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Word window-dressing has
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- digression
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noun,
the act of digressing.
- downswings
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noun,
a downward swing, as of a golf club in driving a ball.
- derisions
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noun,
ridicule; mockery:
- resinoids
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noun,
a resinoid substance.
- wondering
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noun,
something strange and surprising; a cause of surprise, astonishment, or admiration:
- disendows
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verb (used with object),
to deprive (a church, school, etc.) of endowment.
- signories
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noun,
seigniory.
- Ironsides
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noun,
a strong person with great power of endurance or resistance.
- nose-ring
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noun,
a ring inserted in the nose of an animal, to facilitate leading it.
- seigniors
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noun,
a lord, especially a feudal lord; ruler.
- inswinger
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noun,
a bowled ball that veers from off side to leg side.
- ringsides
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noun,
the area immediately surrounding a ring, especially the area occupied by the first row of seats on all sides of a boxing or wrestling ring.
- gneissoid
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adjective,
resembling gneiss.
- downswing
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noun,
a downward swing, as of a golf club in driving a ball.
- diosgenin
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noun,
a crystalline compound, C 27 H 42 O 3 , the aglycone of dioscin: used in the synthesis of steroidal hormones, as of progesterone.
- niddering
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noun,
a coward.
- windowing
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noun,
simultaneous display of different portions of one or more files on a screen.
- nigrosine
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noun,
any of the class of deep blue or black dyes obtained by the oxidation of aniline, used as coloring agents in inks and shoe polishes and for dyeing leather, wood, textiles, and furs.
- widgeons
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noun,
any of several common freshwater ducks related to the mallards and teals in the genus Anas, having metallic green flight feathers, a white wing patch, and a buff or white forehead, including A. penelope of Eurasia and North Africa, A. sibilatrix of South America, and the baldpate, A. americana, of North America.
- seignior
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noun,
a lord, especially a feudal lord; ruler.
- negroids
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noun,
Older Use: Usually Offensive. a member of such peoples.
- godsends
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noun,
an unexpected thing or event that is particularly welcome and timely, as if sent by God.
- widowers
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noun,
a man who has lost his spouse by death and has not remarried.
- Ironside
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noun,
a strong person with great power of endurance or resistance.
- ironings
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noun,
the act or process of smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
- negronis
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noun,
a cocktail made from sweet vermouth, gin, and bitters.
- rinsings
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noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Ossining
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noun,
a town in SE New York, on the Hudson: the site of a state prison formerly known as Sing Sing.
- nosewing
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noun,
the flared portion of each side of the nose; a nasal ala.
- windrode
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adjective,
riding with the force of the wind.
- wordings
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noun,
the act or manner of expressing in words; phrasing.
- swiddens
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noun,
a plot of land cleared for farming by burning away vegetation.
- signiors
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noun,
signor.
- downside
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noun,
the lower side or part.
- indorses
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verb (used with object),
endorse.
- downwind
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adverb,
in the direction toward which the wind is blowing:
- indigoes
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noun,
a blue dye obtained from various plants, especially of the genus Indigofera, or manufactured synthetically.
- insiders
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noun,
a person who is a member of a group, organization, society, etc.
- windrows
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noun,
a row or line of hay raked together to dry before being raked into heaps.
- windings
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that winds.
- resinoid
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noun,
a resinoid substance.
- redwings
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noun,
a European thrush, Turdus iliacus, having chestnut-red flank and axillary feathers.
- disendow
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verb (used with object),
to deprive (a church, school, etc.) of endowment.
- swingers
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noun,
a person or thing that swings.
- dendrons
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noun,
a dendrite.
- windigos
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noun,
(in the folklore of the Ojibwa and other Indians) a cannibalistic giant, the transformation of a person who has eaten human flesh.
- dressing
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that dresses.
- nonrigid
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adjective,
not rigid.
- derision
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noun,
ridicule; mockery:
- ringside
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noun,
the area immediately surrounding a ring, especially the area occupied by the first row of seats on all sides of a boxing or wrestling ring.
- endings
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noun,
a bringing or coming to an end; termination; close:
- engirds
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verb (used with object),
to encircle; encompass:
- endrins
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noun,
a highly toxic, chlorinated hydrocarbon, C 12 H 8 OCl 6 , formerly used as an insecticide.
- engross
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verb (used with object),
to occupy completely, as the mind or attention; absorb:
- weirdos
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noun,
an odd, eccentric, or unconventional person.
- drowses
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noun,
a sleepy condition; state of being half-asleep.
- widders
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noun,
widow.
- widdies
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noun,
a band or rope, traditionally one made from intertwined willow twigs.
- widgeon
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noun,
any of several common freshwater ducks related to the mallards and teals in the genus Anas, having metallic green flight feathers, a white wing patch, and a buff or white forehead, including A. penelope of Eurasia and North Africa, A. sibilatrix of South America, and the baldpate, A. americana, of North America.
- widower
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noun,
a man who has lost his spouse by death and has not remarried.
- wigeons
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noun,
widgeon.
- nosings
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noun,
a projecting edge, as the part of the tread of a step extending beyond the riser or a projecting part of a buttress.
- winders
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noun,
a person or thing that winds.
- ridings
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that rides.
- windigo
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noun,
(in the folklore of the Ojibwa and other Indians) a cannibalistic giant, the transformation of a person who has eaten human flesh.
- winding
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that winds.
- dowsers
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noun,
Also called dowsing rod [dou-zing] /ˈdaʊ zɪŋ/ (Show IPA). divining rod.
- dowries
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noun,
Also, dower. the money, goods, or estate that a wife brings to her husband at marriage.
- Downing
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noun,
Andrew Jackson, 1815–52, U.S. landscape architect.
