian monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops, with a grayish back, gray tail, black face, and dark extremities.
- inertia
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- integer
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noun,
Mathematics. one of the positive or negative numbers 1, 2, 3, etc., or zero.
Compare whole number.
- vagrant
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noun,
a person who wanders about idly and has no permanent home or employment; vagabond; tramp.
- ingrate
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noun,
an ungrateful person.
- ingesta
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plural noun,
substances ingested.
- Ingemar
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noun,
a male given name.
- gratins
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noun,
au gratin.
- Interim
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noun,
an intervening time; interval; meantime:
- tsarina
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noun,
czarina.
- igniter
-
noun,
a person or thing that ignites.
- vantage
-
noun,
a position, condition, or place affording some advantage or a commanding view.
- imarets
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- inverse
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noun,
an inverted state or condition.
- imagine
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verb (used with object),
to form a mental image of (something not actually present to the senses).
- Igraine
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noun,
the mother of King Arthur.
- ignites
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verb (used with object),
to set on fire; kindle.
- inverts
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noun,
a person or thing that is inverted.
- ingates
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noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- Seagirt
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noun,
surrounded by the sea.
- gratine
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verb (used with object),
to bake or broil (food) in au gratin style.
- estamin
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noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- vesting
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noun,
cloth that is usually of medium or heavy weight and has figures or ridges, as piqué, jacquard, dobby silk, or Bedford cord, originally used for decorative vests and now also for a variety of other garments.
- veteran
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noun,
a person who has had long service or experience in an occupation, office, or the like:
- gamines
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noun,
a neglected girl who is left to run about the streets.
- gametes
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noun,
a mature sexual reproductive cell, as a sperm or egg, that unites with another cell to form a new organism.
- Vietnam
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noun,
Official name Socialist Republic of Vietnam. a country in SE Asia, comprising the former states of Annam, Tonkin, and Cochin-China: formerly part of French Indochina; divided into North Vietnam and South Vietnam during the Vietnam War but now reunified. 126,104 sq. mi. (326,609 sq. km). Capital: Hanoi.
Compare North Vietnam, South Vietnam.
- gaiters
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noun,
a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot.
Compare upper1 (def 7).
- gainers
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noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- vinegar
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noun,
a sour liquid consisting of dilute and impure acetic acid, obtained by acetous fermentation from wine, cider, beer, ale, or the like: used as a condiment, preservative, etc.
- etesian
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adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- vintage
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noun,
the wine from a particular harvest or crop.
- etamine
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noun,
a lightweight cotton or worsted fabric constructed in plain weave and loosely woven.
- Erigena
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noun,
Johannes Scotus [joh-han-eez skoh-tuh s,, -han-is] /dʒoʊˈhæn iz ˈskoʊ təs,, -ˈhæn ɪs/ (Show IPA), a.d. c810–c877, Irish philosopher and theologian.
- gastrin
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noun,
a hormone that stimulates the secretion of gastric juice.
- viremia
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noun,
the presence of a virus in the blood.
- virgate
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noun,
an early English measure of land of varying extent, usually considered equivalent to a quarter of a hide, or about 30 acres (12 hectares).
- ergates
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noun,
a worker ant.
- vitamin
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noun,
any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism, found in minute amounts in natural foodstuffs or sometimes produced synthetically: deficiencies of vitamins produce specific disorders.
- vitrain
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noun,
the material of which the friable, vitreous layers in banded bituminous coal are composed.
- enviers
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noun,
a person who feels envy.
- entries
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noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- entires
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- enrages
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verb (used with object),
to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate:
- vitrine
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noun,
a glass cabinet or case, especially for displaying art objects.
- enigmas
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noun,
a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation:
- engrave
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verb (used with object),
to chase (letters, designs, etc.) on a hard surface, as of metal, stone, or the end grain of wood:
- garnets
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noun,
any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
- gateman
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noun,
a gatekeeper.
- Gratian
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noun,
(Flavius Gratianus) a.d. 359–383, Roman emperor 375–383.
- germens
-
noun,
a germ.
- Gratiae
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plural noun,
grace (def 12).
- ventage
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noun,
a small hole or vent, as one of the fingerholes of a flute.
- grantee
-
noun,
the receiver of a grant.
- granite
-
noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz, usually with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals, as mica, hornblende, or augite.
- granita
-
noun,
frozen flavored ice.
- gisarme
-
noun,
guisarme.
- magnet-
-
- Gervais
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) an unsalted French cream cheese made from whole milk and cream.
- ventri-
-
- Ventris
-
noun,
Michael George Francis, 1922–56, English architect and linguist.
- Vereins
-
noun,
a union, association, or society.
- veriest
-
adverb,
in a high degree; extremely; exceedingly:
- gatemen
-
noun,
a gatekeeper.
- veritas
-
noun,
truth.
- germane
-
adjective,
closely or significantly related; relevant; pertinent:
- verites
-
noun,
truth; truthfulness.
- gerents
-
noun,
a ruler or manager.
- Geraint
-
noun,
one of the knights of the Round Table, husband of Enid.
- vermian
-
adjective,
resembling or of the nature of a worm.
- versant
-
noun,
a slope of a mountain or mountain chain.
- Genista
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Genista, of the legume family, having showy flowers and including many species of broom.
- genevas
-
noun,
Hollands.
- versine
-
noun,
versed sine.
- vestige
-
noun,
a mark, trace, or visible evidence of something that is no longer present or in existence:
- gearset
-
noun,
a combination of gears that mesh to provide a particular gear ratio.
- venters
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
the abdomen or belly.
a bellylike cavity or concavity.
a bellylike protuberance.
- Mansart
-
noun,
Jules Hardouin [zhyl ar-dwan] /ʒül arˈdwɛ̃/ (Show IPA), (Jules Hardouin) 1646–1708, French architect: chief architectural director for Louis XIV.
- magnets
-
noun,
a body, as a piece of iron or steel, that possesses the property of attracting certain substances, as iron.
- Niigata
-
noun,
a seaport on NW Honshu, in central Japan.
- ratings
-
noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- Setaria
-
noun,
any grass of the genus Setaria, having a dense panicle, grown for forage.
- Sevigne
-
noun,
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal [ma-ree duh ra-by-tan-shahn-tal] /maˈri də ra bü tɛ̃ ʃɑ̃ˈtal/ (Show IPA), Marquise de, 1626–96, French writer, especially of letters.
- ramenta
-
noun,
a scraping, shaving, or particle.
- raising
-
noun,
a rule of transformational grammar that shifts the subject or object of an embedded clause into the subject or object position of the main clause, as in the derivation of The suspect appears to be innocent from It appears that the suspect is innocent.
- siamang
-
noun,
a large, black gibbon, Hylobates syndactylus, of Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula, having very long arms and the second and third digits partially united by a web of skin: an endangered species.
- raiment
-
noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- Sievert
-
noun,
the standard unit in the International System of Units (SI) of dose equivalent having the same biological effect as one joule of x-rays per kilogram of recipient mass (or one gray):
Abbreviation: Sv.
- ragtime
-
noun,
rhythm in which the accompaniment is strict two-four time and the melody, with improvised embellishments, is in steady syncopation.
- sigmate
-
adjective,
having the form of the Greek sigma or the letter S.
- Nigeria
-
noun,
a republic in W Africa: member of the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly a British colony and protectorate. 356,669 sq. mi. (923,773 sq. km). Capital: Abuja.
- ravings
-
noun,
Usually, ravings.
irrational, incoherent talk:
wildly extravagant or outrageous talk; bombast.
- nervate
-
adjective,
(of leaves) having veins.
- simitar
-
noun,
scimitar.
- Sinatra
-
noun,
Frank (Francis Albert) 1915–98, U.S. singer and actor.
- smarten
-
Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- Smetana
-
noun,
Bedřich [Czech be-drzhikh] /Czech ˈbɛ drʒɪx/ (Show IPA), 1824–84, Czech composer.
- negates
-
verb (used with object),
to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of:
- Stagira
-
noun,
an ancient town in NE Greece, in Macedonia on the E Chalcidice peninsula: birthplace of Aristotle.
- stamin-
-
- stamina
-
noun,
strength of physical constitution; power to endure disease, fatigue, privation, etc.
- natives
-
noun,
Sometimes Offensive. one of the people indigenous to a place or country, especially as distinguished from strangers, foreigners, colonizers, etc.:
- steamer
-
noun,
something propelled or operated by steam, as a steamship.
- nametag
-
noun,
an identification tag or label showing one's name and sometimes one's address or business affiliation, attached to an article of clothing or worn around the neck or wrist.
- ravages
-
noun,
havoc; ruinous damage:
- reagent
-
noun,
a substance that, because of the reactions it causes, is used in analysis and synthesis.
- stearin
-
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.
- restive
-
adjective,
impatient of control, restraint, or delay, as persons; restless; uneasy.
- savarin
-
noun,
a spongelike cake leavened with yeast, baked in a ring mold, and often soaked with a rum syrup.
- seating
-
noun,
an act or instance of furnishing with, assigning, or escorting to a seat.
- Sargent
-
noun,
Sir (Harold) Malcolm (Watts) 1895–1967, English conductor.
- sarangi
-
noun,
(in India) a violinlike instrument used to accompany classical dancing.
- seeming
-
noun,
appearance, especially outward or deceptive appearance.
- sangria
-
noun,
an iced drink, typically made with red wine, sugar, fruit juice, soda water, and spices, and containing fruit slices.
- segment
-
noun,
one of the parts into which something naturally separates or is divided; a division, portion, or section:
- rivages
-
noun,
a bank, shore, or coast.
