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- rocketries
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noun,
the science of rocket design, development, and flight.
- rencontres
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noun,
rencounter.
- stockrider
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noun,
a cowboy.
- interworks
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verb (used with object),
to work or weave together; interweave.
- reconsider
-
verb (used with object),
to consider again, especially with a view to change of decision or action:
- cornerwise
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adverb,
with the corner in front.
- Corrientes
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noun,
a port in NE Argentina, on the Paraná River.
- endocrines
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noun,
an internal secretion; hormone.
- internodes
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noun,
a part or space between two nodes, knots, or joints, as the portion of a plant stem between two nodes.
- cowinners
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noun,
one of two or more joint winners.
- rectories
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noun,
a rector's house; parsonage.
- endocrine
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noun,
an internal secretion; hormone.
- recension
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noun,
an editorial revision of a literary work, especially on the basis of critical examination of the text and the sources used.
- seed-corn
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noun,
ears or kernels of corn set apart as seed.
- rockeries
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noun,
rock garden.
- internode
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noun,
a part or space between two nodes, knots, or joints, as the portion of a plant stem between two nodes.
- neoterics
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noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- rencontre
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noun,
rencounter.
- Dickerson
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noun,
Eric Demetric [dih-me-trik] /dɪˈmɛ trɪk/ (Show IPA), born 1960, U.S. football player.
- interwork
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verb (used with object),
to work or weave together; interweave.
- desertion
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noun,
the act of deserting or the state of being deserted.
- condenser
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noun,
a person or thing that condenses.
- cretonnes
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noun,
a heavy cotton material in colorfully printed designs, used especially for drapery and slipcovers.
- redirects
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adjective,
Law. pertaining to the examination of a witness by the party calling him or her, after cross-examination.
- ironweeds
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noun,
any of certain North American composite plants of the genus Vernonia, having tubular, chiefly purple or red disk flowers.
- centroids
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noun,
Mechanics. the point that may be considered as the center of a one- or two-dimensional figure, the sum of the displacements of all points in the figure from such a point being zero.
Compare center of mass.
- secretion
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noun,
(in a cell or gland) the act or process of separating, elaborating, and releasing a substance that fulfills some function within the organism or undergoes excretion.
- noncredit
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adjective,
(of academic courses) carrying or conferring no official academic credit in a particular program or toward a particular degree or diploma.
- rosinweed
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noun,
any coarse, North American, composite plant of the genus Silphium, having a resinous juice and stalkless, paired leaves.
- wiresonde
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noun,
an instrument carried aloft by a captive balloon and sending temperature and humidity data over a wire cable.
- storewide
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adjective,
applying to all the merchandise or all the departments within a store:
- knotweeds
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noun,
any of several knotty-stemmed plants belonging to the genus Polygonum, of the buckwheat family.
- Worcester
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noun,
Joseph Emerson, 1784–1865, U.S. lexicographer.
- recondite
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adjective,
dealing with very profound, difficult, or abstruse subject matter:
- stinkweed
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noun,
any of various rank-smelling plants, as the jimson weed.
- resection
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noun,
Surveying. a technique of ascertaining the location of a point by taking bearings from the point on two other points of known location.
- recordist
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noun,
Also called sound recordist. Movies. the person in charge of sound recording on a film set.
Compare mixer.
- reckoners
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noun,
a person who reckons.
- tierceron
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noun,
(in a ribbed vault) a diagonal rib, other than an ogive, springing from a point of support.
- rockweeds
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noun,
a fucoid seaweed growing on rocks exposed at low tide.
- neck-rein
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verb (used with object),
to guide or direct (a horse) with the pressure of a rein on the opposite side of the neck from the direction in which the rider wishes to travel.
- reorients
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adjective,
Rare. rising anew.
- stickweed
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noun,
the ragweed.
- nonstick
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adjective,
having or providing a finish designed to prevent food from sticking during cooking or baking:
- director
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noun,
a person or thing that directs.
- discrete
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adjective,
apart or detached from others; separate; distinct:
- esoteric
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adjective,
understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite:
- discreet
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adjective,
judicious in one's conduct or speech, especially with regard to respecting privacy or maintaining silence about something of a delicate nature; prudent; circumspect.
- cretonne
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noun,
a heavy cotton material in colorfully printed designs, used especially for drapery and slipcovers.
- codeines
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noun,
a white, crystalline, slightly bitter alkaloid, C 18 H 21 NO 3 , obtained from opium, used in medicine chiefly as an analgesic or sedative and to inhibit coughing.
- reckoner
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noun,
a person who reckons.
- condense
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verb (used with object),
to make more dense or compact; reduce the volume or extent of; concentrate.
- tinworks
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noun,
an establishment for the mining or processing of tin or for the making of tinware.
- tie-down
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noun,
a device for tying something down.
- renowned
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adjective,
celebrated; famous.
- rewrites
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noun,
the news story rewritten.
- seicento
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noun,
the 17th century, with reference to the Italian art or literature of that period.
- discrown
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verb (used with object),
to deprive of a crown; dethrone; depose.
- deerskin
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noun,
the skin of a deer.
- erection
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noun,
the act of erecting.
- Torrence
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noun,
(Frederic) Ridgely [rij-lee] /ˈrɪdʒ li/ (Show IPA), 1875–1950, U.S. poet, playwright, and editor.
- downtick
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noun,
a decline or deterioration in business activity, in mood, etc.
- sickener
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noun,
something that sickens or disgusts.
- resident
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noun,
a person who resides in a place.
- drinkers
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noun,
a person who drinks.
- tricorns
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noun,
Also, tricorne. a hat with the brim turned up on three sides.
- doweries
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noun,
dowry.
- trendies
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noun,
a trendy person, place, object, or idea.
- cornered
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noun,
the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
- Townsend
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noun,
Francis Everett, 1867–1960, U.S. physician and proposer of the Townsend plan.
- dornicks
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noun,
a stout linen cloth, especially one of a damask linen.
- einkorns
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noun,
one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum monococcum, having a one-grained spikelet, now grown in limited areas of Europe and Asia.
- sit-down
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noun,
Informal. a period or instance of sitting, as to relax, talk, or the like:
- cowinner
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noun,
one of two or more joint winners.
- endnotes
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noun,
a note, as of explanation, emendation, or the like, added at the end of an article, chapter, etc.
- rentiers
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noun,
a person who has a fixed income, as from lands or bonds.
- restrike
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noun,
a coin freshly minted from dies of an earlier issue.
- cordites
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noun,
a smokeless, slow-burning powder composed of 30 to 58 percent nitroglycerin, 37 to 65 percent cellulose nitrate, and 5 to 6 percent mineral jelly.
- cowrites
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verb (used with object),
to coauthor.
- serotine
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- Eniwetok
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noun,
an atoll in the NW Marshall Islands: atomic and hydrogen bomb tests 1947–52.
- donicker
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noun,
bathroom; toilet.
- contends
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verb (used with object),
to assert or maintain earnestly:
- creditor
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noun,
a person or firm to whom money is due (opposed to debtor).
- doctrine
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noun,
a particular principle, position, or policy taught or advocated, as of a religion or government:
- reorient
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adjective,
Rare. rising anew.
- entwines
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verb (used with or without object),
to twine with, about, around, or together.
- consider
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verb (used with object),
to think carefully about, especially in order to make a decision; contemplate; reflect on:
- D-notice
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noun,
a government notice sent to newspapers or other publications requesting them to withhold information for reasons of state security.
- Dniester
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noun,
a river in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains to the Black Sea. About 875 miles (1410 km) long.
- tickseed
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noun,
any of various plants having seeds resembling ticks, as a coreopsis or the bugseed.
- indecent
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adjective,
offending against generally accepted standards of propriety or good taste; improper; vulgar:
- incenter
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noun,
the center of an inscribed circle; that point where the bisectors of the angles of a triangle or of a regular polygon intersect.
- derricks
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noun,
Machinery. a jib crane having a boom hinged near the base of the mast so as to rotate about the mast, for moving a load toward or away from the mast by raising or lowering the boom.
- Cerritos
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noun,
a city in SW California.
- crowners
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noun,
a person or thing that crowns.
- internes
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noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- rednecks
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noun,
an uneducated white farm laborer, especially from the South.
- crownets
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noun,
a coronet.
- destrier
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noun,
a war-horse; charger.
- introrse
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adjective,
turned or facing inward, as anthers that open toward the gynoecium.
- scienter
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noun,
a mental state in which one has knowledge that one’s action, statement, etc., is wrong, deceptive, or illegal: often used as a standard of guilt:
- ternions
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Desterro
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noun,
former name of Florianópolis.
- rockweed
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noun,
a fucoid seaweed growing on rocks exposed at low tide.
- winnocks
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noun,
window.
- redirect
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adjective,
Law. pertaining to the examination of a witness by the party calling him or her, after cross-examination.
- wreckers
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noun,
a person or thing that wrecks.
- red-rose
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noun,
the emblem of the royal house of Lancaster.
- stricken
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noun,
an act or instance of striking.
- ironweed
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noun,
any of certain North American composite plants of the genus Vernonia, having tubular, chiefly purple or red disk flowers.
- centners
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noun,
(in several European countries) a unit of weight of 50 kilograms, equivalent to 110.2 pounds avoirdupois.
- windsock
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noun,
a tapered, tubular cloth vane, open at both ends and having at the larger end a fixed ring pivoted to swing freely, installed at airports or elsewhere to indicate wind direction and approximate intensity.
- in-crowd
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noun,
in-group (def 1).
- knotweed
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noun,
any of several knotty-stemmed plants belonging to the genus Polygonum, of the buckwheat family.
- neoteric
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noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- diketone
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noun,
a compound containing two C=O groups, as CH 3 COCOCH 3 .
- centroid
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noun,
Mechanics. the point that may be considered as the center of a one- or two-dimensional figure, the sum of the displacements of all points in the figure from such a point being zero.
Compare center of mass.
- Redstone
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noun,
a U.S. surface-to-surface ballistic missile powered by a single rocket engine.
- kernites
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noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium borate, Na 2 B 4 O 7 ⋅4H 2 O, occurring in transparent colorless crystals: the principal source of boron compounds in the U.S.
- Roderick
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noun,
a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “glory” and “ruler.”.
- inkstone
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noun,
a slab of stone used in Chinese calligraphy and painting to grind dry ink and mix it with water.
- terrines
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noun,
a casserole dish made of pottery.
- crowdies
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noun,
a dish of meal, especially oatmeal and water, or sometimes milk, stirred together; gruel; brose; porridge.
- diestock
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noun,
a frame for holding a number of standard threaded dies for cutting screw threads.
- inserted
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- instroke
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noun,
a stroke traveling in an inward direction.
- secretin
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noun,
a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- serried
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adjective,
pressed together or compacted, as soldiers in rows:
- deontic
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adjective,
of or relating to duty and moral obligation as ethical concepts.
- dornick
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noun,
a stout linen cloth, especially one of a damask linen.
- dentins
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noun,
the hard, calcareous tissue, similar to but denser than bone, that forms the major portion of a tooth, surrounds the pulp cavity, and is situated beneath the enamel and cementum.
