Anagrams of venerations
Word venerations has
1277 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of venerations.
- reinvents
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verb (used with object),
to invent again or anew, especially without knowing that the invention already exists.
- 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.
- innovates
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verb (used with object),
to introduce (something new) for or as if for the first time:
- venations
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noun,
the arrangement of veins, as in a leaf or in the wing of an insect.
- Nestorian
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noun,
one of a sect of followers of Nestorius who denied the hypostatic union and were represented as maintaining the existence of two distinct persons in Christ.
- innervate
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verb (used with object),
to communicate nervous energy to; stimulate through nerves.
- renovates
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adjective,
Archaic. renovated.
- veinstone
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noun,
valueless rock or mineral matter occurring in a vein; gangue.
- venetians
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Venice.
- revenants
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noun,
a person who returns.
- vernation
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noun,
the arrangement of the foliage leaves within the bud.
- nervation
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noun,
venation.
- Rosinante
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noun,
the old, worn horse of Don Quixote.
- tanneries
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noun,
a place where tanning is carried on.
- nonaries
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noun,
a number in a nonary system.
- renovate
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adjective,
Archaic. renovated.
- environs
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plural noun,
the surrounding parts or districts, as of a city; outskirts; suburbs.
- venation
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noun,
the arrangement of veins, as in a leaf or in the wing of an insect.
- inventor
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noun,
a person who invents, especially one who devises some new process, appliance, machine, or article; one who makes inventions.
- anserine
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adjective,
of or relating to the subfamily Anserinae, of the family Anatidae, comprising the true geese.
- nervines
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noun,
a nervine medicine.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- sirvente
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noun,
a medieval poem or song of heroic or satirical character, as composed by a troubadour.
- arsenite
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- entrains
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verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- naivetes
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noun,
the quality or state of being naive; natural or artless simplicity.
- resonate
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verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- ternions
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- enations
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noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- Venetian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Venice.
- serotine
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- arenites
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noun,
psammite.
- senorita
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- resinate
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- resonant
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noun,
Phonetics. a vowel or a voiced consonant or semivowel that is neither a stop nor an affricate, as, in English, (m, ng, n, l, r, y, w).
- eversion
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noun,
a turning or being turned outward or inside out.
- vintners
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noun,
a person who makes wine or sells wines.
- neonates
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noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- innovate
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verb (used with object),
to introduce (something new) for or as if for the first time:
- Estonian
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noun,
a member of a Finnish people inhabiting Estonia, Livonia, and other districts of Russia.
- Virtanen
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noun,
Artturi Ilmari [ahrt-too-ri il-mah-ri] /ˈɑrt tʊ rɪ ˈɪl mɑ rɪ/ (Show IPA), 1895–1973, Finnish biochemist: Nobel prize 1945.
- Aventine
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noun,
one of the seven hills on which ancient Rome was built.
- Evanston
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noun,
a city in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan, near Chicago.
- tea-rose
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noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- internes
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noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- aversion
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noun,
a strong feeling of dislike, opposition, repugnance, or antipathy (usually followed by to):
- overeats
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verb (used with object),
to eat more than is good for (oneself):
- votaries
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noun,
a person who is bound by solemn religious vows, as a monk or a nun.
- revenant
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noun,
a person who returns.
- reinvent
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verb (used with object),
to invent again or anew, especially without knowing that the invention already exists.
- intrans.
-
- Oresteia
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noun,
a trilogy of tragic dramas (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus, consisting of the Agamemnon, the Choëphori, and the Eumenides.
- earnest
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noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- Eastern
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adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- nervate
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adjective,
(of leaves) having veins.
- trienes
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- naivete
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noun,
the quality or state of being naive; natural or artless simplicity.
- nervine
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noun,
a nervine medicine.
- tonners
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noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- neonate
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noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- senator
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noun,
a member of a senate.
- atonies
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noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- Treviso
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noun,
a city in NE Italy.
- natives
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noun,
Sometimes Offensive. one of the people indigenous to a place or country, especially as distinguished from strangers, foreigners, colonizers, etc.:
- Trevino
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noun,
Lee ("Super Mex") born 1939, U.S. golfer.