- Riesman
-
noun,
David, 1909–2002, U.S. sociologist.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- seminar
-
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.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- resting
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Servite
-
noun,
a member of an order of mendicant friars, founded in Florence in 1233, engaged in fostering devotion to the Virgin Mary.
- re-sign
-
verb (used with or without object),
to sign again.
- remains
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- Reigate
-
noun,
a city in Surrey in SE England, a London suburb.
- reginas
-
noun,
queen.
- seriate
-
adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- seriema
-
noun,
either of two birds of the family Cariamidae, Cariama cristata, of southern Brazil, or Chunga burmeisteri, of Argentina, having long legs, an erectile crest, a short, broad bill, and limited ability to fly.
- seringa
-
noun,
any of several Brazilian trees of the genus Hevea, yielding rubber.
- regimen
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a regulated course, as of diet, exercise, or manner of living, intended to preserve or restore health or to attain some result.
- regains
-
noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- servant
-
noun,
a person employed by another, especially to perform domestic duties.
- serving
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that serves.
- reagins
-
noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- namaste
-
noun,
a conventional Hindu expression on meeting or parting, used by the speaker usually while holding the palms together vertically in front of the bosom.
- Steiner
-
noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- Mai-Tai
-
noun,
a cocktail of rum, curaçao, lemon and pineapple juice, grenadine, and orgeat syrup, poured over crushed ice.
- Teniers
-
noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- matinee
-
noun,
an entertainment, especially a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon.
- masting
-
noun,
the masts of a ship, taken as a whole.
- tearing
-
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.
- martins
-
noun,
Peter, born 1946, U.S. choreographer and ballet master, born in Denmark.
- teeming
-
adjective,
abounding or swarming with something, as with people:
- Martini
-
noun,
a cocktail made with gin or vodka and dry vermouth, usually served with a green olive or a twist of lemon peel.
- Martina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Martian
-
noun,
a supposed inhabitant of the planet Mars:
- Martens
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- Maritsa
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing from S Bulgaria along the boundary between Greece and European Turkey and into the Aegean. 300 miles (485 km) long.
- marines
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- tensive
-
adjective,
stretching or straining.
- taverna
-
noun,
a small, unpretentious café or restaurant in Greece.
- marinas
-
noun,
a boat basin offering dockage and other service for small craft.
- margent
-
noun,
margin.
- Margate
-
noun,
a red-mouthed grunt, Haemulon album, inhabiting Atlantic waters from Florida to Brazil, valued as a food fish.
- mantras
-
noun,
Hinduism. a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.
- maneges
-
noun,
the art of training and riding horses.
- termini
-
noun,
the end or extremity of anything.
- timings
-
noun,
Theater.
a synchronizing of the various parts of a production for theatrical effect.
the result or effect thus achieved.
(in acting) the act of adjusting one's tempo of speaking and moving for dramatic effect.
- manatee
-
noun,
any of several plant-eating aquatic mammals of the genus Trichechus, of West Indian, Floridian, and Gulf Coast waters, having two flippers in front and a broad, spoon-shaped tail: all species are endangered.
- manages
-
verb (used with object),
to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship:
- manager
-
noun,
a person who has control or direction of an institution, business, etc., or of a part, division, or phase of it.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- trangam
-
noun,
an odd gadget; gewgaw; trinket.
- meeting
-
noun,
the act of coming together:
- Megaera
-
noun,
one of the Furies.
- naivete
-
noun,
the quality or state of being naive; natural or artless simplicity.
- minaret
-
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.
- misgive
-
verb (used with object),
(of one's mind, heart, etc.) to give doubt or apprehension to.
- mirages
-
noun,
an optical phenomenon, especially in the desert or at sea, by which the image of some object appears displaced above, below, or to one side of its true position as a result of spatial variations of the index of refraction of air.
- mintage
-
noun,
the act or process of minting.
- Minster
-
noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- minivet
-
noun,
any of several small, long-tailed Asian cuckoo-shrikes of the genus Pericrocotus, having in the male black and red and in the female black and orange plumage.
- stinger
-
noun,
a person or thing that stings.
- miniver
-
noun,
(in the Middle Ages) a fur of white or spotted white and gray used for linings and trimmings.
Compare vair (def 1).
- strange
-
adverb,
in a strange manner.
- miniate
-
verb (used with object),
to illuminate (a manuscript) in red; rubricate.
- minever
-
noun,
miniver.
- Minerva
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of wisdom and the arts, identified with the Greek goddess Athena.
- Sverige
-
noun,
Swedish name of Sweden.
- tamarin
-
noun,
any South American marmoset of the genera Saguinus and Leontopithecus (Leontideus), having silky fur and a nonprehensile tail: several species are threatened or endangered.
- Megaris
-
noun,
a district in ancient Greece, between the Gulf of Corinth and Saronic Gulf.
- migrate
-
verb (used without object),
to go from one country, region, or place to another. Synonyms: move, resettle, relocate.
Antonyms: remain.
- migrant
-
noun,
a person or animal that migrates.
- tamaris
-
noun,
a rich, naturally fermented soybean sauce containing little or no wheat and thicker than soy sauce.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- tanager
-
noun,
any of numerous songbirds of the New World family Thraupidae, the males of which are usually brightly colored.
- metiers
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- metages
-
noun,
the official measurement of contents or weight.
- menages
-
noun,
a domestic establishment; household.
- Meitner
-
noun,
Lise [lee-zuh] /ˈli zə/ (Show IPA), 1878–1968, Austrian nuclear physicist.
- Tangier
-
noun,
a seaport in N Morocco, on the W Strait of Gibraltar: capital of the former Tangier Zone.
- tangram
-
noun,
a Chinese puzzle consisting of a square cut into five triangles, a square, and a rhomboid, which can be combined so as to form a great variety of other figures.
- meinies
-
noun,
Archaic. a group or suite of attendants, followers, dependents, etc.
- engrams
-
noun,
a presumed encoding in neural tissue that provides a physical basis for the persistence of memory; a memory trace.
- garment
-
noun,
any article of clothing:
- average
-
noun,
a quantity, rating, or the like that represents or approximates an arithmetic mean:
- airtime
-
noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- Eastman
-
noun,
George, 1854–1932, U.S. philanthropist and inventor in the field of photography.
- eatings
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- Aterian
-
adjective,
of or indicating a Middle Paleolithic industry of northwestern Africa and the Sahara, characterized by the production of tanged points and bifacially worked leaf-shaped points of varying sizes.
- atavism
-
noun,
Biology.
the reappearance in an individual of characteristics of some remote ancestor that have been absent in intervening generations.
an individual embodying such a reversion.
- against
-
Idioms,
over against, in contrast with:
- animate
-
adjective,
alive; possessing life:
- Astaire
-
noun,
Fred, 1899–1987, U.S. dancer and actor.
- agamete
-
noun,
an asexual reproductive cell, as a spore, that forms a new organism without fusion with another cell.
- anemias
-
noun,
Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
- Antares
-
noun,
a red supergiant star of the first magnitude in the constellation Scorpius.
- artisan
-
noun,
a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
- airings
-
noun,
an exposure to the air, as for drying.
- Artigas
-
noun,
José Gervasio [haw-se her-vah-syaw] /hɔˈsɛ hɛrˈvɑ syɔ/ (Show IPA), 1764–1850, Uruguayan soldier and patriot.
- emanate
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth; emit.
- Emerita
-
noun,
a woman with such status.
- Artesia
-
noun,
a city in S California.
- easting
-
noun,
Navigation. the distance due east made good on any course tending eastward; easterly departure.
- Eastern
-
adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- antiars
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- Avestan
-
noun,
an ancient East Iranian language of the Indo-European family, the language of all the Avesta but the Gathas.
Compare Gathic (def 1).
- amirate
-
noun,
emirate.
- aminate
-
verb (used with object),
to introduce an amino group into (a compound).
- Aegates
-
noun,
ancient name of Egadi.
- amities
-
noun,
friendship; peaceful harmony.
- aminase
-
noun,
any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of amino compounds, releasing the amino group and liberating nitrogen.
- amnesia
-
noun,
loss of a large block of interrelated memories; complete or partial loss of memory caused by brain injury, shock, etc.
- amritas
-
noun,
the beverage of immortality.
- Avertin
-
- amative
-
adjective,
disposed to love; amorous.
- amentia
-
noun,
lack of intellectual development; imbecility; severe mental retardation.
- avenges
-
verb (used with object),
to take vengeance or exact satisfaction for:
- agnates
-
noun,
a relative whose connection is traceable exclusively through males.
- Amen-Ra
-
noun,
a god in whom Amen and Ra were combined: the god of the universe and the supreme Egyptian god during the period of Theban political supremacy.
- aerates
-
verb (used with object),
to expose to the action or effect of air or to cause air to circulate through:
- earings
-
noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- atresia
-
noun,
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
- ARTEMIS
-
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.
- aviates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to fly or fly in an aircraft.
- emirate
-
noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- Armenia
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Asia: now divided between Armenia, Turkey, and Iran.
- Agenais
-
noun,
an ancient region of SW France.
- argents
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- emigres
-
noun,
an emigrant, especially a person who flees from his or her native land because of political conditions.
- Mervin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ageism
-
noun,
discrimination against persons of a certain age group.
- verite
-
noun,
truth; truthfulness.
- invars
-
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- trans.
-
- intra-
-
- intime
-
adjective,
intimate; cozy.