- Deniker
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noun,
Joseph [zhaw-zef] /ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1852–1918, French anthropologist and naturalist.
- denotes
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verb (used with object),
to be a mark or sign of; indicate:
- Denison
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noun,
a city in NE Texas.
- triodes
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noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- deniers
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noun,
a person who denies.
- orients
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- redskin
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noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a North American Indian.
- Oriente
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noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- wickers
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noun,
a slender, pliant twig; osier; withe.
- deicers
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noun,
a device or a chemical substance for preventing or removing ice.
- downers
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noun,
Informal.
a depressant or sedative drug, especially a barbiturate.
a depressing experience, person, or situation.
- seconde
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noun,
the second of the eight defensive positions.
- wickets
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noun,
a window or opening, often closed by a grating or the like, as in a door, or forming a place of communication in a ticket office, a teller's cage in a bank, etc.
- Derrick
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noun,
Machinery. a jib crane having a boom hinged near the base of the mast so as to rotate about the mast, for moving a load toward or away from the mast by raising or lowering the boom.
- dockets
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noun,
Also called trial docket. a list of cases in court for trial, or the names of the parties who have cases pending.
- derries
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noun,
a meaningless refrain or chorus in old songs.
- dickers
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noun,
a petty bargain.
- Dinesen
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noun,
Isak [ee-sahk] /ˈi sɑk/ (Show IPA), (pen name of Baroness Karen Blixen) 1885–1962, Danish author.
- oreides
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noun,
oroide.
- Weirton
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noun,
a city in N West Virginia, on the Ohio River.
- weirdos
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noun,
an odd, eccentric, or unconventional person.
- Records
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noun,
an act of recording.
- reckons
-
Verb phrases,
reckon with,
to include in consideration or planning; anticipate:
to deal with:
- diocese
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noun,
an ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
- directs
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adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- diester
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noun,
an organic compound that contains two ester groups.
- recites
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- Dickson
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noun,
Leonard Eugene, 1874–1954, U.S. mathematician.
- discern
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verb (used with object),
to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend:
- Dickens
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noun,
devil; deuce (usually preceded by the and often used in exclamations and as a mild imprecation):
- Derwent
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noun,
a river flowing N and W into Solway Firth, in N England. About 33 miles (53 km) long.
- section
-
noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- red-ink
-
noun,
a financial deficit; business loss.
- twinned
-
noun,
either of two children or animals brought forth at a birth.
- deticks
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verb (used with object),
to free (as livestock) of ticks, as by a chemical dip, spray, or dust.
- destine
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verb (used with object),
to set apart for a particular use, purpose, etc.; design; intend.
- docents
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noun,
privatdocent.
- dockers
-
noun,
a laborer on shipping docks; longshoreman.
- dineros
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- Western
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a story, movie, or radio or television play about the U.S. West of the 19th century.
- descent
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noun,
the act, process, or fact of moving from a higher to a lower position. Synonyms: falling, sinking; fall, drop.
- redneck
-
noun,
an uneducated white farm laborer, especially from the South.
- doeskin
-
noun,
the skin of a doe.
- Donetsk
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noun,
a city in E Ukraine, in the Donets Basin.
- dowries
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noun,
Also, dower. the money, goods, or estate that a wife brings to her husband at marriage.
- tinners
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- Dreiser
-
noun,
Theodore, 1871–1945, U.S. novelist.
- ternion
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- tendons
-
noun,
Anatomy. a cord or band of dense, tough, inelastic, white, fibrous tissue, serving to connect a muscle with a bone or part; sinew.
- Tenedos
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noun,
an island in the Aegean, near the entrance to the Dardanelles, belonging to Turkey.
- Teniers
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noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- tenners
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noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- tenrecs
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- network
-
noun,
any netlike combination of filaments, lines, veins, passages, or the like:
- ironers
-
noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- newtons
-
noun,
the standard unit of force in the International System of Units (SI), equal to the force that produces an acceleration of one meter per second per second on a mass of one kilogram. Abbreviation: N.
- tension
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noun,
the act of stretching or straining.
- teredos
-
noun,
a shipworm of the genus Teredo.
- introns
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- Nereids
-
noun,
any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.
- nickers
-
noun,
a person or thing that nicks.
- intones
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- interns
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- interne
-
noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- intense
-
adjective,
existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree:
- intens.
-
- intends
-
verb (used with object),
to have in mind as something to be done or brought about; plan:
- terries
-
noun,
the loop formed by the pile of a fabric when left uncut.
- terrine
-
noun,
a casserole dish made of pottery.
- Inkster
-
noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- tenders
-
noun,
the act of tendering; an offer of something for acceptance.
- Steiner
-
noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- indents
-
noun,
a toothlike notch or deep recess; indentation.
- steroid
-
noun,
any of a large group of fat-soluble organic compounds, as the sterols, bile acids, and sex hormones, most of which have specific physiological action.
- stonker
-
verb (used with object),
to hit hard; knock unconscious.
- storied
-
noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- stocker
-
noun,
a person or thing that stocks.
- stinker
-
noun,
a person or thing that stinks.
- Kirsten
-
noun,
a female given name, Scandinavian form of Christine.
- stridor
-
noun,
a harsh, grating, or creaking sound.
- Kinston
-
noun,
a city in E North Carolina.
- striker
-
noun,
a person or thing that strikes.
- kineto-
-
- sticker
-
noun,
a person or thing that sticks.
- sterno-
-
- keister
-
noun,
the buttocks; rump.
- ketones
-
noun,
any of a class of organic compounds containing a carbonyl group, CO, attached to two alkyl groups, as CH 3 COCH 3 or CH 3 COC 2 H 5 .
- kerries
-
noun,
one of an Irish breed of small, black dairy cattle.
- Swindon
-
noun,
a town and unitary authority in Wiltshire, in S England.
- necktie
-
noun,
a band of decorative fabric worn around the neck, under the collar, and tied in front to hang down the front of a shirt or to form a small bow.
- necrose
-
verb (used with or without object),
to affect or be affected with necrosis.
- kernite
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium borate, Na 2 B 4 O 7 ⋅4H 2 O, occurring in transparent colorless crystals: the principal source of boron compounds in the U.S.
- swonken
-
verb,
past participle of swink.
- nektons
-
noun,
the aggregate of actively swimming aquatic organisms in a body of water, able to move independently of water currents.
- stereo-
-
- Kendrew
-
noun,
John C(owdery) [koh-dree] /ˈkoʊ dri/ (Show IPA), 1917–97, English scientist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1962.
- indorse
-
verb (used with object),
endorse.
- indenes
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon, C 9 H 8 , obtained from coal tar by fractional distillation: used in synthesizing resins.
- orceins
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- encores
-
noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- entires
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- entices
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- enteron
-
noun,
the alimentary canal; the digestive tract.
- entero-
-
- enteric
-
noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- decries
-
verb (used with object),
to speak disparagingly of; denounce as faulty or worthless; express censure of:
- Skinner
-
noun,
a person or thing that skins.
- endrins
-
noun,
a highly toxic, chlorinated hydrocarbon, C 12 H 8 OCl 6 , formerly used as an insecticide.
- endorse
-
noun,
Heraldry. a narrow pale, about one quarter the usual width and usually repeated several times.
- endnote
-
noun,
a note, as of explanation, emendation, or the like, added at the end of an article, chapter, etc.
- encodes
-
verb (used with object),
to convert (a message, information, etc.) into code.
- entwine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to twine with, about, around, or together.
- Torrens
-
noun,
Lake, a salt lake in Australia, in E South Australia. 130 miles (210 km) long; 2400 sq. mi. (6220 sq. km); 25 feet (8 meters) below sea level.
- einkorn
-
noun,
one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum monococcum, having a one-grained spikelet, now grown in limited areas of Europe and Asia.
- oersted
-
noun,
the centimeter-gram-second unit of magnetic intensity, equal to the magnetic pole of unit strength when undergoing a force of one dyne in a vacuum. Abbreviation: Oe.
- sincere
-
adjective,
free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest:
- sidero-
-
- side-on
-
adverb,
with the side or sides foremost, especially in a collision:
- tricorn
-
noun,
Also, tricorne. a hat with the brim turned up on three sides.
- Sickert
-
noun,
Walter Richard, 1860–1942, English painter.
- drinker
-
noun,
a person who drinks.
- trienes
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- entries
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- enwinds
-
verb (used with object),
to wind or coil about; encircle.
- incense
-
noun,
an aromatic gum or other substance producing a sweet odor when burned, used in religious ceremonies, to enhance a mood, etc.
- snorter
-
noun,
a person or thing that snorts.
- tickers
-
noun,
a telegraphic receiving instrument that automatically prints stock prices, market reports, etc., on a paper tape.
- Ticknor
-
noun,
George, 1791–1871, U.S. literary historian and educator.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- tierced
-
adjective,
(of an escutcheon) divided vertically or horizontally into three equal parts.
- tierces
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- tinders
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- tinkers
-
noun,
a mender of pots, kettles, pans, etc., usually an itinerant.
- tinwork
-
noun,
something made of tin.
- noetics
-
noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- estrone
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- nonsked
-
noun,
a nonscheduled airline or plane:
- Tonnies
-
noun,
Ferdinand [fer-dee-nahnt] /ˈfɛr diˌnɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1855–1936, German sociologist.
- nonskid
-
adjective,
designed or constructed to prevent or reduce skidding:
- Erskine
-
noun,
John (Erskine of Carnock) 1695–1768, Scottish writer on law.
- erotics
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- norites
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- erodent
-
adjective,
eroding; erosive:
- snicker
-
noun,
a snickering laugh.
- Erikson
-
noun,
Erik (Homburger) [hom-bur-ger] /ˈhɒm bɜr gər/ (Show IPA), 1902–94, U.S. psychoanalyst, born in Germany.
- Ericson
-
noun,
Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- erector
-
noun,
Also, erecter. a person or thing that erects.
- notices
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- tonners
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- skirret
-
noun,
a plant, Sium sisarum, of the parsley family, cultivated in Europe for its edible tuberous root.
- donnees
-
noun,
a set of artistic or literary premises or assumptions.
- screwed
-
noun,
a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
- worsted
-
noun,
firmly twisted yarn or thread spun from combed, stapled wool fibers of the same length, for weaving, knitting, etc.
Compare woolen.
- renowns
-
noun,
widespread and high repute; fame.
- crinose
-
adjective,
hairy.
- cestoid
-
noun,
cestode.
- cestode
-
noun,
a parasitic platyhelminth or flatworm of the class Cestoda, which comprises the tapeworms.
- cronies
-
noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- rewinds
-
noun,
an act or instance of rewinding.
- crosier
-
noun,
a ceremonial staff carried by a bishop or an abbot, hooked at one end like a shepherd's crook.
- rennets
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- rowdies
-
noun,
a rough, disorderly person.
- credent
-
adjective,
Archaic. believing.
- crowned
-
noun,
any of various types of headgear worn by a monarch as a symbol of sovereignty, often made of precious metal and ornamented with valuable gems.