- treason
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noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- neatens
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verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- Avertin
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- natrons
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noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- Tonnies
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noun,
Ferdinand [fer-dee-nahnt] /ˈfɛr diˌnɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1855–1936, German sociologist.
- Torenia
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- trainee
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noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- insnare
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verb (used with object),
ensnare.
- seriate
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adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- estrone
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- Teniers
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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.
- erosive
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adjective,
serving to erode; causing erosion.
- interns
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noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- interne
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noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- intense
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adjective,
existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree:
- intens.
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- Estonia
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noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- etesian
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adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- tenners
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noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- innerve
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verb (used with object),
to supply with nervous energy; invigorate; animate.
- Etonian
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noun,
a person who is or has been a pupil at Eton College.
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- stearo-
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- Steiner
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noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- stereo-
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- evasion
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noun,
an act or instance of escaping, avoiding, or shirking something:
- sterno-
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- intones
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verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- introns
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noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- tinners
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noun,
a tinsmith.
- enteron
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noun,
the alimentary canal; the digestive tract.
- servant
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noun,
a person employed by another, especially to perform domestic duties.
- Servite
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noun,
a member of an order of mendicant friars, founded in Florence in 1233, engaged in fostering devotion to the Virgin Mary.
- enation
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noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- ternion
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- ensnare
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verb (used with object),
to capture in, or involve as in, a snare:
- Sievert
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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.
- entero-
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- entires
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- tension
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noun,
the act of stretching or straining.
- entries
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noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- enviers
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noun,
a person who feels envy.
- environ
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plural noun,
the surrounding parts or districts, as of a city; outskirts; suburbs.
- inverts
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noun,
a person or thing that is inverted.
- inverse
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noun,
an inverted state or condition.
- invents
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verb (used with object),
to originate or create as a product of one's own ingenuity, experimentation, or contrivance:
- tensive
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adjective,
stretching or straining.
- erasion
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noun,
the act of erasing.
- entrain
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verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- travois
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noun,
a transport device, formerly used by the Plains Indians, consisting of two poles joined by a frame and drawn by an animal.
- Vereins
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noun,
a union, association, or society.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- rennets
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noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- versine
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noun,
versed sine.
- novenas
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noun,
a devotion consisting of nine separate days of prayers or services.
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- norites
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- rations
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noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- arseno-
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- veteran
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noun,
a person who has had long service or experience in an occupation, office, or the like:
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- venters
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
the abdomen or belly.
a bellylike cavity or concavity.
a bellylike protuberance.
- veriest
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adverb,
in a high degree; extremely; exceedingly:
- venison
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noun,
the flesh of a deer or similar animal as used for food.
- aristo-
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- arenite
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noun,
psammite.
- arenose
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adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- restive
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adjective,
impatient of control, restraint, or delay, as persons; restless; uneasy.
- 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.
- version
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noun,
a particular account of some matter, as from one person or source, contrasted with some other account:
- versant
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noun,
a slope of a mountain or mountain chain.
- verites
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noun,
truth; truthfulness.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- overset
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noun,
the act or fact of oversetting; upset; overturn.
- vanners
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noun,
the owner or driver of a van, especially one of customized design.
- ovaries
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the female gonad or reproductive gland, in which the ova and the hormones that regulate female secondary sex characteristics develop.
- ventro-
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- overate
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verb,
simple past tense of overeat.
- Ventris
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noun,
Michael George Francis, 1922–56, English architect and linguist.
- overeat
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verb (used with object),
to eat more than is good for (oneself):
- antero-
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- orients
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Anteros
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- roseate
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adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- Rosanne
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noun,
a female given name.
- Oriente
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noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- oversea
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noun,
(used with a singular verb) countries or territories across the sea or ocean.
- ventri-
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- anoints
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verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- vintner
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noun,
a person who makes wine or sells wines.
- Antoine
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noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1943, French theatrical director, manager, and critic.
- veritas
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noun,
truth.
- Aretino
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noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- Ventose
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noun,
(in the French Revolutionary calendar) the sixth month of the year, extending from February 19 to March 20.