- intima
-
noun,
the innermost membrane or lining of some organ or part, especially that of an artery, vein, or lymphatic.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- aerate
-
verb (used with object),
to expose to the action or effect of air or to cause air to circulate through:
- miners
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- Vargas
-
noun,
Getulio Dornelles [Portuguese zhi-too-lyoo doo r-ne-lis] /Portuguese ʒɪˈtu lyʊ dʊərˈnɛ lɪs/ (Show IPA), 1883–1954, Brazilian statesman.
- inter.
-
- vermi-
-
- Avanti
-
noun,
Kingdom of, an ancient Aryan kingdom of W central India, with its capital near modern Ujjain; flourished in the 6th–4th centuries b.c.
- agnate
-
noun,
a relative whose connection is traceable exclusively through males.
- instr.
-
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- agates
-
noun,
a variegated chalcedony showing curved, colored bands or other markings.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- 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.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Ariege
-
noun,
a department in S France. 1893 sq. mi. (4905 sq. km). Capital: Foix.
- invert
-
noun,
a person or thing that is inverted.
- invest
-
verb (used with object),
to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
- rivets
-
noun,
a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
- riatas
-
noun,
a lariat.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- retems
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- 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.
- revest
-
verb (used with object),
to vest (a person) again, as with ownership or office; reinvest; reinstate.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- revets
-
verb (used with object),
to face, as an embankment, with masonry or other material.
- Verein
-
noun,
a union, association, or society.
- Ismene
-
noun,
a daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta who did not join Antigone in her forbidden burial of their brother Polynices.
- revise
-
noun,
an act of revising.
- isatin
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- Isaian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of Isaiah or of the book of the Bible bearing his name.
- Arista
-
noun,
Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
- Varese
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, NW of Milan.
- Anemia
-
noun,
Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
- verges
-
noun,
the edge, rim, or margin of something:
- Irving
-
noun,
Sir Henry (John Henry Brodribb) 1838–1905, English actor.
- Irvine
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- verism
-
noun,
the theory that rigid representation of truth and reality is essential to art and literature, and therefore the ugly and vulgar must be included.
- Travis
-
noun,
William Barret, 1809–36, U.S. soldier: commander during the battle of the Alamo.
- rising
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that rises.
- rivage
-
noun,
a bank, shore, or coast.
- invite
-
noun,
Informal. an invitation.
- INGRES
-
noun,
Jean Auguste Dominique [zhahn oh-gyst daw-mee-neek] /ʒɑ̃ oʊˈgüst dɔ miˈnik/ (Show IPA), 1780–1867, French painter.
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- Ingram
-
noun,
a male given name.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- Gretna
-
noun,
a city in SE Louisiana, near New Orleans.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- Savage
-
noun,
an uncivilized human being.
- grivet
-
noun,
a small Abyssinian monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops, with a grayish back, gray tail, black face, and dark extremities.
- Savaii
-
noun,
an island in Western Samoa: largest of the Samoa group. 703 sq. mi. (1821 sq. km).
- savant
-
noun,
a person of profound or extensive learning; learned scholar.
- savate
-
noun,
a sport resembling boxing but permitting blows to be delivered with the feet as well as the hands.
- Grimes
-
noun,
dirt, soot, or other filthy matter, especially adhering to or embedded in a surface.
- Argent
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- saving
-
noun,
a reduction or lessening of expenditure or outlay:
- Grieve
-
verb (used with object),
to distress mentally; cause to feel grief or sorrow:
- Vasari
-
noun,
Giorgio [jawr-jaw] /ˈdʒɔr dʒɔ/ (Show IPA), 1511–74, Italian painter, architect, and art historian.
- Seaman
-
noun,
a person skilled in seamanship.
- satang
-
noun,
a monetary unit and former coin of Thailand, the 100th part of a baht.
- 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.
- seamen
-
noun,
a person skilled in seamanship.
- mirage
-
noun,
an optical phenomenon, especially in the desert or at sea, by which the image of some object appears displaced above, below, or to one side of its true position as a result of spatial variations of the index of refraction of air.
- greets
-
verb (used with object),
to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- 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.).
- greens
-
noun,
a color intermediate in the spectrum between yellow and blue, an effect of light with a wavelength between 500 and 570 nm; found in nature as the color of most grasses and leaves while growing, of some fruits while ripening, and of the sea.
- Seaver
-
noun,
(George) Thomas ("Tom"; "Tom Terrific") born 1944, U.S. baseball pitcher.
- tinges
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- aviate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to fly or fly in an aircraft.
- greave
-
noun,
a piece of plate armor for the leg between the knee and the ankle, usually composed of front and back pieces.
- Greats
-
- verset
-
noun,
Prosody. a brief verse, especially from Scripture.
- Sarnia
-
noun,
a port in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on the S shore of Lake Huron, on the St. Clair River, across from Port Huron, Michigan.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- Ingmar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- avenge
-
verb (used with object),
to take vengeance or exact satisfaction for:
- varies
-
verb (used with object),
to change or alter, as in form, appearance, character, or substance:
- ingate
-
noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- vermin
-
noun,
noxious, objectionable, or disgusting animals collectively, especially those of small size that appear commonly and are difficult to control, as flies, lice, bedbugs, cockroaches, mice, and rats.
- Ariane
-
noun,
Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
- Samain
-
noun,
Samhain.
- Aeneas
-
noun,
a Trojan hero, the reputed ancestor of the Romans: protagonist of the Aeneid.
- vermis
-
noun,
the median lobe or division of the cerebellum.
- imines
-
noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- Samian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Samos.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- averse
-
adjective,
having a strong feeling of opposition, antipathy, repugnance, etc.; opposed:
- Amrita
-
noun,
the beverage of immortality.
- Sanger
-
noun,
Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1958.
- images
-
noun,
a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- varnas
-
noun,
Hinduism. class (def 13).
- averts
-
verb (used with object),
to turn away or aside:
- Avesta
-
noun,
a collection of sacred Zoroastrian writings, including the Gathas.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- ignite
-
verb (used with object),
to set on fire; kindle.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- tirage
-
noun,
the withdrawing of wine from a barrel, as for testing or tasting.
- Argive
-
noun,
a native of Argos.
- Vernet
-
noun,
Claude Joseph [klohd zhaw-zef] /kloʊd ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1714–89, French painter.
- ventr-
-
- venter
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
the abdomen or belly.
a bellylike cavity or concavity.
a bellylike protuberance.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- Asante
-
noun,
Ashanti.
- meters
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- ragman
-
noun,
a person who gathers or deals in rag.
- Matane
-
noun,
a city in E Quebec, in SE Canada, on the St. Lawrence River.
- ragmen
-
noun,
a person who gathers or deals in rag.
- vegans
-
noun,
a vegetarian who omits all animal products from the diet.
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- metier
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- Namtar
-
noun,
the Sumerian and Akkadian demon personifying death.
- Marvin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- raisin
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- Ramage
-
noun,
a descent group composed of individuals descended from one ancestor through any combination of male and female links.
- navies
-
noun,
the whole body of warships and auxiliaries belonging to a country or ruler.
- a-game
-
noun,
a person’s best effort, abilities, or achievement:
- ramate
-
adjective,
having branches; branching out or off.
- asemia
-
noun,
inability to comprehend or use communicative symbols, as words or gestures.
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- ansate
-
adjective,
having a handle or handlelike part.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- 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.
- ranges
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- Marini
-
noun,
Giambattista [jahm-baht-tees-tah] /ˌdʒɑm bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), Also, Marino [muh-ree-noh;; Italian mah-ree-naw] /məˈri noʊ;; Italian mɑˈri nɔ/ (Show IPA), ("il Cavalier Marino") 1569–1625, Italian poet.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- native
-
noun,
Sometimes Offensive. one of the people indigenous to a place or country, especially as distinguished from strangers, foreigners, colonizers, etc.:
- navig.
-
- ratans
-
noun,
rattan.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- Mersin
-
noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- merges
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to combine or coalesce; unite.
- nemat-
-
- Mentes
-
noun,
(in the Odyssey) a captain of the Taphians. Athena assumed his form when she urged Telemachus to search for Odysseus.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- vagina
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
the passage leading from the uterus to the vulva in certain female mammals. Compare oviduct.
a sheathlike part or organ.
- menage
-
noun,
a domestic establishment; household.
- Nevers
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nièvre, in central France, on the Loire River: Romanesque church.
- arsen-
-
- Neviim
-
noun,
the Prophets, being the second of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.
- antiar
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- 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.
- Megara
-
noun,
a city in ancient Greece: the chief city of Megaris.
- negate
-
verb (used with object),
to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of:
- Anvers
-
noun,
French name of Antwerp.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- trivia
-
noun,
(in Roman religion) Hecate: so called because she was the goddess of the crossroads.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- meanie
-
noun,
Informal. meany.
- meager
-
adjective,
deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty; inadequate:
- metage
-
noun,
the official measurement of contents or weight.
- mavens
-
noun,
an expert or connoisseur.
- matri-
-
- Marina
-
noun,
a boat basin offering dockage and other service for small craft.
- Marian
-
noun,
a person who has a particular devotion to the Virgin Mary.
- resign
-
verb (used with object),
to give up (an office, position, etc.), often formally.
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- manage
-
verb (used with object),
to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship:
- triage
-
noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- Veneti
-
noun,
Also, Venetia. Also called Veneto [ve-ne-taw] /ˈvɛ nɛ tɔ/ (Show IPA). a region in NE Italy. 7095 sq. mi. (18,375 sq. km).
- Maisie
-
noun,
a female given name, Scottish form of Margaret.
- Regina
-
noun,
queen.
- seeing
-
noun,
the act of a person who sees.
- maigre
-
adjective,
containing neither flesh nor its juices, as food permissible on days of religious abstinence.