- coterie
-
noun,
a group of people who associate closely.
- crowner
-
noun,
a person or thing that crowns.
- conkers
-
noun,
a horse chestnut.
- crownet
-
noun,
a coronet.
- rockers
-
noun,
Also called runner. one of the curved pieces on which a cradle or a rocking chair rocks.
- centro-
-
- centri-
-
- centres
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- winnock
-
noun,
window.
- retires
-
noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- retired
-
noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- consent
-
noun,
permission, approval, or agreement; compliance; acquiescence:
- rewires
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with new wiring:
- rewords
-
verb (used with object),
to put into other words:
- centner
-
noun,
(in several European countries) a unit of weight of 50 kilograms, equivalent to 110.2 pounds avoirdupois.
- re-sort
-
verb (used with object),
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- Winters
-
noun,
Yvor [ahy-vawr] /ˈaɪ vɔr/ (Show IPA), 1900–68, U.S. poet and critic.
- codeine
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, slightly bitter alkaloid, C 18 H 21 NO 3 , obtained from opium, used in medicine chiefly as an analgesic or sedative and to inhibit coughing.
- rickets
-
noun,
a disease of childhood, characterized by softening of the bones as a result of inadequate intake of vitamin D and insufficient exposure to sunlight, also associated with impaired calcium and phosphorus metabolism.
- citrons
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- wonders
-
noun,
something strange and surprising; a cause of surprise, astonishment, or admiration:
- credits
-
noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- cowrite
-
verb (used with object),
to coauthor.
- cistron
-
noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- cistern
-
noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- Renwick
-
noun,
James, 1818–95, U.S. architect.
- cirrose
-
adjective,
having a cirrus or cirri.
- rescind
-
verb (used with object),
to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal.
- workers
-
noun,
a person or thing that works.
- coedits
-
verb (used with object),
to edit jointly with another.
- Winston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- worried
-
noun,
a worried condition or feeling; uneasiness or anxiety.
- reredos
-
noun,
a screen or a decorated part of the wall behind an altar in a church.
- rentier
-
noun,
a person who has a fixed income, as from lands or bonds.
- coesite
-
noun,
a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.
- rewrite
-
noun,
the news story rewritten.
- cretins
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- reworks
-
noun,
an act or instance of reworking:
- worries
-
noun,
a worried condition or feeling; uneasiness or anxiety.
- winkers
-
noun,
a person or thing that winks.
- cowskin
-
noun,
the skin of a cow.
- ctenoid
-
adjective,
comblike or pectinate; rough-edged.
- winders
-
noun,
a person or thing that winds.
- corners
-
noun,
the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
- screeno
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) (formerly) bingo played in a movie theater.
- deckers
-
noun,
something, as a ship or bed, having a specified number of decks, floors, levels, or the like (used in combination):
- Rockies
-
noun,
Rocky Mountains.
- contend
-
verb (used with object),
to assert or maintain earnestly:
- restock
-
verb (used with or without object),
to stock again; replenish.
- roister
-
verb (used without object),
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- rodents
-
noun,
a rodent mammal.
- wieners
-
noun,
frankfurter.
- cenotes
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- cordite
-
noun,
a smokeless, slow-burning powder composed of 30 to 58 percent nitroglycerin, 37 to 65 percent cellulose nitrate, and 5 to 6 percent mineral jelly.
- rockets
-
noun,
any of various simple or complex tubelike devices containing combustibles that on being ignited liberate gases whose action propels the tube through the air: used for pyrotechnic effect, signaling, carrying a lifeline, hurling explosives at an enemy, putting a space vehicle into orbit, etc.
- cornets
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- decerns
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to discern.
- corkers
-
noun,
a person or thing that corks.
- conster
-
verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- constr.
-
- renders
-
noun,
Building Trades. a first coat of plaster for a masonry surface.
- wrecker
-
noun,
a person or thing that wrecks.
- Windsor
-
noun,
(since 1917) a member of the present British royal family.
Compare Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (def 1).
- deceits
-
noun,
the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating:
- restore
-
verb (used with object),
to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish:
- endrin
-
noun,
a highly toxic, chlorinated hydrocarbon, C 12 H 8 OCl 6 , formerly used as an insecticide.
- Ronnie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- wisent
-
noun,
bison (def 2).
- endows
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a permanent fund or source of income:
- skewer
-
noun,
a long pin of wood or metal for inserting through meat or other food to hold or bind it in cooking.
- tinner
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- tinned
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- rework
-
noun,
an act or instance of reworking:
- socket
-
noun,
a hollow part or piece for receiving and holding some part or thing.
- tinker
-
noun,
a mender of pots, kettles, pans, etc., usually an itinerant.
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- cordis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the heart.
- corers
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- nocti-
-
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- coders
-
noun,
a person or device that translates information into a code.
- ockers
-
noun,
an uncultured Australian male.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- nitro-
-
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- torrid
-
adjective,
subject to parching or burning heat, especially of the sun, as a geographical area:
- nocent
-
adjective,
harmful; injurious.
- corker
-
noun,
a person or thing that corks.
- ickers
-
noun,
the fruit-bearing spike of any cereal plant, especially an ear of corn.
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- coedit
-
verb (used with object),
to edit jointly with another.
- corked
-
noun,
the outer bark of an oak, Quercus suber, of Mediterranean countries, used for making stoppers for bottles, floats, etc.
- encode
-
verb (used with object),
to convert (a message, information, etc.) into code.
- encore
-
noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- Wonder
-
noun,
something strange and surprising; a cause of surprise, astonishment, or admiration:
- tiered
-
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.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- tinder
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- Enders
-
noun,
John Franklin, 1897–1985, U.S. bacteriologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1954.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- todies
-
noun,
any of several small West Indian birds of the family Todidae, related to the motmots and kingfishers, having brightly colored green and red plumage.
- Enesco
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1955, Romanian violinist, composer, and conductor: teacher of Yehudi Menuhin.
- entice
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- Norris
-
noun,
Charles Gilman, 1881–1945, U.S. novelist and editor.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- Wister
-
noun,
Owen, 1860–1938, U.S. novelist.
- conker
-
noun,
a horse chestnut.
- Tonkin
-
noun,
a former state in N French Indochina, now part of Vietnam.
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- erenow
-
adverb,
before this time.
- erodes
-
verb (used with object),
to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration:
Synonyms: corrode, waste, ravage, spoil.
Antonyms: strengthen, reinforce.
- contd.
-
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- retro-
-
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- Connie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Constance.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- tonner
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- tonnes
-
noun,
metric ton.
- retire
-
noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- enter-
-
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- nonces
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- escent
-
- widens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become wide or wider; broaden; expand.
- reword
-
verb (used with object),
to put into other words:
- contr.
-
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- Esenin
-
noun,
Sergey Aleksandrovich [Russian syir-gyey uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Yesenin, Sergey Aleksandrovich.
- enwind
-
verb (used with object),
to wind or coil about; encircle.
- contin
-
- escrow
-
noun,
a contract, deed, bond, or other written agreement deposited with a third person, by whom it is to be delivered to the grantee or promisee on the fulfillment of some condition.
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- nonets
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- rewind
-
noun,
an act or instance of rewinding.
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- cokers
-
noun,
Often, cokers. an inhabitant of the mountains of the coal-mining regions of West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
- nowise
-
adverb,
noway.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- rewire
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with new wiring:
- rewins
-
verb (used with object),
to win back or again.
- Nordic
-
noun,
a member of the Nordic people, especially a Scandinavian.
- Noreen
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish diminutive of Nora.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- worker
-
noun,
a person or thing that works.
- ricers
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- Necker
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1732–1804, French statesman, born in Switzerland.
- Kerwin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- censer
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- censor
-
noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- necro-
-
- Center
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- kernos
-
noun,
a Mycenaean ceramic piece, usually in the form of a ring, to which were attached a number of cups or vases.
- centi-
-
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- rocket
-
noun,
any of various simple or complex tubelike devices containing combustibles that on being ignited liberate gases whose action propels the tube through the air: used for pyrotechnic effect, signaling, carrying a lifeline, hurling explosives at an enemy, putting a space vehicle into orbit, etc.
- Kenton
-
noun,
Stan(ley Newcomb) 1912–79, U.S. jazz composer, pianist, and bandleader.
- nekton
-
noun,
the aggregate of actively swimming aquatic organisms in a body of water, able to move independently of water currents.
- cenote
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- centr-
-
- Kenner
-
noun,
a city in SE Louisiana, near New Orleans.
- Centre
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- steno-
-
- Nereid
-
noun,
any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.
- Kedron
-
noun,
Kidron.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- Nerine
-
noun,
any of several bulbous plants belonging to the genus Nerine, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having funnel-shaped red, pink, or white flowers.
- Nernst
-
noun,
Walther Herman [vahl-tuh r her-mahn] /ˈvɑl tər ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1941, German physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1920.
- tender
-
noun,
the act of tendering; an offer of something for acceptance.
- ketone
-
noun,
any of a class of organic compounds containing a carbonyl group, CO, attached to two alkyl groups, as CH 3 COCH 3 or CH 3 COC 2 H 5 .
- ketose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that contains a ketone group.
- tendon
-
noun,
Anatomy. a cord or band of dense, tough, inelastic, white, fibrous tissue, serving to connect a muscle with a bone or part; sinew.
- wriest
-
adjective,
superlative of wry.
- koines
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) an amalgam of Greek dialects, chiefly Attic and Ionic, that replaced the Classical Greek dialects in the Hellenistic period and flourished under the Roman Empire.
- stoker
-
noun,
a person or thing that stokes.
- Kosice
-
noun,
a city in SE Slovakia.
- knowns
-
noun,
a known quantity.
- Koweit
-
noun,
Kuwait.
- stoked
-
adjective,
exhilarated; excited.
- writes
-
Verb phrases,
write down,
to set down in writing; record; note.
to direct one's writing to a less intelligent reader or audience:
- writer
-
noun,
a person engaged in writing books, articles, stories, etc., especially as an occupation or profession; an author or journalist.
- stinko
-
adjective,
drunk.
- streek
-
verb (used with object),
to stretch (one's limbs), as on awakening or by exercise.
- strick
-
noun,
a group of any of the major bast fibers, as flax or jute, prepared for conversion into sliver form.
- stride
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- necked
-
noun,
the part of the body of an animal or human being that connects the head and the trunk.
- wricks
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
wrench; strain.
- rodent
-
noun,
a rodent mammal.
- strike
-
noun,
an act or instance of striking.
- roster
-
noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- wrecks
-
noun,
any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- strode
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- stroke
-
noun,
the act or an instance of striking, as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; a blow.
- stewed
-
noun,
a preparation of meat, fish, or other food cooked by stewing, especially a mixture of meat and vegetables.
- Rockne
-
noun,
Knute (Kenneth) [noot] /nut/ (Show IPA), 1888–1931, U.S. football coach, born in Norway.
- Kidron
-
noun,
a ravine E of Jerusalem, leading to the Mount of Olives: traditionally identified by Jewish, Christian, and Muslim religions as the Valley of Decision, the place of final judgment. Joel 3:2, 12.
