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- vagotomies
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noun,
the surgical severance of vagus nerve fibers, performed to reduce acid secretion by the stomach.
- vomitories
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noun,
an emetic.
- trigamous
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adjective,
of or relating to trigamy or a trigamist.
- autogiros
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noun,
an aircraft with an unpowered, horizontally rotating propeller on a shaft above the fuselage that provides lift for the machine, with forward propulsion being provided by a conventional propeller: superseded in most applications by the helicopter.
- vomitoria
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noun,
vomitory (def 5).
- vestigium
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noun,
a vestigial structure of any kind; vestige.
- Guevarist
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noun,
a supporter of the revolutionary theories and tactics of Ernesto Guevara.
- gravities
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noun,
the force of attraction by which terrestrial bodies tend to fall toward the center of the earth.
- ravigotes
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noun,
a highly seasoned velouté with white wine and vinegar, butter, cream, and mushrooms cooked in liquor, usually served hot with variety meats and poultry.
- Quirites
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plural noun,
the citizens of ancient Rome considered in their civil capacity.
- ovaritis
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noun,
oophoritis.
- misquote
-
noun,
a quotation that is incorrect.
- virgates
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noun,
an early English measure of land of varying extent, usually considered equivalent to a quarter of a hide, or about 30 acres (12 hectares).
- origamis
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noun,
the traditional Japanese art or technique of folding paper into a variety of decorative or representational forms, as of animals or flowers.
- virtuosa
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noun,
a female virtuoso; a woman with exceptional talent or skill, especially in music.
- airtimes
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noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- sterigma
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noun,
a small stalk that bears a sporangium, a conidium, or especially a basidiospore.
- autosome
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noun,
any chromosome other than a sex chromosome.
- viremias
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noun,
the presence of a virus in the blood.
- Autogiro
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noun,
an aircraft with an unpowered, horizontally rotating propeller on a shaft above the fuselage that provides lift for the machine, with forward propulsion being provided by a conventional propeller: superseded in most applications by the helicopter.
- gouramis
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noun,
a large, air-breathing, nest-building, freshwater Asiatic fish, Osphronemus goramy, used for food.
- viragoes
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noun,
a loud-voiced, ill-tempered, scolding woman; shrew.
- vigorous
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adjective,
full of or characterized by vigor:
- sea-room
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noun,
unobstructed space at sea in which a vessel can be easily maneuvered or navigated.
- quagmire
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noun,
an area of miry or boggy ground whose surface yields under the tread; a bog.
- gourmets
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noun,
a connoisseur of fine food and drink; epicure.
- vigesimo
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noun,
Bookbinding. twentymo.
- grievous
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adjective,
causing grief or great sorrow:
- quaestor
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noun,
one of two subordinates of the consuls serving as public prosecutors in certain criminal cases.
- tearooms
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noun,
a room or shop where tea and other refreshments are served to customers.
- vestigia
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noun,
a vestigial structure of any kind; vestige.
- quietism
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noun,
a form of religious mysticism taught by Molinos, a Spanish priest, in the latter part of the 17th century, requiring extinction of the will, withdrawal from worldly interests, and passive meditation on God and divine things; Molinism.
- ergotism
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noun,
a condition caused by eating rye or some other grain that is infected with ergot fungus or by taking an overdose of a medicine containing ergot, characterized by cramps, spasms, and a form of gangrene.
- guisarme
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noun,
a shafted weapon having as a head a curved, double-edged blade with a beak at the back.
- vertigos
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noun,
a dizzying sensation of tilting within stable surroundings or of being in tilting or spinning surroundings.
- ravigote
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noun,
a highly seasoned velouté with white wine and vinegar, butter, cream, and mushrooms cooked in liquor, usually served hot with variety meats and poultry.
- virtuoso
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noun,
a person who has special knowledge or skill in a field.
- T-square
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noun,
a T -shaped ruler, used primarily in mechanical drawing, having a short crosspiece that slides along the edge of the drawing board as a guide to the perpendicular longer section in making parallel lines, right angles, etc., and as a support for triangles.
- votaries
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noun,
a person who is bound by solemn religious vows, as a monk or a nun.
- vomitous
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adjective,
of, relating to, or causing vomiting.
- iris-out
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noun,
the gradual disappearance of an image or scene through a contracting circle.
- seriatim
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adverb, adjective,
in a series; one after another.
- vaqueros
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noun,
a cowboy or herdsman.
- voitures
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noun,
a carriage, wagon, or other wheeled vehicle.
- rootages
-
noun,
the act of taking root.
- muriates
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noun,
(not in scientific use) any chloride, especially potassium chloride, KCl, used as a fertilizer.
- marquise
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noun,
the wife or widow of a marquis.
- maitrise
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noun,
mastery; skill.
- moisture
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noun,
condensed or diffused liquid, especially water:
- ragtimes
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noun,
rhythm in which the accompaniment is strict two-four time and the melody, with improvised embellishments, is in steady syncopation.
- Iroquois
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noun,
a member of a North American Indian confederacy, the Five Nations, comprising the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, and Senecas, and later the Tuscaroras.
- Mosquito
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noun,
any of numerous dipterous insects of the family Culicidae, the females of which suck the blood of animals and humans, some species transmitting certain diseases, as malaria and yellow fever.
- vitreous
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adjective,
of the nature of or resembling glass, as in transparency, brittleness, hardness, glossiness, etc.:
- goitrous
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adjective,
pertaining to or affected with goiter.
- timorous
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adjective,
full of fear; fearful:
- moorages
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noun,
a place for mooring.
- migrates
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verb (used without object),
to go from one country, region, or place to another. Synonyms: move, resettle, relocate.
Antonyms: remain.
- outrages
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noun,
an act of wanton cruelty or violence; any gross violation of law or decency.
- roquets
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noun,
an act or instance of roqueting.
- qiviuts
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noun,
the soft, dense, light-brown woolly undercoat of the musk ox, used in making fabrics.
- mortise
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- migrate
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verb (used without object),
to go from one country, region, or place to another. Synonyms: move, resettle, relocate.
Antonyms: remain.
- atomies
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noun,
an atom; mote.
- Grotius
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noun,
Hugo (Huig de Groot) 1583–1645, Dutch jurist and statesman.
- somato-
-
- uremias
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noun,
a condition resulting from the retention in the blood of constituents normally excreted in the urine.
- ARTEMIS
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noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- Gautier
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noun,
Théophile [tey-aw-feel] /teɪ ɔˈfil/ (Show IPA), 1811–72, French poet, novelist, and critic.
- trisome
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noun,
a trisomic individual.
- grooves
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noun,
a long, narrow cut or indentation in a surface, as the cut in a board to receive the tongue of another board (tongue-and-groove joint) a furrow, or a natural indentation on an organism.
- trivium
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noun,
(during the Middle Ages) the lower division of the seven liberal arts, comprising grammar, rhetoric, and logic.
- grivets
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noun,
a small Abyssinian monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops, with a grayish back, gray tail, black face, and dark extremities.
- quartos
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noun,
a book size of about 9½ × 12 inches (24 × 30 cm), determined by folding printed sheets twice to form four leaves or eight pages. Symbol: 4to, 4°.
- gameto-
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- Gervais
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noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) an unsalted French cream cheese made from whole milk and cream.
- Targums
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noun,
a translation or paraphrase in Aramaic of a book or division of the Old Testament.
- ivories
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noun,
the hard white substance, a variety of dentin, composing the main part of the tusks of the elephant, walrus, etc.
- motives
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noun,
something that causes a person to act in a certain way, do a certain thing, etc.; incentive.
- squamo-
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- gravies
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noun,
the fat and juices that drip from cooking meat, often thickened, seasoned, flavored, etc., and used as a sauce for meat, potatoes, rice, etc.
- quartes
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noun,
the fourth of eight defensive positions.
- 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.
- equator
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noun,
the great circle on a sphere or heavenly body whose plane is perpendicular to the axis, equidistant everywhere from the two poles of the sphere or heavenly body.
- atriums
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noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- Megaris
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noun,
a district in ancient Greece, between the Gulf of Corinth and Saronic Gulf.
- 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.
- muriate
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noun,
(not in scientific use) any chloride, especially potassium chloride, KCl, used as a fertilizer.
- goiters
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noun,
an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck, usually symptomatic of abnormal thyroid secretion, especially hypothyroidism due to a lack of iodine in the diet.
- Maurist
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noun,
a member of the Benedictine “Congregation of St. Maur,” founded in France in 1618, distinguished for its scholarship and literary works: suppressed during the French Revolution.
- outsoar
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verb (used with object),
to soar beyond.
- Segovia
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noun,
Andrés [ahn-dres] /ɑnˈdrɛs/ (Show IPA), 1893–87, Spanish guitarist.
- Maurois
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noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), (Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog) 1885–1967, French biographer and novelist.
