Anagrams of administers
Word administers has
1409 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of administers.
- administer
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verb (used with object),
to manage (affairs, a government, etc.); have executive charge of:
- meridians
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noun,
Geography.
a great circle of the earth passing through the poles and any given point on the earth's surface.
the half of such a circle included between the poles.
- distrains
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verb (used with object),
to constrain by seizing and holding goods, etc., in pledge for rent, damages, etc., or in order to obtain satisfaction of a claim.
- near-miss
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noun,
a strike by a missile that is not a direct hit but is close enough to damage the target.
- Aristides
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noun,
("the Just") 530?–468? b.c, Athenian statesman and general.
- disinters
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verb (used with object),
to take out of the place of interment; exhume; unearth.
- diamines
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noun,
a compound containing two amino groups.
- Aristide
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noun,
Jean-Bertrand, born 1953, Haitian priest and political leader: first democratically elected president, 1991, 1994–96, 2001–04.
- stearins
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- mediants
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noun,
the third degree of a major or minor musical scale.
- St-Denis
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noun,
Ruth, 1880?–1968, U.S. dancer.
- sardines
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noun,
the pilchard, Sardina pilchardus, often preserved in oil and used for food.
- retsinas
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- smartens
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Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- smarties
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noun,
a smart aleck.
- teniasis
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noun,
taeniasis.
- martinis
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noun,
a cocktail made with gin or vodka and dry vermouth, usually served with a green olive or a twist of lemon peel.
- sinister
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adjective,
threatening or portending evil, harm, or trouble; ominous:
- simitars
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noun,
scimitar.
- maitrise
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noun,
mastery; skill.
- amidines
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noun,
any of a group of compounds containing the CN 2 H 3 group, some of which have marked pharmacological action.
- Tiresias
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noun,
a blind prophet, usually said to have been blinded because he saw Athena bathing, and then to have been awarded the gift of prophecy as a consolation for his blindness.
- amerinds
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noun,
Indian (def 1).
- inertias
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- nitrides
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noun,
a compound, containing two elements only, of which the more electronegative one is nitrogen.
- asterism
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noun,
Astronomy.
a group of stars.
a constellation.
- Meridian
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noun,
Geography.
a great circle of the earth passing through the poles and any given point on the earth's surface.
the half of such a circle included between the poles.
- dainties
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noun,
something delicious to the taste; a delicacy.
- disaster
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noun,
a calamitous event, especially one occurring suddenly and causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, as a flood, airplane crash, or business failure.
- diastems
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noun,
a minor hiatus in an orderly succession of sedimentary rocks.
- diarists
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noun,
a person who keeps a diary.
- detrains
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verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- destains
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verb (used with object),
to remove stain (from a specimen) to enhance visibility and contrast of parts.
- desmitis
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noun,
inflammation of a ligament.
- sanities
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noun,
the state of being sane; soundness of mind.
- diriment
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adjective,
causing to become wholly void; nullifying.
- minarets
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- disinter
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verb (used with object),
to take out of the place of interment; exhume; unearth.
- misreads
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verb (used with or without object),
to read wrongly.
- mind-set
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noun,
an attitude, disposition, or mood.
- disrates
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verb (used with object),
to reduce to a lower rating or rank.
- minister
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noun,
a person authorized to conduct religious worship; member of the clergy; pastor.
- minsters
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noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- distains
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verb (used with object),
to discolor; stain; sully.
- distrain
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verb (used with object),
to constrain by seizing and holding goods, etc., in pledge for rent, damages, etc., or in order to obtain satisfaction of a claim.
- misdates
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noun,
a wrong date.
- strained
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- airtimes
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noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- trade-in
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noun,
goods given in whole or, usually, part payment of a purchase:
- diasters
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noun,
the stage in mitosis at which the chromosomes, after their division and separation, are grouped near the poles of the spindle.
- insiders
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noun,
a person who is a member of a group, organization, society, etc.
- interims
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noun,
an intervening time; interval; meantime:
- adenitis
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noun,
lymphadenitis.
- airiness
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noun,
openness to the air:
- semiarid
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adjective,
characterized by very little annual rainfall, usually from 10 to 20 inches (25 to 50 cm):
- seriatim
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adverb, adjective,
in a series; one after another.