- Sweden
-
noun,
a kingdom in N Europe, in the E part of the Scandinavian Peninsula. 173,732 sq. mi. (449,964 sq. km). Capital: Stockholm.
- Rocker
-
noun,
Also called runner. one of the curved pieces on which a cradle or a rocking chair rocks.
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- ticker
-
noun,
a telegraphic receiving instrument that automatically prints stock prices, market reports, etc., on a paper tape.
- sonnet
-
noun,
Prosody. a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being in the strict or Italian form divided into a major group of 8 lines (the octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet), and in a common English form into 3 quatrains followed by a couplet.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- cinder
-
noun,
a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
- riders
-
noun,
a person who rides a horse or other animal, a bicycle, etc.
- intern
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- inter.
-
- rident
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- cirro-
-
- intend
-
verb (used with object),
to have in mind as something to be done or brought about; plan:
- instr.
-
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- insect
-
noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- worked
-
noun,
exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- intoed
-
adjective,
having inwardly turned toes.
- Terris
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Indore
-
noun,
a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Citron
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- indent
-
noun,
a toothlike notch or deep recess; indentation.
- indene
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon, C 9 H 8 , obtained from coal tar by fractional distillation: used in synthesizing resins.
- ticked
-
noun,
a slight, sharp, recurring click, tap, or beat, as of a clock.
- wonted
-
noun,
custom; habit; practice:
- incorr
-
- nitons
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- ciders
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- intone
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- Tenner
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- tenson
-
noun,
a Provençal poem taking the form of a dialogue or debate between two rival troubadours.
- tennis
-
noun,
a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with rackets, in which a ball is driven back and forth over a low net that divides the court in half.
- nested
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- tenons
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- tenrec
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- rowens
-
noun,
Chiefly Northern U.S. the second crop of grass or hay in a season; aftermath.
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- Newton
-
noun,
the standard unit of force in the International System of Units (SI), equal to the force that produces an acceleration of one meter per second per second on a mass of one kilogram. Abbreviation: N.
- 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.
- ironer
-
noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- worset
-
noun, adjective,
worsted.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- intown
-
adjective,
being in the central or metropolitan area of a city or town:
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- teredo
-
noun,
a shipworm of the genus Teredo.
- worser
-
adjective, adverb,
worse.
- Nicene
-
adjective,
of or relating to Nicaea.
- sorted
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- nicker
-
noun,
a person or thing that nicks.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- worsen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become worse.
- intron
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- intro.
-
- sirree
-
noun,
(used as an intensive with no or yes):
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- resort
-
noun,
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
- renter
-
noun,
a person or organization that holds, or has the use of, property by payment of rent.
- sennet
-
noun,
any of several small barracudas, as Sphyraena borealis (northern sennet) ranging along the eastern coast of North and Central America.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- twines
-
noun,
a strong thread or string composed of two or more strands twisted together.
- Sender
-
noun,
a person or thing that sends.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- distr.
-
- disown
-
verb (used with object),
to refuse to acknowledge as belonging or pertaining to oneself; deny the ownership of or responsibility for; repudiate; renounce:
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- disco-
-
- Winsor
-
noun,
Justin, 1831–97, U.S. librarian and historian.
- crewed
-
noun,
a group of persons involved in a particular kind of work or working together:
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- Renton
-
noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- criers
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- direct
-
adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- reckon
-
Verb phrases,
reckon with,
to include in consideration or planning; anticipate:
to deal with:
- renown
-
noun,
widespread and high repute; fame.
- Renoir
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1894–1979, French film director and writer.
- weirdo
-
noun,
an odd, eccentric, or unconventional person.
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- dinner
-
noun,
the main meal of the day, eaten in the evening or at midday.
- Weirds
-
noun,
fate; destiny.
- Cronin
-
noun,
A(rchibald) J(oseph) 1896–1981, Scottish novelist and physician in the U.S.
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- Dnestr
-
noun,
Russian name of Dniester.
- twicer
-
noun,
Slang. a two-time loser.
- screed
-
noun,
a long discourse or essay, especially a diatribe.
- donees
-
noun,
a person to whom a gift is made.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- cowers
-
verb (used without object),
to crouch, as in fear or shame.
- cowrie
-
noun,
the highly polished, usually brightly colored shell of a marine gastropod of the genus Cypraea, as that of C. moneta (money cowrie) used as money in certain parts of Asia and Africa, or that of C. tigris, used for ornament.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- dories
-
noun,
a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides.
- Doreen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- donsie
-
adjective,
Midland U.S. somewhat sick, weak, or lacking in vitality; not completely well.
- trokes
-
noun,
truck2 (defs 4–7).
- stoned
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- donnee
-
noun,
a set of artistic or literary premises or assumptions.
- Donets
-
noun,
a river rising in the SW Russian Federation near Belgorod, flowing SE through Ukraine to the Don River. About 650 miles (1045 km) long.
- Ostend
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Belgium.
- sennit
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- Serkin
-
noun,
Rudolf [roo-dolf;; German roo-dawlf] /ˈru dɒlf;; German ˈruˌdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1903–91, U.S. pianist, born in Bohemia.
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- credit
-
noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- tweeds
-
noun,
a coarse wool cloth in a variety of weaves and colors, either hand-spun and handwoven in Scotland or reproduced, often by machine, elsewhere.
- eikons
-
noun,
icon (defs 1, 2).
- credos
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed.
- docket
-
noun,
Also called trial docket. a list of cases in court for trial, or the names of the parties who have cases pending.
- Winter
-
noun,
the cold season between autumn and spring in northern latitudes (in the Northern Hemisphere from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox; in the Southern Hemisphere from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox).
- docker
-
noun,
a laborer on shipping docks; longshoreman.
- owners
-
noun,
a person who owns; possessor; proprietor.
- docent
-
noun,
privatdocent.
- diners
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- dinero
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- dorser
-
noun,
dosser1 .
- denies
-
Idioms,
deny oneself, to refrain from satisfying one's desires or needs; practice self-denial.
- redoes
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- Wiener
-
noun,
frankfurter.
- Denton
-
noun,
a city in N Texas.
- dentin
-
noun,
the hard, calcareous tissue, similar to but denser than bone, that forms the major portion of a tooth, surrounds the pulp cavity, and is situated beneath the enamel and cementum.
- denti-
-
- dentes
-
noun,
plural of dens.
- deceit
-
noun,
the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating:
- denote
-
verb (used with object),
to be a mark or sign of; indicate:
- Dennis
-
noun,
John, 1657–1734, English dramatist and critic.
- decent
-
adjective,
conforming to the recognized standard of propriety, good taste, modesty, etc., as in behavior or speech.
- Denise
-
noun,
a female given name: derived from Denis.
- decern
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to discern.
- denier
-
noun,
a person who denies.
- Weston
-
noun,
Edward, 1886–1958, U.S. photographer.
- wicked
-
noun,
a bundle or loose twist or braid of soft threads, or a woven strip or tube, as of cotton or asbestos, which in a candle, lamp, oil stove, cigarette lighter, or the like, serves to draw up the melted tallow or wax or the oil or other flammable liquid to be burned.
- Widnes
-
noun,
a city in NW England, just E of Liverpool, on the Mersey River.
- wicker
-
noun,
a slender, pliant twig; osier; withe.
- decker
-
noun,
something, as a ship or bed, having a specified number of decks, floors, levels, or the like (used in combination):
- wicket
-
noun,
a window or opening, often closed by a grating or the like, as in a door, or forming a place of communication in a ticket office, a teller's cage in a bank, etc.
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- deices
-
verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- deicer
-
noun,
a device or a chemical substance for preventing or removing ice.
- Reiner
-
noun,
Fritz, 1888–1963, Hungarian conductor in the U.S.
- second
-
noun,
a second part.
- secern
-
verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- decors
-
noun,
style or mode of decoration, as of a room, building, or the like:
- winces
-
noun,
a wincing or shrinking movement; a slight start.
- Winder
-
noun,
a person or thing that winds.
- Rennie
-
noun,
John, 1761–1821, Scottish engineer.
- Crowns
-
noun,
any of various types of headgear worn by a monarch as a symbol of sovereignty, often made of precious metal and ornamented with valuable gems.
- record
-
noun,
an act of recording.
- crores
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- Weiser
-
noun,
(Johann) Conrad, 1696–1760, American colonial Indian agent and interpreter, born in Germany.
- rennet
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- crowds
-
noun,
a large number of persons gathered closely together; throng:
- Rennes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Ille-et-Vilaine, in NW France: former capital of Brittany; scene of trial of Alfred Dreyfus, 1899.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- dienes
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- recti-
-
- Rector
-
noun,
a member of the clergy in charge of a parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
- dicots
-
noun,
a dicotyledon.
- rectos
-
- dicker
-
noun,
a petty bargain.
- screen
-
noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- renins
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- Werner
-
noun,
Alfred [al-fred,, -frid;; German ahl-freyt] /ˈæl frɛd,, -frɪd;; German ˈɑl freɪt/ (Show IPA), 1866–1919, Swiss chemist: Nobel prize 1913.
- weskit
-
noun,
a vest or waistcoat.
- Winner
-
noun,
a person or thing that wins; victor.
- detick
-
verb (used with object),
to free (as livestock) of ticks, as by a chemical dip, spray, or dust.
- deters
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- Wester
-
noun,
a wind or storm coming from the west.
- winker
-
noun,
a person or thing that winks.
- cteno-
-
- desire
-
noun,
a longing or craving, as for something that brings satisfaction or enjoyment:
- desert
-
noun,
a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all:
Synonyms: waste, wasteland, barren wilderness.
- render
-
noun,
Building Trades. a first coat of plaster for a masonry surface.
- Derris
-
noun,
any East Indian plant belonging to the genus Derris, of the legume family, especially D. elliptica, the roots of which contain rotenone and are used as an insecticide.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- Dorset
-
noun,
1st Earl of, Thomas Sackville.
- orders
-
noun,
an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- sinker
-
noun,
a person or thing that sinks.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- towser
-
noun,
a big dog.
- sinner
-
noun,
a person who sins; transgressor.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- Corner
-
noun,
the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
- Edirne
-
noun,
a city in NW Turkey, in the European part.
- Corrie
-
noun,
a circular hollow in the side of a hill or mountain.
- sicken
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become sick.
- corned
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- drecks
-
noun,
excrement; dung.
- triers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- oreide
-
noun,
oroide.
- dowser
-
noun,
Also called dowsing rod [dou-zing] /ˈdaʊ zɪŋ/ (Show IPA). divining rod.
- COSINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- wirers
-
noun,
a person who wires.
- editor
-
noun,
a person having managerial and sometimes policy-making responsibility related to the writing, compilation, and revision of content for a publishing firm or for a newspaper, magazine, or other publication:
- Corwin
-
noun,
Norman (Lewis) 1910–2011, U.S. radio and stage dramatist and novelist.