- downers
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noun,
Informal.
a depressant or sedative drug, especially a barbiturate.
a depressing experience, person, or situation.
- dowdies
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noun,
a dowdy woman.
- rinsing
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noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Redding
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noun,
a city in N California.
- enwinds
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verb (used with object),
to wind or coil about; encircle.
- ignores
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verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- iodines
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noun,
a nonmetallic halogen element occurring at ordinary temperatures as a grayish-black crystalline solid that sublimes to a dense violet vapor when heated: used in medicine as an antiseptic. Symbol: I; atomic weight: 126.904; atomic number: 53; specific gravity: (solid) 4.93 at 20°C.
- iodides
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noun,
a salt of hydriotic acid consisting of two elements, one of which is iodine, as sodium iodide, NaI.
- Siddons
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noun,
Sarah (Kemble) 1755–1831, English actress.
- signors
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noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a man, either used separately or prefixed to the name. Abbreviation: Sig., sig.
- inwinds
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verb (used with object),
enwind.
- signore
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noun,
a conventional Italian title of respect for a man, usually used separately; signor.
- signior
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noun,
signor.
- signers
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noun,
a person who signs.
- insigne
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noun,
singular of insignia.
- Grisons
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noun,
a canton in E Switzerland. 2747 sq. mi. (7115 sq. km). Capital: Chur.
- insides
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noun,
the inner or internal part; interior:
- indigos
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noun,
a blue dye obtained from various plants, especially of the genus Indigofera, or manufactured synthetically.
- insider
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noun,
a person who is a member of a group, organization, society, etc.
- indorse
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verb (used with object),
endorse.
- side-on
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adverb,
with the side or sides foremost, especially in a collision:
- sidings
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noun,
a short railroad track, opening onto a main track at one or both ends, on which one of two meeting trains is switched until the other has passed.
- ingress
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noun,
the act of going in or entering.
- ingrown
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adjective,
having grown into the flesh:
- sewings
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noun,
the act or work of one who sews.
- singers
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noun,
a person who sings, especially a trained or professional vocalist.
- wedding
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noun,
the act or ceremony of marrying; marriage; nuptials.
- sonnies
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noun,
little son (often used as a familiar term of address to a boy).
- risings
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that rises.
- noddies
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noun,
any of several dark-bodied terns of the genera Anous and Micranous found about the coasts and islands in warm seas of both the New and Old Worlds, often so tame as to seem stupid.
- swinges
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verb (used with object),
to thrash; punish.
- swinger
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noun,
a person or thing that swings.
- Swindon
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noun,
a town and unitary authority in Wiltshire, in S England.
- swidden
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noun,
a plot of land cleared for farming by burning away vegetation.
- Swenson
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noun,
May, 1919–89, U.S. poet.
- rowdies
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noun,
a rough, disorderly person.
- giddies
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adjective,
affected with vertigo; dizzy.
- ironies
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noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- Negroni
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noun,
a cocktail made from sweet vermouth, gin, and bitters.
- soddens
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noun,
the act of seething.
- Negroid
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noun,
Older Use: Usually Offensive. a member of such peoples.
- Gironde
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noun,
an estuary in SW France, formed by the junction of the Garonne and Dordogne rivers. 45 miles (72 km) long.
- goddess
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noun,
a female god or deity.
- godsend
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noun,
an unexpected thing or event that is particularly welcome and timely, as if sent by God.
- seising
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noun,
seizing.
- ironing
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noun,
the act or process of smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
- Rossini
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noun,
Gioacchino Antonio [jaw-ahk-kee-naw ahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌdʒɔ ɑkˈki nɔ ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1792–1868, Italian composer.
- sidero-
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- dossier
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noun,
a collection or file of documents on the same subject, especially a complete file containing detailed information about a person or topic.
- Dendron
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noun,
a dendrite.
- worsens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become worse.
- renowns
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noun,
widespread and high repute; fame.
- wirings
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noun,
an act of a person who wires.
- Redwing
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noun,
a European thrush, Turdus iliacus, having chestnut-red flank and axillary feathers.
- disowns
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verb (used with object),
to refuse to acknowledge as belonging or pertaining to oneself; deny the ownership of or responsibility for; repudiate; renounce:
- dendro-
-
- wingers
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noun,
(in Rugby, soccer, etc.) a person who plays a wing position.
- dineros
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noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- Denison
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noun,
a city in NE Texas.
- wording
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noun,
the act or manner of expressing in words; phrasing.
- dodgers
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noun,
a person who dodges.
- disegno
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noun,
drawing or design: a term used during the 16th and 17th centuries to designate the formal discipline required for the representation of the ideal form of an object in the visual arts, especially as expressed in the linear structure of a work of art.
- designs
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noun,
an outline, sketch, or plan, as of the form and structure of a work of art, an edifice, or a machine to be executed or constructed.
- winnows
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noun,
a device or contrivance used for winnowing.
- re-sign
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verb (used with or without object),
to sign again.
- digress
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verb (used without object),
to deviate or wander away from the main topic or purpose in speaking or writing; depart from the principal line of argument, plot, study, etc.
- wowsers
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noun,
an excessively puritanical person.
- windrow
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noun,
a row or line of hay raked together to dry before being raked into heaps.
- dingoes
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noun,
a wolflike, wild dog, Canis familiaris dingo, of Australia, having a reddish- or yellowish-brown coat.
- rewinds
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noun,
an act or instance of rewinding.
- red-dog
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noun,
a gambling game played by two to ten persons with a pack of 52 cards, in which players bet in turn that their hands contain a card of the same suit as the top card of the stock and of higher rank.
