Anagrams of ambidextrous
Word ambidextrous has
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- admixtures
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noun,
the act of mixing; state of being mixed.
- mousebird
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noun,
coly.
- admixture
-
noun,
the act of mixing; state of being mixed.
- drumbeats
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noun,
the rhythmic sound of a drum.
- amberoids
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noun,
synthetic amber made by compressing pieces of various resins at a high temperature.
- mediators
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noun,
a person who mediates, especially between parties at variance.
- dermatous
-
- subeditor
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noun,
a subordinate or junior editor.
- submatrix
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noun,
a set of certain rows and columns of a given matrix.
- misdoubt
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verb (used with or without object),
to doubt or suspect.
- mediator
-
noun,
a person who mediates, especially between parties at variance.
- aumbries
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noun,
ambry.
- toxemias
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noun,
blood poisoning resulting from the presence of toxins, as bacterial toxins, in the blood.
- asteroid
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noun,
Also called minor planet. Astronomy. any of the thousands of small bodies of from 480 miles (775 km) to less than one mile (1.6 km) in diameter that revolve about the sun in orbits lying mostly between those of Mars and Jupiter.
- tribades
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noun,
lesbian (def 5).
- outsider
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noun,
a person not belonging to a particular group, set, party, etc.:
- oxidates
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noun,
Geochemistry. any of the class of sediments consisting chiefly of oxides of iron or manganese.
- bauxites
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noun,
a rock consisting of aluminum oxides and hydroxides with various impurities: the principal ore of aluminum.
- outrides
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noun,
Prosody. an unaccented syllable or syllables added to a metrical foot, especially in sprung rhythm.
- moisture
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noun,
condensed or diffused liquid, especially water:
- outdares
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verb (used with object),
to surpass in daring.
- ambroids
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noun,
amberoid.
- amberoid
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noun,
synthetic amber made by compressing pieces of various resins at a high temperature.
- aerobium
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noun,
aerobe.
- matrixes
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noun,
something that constitutes the place or point from which something else originates, takes form, or develops:
- obdurate
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adjective,
unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding.
- Bermudas
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noun,
the Bermudas. Bermuda.
- saboteur
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noun,
a person who commits or practices sabotage.
- do-re-mi
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noun,
money.
- Drambuie
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- drumbeat
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noun,
the rhythmic sound of a drum.
- soredium
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noun,
a group of algal cells surrounded by hyphal tissue, occurring on the surface of the thallus and functioning in vegetative reproduction.
- dimerous
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adjective,
consisting of or divided into two parts.
- dextrous
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adjective,
dexterous.
- dermato-
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- deorbits
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verb (used with object),
to cause to deliberately depart from orbit.
- suboxide
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noun,
the oxide of an element that contains the smallest proportion of oxygen.
- terbiums
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noun,
a rare-earth, metallic element present in certain minerals and yielding colorless salts. Symbol: Tb; atomic number: 65; atomic weight: 158.924; specific gravity: 8.25.
- exordium
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noun,
the beginning of anything.
- extrados
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noun,
the exterior curve or surface of an arch or vault.
- exurbias
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noun,
a generalized area comprising the exurbs.
- bromates
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noun,
a salt of bromic acid.
- imbrutes
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verb (used with or without object),
to degrade or sink to the level of a brute.
- tambours
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noun,
Music. a drum.
- Bordeaux
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Gironde, in SW France, on the Garonne River.
- redbaits
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verb (used without object),
to denounce or deprecate as a political radical, especially to accuse of being communist.
- redoubts
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noun,
an isolated work forming a complete enclosure of any form, used to defend a prominent point.
- biramous
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adjective,
consisting of or divided into two branches:
- obtrudes
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verb (used with object),
to thrust (something) forward or upon a person, especially without warrant or invitation:
- muriates
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noun,
(not in scientific use) any chloride, especially potassium chloride, KCl, used as a fertilizer.
- timbers
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noun,
the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses.
- atriums
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noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- astroid
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noun,
a hypocycloid with four cusps.
- Mideast
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noun,
Middle East.
- disturb
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verb (used with object),
to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
- Iobates
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noun,
a Lycian king commissioned by his son-in-law, Proetus, to kill Bellerophon: after surviving ordeals designed to destroy him, Bellerophon was believed to be divinely protected, and Iobates gave him half his kingdom.
- radiums
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noun,
Chemistry. a highly radioactive metallic element whose decay yields radon gas and alpha rays. Symbol: Ra; atomic weight: 226; atomic number: 88.
- atomies
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noun,
an atom; mote.