- raiments
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- merisis
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noun,
growth, especially growth resulting from cell division.
- dairies
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noun,
an establishment, as a room, building, or buildings, where milk and cream are kept and butter and cheese are made.
- admires
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Idioms,
be admiring of, Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. to admire:
- daisies
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noun,
any of various composite plants the flowers of which have a yellow disk and white rays, as the English daisy and the oxeye daisy.
- madness
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noun,
the state of being mad; insanity.
- misread
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verb (used with or without object),
to read wrongly.
- inserts
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- sedarim
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noun,
a plural of Seder.
- Ditmars
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noun,
Raymond Lee, 1876–1942, U.S. zoologist and author.
- stimies
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noun,
stymie.
- strains
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- sainted
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noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- sideman
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noun,
an instrumentalist in a band or orchestra.
- distain
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verb (used with object),
to discolor; stain; sully.
- sidearm
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adverb,
with a swinging motion of the arm moving to the side of the body at shoulder level or below and nearly parallel to the ground:
- misdate
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noun,
a wrong date.
- santims
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noun,
a former coin of Latvia, the 100th part of a lat.
- raiment
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- Staines
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noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, on the Thames River near Heathrow airport.
- entasis
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noun,
a slight convexity given to a column or tower, as to correct an optical illusion.
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- Massine
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noun,
Léonide [ley-aw-need] /leɪ ɔˈnid/ (Show IPA), 1896–1979, U.S. ballet dancer and choreographer, born in Russia.
- Matisse
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noun,
Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1869–1954, French painter.
- arsines
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noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- ARTEMIS
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noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- Riesman
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noun,
David, 1909–2002, U.S. sociologist.
- stamin-
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- missend
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verb (used with object),
to send or forward, especially mail, to a wrong place or person.
- sardine
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noun,
the pilchard, Sardina pilchardus, often preserved in oil and used for food.
- mediant
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noun,
the third degree of a major or minor musical scale.
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- medinas
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noun,
the old Arab quarter of a North African city.
- santirs
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noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- astride
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preposition,
with a leg on each side of; straddling:
- misters
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noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- Minster
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noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- dissent
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noun,
difference of sentiment or opinion.
- dissert
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verb (used without object),
to discourse on a subject.
- detrain
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verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- sestina
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noun,
a poem of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy, originally without rhyme, in which each stanza repeats the end words of the lines of the first stanza, but in different order, the envoy using the six words again, three in the middle of the lines and three at the end.
- destain
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verb (used with object),
to remove stain (from a specimen) to enhance visibility and contrast of parts.
- tsarism
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noun,
czarism.
- midairs
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noun,
any point in the air not contiguous with the earth or other solid surface:
- Messina
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noun,
a seaport in NE Sicily.
- detains
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verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- tandems
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noun,
a vehicle, as a truck, tractor, or trailer, in which a pair or pairs of axles are arranged in tandem.
- Mideast
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noun,
Middle East.
- diamine
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noun,
a compound containing two amino groups.
- diaries
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noun,
a daily record, usually private, especially of the writer's own experiences, observations, feelings, attitudes, etc.
- diarist
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noun,
a person who keeps a diary.
- Sanders
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noun,
a person or thing that sands or sandpapers.
- diastem
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noun,
a minor hiatus in an orderly succession of sedimentary rocks.
- randies
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noun,
Chiefly Scot. a rude or coarse beggar.
- diaster
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noun,
the stage in mitosis at which the chromosomes, after their division and separation, are grouped near the poles of the spindle.
- desmans
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noun,
either of two aquatic, insectivorous mammals, Myogale moschata, of southeastern Russia, or M. pyrenaica, of the Pyrenees, related to shrews.
- dermat-
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- miniate
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verb (used with object),
to illuminate (a manuscript) in red; rubricate.
- minaret
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- disseat
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verb (used with object),
to unseat.
- disrate
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verb (used with object),
to reduce to a lower rating or rank.
- seminar
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noun,
a small group of students, as in a university, engaged in advanced study and original research under a member of the faculty and meeting regularly to exchange information and hold discussions.