- reigns
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- vatman
-
noun,
the worker who shakes the pulp onto the wire.
- Nagari
-
noun,
a group of related scripts, including Devanagari, derived from Brahmi and used for the writing of many of the languages of India.
- Vanier
-
noun,
Georges P [jawrj;; French zhawrzh] /dʒɔrdʒ;; French ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1888–1967, Canadian soldier and diplomat: governor-general 1959–67.
- Angers
-
noun,
a city in and capital of Maine-et-Loire, in W France.
- regent
-
noun,
a person who exercises the ruling power in a kingdom during the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.
- remans
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- remise
-
verb (used with object),
to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.
- 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.
- Remsen
-
noun,
Ira, 1846–1927, U.S. chemist and educator.
- Renata
-
noun,
a female given name.
- venges
-
verb (used with object),
to avenge.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- tremie
-
noun,
a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.
- Venite
-
noun,
the 95th Psalm (94th in the Vulgate and Douay), used as a canticle at matins or morning prayers.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- regime
-
noun,
a mode or system of rule or government:
- Animas
-
noun,
soul; life.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- Reagan
-
noun,
Nancy Davis (Anne Francis Robbins Davis) born 1921, U.S. First Lady 1981–89 (wife of Ronald Reagan).
- margin
-
noun,
the space around the printed or written matter on a page.
- veenas
-
noun,
vina.
- Margie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- marges
-
noun,
margin; edge.
- rating
-
noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- ravage
-
noun,
havoc; ruinous damage:
- Ravens
-
noun,
any of several large, corvine birds having lustrous, black plumage and a loud, harsh call, especially Corvus corax, of the New and Old Worlds.
- ravine
-
noun,
a narrow steep-sided valley commonly eroded by running water.
- raving
-
noun,
Usually, ravings.
irrational, incoherent talk:
wildly extravagant or outrageous talk; bombast.
- ravins
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
raven2 .
- marais
-
noun,
a swamp or bayou.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- mantra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.
- Regain
-
noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- 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.
- mantas
-
noun,
(in Spain and Spanish America) a cloak or wrap.
- reagin
-
noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- Manisa
-
noun,
a city in W Turkey, near the Aegean: Roman defeat of Antiochus the Great 190 b.c.
- manias
-
noun,
excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
- manges
-
noun,
any of various skin diseases caused by parasitic mites, affecting animals and sometimes humans and characterized by loss of hair and scabby eruptions.
- manger
-
noun,
a box or trough in a stable or barn from which horses or cattle eat.
- reatas
-
noun,
riata.
- manege
-
noun,
the art of training and riding horses.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- Manati
-
noun,
a city in N Puerto Rico.
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- ingest
-
verb (used with object),
to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest).
- grease
-
noun,
the melted or rendered fat of animals, especially when in a soft state.
- Steven
-
noun,
a male given name.
- gasman
-
noun,
a person who works for a company that sells or distributes household gas, especially a person who goes from building to building reading gas meters to determine what charge is to be billed.
- starve
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to starve; kill, weaken, or reduce by lack of food.
- Garnet
-
noun,
any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- gamins
-
noun,
a neglected boy left to run about the streets; street urchin.
- gamine
-
noun,
a neglected girl who is left to run about the streets.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- Egesta
-
noun,
matter egested from the body, as excrement or other waste.
- gamete
-
noun,
a mature sexual reproductive cell, as a sperm or egg, that unites with another cell to form a new organism.
- gamet-
-
- Stevia
-
noun,
a South American perennial shrub, Stevia rebaudiana, having small, white flowers and sweet-tasting leaves.
- Tigris
-
noun,
a river in SW Asia, flowing SE from SE Turkey through Iraq, joining the Euphrates to form the Shatt-al-Arab. 1150 miles (1850 km) long.
- Stevin
-
noun,
Simon [see-mawn] /ˈsi mɔn/ (Show IPA), 1548–1620, Dutch mathematician and physicist.
- stigma
-
noun,
a mark of disgrace or infamy; a stain or reproach, as on one's reputation.
- gaiter
-
noun,
a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot.
Compare upper1 (def 7).
- gainst
-
preposition,
against.
- Gaines
-
noun,
Edmund Pendleton, 1777–1849, U.S. general.
- egrets
-
noun,
any of several usually white herons that grow long, graceful plumes during the breeding season, as Egretta garzetta (little egret) of the Old World.
- Gainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- stiver
-
noun,
Also, stuiver. a former nickel coin of the Netherlands, equal to five Dutch cents.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- gasmen
-
noun,
a person who works for a company that sells or distributes household gas, especially a person who goes from building to building reading gas meters to determine what charge is to be billed.
- gastr-
-
- Strega
-
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- earing
-
noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- germen
-
noun,
a germ.
- German
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Germany.
- gerent
-
noun,
a ruler or manager.
- Singer
-
noun,
a person who sings, especially a trained or professional vocalist.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- timing
-
noun,
Theater.
a synchronizing of the various parts of a production for theatrical effect.
the result or effect thus achieved.
(in acting) the act of adjusting one's tempo of speaking and moving for dramatic effect.
- genit.
-
- genies
-
noun,
Islamic Mythology. jinn.
- stamen
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- Geneva
-
noun,
Hollands.
- genets
-
noun,
any small, Old World carnivore of the genus Genetta, especially G. genetta, having spotted sides and a ringed tail.
- genera
-
noun,
a plural of genus.
- Gemini
-
plural noun,
Astronomy. the Twins, a zodiacal constellation between Taurus and Cancer containing the bright stars Castor and Pollux.
- Gemara
-
noun,
the section of the Talmud consisting essentially of commentary on the Mishnah.
- Smriti
-
noun,
writings containing traditions concerning law, rituals, teachings of the sages, the epics, and the Puranas.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- stager
-
noun,
a person of experience in some profession, way of life, etc.
- eating
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- signet
-
noun,
a small seal, as on a finger ring.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- tavern
-
noun,
a place where liquors are sold to be consumed on the premises.
- teamer
-
noun,
a teamster.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- emigre
-
noun,
an emigrant, especially a person who flees from his or her native land because of political conditions.
- ergate
-
noun,
a worker ant.
- Erevan
-
noun,
Yerevan.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- envies
-
noun,
a feeling of discontent or covetousness with regard to another's advantages, success, possessions, etc.
- envier
-
noun,
a person who feels envy.
- tegmen
-
noun,
a cover, covering, or integument.
- Tasman
-
noun,
Abel Janszoon [ah-buh l yahn-sohn] /ˈɑ bəl ˈyɑn soʊn/ (Show IPA), 1602?–59, Dutch navigator and explorer.
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- enter-
-
- enrage
-
verb (used with object),
to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate:
- V-sign
-
noun,
a sign of victory formed by the raised index and middle fingers.
- enigma
-
noun,
a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation:
- 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.
- engram
-
noun,
a presumed encoding in neural tissue that provides a physical basis for the persistence of memory; a memory trace.
- agrees
-
verb (used with object),
to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause):
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- Erivan
-
noun,
Yerevan.
- Ermine
-
noun,
an Old World weasel, Mustela erminea, having in its winter color phase a white coat with black at the tip of the tail.
Compare stoat.
- evites
-
verb (used with object),
to avoid; shun.
- Virgin
-
noun,
a person who has never had sexual intercourse.
- string
-
noun,
a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- strive
-
verb (used without object),
to exert oneself vigorously; try hard:
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- everts
-
noun,
Chris(tine Marie) born 1954, U.S. tennis player.
- tiaras
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- airman
-
noun,
an aviator.
- taenia
-
noun,
Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
- virgas
-
noun,
streaks of water drops or ice particles falling out of a cloud and evaporating before reaching the ground (distinguished from praecipitatio).
- Evarts
-
noun,
William Maxwell, 1818–1901, U.S. lawyer and statesman.
- taigas
-
noun,
the coniferous evergreen forests of subarctic lands, covering vast areas of northern North America and Eurasia.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Tarvia
-
- tamari
-
noun,
a rich, naturally fermented soybean sauce containing little or no wheat and thicker than soy sauce.
- airing
-
noun,
an exposure to the air, as for drying.
- visage
-
noun,
the face, usually with reference to shape, features, expression, etc.; countenance.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- Visine
-
- Erving
-
noun,
Julius Winfield ("Dr. J") born 1950, U.S. basketball player.
- Ervine
-
noun,
St. John Greer [greer] /grɪər/ (Show IPA), 1883–1971, Irish dramatist and novelist.
- targes
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- tarsia
-
noun,
intarsia.
- simian
-
noun,
an ape or monkey.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Girtin
-
noun,
Thomas, 1775–1802, English painter.
- Servia
-
noun,
former name of Serbia.
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- vigias
-
noun,
a navigational hazard whose existence or position is uncertain.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- sevier
-
noun,
John, 1745–1815, U.S. Revolutionary War soldier and politician: first governor of Tennessee.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- gramas
-
noun,
any grass of the genus Bouteloua, of South America and western North America, as B. gracilis (blue grama)
- grates
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- Severn
-
noun,
a river in Great Britain, flowing from central Wales through W England into the Bristol Channel. 210 miles (338 km) long.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- Grants
-
noun,
a town in W New Mexico.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- senega
-
noun,
the dried root of a milkwort, Polygala senega, of the eastern U.S., used as an expectorant and diuretic.
- Semang
-
noun,
a member of a Negrito people of the Malay Peninsula.
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- eagers
-
noun,
eagre.