- wronged
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noun,
that which is wrong, or not in accordance with morality, goodness, or truth; evil:
- wonders
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noun,
something strange and surprising; a cause of surprise, astonishment, or admiration:
- Doriden
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- Windsor
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noun,
(since 1917) a member of the present British royal family.
Compare Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (def 1).
- dinero
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noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- seisin
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noun,
seizin.
- wodges
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noun,
a lump, chunk, or wad.
- Senior
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noun,
a person who is older than another.
- goners
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noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- rowens
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noun,
Chiefly Northern U.S. the second crop of grass or hay in a season; aftermath.
- sowens
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noun,
porridge made from oat bran or husks that have been soaked in water, slightly fermented, and then boiled.
- senors
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- sirens
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Godwin
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noun,
Also, Godwine [god-wi-nuh] /ˈgɒd wɪ nə/ (Show IPA). Earl of the West Saxons, died 1053, English statesman.
- sensor
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noun,
a mechanical device sensitive to light, temperature, radiation level, or the like, that transmits a signal to a measuring or control instrument.
- Isidor
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noun,
a male given name.
- gorses
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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.
- serins
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noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- didies
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noun,
diaper (def 1).
- ossein
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noun,
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- Wonder
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noun,
something strange and surprising; a cause of surprise, astonishment, or admiration:
- didoes
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noun,
a mischievous trick; prank; antic.
- Osiris
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noun,
the king and judge of the dead, the husband and brother of Isis, and father (or brother) of Horus, killed by Set but later resurrected (after Horus killed Set): usually depicted as a man, partly wrapped as a mummy, having a beard and wearing the atef-crown.
- soigne
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adjective,
carefully or elegantly done, operated, or designed.
- snores
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noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- diners
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noun,
a person who dines.
- ginned
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noun,
cotton gin.
- geoids
-
noun,
an imaginary surface that coincides with mean sea level in the ocean and its extension through the continents.
- reigns
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- sodden
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noun,
the act of seething.
- Seddon
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noun,
Richard John, 1845–1906, New Zealand statesman, born in England: prime minister 1893–1906.
- dosser
-
noun,
a basket for carrying objects on the back; pannier.
- sordid
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adjective,
morally ignoble or base; vile:
- origin
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noun,
something from which anything arises or is derived; source; fountainhead:
- sondes
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noun,
a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
- gneiss
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noun,
a metamorphic rock, generally made up of bands that differ in color and composition, some bands being rich in feldspar and quartz, others rich in hornblende or mica.
- gnosis
-
noun,
knowledge of spiritual matters; mystical knowledge.
- Godden
-
noun,
(Margaret) Rumer [roo-mer] /ˈru mər/ (Show IPA), 1907–1998, English novelist and writer of children's books.
- Gideon
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noun,
Also called Jerubbaal. a judge of Israel and conqueror of the Midianites. Judges 6–8.
- rosins
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noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- Negros
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noun,
an island of the central Philippines. 5043 sq. mi. (13,061 sq. km).
- osiers
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- diesis
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noun,
double dagger.
- irises
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noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- region
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noun,
an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body:
- indigo
-
noun,
a blue dye obtained from various plants, especially of the genus Indigofera, or manufactured synthetically.
- Signor
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noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a man, either used separately or prefixed to the name. Abbreviation: Sig., sig.
- worsen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become worse.
- signer
-
noun,
a person who signs.
- ignore
-
verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- worses
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noun,
that which is worse.
- wowser
-
noun,
an excessively puritanical person.
- Indies
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noun,
the. (used with a plural verb) West Indies (def 1).
- indign
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adjective,
Archaic. unworthy.
- owners
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noun,
a person who owns; possessor; proprietor.
- inwind
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verb (used with object),
enwind.
- inside
-
noun,
the inner or internal part; interior:
- Indore
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noun,
a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh.
- wrings
-
noun,
a wringing; forcible twist or squeeze.
- Indris
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noun,
a short-tailed lemur, Indri indri, of Madagascar, about 2 feet (60 cm) in length: an endangered species.
- inorg.
-
- siding
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noun,
a short railroad track, opening onto a main track at one or both ends, on which one of two meeting trains is switched until the other has passed.
- INGRES
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noun,
Jean Auguste Dominique [zhahn oh-gyst daw-mee-neek] /ʒɑ̃ oʊˈgüst dɔ miˈnik/ (Show IPA), 1780–1867, French painter.
- Ingrid
-
noun,
a female given name.
- wrongs
-
noun,
that which is wrong, or not in accordance with morality, goodness, or truth; evil:
- deigns
-
verb (used with object),
to condescend to give or grant:
- dendr-
-
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Singer
-
noun,
a person who sings, especially a trained or professional vocalist.
- sinner
-
noun,
a person who sins; transgressor.
- Sining
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noun,
Xining.
- grides
-
noun,
a griding or grating sound.
- singes
-
noun,
a superficial burn.
- grinds
-
noun,
the act of grinding.
- dinger
-
noun,
humdinger.
- Grison
-
noun,
a weasellike carnivore, Galictis vittata, ranging from southern Mexico to Peru, having a grayish-white upper body, a distinctive white stripe across the forehead and ears, and a dark brown face, chest, and legs.
- design
-
noun,
an outline, sketch, or plan, as of the form and structure of a work of art, an edifice, or a machine to be executed or constructed.
- serows
-
noun,
a goat antelope of the genus Capricornis, of eastern Asia, related to the goral: the Sumatran serow is endangered.
- Sigrid
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Scandinavian word meaning “victory.”.
- groins
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- irido-
-
- irides
-
noun,
a plural of iris.
- growed
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of grow.
- sewing
-
noun,
the act or work of one who sews.