- iodates
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- stadium
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noun,
a sports arena, usually oval or horseshoe-shaped, with tiers of seats for spectators.
- radixes
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noun,
Mathematics. a number taken as the base of a system of numbers, logarithms, or the like.
- muriate
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noun,
(not in scientific use) any chloride, especially potassium chloride, KCl, used as a fertilizer.
- astride
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preposition,
with a leg on each side of; straddling:
- toxemia
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noun,
blood poisoning resulting from the presence of toxins, as bacterial toxins, in the blood.
- auditor
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noun,
a person appointed and authorized to examine accounts and accounting records, compare the charges with the vouchers, verify balance sheet and income items, and state the result.
- Rimbaud
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noun,
(Jean Nicolas) Arthur [zhahn nee-kaw-lah ar-tyr] /ʒɑ̃ ni kɔˈlɑ arˈtür/ (Show IPA), 1854–91, French poet.
- borides
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noun,
a compound consisting of two elements of which boron is the more electronegative one.
- disrobe
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verb (used with or without object),
to undress.
- uremias
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noun,
a condition resulting from the retention in the blood of constituents normally excreted in the urine.
- tourism
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noun,
the activity or practice of touring, especially for pleasure.
- disrate
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verb (used with object),
to reduce to a lower rating or rank.
- Tardieu
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noun,
André Pierre Gabriel Amédée [ahn-drey pyer ga-bree-el a-mey-dey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ pyɛr ga briˈɛl a meɪˈdeɪ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, French statesman.
- tambour
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noun,
Music. a drum.
- sorbate
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noun,
a sorbed substance.
- seabird
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noun,
a bird frequenting the sea or coast.
- imarets
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- oxidase
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noun,
any of a class of oxidoreductases that catalyze the oxidation of a substrate by molecular oxygen with the formation, in most cases, of hydrogen peroxide.
- oxidate
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noun,
Geochemistry. any of the class of sediments consisting chiefly of oxides of iron or manganese.
- mixture
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noun,
a product of mixing.
- Broadus
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noun,
something given as a bonus; lagniappe.
- aristo-
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- debitor
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noun,
a debtor.
- ideatum
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noun,
(in epistemology) the object of knowledge as known by the mind.
Compare datum (def 3).
- sautoir
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noun,
a ribbon, chain, scarf, or the like, tied around the neck in such a manner that the ends cross over each other.
- trisome
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noun,
a trisomic individual.
- 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.
- Isadore
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noun,
a male given name: from the Greek word meaning “gift of Isis.”.
- triodes
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noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- misread
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verb (used with or without object),
to read wrongly.
- braxies
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noun,
Also called bradsot. an acute inflammatory disease of the intestines of sheep, caused by a bacterium, Clostridium septicum.
- Ditmars
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noun,
Raymond Lee, 1876–1942, U.S. zoologist and author.
- misdate
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noun,
a wrong date.
- imbrues
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verb (used with object),
to stain:
- tribade
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noun,
lesbian (def 5).
- imbrute
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verb (used with or without object),
to degrade or sink to the level of a brute.
- debtors
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noun,
a person who is in debt or under financial obligation to another (opposed to creditor).
- Austro-
-
- borates
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noun,
a salt or ester of boric acid.
- radomes
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noun,
a dome-shaped device used to house a radar antenna.
- mastoid
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noun,
the mastoid process.
- bastide
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noun,
a medieval fortified town, planned as a whole and built at one time, especially in southern France, for strategic or commercial purposes.
- tedious
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adjective,
marked by monotony or tedium; long and tiresome:
- timeous
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adjective,
timely; sufficiently early.
- 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.
- bauxite
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noun,
a rock consisting of aluminum oxides and hydroxides with various impurities: the principal ore of aluminum.
- tediums
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noun,
the quality or state of being wearisome; irksomeness; tediousness.
- timbres
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noun,
Acoustics, Phonetics. the characteristic quality of a sound, independent of pitch and loudness, from which its source or manner of production can be inferred. Timbre depends on the relative strengths of the components of different frequencies, which are determined by resonance.
- maestro
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noun,
an eminent composer, teacher, or conductor of music:
- rebatos
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noun,
rabato.
- diatoms
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noun,
any of numerous microscopic, unicellular, marine or freshwater algae of the phylum Chrysophyta, having cell walls containing silica.
- Maurist
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noun,
a member of the Benedictine “Congregation of St. Maur,” founded in France in 1618, distinguished for its scholarship and literary works: suppressed during the French Revolution.
- detours
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noun,
a roundabout or circuitous way or course, especially one used temporarily when the main route is closed.