- Granta
-
noun,
Cam.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- amigas
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Semite
-
noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- grani-
-
- gisant
-
noun,
a sculptured representation of a dead person in a recumbent position, usually as part of a sepulchral monument.
- gratin
-
noun,
au gratin.
- givens
-
noun,
an established fact, condition, factor, etc.
- Gesner
-
noun,
Konrad von [kon-rad von;; German kawn-raht fuh n] /ˈkɒn ræd vɒn;; German ˈkɔn rɑt fən/ (Show IPA), 1516–65, Swiss naturalist.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- grains
-
noun,
an iron instrument with barbed prongs, for spearing or harpooning fish.
- Graves
-
noun,
a wine-growing district in Gironde department, in SW France.
- eagres
-
noun,
a tidal bore or flood.
- signee
-
noun,
a person who signs a document, register, etc.; signer; signatory:
- Aegean
-
noun,
the. Aegean Sea.
- Serang
-
noun,
Ceram.
- graven
-
verb,
a past participle of grave3 .
- gratis
-
adverb,
without charge or payment; free:
- Graeae
-
plural noun,
three old sea goddesses who had but one eye and one tooth among them and were the protectors of their sisters the Gorgons.
- Graiae
-
plural noun,
Graeae.
- vimana
-
noun,
a sanctuary of a Brahman temple.
- signer
-
noun,
a person who signs.
- Aegina
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a daughter of Asopus and Metope who was abducted by Zeus and bore him a son, Aeacus.
- ameers
-
noun,
emir.
- nitr-
-
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Tanga
-
noun,
either of two former coins of India, one gold and one silver, issued by various Muslim rulers.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- Aimee
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- tangs
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Niger
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- nieve
-
noun,
Archaic Northern British and Scot. Dialect. a clenched or closed hand; fist.
- Nevis
-
noun,
one of the Leeward Islands, in the E West Indies: part of St. Kitts-Nevis; formerly a British colony. 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).
Compare St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- 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.
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- anti-
-
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- taiga
-
noun,
the coniferous evergreen forests of subarctic lands, covering vast areas of northern North America and Eurasia.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- ante-
-
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Sarge
-
noun,
sergeant.
- ragis
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- Tamar
-
noun,
the daughter of David and half-sister of Absalom. II Sam. 13.
- rages
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- triga
-
noun,
a two-wheeled chariot drawn by a team of three horses.
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- ragas
-
noun,
one of the melodic formulas of Hindu music having the melodic shape, rhythm, and ornamentation prescribed by tradition.
- never
-
Idioms,
never mind, don't bother; don't concern yourself.
- agist
-
verb (used with object),
to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee.
- Tamas
-
noun,
See under guna.
- trigs
-
noun,
trigonometry.
- sengi
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equal to 1/10,000 (.0001) of a zaire.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- 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).
- enema
-
noun,
the injection of a fluid into the rectum to cause a bowel movement.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- targe
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- agmas
-
noun,
(in Latin and Greek) the velar nasal consonant sound, especially in those forms where it was represented by the letter g or by gamma.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- varas
-
noun,
a unit of length in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries, varying from about 32 inches (81 cm) to about 43 inches (109 cm).
- Segre
-
noun,
Emilio [uh-mee-lee-oh,, uh-meel-yoh;; Italian e-mee-lyaw] /əˈmi liˌoʊ,, əˈmil yoʊ;; Italian ɛˈmi lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1989, U.S. physicist, born in Italy: Nobel prize 1959.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- varia
-
noun,
a variant reading.
- vari-
-
- tinge
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- Tegea
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Arcadia, Greece.
- Agena
-
noun,
a U.S. upper stage, with a restartable liquid-propellant engine, used with various booster stages to launch satellites into orbit around the earth and send probes to the moon and planets: also used as a docking target in the Gemini program.
- MSEnt
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- agent
-
noun,
a person or business authorized to act on another's behalf:
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Vanir
-
noun,
a race of gods, first in conflict with the Aesir, later allied with them. They function as fertility divinities and include Njord, Frey, and Freyja.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- Msgr.
-
- Agave
-
noun,
any of numerous American plants belonging to the genus Agave, of the agave family, species of which are cultivated for economic or ornamental purposes: A. arizonica, of central Arizona, is an endangered species.
- teems
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- segar
-
noun,
cigar.
- Misti
-
noun,
El Misti.
- 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.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- 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.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- tera-
-
- Segni
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1972, Italian teacher, lawyer, and statesman: president 1962–64.
- Temne
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Sierra Leone.
- Varna
-
noun,
Hinduism. class (def 13).
- agars
-
noun,
Also, agar-agar. Also called Chinese gelatin, Chinese isinglass, Japanese gelatin, Japanese isinglass. a gelatinlike product of certain seaweeds, used for solidifying certain culture media, as a thickening agent for ice cream and other foods, as a substitute for gelatin, in adhesives, as an emulsifier, etc.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- Agate
-
noun,
a variegated chalcedony showing curved, colored bands or other markings.
- vangs
-
noun,
a rope extending from the peak of a gaff to the ship's rail or to a mast, used to steady the gaff.
- Naima
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “benevolent.”.
- nerve
-
noun,
one or more bundles of fibers forming part of a system that conveys impulses of sensation, motion, etc., between the brain or spinal cord and other parts of the body.
- Neiva
-
noun,
a city in W Colombia.
- semen
-
noun,
the viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa.
- semi-
-
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Negev
-
noun,
a partially reclaimed desert region and district in S Israel, bordering on the Sinai Peninsula. 4700 sq. mi. (12,173 sq. km). Capital: Beersheba.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- term.
-
- 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.
- Nemea
-
noun,
a valley in SE Greece, in ancient Argolis.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Nerva
-
noun,
Marcus Cocceius [kok-see-yuh s] /kɒkˈsi yəs/ (Show IPA), a.d. 32?–98, emperor of Rome 96–98.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- amin-
-
- agers
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- naive
-
adjective,
having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.
- tings
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- 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.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- nears
-
- Narva
-
noun,
a city in NE Estonia: Swedish defeat of Russians 1700.
- vairs
-
noun,
a fur much used for lining and trimming garments in the 13th and 14th centuries, generally assumed to have been that of a variety of squirrel with a gray back and white belly.
Compare miniver (def 1).
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- tears
-
- savin
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus sabina, of Europe and Asia.
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Agram
-
noun,
German name of Zagreb.
- Saran
-
noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- Range
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- Raman
-
noun,
Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata [chuhn-druh-shey-ker-uh veng-kuh-tuh] /ˈtʃʌn drəˈʃeɪ kər ə ˈvɛŋ kə tə/ (Show IPA), 1888–1970, Indian physicist: Nobel prize 1930.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- 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.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- 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.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- amate
-
verb (used with object),
to dismay; daunt.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- anger
-
noun,
a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
- 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.
- angas
-
noun,
any of the eight practices of Yoga, including the abstentions, mandatory actions, posture, breath control, control of the senses, concentration, meditation, and contemplation.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- sever
-
verb (used with object),
to separate (a part) from the whole, as by cutting or the like.
- reni-
-
- Amati
-
noun,
Nicolò [nee-kaw-law] /ˌni kɔˈlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1596–1684, Italian violinmaker, one of a famous family of 16th- and 17th-century violinmakers: teacher of Antonio Stradivari.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- amain
-
adverb,
with full force.
- 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 .
- reive
-
verb (used with or without object),
to rob; plunder.
- agree
-
verb (used with object),
to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause):
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- renga
-
noun,
linked verse.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- seven
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 6 plus 1.
- 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.
- STAGE
-
noun,
a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- Srta.
-
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- retem
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- stang
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- Sigma
-
noun,
the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet: Σ, σ, ς.
- trave
-
noun,
a crossbeam.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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).
- rings
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- riven
-
verb,
a past participle of rive.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- rivet
-
noun,
a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
- singe
-
noun,
a superficial burn.
- sing.
-
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- signa
-
verb,
(used imperatively, in prescriptions) mark; write; label.
- ameer
-
noun,
emir.
- Agnes
-
noun,
Saint, a.d. 292?–304? Roman Catholic child martyr.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Sivan
-
noun,
the ninth month of the Jewish calendar.
- revet
-
verb (used with object),
to face, as an embankment, with masonry or other material.
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- trama
-
noun,
a specialized hyphal tissue constituting the internal structure of mushroom gills, pore tubes, or spines.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- treas
-
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- siege
-
noun,
the act or process of surrounding and attacking a fortified place in such a way as to isolate it from help and supplies, for the purpose of lessening the resistance of the defenders and thereby making capture possible.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- sieve
-
noun,
an instrument with a meshed or perforated bottom, used for separating coarse from fine parts of loose matter, for straining liquids, etc., especially one with a circular frame and fine meshes or perforations.
- 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.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- reign
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- sting
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- anat.
-
- Raven
-
noun,
any of several large, corvine birds having lustrous, black plumage and a loud, harsh call, especially Corvus corax, of the New and Old Worlds.
- ravin
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
raven2 .
- amiga
-
noun,
a female friend.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- Amer.
-
- Samar
-
noun,
an island in the E central Philippines. 5309 sq. mi. (13,750 sq. km).
- 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.
- stge.
-
- Serge
-
noun,
a twilled worsted or woolen fabric used especially for clothing.
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- serve
-
noun,
the act, manner, or right of serving, as in tennis.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- Ramee
-
noun,
Louise de la ("Ouida") 1839–1908, English novelist.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- trig.
-
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- sanit
-
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Saman
-
noun,
a Persian noble who lived in the 8th century a.d., progenitor of the Samanid dynasty.