- Dennis
-
noun,
John, 1657–1734, English dramatist and critic.
- iodine
-
noun,
a nonmetallic halogen element occurring at ordinary temperatures as a grayish-black crystalline solid that sublimes to a dense violet vapor when heated: used in medicine as an antiseptic. Symbol: I; atomic weight: 126.904; atomic number: 53; specific gravity: (solid) 4.93 at 20°C.
- sindon
-
noun,
cloth of fine linen or silk, used especially for shrouds.
- iodide
-
noun,
a salt of hydriotic acid consisting of two elements, one of which is iodine, as sodium iodide, NaI.
- Ronnie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- wiring
-
noun,
an act of a person who wires.
- dinges
-
noun,
the condition of being dingy.
- dodger
-
noun,
a person who dodges.
- renins
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- wigeon
-
noun,
widgeon.
- widows
-
noun,
a woman who has lost her spouse by death and has not remarried.
- Winner
-
noun,
a person or thing that wins; victor.
- Winnie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Winston.
- Widnes
-
noun,
a city in NW England, just E of Liverpool, on the Mersey River.
- dodges
-
noun,
a quick, evasive movement, as a sudden jump away to avoid a blow or the like.
- Edison
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noun,
Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- widens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become wide or wider; broaden; expand.
- ringed
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- Ondine
-
noun,
undine.
- renown
-
noun,
widespread and high repute; fame.
- winnow
-
noun,
a device or contrivance used for winnowing.
- widder
-
noun,
widow.
- onding
-
noun,
the act of continued outpouring or falling; a continuing torrent, as of rain.
- ending
-
noun,
a bringing or coming to an end; termination; close:
- Origen
-
noun,
(Origenes Admantius) a.d. 185?–254? Alexandrian writer, Christian theologian, and teacher.
- endows
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a permanent fund or source of income:
- endrin
-
noun,
a highly toxic, chlorinated hydrocarbon, C 12 H 8 OCl 6 , formerly used as an insecticide.
- disown
-
verb (used with object),
to refuse to acknowledge as belonging or pertaining to oneself; deny the ownership of or responsibility for; repudiate; renounce:
- rinses
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- noises
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- Wigner
-
noun,
Eugene Paul, 1902–95, U.S. physicist, born in Hungary: Nobel prize 1963.
- drowse
-
noun,
a sleepy condition; state of being half-asleep.
- engird
-
verb (used with object),
to encircle; encompass:
- dowser
-
noun,
Also called dowsing rod [dou-zing] /ˈdaʊ zɪŋ/ (Show IPA). divining rod.
- Dowden
-
noun,
Edward, 1843–1913, Irish critic and poet.
- rewins
-
verb (used with object),
to win back or again.
- dowers
-
noun,
Law. the portion of a deceased husband's real property allowed to his widow for her lifetime.
- ridden
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- window
-
noun,
an opening in the wall of a building, the side of a vehicle, etc., for the admission of air or light, or both, commonly fitted with a frame in which are set movable sashes containing panes of glass.
- downer
-
noun,
Informal.
a depressant or sedative drug, especially a barbiturate.
a depressing experience, person, or situation.
- dorsi-
-
- rewind
-
noun,
an act or instance of rewinding.
- dories
-
noun,
a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides.
- donsie
-
adjective,
Midland U.S. somewhat sick, weak, or lacking in vitality; not completely well.
- dowses
-
noun,
British Dialect. a stroke or blow.
- drowns
-
Verb phrases,
drown in,
to be overwhelmed by:
to be covered with or enveloped in:
- resign
-
verb (used with object),
to give up (an office, position, etc.), often formally.
- riding
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that rides.
- doings
-
noun,
action; performance; execution:
- winged
-
noun,
either of the two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, that are specialized for flight.
- nowise
-
adverb,
noway.
- Winder
-
noun,
a person or thing that winds.
- ogress
-
noun,
a female monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- winded
-
noun,
air in natural motion, as that moving horizontally at any velocity along the earth's surface:
- nosing
-
noun,
a projecting edge, as the part of the tread of a step extending beyond the riser or a projecting part of a buttress.
- Winger
-
noun,
(in Rugby, soccer, etc.) a person who plays a wing position.
- engin.
-
- Inness
-
noun,
George, 1825–94, and his son George, 1854–1926, U.S. painters.
- eosins
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- onside
-
adjective, adverb,
not offside; being within the prescribed line or area at the beginning of or during play or a play.
- noesis
-
noun,
(in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
- swinge
-
verb (used with object),
to thrash; punish.
- enwind
-
verb (used with object),
to wind or coil about; encircle.
- Winsor
-
noun,
Justin, 1831–97, U.S. librarian and historian.
- enosis
-
noun,
a movement for securing the political union of Greece and Cyprus.
- weirdo
-
noun,
an odd, eccentric, or unconventional person.
- rising
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that rises.
- esrogs
-
noun,
etrog.
- niseis
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- dirigo
-
- Weirds
-
noun,
fate; destiny.
- dinner
-
noun,
the main meal of the day, eaten in the evening or at midday.
- essoin
-
noun,
(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
- orgies
-
noun,
wild or drunken festivity or revelry, especially involving sex with multiple participants.
- Ensign
-
noun,
a flag or banner, as a military or naval standard used to indicate nationality.
- Ogden
-
noun,
Charles Kay, 1889–1957, British psychologist and linguist, inventor of Basic English.
- owner
-
noun,
a person who owns; possessor; proprietor.
- Rowen
-
noun,
Chiefly Northern U.S. the second crop of grass or hay in a season; aftermath.