- terbias
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noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- 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.
- Marxist
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noun,
an adherent of Karl Marx or his theories.
- terbium
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noun,
a rare-earth, metallic element present in certain minerals and yielding colorless salts. Symbol: Tb; atomic number: 65; atomic weight: 158.924; specific gravity: 8.25.
- diastem
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noun,
a minor hiatus in an orderly succession of sedimentary rocks.
- Beatrix
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noun,
(Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard) born 1938, queen of the Netherlands since 1980 (daughter of Juliana).
- readout
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noun,
Computers. the output of information from a computer in readable form.
Compare printout.
- Bermuda
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noun,
a group of islands in the Atlantic, 580 miles (935 km) E of North Carolina: a British colony; resort. 19 sq. mi. (49 sq. km). Capital: Hamilton.
- matures
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adjective,
complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms:
- Maurois
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noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), (Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog) 1885–1967, French biographer and novelist.
- tsardom
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noun,
czardom.
- toadies
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noun,
an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
- torsade
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noun,
a twisted cord.
- durmast
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noun,
a European oak, Quercus petraea, yielding a heavy, elastic wood used for furniture and in the construction of buildings.
- remudas
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noun,
a group of saddle horses from which ranch hands choose mounts for the day.
- abortus
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noun,
immature placental or fetal tissue prematurely passed or curetted.
- boaters
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noun,
a person who boats, especially for pleasure.
- boaster
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noun,
a person who boasts or brags.
- deorbit
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verb (used with object),
to cause to deliberately depart from orbit.
- obtrude
-
verb (used with object),
to thrust (something) forward or upon a person, especially without warrant or invitation:
- soredia
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noun,
a group of algal cells surrounded by hyphal tissue, occurring on the surface of the thallus and functioning in vegetative reproduction.
- dim-out
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noun,
a reduction or concealment of night lighting in wartime to make the source less visible to an enemy from the air or sea.
- bariums
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noun,
a whitish, malleable, active, divalent, metallic element, occurring in combination chiefly as barite or as witherite. Symbol: Ba; atomic weight: 137.34; atomic number: 56; specific gravity: 3.5 at 20°C.
- sedarim
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noun,
a plural of Seder.
- redouts
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noun,
a condition experienced by pilots and astronauts in which blood is forced to the head and results in a reddening of the field of vision during rapid deceleration or in maneuvers that produce a negative gravity force.
- BAMusEd
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- redoubt
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noun,
an isolated work forming a complete enclosure of any form, used to defend a prominent point.
- dermat-
-
- mustard
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noun,
a pungent powder or paste prepared from the seed of the mustard plant, used as a food seasoning or condiment, and medicinally in plasters, poultices, etc.
- tirades
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noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- redbait
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verb (used without object),
to denounce or deprecate as a political radical, especially to accuse of being communist.
- barites
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noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- Moabite
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noun,
an inhabitant or native of Moab.
- bradsot
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noun,
braxy (def 1).
- dextro-
-
- rubatos
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noun,
a rubato phrase or passage.
- Amorite
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noun,
a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. II Sam. 12:26–31.
- amorist
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noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- exurbia
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noun,
a generalized area comprising the exurbs.
- bruxism
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noun,
teeth grinding.
- stardom
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noun,
the world or class of professional stars, as of the stage.
- mortise
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- exordia
-
noun,
the beginning of anything.
- 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:
- sidebar
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noun,
follow-up (def 3b).
- outdare
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verb (used with object),
to surpass in daring.
- ameboid
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adjective,
resembling or related to amebas.
- outbids
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verb (used with object),
to outdo in bidding; make a higher bid than (another bidder).
- Ambrose
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noun,
Saint, a.d. 340?–397, bishop of Milan 374–397.
- sidero-
-
- ambroid
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noun,
amberoid.
- amosite
-
noun,
an asbestine variety of anthophyllite, rich in iron, formerly used as a heat-resistant material.
- Daumier
-
noun,
Honoré [aw-naw-rey] /ɔ nɔˈreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1808–79, French painter, cartoonist, and lithographer.
- tuxedos
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noun,
Also called dinner jacket. a man's jacket for semiformal evening dress, traditionally of black or dark-blue color and characteristically having satin or grosgrain facing on the lapels.
- subatom
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noun,
any component of an atom.
- subarid
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adjective,
moderately arid.
- Euratom
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noun,
an organization formed in 1957, comprising France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy, and West Germany, for coordinated action in developing and marketing their nuclear resources.