- minders
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noun,
Chiefly British. a person who looks after something (usually used in combination):
- dismast
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verb (used with object),
to deprive (a ship) of masts; break off the masts of.
- raisins
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noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- samisen
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noun,
a guitarlike Japanese musical instrument having an extremely long neck and three strings, played with a plectrum.
- disarms
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verb (used with object),
to deprive of a weapon or weapons.
- strides
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noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- samites
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noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- tansies
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noun,
any of several composite plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially a strong-scented, weedy, Old World herb, T. vulgare, having flat-topped clusters of tubular yellow flowers.
- strands
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noun,
the land bordering the sea, a lake, or a river; shore; beach.
- dirties
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Idioms,
do (someone) dirty, Slang. to treat unfairly or reprehensibly, as by cheating or slandering.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- streams
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noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- isatins
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noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- termini
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noun,
the end or extremity of anything.
- martins
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noun,
Peter, born 1946, U.S. choreographer and ballet master, born in Denmark.
- estrins
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noun,
estrone.
- indites
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verb (used with object),
to compose or write, as a poem.
- AmerInd
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noun,
Indian (def 1).
- insides
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noun,
the inner or internal part; interior:
- mantids
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noun,
mantis.
- Sistine
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adjective,
of or relating to any pope named Sixtus.
- amidine
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noun,
any of a group of compounds containing the CN 2 H 3 group, some of which have marked pharmacological action.
- amidins
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noun,
the soluble matter of starch.
- estamin
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noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- tinders
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noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- imarets
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- inertia
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- marines
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noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- simians
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noun,
an ape or monkey.
- reminds
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verb (used with object),
to cause (a person) to remember; cause (a person) to think (of someone or something):
- sinters
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- simitar
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noun,
scimitar.
- amities
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noun,
friendship; peaceful harmony.
- tineids
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noun,
a moth of the family Tineidae, comprising the clothes moths.
- instead
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Idioms,
instead of, in place of; in lieu of:
- tirades
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noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- instars
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noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- inedita
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plural noun,
unpublished literary works.
- remands
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noun,
the act of remanding.
- insider
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noun,
a person who is a member of a group, organization, society, etc.
- nasties
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noun,
Informal. a nasty person or thing.
- Interim
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noun,
an intervening time; interval; meantime:
- inseams
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noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- airtime
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noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- remains
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noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- smarten
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Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- Maidens
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noun,
a girl or young unmarried woman; maid.
- Martini
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noun,
a cocktail made with gin or vodka and dry vermouth, usually served with a green olive or a twist of lemon peel.
- tisanes
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noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- nitride
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noun,
a compound, containing two elements only, of which the more electronegative one is nitrogen.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Martens
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noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- inside
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noun,
the inner or internal part; interior:
- sansei
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noun,
a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. or Canada.
- sanies
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noun,
a thin, often greenish, serous fluid that is discharged from ulcers, wounds, etc.
- dimers
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noun,
a molecule composed of two identical, simpler molecules.
- dismes
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noun,
a former coin of the U.S., equal to 10 cents, issued in 1792: early form of the dime.
- imaret
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- siesta
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noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- irises
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noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- diesis
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noun,
double dagger.
- maiden
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noun,
a girl or young unmarried woman; maid.
- imines
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noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- insets
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noun,
something inserted; insert.
- inseam
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noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- dinars
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noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- merits
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noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- messin
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noun,
messan.
- Mainer
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- Indris
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noun,
a short-tailed lemur, Indri indri, of Madagascar, about 2 feet (60 cm) in length: an endangered species.
- manses
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noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- imides
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noun,
a compound derived from ammonia by replacement of two hydrogen atoms by acidic groups, characterized by the =NH group.
- Strine
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noun,
Australian English.
- stride
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noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- serins
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noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- indite
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verb (used with object),
to compose or write, as a poem.
- Indies
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noun,
the. (used with a plural verb) West Indies (def 1).
- diners
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noun,
a person who dines.
- isatin
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noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- stream
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noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- Maisie
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noun,
a female given name, Scottish form of Margaret.
- Mersin
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noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- maists
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adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- insist
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verb (used with object),
to assert or maintain firmly:
- simian
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noun,
an ape or monkey.
- disarm
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verb (used with object),
to deprive of a weapon or weapons.