- gomutis
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noun,
Also called gomuti palm, sugar palm. a sago palm, Arenga pinnata, of the East Indies, yielding palm sugar.
- Sequoia
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noun,
either of two large coniferous trees of California, Sequoiadendron giganteum or Sequoia sempervirens, both having reddish bark and reaching heights of more than 300 feet (91 meters).
- outrage
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noun,
an act of wanton cruelty or violence; any gross violation of law or decency.
- outgoes
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noun,
the act or process of going out:
- simitar
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noun,
scimitar.
- timeous
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adjective,
timely; sufficiently early.
- egotism
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noun,
excessive and objectionable reference to oneself in conversation or writing; conceit; boastfulness.
- giaours
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noun,
an unbeliever; a non-Muslim, especially a Christian.
- torques
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noun,
a ringlike band or formation about the neck, as of feathers, hair, or integument of distinctive color or appearance; a collar.
- triages
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noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- gourmet
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noun,
a connoisseur of fine food and drink; epicure.
- tearoom
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noun,
a room or shop where tea and other refreshments are served to customers.
- Treviso
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noun,
a city in NE Italy.
- augites
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noun,
a silicate mineral, chiefly of calcium, magnesium, iron, and aluminum: a dark-green to black variety of monoclinic pyroxene, characteristic of basic rocks.
- 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.
- ovarium
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noun,
ovary.
- matures
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adjective,
complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms:
- Austro-
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- Seagirt
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noun,
surrounded by the sea.
- gourami
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noun,
a large, air-breathing, nest-building, freshwater Asiatic fish, Osphronemus goramy, used for food.
- gosmore
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noun,
cat's-ear.
- maestro
-
noun,
an eminent composer, teacher, or conductor of music:
- tourism
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noun,
the activity or practice of touring, especially for pleasure.
- sautoir
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noun,
a ribbon, chain, scarf, or the like, tied around the neck in such a manner that the ends cross over each other.
- outages
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noun,
an interruption or failure in the supply of power, especially electricity.
- uveitis
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noun,
inflammation of the uvea.
- orgeats
-
noun,
a syrup or drink made originally from barley but later from almonds, prepared with sugar and an extract of orange flowers.
- masquer
-
noun,
masker.
- Gustave
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “staff of God.”.
- isogriv
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noun,
a line on a map or chart connecting points of uniform grid variation.
- garotes
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noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- airtime
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noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- misgive
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verb (used with object),
(of one's mind, heart, etc.) to give doubt or apprehension to.
- viremia
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noun,
the presence of a virus in the blood.
- viragos
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noun,
a loud-voiced, ill-tempered, scolding woman; shrew.
- stearo-
-
- Orvieto
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noun,
a white wine, from dry to sweet, from Umbria, Italy.
- virgate
-
noun,
an early English measure of land of varying extent, usually considered equivalent to a quarter of a hide, or about 30 acres (12 hectares).
- gastro-
-
- riotous
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adjective,
(of an act) characterized by or of the nature of rioting or a disturbance of the peace.
- amities
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noun,
friendship; peaceful harmony.
- amorist
-
noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- amorous
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adjective,
inclined or disposed to love, especially sexual love:
- amosite
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noun,
an asbestine variety of anthophyllite, rich in iron, formerly used as a heat-resistant material.
- stuiver
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noun,
stiver (def 1).
- vertigo
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noun,
a dizzying sensation of tilting within stable surroundings or of being in tilting or spinning surroundings.
- isogram
-
noun,
a line representing equality with respect to a given variable, used to relate points on maps, charts, etc.
- Quirite
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plural noun,
the citizens of ancient Rome considered in their civil capacity.
- rivages
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noun,
a bank, shore, or coast.
- gaiters
-
noun,
a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot.
Compare upper1 (def 7).
- Iquitos
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noun,
a city in NE Peru, on the upper Amazon.
- ragouts
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noun,
French Cookery. a highly seasoned stew of meat or fish, with or without vegetables.
- ragtime
-
noun,
rhythm in which the accompaniment is strict two-four time and the melody, with improvised embellishments, is in steady syncopation.
- storage
-
noun,
the act of storing; state or fact of being stored:
- vomitus
-
noun,
the act of vomiting.
- imarets
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- marques
-
noun,
letter of marque.
- imagoes
-
noun,
Entomology. an adult insect.
- aerugos
-
noun,
verdigris.
- agoutis
-
noun,
any of several short-haired, short-eared, rabbitlike rodents of the genus Dasyprocta, of South and Central America and the West Indies, destructive to sugar cane.
- Marquis
-
noun,
a nobleman ranking next below a duke and above an earl or count.
- voiture
-
noun,
a carriage, wagon, or other wheeled vehicle.
- Igorots
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Malay stock in northern Luzon in the Philippines, comprising various tribes, some noted as headhunters.
- quivers
-
noun,
the act or state of quivering; a tremble or tremor.
- vitreum
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adjective,
(in prescriptions) glass.
- Vitoria
-
noun,
Francisco de [frahn-th ees-kaw th e] /frɑnˈðis kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), c1480–1546, Spanish scholar and theologian.
- moorage
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noun,
a place for mooring.
- visitor
-
noun,
a person who visits, as for reasons of friendship, business, duty, travel, or the like.
- osteoma
-
noun,
a benign tumor composed of osseous tissue.
- Amorite
-
noun,
a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. II Sam. 12:26–31.
- morgues
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noun,
a place in which bodies are kept, especially the bodies of victims of violence or accidents, pending identification or burial.
- aquiver
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adjective,
in a state of trepidation or vibrant agitation; trembling; quivering (usually used predicatively):
- vamoose
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verb (used with object),
to leave hurriedly or quickly from; decamp from.
- aristo-
-
- gisarme
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noun,
guisarme.
- vaquero
-
noun,
a cowboy or herdsman.
- Ariosto
-
noun,
Ludovico [loo-daw-vee-kaw] /ˌlu dɔˈvi kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1474–1533, Italian poet: author of Orlando Furioso.
- rootage
-
noun,
the act of taking root.
- quatres
-
noun,
the four at cards, dice, or the like.
- Argovie
-
noun,
French name of Aargau.
- Euratom
-
noun,
an organization formed in 1957, comprising France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy, and West Germany, for coordinated action in developing and marketing their nuclear resources.
- various
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pronoun,
Informal. several, many, or numerous ones:
- suimate
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noun,
self-mate.
- varooms
-
noun, verb,
vroom.
- origami
-
noun,
the traditional Japanese art or technique of folding paper into a variety of decorative or representational forms, as of animals or flowers.
- mirages
-
noun,
an optical phenomenon, especially in the desert or at sea, by which the image of some object appears displaced above, below, or to one side of its true position as a result of spatial variations of the index of refraction of air.
- sigmate
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adjective,
having the form of the Greek sigma or the letter S.
- querist
-
noun,
a person who inquires or questions.
- questor
-
noun,
quaestor.
- quavers
-
noun,
a quavering or tremulous shake, especially in the voice.
- verismo
-
noun,
the use of everyday life and actions in artistic works: introduced into opera in the early 1900s in reaction to contemporary conventions, which were seen as artificial and untruthful.
- amusive
-
adjective,
amusing; entertaining.
- veritas
-
noun,
truth.
- otiose
-
adjective,
being at leisure; idle; indolent.
- Squire
-
noun,
(in England) a country gentleman, especially the chief landed proprietor in a district.
- stager
-
noun,
a person of experience in some profession, way of life, etc.
- stigma
-
noun,
a mark of disgrace or infamy; a stain or reproach, as on one's reputation.
- Margot
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- squirm
-
noun,
the act of squirming; a squirming or wriggling movement.
- osteo-
-
- ouster
-
noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- gastr-
-
- Maisie
-
noun,
a female given name, Scottish form of Margaret.
- somat-
-
- gamous
-
- outgas
-
verb (used with object),
to remove (adsorbed or occluded gases), usually by heat or reduced pressure.
- Margie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- stiver
-
noun,
Also, stuiver. a former nickel coin of the Netherlands, equal to five Dutch cents.
- Moesia
-
noun,
an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.
- marges
-
noun,
margin; edge.
- somite
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- gemots
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a legislative or judicial assembly.
- square
-
noun,
a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
- souter
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- stego-
-
- Marist
-
noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- outage
-
noun,
an interruption or failure in the supply of power, especially electricity.
- Maoris
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- gerous
-
- starve
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to starve; kill, weaken, or reduce by lack of food.
- ostium
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a small opening or orifice, as at the end of the oviduct.
- maquis
-
noun,
the French underground movement, or Resistance, that combatted the Nazis in World War II.
- Smriti
-
noun,
writings containing traditions concerning law, rituals, teachings of the sages, the epics, and the Puranas.
- gators
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- garote
-
noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- Marius
-
noun,
Gaius, c155–86 b.c, Roman general and consul: opponent of Lucius Cornelius Sulla.
- Soviet
-
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.