- intros
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noun,
an introduction.
- renins
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noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- intron
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noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- Rennes
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Ille-et-Vilaine, in NW France: former capital of Brittany; scene of trial of Alfred Dreyfus, 1899.
- soiree
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noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- Rennie
-
noun,
John, 1761–1821, Scottish engineer.
- novena
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noun,
a devotion consisting of nine separate days of prayers or services.
- intro.
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- invent
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verb (used with object),
to originate or create as a product of one's own ingenuity, experimentation, or contrivance:
- invert
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noun,
a person or thing that is inverted.
- rennet
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noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- invars
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- soever
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adverb,
at all; in any case; of any kind; in any way (used with generalizing force after who, what, when, where, how, any, all, etc., sometimes separated by intervening words):
- Nestor
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noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- intra-
-
- ratine
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- Sterne
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noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- evites
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verb (used with object),
to avoid; shun.
- ornate
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adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- iatro-
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- Orient
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- starve
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verb (used with object),
to cause to starve; kill, weaken, or reduce by lack of food.
- inanes
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noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- innate
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adjective,
existing in one from birth; inborn; native:
- sovran
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noun, adjective,
sovereign.
- orates
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verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- ovines
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adjective,
pertaining to, of the nature of, or like sheep.
- ranees
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noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Soviet
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noun,
(before the revolution) any governmental council.
(after the revolution) a local council, originally elected only by manual workers, with certain powers of local administration.
(after the revolution) a higher council elected by a local council, being part of a hierarchy of soviets culminating in the Supreme Soviet.
- insane
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adjective,
not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- sonant
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noun,
a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant).
- intern
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noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- reason
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noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- intone
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verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- inters
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verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- ravins
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verb (used with or without object), noun,
raven2 .
- ravine
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noun,
a narrow steep-sided valley commonly eroded by running water.
- oaters
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noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- inter.
-
- ration
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noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- instr.
-
- instar
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noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- sonnet
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noun,
Prosody. a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being in the strict or Italian form divided into a major group of 8 lines (the octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet), and in a common English form into 3 quatrains followed by a couplet.
- strive
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verb (used without object),
to exert oneself vigorously; try hard:
- sortie
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noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- Ravens
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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.
- sinner
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noun,
a person who sins; transgressor.
- invest
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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.
- nitro-
-
- native
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noun,
Sometimes Offensive. one of the people indigenous to a place or country, especially as distinguished from strangers, foreigners, colonizers, etc.:
- retina
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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.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- natron
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- revest
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verb (used with object),
to vest (a person) again, as with ownership or office; reinvest; reinstate.
- Savoie
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2389 sq. mi. (6185 sq. km). Capital: Chambéry.
- Savior
-
noun,
a person who saves, rescues, or delivers:
- navies
-
noun,
the whole body of warships and auxiliaries belonging to a country or ruler.
- satori
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noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- revets
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verb (used with object),
to face, as an embankment, with masonry or other material.
- satire
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noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- Nivose
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noun,
(in the French Revolutionary calendar) the fourth month of the year, extending from December 21 to January 19.
- neaten
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verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- revise
-
noun,
an act of revising.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- Seaver
-
noun,
(George) Thomas ("Tom"; "Tom Terrific") born 1944, U.S. baseball pitcher.
- Nerine
-
noun,
any of several bulbous plants belonging to the genus Nerine, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having funnel-shaped red, pink, or white flowers.
- Nevers
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Nièvre, in central France, on the Loire River: Romanesque church.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- Nevins
-
noun,
Allan, 1890–1971, U.S. historian.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Nernst
-
noun,
Walther Herman [vahl-tuh r her-mahn] /ˈvɑl tər ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1941, German physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1920.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- Ronnie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- 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.
- niters
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Sarnen
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Obwalden, in central Switzerland, E of Bern.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- nitons
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noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- nation
-
noun,
a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own:
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- rentes
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noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- norias
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noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Renton
-
noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- renvoi
-
noun,
the expulsion by a government of an alien, especially a foreign diplomat, from the country.