- nerds
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- ogres
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- owing
-
Idioms,
owing to, because of; as a result of:
- neons
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- rigid
-
adjective,
stiff or unyielding; not pliant or flexible; hard:
- Oreg.
-
- orig.
-
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- redds
-
noun,
the spawning area or nest of trout or salmon.
- Niger
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- nidge
-
verb (used with object),
to dress (a stone) with a pick or kevel.
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- sided
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- Redon
-
noun,
Odilon [ohd-l-on;; French aw-dee-lawn] /ˈoʊd lˌɒn;; French ɔ diˈlɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1840–1916, French painter and etcher.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- rewin
-
verb (used with object),
to win back or again.
- redos
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- Regin
-
noun,
a smith, the brother of Fafnir, who raises Sigurd and encourages him to kill Fafnir in the hope of gaining the gold he guards.
- ridge
-
noun,
a long, narrow elevation of land; a chain of hills or mountains.
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- Owens
-
noun,
Jesse (John Cleveland) 1913–80, U.S. athlete.
- sends
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- noses
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- rends
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- segos
-
noun,
sego lily.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Irwin
-
noun,
Wallace, 1875–1959, U.S. journalist and humorist.
- segno
-
noun,
a sign.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- REGIS
-
noun,
a male given name.
- reni-
-
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- Issei
-
noun,
a Japanese person who immigrated to the U.S. or Canada after 1907 and was not eligible until 1952 for citizenship.
- sero-
-
- rings
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- ronde
-
noun,
a typeface imitative of upright, somewhat angular, handwriting.
- ordn.
-
- Rodin
-
noun,
(François) Auguste (René) [frahn-swa oh-gyst ruh-ney] /frɑ̃ˈswa oʊˈgüst rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1840–1917, French sculptor.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- sengi
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equal to 1/10,000 (.0001) of a zaire.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Norw.
-
- irid-
-
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- serow
-
noun,
a goat antelope of the genus Capricornis, of eastern Asia, related to the goral: the Sumatran serow is endangered.
- reign
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- irids
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the Iridaceae, the iris family.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Negro
-
noun,
Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, especially those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- Segni
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1972, Italian teacher, lawyer, and statesman: president 1962–64.
- Norge
-
noun,
Norwegian name of Norway.
- nones
-
noun,
the fifth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the ninth hour of the day (or 3 p.m.).
- goner
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- wired
-
noun,
a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.
- weird
-
noun,
fate; destiny.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- Dione
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
- sworn
-
verb,
past participle of swear.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- sides
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- diode
-
noun,
a device, as a two-element electron tube or a semiconductor, through which current can pass freely in only one direction.
- ergo-
-
- swore
-
verb,
a simple past tense of swear.
- sword
-
noun,
a weapon having various forms but consisting typically of a long, straight or slightly curved blade, sharp-edged on one or both sides, with one end pointed and the other fixed in a hilt or handle.
- Erwin
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “boar” and “friend.”.
- swine
-
noun,
any stout, cloven-hoofed artiodactyl of the Old World family Suidae, having a thick hide sparsely covered with coarse hair, a disklike snout, and an often short, tasseled tail: now of worldwide distribution and hunted or raised for its meat and other products.
Compare hog, pig1 , wild boar.
- swigs
-
noun,
an amount of liquid, especially liquor, taken in one swallow; draught:
- esrog
-
noun,
etrog.
- Ewing
-
noun,
a township in W New Jersey.
- engr.
-
- genin
-
noun,
aglycon.
- Woden
-
noun,
the chief god of the pagan Anglo-Saxons, identified with the Scandinavian Odin.
- wines
-
noun,
the fermented juice of grapes, made in many varieties, such as red, white, sweet, dry, still, and sparkling, for use as a beverage, in cooking, in religious rites, etc., and usually having an alcoholic content of 14 percent or less.
- Wisd.
-
- geod.
-
- genro
-
noun,
any of the unofficial elder statesmen of Japan who influenced the government c1875–1940.
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- genii
-
noun,
a plural of genius.
- wires
-
noun,
a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.
- sords
-
noun,
a flight or flock of mallards.
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- dinge
-
noun,
the condition of being dingy.
- dingo
-
noun,
a wolflike, wild dog, Canis familiaris dingo, of Australia, having a reddish- or yellowish-brown coat.
- dings
-
noun,
a ringing sound.
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- weirs
-
noun,
a small dam in a river or stream.
- wodge
-
noun,
a lump, chunk, or wad.
- dowie
-
adjective,
dull; melancholy; dismal.
- doges
-
noun,
the chief magistrate in the former republics of Venice and Genoa.
- dress
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- dregs
-
noun,
dregs, the sediment of liquids; lees; grounds.
- dowse
-
noun,
British Dialect. a stroke or blow.
- Downs
-
noun,
a downward movement; descent.
- dogie
-
noun,
a motherless calf in a cattle herd.
- dower
-
noun,
Law. the portion of a deceased husband's real property allowed to his widow for her lifetime.
- Drews
-
noun,
Charles Richard, 1904–50, U.S. physician: developer of blood-bank technique.
- doses
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- dorse
-
noun,
the back of a book or folded document.
- Doris
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids.
- winds
-
noun,
air in natural motion, as that moving horizontally at any velocity along the earth's surface:
- Donne
-
noun,
John, 1573–1631, English poet and clergyman.
- dongs
-
noun,
a deep sound like that of a large bell.
- wings
-
noun,
Also called aviation badge. Military Informal. a badge bearing the image of a spread pair of bird's wings with a distinctive center design, awarded to an aircrewman on completion of certain requirements.
- dried
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- endow
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a permanent fund or source of income:
- winos
-
noun,
a person who is addicted to wine, especially a derelict.