- gamuts
-
noun,
the entire scale or range:
- squam-
-
- squirt
-
noun,
the act of squirting.
- giaour
-
noun,
an unbeliever; a non-Muslim, especially a Christian.
- Groves
-
noun,
Leslie Richard, 1896–1970, U.S. general.
- Seurat
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1859–91, French (pointillist) painter.
- roomie
-
noun,
roommate.
- guitar
-
noun,
a stringed musical instrument with a long, fretted neck, a flat, somewhat violinlike body, and typically six strings, which are plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum.
- risque
-
adjective,
daringly close to indelicacy or impropriety; off-color:
- rivage
-
noun,
a bank, shore, or coast.
- 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.
- romeos
-
noun,
the romantic lover of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
- G-suit
-
noun,
anti-G suit.
- itious
-
- quiets
-
noun,
freedom from noise, unwanted sound, etc.:
- quaver
-
noun,
a quavering or tremulous shake, especially in the voice.
- grumes
-
noun,
blood when viscous.
- quatre
-
noun,
the four at cards, dice, or the like.
- Stevia
-
noun,
a South American perennial shrub, Stevia rebaudiana, having small, white flowers and sweet-tasting leaves.
- quasi-
-
- grouts
-
noun,
a thin, coarse mortar poured into various narrow cavities, as masonry joints or rock fissures, to fill them and consolidate the adjoining objects into a solid mass.
- roques
-
noun,
a form of croquet played on a clay or hard-surface court surrounded by a low wall off which the balls may be played.
- rimose
-
adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- roquet
-
noun,
an act or instance of roqueting.
- ramous
-
adjective,
ramose.
- ragout
-
noun,
French Cookery. a highly seasoned stew of meat or fish, with or without vegetables.
- quoits
-
noun,
quoits, (used with a singular verb) a game in which rings of rope or flattened metal are thrown at an upright peg, the object being to encircle it or come as close to it as possible.
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- ramose
-
adjective,
having many branches.
- images
-
noun,
a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- Igorot
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Malay stock in northern Luzon in the Philippines, comprising various tribes, some noted as headhunters.
- quires
-
noun,
a set of 24 uniform sheets of paper.
- quiver
-
noun,
the act or state of quivering; a tremble or tremor.
- iatro-
-
- quirts
-
noun,
a riding whip consisting of a short, stout stock and a lash of braided leather.
- regius
-
adjective,
of or belonging to a king.
- remits
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- gutser
-
noun,
a person who eats too much and greedily.
- isomer
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- grouse
-
noun,
any of numerous gallinaceous birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae.
Compare black grouse, capercaillie, ruffed grouse, spruce grouse.
- Roseau
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Dominica.
- maigre
-
adjective,
containing neither flesh nor its juices, as food permissible on days of religious abstinence.
- Savior
-
noun,
a person who saves, rescues, or delivers:
- rugate
-
adjective,
wrinkle; rugose.
- rugose
-
adjective,
having wrinkles; wrinkled; ridged.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- sauger
-
noun,
a freshwater, North American pikeperch, Stizostedion canadense.
- Savoie
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2389 sq. mi. (6185 sq. km). Capital: Chambéry.
- gratis
-
adverb,
without charge or payment; free:
- gomuti
-
noun,
Also called gomuti palm, sugar palm. a sago palm, Arenga pinnata, of the East Indies, yielding palm sugar.
- goiter
-
noun,
an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck, usually symptomatic of abnormal thyroid secretion, especially hypothyroidism due to a lack of iodine in the diet.
- Segura
-
noun,
Francisco [frahn-sees-kaw] /frɑnˈsis kɔ/ (Show IPA), (Pancho Segura"Segoo") born 1921, Ecuadorian tennis player.
- goaves
-
noun,
plural of goaf.
- magots
-
noun,
Barbary ape.
- Servia
-
noun,
former name of Serbia.
- servo-
-
- grates
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- qiviut
-
noun,
the soft, dense, light-brown woolly undercoat of the musk ox, used in making fabrics.
- quarts
-
noun,
a unit of liquid measure of capacity, equal to one fourth of a gallon, or 57.749 cubic inches (0.946 liter) in the U.S. and 69.355 cubic inches (1.136 liters) in Great Britain.
- quarto
-
noun,
a book size of about 9½ × 12 inches (24 × 30 cm), determined by folding printed sheets twice to form four leaves or eight pages. Symbol: 4to, 4°.
- groove
-
noun,
a long, narrow cut or indentation in a surface, as the cut in a board to receive the tongue of another board (tongue-and-groove joint) a furrow, or a natural indentation on an organism.
- Groote
-
noun,
Gerhard [Dutch khey-rahrt;; English gair-hahrt] /Dutch ˈxeɪ rɑrt;; English ˈgɛər hɑrt/ (Show IPA), (Gerardus Magnus) 1340–84, Dutch religious reformer, educator, and author: founder of the order of Brethren of the Common Life.
- grooms
-
noun,
a bridegroom.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- Rostov
-
noun,
a seaport in the Russian Federation in Europe, on the Don River, near the Sea of Azov.
- groats
-
noun,
hulled grain, as wheat or oats, broken into fragments.
- grivet
-
noun,
a small Abyssinian monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops, with a grayish back, gray tail, black face, and dark extremities.
- Graves
-
noun,
a wine-growing district in Gironde department, in SW France.
- quarte
-
noun,
the fourth of eight defensive positions.
- quart.
-
- Griqua
-
noun,
(in South Africa) a person of mixed African and European descent, especially a native of Griqualand.
- griots
-
noun,
a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc.
- Grimes
-
noun,
dirt, soot, or other filthy matter, especially adhering to or embedded in a surface.
- routes
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- Greats
-
- rouges
-
noun,
any of various red cosmetics for coloring the cheeks or lips.
- Tagore
-
noun,
Sir Rabindranath [ruh-been-druh-naht] /rəˈbin drəˌnɑt/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, Indian poet: Nobel prize 1913.
- gamet-
-
- uremia
-
noun,
a condition resulting from the retention in the blood of constituents normally excreted in the urine.
- Tuareg
-
noun,
a Berber or Hamitic-speaking member of the Muslim nomads of the Sahara.
- motive
-
noun,
something that causes a person to act in a certain way, do a certain thing, etc.; incentive.
- tumors
-
noun,
a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- turves
-
noun,
plural of turf.
- Ugarit
-
noun,
an ancient city in Syria, N of Latakia, on the site of modern Ras Shamra: destroyed by an earthquake early in the 13th century b.c.; excavations have yielded tablets written in cuneiform and hieroglyphic script that reveal important information on Canaanite mythology.
- ugsome
-
adjective,
horrid; loathsome.
- urates
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- mosque
-
noun,
a Muslim temple or place of public worship.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- troves
-
noun,
a collection of objects.
- utero-
-
- arouse
-
verb (used with object),
to stir to action or strong response; excite:
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- vagrom
-
adjective,
vagrant.
- vamose
-
verb (used with or without object),
vamoose.
- arioso
-
noun,
an arioso composition or section.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- truism
-
noun,
a self-evident, obvious truth.
- Tromso
-
noun,
a seaport in N Norway.
- argues
-
verb (used with object),
to state the reasons for or against:
- mouser
-
noun,
an animal that catches mice:
- austr-
-
- Auster
-
noun,
the south wind personified.
- Travis
-
noun,
William Barret, 1809–36, U.S. soldier: commander during the battle of the Alamo.
- aurist
-
noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- movers
-
noun,
a person or thing that moves.
- augite
-
noun,
a silicate mineral, chiefly of calcium, magnesium, iron, and aluminum: a dark-green to black variety of monoclinic pyroxene, characteristic of basic rocks.
- Augier
-
noun,
Guillaume Victor Émile [gee-yohm veek-tawr ey-meel] /giˈyoʊm vikˈtɔr eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1820–89, French dramatist.
- triage
-
noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- marque
-
noun,
letter of marque.
- motors
-
noun,
a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- atrium
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- Atreus
-
noun,
the father of Plisthenes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia upon whose house Thyestes pronounced a curse.
- me-too
-
adjective,
Slang. characterized by or involving me-tooism:
- trigos
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- metro-
-
- metros
-
noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- trivia
-
noun,
(in Roman religion) Hecate: so called because she was the goddess of the crossroads.
- astro-
-
- morose
-
adjective,
gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
- varies
-
verb (used with object),
to change or alter, as in form, appearance, character, or substance:
- tragus
-
noun,
a fleshy prominence at the front of the external opening of the ear.
- vomers
-
noun,
a bone of the skull in most vertebrates, in humans forming a large part of the septum between the right and left cavities of the nose.
- visage
-
noun,
the face, usually with reference to shape, features, expression, etc.; countenance.
- Agrius
-
noun,
one of the Gigantes.
- agouti
-
noun,
any of several short-haired, short-eared, rabbitlike rodents of the genus Dasyprocta, of South and Central America and the West Indies, destructive to sugar cane.