- sienna
-
noun,
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- sevier
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noun,
John, 1745–1815, U.S. Revolutionary War soldier and politician: first governor of Tennessee.
- 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.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- Severn
-
noun,
a river in Great Britain, flowing from central Wales through W England into the Bristol Channel. 210 miles (338 km) long.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- servo-
-
- Servia
-
noun,
former name of Serbia.
- nasion
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- Sennar
-
noun,
a region in the E Sudan between the White and Blue Nile rivers, S of Khartoum: a former kingdom.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- 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.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- Nantes
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
- sennet
-
noun,
any of several small barracudas, as Sphyraena borealis (northern sennet) ranging along the eastern coast of North and Central America.
- 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;
- sennit
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- nonets
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Noreen
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish diminutive of Nora.
- everts
-
noun,
Chris(tine Marie) born 1954, U.S. tennis player.
- steno-
-
- Steven
-
noun,
a male given name.
- venins
-
noun,
any of several poisonous substances occurring in snake venom.
- Anvers
-
noun,
French name of Antwerp.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- venose
-
adjective,
having many or prominent veins.
- Venite
-
noun,
the 95th Psalm (94th in the Vulgate and Douay), used as a canticle at matins or morning prayers.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- tinner
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- venter
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
the abdomen or belly.
a bellylike cavity or concavity.
a bellylike protuberance.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- 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.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Antons
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- 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:
- envier
-
noun,
a person who feels envy.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- Verona
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- Vernon
-
noun,
Edward ("Old Grog") 1684–1757, British admiral.
- Vernet
-
noun,
Claude Joseph [klohd zhaw-zef] /kloʊd ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1714–89, French painter.
- aniso-
-
- enter-
-
- ventr-
-
- troves
-
noun,
a collection of objects.
- verite
-
noun,
truth; truthfulness.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- anoint
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- Verein
-
noun,
a union, association, or society.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- 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).
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- anenst
-
preposition,
anent (def 2).
- vanner
-
noun,
the owner or driver of a van, especially one of customized design.
- Varese
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, NW of Milan.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- Vannes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Morbihan, in NW France.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- averse
-
adjective,
having a strong feeling of opposition, antipathy, repugnance, etc.; opposed:
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- astron
-
- astro-
-
- Vanier
-
noun,
Georges P [jawrj;; French zhawrzh] /dʒɔrdʒ;; French ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1888–1967, Canadian soldier and diplomat: governor-general 1959–67.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Averno
-
noun,
a crater lake in S Italy, near Naples and the Tyrrhenian Sea, thought by ancients to be the entrance to the underworld.
- Stevia
-
noun,
a South American perennial shrub, Stevia rebaudiana, having small, white flowers and sweet-tasting leaves.
- arsen-
-
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- tonner
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- tonnes
-
noun,
metric ton.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- veenas
-
noun,
vina.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- avoir.
-
- Travis
-
noun,
William Barret, 1809–36, U.S. soldier: commander during the battle of the Alamo.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- vario-
-
- trans.
-
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- varies
-
verb (used with object),
to change or alter, as in form, appearance, character, or substance:
- averts
-
verb (used with object),
to turn away or aside:
- verset
-
noun,
Prosody. a brief verse, especially from Scripture.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- envies
-
noun,
a feeling of discontent or covetousness with regard to another's advantages, success, possessions, etc.
- strove
-
verb,
simple past tense of strive.
- vetoes
-
noun,
the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
- viator
-
noun,
a wayfarer; traveler.
- Vienna
-
noun,
German Wien. a port in and the capital of Austria, in the NE part, on the Danube.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- Vienne
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River, S of Lyons: Roman ruins.
- Ervine
-
noun,
St. John Greer [greer] /grɪər/ (Show IPA), 1883–1971, Irish dramatist and novelist.
- tavern
-
noun,
a place where liquors are sold to be consumed on the premises.
- tarso-
-
- Esenin
-
noun,
Sergey Aleksandrovich [Russian syir-gyey uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Yesenin, Sergey Aleksandrovich.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Vinson
-
noun,
Frederick Moore, 1890–1953, U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. 1946–53.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- aeron.
-
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- Vinton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- Stover
-
noun,
coarse roughage used as feed for livestock.