- messan
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noun,
a lap dog; small pet dog.
- simars
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noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- inmate
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noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- seniti
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noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- Sendai
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noun,
a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.
- instar
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noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- mantid
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noun,
mantis.
- seisin
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noun,
seizin.
- distr.
-
- stamen
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noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- medias
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noun,
a plural of medium.
- steads
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noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- sedans
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noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- sitars
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noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- intime
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adjective,
intimate; cozy.
- insert
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- stares
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noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Median
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noun,
Arithmetic, Statistics. the middle number in a given sequence of numbers, taken as the average of the two middle numbers when the sequence has an even number of numbers:
- stanes
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noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Marten
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noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- stands
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noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- intima
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noun,
the innermost membrane or lining of some organ or part, especially that of an artery, vein, or lymphatic.
- Sardis
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noun,
an ancient city in W Asia Minor: the capital of ancient Lydia.
- sit-in
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noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- stains
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noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Esdras
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noun,
either of the first two books of the Apocrypha, I Esdras or II Esdras.
- sarsen
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noun,
any of numerous large sandstone blocks or fragments found in south-central England, probably remnants of eroded Tertiary beds.
- stades
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noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- matri-
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- matins
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- maters
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noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Master
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noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- Sidras
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noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- snares
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noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- masers
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noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- Sandie
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noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- smites
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Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- inters
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verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- smears
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noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- inter.
-
- steams
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noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- intra-
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- irides
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noun,
a plural of iris.
- Dnestr
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noun,
Russian name of Dniester.
- mantis
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noun,
any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- Strand
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noun,
the land bordering the sea, a lake, or a river; shore; beach.
- satire
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noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- satins
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noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- smarts
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noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- sinter
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sirens
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Marini
-
noun,
Giambattista [jahm-baht-tees-tah] /ˌdʒɑm bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), Also, Marino [muh-ree-noh;; Italian mah-ree-naw] /məˈri noʊ;; Italian mɑˈri nɔ/ (Show IPA), ("il Cavalier Marino") 1569–1625, Italian poet.
- Marist
-
noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- Sisera
-
noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- stimes
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- Merida
-
noun,
suntan (def 2).
- Medina
-
noun,
the old Arab quarter of a North African city.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- drains
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- sterns
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- mensas
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- irades
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- instr.
-
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Dreams
-
noun,
a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- menads
-
noun,
maenad.
- Sister
-
noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- Medit.
-
- driest
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- madres
-
noun,
mother1 .
- steins
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Smriti
-
noun,
writings containing traditions concerning law, rituals, teachings of the sages, the epics, and the Puranas.
- dreamt
-
noun,
a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- tidies
-
noun,
any of various articles for keeping things tidy, as a box having small drawers and compartments.
- arsen-
-
- amends
-
noun,
reparation or compensation for a loss, damage, or injury of any kind; recompense.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- rident
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- tmesis
-
noun,
the interpolation of one or more words between the parts of a compound word, as be thou ware for beware.
- trades
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- Tessin
-
noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- asides
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- trans.
-
- rinses
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- treads
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- sadism
-
noun,
Psychiatry. the condition in which sexual gratification depends on causing pain or degradation to others.
Compare masochism.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- sadist
-
noun,
Psychiatry. a person who has the condition of sadism, in which one receives sexual gratification from causing pain and degradation to another.
- assert
-
Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- redans
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- aidmen
-
noun,
a military medical corpsman trained to provide initial emergency treatment.
- miters
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- trends
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- nadirs
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Andres
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- tineid
-
noun,
a moth of the family Tineidae, comprising the clothes moths.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- tirade
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- remiss
-
adjective,
negligent, careless, or slow in performing one's duty, business, etc.:
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- nemat-
-
- remind
-
verb (used with object),
to cause (a person) to remember; cause (a person) to think (of someone or something):
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- anises
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- resist
-
noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- 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.
- remans
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- remand
-
noun,
the act of remanding.
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- ardent
-
adjective,
having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent:
- niseis
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- Arendt
-
noun,
Hannah, 1906–75, U.S. author, political scientist, and teacher, born in Germany.