- vitrum
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) glass.
- ageism
-
noun,
discrimination against persons of a certain age group.
- vogues
-
noun,
something in fashion, as at a particular time:
- miters
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- aerugo
-
noun,
verdigris.
- moires
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- virtue
-
noun,
moral excellence; goodness; righteousness.
- vomito
-
noun,
the black vomit of yellow fever.
- Aegium
-
noun,
a town in ancient Achaea, on the Gulf of Corinth: the Achaean League met here.
- vomits
-
noun,
the act of vomiting.
- vorous
-
- voters
-
noun,
a person who votes.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- mogote
-
noun,
a residual hillock of limestone, honeycombed with cavities.
- vrooms
-
noun,
the roaring sound made by a motor at high speed.
- Mister
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- virgos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Virgin, a zodiacal constellation between Leo and Libra, containing the bright star Spica.
- argots
-
noun,
a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
- vermis
-
noun,
the median lobe or division of the cerebellum.
- vario-
-
- varoom
-
noun, verb,
vroom.
- Argive
-
noun,
a native of Argos.
- mirage
-
noun,
an optical phenomenon, especially in the desert or at sea, by which the image of some object appears displaced above, below, or to one side of its true position as a result of spatial variations of the index of refraction of air.
- verism
-
noun,
the theory that rigid representation of truth and reality is essential to art and literature, and therefore the ugly and vulgar must be included.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- Aomori
-
noun,
a seaport on N Honshu, in N Japan.
- vermi-
-
- amugis
-
noun,
a Philippine tree, Koordersiodendron pinnatum, of the cashew family.
- virgas
-
noun,
streaks of water drops or ice particles falling out of a cloud and evaporating before reaching the ground (distinguished from praecipitatio).
- morgue
-
noun,
a place in which bodies are kept, especially the bodies of victims of violence or accidents, pending identification or burial.
- amours
-
noun,
a love affair.
- Moreau
-
noun,
Gustave [gys-tav] /güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1826–98, French painter.
- viator
-
noun,
a wayfarer; traveler.
- amigos
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- vigias
-
noun,
a navigational hazard whose existence or position is uncertain.
- vigors
-
noun,
active strength or force.
- virago
-
noun,
a loud-voiced, ill-tempered, scolding woman; shrew.
- 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.
- autism
-
noun,
Psychiatry. a pervasive developmental disorder of children, characterized by impaired communication, excessive rigidity, and emotional detachment: now considered one of the autism spectrum disorders.
- quotes
-
noun,
a quotation.
- eroto-
-
- suitor
-
noun,
a man who courts or woos a woman.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Timour
-
noun,
Tamerlane.
- egoism
-
noun,
the habit of valuing everything only in reference to one's personal interest; selfishness (opposed to altruism).
- egoist
-
noun,
a self-centered or selfish person (opposed to altruist).
- Ogmios
-
noun,
the ancient Gallic god of eloquence, identified by the Romans with Mercury.
- stumer
-
noun,
something bogus or fraudulent.
- Iraqis
-
noun,
a native of Iraq.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- targes
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- Timaru
-
noun,
a seaport on the E coast of South Island, in S New Zealand.
- Tigris
-
noun,
a river in SW Asia, flowing SE from SE Turkey through Iraq, joining the Euphrates to form the Shatt-al-Arab. 1150 miles (1850 km) long.
- orgeat
-
noun,
a syrup or drink made originally from barley but later from almonds, prepared with sugar and an extract of orange flowers.
- omegas
-
noun,
the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet (Ω, ω).
- Sumter
-
noun,
a city in central South Carolina.
- tirage
-
noun,
the withdrawing of wine from a barrel, as for testing or tasting.
- Mauser
-
noun,
Peter Paul, 1838–1914, and his brother, Wilhelm, 1834–82, German inventors of firearms.
- Targum
-
noun,
a translation or paraphrase in Aramaic of a book or division of the Old Testament.
- tergum
-
noun,
the dorsal surface of a body segment of an arthropod.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- orgies
-
noun,
wild or drunken festivity or revelry, especially involving sex with multiple participants.
- maugre
-
preposition,
in spite of; notwithstanding.
- equiv.
-
- mature
-
adjective,
complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms:
- etrogs
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- ergots
-
noun,
Plant Pathology.
a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, especially C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body.
the sclerotial body itself.
- tauro-
-
- tarso-
-
- matri-
-
- Murage
-
noun,
a toll or tax for the repair or construction of the walls or fortifications of a town.
- Struve
-
noun,
Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von [free-drikh gey-awrk vil-helm fuh n] /ˈfri drɪx geɪˈɔrk ˈvɪl hɛlm fən/ (Show IPA), 1793–1864, Russian astronomer, born in Germany.
- Evarts
-
noun,
William Maxwell, 1818–1901, U.S. lawyer and statesman.
- torose
-
adjective,
Botany. cylindrical, with swellings or constrictions at intervals; knobbed.
- Mergui
-
noun,
a seaport in S Burma, on the Andaman Sea.
- masto-
-
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- gaiter
-
noun,
a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot.
Compare upper1 (def 7).
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- orgasm
-
noun,
the physical and emotional sensation experienced at the peak of sexual excitation, usually resulting from stimulation of the sexual organ and usually accompanied in the male by ejaculation.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Taoism
-
noun,
the philosophical system evolved by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu, advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to attain a happy existence in harmony with the Tao.
- Stover
-
noun,
coarse roughage used as feed for livestock.
- torque
-
noun,
Mechanics. something that produces or tends to produce torsion or rotation; the moment of a force or system of forces tending to cause rotation.
- avoir.
-
- Struma
-
noun,
Pathology. goiter.
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- averts
-
verb (used with object),
to turn away or aside:
- toques
-
noun,
a brimless and close-fitting hat for women, in any of several shapes.
- merous
-
- muster
-
noun,
an assembling of troops or persons for formal inspection or other purposes.
- masque
-
noun,
a form of aristocratic entertainment in England in the 16th and 17th centuries, originally consisting of pantomime and dancing but later including dialogue and song, presented in elaborate productions given by amateur and professional actors.
- Strega
-
- Maseru
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Lesotho, in the NW part.
- strive
-
verb (used without object),
to exert oneself vigorously; try hard:
- togues
-
noun,
lake trout.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- stroma
-
noun,
Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- meatus
-
noun,
an opening or foramen, especially in a bone or bony structure, as the opening of the ear or nose.
- strove
-
verb,
simple past tense of strive.
- stooge
-
noun,
an entertainer who feeds lines to the main comedian and usually serves as the butt of his or her jokes.
- moors
-
noun,
a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
- quire
-
noun,
a set of 24 uniform sheets of paper.
- moots
-
noun,
an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
- moose
-
noun,
a large, long-headed mammal, Alces alces, of the deer family, having circumpolar distribution in the Northern Hemisphere, the male of which has enormous palmate antlers.
- Msgr.
-
- orig.
-
- quirt
-
noun,
a riding whip consisting of a short, stout stock and a lash of braided leather.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- quote
-
noun,
a quotation.
- quota
-
noun,
the share or proportional part of a total that is required from, or is due or belongs to, a particular district, state, person, group, etc.
- oste-
-
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- quot.
-
- quoit
-
noun,
quoits, (used with a singular verb) a game in which rings of rope or flattened metal are thrown at an upright peg, the object being to encircle it or come as close to it as possible.
- quite
-
adverb,
completely, wholly, or entirely:
- Osage
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of western Missouri, now living in northern Oklahoma.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- quits
-
noun,
any of various small tropical birds.
- Moore
-
noun,
Archibald Lee ("Archie") 1913–1998, U.S. boxer.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- Quito
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Ecuador, in the N part. 9348 feet (2849 meters) above sea level.
- Moqui
-
noun,
Moki.
- Omuta
-
noun,
a seaport on W Kyushu, in SW Japan.
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- Oveta
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- MOTOS
-
- quags
-
noun,
a quagmire.
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- moues
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- mutes
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- mover
-
noun,
a person or thing that moves.
- Mures
-
noun,
a river in SE central Europe, flowing W from the Carpathian Mountains in central Romania to the Tisza River in S Hungary. 400 miles (645 km) long.
- motor
-
noun,
a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- overt
-
adjective,
open to view or knowledge; not concealed or secret:
- overs
-
noun,
an amount in excess or addition; extra.
- over-
-
- ovate
-
adjective,
egg-shaped.
- Murat
-
noun,
Joachim [zhaw-a-keem] /ʒɔ aˈkim/ (Show IPA), 1767?–1815, French marshal: king of Naples 1808–15.
- moves
-
noun,
an act or instance of moving; movement.
- muras
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- movie
-
noun,
motion picture.
- ogams
-
noun,
ogham.
- ogive
-
noun,
Architecture.
a diagonal vaulting rib.
a pointed arch.