- reside
-
noun,
a piece or section of siding:
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- trends
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- tricks
-
noun,
a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
- Ondine
-
noun,
undine.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- drowse
-
noun,
a sleepy condition; state of being half-asleep.
- drowns
-
Verb phrases,
drown in,
to be overwhelmed by:
to be covered with or enveloped in:
- sicker
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) sick persons collectively (usually preceded by the).
- reskin
-
verb (used with object),
to replace or repair the exterior surface or coating of:
- droits
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- sindon
-
noun,
cloth of fine linen or silk, used especially for shrouds.
- drinks
-
noun,
any liquid that is swallowed to quench thirst, for nourishment, etc.; beverage.
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- onside
-
adjective, adverb,
not offside; being within the prescribed line or area at the beginning of or during play or a play.
- Eckert
-
noun,
John Presper [pres-per] /ˈprɛs pər/ (Show IPA), 1919–95, U.S. engineer and computer pioneer.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- Ecorse
-
noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- driest
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- Townie
-
noun,
a resident of a town, especially a nonstudent resident of a college town.
- Edison
-
noun,
Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- trikes
-
noun,
tricycle.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Odense
-
noun,
a seaport on Fyn island, in S Denmark.
- downer
-
noun,
Informal.
a depressant or sedative drug, especially a barbiturate.
a depressing experience, person, or situation.
- Towers
-
noun,
a building or structure high in proportion to its lateral dimensions, either isolated or forming part of a building.
- triode
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- eiders
-
noun,
eider duck.
- resend
-
verb (used with object),
to send again.
- dowers
-
noun,
Law. the portion of a deceased husband's real property allowed to his widow for her lifetime.
- dorter
-
noun,
a dormitory, especially in a monastery.
- resect
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- Towner
-
noun,
a person who lives in a town or city.
- dorsi-
-
- Townes
-
noun,
Charles Hard, 1915–2015, U.S. physicist and educator: Nobel Prize in physics 1964.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- sect.
-
- reeks
-
noun,
a strong, unpleasant smell.
- needs
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- sito-
-
- ster.
-
- retd.
-
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- redes
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- reni-
-
- 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.
- ronde
-
noun,
a typeface imitative of upright, somewhat angular, handwriting.
- siker
-
adverb,
certainly; without doubt.
- Skene
-
noun,
(in the ancient Greek theater) a structure facing the audience and forming the background before which performances were given.
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- 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.
- Kosti
-
noun,
a city in E central Sudan, on the White Nile.
- nerds
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- Sidon
-
noun,
a city of ancient Phoenicia: site of modern Saida.
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- Scot.
-
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- skite
-
noun,
a quick, oblique blow or stroke; a chopping blow.
- scrod
-
noun,
a young Atlantic codfish or haddock, especially one split for cooking.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- rect.
-
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- renew
-
verb (used with object),
to begin or take up again, as an acquaintance, a conversation, etc.; resume.
- restr
-
- screw
-
noun,
a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
- Odets
-
noun,
Clifford, 1906–63, U.S. dramatist.
- 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.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- skeet
-
noun,
a form of trapshooting in which two traps are used and targets are hurled singly or in pairs at varying elevations and speeds so as to simulate the angles of flight taken by game birds.
- redos
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- skete
-
noun,
a settlement of monks or ascetics.
- Sino-
-
- stink
-
noun,
a strong offensive smell; stench.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- stick
-
noun,
a branch or shoot of a tree or shrub that has been cut or broken off.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- skein
-
noun,
a length of yarn or thread wound on a reel or swift preparatory for use in manufacturing.
- Redon
-
noun,
Odilon [ohd-l-on;; French aw-dee-lawn] /ˈoʊd lˌɒn;; French ɔ diˈlɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1840–1916, French painter and etcher.
- Rodin
-
noun,
(François) Auguste (René) [frahn-swa oh-gyst ruh-ney] /frɑ̃ˈswa oʊˈgüst rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1840–1917, French sculptor.
- stoke
-
noun,
a unit of kinematic viscosity, equal to the viscosity of a fluid in poises divided by the density of the fluid in grams per cubic centimeter.
- skint
-
adjective,
having no money; penniless.
- skirt
-
noun,
the part of a gown, dress, slip, or coat that extends downward from the waist.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- rocks
-
noun,
a large mass of stone forming a hill, cliff, promontory, or the like.
- skirr
-
noun,
a grating or whirring sound.
- krone
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Denmark, equal to 100 öre. Abbreviation: Kr., kr.
- rends
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- oinks
-
noun,
the squealing or grunting sound made by a pig.
- stirk
-
noun,
a young bull or cow, especially one in its second year.
- sinew
-
noun,
a tendon.
- 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.
- Ocker
-
noun,
an uncultured Australian male.
- Skier
-
noun,
a person who skis.
- Stock
-
noun,
a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- necks
-
noun,
the part of the body of an animal or human being that connects the head and the trunk.
- skied
-
noun,
one of a pair of long, slender runners made of wood, plastic, or metal used in gliding over snow.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- ricks
-
noun,
Also, hayrick. Chiefly Midland U.S. a large, usually rectangular stack or pile of hay, straw, corn, or the like, in a field, especially when thatched or covered by a tarpaulin; an outdoor or makeshift mow.
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- 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.).
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Seric
-
- Owens
-
noun,
Jesse (John Cleveland) 1913–80, U.S. athlete.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- owner
-
noun,
a person who owns; possessor; proprietor.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Nikon
-
noun,
1605–81, patriarch of Russian Orthodox Church 1652–66.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- sero-
-
- oste-
-
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Orrin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- seti-
-
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- serow
-
noun,
a goat antelope of the genus Capricornis, of eastern Asia, related to the goral: the Sumatran serow is endangered.
- noct-
-
- ricer
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- sodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or containing sodium:
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- sewer
-
noun,
an artificial conduit, usually underground, for carrying off waste water and refuse, as in a town or city.
- soken
-
noun,
a district held by socage.
- sonde
-
noun,
a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- nonce
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- nitr-
-
- ordn.
-
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- orris
-
noun,
an iris, Iris germanica florentina, having a fragrant rootstock.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- newts
-
noun,
any of several brilliantly colored salamanders of the family Salamandridae, especially those of the genera Triturus and Notophthalmus, of North America, Europe, and northern Asia.
- sneck
-
noun,
a door latch or its lever.
- recks
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to have regard for; mind; heed.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- noted
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- 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.
- 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.
- Seder
-
noun,
a ceremonial dinner that commemorates the Exodus from Egypt and includes the reading of the Haggadah and the eating of symbolic foods, generally held on the first night of Passover by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel and on both the first and second nights by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside of Israel.
- riser
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- steed
-
noun,
a horse, especially a high-spirited one.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- 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.
- steek
-
verb (used with object),
to shut, close, fasten or lock (a window, door, or the like).
- Rowen
-
noun,
Chiefly Northern U.S. the second crop of grass or hay in a season; aftermath.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- sicko
-
noun,
sickie (def 1).
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- snick
-
noun,
a small cut; nick.
- snoek
-
noun,
a long, slender marine food fish, Thyrsites atun, of the family Gempylidae, of the southern oceans.
- Nicks
-
noun,
a small notch, groove, chip, or the like, cut into or existing in something.
- order
-
noun,
an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- Rider
-
noun,
a person who rides a horse or other animal, a bicycle, etc.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- rewin
-
verb (used with object),
to win back or again.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- scend
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- Norw.
-
- Recit
-
- rinks
-
noun,
a smooth expanse of ice for ice-skating, often artificially prepared and inside a building or arena.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- scoke
-
noun,
pokeweed.
- nocks
-
noun,
a metal or plastic piece at the end of an arrow, having a notch for the bowstring.
- Koner
-
noun,
Pauline, 1905–2000, U.S. dancer and choreographer.
- weird
-
noun,
fate; destiny.
- dict.
-
- diene
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- wends
-
noun,
a member of a Slavic people of E Germany; Sorb.
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- weirs
-
noun,
a small dam in a river or stream.
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- dinks
-
noun,
dinghy.
- dints
-
noun,
force; power:
- Dicks
-
noun,
Older Use. a detective.
- Dione
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
- weens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to think; suppose.
- Weeks
-
noun,
a period of seven successive days, usually understood as beginning with Sunday and ending with Saturday.
- dirks
-
noun,
a dagger, especially of the Scottish Highlands.
- weeds
-
noun,
weeds, mourning garments:
- dirts
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- disc.
-
- dist.
-
- twink
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
wink1 .
- dicot
-
noun,
a dicotyledon.
- dices
-
Idioms,
no dice, Informal. of no use or help; ineffective.
- twine
-
noun,
a strong thread or string composed of two or more strands twisted together.
- deice
-
verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- decks
-
noun,
Nautical.
a floorlike surface wholly or partially occupying one level of a hull, superstructure, or deckhouse, generally cambered, and often serving as a member for strengthening the structure of a vessel.
the space between such a surface and the next such surface above:
- wides
-
noun,
Cricket. a bowled ball that goes wide of the wicket, and counts as a run for the side batting.
- decor
-
noun,
style or mode of decoration, as of a room, building, or the like:
- decos
-
noun,
art deco.
- widen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become wide or wider; broaden; expand.
- deers
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- Wicks
-
noun,
a bundle or loose twist or braid of soft threads, or a woven strip or tube, as of cotton or asbestos, which in a candle, lamp, oil stove, cigarette lighter, or the like, serves to draw up the melted tallow or wax or the oil or other flammable liquid to be burned.
- deets
-
plural noun,
details:
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- Weser
-
noun,
a river in Germany, flowing N from S Lower Saxony into the North Sea. About 300 miles (485 km) long.
- dekes
-
noun,
a fake or feint intended to deceive a defensive player, often drawing that player out of position.
- denes
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- dense
-
adjective,
having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact:
- dent.
-
- dents
-
noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- Derek
-
noun,
a male given name.
- desc.
-
- deter
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- twice
-
adverb,
two times, as in succession:
- wince
-
noun,
a wincing or shrinking movement; a slight start.
- drier
-
noun,
a person or thing that dries.
- dowse
-
noun,
British Dialect. a stroke or blow.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- dreck
-
noun,
excrement; dung.
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- drees
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- dreks
-
noun,
dreck.
- drest
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- Drews
-
noun,
Charles Richard, 1904–50, U.S. physician: developer of blood-bank technique.
- dries
-
noun,
a plural of dry.
- Downs
-
noun,
a downward movement; descent.
- drink
-
noun,
any liquid that is swallowed to quench thirst, for nourishment, etc.; beverage.
- droit
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- drone
-
noun,
the male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no honey.
- drown
-
Verb phrases,
drown in,
to be overwhelmed by:
to be covered with or enveloped in:
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- trick
-
noun,
a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- trews
-
noun,
close-fitting tartan trousers, worn especially by certain Scottish regiments.
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- trike
-
noun,
tricycle.
- dowie
-
adjective,
dull; melancholy; dismal.
- docks
-
noun,
a landing pier.
- troke
-
noun,
truck2 (defs 4–7).
- Tweed
-
noun,
a coarse wool cloth in a variety of weaves and colors, either hand-spun and handwoven in Scotland or reproduced, often by machine, elsewhere.