- endo-
-
- wends
-
noun,
a member of a Slavic people of E Germany; Sorb.
- eidos
-
noun,
the formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas, criteria for interpreting experience, etc.
- dirge
-
noun,
a funeral song or tune, or one expressing mourning in commemoration of the dead.
- widen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become wide or wider; broaden; expand.
- Edwin
-
noun,
Also, Eadwine. a.d. 585?–633, king of Northumbria 617–633.
- wides
-
noun,
Cricket. a bowled ball that goes wide of the wicket, and counts as a run for the side batting.
- dries
-
noun,
a plural of dry.
- widow
-
noun,
a woman who has lost her spouse by death and has not remarried.
- Dodge
-
noun,
a quick, evasive movement, as a sudden jump away to avoid a blow or the like.
- doers
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- drown
-
Verb phrases,
drown in,
to be overwhelmed by:
to be covered with or enveloped in:
- dross
-
noun,
waste matter; refuse.
- drone
-
noun,
the male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no honey.
- sones
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- geoid
-
noun,
an imaginary surface that coincides with mean sea level in the ocean and its extension through the continents.
- gesso
-
noun,
gypsum or plaster of Paris prepared with glue for use as a surface for painting.
- sines
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- gowns
-
noun,
a woman's dress or robe, especially one that is full-length.
- Sino-
-
- sings
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- gride
-
noun,
a griding or grating sound.
- grind
-
noun,
the act of grinding.
- grins
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- groin
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- singe
-
noun,
a superficial burn.
- Gross
-
noun,
a group of 12 dozen, or 144, things. Abbreviation: gro.
- sing.
-
- grown
-
verb,
past participle of grow.
- worse
-
noun,
that which is worse.
- grows
-
noun,
Galusha Aaron [guh-loo-shuh] /gəˈlu ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1822–1907, U.S. political leader: Speaker of the House 1861–63.
- sinew
-
noun,
a tendon.
- wring
-
noun,
a wringing; forcible twist or squeeze.
- Gower
-
noun,
John, 1325?–1408, English poet.
- gwine
-
verb,
present part. of go1 .
- signs
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- ideo-
-
- idio-
-
- idion
-
- wrong
-
noun,
that which is wrong, or not in accordance with morality, goodness, or truth; evil:
- indie
-
noun,
an independently or privately owned business, especially a film or music company that is not affiliated with a larger and more commercial company:
- Indio
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- Indo-
-
- 30-30
-
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- indri
-
noun,
a short-tailed lemur, Indri indri, of Madagascar, about 2 feet (60 cm) in length: an endangered species.
- Sidon
-
noun,
a city of ancient Phoenicia: site of modern Saida.
- inion
-
noun,
a point at the external occipital protuberance of the skull.
- deign
-
verb (used with object),
to condescend to give or grant:
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- gowds
-
noun,
gold.
- Gondi
-
noun,
a Dravidian language, the language of the Gonds.
- sonde
-
noun,
a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
- girds
-
noun,
a gibe.
- snows
-
noun,
Meteorology. a precipitation in the form of ice crystals, mainly of intricately branched, hexagonal form and often agglomerated into snowflakes, formed directly from the freezing of the water vapor in the air.
Compare ice crystals, snow grains, snow pellets.
- girns
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- giros
-
noun,
autogiro.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- didos
-
noun,
a mischievous trick; prank; antic.
- snogs
-
verb (used without object),
to kiss and cuddle.
- goers
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- siris
-
noun,
lebbek (def 1).
- doing
-
noun,
action; performance; execution:
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Gosse
-
noun,
Sir Edmund William, 1849–1928, English poet, biographer, and critic.
- 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.
- Goren
-
noun,
Charles Henry, 1901–91, U.S authority and writer on contract bridge.
- gonne
-
noun,
Maud ("Irish Joan of Arc") 1865–1953, Irish political activist and actress, born in England.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- redo
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- wire
-
noun,
a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.
- wise
-
noun,
way of proceeding or considering; manner; fashion (usually used in combination or in certain phrases):
- worn
-
noun,
the act of wearing; use, as of a garment:
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- Wis.
-
- regs
-
noun,
Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
- regd
-
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- wino
-
noun,
a person who is addicted to wine, especially a derelict.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Reg.
-
- wogs
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to any nonwhite person, especially a dark-skinned native of the Middle East or Southeast Asia.
- wore
-
noun,
the act of wearing; use, as of a garment:
- WRNS
-
- wons
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of win1 .
- Word
-
noun,
a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
- WINS
-
noun,
a victory, as in a game or horse race.
- reds
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- Wren
-
noun,
any of numerous small, active songbirds of the family Troglodytidae, especially Troglodytes troglodytes, of the Northern Hemisphere, having dark-brown plumage barred with black and a short, upright tail.
Compare house wren, marsh wren, rock wren, winter wren.
- wows
-
noun,
an extraordinary success:
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- rode
-
noun,
a rope by which a boat is anchored.
- Wing
-
noun,
either of the two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, that are specialized for flight.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- rows
-
noun,
a number of persons or things arranged in a line, especially a straight line:
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- Snow
-
noun,
Meteorology. a precipitation in the form of ice crystals, mainly of intricately branched, hexagonal form and often agglomerated into snowflakes, formed directly from the freezing of the water vapor in the air.
Compare ice crystals, snow grains, snow pellets.
- sego
-
noun,
sego lily.
- snog
-
verb (used without object),
to kiss and cuddle.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- snod
-
adjective,
smooth; sleek.
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Redd
-
noun,
the spawning area or nest of trout or salmon.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Soni
-
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- sers
-
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).
- sewn
-
noun,
the amount of additional water necessary to float a grounded vessel.