- vireos
-
noun,
any of several small, insectivorous American birds of the family Vireonidae, having the plumage usually olive-green or gray above and white or yellow below.
- voters
-
noun,
a person who votes.
- Evarts
-
noun,
William Maxwell, 1818–1901, U.S. lawyer and statesman.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- stiver
-
noun,
Also, stuiver. a former nickel coin of the Netherlands, equal to five Dutch cents.
- Stevin
-
noun,
Simon [see-mawn] /ˈsi mɔn/ (Show IPA), 1548–1620, Dutch mathematician and physicist.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- Tanner
-
noun,
a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.
- Tenner
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- eonian
-
adjective,
aeonian.
- Erevan
-
noun,
Yerevan.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- tenson
-
noun,
a Provençal poem taking the form of a dialogue or debate between two rival troubadours.
- tenons
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- tennis
-
noun,
a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with rackets, in which a ball is driven back and forth over a low net that divides the court in half.
- Erivan
-
noun,
Yerevan.
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- vireo
-
noun,
any of several small, insectivorous American birds of the family Vireonidae, having the plumage usually olive-green or gray above and white or yellow below.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- reive
-
verb (used with or without object),
to rob; plunder.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Viren
-
noun,
Lasse [lahs-se] /ˈlɑs sɛ/ (Show IPA), born 1949, Finnish distance runner.
- viron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- visor
-
noun,
Armor.
(on a close helmet) a piece having slits or holes for vision, situated above and pivoted with a beaver or a ventail and beaver.
a similar piece of plate having holes or slits for vision and breathing, attached to or used with any of various other helmets, as the armet, sallet, basinet, or helm.
- reni-
-
- VISTA
-
noun,
a view or prospect, especially one seen through a long, narrow avenue or passage, as between rows of trees or houses.
- vari-
-
- voter
-
noun,
a person who votes.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- riven
-
verb,
a past participle of rive.
- 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.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- 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).
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- 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.
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- 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.
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- votes
-
noun,
a formal expression of opinion or choice, either positive or negative, made by an individual or body of individuals.
- Ronan
-
noun,
a king who killed his son, Mael Fothartaigh, after his wife had falsely accused the boy of attempting to seduce her, and who was himself killed by the children of Mael Fothartaigh.
- ovate
-
adjective,
egg-shaped.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- verse
-
noun,
(not in technical use) a stanza.
- over-
-
- overs
-
noun,
an amount in excess or addition; extra.
- vaso-
-
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- 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.
- Verna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- veni-
-
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- venin
-
noun,
any of several poisonous substances occurring in snake venom.
- 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.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- 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.
- 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.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- veter
-
- 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.
- ravin
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
raven2 .
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- verso
-
noun,
a left-hand page of an open book or manuscript (opposed to recto).
- veers
-
noun,
a change of direction, position, course, etc.:
- vinos
-
noun,
wine; specifically, red Italian wine, as chianti.
- vents
-
noun,
an opening, as in a wall, serving as an outlet for air, smoke, fumes, or the like.
- verst
-
noun,
a Russian measure of distance equivalent to 3500 feet or 0.6629 mile or 1.067 kilometers.
- overt
-
adjective,
open to view or knowledge; not concealed or secret:
- revet
-
verb (used with object),
to face, as an embankment, with masonry or other material.
- Oveta
-
noun,
a female given name.
- veena
-
noun,
vina.
- ovine
-
adjective,
pertaining to, of the nature of, or like sheep.
- 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.
- vino-
-
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- veins
-
noun,
one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
- Reave
-
verb (used with object),
to take away by or as by force; plunder; rob.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Vener
-
noun,
Vänern.
- Verne
-
noun,
Jules [joolz;; French zhyl] /dʒulz;; French ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1828–1905, French novelist.
- 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.
- trove
-
noun,
a collection of objects.
- soave
-
noun,
a dry, white wine from Verona, Italy.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Tenn.
-
- teno-
-
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- tera-
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- tears
-
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- Sivan
-
noun,
the ninth month of the Jewish calendar.
- sito-
-
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- 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.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Steve
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Steven or Stephen.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- ster.