- amidst
-
preposition,
amid.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- Nasser
-
noun,
Gamal Abdel [guh-mahl ab-doo l,, juh-] /gəˈmɑl ˈæb dʊl,, dʒə-/ (Show IPA), 1918–70, Egyptian military and political leader: prime minister of Egypt 1954–56; president of Egypt 1956–58; president of the United Arab Republic 1958–70.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- serais
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- arises
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- amidin
-
noun,
the soluble matter of starch.
- amides
-
noun,
a metallic derivative of ammonia in which the −NH 2 group is retained, as potassium amide, KNH 2 .
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- tensas
-
noun,
a river in NE Louisiana, flowing S to the Ouachita River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- assent
-
noun,
agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
- Astrid
-
noun,
a female given name: from Scandinavian, meaning “divine strength.”.
- midsts
-
- dassie
-
noun,
hyrax.
- Dassin
-
noun,
Jules [joolz;; French zhyl] /dʒulz;; French ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1911–2008, French motion-picture director, born in the U.S.
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- raised
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- raises
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- miners
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- raisin
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- minder
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a person who looks after something (usually used in combination):
- deisms
-
noun,
belief in the existence of a God on the evidence of reason and nature only, with rejection of supernatural revelation (distinguished from theism).
- deists
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- demits
-
noun,
Also, dimit. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- denims
-
noun,
a heavy, Z-twist, twill cotton for jeans, overalls, and other work and leisure garments.
- denti-
-
- Darien
-
noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- Derain
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
- tsadis
-
noun,
sadhe.
- Midian
-
noun,
a son of Abraham and Keturah. Gen. 25:1–4.
- Sander
-
noun,
a person or thing that sands or sandpapers.
- Ramses
-
noun,
the name of several kings of ancient Egypt.
- dermas
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. dermis.
- dermis
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the dense inner layer of skin beneath the epidermis, composed of connective tissue, blood and lymph vessels, sweat glands, hair follicles, and an elaborate sensory nerve network.
- desist
-
verb (used without object),
to cease, as from some action or proceeding; stop.
- desman
-
noun,
either of two aquatic, insectivorous mammals, Myogale moschata, of southeastern Russia, or M. pyrenaica, of the Pyrenees, related to shrews.
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- tandem
-
noun,
a vehicle, as a truck, tractor, or trailer, in which a pair or pairs of axles are arranged in tandem.
- midair
-
noun,
any point in the air not contiguous with the earth or other solid surface:
- ranids
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- Tassie
-
noun,
tass.
- remits
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- daimen
-
adjective,
rare; occasional.
- Dairen
-
noun,
former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
- teiids
-
noun,
any of a large group of chiefly tropical New World lizards of the family Teiidae, as the racerunner, caiman lizard, or whiptail, characterized by large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
- admire
-
Idioms,
be admiring of, Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. to admire:
- tenaim
-
noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- Damien
-
noun,
Father (Jo·seph de Veu·ster) [French zhaw-zef--duh-vœ-ster] /French ʒɔˈzɛf də vœˈstɛr/ (Show IPA), 1840–89, Belgian Roman Catholic missionary to the lepers of Molokai.
- misers
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- admits
-
verb (used with object),
to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to:
- Mister
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- adren-
-
- saints
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- triads
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- reams
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- Mande
-
noun,
a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, spoken in western Africa and including Mende, Malinke, Bambara, and Kpelle.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- raids
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- seams
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- reads
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- radii
-
noun,
a plural of radius.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- sends
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- madre
-
noun,
mother1 .
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- semi-
-
- seism
-
noun,
an earthquake.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- seats
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- maids
-
noun,
a female servant.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- nitr-
-
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- nitid
-
adjective,
bright; lustrous.
- 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.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- semis
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, the half part of an as.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- nests
-
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.
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- Miass
-
noun,
a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia, near the Ural Mountains, W of Chelyabinsk.
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Misti
-
noun,
El Misti.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- mises
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- Miss.
-
- Missa
-
noun,
Mass.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- sains
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- mends
-
noun,
the act of mending; repair or improvement.
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- menad
-
noun,
maenad.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Mists
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- saids
-
noun,
sayyid.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- sadis
-
noun,
sadhe.
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- Media
-
noun,
a plural of medium.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Sans.