- doers
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- trows
-
verb (used with or without object),
to believe, think, or suppose.
- doest
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- doits
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- donec
-
conjunction,
(in prescriptions) until.
- donee
-
noun,
a person to whom a gift is made.
- Donne
-
noun,
John, 1573–1631, English poet and clergyman.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- dower
-
noun,
Law. the portion of a deceased husband's real property allowed to his widow for her lifetime.
- Doric
-
noun,
a dialect of ancient Greek spoken on Rhodes and other islands of the Dodecanese, in Crete, in Syracuse, and in all of the Peloponnesus except Arcadia.
- Doris
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids.
- dorks
-
noun,
Slang. a silly, out-of-touch person who tends to look odd or behave ridiculously around others; a social misfit:
Synonyms: jerk, schmo; nerd, geek.
- dorrs
-
noun,
dor1 .
- Koine
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) an amalgam of Greek dialects, chiefly Attic and Ionic, that replaced the Classical Greek dialects in the Hellenistic period and flourished under the Roman Empire.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- dorts
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- dotes
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- deci-
-
- winds
-
noun,
air in natural motion, as that moving horizontally at any velocity along the earth's surface:
- ecto-
-
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- worse
-
noun,
that which is worse.
- cider
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- cine-
-
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- works
-
noun,
exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cert.
-
- wonks
-
noun,
a student who spends much time studying and has little or no social life; grind.
- coder
-
noun,
a person or device that translates information into a code.
- codes
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- coeds
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- woken
-
noun,
a watching, or a watch kept, especially for some solemn or ceremonial purpose.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Coker
-
noun,
Often, cokers. an inhabitant of the mountains of the coal-mining regions of West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
- cokes
-
noun,
the solid product resulting from the destructive distillation of coal in an oven or closed chamber or by imperfect combustion, consisting principally of carbon: used chiefly as a fuel in metallurgy to reduce metallic oxides to metals.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- Cerro
-
noun,
a hill or peak.
- wites
-
noun,
a fine imposed by a king or lord on a subject who committed a serious crime.
a fee demanded for granting a special privilege.
- cedis
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- 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.
- wrote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of write.
- 30-30
-
- write
-
Verb phrases,
write down,
to set down in writing; record; note.
to direct one's writing to a less intelligent reader or audience:
- wrist
-
noun,
the carpus or lower part of the forearm where it joins the hand.
- wrier
-
adjective,
comparative of wry.
- wrick
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
wrench; strain.
- wrest
-
noun,
a wresting; twist or wrench.
- cedes
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- wreck
-
noun,
any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- worts
-
noun,
the unfermented or fermenting infusion of malt that after fermentation becomes beer or mash.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- cent.
-
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- worst
-
noun,
that which is worst.
- cero-
-
- Woden
-
noun,
the chief god of the pagan Anglo-Saxons, identified with the Scandinavian Odin.
- Conde
-
noun,
Louis II de Bourbon [lwee,, duh boor-bawn] /lwi,, də burˈbɔ̃/ (Show IPA), Prince de (Duc d'Enghien"the Great Condé") 1621–86, French general.
- 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.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- Creek
-
noun,
U.S., Canada, and Australia. a stream smaller than a river.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- crews
-
noun,
a group of persons involved in a particular kind of work or working together:
- cried
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- crier
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- Credo
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed.
- crit.
-
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- cronk
-
adjective,
sick or feeble.
- crore
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- crowd
-
noun,
a large number of persons gathered closely together; throng:
- Crown
-
noun,
any of various types of headgear worn by a monarch as a symbol of sovereignty, often made of precious metal and ornamented with valuable gems.
- crows
-
noun,
any of several large oscine birds of the genus Corvus, of the family Corvidae, having a long, stout bill, lustrous black plumage, and a wedge-shaped tail, as the common C. brachyrhynchos, of North America.
- winos
-
noun,
a person who is addicted to wine, especially a derelict.
- winks
-
noun,
an act of winking.
- creed
-
noun,
any system, doctrine, or formula of religious belief, as of a denomination.
- Cowes
-
noun,
a seaport on the Isle of Wight, in S England: resort.
- conks
-
noun,
the head.
- Wisd.
-
- Conn.
-
- conns
-
noun,
responsibility for the steering of a ship.
- Cons.
-
- Const
-
- cont.
-
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- cords
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) clothing, especially trousers, of corded fabric; corduroys.
- corer
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- cores
-
- corks
-
noun,
the outer bark of an oak, Quercus suber, of Mediterranean countries, used for making stoppers for bottles, floats, etc.
- Cower
-
verb (used without object),
to crouch, as in fear or shame.
- corns
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- corr.
-
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- 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.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- wirer
-
noun,
a person who wires.
- 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.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- econ.
-
- dorse
-
noun,
the back of a book or folded document.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- inst.
-
- terr.
-
- intr.
-
- incr.
-
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- 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.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- Indo-
-
- incor
-
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- token
-
noun,
something serving to represent or indicate some fact, event, feeling, etc.; sign:
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- Erwin
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “boar” and “friend.”.
- esker
-
noun,
a serpentine ridge of gravelly and sandy drift, believed to have been formed by streams under or in glacial ice.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- ikons
-
noun,
icon (defs 1, 2).
- ewers
-
noun,
a pitcher with a wide spout.
- 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.
- icker
-
noun,
the fruit-bearing spike of any cereal plant, especially an ear of corn.
- Ickes
-
noun,
Harold (Le Claire) [luh klair] /lə klɛər/ (Show IPA), 1874–1952, U.S. lawyer and statesman.
- icons
-
- Tieck
-
noun,
Ludwig [loot-vikh,, lood-] /ˈlut vɪx,, ˈlud-/ (Show IPA), 1773–1853, German writer.
- ideo-
-
- ticks
-
noun,
a slight, sharp, recurring click, tap, or beat, as of a clock.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- teno-
-
- erron
-
- Kitwe
-
noun,
a city in N Zambia.
- strow
-
verb,
strew.
- kiers
-
noun,
a large vat in which fibers, yarns, or fabrics are boiled, bleached, or dyed.
- kinds
-
noun,
a class or group of individual objects, people, animals, etc., of the same nature or character, or classified together because they have traits in common; category:
- kines
-
noun,
a plural of cow1 .
- kinos
-
noun,
(in Europe) a motion-picture theater; cinema.
- kirns
-
noun,
a churn.
- strew
-
verb (used with object),
to let fall in separate pieces or particles over a surface; scatter or sprinkle:
- kites
-
noun,
a light frame covered with some thin material, to be flown in the wind at the end of a long string.
- Stowe
-
noun,
Harriet (Elizabeth) Beecher, 1811–96, U.S. abolitionist and novelist.
- sweer
-
adjective,
slothful; indolent.
- knees
-
noun,
Anatomy. the joint of the leg that allows for movement between the femur and tibia and is protected by the patella; the central area of the leg between the thigh and the lower leg.
- Knies
-
noun,
Karl Gustav Adolf [kahrl goo s-tahf ah-dawlf] /kɑrl ˈgʊs tɑf ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1821–98, German statistician and historical economist.
- stork
-
noun,
any of several wading birds of the family Ciconiidae, having long legs and a long neck and bill.
Compare adjutant stork, jabiru, marabou (def 1), white stork, wood ibis.
- knits
-
noun,
fabric produced by knitting.
- knowe
-
noun,
knoll1 .
- known
-
noun,
a known quantity.
- knows
-
noun,
the fact or state of knowing; knowledge.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Swede
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Sweden.
- keto-
-
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- sworn
-
verb,
past participle of swear.
- Tenn.
-
- tends
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- Teide
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) a volcanic peak in the Canary Islands, on Tenerife. 12,190 feet (3716 meters).
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- keens
-
noun,
a wailing lament for the dead.
- keets
-
noun,
a young guinea fowl.
- keirs
-
noun,
kier.
- kendo
-
noun,
a Japanese form of fencing using bamboo staves, with the contestants wearing head guards and protective garments.
- kenos
-
noun,
a game of chance, adapted from lotto for gambling purposes.
- Sweet
-
noun,
a sweet flavor, smell, or sound; sweetness.
- 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.
- kente
-
noun,
a colorful fabric of Ghanaian origin: often worn as a symbol of African-American pride.
- swonk
-
verb,
a simple past tense of swink.
- Swink
-
verb (used without object),
labor; toil.
- Kerns
-
noun,
a part of the face of a type projecting beyond the body or shank, as in certain italic letters.
- 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.
- keros
-
noun,
a wooden container, as a beaker, made by the Incas.
- Kerst
-
noun,
Donald William, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- tokes
-
noun,
a tip or gratuity given by a gambler to a dealer or other employee at a casino.
- tides
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- Edwin
-
noun,
Also, Eadwine. a.d. 585?–633, king of Northumbria 617–633.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- towie
-
noun,
a form of contract bridge for three players in which the players bid for the dummy hand after six of its cards have been turned up.
- eider
-
noun,
eider duck.
- eidos
-
noun,
the formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas, criteria for interpreting experience, etc.
- eikon
-
noun,
icon (defs 1, 2).
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- Tower
-
noun,
a building or structure high in proportion to its lateral dimensions, either isolated or forming part of a building.
- torsk
-
noun,
a cod.
- 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.
- edict
-
noun,
a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- 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.
- ento-
-
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- Ender
-
noun,
Kornelia [kawr-neyl-yuh,, -ney-lee-uh] /kɔrˈneɪl yə,, -ˈneɪ li ə/ (Show IPA), born 1958, German swimmer.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- endo-
-
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- endow
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a permanent fund or source of income:
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- edit.
-
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- treed
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- erode
-
verb (used with object),
to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration:
Synonyms: corrode, waste, ravage, spoil.
Antonyms: strengthen, reinforce.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- Torr
-
noun,
a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.
- woks
-
noun,
a large bowl-shaped pan used in cooking Chinese food.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- wonk
-
noun,
a student who spends much time studying and has little or no social life; grind.
- skee
-
noun,
ski.
- wrnt
-
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- sked
-
noun,
an airline that maintains a regular schedule of flights.
- 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.
- swot
-
noun,
a student who studies assiduously, especially to the exclusion of other activities or interests; grind.
- woke
-
noun,
a watching, or a watch kept, especially for some solemn or ceremonial purpose.
- TDRS
-
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- trek
-
noun,
a journey or trip, especially one involving difficulty or hardship.
- skew
-
noun,
an oblique movement, direction, or position.
- wite
-
noun,
a fine imposed by a king or lord on a subject who committed a serious crime.
a fee demanded for granting a special privilege.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- ten.
-
- 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.
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- skid
-
noun,
a plank, bar, log, or the like, especially one of a pair, on which something heavy may be slid or rolled along.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- WRNS
-
- writ
-
noun,
Law.
a formal order under seal, issued in the name of a sovereign, government, court, or other competent authority, enjoining the officer or other person to whom it is issued or addressed to do or refrain from some specified act.
(in early English law) any formal document in letter form, under seal, and in the sovereign's name.