-
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- stove
-
noun,
a portable or fixed apparatus that furnishes heat for warmth, cooking, etc., commonly using coal, oil, gas, wood, or electricity as a source of power.
- stave
-
noun,
one of the thin, narrow, shaped pieces of wood that form the sides of a cask, tub, or similar vessel.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Srta.
-
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Sino-
-
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- savor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
- trave
-
noun,
a crossbeam.
- savin
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus sabina, of Europe and Asia.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- treas
-
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- sanit
-
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- 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.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- roves
-
noun,
an act or instance of roving.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- 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.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- sever
-
verb (used with object),
to separate (a part) from the whole, as by cutting or the like.
- seven
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 6 plus 1.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- 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.
- seti-
-
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- 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.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- serve
-
noun,
the act, manner, or right of serving, as in tennis.
- Serov
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, E of the Ural Mountains.
- sero-
-
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- tonia
-
- oste-
-
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- areo-
-
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- evens
-
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- event
-
noun,
something that happens or is regarded as happening; an occurrence, especially one of some importance.
- Evers
-
noun,
(James) Charles, born 1922, U.S. civil-rights leader.
- Evert
-
noun,
Chris(tine Marie) born 1954, U.S. tennis player.
- nieve
-
noun,
Archaic Northern British and Scot. Dialect. a clenched or closed hand; fist.
- Evita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Eva.
- 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.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Nevin
-
noun,
Ethelbert Woodbridge, 1862–1901, U.S. composer.
- never
-
Idioms,
never mind, don't bother; don't concern yourself.
- evite
-
verb (used with object),
to avoid; shun.
- Evora
-
noun,
a city in central Portugal: Roman ruins; cathedral.
- IATSE
-
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- anis-
-
- evase
-
adjective,
widened at the top, as a vase or chimney flue.
- Evans
-
noun,
Sir Arthur John, 1851–1941, English archaeologist.
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- nones
-
noun,
the fifth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the ninth hour of the day (or 3 p.m.).
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- nona-
-
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- astr.
-
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- 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 .
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- nitr-
-
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- 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.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Iran.
-
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- nano-
-
- naive
-
adjective,
having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- naso-
-
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- anniv
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- annot
-
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- anon.
-
- arvos
-
noun,
afternoon.
- 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.
- Nerva
-
noun,
Marcus Cocceius [kok-see-yuh s] /kɒkˈsi yəs/ (Show IPA), a.d. 32?–98, emperor of Rome 96–98.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- neons
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- Neiva
-
noun,
a city in W Colombia.
- anti-
-
- inst.
-
- nears
-
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- intr.
-
- ante-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- Invar
-
- invt.
-
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- ErvIn
-
noun,
Samuel James, Jr ("Sam") 1896–1985, U.S. jurist and politician: senator 1954–74.
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- ento-
-
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- aero-
-
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- aeri-
-
- 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.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- 30-30
-
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- avens
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Geum, of the rose family, having yellow, white, or red flowers.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- aviso
-
noun,
a boat used especially for carrying dispatches; dispatch boat.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- avert
-
verb (used with object),
to turn away or aside:
- avers
-
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- Novia
-
noun,
a fiancée or bride.
- novas
-
noun,
a star that suddenly becomes thousands of times brighter and then gradually fades to its original intensity.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- ative
-
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- ation
-
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- avn.
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- VAST
-
noun,
Literary. an immense or boundless expanse or space.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Vat.
-
- tavs
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- tion
-
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- inv.
-
- 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.
- eave
-
noun,
Usually, eaves. the overhanging lower edge of a roof.
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- Soni
-
- Avis
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “bird.”.
- int.
-
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- Avon
-
noun,
a river in central England, flowing SE past Stratford-on-Avon to the Severn. 96 miles (155 km) long.
- Siva
-
noun,
Shiva.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Vena
-
noun,
a vein.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Ven.
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- vein
-
noun,
one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- 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.
- tonn
-
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- vees
-
noun,
anything shaped like or suggesting a V .
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- veer
-
noun,
a change of direction, position, course, etc.:
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- avos
-
noun,
a money of account of Macao, the 100th part of a pataca.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- art.