-
- Sands
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- sanes
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- metr-
-
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- meta-
-
- MIDAS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Phrygian king, son of Gordius, who was given by Dionysus the power of turning whatever he touched into gold.
- sanit
-
- mesas
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- Midis
-
noun,
a skirt, dress, or coat, of mid-calf length.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- minds
-
noun,
(in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.:
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- mini-
-
- minis
-
noun,
miniskirt.
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Medan
-
noun,
a city in NE Sumatra, in W Indonesia.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- rends
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- nards
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- retd.
-
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- nears
-
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- 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.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- 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.
- nerds
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- reni-
-
- Names
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- MSEnt
-
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- sards
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- Meads
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- saris
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- sasin
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- sates
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- matr-
-
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- masts
-
noun,
Nautical.
a spar or structure rising above the hull and upper portions of a ship or boat to hold sails, spars, rigging, booms, signals, etc., at some point on the fore-and-aft line, as a foremast or mainmast.
any of a number of individual spars composing such a structure, as a topmast supported on trestletrees at the head of a lower mast.
any of various portions of a single spar that are beside particular sails, as a top-gallant mast and royal mast formed as a single spar.
- mast-
-
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- masse
-
noun,
a stroke made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held almost or quite perpendicular to the table.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- iasis
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- rands
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- assn.
-
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- tears
-
- damns
-
noun,
the utterance of “damn” in swearing or for emphasis.
- dames
-
noun,
(initial capital letter)
the official title of a female member of the Order of the British Empire, equivalent to that of a knight.
the official title of the wife of a knight or baronet.
- teiid
-
noun,
any of a large group of chiefly tropical New World lizards of the family Teiidae, as the racerunner, caiman lizard, or whiptail, characterized by large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- tends
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- astr.
-
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- tera-
-
- asst.
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Asser
-
noun,
Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- term.
-
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- 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.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- 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.
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Arndt
-
noun,
Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
- 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.
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- Dares
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Armen
-
- dent.
-
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- dimin
-
- dimer
-
noun,
a molecule composed of two identical, simpler molecules.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- diam.
-
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- derms
-
noun,
a navigational device for making a nearby object conspicuous on a radarscope.
- derma
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. dermis.
- derm-
-
- dents
-
noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- darns
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- denim
-
noun,
a heavy, Z-twist, twill cotton for jeans, overalls, and other work and leisure garments.
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- demit
-
noun,
Also, dimit. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
- demi-
-
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- deism
-
noun,
belief in the existence of a God on the evidence of reason and nature only, with rejection of supernatural revelation (distinguished from theism).
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- dears
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- Issei
-
noun,
a Japanese person who immigrated to the U.S. or Canada after 1907 and was not eligible until 1952 for citizenship.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- darts
-
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- armed
-
noun,
Usually, arms. weapons, especially firearms.
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- aeri-
-
- AMEDS
-
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- treas
-
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- admit
-
verb (used with object),
to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to:
- admin
-
noun,
administration; administrative work.
- admen
-
noun,
Also called advertising man. one whose profession is writing, designing, or selling advertisements.
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- adits
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- aden-
-
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- tsadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- 30-30
-
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- 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.
- Amend
-
verb (used with object),
to alter, modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from (a motion, bill, constitution, etc.) by formal procedure:
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- timid
-
adjective,
lacking in self-assurance, courage, or bravery; easily alarmed; timorous; shy.
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- anti-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- ante-
-
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- anis-
-
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- anim.
-
- Andre
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- Amer.
-
- andr-
-
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Andes
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- amiss
-
Idioms,
take amiss, to be offended at or resentful of (something not meant to cause offense or resentment); misunderstand:
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- amin-
-
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- amide
-
noun,
a metallic derivative of ammonia in which the −NH 2 group is retained, as potassium amide, KNH 2 .
- amid-
-
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- dints
-
noun,
force; power:
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- inst.
-
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- Edman
-
noun,
Irwin, 1896–1954, U.S. philosopher and essayist.
- intr.
-
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- sines
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Sidra
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- edit.
-
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- Iran.
-
- sides
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- staid
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- Srta.