- sews
-
noun,
the amount of additional water necessary to float a grounded vessel.
- sgd.
-
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- Sind
-
noun,
a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
- sign
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- Sig.
-
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- Song
-
noun,
a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.
- Rowe
-
noun,
Nicholas, 1674–1718, British poet and dramatist, poet laureate 1715–18.
- wine
-
noun,
the fermented juice of grapes, made in many varieties, such as red, white, sweet, dry, still, and sparkling, for use as a beverage, in cooking, in religious rites, etc., and usually having an alcoholic content of 14 percent or less.
- Wend
-
noun,
a member of a Slavic people of E Germany; Sorb.
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- Rigi
-
noun,
a mountain in central Switzerland, near the Lake of Lucerne. 5906 feet (1800 meters).
- Wind
-
noun,
air in natural motion, as that moving horizontally at any velocity along the earth's surface:
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- Wien
-
noun,
Wilhelm [vil-helm] /ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1864–1928, German physicist: Nobel prize 1911.
- Ring
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- wide
-
noun,
Cricket. a bowled ball that goes wide of the wicket, and counts as a run for the side batting.
- wens
-
noun,
Pathology. a benign encysted tumor of the skin, especially on the scalp, containing sebaceous matter; a sebaceous cyst.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- sord
-
noun,
a flight or flock of mallards.
- Weir
-
noun,
a small dam in a river or stream.
- weds
-
- Rodi
-
noun,
Italian name of Rhodes.
- swig
-
noun,
an amount of liquid, especially liquor, taken in one swallow; draught:
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- sows
-
noun,
an adult female swine.
- sown
-
verb,
a past participle of sow1 .
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- 1080
-
- WWII
-
- gown
-
noun,
a woman's dress or robe, especially one that is full-length.
- Eng.
-
- ISIS
-
noun,
a goddess of fertility, the sister and wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, and usually represented as a woman with a cow's horns with the solar disk between them: later worshiped in the Greek and Roman empires.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Ire.
-
- end-
-
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- engs
-
noun,
the symbol, ŋ, that, in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in the pronunciation alphabets of some dictionaries, represents the voiced velar nasal consonant indicated in English spelling by (ng), as in the pronunciations of cling [kling] /klɪŋ/ (Show IPA) and clink [klingk] /klɪŋk/ (Show IPA).
- 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.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- enow
-
adjective, adverb,
enough.
- iod-
-
- ins.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- INRI
-
- iso-
-
- ISSN
-
- Ens.
-
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- Dong
-
noun,
a deep sound like that of a large bell.
- dons
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- neon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- neo-
-
- DORE
-
noun,
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
- Doss
-
noun,
a place to sleep, especially in a cheap lodging house.
- iwis
-
adverb,
certainly.
- Down
-
noun,
a downward movement; descent.
- Dows
-
noun,
dhow.
- dreg
-
noun,
dregs, the sediment of liquids; lees; grounds.
- Drew
-
noun,
Charles Richard, 1904–50, U.S. physician: developer of blood-bank technique.
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- gds.
-
- eddo
-
noun,
the edible root of the taro or of any of several related plants.
- egis
-
noun,
aegis.
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- gird
-
noun,
a gibe.
- Gone
-
noun,
the act of going:
- Gond
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal people of Dravidian stock, in central India and the Deccan.
- gon-
-
- GOES
-
noun,
plural of go1 .
- Goer
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- giro
-
noun,
autogiro.
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- Gino
-
noun,
a male given name.
- gowd
-
noun,
gold.
- gids
-
- Gide
-
noun,
André (Paul Guillaume) [ahn-drey pawl gee-yohm] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ pɔl giˈyoʊm/ (Show IPA), 1869–1951, French novelist, essayist, poet, and critic: Nobel Prize 1947.
- Gers
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
- Gerd
-
noun,
the daughter of a giant and the consort of Frey, who wooed her through his servant Skirnir.
- Ger.
-
- geo-
-
- gens
-
noun,
a group of families in ancient Rome claiming descent from a common ancestor and united by a common name and common ancestral religious rites.
- Gen.
-
- Gore
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- gres
-
- IndE
-
- Esd.
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ign.
-
- ergs
-
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Ind.
-
- ESIS
-
- Grew
-
verb,
simple past tense of grow.
- eso-
-
- GWEN
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gwendolyn or Guenevere.
- Grow
-
noun,
Galusha Aaron [guh-loo-shuh] /gəˈlu ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1822–1907, U.S. political leader: Speaker of the House 1861–63.
- Gros
-
noun,
Antoine Jean [ahn-twan zhahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1771–1835, French painter.
- gro.
-
- Gris
-
noun,
Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), (José Vittoriano Gonzáles) 1887–1927, Spanish painter in France.
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- grid
-
noun,
a grating of crossed bars; gridiron.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- geds
-
noun,
any fish of the pike family.
- NEWS
-
noun,
a report of a recent event; intelligence; information:
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- ding
-
noun,
a ringing sound.
- nows
-
noun,
the present time or moment:
- Dino
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- nos-
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Din.
-
- Nord
-
noun,
a department in N France. 2229 sq. mi. (5770 sq. km). Capital: Lille.
- osis
-
- Nor.
-
- OSRD
-
- der.
-
- nong
-
noun,
a foolish, incompetent person.
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- digs
-
noun,
thrust; poke:
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- ogre
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- Dewi
-
noun,
Saint, David, Saint.
- dews
-
noun,
moisture condensed from the atmosphere, especially at night, and deposited in the form of small drops upon any cool surface.
- Den.
-
- Oder
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the NE Czech Republic, N through SW Poland and along the border between Germany and Poland into the Baltic. 562 miles (905 km) long.