- Otaru
-
noun,
a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- Oreg.
-
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- quiet
-
noun,
freedom from noise, unwanted sound, etc.:
- quest
-
noun,
a search or pursuit made in order to find or obtain something:
- ques.
-
- Otomi
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of south-central Mexico.
- Moros
-
noun,
a child of Nyx, and the personification of fate.
- outgo
-
noun,
the act or process of going out:
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- omega
-
noun,
the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet (Ω, ω).
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- ogres
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- MOUSE
-
noun,
any of numerous small Old World rodents of the family Muridae, especially of the genus Mus, introduced widely in other parts of the world.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- rages
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- togas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- togue
-
noun,
lake trout.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- toque
-
noun,
a brimless and close-fitting hat for women, in any of several shapes.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- 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.
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- torus
-
noun,
Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- Tours
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- trave
-
noun,
a crossbeam.
- tious
-
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- targe
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- surg.
-
- surge
-
noun,
a strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush, or sweep:
- surv.
-
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- Taegu
-
noun,
a city in SE South Korea: commercial center.
- Tagus
-
noun,
a river in SW Europe, flowing W through central Spain and Portugal to the Atlantic at Lisbon. 566 miles (910 km) long.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- 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.
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- tears
-
- tera-
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- term.
-
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- 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.
- tiger
-
noun,
a large, carnivorous, tawny-colored and black-striped feline, Panthera tigris, of Asia, ranging in several subspecies from India and the Malay Peninsula to Siberia: the entire species is endangered, with some subspecies thought to be extinct.
- Tigre
-
noun,
a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
- treas
-
- trig.
-
- Suomi
-
noun,
Finnish name of Finland.
- virus
-
noun,
an ultramicroscopic (20 to 300 nm in diameter), metabolically inert, infectious agent that replicates only within the cells of living hosts, mainly bacteria, plants, and animals: composed of an RNA or DNA core, a protein coat, and, in more complex types, a surrounding envelope.
- vertu
-
noun,
virtu.
- 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.
- vigas
-
noun,
a rough-hewn beam, usually of fir, used to support the roof in adobe construction.
- vigia
-
noun,
a navigational hazard whose existence or position is uncertain.
- Vigor
-
noun,
active strength or force.
- 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.
- virga
-
noun,
streaks of water drops or ice particles falling out of a cloud and evaporating before reaching the ground (distinguished from praecipitatio).
- Virgo
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Virgin, a zodiacal constellation between Leo and Libra, containing the bright star Spica.
- virtu
-
noun,
excellence or merit in objects of art, curios, and the like.
- visit
-
noun,
the act of or an instance of visiting:
- verst
-
noun,
a Russian measure of distance equivalent to 3500 feet or 0.6629 mile or 1.067 kilometers.
- 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.
- VISTA
-
noun,
a view or prospect, especially one seen through a long, narrow avenue or passage, as between rows of trees or houses.
- vogie
-
adjective,
conceited; proud.
- vogue
-
noun,
something in fashion, as at a particular time:
- vomer
-
noun,
a bone of the skull in most vertebrates, in humans forming a large part of the septum between the right and left cavities of the nose.
- vomit
-
noun,
the act of vomiting.
- voter
-
noun,
a person who votes.
- votes
-
noun,
a formal expression of opinion or choice, either positive or negative, made by an individual or body of individuals.
- vouge
-
noun,
an axlike, shafted weapon having a curved blade tapering to a point at the top, used by foot soldiers in the 14th century and after.
- vroom
-
noun,
the roaring sound made by a motor at high speed.
- 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.
- verso
-
noun,
a left-hand page of an open book or manuscript (opposed to recto).
- triga
-
noun,
a two-wheeled chariot drawn by a team of three horses.
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- trigo
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- trigs
-
noun,
trigonometry.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- trogs
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- trove
-
noun,
a collection of objects.
- trugs
-
noun,
a shallow basket for carrying flowers, vegetables, etc., made from strips of wood.
- tumor
-
noun,
a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- vegas
-
noun,
Astronomy. a star of the first magnitude in the constellation Lyra.
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- urges
-
noun,
an act of urging; impelling action, influence, or force; impulse.
- Urmia
-
noun,
Lake, a salt lake in NW Iran. About 2000 sq. mi. (5180 sq. km).
- usage
-
noun,
a customary way of doing something; a custom or practice:
- uveas
-
noun,
the vascular tunic of the eye, comprising the iris, choroid coat, and ciliary body.
- vague
-
adjective,
not clearly or explicitly stated or expressed:
- 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).
- vari-
-
- varus
-
noun,
abnormal angulation of a bone or joint, with the angle pointing away from the midline.
- vaso-
-
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- Sumer
-
noun,
an ancient region in southern Mesopotamia that contained a number of independent cities and city-states of which the first were established possibly as early as 5000 b.c.: conquered by the Elamites and, about 2000 b.c., by the Babylonians; a number of its cities, as Ur, Uruk, Kish, and Lagash, are major archaeological sites in southern Iraq.
- ragis
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- Roget
-
noun,
Peter Mark, 1779–1869, English physician and author of a thesaurus.
- rogue
-
noun,
a dishonest, knavish person; scoundrel.
- Romeo
-
noun,
the romantic lover of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
- rooms
-
noun,
a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts:
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- Roque
-
noun,
a form of croquet played on a clay or hard-surface court surrounded by a low wall off which the balls may be played.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- 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.
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- rouge
-
noun,
any of various red cosmetics for coloring the cheeks or lips.
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- roves
-
noun,
an act or instance of roving.
- 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.
- 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.
- Sarge
-
noun,
sergeant.
- Reaum
-
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- ramus
-
noun,
a branch, as of a plant, vein, bone, etc.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- reams
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- REGIS
-
noun,
a male given name.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- regma
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of three or more carpels that separate from the axis at maturity.
- Regt.
-
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- Remus
-
noun,
Roman Legend. See under Romulus (def 1).
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- sargo
-
noun,
a silvery grunt, Anisotremus davidsonii, inhabiting waters off the coasts of California and Mexico, having blackish markings and yellowish fins.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- stge.
-
- squeg
-
verb (used without object),
(of an electronic circuit or component) to produce an output that oscillates between a certain maximum and zero, especially when due to the effect of a grid.
- Srta.
-
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- STAGE
-
noun,
a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- stave
-
noun,
one of the thin, narrow, shaped pieces of wood that form the sides of a cask, tub, or similar vessel.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- ster.
-
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- 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.
- stoma
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- stome
-
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Storm
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- 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.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- strum
-
noun,
the act of strumming.
- suave
-
adjective,
(of persons or their manner, speech, etc.) smoothly agreeable or polite; agreeably or blandly urbane.
- Sugar
-
noun,
a sweet, crystalline substance, C 12 H 22 O 11 , obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet, and present in sorghum, maple sap, etc.: used extensively as an ingredient and flavoring of certain foods and as a fermenting agent in the manufacture of certain alcoholic beverages; sucrose.
Compare beet sugar, cane sugar.
- squat
-
noun,
the act or fact of squatting.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- 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.
- Serov
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, E of the Ural Mountains.
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- savor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
- 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.
- segar
-
noun,
cigar.
- semi-
-
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- sero-
-
- serum
-
noun,
the clear, pale-yellow liquid that separates from the clot in the coagulation of blood; blood serum.
- sorgo
-
noun,
any of several varieties of sorghum grown chiefly for the sweet juice yielded by the stems, used in making sugar and syrup and also for fodder.
- seti-
-
- Sigma
-
noun,
the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet: Σ, σ, ς.
- 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.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- sito-
-
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- soave
-
noun,
a dry, white wine from Verona, Italy.
- mogos
-
noun,
a stone hatchet used by the Aborigines.
- osmo-
-
- Guest
-
noun,
a person who spends some time at another person's home in some social activity, as a visit, dinner, or party.
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- Gates
-
noun,
Horatio, 1728–1806, American Revolutionary general, born in England.
- matr-
-
- gator
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- gram.
-
- auger
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a bit, as for a brace.
a boring tool, similar to but larger than a gimlet, consisting of a bit rotated by a transverse handle.
- gaums
-
verb (used with object),
to smear or cover with a gummy, sticky substance (often followed by up):
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- Govt.
-
- gaurs
-
noun,
a massive wild ox, Bibos gaurus, of southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago, growing to a height of 6 feet (1.8 meters) at the shoulder: now reduced in numbers.
- gater
-
noun,
gator.
- mast-
-
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- Amer.
-
- arium
-
- Marut
-
noun,
any of a group of storm gods, the offspring of Rudra.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- gears
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- gemot
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a legislative or judicial assembly.
- Matsu
-
noun,
a pine, Pinus massoniana, of China, yielding a wood used in furniture-making, the construction of houses, etc.