- wore
-
noun,
the act of wearing; use, as of a garment:
- 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.
- str.
-
- trid
-
- wort
-
noun,
the unfermented or fermenting infusion of malt that after fermentation becomes beer or mash.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- tows
-
noun,
an act or instance of towing.
- Town
-
noun,
a thickly populated area, usually smaller than a city and larger than a village, having fixed boundaries and certain local powers of government.
- Rowe
-
noun,
Nicholas, 1674–1718, British poet and dramatist, poet laureate 1715–18.
- Stew
-
noun,
a preparation of meat, fish, or other food cooked by stewing, especially a mixture of meat and vegetables.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- rows
-
noun,
a number of persons or things arranged in a line, especially a straight line:
- sike
-
noun,
a small stream.
- RSWC
-
- Stow
-
noun,
a city in NE Ohio.
- std.
-
- trod
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- tri-
-
- Sink
-
noun,
a basin or receptacle, as in a kitchen or laundry, usually connected with a water supply and drainage system, for washing dishes, clothing, etc.
- sci.
-
- sewn
-
noun,
the amount of additional water necessary to float a grounded vessel.
- worn
-
noun,
the act of wearing; use, as of a garment:
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Work
-
noun,
exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- sick
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) sick persons collectively (usually preceded by the).
- Weir
-
noun,
a small dam in a river or stream.
- wist
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of wit2 .
- wide
-
noun,
Cricket. a bowled ball that goes wide of the wicket, and counts as a run for the side batting.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- 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.
- sock
-
noun,
a short stocking usually reaching to the calf or just above the ankle.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- 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.
- weds
-
- tion
-
- sec.
-
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Sekt
-
noun,
sparkling wine; champagne.
- soke
-
noun,
the privilege of holding court, usually connected with the feudal rights of lordship.
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- 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.
- Wien
-
noun,
Wilhelm [vil-helm] /ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1864–1928, German physicist: Nobel prize 1911.
- seek
-
Idioms,
be sought after, to be desired or in demand:
- wick
-
noun,
a bundle or loose twist or braid of soft threads, or a woven strip or tube, as of cotton or asbestos, which in a candle, lamp, oil stove, cigarette lighter, or the like, serves to draw up the melted tallow or wax or the oil or other flammable liquid to be burned.
- Wind
-
noun,
air in natural motion, as that moving horizontally at any velocity along the earth's surface:
- wens
-
noun,
Pathology. a benign encysted tumor of the skin, especially on the scalp, containing sebaceous matter; a sebaceous cyst.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- snod
-
adjective,
smooth; sleek.
- ween
-
verb (used with or without object),
to think; suppose.
- toke
-
noun,
a tip or gratuity given by a gambler to a dealer or other employee at a casino.
- Wend
-
noun,
a member of a Slavic people of E Germany; Sorb.
- week
-
noun,
a period of seven successive days, usually understood as beginning with Sunday and ending with Saturday.
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- TODS
-
- wets
-
noun,
something that is or makes wet, as water or other liquid; moisture:
- went
-
noun,
the act of going:
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- wert
-
verb,
a 2nd person singular pt. indicative and subj. of be.
- West
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the left when facing north, corresponding to the point where the sun is seen to set. Abbreviation: W.
- Weed
-
noun,
a valueless plant growing wild, especially one that grows on cultivated ground to the exclusion or injury of the desired crop.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Seed
-
noun,
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- 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.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Trow
-
verb (used with or without object),
to believe, think, or suppose.
- scr.
-
- 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.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- tron
-
- ter.
-
- Wis.
-
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- sown
-
verb,
a past participle of sow1 .
- Ste.
-
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- scow
-
noun,
any of various vessels having a flat-bottomed rectangular hull with sloping ends, built in various sizes with or without means of propulsion, as barges, punts, rowboats, or sailboats.
- wise
-
noun,
way of proceeding or considering; manner; fashion (usually used in combination or in certain phrases):
- skin
-
noun,
the external covering or integument of an animal body, especially when soft and flexible.
- skit
-
noun,
a short literary piece of a humorous or satirical character.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- 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.
- WINS
-
noun,
a victory, as in a game or horse race.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- wink
-
noun,
an act of winking.
- wino
-
noun,
a person who is addicted to wine, especially a derelict.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- tonk
-
noun,
a form of rummy for two or more players with deuces wild.
- twin
-
noun,
either of two children or animals brought forth at a birth.
- tonn
-
- twi-
-
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Soni
-
- tick
-
noun,
a slight, sharp, recurring click, tap, or beat, as of a clock.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- twee
-
adjective,
affectedly dainty or quaint:
- sord
-
noun,
a flight or flock of mallards.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Wisc
-
noun,
a group of intelligence tests, including the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) later revised (WAIS-R) the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) later revised (WISC-R) the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI) and the Wechsler-Bellevue Scale, no longer used, all of which emphasize performance and verbal skills and give separate scores for subtests in vocabulary, arithmetic, memory span, assembly of objects, and other abilities.
- Drew
-
noun,
Charles Richard, 1904–50, U.S. physician: developer of blood-bank technique.
- roke
-
noun,
a seam or scratch filled with scale or slag on the surface of an ingot or bar.
- Ewer
-
noun,
a pitcher with a wide spout.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Esd.
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- eso-
-
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- etc.
-
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Ind.
-
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Ice.
-
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- ikon
-
noun,
icon (defs 1, 2).
- Inc.
-
- IndE
-
- inks
-
noun,
a fluid or viscous substance used for writing or printing.
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- int.
-
- end-
-
- ect-
-
- Eden
-
noun,
the place where Adam and Eve lived before the Fall. Gen. 2:8–24.
- EDES
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- EEOC
-
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Eisk
-
noun,
Yeisk.
- ekes
-
Verb phrases,
eke out,
to make (a living) or support (existence) laboriously:
to supplement; add to; stretch:
- enc.
-
- ence
-
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- Enki
-
noun,
a Sumerian water god and god of wisdom: the counterpart of the Akkadian Ea.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- enow
-
adjective, adverb,
enough.
- Ens.
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Erik
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- ins.
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- Kris
-
noun,
creese.
- kite
-
noun,
a light frame covered with some thin material, to be flown in the wind at the end of a long string.
- knee
-
noun,
Anatomy. the joint of the leg that allows for movement between the femur and tibia and is protected by the patella; the central area of the leg between the thigh and the lower leg.
- knew
-
noun,
the fact or state of knowing; knowledge.
- knit
-
noun,
fabric produced by knitting.
- knot
-
noun,
an interlacing, twining, looping, etc., of a cord, rope, or the like, drawn tight into a knob or lump, for fastening, binding, or connecting two cords together or a cord to something else.
- know
-
noun,
the fact or state of knowing; knowledge.
- Knt.
-
- Kore
-
noun,
Greek Antiquity. a sculptured representation of a young woman, especially one produced prior to the 5th century b.c.
- kors
-
noun,
homer2 .
- Krio
-
noun,
an English-based creole of Sierra Leone, a first language of the residents of Freetown and its environs, and a lingua franca elsewhere in the country.
- KWIC
-
adjective,
of or designating an alphabetical concordance of the principal terms in a text showing every occurrence of each term surrounded by a few words of the context.
- kirs
-
noun,
an apéritif of white wine or sometimes champagne (Kir Royale) flavored with cassis.
- NCTE
-
- neck
-
noun,
the part of the body of an animal or human being that connects the head and the trunk.
- need
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- neo-
-
- neon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- kist
-
noun,
a coffer; a money chest.
- kirn
-
noun,
a churn.
- iod-
-
- keno
-
noun,
a game of chance, adapted from lotto for gambling purposes.
- 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 = .
- irks
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate, annoy, or exasperate:
- 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.
- iso-
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- kc/s
-
- KCSI
-
- Keen
-
noun,
a wailing lament for the dead.
- keet
-
noun,
a young guinea fowl.
- Keir
-
noun,
kier.
- kens
-
noun,
knowledge, understanding, or cognizance; mental perception:
- kins
-
noun,
a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk.
- Kent
-
noun,
James, 1763–1847, U.S. jurist.
- Keos
-
noun,
a Greek island in the Aegean, off the SE coast of the Greek mainland. 56 sq. mi. (145 sq. km).
- Kern
-
noun,
a part of the face of a type projecting beyond the body or shank, as in certain italic letters.
- kero
-
noun,
a wooden container, as a beaker, made by the Incas.
- Kerr
-
noun,
Clark, 1911–2003, U.S. educator: president of the University of California 1958–67.
- ket-
-
- Kier
-
noun,
a large vat in which fibers, yarns, or fabrics are boiled, bleached, or dyed.
- Kind
-
noun,
a class or group of individual objects, people, animals, etc., of the same nature or character, or classified together because they have traits in common; category:
- kine
-
noun,
a plural of cow1 .
- kino
-
noun,
(in Europe) a motion-picture theater; cinema.
- eco-
-
- 1080
-
- NEWT
-
noun,
any of several brilliantly colored salamanders of the family Salamandridae, especially those of the genera Triturus and Notophthalmus, of North America, Europe, and northern Asia.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- Cond
-
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- conk
-
noun,
the head.
- Cor.
-
- Cord
-
noun,
a string or thin rope made of several strands braided, twisted, or woven together.
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- Cork
-
noun,
the outer bark of an oak, Quercus suber, of Mediterranean countries, used for making stoppers for bottles, floats, etc.
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Cort
-
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Coke
-
noun,
the solid product resulting from the destructive distillation of coal in an oven or closed chamber or by imperfect combustion, consisting principally of carbon: used chiefly as a fuel in metallurgy to reduce metallic oxides to metals.
- cows
-
noun,
the mature female of a bovine animal, especially of the genus Bos.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Cres
-
- crew
-
noun,
a group of persons involved in a particular kind of work or working together:
- Crow
-
noun,
any of several large oscine birds of the genus Corvus, of the family Corvidae, having a long, stout bill, lustrous black plumage, and a wedge-shaped tail, as the common C. brachyrhynchos, of North America.
- ctr.
-
- cts.
-
- Dec.
-
- Deck
-
noun,
Nautical.
a floorlike surface wholly or partially occupying one level of a hull, superstructure, or deckhouse, generally cambered, and often serving as a member for strengthening the structure of a vessel.
the space between such a surface and the next such surface above:
- deco
-
noun,
art deco.
- Con.
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- dees
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- Ceto
-
- Cdr.
-
- cede
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- cen.
-
- cene
-
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- CERN
-
- cet-
-
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- cide
-
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cir.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cis-
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cit.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- code
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- cods
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- coed
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- Deer
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- deet
-
plural noun,
details:
- drek
-
noun,
dreck.
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- dis-
-
- disk
-
noun,
any thin, flat, circular plate or object.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- dits
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- doc.
-
plural,
document.
- dock
-
noun,
a landing pier.
- DOCS
-
noun,
doctor.
- doer
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- dons
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- Dirk
-
noun,
a dagger, especially of the Scottish Highlands.
- DORE
-
noun,
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
- dork
-
noun,
Slang. a silly, out-of-touch person who tends to look odd or behave ridiculously around others; a social misfit:
Synonyms: jerk, schmo; nerd, geek.