- dig.
-
- Odds
-
noun,
the probability that something is so, will occur, or is more likely to occur than something else:
- deg.
-
- ord.
-
- org.
-
- Dido
-
noun,
a mischievous trick; prank; antic.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- non-
-
- 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.
- nogs
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- Doge
-
noun,
the chief magistrate in the former republics of Venice and Genoa.
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- doer
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- DEng
-
- owse
-
noun,
ox.
- dis-
-
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- owns
-
Idioms,
come into one's own,
to take possession of that which is due or owed one.
to receive the recognition that one's abilities merit:
- Dior
-
noun,
Christian [kris-chuh n;; French krees-tyahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; French krisˈtyɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1905–57, French fashion designer.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- owes
-
verb (used with object),
to be under obligation to pay or repay:
- dir.
-
- Owen
-
noun,
Sir Richard, 1804–92, English zoologist and anatomist.
- de-
-
- WSW
-
- SRS
-
- dd.
-
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- ss.
-
- SSI
-
- SSE
-
- gi.
-
- WOW
-
noun,
an extraordinary success:
- WWI
-
- DEd
-
- SSW
-
- Sw.
-
- DSO
-
- SSR
-
- DDS
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- DDR
-
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- SSN
-
- wos
-
noun,
woe.
- do.
-
- SOW
-
noun,
an adult female swine.
- Sr.
-
- GDR
-
- Gde
-
- SSD
-
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- DRG
-
- ed.
-
- eo-
-
- Eg.
-
- Wig
-
noun,
an artificial covering of hair for all or most of the head, of either synthetic or natural hair, worn to be stylish or more attractive.
- DWI
-
- DSW
-
- DSS
-
- Win
-
noun,
a victory, as in a game or horse race.
- DNR
-
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- DRE
-
- Dr.
-
- DOD
-
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- DOW
-
noun,
dhow.
- dog
-
noun,
a domesticated canid, Canis familiaris, bred in many varieties.
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- Doi
-
- EDD
-
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- ESR
-
- woe
-
noun,
grievous distress, affliction, or trouble:
- DEW
-
noun,
moisture condensed from the atmosphere, especially at night, and deposited in the form of small drops upon any cool surface.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- di.
-
- Won
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of North and South Korea, equal to 100 chon.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- wd.
-
- DID
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- wog
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to any nonwhite person, especially a dark-skinned native of the Middle East or Southeast Asia.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- 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.
- Wei
-
noun,
any of several dynasties that ruled in North China, especially one ruling a.d. 220–265 and one ruling a.d. 386–534.
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- WNW
-
- wen
-
noun,
Pathology. a benign encysted tumor of the skin, especially on the scalp, containing sebaceous matter; a sebaceous cyst.
- en-
-
- Wes
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Wesley.
- wid
-
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- DSR
-
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- Ged
-
noun,
any fish of the pike family.
- RSS
-
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- NNE
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROG
-
- ROI
-
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- NGO
-
noun,
1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
- New
-
noun,
something that is new; a new object, quality, condition, etc.:
- NES
-
- ROW
-
noun,
a number of persons or things arranged in a line, especially a straight line:
- Rs.
-
- RSE
-
- sd.
-
- rnd
-
- So.
-
- SRO
-
- SWG
-
- SDI
-
- SDR
-
- Ges
-
- se-
-
- SED
-
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- ne-
-
- NDE
-
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- OIr
-
- Re.
-
- Rd.
-
- own
-
Idioms,
come into one's own,
to take possession of that which is due or owed one.
to receive the recognition that one's abilities merit:
- OWI
-
- owe
-
verb (used with object),
to be under obligation to pay or repay:
- OSS
-
- ose
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ons
-
- ONR
-
- ONI
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- oid
-
- nog
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- ODD
-
noun,
something that is odd.
- OSD
-
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- OED
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- NWS
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- nr.
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- rig
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noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- now
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noun,
the present time or moment:
- rin
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- NSW
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- SDS
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- NNW
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- gre
-
- ine
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- in.
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- ier
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- IDS
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noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- Ido
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noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- io-
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- IWW
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noun,
an international industrial labor union, considered radical by many, that was organized in Chicago in 1905 and that disintegrated after 1920. Abbreviation: I.W.W., IWW.
- Sin
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noun,
transgression of divine law:
- id.
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- GSR
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- Gr.
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- INN
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noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- RDS
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- SIR
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noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Gor
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interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- sis
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noun,
sister.
- goi
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noun,
goy.
- God
-
noun,
the one Supreme Being, the creator and ruler of the universe.
- GIs
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noun,
a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt.
- sod
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noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- GIN
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noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- Son
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noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- ing
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- ide
-
- SID
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noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- Ir.
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- SER
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noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- ISR
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- IRS
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- SEN
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- Iwo
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noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- IRO
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- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- sew
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noun,
the amount of additional water necessary to float a grounded vessel.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ise
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- ior
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- Ios
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noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- R.
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- GO
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noun,
the act of going:
- IW
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- SN
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- RN
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- WW
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- GN
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ND
-
- OW
-
interjection,
(used especially as an expression of intense or sudden pain.)
- RI
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- N.
-
- 2D
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noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- 3D
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noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- D.
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- GD
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- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
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- DW
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- EW
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation expressing disgust, aversion, or the like):
- WG
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- NI
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- we
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- WO
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noun,
woe.
- WI
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- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- IG
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- w/
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- DN
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- RO
-
- RW
-
- S.
-
- SG
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- DG
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- NW
-
- O.
-
- OD
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noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- i.
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- GW
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- rg
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- OG
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- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- G.
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- NG
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