- angi-
-
- Regin
-
noun,
a smith, the brother of Fafnir, who raises Sigurd and encourages him to kill Fafnir in the hope of gaining the gold he guards.
- anima
-
noun,
soul; life.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- anim.
-
- stave
-
noun,
one of the thin, narrow, shaped pieces of wood that form the sides of a cask, tub, or similar vessel.
- angst
-
noun,
a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.
- saiga
-
noun,
a goatlike antelope, Saiga tatarica, of western Asia and eastern Russia, having a greatly enlarged muzzle.
- seti-
-
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Angie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Angel.
- REGIS
-
noun,
a male given name.
- sagan
-
noun,
Carl (Edward) 1934–96, U.S. astronomer and writer.
- regma
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of three or more carpels that separate from the axis at maturity.
- Regt.
-
- Tigre
-
noun,
a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
- Regan
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.
Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
- anis-
-
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Steve
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Steven or Stephen.
- Saiva
-
noun,
Shaiva.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- 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)
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- tiger
-
noun,
a large, carnivorous, tawny-colored and black-striped feline, Panthera tigris, of Asia, ranging in several subspecies from India and the Malay Peninsula to Siberia: the entire species is endangered, with some subspecies thought to be extinct.
- Reave
-
verb (used with object),
to take away by or as by force; plunder; rob.
- ster.
-
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- garni
-
adjective,
garnished.
- 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.
- grama
-
noun,
any grass of the genus Bouteloua, of South America and western North America, as B. gracilis (blue grama)
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- vegan
-
noun,
a vegetarian who omits all animal products from the diet.
- vegas
-
noun,
Astronomy. a star of the first magnitude in the constellation Lyra.
- mast-
-
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- vini-
-
- Masan
-
noun,
a seaport in SE South Korea.
- Masai
-
noun,
a member of an African people inhabiting the highlands of Kenya and Tanzania and having a largely pastoral economy and a society based on the patrilineal clan.
- gram.
-
- grain
-
noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- grams
-
noun,
a metric unit of mass or weight equal to 15.432 grains; one thousandth of a kilogram. Abbreviation: g.
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- gater
-
noun,
gator.
- Gates
-
noun,
Horatio, 1728–1806, American Revolutionary general, born in England.
- ASEAN
-
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- gnars
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- Marta
-
noun,
a female given name.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- asgmt
-
- Gavin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- matr-
-
- maven
-
noun,
an expert or connoisseur.
- Verge
-
noun,
the edge, rim, or margin of something:
- getas
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- Megan
-
noun,
a female given name.
- grans
-
noun,
grandmother.
- mega-
-
- Invar
-
- Gaeta
-
noun,
a seaport in W central Italy, on the Gulf of Gaeta off the Tyrrhenian Sea.
- atria
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- gains
-
- Atman
-
noun,
the principle of life.
- meets
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- EGRET
-
noun,
any of several usually white herons that grow long, graceful plumes during the breeding season, as Egretta garzetta (little egret) of the Old World.
- gaits
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- aeri-
-
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- gamer
-
noun,
a person who plays games, especially computer or video games.
- games
-
noun,
an amusement or pastime:
- Iran.
-
- Gamin
-
noun,
a neglected boy left to run about the streets; street urchin.
- egest
-
verb (used with object),
to discharge, as from the body; void (opposed to ingest).
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- Eagan
-
noun,
a town in SE Minnesota.
- eager
-
noun,
eagre.
- egers
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- Grana
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) plural of granum.
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- Mavis
-
noun,
a song thrush.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- intr.
-
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Manat
-
noun,
a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess personifying fortune, sometimes considered a daughter of Allah.
- manas
-
noun,
the rational faculty of the mind.
- vigas
-
noun,
a rough-hewn beam, usually of fir, used to support the roof in adobe construction.
- astr.
-
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- vinas
-
noun,
a musical stringed instrument of India, made of rosewood or ebony, consisting of a long, hollow, fretted stick to which one, two, or three gourds are attached to increase the resonance.
- Vener
-
noun,
Vänern.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- girts
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- 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.
- girns
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- gents
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- vigia
-
noun,
a navigational hazard whose existence or position is uncertain.
- ivies
-
noun,
Also called English ivy. a climbing vine, Hedera helix, having smooth, shiny, evergreen leaves, small, yellowish flowers, and black berries, grown as an ornamental.
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- Magna
-
noun,
a town in N Utah.
- eagre
-
noun,
a tidal bore or flood.
- giant
-
noun,
(in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- veni-
-
- Mages
-
noun,
a magician.
- vimen
-
noun,
a long, flexible shoot of a plant.
- ative
-
- geste
-
noun,
gest.
- Maera
-
noun,
Hecuba, after being changed into a dog for blinding Polymestor.
- venge
-
verb (used with object),
to avenge.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Marga
-
noun,
any of the three ways to salvation, which are those of devotion to certain gods (bhakti-marga) of study (jnana-marga) and of actions (karma-marga)
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- gears
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- verts
-
noun,
English Forest Law.
vegetation bearing green leaves in a forest and capable of serving as a cover for deer.
the right to cut such vegetation.
- Maria
-
noun,
calaba.
- G-man
-
noun,
an agent for the FBI.
- Given
-
noun,
an established fact, condition, factor, etc.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- veins
-
noun,
one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
- vents
-
noun,
an opening, as in a wall, serving as an outlet for air, smoke, fumes, or the like.
- Marge
-
noun,
margin; edge.
- Genet
-
noun,
any small, Old World carnivore of the genus Genetta, especially G. genetta, having spotted sides and a ringed tail.
- marg.
-
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- Genie
-
noun,
Islamic Mythology. jinn.
- Marat
-
noun,
Jean Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1743–93, French politician and journalist: leader in the French Revolution; assassinated by Charlotte Corday d'Armont.
- maras
-
noun,
a city in S Turkey, NE of Adana.
- genii
-
noun,
a plural of genius.
- gitim
-
noun,
a plural of get.
- Manta
-
noun,
(in Spain and Spanish America) a cloak or wrap.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- mania
-
noun,
excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
- genre
-
noun,
a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like:
- mange
-
noun,
any of various skin diseases caused by parasitic mites, affecting animals and sometimes humans and characterized by loss of hair and scabby eruptions.
- manga
-
noun,
a Japanese graphic novel, typically intended for adults, characterized by highly stylized art.
- Meges
-
noun,
a nephew of Odysseus who commanded the Epeans in the Trojan War.
- invt.
-
- Meier
-
noun,
Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- image
-
noun,
a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- Greta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- avert
-
verb (used with object),
to turn away or aside:
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- avers
-
- Armen
-
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- avian
-
adjective,
of or relating to birds.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- imine
-
noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- 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.
- greet
-
verb (used with object),
to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
- Grant
-
noun,
something granted, as a privilege or right, a sum of money, or a tract of land:
- grees
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- veena
-
noun,
vina.
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- Green
-
noun,
a color intermediate in the spectrum between yellow and blue, an effect of light with a wavelength between 500 and 570 nm; found in nature as the color of most grasses and leaves while growing, of some fruits while ripening, and of the sea.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- veers
-
noun,
a change of direction, position, course, etc.:
- ErvIn
-
noun,
Samuel James, Jr ("Sam") 1896–1985, U.S. jurist and politician: senator 1954–74.
- VISTA
-
noun,
a view or prospect, especially one seen through a long, narrow avenue or passage, as between rows of trees or houses.
- metr-
-
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Vesta
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of the hearth, worshiped in a temple containing an altar on which a sacred fire was kept burning by the vestal virgins: identified with the Greek Hestia.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- 30-30
-
- mirvs
-
noun,
multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle.
- verst
-
noun,
a Russian measure of distance equivalent to 3500 feet or 0.6629 mile or 1.067 kilometers.
- AEGIS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- engr.
-
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- verse
-
noun,
(not in technical use) a stanza.
- aemia
-
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- grist
-
noun,
grain to be ground.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- avgas
-
noun,
gasoline for use in piston-engined aircraft.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- grins
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- minis
-
noun,
miniskirt.
- mini-
-
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- grime
-
noun,
dirt, soot, or other filthy matter, especially adhering to or embedded in a surface.
- IATSE
-
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Verne
-
noun,
Jules [joolz;; French zhyl] /dʒulz;; French ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1828–1905, French novelist.
- Verna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- visit
-
noun,
the act of or an instance of visiting:
- imit.
-
- avens
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Geum, of the rose family, having yellow, white, or red flowers.
- mense
-
noun,
propriety; discretion.
- grave
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth in which to bury a dead body.
- mesne
-
adjective,
intermediate or intervening.
- veter
-
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Evang
-
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- merge
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to combine or coalesce; unite.
- meres
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- Evans
-
noun,
Sir Arthur John, 1851–1941, English archaeologist.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- evase
-
adjective,
widened at the top, as a vase or chimney flue.
- evens
-
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- init.
-
- event
-
noun,
something that happens or is regarded as happening; an occurrence, especially one of some importance.
- Menes
-
noun,
flourished c3200 b.c, traditionally the unifier and 1st king of Egypt: founder of the 1st dynasty.
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- Evers
-
noun,
(James) Charles, born 1922, U.S. civil-rights leader.
- Evert
-
noun,
Chris(tine Marie) born 1954, U.S. tennis player.
- virga
-
noun,
streaks of water drops or ice particles falling out of a cloud and evaporating before reaching the ground (distinguished from praecipitatio).
- Evita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Eva.
- evite
-
verb (used with object),
to avoid; shun.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Viren
-
noun,
Lasse [lahs-se] /ˈlɑs sɛ/ (Show IPA), born 1949, Finnish distance runner.