- grams
-
noun,
a metric unit of mass or weight equal to 15.432 grains; one thousandth of a kilogram. Abbreviation: g.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- image
-
noun,
a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- Evora
-
noun,
a city in central Portugal: Roman ruins; cathedral.
- avert
-
verb (used with object),
to turn away or aside:
- avers
-
- agro-
-
- grate
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- auto.
-
- gaits
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- Gaius
-
noun,
a.d. c110–c180, Roman jurist and writer, especially on civil law.
- mega-
-
- agues
-
noun,
Pathology. a malarial fever characterized by regularly returning paroxysms, marked by successive cold, hot, and sweating fits.
- gamer
-
noun,
a person who plays games, especially computer or video games.
- Mauve
-
noun,
a pale bluish purple.
- games
-
noun,
an amusement or pastime:
- imago
-
noun,
Entomology. an adult insect.
- gamo-
-
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- gamut
-
noun,
the entire scale or range:
- Aust.
-
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Mavis
-
noun,
a song thrush.
- Iraqi
-
noun,
a native of Iraq.
- geom.
-
- Meigs
-
noun,
Fort. Fort Meigs.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- magot
-
noun,
Barbary ape.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- Mages
-
noun,
a magician.
- geums
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Geum, comprising the avens.
- ative
-
- Gomer
-
noun,
an undesirable hospital patient.
- Goias
-
noun,
a state in central Brazil. 247,826 sq. mi. (641,870 sq. km). Capital: Goiânia.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- giros
-
noun,
autogiro.
- areo-
-
- Magus
-
noun,
(sometimes lowercase) one of the Magi.
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- amour
-
noun,
a love affair.
- girts
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- goers
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- gismo
-
noun,
a gadget or device:
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- astr.
-
- ivies
-
noun,
Also called English ivy. a climbing vine, Hedera helix, having smooth, shiny, evergreen leaves, small, yellowish flowers, and black berries, grown as an ornamental.
- amuse
-
verb (used with object),
to hold the attention of (someone) pleasantly; entertain or divert in an enjoyable or cheerful manner:
- gitim
-
noun,
a plural of get.
- goose
-
noun,
any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
- getas
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- gouts
-
noun,
an acute, recurrent disease characterized by painful inflammation of the joints, chiefly those in the feet and hands, and especially in the great toe, and by an excess of uric acid in the blood.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- amigo
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- Marge
-
noun,
margin; edge.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- marg.
-
- gotra
-
noun,
a Hindu clan tracing its paternal lineage from a common ancestor, usually a saint or sage.
- Argus
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant with 100 eyes, set to guard the heifer Io: his eyes were transferred after his death to the peacock's tail.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- argue
-
verb (used with object),
to state the reasons for or against:
- argot
-
noun,
a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
- Guat.
-
- gorse
-
noun,
any spiny shrub of the genus Ulex, of the legume family, native to the Old World, especially U. europaeus, having rudimentary leaves and yellow flowers and growing in waste places and sandy soil.
- gores
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- Argos
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis: a powerful rival of Sparta, Athens, and Corinth.
- atmo-
-
- maqui
-
noun,
an evergreen shrub, Aristotelia chilensis, of Chile, having toothed, oblong leaves, greenish-white flowers, and purple berries, grown as an ornamental in S California.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- Evita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Eva.
- imit.
-
- AEGIS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon.
- meso-
-
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- groom
-
noun,
a bridegroom.
- esrog
-
noun,
etrog.
- meta-
-
- groma
-
noun,
an instrument having a cruciform wooden frame with a plumb line at the end of each arm, used for laying out lines at right angles to existing lines.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- Groot
-
noun,
Huig [Dutch hoikh] /Dutch hɔɪx/ (Show IPA), de [duh] /də/ (Show IPA), or van [vahn] /vɑn/ (Show IPA), Hugo Grotius.
- aeri-
-
- aero-
-
- groat
-
noun,
a silver coin of England, equal to four pennies, issued from 1279 to 1662.
- miso-
-
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Misti
-
noun,
El Misti.
- agers
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- metr-
-
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- etrog
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- Grove
-
noun,
a small wood or forested area, usually with no undergrowth:
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- gusto
-
noun,
hearty or keen enjoyment, as in eating or drinking, or in action or speech in general:
Synonyms: enthusiasm, delight, relish, zest, spirit, fervor.
- Grues
-
verb (used without object),
to shudder.
- asgmt
-
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- grout
-
noun,
a thin, coarse mortar poured into various narrow cavities, as masonry joints or rock fissures, to fill them and consolidate the adjoining objects into a solid mass.
- 30-30
-
- grots
-
noun,
a grotto.
- Grote
-
noun,
George, 1794–1871, English historian.
- mirvs
-
noun,
multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Aegir
-
noun,
a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
- ergot
-
noun,
Plant Pathology.
a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, especially C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body.
the sclerotial body itself.
- ergo-
-
- grist
-
noun,
grain to be ground.
- grume
-
noun,
blood when viscous.
- guars
-
noun,
a plant, Cyamopsis tetragonolobus, of the legume family, grown as a forage crop and for its seeds, which produce a gum (guar gum) used as a thickening agent and stabilizer in foods and pharmaceuticals and as sizing for paper and cloth.
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- aviso
-
noun,
a boat used especially for carrying dispatches; dispatch boat.
- mero-
-
- Greta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- agist
-
verb (used with object),
to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee.
- equi-
-
- agios
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- arvos
-
noun,
afternoon.
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- grime
-
noun,
dirt, soot, or other filthy matter, especially adhering to or embedded in a surface.
- grave
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth in which to bury a dead body.
- guiro
-
noun,
a South American musical instrument consisting of a hollow gourd with serrated surface that is scraped with a stick.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- Euro-
-
- Guise
-
noun,
general external appearance; aspect; semblance:
- griot
-
noun,
a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc.
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- guar.
-
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- IATSE
-
- Save
-
noun,
an act or instance of saving, especially in sports.
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- Goat
-
noun,
any of numerous agile, hollow-horned ruminants of the genus Capra, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the sheep, found native in rocky and mountainous regions of the Old World, and widely distributed in domesticated varieties.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- Gore
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- room
-
noun,
a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts:
- Arvo
-
noun,
afternoon.
- sego
-
noun,
sego lily.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- goos
-
noun,
a thick or sticky substance:
- Guam
-
noun,
an island, belonging to the U.S., in the N Pacific, E of the Philippines: the largest of the Marianas group; U.S. naval station. 206 sq. mi. (535 sq. km). Capital: Agaña.
Abbreviation: GU (for use with zip code).
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- 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.
- trug
-
noun,
a shallow basket for carrying flowers, vegetables, etc., made from strips of wood.
- Umea
-
noun,
a city in NE Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- Goer
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- GOES
-
noun,
plural of go1 .
- ASTM
-
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- Sem.
-
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- Rom.
-
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- Grus
-
noun,
the Crane, a southern constellation between Indus and Piscis Austrinus.
- Rus.
-
- Sage
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- Tues
-
- Gris
-
noun,
Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), (José Vittoriano Gonzáles) 1887–1927, Spanish painter in France.
- tugs
-
noun,
an act or instance of tugging; pull; haul.
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- ASME
-
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- Grim
-
adjective,
stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise:
- rums
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- trog
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- gres
-
- rove
-
noun,
an act or instance of roving.
- Rumi
-
noun,
Jalal ud-din [Persian jah-lahl ood-deen,, oo d-,, ja-] /Persian dʒɑˈlɑl udˈdin,, ʊd-,, dʒæ-/ (Show IPA), Jalal ud-din Rumi.
- Tums
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- gras
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Tver
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Moscow, on the Volga.
Formerly (1934–90) Kalinin.
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- sago
-
noun,
a starchy foodstuff derived from the soft interior of the trunk of various palms and cycads, used in making puddings.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- saur
-
- grot
-
noun,
a grotto.
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- grum
-
adjective,
grim; glum; surly.
- 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.
- grue
-
verb (used without object),
to shudder.
- gout
-
noun,
an acute, recurrent disease characterized by painful inflammation of the joints, chiefly those in the feet and hands, and especially in the great toe, and by an excess of uric acid in the blood.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- Gov.
-
- ruga
-
noun,
Usually, rugae. Biology, Anatomy. a wrinkle, fold, or ridge.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- 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.
- Grit
-
noun,
abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- Gros
-
noun,
Antoine Jean [ahn-twan zhahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1771–1835, French painter.
- 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.
- Sat.
-
- 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.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- gro.
-
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- Sam.
-
- goas
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- serv
-
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- sumi
-
noun,
black ink made from a mixture of plant soot and glue solidified into sticks or cakes the ends of which are scraped or ground into water on an ink slab, much used by calligraphers and painters.
- Sumo
-
noun,
a form of wrestling in Japan in which a contestant wins by forcing his opponent out of the ring or by causing him to touch the ground with any part of his body other than the soles of his feet, contestants usually being men of great height and weight.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- sur-
-
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- toom
-
adjective,
empty; vacant.