-
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- 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.
- Ire.
-
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- 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.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- 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.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- 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.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- tron
-
- ter.
-
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- ever
-
Idioms,
ever and again, now and then; from time to time.
Also, Literary, ever and anon.
- ator
-
- ten.
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- tri-
-
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- 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).
- vain
-
Idioms,
in vain,
without effect or avail; to no purpose:
in an improper or irreverent manner:
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Evan
-
noun,
a male given name, Welsh form of John.
- str.
-
- Tver
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Moscow, on the Volga.
Formerly (1934–90) Kalinin.
- 1080
-
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- 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.
- 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).
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- vas-
-
- ins.
-
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- trav
-
- 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.
- Aves
-
noun,
a class of vertebrates comprising the birds.
- eso-
-
- vars
-
noun,
a department in SE France. 2326 sq. mi. (6025 sq. km). Capital: Draguignan.
- Sra.
-
- Arvo
-
noun,
afternoon.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- tRNA
-
- Vane
-
noun,
weather vane.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Ste.
-
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Ens.
-
- inae
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- ates
-
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- est.
-
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- var.
-
- Ave.
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- iso-
-
- vets
-
noun,
veterinarian.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Nor.
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- nos-
-
- 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.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- not-
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- 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.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Nov.
-
- Nova
-
noun,
a star that suddenly becomes thousands of times brighter and then gradually fades to its original intensity.
- non-
-
- Rev.
-
- vias
-
noun,
Architecture. a space between two mutules.
- rit.
-
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- 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.
- RNAS
-
- vest
-
noun,
a close-fitting, waist-length, sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, designed to be worn under a jacket.
- 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:
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- vet.
-
- revs
-
noun,
a revolution (in an engine or the like).
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- veto
-
noun,
the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Novi
-
noun,
a town in SE Michigan.
- Aire
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Vite
-
adverb,
briskly; lively.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Ont.
-
- 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).
- 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.
- 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.
- VITA
-
noun,
curriculum vitae (def 1).
- Vito
-
noun,
a male given name.
- aer-
-
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- ovi-
-
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- oven
-
noun,
a chamber or compartment, as in a stove, for baking, roasting, heating, drying, etc.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Vote
-
noun,
a formal expression of opinion or choice, either positive or negative, made by an individual or body of individuals.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- 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.
- NTIA
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Viet
-
noun,
South Vietnam, North Vietnam, or both.
- 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.
- vin-
-
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- 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.
- aet.
-
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- 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.
- rave
-
noun,
an act of raving.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Vins
-
noun,
wine.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- NIRA
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- 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.
- Sat.
-
- ant.
-
- Save
-
noun,
an act or instance of saving, especially in sports.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Ivan
-
noun,
iwan.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- 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.
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- nav.
-
- neo-
-
- neon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- 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.
- Vera
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Russian word meaning “faith.”.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Ivar
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- 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.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Veno
-
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Vent
-
noun,
an opening, as in a wall, serving as an outlet for air, smoke, fumes, or the like.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- Ivor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Ives
-
noun,
Burl (Icle Ivanhoe) [burl ik-uh l] /bɜrl ˈɪk əl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1995, U.S. actor and folk singer.
- 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.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- ANSI
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Neve
-
noun,
granular snow accumulated on high mountains and subsequently compacted into glacial ice.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- serv
-
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- ARIS
-
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Nev.
-
- vers
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- ano-
-
- Vern
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Vernon.
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- ann.
-
- RONA
-
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Seve
-
noun,
the characteristic flavor and body of a wine.
- rove
-
noun,
an act or instance of roving.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ae.
-
- Vt.
-
- Vte
-
- Avi
-
- VTO
-
- vo.
-
- vis
-
noun,
strength; force; power.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ARS
-
- an.
-
- VOR
-
- Von
-
preposition,
from; of (used in German and Austrian personal names, originally to indicate place of origin and later to indicate nobility):
- av.
-
- Ar.
-
- VOA
-
- tr.
-
- tra
-
- Avo
-
noun,
a money of account of Macao, the 100th part of a pataca.