- Meigs
-
noun,
Fort. Fort Meigs.
- inst.
-
- Avram
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abram.
- grate
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- maars
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- metes
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- meter
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- avast
-
verb (imperative),
(used as a command to stop or cease):
- Avars
-
noun,
a member of a people, probably originating in Asia, who settled in Dacia a.d. c555, later occupied Pannonia, and invaded other parts of central and eastern Europe before their decline in the 9th century.
- 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.
- Aegir
-
noun,
a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
- meta-
-
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- avg.
-
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Gris
-
noun,
Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), (José Vittoriano Gonzáles) 1887–1927, Spanish painter in France.
- girt
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- Seve
-
noun,
the characteristic flavor and body of a wine.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Sem.
-
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Grit
-
noun,
abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- Seem
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- vias
-
noun,
Architecture. a space between two mutules.
- Avis
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “bird.”.
- Sava
-
noun,
a river flowing E from W Slovenia, through Croatia to the Danube at Belgrade, Serbia. 450 miles (725 km) long.
- Viet
-
noun,
South Vietnam, North Vietnam, or both.
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- GNMA
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- gnat
-
noun,
any of certain small flies, especially the biting gnats or punkies of the family Ceratopogonidae, the midges of the family Chironomidae, and the black flies of the family Simuliidae.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- seme
-
adjective,
covered with many small, identical figures.
- gets
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- avn.
-
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- gres
-
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- give
-
noun,
the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- Gmat
-
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- vets
-
noun,
veterinarian.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- gree
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- gras
-
- vet.
-
- Ting
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- Grim
-
adjective,
stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise:
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- gite
-
noun,
a furnished vacation home in France that is available for rental, especially in a rural setting.
- viga
-
noun,
a rough-hewn beam, usually of fir, used to support the roof in adobe construction.
- gist
-
noun,
the main or essential part of a matter:
- 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.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- serv
-
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- 1080
-
- Save
-
noun,
an act or instance of saving, especially in sports.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- mis-
-
- geta
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- VITA
-
noun,
curriculum vitae (def 1).
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- 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.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- est.
-
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- emes
-
noun,
friend.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- Vite
-
adverb,
briskly; lively.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- vise
-
noun,
any of various devices, usually having two jaws that may be brought together or separated by means of a screw, lever, or the like, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it.
- Aire
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- visa
-
noun,
an endorsement issued by an authorized representative of a country and marked in a passport, permitting the passport holder to enter, travel through, or reside in that country for a specified amount of time, for the purpose of tourism, education, employment, etc.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Evan
-
noun,
a male given name, Welsh form of John.
- ever
-
Idioms,
ever and again, now and then; from time to time.
Also, Literary, ever and anon.
- Virg
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- str.
-
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- gaea
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the earth, mother of the Titans.
- emia
-
- Eng.
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- engs
-
noun,
the symbol, ŋ, that, in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in the pronunciation alphabets of some dictionaries, represents the voiced velar nasal consonant indicated in English spelling by (ng), as in the pronunciations of cling [kling] /klɪŋ/ (Show IPA) and clink [klingk] /klɪŋk/ (Show IPA).
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- ten.
-
- Ens.
-
- tegs
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- agst
-
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- 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.
- ergs
-
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- EMet
-
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Agra
-
noun,
a city in SW Uttar Pradesh, in N India: site of the Taj Mahal.
- tavs
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- AIME
-
- agr.
-
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tasm
-
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- 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.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- VINE
-
noun,
any plant having a long, slender stem that trails or creeps on the ground or climbs by winding itself about a support or holding fast with tendrils or claspers.
- Gen.
-
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- gene
-
noun,
the basic physical unit of heredity; a linear sequence of nucleotides along a segment of DNA that provides the coded instructions for synthesis of RNA, which, when translated into protein, leads to the expression of hereditary character.
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- Siva
-
noun,
Shiva.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- gens
-
noun,
a group of families in ancient Rome claiming descent from a common ancestor and united by a common name and common ancestral religious rites.
- Gent
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Ger.
-
- 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.
- snag
-
noun,
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- germ
-
noun,
a microorganism, especially when disease-producing; microbe.
- 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.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Vina
-
noun,
a musical stringed instrument of India, made of rosewood or ebony, consisting of a long, hollow, fretted stick to which one, two, or three gourds are attached to increase the resonance.
- vin-
-
- 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.
- vims
-
noun,
lively or energetic spirit; enthusiasm; vitality.
- Gers
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
- Gert
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- sign
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- gest
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- Sig.
-
- gees
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- AAEE
-
- gars
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- gait
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- Gama
-
noun,
Vasco da [vas-koh duh;; Portuguese vahsh-koo duh] /ˈvæs koʊ də;; Portuguese ˈvɑʃ kʊ də/ (Show IPA), c1460–1524, Portuguese navigator: discovered the sea route from Portugal around the continent of Africa to India.
- stg.
-
- game
-
noun,
an amusement or pastime:
- egis
-
noun,
aegis.
- gams
-
noun,
a person's leg, especially an attractive female leg.
- 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.
- AISI
-
- Eger
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- Vins
-
noun,
wine.
- eave
-
noun,
Usually, eaves. the overhanging lower edge of a roof.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Ste.
-
- gast
-
verb (used with object),
to terrify or frighten.
- gear
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- gata
-
noun,
the nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum.
- Aman
-
noun,
Haman.
- gate
-
noun,
a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- amas
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- gats
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- gave
-
noun,
the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- Stag
-
noun,
an adult male deer.
- 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.
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- SRAM
-
- Sra.
-
- vest
-
noun,
a close-fitting, waist-length, sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, designed to be worn under a jacket.
- SAGA
-
noun,
a medieval Icelandic or Norse prose narrative of achievements and events in the history of a personage, family, etc.
- vert
-
noun,
English Forest Law.
vegetation bearing green leaves in a forest and capable of serving as a cover for deer.
the right to cut such vegetation.
- agit
-
- 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).
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- raga
-
noun,
one of the melodic formulas of Hindu music having the melodic shape, rhythm, and ornamentation prescribed by tradition.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Vega
-
noun,
Astronomy. a star of the first magnitude in the constellation Lyra.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- tRNA
-
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Mngr
-
- MNAS
-
- NTIA
-
- Agar
-
noun,
Also, agar-agar. Also called Chinese gelatin, Chinese isinglass, Japanese gelatin, Japanese isinglass. a gelatinlike product of certain seaweeds, used for solidifying certain culture media, as a thickening agent for ice cream and other foods, as a substitute for gelatin, in adhesives, as an emulsifier, etc.
- agas
-
noun,
a title of honor, usually implying respect for age.
- mRNA
-
- Tver
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Moscow, on the Volga.
Formerly (1934–90) Kalinin.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- meas
-
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- Ming
-
noun,
a dynasty in China, 1368–1644, marked by the restoration of traditional institutions and the development of the arts, especially in porcelain, textiles, and painting.
- masa
-
noun,
flour or dough made of dried, ground corn, used especially for tortillas.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- 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.
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- Ravi
-
noun,
a river in NW India and NE Pakistan, flowing from the Himlayas SW to the Chenab River: a headwater of the Indus River and one of the “five rivers” of the Punjab. 475 miles (764 km) long.
- Ven.
-
- rave
-
noun,
an act of raving.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- ASME
-
- vein
-
noun,
one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
- vars
-
noun,
a department in SE France. 2326 sq. mi. (6025 sq. km). Capital: Draguignan.
- 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.
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Marv
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Marvin.
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Veii
-
noun,
an ancient city in central Italy, in Etruria, near Rome: Etruscan city destroyed by the Romans 396 b.c.
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- ANSI
-
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- Rama
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) any of the three avatars of Vishnu: Balarama, Parashurama, or Ramachandra.
- ant.
-
- NIRA
-
- art.
-
- Mara
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of death, sometimes seen as one aspect of a god whose other aspect is Kama, or erotic desire.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- vain
-
Idioms,
in vain,
without effect or avail; to no purpose:
in an improper or irreverent manner:
- vair
-
noun,
a fur much used for lining and trimming garments in the 13th and 14th centuries, generally assumed to have been that of a variety of squirrel with a gray back and white belly.
Compare miniver (def 1).
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- nave
-
noun,
the principal longitudinal area of a church, extending from the main entrance or narthex to the chancel, usually flanked by aisles of less height and breadth: generally used only by the congregation.
- nav.
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Aram
-
noun,
Biblical name of ancient Syria.
- Aras
-
noun,
Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- var.
-
- met.
-
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- 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.
- veer
-
noun,
a change of direction, position, course, etc.:
- Nama
-
noun,
a member of a Khoikhoi people of Namaqualand, in SW Africa.
- migs
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- Vane
-
noun,
weather vane.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Arm.
-
- Vat.
-
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- VAST
-
noun,
Literary. an immense or boundless expanse or space.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Naga
-
noun,
a member of any of the disparate tribal peoples of Nagaland and bordering areas of Burma.
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- MSAE
-
- MSIE
-
- MSEE
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- ARIS
-
- MSgt
-
- Agee
-
noun,
James, 1909–55, U.S. author, scenarist, and film critic.
- 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-
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Neve
-
noun,
granular snow accumulated on high mountains and subsequently compacted into glacial ice.
- Neva
-
noun,
a river in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, flowing from Lake Ladoga through St. Petersburg into the Gulf of Finland: canalized for ships. 40 miles (65 km) long.
- Nev.
-
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- 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.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- neem
-
- mtg.
-
- mtge
-
- Meng
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- ment
-
- mere
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- 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.
- vees
-
noun,
anything shaped like or suggesting a V .