- Dorr
-
noun,
dor1 .
- Dort
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- dost
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- Down
-
noun,
a downward movement; descent.
- Dows
-
noun,
dhow.
- dree
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- deke
-
noun,
a fake or feint intended to deceive a defensive player, often drawing that player out of position.
- Dick
-
noun,
Older Use. a detective.
- Den.
-
- Dene
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- der.
-
- dere
-
adjective,
dear2 .
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- desk
-
noun,
an article of furniture having a broad, usually level, writing surface, as well as drawers or compartments for papers, writing materials, etc.
- 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.
- Dice
-
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.
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- dir.
-
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Dike
-
noun,
an embankment for controlling or holding back the waters of the sea or a river:
- Din.
-
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- dink
-
noun,
dinghy.
- Dino
-
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- dioc
-
- Dior
-
noun,
Christian [kris-chuh n;; French krees-tyahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; French krisˈtyɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1905–57, French fashion designer.
- NEWS
-
noun,
a report of a recent event; intelligence; information:
- Ire.
-
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- 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.
- Reed
-
noun,
the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places.
- reek
-
noun,
a strong, unpleasant smell.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- Reik
-
noun,
Theodor [thee-uh-dawr,, -dohr;; German tey-aw-dawr] /ˈθi əˌdɔr,, -ˌdoʊr;; German ˈteɪ ɔˌdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1888–1969, U.S. psychologist and author, born in Austria.
- 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.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- 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.
- rede
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Rick
-
noun,
Also, hayrick. Chiefly Midland U.S. a large, usually rectangular stack or pile of hay, straw, corn, or the like, in a field, especially when thatched or covered by a tarpaulin; an outdoor or makeshift mow.
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- 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.
- nowt
-
noun,
an ox.
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- rink
-
noun,
a smooth expanse of ice for ice-skating, often artificially prepared and inside a building or arena.
- nows
-
noun,
the present time or moment:
- 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.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- not-
-
- redo
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- nos-
-
- 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.
- Orsk
-
noun,
a city in the S Russian Federation in Europe, on the Ural River.
- ord.
-
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Ont.
-
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Okie
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a migrant farm worker from Oklahoma or nearby states, especially one who moved westward during the Great Depression.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- okes
-
noun,
oka1 .
- OSRD
-
- Oken
-
noun,
Lorenz (Lorenz Ockenfuss) 1779–1851, German naturalist and philosopher.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- reck
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to have regard for; mind; heed.
- oink
-
noun,
the squealing or grunting sound made by a pig.
- oiks
-
noun,
oaf; lout.
- Owen
-
noun,
Sir Richard, 1804–92, English zoologist and anatomist.
- owes
-
verb (used with object),
to be under obligation to pay or repay:
- 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:
- OEEC
-
- OECD
-
- owse
-
noun,
ox.
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- rcd.
-
- odic
-
adjective,
of an ode.
- 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.
- Oct.
-
- 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.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Rock
-
noun,
a large mass of stone forming a hill, cliff, promontory, or the like.
- Rodi
-
noun,
Italian name of Rhodes.
- nock
-
noun,
a metal or plastic piece at the end of an arrow, having a notch for the bowstring.
- rode
-
noun,
a rope by which a boat is anchored.
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- Nick
-
noun,
a small notch, groove, chip, or the like, cut into or existing in something.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- rit.
-
- risk
-
noun,
exposure to the chance of injury or loss; a hazard or dangerous chance:
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- non-
-
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nord
-
noun,
a department in N France. 2229 sq. mi. (5770 sq. km). Capital: Lille.
- Nor.
-
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Nike
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of victory.
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- TSE
-
- 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:
- Doi
-
- OWI
-
- TSI
-
- tsk
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tsk.”.
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- 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.
- wd.
-
- wos
-
noun,
woe.
- wot
-
verb,
first and third person singular present of wit2 .
- Re.
-
- wee
-
adjective,
little; very small.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- WDC
-
- two
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 1 plus 1.
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- RCS
-
- dk.
-
- DNR
-
- Rd.
-
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- 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).
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROI
-
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- Co.
-
- DWI
-
- cr.
-
- eo-
-
- ETD
-
- COD
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- ec-
-
- Eck
-
noun,
Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), (Johann Mayer) 1486–1543, German Roman Catholic theologian: opponent of Martin Luther.
- DST
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- ed.
-
- EDC
-
- Ede
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- tr.
-
- sew
-
noun,
the amount of additional water necessary to float a grounded vessel.
- DSW
-
- DSR
-
- CED
-
- ote
-
- CDT
-
- owe
-
verb (used with object),
to be under obligation to pay or repay:
- Tro
-
- OTS
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- DOW
-
noun,
dhow.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ot-
-
- Dr.
-
- DRE
-
- CWO
-
- ose
-
- ct.
-
- cs.
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- rtw
-
- RCN
-
- CST
-
- CNO
-
- CRS
-
- CRT
-
- csk
-
- CSO
-
- CSR
-
- csw
-
- cow
-
noun,
the mature female of a bovine animal, especially of the genus Bos.
- cte
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- 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.
- CNN
-
- do.
-
- DSC
-
- DSO
-
- CNS
-
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- d-c
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- SRO
-
- wok
-
noun,
a large bowl-shaped pan used in cooking Chinese food.
- woe
-
noun,
grievous distress, affliction, or trouble:
- wk.
-
- sd.
-
- So.
-
- WIT
-
noun,
the keen perception and cleverly apt expression of those connections between ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure. Synonyms: drollery, facetiousness, waggishness, repartee.
- RTS
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- sc.
-
- ScD
-
- Won
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of North and South Korea, equal to 100 chon.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- dwt
-
- Win
-
noun,
a victory, as in a game or horse race.
- 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.
- 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.
- Wes
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Wesley.
- di.
-
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- RNR
-
- 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.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- wen
-
noun,
Pathology. a benign encysted tumor of the skin, especially on the scalp, containing sebaceous matter; a sebaceous cyst.
- ROW
-
noun,
a number of persons or things arranged in a line, especially a straight line:
- SED
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- RDS
-
- CEO
-
- RDC
-
- RCT
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- DEW
-
noun,
moisture condensed from the atmosphere, especially at night, and deposited in the form of small drops upon any cool surface.
- DCS
-
- Rs.
-
- de-
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ckw
-
- Dee
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- RSE
-
- wid
-
- DET
-
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- SDI
-
- SDR
-
- se-
-
- wet
-
noun,
something that is or makes wet, as water or other liquid; moisture:
- rnd
-
- CIE
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- TOW
-
noun,
an act or instance of towing.
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- Iwo
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- NWS
-
- ISR
-
- ist
-
- ITC
-
- ite
-
- NWC
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- IWC
-
- Kt.
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- kCi
-
- NSC
-
- ked
-
noun,
sheeptick.
- NRC
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- nr.
-
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- ise
-
- IRS
-
- Ken
-
noun,
knowledge, understanding, or cognizance; mental perception:
- IOC
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ink
-
noun,
a fluid or viscous substance used for writing or printing.
- ock
-
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- OCD
-
- OTC
-
- OSD
-
- OED
-
- 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 = .
- IRO
-
- Oc.
-
- ior
-
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- IOT
-
- Ir.
-
- IRC
-
- ROK
-
noun,
a soldier in the army of the Republic of Korea.
- irk
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate, annoy, or exasperate:
- ski
-
noun,
one of a pair of long, slender runners made of wood, plastic, or metal used in gliding over snow.
- TCS
-
- now
-
noun,
the present time or moment:
- ine
-
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- NCO
-
- NSW
-
- NWT
-
- STI
-
- NDE
-
- ne-
-
- NEC
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- stk
-
- nik
-
- NES
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- New
-
noun,
something that is new; a new object, quality, condition, etc.:
- St.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sr.
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- NNE
-
- ksi
-
- Skt
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- Ker
-
- Kew
-
noun,
a part of Richmond, in Greater London, England: famous botanical gardens (Kew Gardens)
- Kid
-
noun,
Informal. a child or young person.
- Sw.
-
- kin
-
noun,
a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk.
- kir
-
noun,
an apéritif of white wine or sometimes champagne (Kir Royale) flavored with cassis.
- Kit
-
noun,
a set or collection of tools, supplies, instructional matter, etc., for a specific purpose:
- kn.
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- krs
-
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- sod
-
noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- koi
-
noun,
any of various colorful cultivated forms of the common carp, Cyprinus carpio, apparently originating in Japan and other parts of eastern temperate Asia.
- kor
-
noun,
homer2 .
- NOC
-
- Kos
-
noun,
a unit of land distance of various lengths from 1 to 3 miles (1.6 to 4.8 km).
- kr.
-
- NNW
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- 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.
- erk
-
noun,
an aircraftsman of the lowest rank in the Royal Air Force.
- ONI
-
- ETR
-
- oik
-
noun,
oaf; lout.
- ERT
-
- ons
-
- oke
-
noun,
oka1 .
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- OIt
-
- ETO
-
- ONR
-
- Esc
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ene
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ODT
-
- oid
-
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- ESR
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- oic
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- TKO
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- EOE
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- OCR
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ETS
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Esk
-
- io-
-
- OIr
-
- in.
-
- OCS
-
- Ike
-
noun,
Eisenhower, Dwight David.
- ier
-
- IDS
-
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.
- TID
-
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- ide
-
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- ick
-
interjection,
(used as an expression of distaste or repugnance.)
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- id.
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- eir
-
- en-
-
- eke
-
adverb,
also.
- Ewe
-
noun,
a female sheep, especially when fully mature.
- EIS
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- SOW
-
noun,
an adult female swine.
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- EDT
-
- EEO
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- ics
-
- EEC
-
- ese
-
- ck
-
- OK
-
noun,
an approval, agreement, or endorsement:
- sk
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- KW
-
- RO
-
- N.
-
- NC
-
- ND
-
- DT
-
noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ee
-
- EI
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- CE
-
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- NI
-
- T1
-
- OW
-
interjection,
(used especially as an expression of intense or sudden pain.)
- WO
-
noun,
woe.
- DC
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- 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.
- EW
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation expressing disgust, aversion, or the like):
- DW
-
- w/
-
- WC
-
- WI
-
- O.
-
- CW
-
- i.
-
- we
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ic
-
- RI
-
- RN
-
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- D.
-
- RC
-
- RW
-
- tk
-
- S.
-
- KI
-
noun,
the Sumerian goddess personifying earth: the counterpart of the Akkadian Aruru.
- SN
-
- t.
-
- TD
-
- TC
-
- TN
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- IW
-
- KD
-
- NW
-
- KC
-
- K2
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noun,
Also called Godwin Austen [god-win aw-stin] /ˈgɒd wɪn ˈɔ stɪn/ (Show IPA), Dapsang [duh p-suhng] /dəpˈsʌŋ/ (Show IPA). a mountain in N Kashmir, in the Karakoram range: second highest peak in the world. 28,250 feet (8611 meters).
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a knockout in boxing.
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