-
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Indra
-
noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- India
-
noun,
Hindi Bharat [buh-ruht] /ˈbʌ rʌt/ (Show IPA). a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950. 1,246,880 sq. mi. (3,229,419 sq. km). Capital: New Delhi.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- indie
-
noun,
an independently or privately owned business, especially a film or music company that is not affiliated with a larger and more commercial company:
- imine
-
noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- indri
-
noun,
a short-tailed lemur, Indri indri, of Madagascar, about 2 feet (60 cm) in length: an endangered species.
- imide
-
noun,
a compound derived from ammonia by replacement of two hydrogen atoms by acidic groups, characterized by the =NH group.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- init.
-
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- imit.
-
- irid-
-
- stand
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- 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.
- ster.
-
- siris
-
noun,
lebbek (def 1).
- drats
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- drams
-
noun,
Measurements.
a unit of apothecaries' weight, equal to 60 grains, or 1/8 (0.125) ounce (3.89 grams).
1/16 (0.0625) ounce, avoirdupois weight (27.34 grains; 1.77 grams). Abbreviation: dr., dr.
- Drain
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- IATSE
-
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- dist.
-
- disme
-
noun,
a former coin of the U.S., equal to 10 cents, issued in 1792: early form of the dime.
- isnad
-
noun,
the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- dirts
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- Dream
-
noun,
a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- simas
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- seti-
-
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- 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.
- irids
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the Iridaceae, the iris family.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Stans
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland.
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Sinas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Drina
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing N along the part of the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Sava River at Belgrade, Serbia. 285 miles (459 km) long.
- dries
-
noun,
a plural of dry.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- drest
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- dress
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- 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.
- 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.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- Sims
-
noun,
William Sowden [soud-n] /ˈsaʊd n/ (Show IPA), 1858–1936, U.S. admiral, born in Canada.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- 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.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- trid
-
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- tRNA
-
- sers
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Sem.
-
- tri-
-
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- 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.
- 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.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- 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.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- Sam.
-
- TDRS
-
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- SASE
-
- ten.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- Sat.
-
- Tasm
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- str.
-
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- Sams
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Samuel.
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Ste.
-
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- ter.
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Rida
-
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- RIIA
-
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- 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.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- 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.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- SRAM
-
- Sra.
-
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- 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.
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- std.
-
- SMSA
-
- RNAS
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- midn
-
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- Man.
-
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- maid
-
noun,
a female servant.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- MAEd
-
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- mads
-
noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- made
-
noun,
the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- dat.
-
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- med.
-
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- itis
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- Dem.
-
- Den.
-
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- der.
-
- ISSN
-
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- damn
-
noun,
the utterance of “damn” in swearing or for emphasis.
- isms
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- Mid.
-
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- atm.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- met.
-
- mess
-
noun,
a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition:
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- mes-
-
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- ment
-
- Mend
-
noun,
the act of mending; repair or improvement.
- men-
-
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- meas
-
- Dame
-
noun,
(initial capital letter)
the official title of a female member of the Order of the British Empire, equivalent to that of a knight.
the official title of the wife of a knight or baronet.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- mdse
-
- mdnt
-
- MDES
-
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- Mass
-
noun,
a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size:
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Mar.
-
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- ISIS
-
noun,
a goddess of fertility, the sister and wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, and usually represented as a woman with a cow's horns with the solar disk between them: later worshiped in the Greek and Roman empires.
- mids
-
noun,
Archaic. the middle.
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- 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.
- est.
-
- ESIS
-
- Esd.
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- DRAM
-
noun,
Measurements.
a unit of apothecaries' weight, equal to 60 grains, or 1/8 (0.125) ounce (3.89 grams).
1/16 (0.0625) ounce, avoirdupois weight (27.34 grains; 1.77 grams). Abbreviation: dr., dr.
- Ens.
-
- dis-
-
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- end-
-
- 1080
-
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emia
-
- EDTA
-
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- Ind.
-
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- IndE
-
- dia-
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- DIAS
-
noun,
Bartholomeu [bahr-too-loo-me-oo] /ˌbɑr tʊ lʊˈmɛ ʊ/ (Show IPA), c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Ire.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- int.
-
- ins.
-
- INRI
-
- dim.
-
- inae
-
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- dime
-
noun,
a cupronickel-clad coin of the U.S. and Canada, the 10th part of a dollar, equal to 10 cents.