- 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.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- min.
-
- vara
-
noun,
a unit of length in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries, varying from about 32 inches (81 cm) to about 43 inches (109 cm).
- ages
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- vase
-
noun,
a vessel, as of glass, porcelain, earthenware, or metal, usually higher than it is wide, used chiefly to hold cut flowers or for decoration.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Mar.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- vas-
-
- Avar
-
noun,
a member of a people, probably originating in Asia, who settled in Dacia a.d. c555, later occupied Pannonia, and invaded other parts of central and eastern Europe before their decline in the 9th century.
- INRI
-
- ins.
-
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- int.
-
- RNAS
-
- inv.
-
- rive
-
verb (used with object),
to tear or rend apart:
- riv.
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- rit.
-
- 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.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Ire.
-
- Ring
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- trav
-
- 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).
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- RIIA
-
- Rigi
-
noun,
a mountain in central Switzerland, near the Lake of Lucerne. 5906 feet (1800 meters).
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- Saar
-
noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- Vena
-
noun,
a vein.
- Aves
-
noun,
a class of vertebrates comprising the birds.
- 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.
- Sat.
-
- IAEA
-
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- 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.
- vers
-
- iana
-
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- IATA
-
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- Vern
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Vernon.
- ign.
-
- amt.
-
- Anam
-
noun,
Annam.
- MIRV
-
noun,
multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle.
- Anas
-
- Sang
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- inae
-
- SAMA
-
noun,
the Sufi practice of gathering to listen to religious poetry that is sung, often accompanied by ecstatic dance or other ritual.
- Sam.
-
- aer-
-
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- Sage
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- Ave.
-
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- vang
-
noun,
a rope extending from the peak of a gaff to the ship's rail or to a mast, used to steady the gaff.
- Arg.
-
- mags
-
noun,
magazine.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- mag.
-
- mage
-
noun,
a magician.
- ates
-
- tri-
-
- Magi
-
noun,
(sometimes lowercase) one of the Magi.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- 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.
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- atm.
-
- Maia
-
noun,
the eldest of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes by Zeus.
- Maas
-
noun,
Dutch name of the Meuse.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- regs
-
noun,
Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Man.
-
- Mana
-
noun,
a generalized, supernatural force or power, which may be concentrated in objects or persons.
- ASTM
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Reg.
-
- 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.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- AGMA
-
noun,
(in Latin and Greek) the velar nasal consonant sound, especially in those forms where it was represented by the letter g or by gamma.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- 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)
- Maat
-
noun,
the goddess personifying law and righteousness.
- 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.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- revs
-
noun,
a revolution (in an engine or the like).
- Vera
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Russian word meaning “faith.”.
- Rev.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- maar
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- itis
-
- Vent
-
noun,
an opening, as in a wall, serving as an outlet for air, smoke, fumes, or the like.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- aet.
-
- ter.
-
- Ivan
-
noun,
iwan.
- Ivar
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- 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.
- Ives
-
noun,
Burl (Icle Ivanhoe) [burl ik-uh l] /bɜrl ˈɪk əl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1995, U.S. actor and folk singer.
- anga
-
noun,
any of the eight practices of Yoga, including the abstentions, mandatory actions, posture, breath control, control of the senses, concentration, meditation, and contemplation.
- 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.
- 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.
- Vt.
-
- age
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- Vte
-
- VRM
-
- Am.
-
- ag-
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- Vee
-
noun,
anything shaped like or suggesting a V .
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- Aar
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- ae.
-
- AGM
-
- 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.
- vim
-
noun,
lively or energetic spirit; enthusiasm; vitality.
- aga
-
noun,
a title of honor, usually implying respect for age.
- Ver
-
- TSE
-
- AEA
-
- vie
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to put forward in competition or rivalry.
- Via
-
noun,
Architecture. a space between two mutules.
- VGA
-
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- TMV
-
- Tiv
-
noun,
a member of an African people living N and S of the lower Benue River in E Nigeria.
- AAM
-
- TSI
-
- AIA
-
- Ar.
-
- VAN
-
noun,
the foremost or front division of an army, a fleet, or any group leading an advance or in position to lead an advance.
- vis
-
noun,
strength; force; power.
- AMA
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- an.
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TGN
-
- TGV
-
- TIA
-
- av.
-
- 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.
- VIR
-
noun,
husband (used chiefly in the legal phrase et vir).
- V-2
-
noun,
a liquid-fueled rocket used as a ballistic missile by the Germans, mainly against London, late in World War II.
- AAE
-
- V-1
-
noun,
a robot bomb developed by the Germans in World War II and launched from bases on the ground, chiefly against England.
- vs.
-
- veg
-
noun,
a vegetable.
- Va.
-
- TVA
-
- Tng
-
- ene
-
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- Iva
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Iva, characterized by usually opposite leaves and inconspicuous greenish-yellow flowers.
- ASM
-
- ASN
-
- ASR
-
- ast
-
- ASV
-
- at.
-
- ATA
-
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- MAA
-
- 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.
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Me.
-
- ITV
-
- ase
-
- ite
-
- ITA
-
- ISV
-
- ist
-
- ISR
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ise
-
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- Ir.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ATV
-
- a-v
-
- ASI
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- ing
-
- MNA
-
- Mt.
-
- MST
-
- MSN
-
- MSI
-
- MSG
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 5 H 8 NNaO 4 ⋅H 2 O, used to intensify the flavor of foods.
- MSE
-
- MSA
-
- MRI
-
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- MRA
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MNS
-
- MNE
-
- MIT
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- Mig
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- MIE
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- mi.
-
- MGT
-
- MGr
-
- MeV
-
- ARS
-
- Meg
-
noun,
a megabyte.
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- 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.
- ARV
-
noun,
a variant of the AIDS virus. Abbreviation: ARV.
- Ava
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ine
-
- mtn
-
- ETR
-
- Gat
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- GAS
-
noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- EEG
-
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- eir
-
- gi.
-
- GAR
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- Ga.
-
- evg
-
- Eve
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) the evening or the day before a holiday, church festival, or any date or event:
- EVA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eve.
- ETV
-
- ETS
-
- EIS
-
- GEM
-
noun,
a cut and polished precious stone or pearl fine enough for use in jewelry.
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- ESR
-
- ese
-
- ESA
-
- ERV
-
- ERT
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- env
-
- EMR
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- EMT
-
- en-
-
- Gee
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Eg.
-
- in.
-
- IGM
-
- ier
-
- IAS
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- Ia.
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- GTS
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- gt.
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- GSR
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- GSA
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- Avi
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- gre
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- ETA
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noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- EAS
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noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ea.
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- EAA
-
- Gr.
-
- GMT
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- git
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noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- GIs
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noun,
a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt.
- GIN
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noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- gie
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noun,
gi.
- GeV
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- get
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noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- Ges
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- EAM
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- ean
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- ear
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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.
- MTI
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- MRE
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- MTS
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- SAA
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- SER
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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).
- SEN
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SEI
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noun,
sei whale.
- See
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noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- sea
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noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
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- SAR
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- AMS
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- San
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noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- ane
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adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- SAG
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noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- SAE
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- MTV
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- Sgt
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- RTS
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- rte
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- rt.
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- RSV
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- RSE
-
- RSA
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- Rs.
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- RNA
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- rm.
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plural,
ream.
- rin
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- RIM
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noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- rig
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noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- AMI
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noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- Sin
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noun,
transgression of divine law:
- 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.
- TAE
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preposition,
to.
- tee
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noun,
the letter T or t.
- Agt
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- tea
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noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- AIM
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noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Tav
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noun,
the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- TAR
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noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Ain
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noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AIR
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noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Tan
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noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- TAM
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noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Tai
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noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAG
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noun,
a piece or strip of strong paper, plastic, metal, leather, etc., for attaching by one end to something as a mark or label:
- SVR
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- AME
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- STV
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- STM
-
- STI
-
- AIS
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ait
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noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- RMS
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plural,
ream.
- Sta
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- St.
-
- SRI
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noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sr.
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- SMA
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SIR
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noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Ria
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noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- VTR
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noun,
a device for recording television programs on magnetic tape for delayed transmission or for storage.
- ANG
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- NRA
-
- RMA
-
- NAM
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noun,
Vietnam.
- NES
-
- Nat
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noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Re.
-
- ARA
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noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- RAM
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noun,
a male sheep.
- ne-
-
- NSA
-
- nr.
-
- Rae
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noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- NMR
-
- NMI
-
- NEA
-
- nit
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noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- NEG
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noun,
a photographic negative.
- NIM
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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.
- NIG
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verb (used with object),
nidge.
- NIA
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- NAG
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noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- ARE
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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.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Rai
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noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- REM
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noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- ANI
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noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- REA
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- RAN
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noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- RAS
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- NET
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noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NAA
-
- rag
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noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- G.
-
- NI
-
- MV
-
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- GM
-
- 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.
- MN
-
- NG
-
- VM
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- VN
-
- N.
-
- t.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- 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.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- TG
-
- T1
-
- SV
-
- NM
-
- gv
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- M.
-
- MA
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noun,
mother1 .
- IG
-
- S.
-
- SA
-
- SG
-
- IV
-
noun,
an intravenous device for delivering electrolyte solutions, medicines, and nutrients.
- TN
-
- i.
-
- SM
-
- TM
-
- RN
-
- RI
-
- ee
-
- VR
-
- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- VI
-
- SN
-
- VG
-
- MG
-
- V.
-
- rg
-
- TV
-
noun,
television.
- EI
-
- GN
-
- NV
-
- R.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- EV
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- RV
-