- est.
-
- Suva
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Fiji, on Viti Levu island.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- togs
-
noun,
a coat.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- Togo
-
noun,
Heihachiro [hey-hah-chee-raw] /ˈheɪ hɑˈtʃi rɔ/ (Show IPA), Marquis, 1847–1934, Japanese admiral.
- avg.
-
- gait
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- str.
-
- Ave.
-
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- Aves
-
noun,
a class of vertebrates comprising the birds.
- stum
-
noun,
unfermented or partly fermented grape juice.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- Avis
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “bird.”.
- Eur.
-
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- sugi
-
noun,
Japan cedar.
- avos
-
noun,
a money of account of Macao, the 100th part of a pataca.
- Esq.
-
- 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.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- eous
-
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- 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.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tegs
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- ter.
-
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- tavs
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- egis
-
noun,
aegis.
- egos
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- emia
-
- 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.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- ergs
-
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- eso-
-
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- toga
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- taur
-
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Tasm
-
- game
-
noun,
an amusement or pastime:
- aut-
-
- Gmat
-
- smut
-
noun,
a particle of soot; sooty matter.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- smog
-
noun,
smoke or other atmospheric pollutants combined with fog in an unhealthy or irritating mixture.
- Geum
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Geum, comprising the avens.
- gets
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- smug
-
adjective,
contentedly confident of one's ability, superiority, or correctness; complacent.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- geta
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- gest
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- Siva
-
noun,
Shiva.
- giro
-
noun,
autogiro.
- ator
-
- Sig.
-
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- give
-
noun,
the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- gite
-
noun,
a furnished vacation home in France that is available for rental, especially in a rural setting.
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- gist
-
noun,
the main or essential part of a matter:
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- atm.
-
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- girt
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- ates
-
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Aus.
-
- gats
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- gate
-
noun,
a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- Ste.
-
- aur-
-
- gast
-
verb (used with object),
to terrify or frighten.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- Stag
-
noun,
an adult male deer.
- gars
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- 1080
-
- stg.
-
- trav
-
- gams
-
noun,
a person's leg, especially an attractive female leg.
- gaum
-
verb (used with object),
to smear or cover with a gummy, sticky substance (often followed by up):
- gaur
-
noun,
a massive wild ox, Bibos gaurus, of southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago, growing to a height of 6 feet (1.8 meters) at the shoulder: now reduced in numbers.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Ger.
-
- Gert
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- Gers
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
- germ
-
noun,
a microorganism, especially when disease-producing; microbe.
- Atum
-
noun,
a primeval god who by himself begot Shu and Tefnut: the original god of the Ennead.
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- tri-
-
- geo-
-
- Aug.
-
- gear
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- gave
-
noun,
the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- Auge
-
noun,
a daughter of King Aleus who became a priestess of Athena. After being raped by Hercules she bore a son, Telephus.
- Sra.
-
- SRAM
-
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- mag.
-
- mage
-
noun,
a magician.
- moue
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- mout
-
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- Magi
-
noun,
(sometimes lowercase) one of the Magi.
- mags
-
noun,
magazine.
- rive
-
verb (used with object),
to tear or rend apart:
- vias
-
noun,
Architecture. a space between two mutules.
- out-
-
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- Mar.
-
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- Viet
-
noun,
South Vietnam, North Vietnam, or both.
- viga
-
noun,
a rough-hewn beam, usually of fir, used to support the roof in adobe construction.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- oto-
-
- move
-
noun,
an act or instance of moving; movement.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Marq
-
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Vigo
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), (Jean Almereyda) 1905–34, French film director.
- vets
-
noun,
veterinarian.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- amus
-
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- Ivar
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Ives
-
noun,
Burl (Icle Ivanhoe) [burl ik-uh l] /bɜrl ˈɪk əl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1995, U.S. actor and folk singer.
- Ivor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Quar
-
- Vega
-
noun,
Astronomy. a star of the first magnitude in the constellation Lyra.
- mtge
-
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- quag
-
noun,
a quagmire.
- Veii
-
noun,
an ancient city in central Italy, in Etruria, near Rome: Etruscan city destroyed by the Romans 396 b.c.
- Vera
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Russian word meaning “faith.”.
- qto.
-
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- vers
-
- 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.
- Amur
-
noun,
a river in E Asia, forming most of the boundary between N Manchuria and the SE Russian Federation, flowing into the Sea of Okhotsk. About 2700 miles (4350 km) long.
- 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.
- amt.
-
- aer-
-
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- qats
-
noun,
kat.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- vest
-
noun,
a close-fitting, waist-length, sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, designed to be worn under a jacket.
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- ovum
-
noun,
Cell Biology.
the female reproductive cell or gamete of animals, which is capable of developing, usually only after fertilization, into a new individual.
the female reproductive cell or gamete of plants.
- ovo-
-
- ovi-
-
- vet.
-
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Vat.
-
- mute
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- ague
-
noun,
Pathology. a malarial fever characterized by regularly returning paroxysms, marked by successive cold, hot, and sweating fits.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- MSAE
-
- agst
-
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- mes-
-
- 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.
- agr.
-
- MSgt
-
- muts
-
noun,
mutt.
- MSIE
-
- AIME
-
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- must
-
noun,
something necessary, vital, or required:
- Muse
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of a number of sister goddesses, originally given as Aoede (song), Melete (meditation), and Mneme (memory), but latterly and more commonly as the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne who presided over various arts: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (lyric poetry), Euterpe (music), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (religious music), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy); identified by the Romans with the Camenae.
any goddess presiding over a particular art.
- mus.
-
- agit
-
- VITA
-
noun,
curriculum vitae (def 1).
- Mure
-
noun,
Obsolete. a wall.
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- Mura
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- Vite
-
adverb,
briskly; lively.
- Muir
-
noun,
Edwin, 1887–1959, English poet.
- Vito
-
noun,
a male given name.
- agio
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- ages
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- aet.
-
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- oro-
-
- Marv
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Marvin.
- org.
-
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- vims
-
noun,
lively or energetic spirit; enthusiasm; vitality.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- met.
-
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AISI
-
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- Maui
-
noun,
an island in central Hawaii. 728 sq. mi. (1886 sq. km).
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- 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.
- Virg
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ogre
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- Aire
-
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- Ogma
-
noun,
a god of poetry and eloquence and the inventor of the ogham letters: one of the Tuatha De Danann.
- meas
-
- ogam
-
noun,
ogham.
- vatu
-
noun,
a nickel-brass coin and monetary unit of Vanuatu.
- Vote
-
noun,
a formal expression of opinion or choice, either positive or negative, made by an individual or body of individuals.
- quat
-
- Iago
-
noun,
the villain in Shakespeare's Othello.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- USAR
-
- guvs
-
noun,
term of address used to a man, especially by a younger man, boy, employee, or social inferior.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- USGA
-
- USIA
-
- regs
-
noun,
Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
- USMA
-
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Reg.
-
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- req.
-
- Moor
-
noun,
a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- 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.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- rave
-
noun,
an act of raving.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- moos
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- VAST
-
noun,
Literary. an immense or boundless expanse or space.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- mis-
-
- guts
-
noun,
the alimentary canal, especially between the pylorus and the anus, or some portion of it.
Compare foregut, midgut, hindgut.
- art.
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- gust
-
noun,
a sudden, strong blast of wind.
- uret
-
- riv.
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- mogo
-
noun,
a stone hatchet used by the Aborigines.
- Urga
-
noun,
former name of Ulan Bator.
- gumi
-
noun,
a spreading shrub, Elaeagnus multiflora, of eastern Asia, having fragrant yellowish-white flowers and edible red fruit.
- 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.
- urge
-
noun,
an act of urging; impelling action, influence, or force; impulse.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- moas
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- mogs
-
noun,
moggy.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- RIIA
-
- Rigi
-
noun,
a mountain in central Switzerland, near the Lake of Lucerne. 5906 feet (1800 meters).
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- uria
-
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- revs
-
noun,
a revolution (in an engine or the like).
- Rev.
-
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- 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.
- uro-
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- moot
-
noun,
an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Arm.
-
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- ARIS
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- quos
-
- quor
-
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- var.
-
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- quit
-
noun,
any of various small tropical birds.
- Argo
-
noun,
Astronomy. a very large southern constellation, now divided into Vela, Carina, Puppis, and Pyxis, four separate constellations lying largely south of Canis Major.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- iso-
-
- Arg.
-
- vars
-
noun,
a department in SE France. 2326 sq. mi. (6025 sq. km). Capital: Draguignan.
- quim
-
noun,
vagina; vulva.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- vas-
-
- 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.
- vugs
-
noun,
a small cavity in a rock or vein, often lined with crystals.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Que.
-
- itis
-
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- 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).