- DIMS
-
Idioms,
take a dim view of, to regard with disapproval, skepticism, or dismay:
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- idem
-
noun,
another exactly the same.
- Din.
-
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- Idas
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- idae
-
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- dir.
-
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- MIDI
-
noun,
a skirt, dress, or coat, of mid-calf length.
- Mead
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- Edam
-
noun,
a mild, hard, yellow cheese, produced in a round shape and coated with red wax.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Adm.
-
- NASD
-
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- rad.
-
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- amt.
-
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- ands
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- NTIA
-
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- MSTS
-
- ANSI
-
- ASTM
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- MSIE
-
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- AIME
-
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- AInd
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- NIRA
-
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- Aire
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- aet.
-
- amdt
-
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- 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.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- AISI
-
- aer-
-
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ant.
-
- RADM
-
- AIDS
-
noun,
a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi's sarcoma, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, especially by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- art.
-
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- mis-
-
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- asis
-
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- ASME
-
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- ASSR
-
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- MSAE
-
- min.
-
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- mRNA
-
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- Mind
-
noun,
(in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.:
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- ARIS
-
- Arm.
-
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- MNAS
-
- DMS
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ed.
-
- STM
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- DNA
-
- DMT
-
- DNR
-
- ad-
-
- 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.
- ETD
-
- Am.
-
- DSR
-
- TSE
-
- DSA
-
- DRE
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- an.
-
- DST
-
- Ar.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ea.
-
- ead
-
- EAM
-
- ean
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- TSI
-
- DSS
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ae.
-
- STI
-
- Dr.
-
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- at.
-
- DMA
-
- TIA
-
- 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.
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- DAR
-
- ARS
-
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- ase
-
- TID
-
- ASI
-
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- Dam
-
noun,
a barrier to obstruct the flow of water, especially one of earth, masonry, etc., built across a stream or river.
- ASM
-
- ASN
-
- ASR
-
- DAE
-
- DSM
-
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ast
-
- ard
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- tr.
-
- 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.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- tra
-
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- AME
-
- de-
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- di.
-
- DET
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- AMS
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- DEA
-
- 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.
- TSS
-
- EdM
-
abbreviation,
electronic dance music: a range of genres of electronic music often played in nightclubs and characterized by a strong danceable beat:
- MNS
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- MIT
-
- SAE
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- MNA
-
- MNE
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- MRA
-
- sd.
-
- Rd.
-
- NSA
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- MIE
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- RSS
-
- SDR
-
- MAD
-
noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- SED
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- SDS
-
- SDI
-
- mi.
-
- SDA
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- MDT
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- Sta
-
- Re.
-
- SAR
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- NMI
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- NAD
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- 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.
- nr.
-
- NDE
-
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- 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:
- NIA
-
- NMR
-
- NRA
-
- RSA
-
- MSD
-
- Rs.
-
- rnd
-
- MRE
-
- RNA
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- MRI
-
- MSA
-
- MSE
-
- MTS
-
- MSI
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- MSN
-
- MST
-
- Mt.
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- MTI
-
- mtn
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- EMT
-
- SMS
-
- en-
-
- SMD
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- SMA
-
- ERT
-
- EIS
-
- ESA
-
- ESR
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- EMR
-
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- ETS
-
- SSD
-
- St.
-
- SST
-
- SSR
-
- SSN
-
- SSM
-
- SSI
-
- SSE
-
- SSA
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ss.
-
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- SRS
-
- EDT
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- eir
-
- Sr.
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Me.
-
- ETR
-
- id.
-
- ISR
-
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- ise
-
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ist
-
- ine
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- ITA
-
- 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).
- ite
-
- RMA
-
- 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.
- Md.
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ir.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- RDS
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Ia.
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- RDA
-
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- REA
-
- ide
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- 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.
- ier
-
- in.
-
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- RN
-
- NM
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- RI
-
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- TN
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- 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.
- SN
-
- DN
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- DM
-
- t.
-
- TD
-
- T1
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- TM
-
- M.
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- D.
-
- MN
-
- SM
-
- SA
-
- S.
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- N.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- ND
-
- NI
-
- i.
-