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- V-1
-
noun,
a robot bomb developed by the Germans in World War II and launched from bases on the ground, chiefly against England.
- aor
-
- TSE
-
- ASN
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- 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.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ASR
-
- ast
-
- TSI
-
- ASI
-
- 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.
- TVA
-
- V-2
-
noun,
a liquid-fueled rocket used as a ballistic missile by the Germans, mainly against London, late in World War II.
- Va.
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- vs.
-
- Tro
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- VIR
-
noun,
husband (used chiefly in the legal phrase et vir).
- ARV
-
noun,
a variant of the AIDS virus. Abbreviation: ARV.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- Vee
-
noun,
anything shaped like or suggesting a V .
- a-v
-
- ATV
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ASV
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- vie
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to put forward in competition or rivalry.
- Ver
-
- Via
-
noun,
Architecture. a space between two mutules.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ase
-
- at.
-
- eo-
-
- IAS
-
- VTR
-
noun,
a device for recording television programs on magnetic tape for delayed transmission or for storage.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- ons
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ITV
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- SAR
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Iva
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Iva, characterized by usually opposite leaves and inconspicuous greenish-yellow flowers.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- SAE
-
- IRS
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- IOT
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Ir.
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- IRO
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ite
-
- ISA
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- ise
-
- ISR
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- ist
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- ISV
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- ETA
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noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ITA
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- NES
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- SRO
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- OAT
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noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- NSA
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- NNE
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- rat
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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.
- Noe
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noun,
Noah (def 1).
- ret
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verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- res
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noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- nr.
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- NRA
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- ONA
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noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- 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.
- OIt
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- OIr
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- OSA
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- OES
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noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- Ree
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noun,
reeve3 .
- oar
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noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAS
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- Ria
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noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- 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.
- So.
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- RSE
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- ONR
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- ONI
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- one
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noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- RTS
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- rte
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- rt.
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- RSV
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- RSA
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- RNA
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- Rs.
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- 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:
- ROT
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noun,
the process of rotting.
- NIA
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- ROI
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- ROE
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noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROA
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- RAS
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Ios
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noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- ior
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- ion
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noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- tee
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noun,
the letter T or t.
- env
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- EOE
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- eon
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noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOS
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noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ERA
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noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERE
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preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERS
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noun,
ervil.
- ERT
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- en-
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- ERV
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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.
- ov-
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- ESA
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- Tav
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noun,
the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- ese
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- ESR
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- ene
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- TES
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noun,
ti1 .
- Son
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noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- ton
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noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- ot-
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- OTA
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- ote
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- ea.
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- OTS
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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.
- EAS
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noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- TIA
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- toe
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noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Tiv
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noun,
a member of an African people living N and S of the lower Benue River in E Nigeria.
- eat
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noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EEO
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- eir
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- tin
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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.
- EIS
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- 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.
- TAO
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noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- Ova
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noun,
plural of ovum.
- in.
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- IRA
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noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- io-
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- Ia.
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- ian
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noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ose
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- ier
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- ina
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noun,
a female given name.
- Eve
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noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) the evening or the day before a holiday, church festival, or any date or event:
- ine
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- Sta
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- St.
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- INN
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noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- 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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- sot
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noun,
a drunkard.
- Tan
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noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- STI
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- EVA
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noun,
a female given name, form of Eve.
- STV
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- ETO
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- 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.
- TAE
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preposition,
to.
- Orv
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- ORT
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noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Ore
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noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- SVR
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- Ora
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noun,
plural of os2 .
- REA
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- Re.
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- ETR
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- ETS
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- ETV
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- VN
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- R.
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- RN
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- AO
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- RI
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- AI
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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.
- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- A.
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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.
- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- OA
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- VI
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- EV
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- EI
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- ee
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- TN
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
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- t.
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- SV
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- TV
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noun,
television.
- V.
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- VR
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- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- i.
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- IV
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noun,
an intravenous device for delivering electrolyte solutions, medicines, and nutrients.
- SN
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- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- N.
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- NI
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- SA
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- S.
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- RV
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- RO
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- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- NV
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- O.
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- 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.