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- migs
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- MIRV
-
noun,
multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- uvea
-
noun,
the vascular tunic of the eye, comprising the iris, choroid coat, and ciliary body.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Moro
-
noun,
a member of any of the various tribes of Muslim Malays in the southern Philippines.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- mtg.
-
- ious
-
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- Iraq
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, N of Saudi Arabia and W of Iran, centering in the Tigris-Euphrates basin of Mesopotamia. 172,000 sq. mi. (445,480 sq. km). Capital: Baghdad.
- EGO
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- VTO
-
- tog
-
noun,
a coat.
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- eo-
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ea.
-
- vug
-
noun,
a small cavity in a rock or vein, often lined with crystals.
- TMO
-
- vog
-
noun,
air pollution containing gases and particles from a volcanic eruption combined with moisture from fog to create an unpleasant atmospheric cloud.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- EAM
-
- Ar.
-
- ag-
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- VOA
-
- av.
-
- VTR
-
noun,
a device for recording television programs on magnetic tape for delayed transmission or for storage.
- Vt.
-
- Tiv
-
noun,
a member of an African people living N and S of the lower Benue River in E Nigeria.
- EIS
-
- VRM
-
- Vte
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- TMV
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- EOM
-
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- age
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- aeq
-
- Am.
-
- eir
-
- ae.
-
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- VOR
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ARV
-
noun,
a variant of the AIDS virus. Abbreviation: ARV.
- Eg.
-
- tum
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- ASM
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- uti
-
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- uva
-
noun,
ultraviolet light with a relatively long wavelength, able to penetrate the deep layers of the skin.
- ARS
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- UAR
-
- tug
-
noun,
an act or instance of tugging; pull; haul.
- Va.
-
- tue
-
- ASR
-
- vs.
-
- V-1
-
noun,
a robot bomb developed by the Germans in World War II and launched from bases on the ground, chiefly against England.
- V-2
-
noun,
a liquid-fueled rocket used as a ballistic missile by the Germans, mainly against London, late in World War II.
- TVA
-
- USA
-
- 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.
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- ure
-
- ase
-
- ur-
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- UMT
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- Ume
-
noun,
a river in N Sweden, flowing SE from the W border to the Gulf of Bothnia. Aabout 285 miles (460 km) long.
- USM
-
- UAE
-
- USO
-
- USR
-
- USV
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- UIT
-
- ASI
-
- UAM
-
- Tu.
-
- ast
-
- vo.
-
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- AME
-
- AUM
-
noun,
Om.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Agt
-
- tra
-
- vim
-
noun,
lively or energetic spirit; enthusiasm; vitality.
- vis
-
noun,
strength; force; power.
- tr.
-
- a-v
-
- ago
-
adverb,
in past time; in the past:
- AGM
-
- ite
-
- Avo
-
noun,
a money of account of Macao, the 100th part of a pataca.
- VIR
-
noun,
husband (used chiefly in the legal phrase et vir).
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- TSI
-
- Tro
-
- TSE
-
- veg
-
noun,
a vegetable.
- 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.
- ASU
-
- Ver
-
- AOU
-
- aor
-
- ASV
-
- ATV
-
- AMU
-
- AMS
-
- at.
-
- VGA
-
- Via
-
noun,
Architecture. a space between two mutules.
- vie
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to put forward in competition or rivalry.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ARU
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- qua
-
adverb,
as; as being; in the character or capacity of:
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- ise
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ISR
-
- ist
-
- ISV
-
- ITA
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ITV
-
- ium
-
- IUS
-
- Iva
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Iva, characterized by usually opposite leaves and inconspicuous greenish-yellow flowers.
- Me.
-
- qu.
-
- IRO
-
- QIS
-
- Ova
-
noun,
plural of ovum.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- qt.
-
- qat
-
noun,
kat.
- Mo.
-
- qtr
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- QMG
-
- Qom
-
noun,
a city in NW Iran, SW of Teheran, on the Qom river.
- qr.
-
plural,
farthing.
- qrs
-
plural,
farthing.
- QSO
-
- IRS
-
- Qum
-
noun,
Qom.
- Mao
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Ia.
-
- EMR
-
- ITU
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- guv
-
noun,
term of address used to a man, especially by a younger man, boy, employee, or social inferior.
- Gut
-
noun,
the alimentary canal, especially between the pylorus and the anus, or some portion of it.
Compare foregut, midgut, hindgut.
- IAS
-
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- GUS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Augustus or Gustave.
- Gur
-
noun,
a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, including Mossi and other languages spoken in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Ivory Coast, and Mali.
- REA
-
- ier
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- IOU
-
- Re.
-
- RMA
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- Ir.
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- IOT
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- ior
-
- imu
-
noun,
a usually large, covered cooking pit in which food is cooked by means of heated stones.
- IGM
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ov-
-
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- GUI
-
noun,
graphical user interface.
- MSI
-
- MRA
-
- MRE
-
- MRI
-
- MSA
-
- MSE
-
- MSG
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 5 H 8 NNaO 4 ⋅H 2 O, used to intensify the flavor of foods.
- MST
-
- MeV
-
- Mt.
-
- MTI
-
- MTO
-
- MTS
-
- MTV
-
- mug
-
noun,
a drinking cup, usually cylindrical in shape, having a handle, and often of a heavy substance, as earthenware.
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MGr
-
- meq
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- MOG
-
noun,
moggy.
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- MOI
-
- moo
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- MIT
-
- MOR
-
- Mig
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- MGT
-
- MIE
-
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- mi.
-
- Mur
-
noun,
a river in S central Austria, NE Slovenia, and N Croatia, flowing NE and SE to the Drava River. 300 miles (483 km) long.
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- OOT
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- Orv
-
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- ose
-
- OSO
-
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- OTS
-
- oo-
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- mut
-
noun,
mutt.
- OAU
-
- OSA
-
- OAO
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAS
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Meg
-
noun,
a megabyte.
- OEM
-
- Om.
-
- OEO
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OGO
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- Gum
-
noun,
any of various viscid, amorphous exudations from plants, hardening on exposure to air and soluble in or forming a viscid mass with water.
- io-
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- St.
-
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- STV
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- EVA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eve.
- evg
-
- Ga.
-
- GAR
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- gi.
-
- STM
-
- STI
-
- GAO
-
noun,
a city in E Mali.
- GAS
-
noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- Gat
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- Sta
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- eu-
-
- Sr.
-
- GEM
-
noun,
a cut and polished precious stone or pearl fine enough for use in jewelry.
- SQA
-
- Sq.
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Ges
-
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- get
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- GeV
-
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- SMA
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- GIs
-
noun,
a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt.
- SUG
-
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- git
-
noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- ERT
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- TIA
-
- TGV
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- EMT
-
- EMU
-
noun,
a large, flightless, ratite bird, Emu (Dromaius) novaehollandiae, of Australia, resembling the ostrich but smaller and having a feathered head and neck and rudimentary wings.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- eq.
-
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- Tav
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERV
-
- ETV
-
- SVR
-
- SUM
-
noun,
the aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars as determined by or as if by the mathematical process of addition:
- ETS
-
- ETR
-
- suq
-
noun,
suk.
- ETO
-
- ESU
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- TAG
-
noun,
a piece or strip of strong paper, plastic, metal, leather, etc., for attaching by one end to something as a mark or label:
- ESR
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- ESA
-
- Sgt
-
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- GMT
-
- RSA
-
- So.
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- RUM
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- rug
-
noun,
a thick fabric for covering part of a floor, often woven of wool and often having an oblong shape with a border design.
Compare carpet.
- Goa
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSV
-
- RSE
-
- Rs.
-
- SAE
-
- gre
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- GSA
-
- GSR
-
- gt.
-
- GTO
-
- ROI
-
- GTS
-
- ROG
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROA
-
- SRO
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- Avi
-
- se-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- Gor
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- goo
-
noun,
a thick or sticky substance:
- goi
-
noun,
goy.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- got
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- seq
-
- 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).
- Gr.
-
- SAG
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- SAR
-
- UV
-
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- IG
-
- QE
-
- QV
-
plural,
(used in formal writing after a cross reference) which see.
- QA
-
noun,
an exchange of questions and answers.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- IV
-
noun,
an intravenous device for delivering electrolyte solutions, medicines, and nutrients.
- UI
-
- VM
-
- MG
-
- i.
-
- TM
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- AQ
-
- VU
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- M.
-
- rg
-
- IQ
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- QM
-
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- AO
-
- TG
-
- T1
-
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- EV
-
- SG
-
- GQ
-
- RV
-
- S.
-
- RQ
-
- G.
-
- SA
-
- RI
-
- VR
-
- GM
-
- GO
-
noun,
the act of going:
- GU
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- gv
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- SM
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
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- SU
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- VI
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- MU
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noun,
the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).
- OG
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- t.
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- SV
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- U.
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- MV
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- O.
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- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- VG
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- OA
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- RU
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- TV
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noun,
television.
- RO
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- EI
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- V.
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- Q.
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