- steroid
-
noun,
any of a large group of fat-soluble organic compounds, as the sterols, bile acids, and sex hormones, most of which have specific physiological action.
- outside
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noun,
the outer side, surface, or part; exterior:
- bustard
-
noun,
any of several large, chiefly terrestrial and ground-running birds of the family Otididae, of the Old World and Australia, related to the cranes.
- ambries
-
noun,
Also called armarium. Ecclesiastical. a recess in the wall of a church or a cupboard in the sacristy where sacred vessels, books, vestments, etc., are kept.
- Umberto
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noun,
Humbert I.
- bustier
-
noun,
a woman's close-fitting, sleeveless, strapless top, often elasticized, usually having boning or facing to give it shape, and worn as a blouse.
- suimate
-
noun,
self-mate.
- stearo-
-
- Roubaix
-
noun,
a city in N France, NE of Lille.
- Amboise
-
noun,
a town in central France, E of Tours: castle.
- Moebius
-
noun,
August Ferdinand, Möbius, August Ferdinand.
- subedit
-
verb (used with or without object),
to copyedit.
- erbiums
-
noun,
a rare-earth metallic element, having pink salts. Symbol: Er; atomic weight: 167.26; atomic number: 68.
- outride
-
noun,
Prosody. an unaccented syllable or syllables added to a metrical foot, especially in sprung rhythm.
- Rosebud
-
noun,
the bud of a rose.
- admires
-
Idioms,
be admiring of, Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. to admire:
- Admetus
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noun,
a Thessalian king, one of the Argonauts and husband of Alcestis.
- mobster
-
noun,
a member of a criminal mob.
- dabster
-
noun,
Slang. an expert.
- modiste
-
noun,
Older Use. a female maker of or dealer in women's fashionable attire.
- bromide
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noun,
Chemistry.
a salt of hydrobromic acid consisting of two elements, one of which is bromine, as sodium bromide, NaBr.
a compound containing bromine, as methyl bromide.
- admixes
-
verb (used with or without object),
to mingle with or add to something else.
- storied
-
noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- darbies
-
noun,
a float having two handles, used by plasterers.
- bromate
-
noun,
a salt of bromic acid.
- stumer
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noun,
something bogus or fraudulent.
- bestir
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verb (used with object),
to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively):
- bestud
-
verb (used with object),
to set with or as if with studs; dot:
- biters
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noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- bitser
-
noun,
a mongrel dog.
- biuret
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noun,
a white crystalline substance, C 2 H 5 O 2 N 3 ⋅H 2 O, soluble in water and alcohol, used for the identification of urea, from which it is formed on heating.
- rebato
-
noun,
rabato.
- Mabuse
-
noun,
Jan [Flemish yahn] /Flemish yɑn/ (Show IPA), (Jan Gossaert or Gossart) 1478?–1533? Flemish painter.
- storax
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noun,
a solid resin with a vanillalike odor, obtained from a small tree, Styrax officinalis: formerly used in medicine and perfumery.
- Maoris
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- Buster
-
noun,
a person who breaks up something:
- dermas
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. dermis.
- rebuts
-
verb (used with object),
to refute by evidence or argument.
- muster
-
noun,
an assembling of troops or persons for formal inspection or other purposes.
- redout
-
noun,
a condition experienced by pilots and astronauts in which blood is forced to the head and results in a reddening of the field of vision during rapid deceleration or in maneuvers that produce a negative gravity force.
- ombers
-
noun,
a card game popular in the 17th and 18th centuries and played, usually by three persons, with 40 cards.
- routes
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- tauro-
-
- deuto-
-
- dextr-
-
- daubes
-
noun,
a stew of braised meat, vegetables, herbs, and seasonings.
- boards
-
noun,
a piece of wood sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth compared with the thickness.
- ixoras
-
noun,
any of numerous tropical shrubs or trees belonging to the genus Ixora, of the madder family, having glossy leaves and clusters of showy flowers in a variety of colors.
- Eudora
-
noun,
a female given name.
- boarts
-
noun,
bort.
- erbium
-
noun,
a rare-earth metallic element, having pink salts. Symbol: Er; atomic weight: 167.26; atomic number: 68.
- strobe
-
noun,
Also called strobe light. stroboscope (def 2a).
- rubato
-
noun,
a rubato phrase or passage.
- desorb
-
verb (used with object),
to remove an absorbate or adsorbate from (an absorbent or adsorbent).
- maduro
-
adjective,
strong and darkly colored.
- rubies
-
noun,
a red variety of corundum, used as a gem.
- biomes
-
noun,
a complex biotic community characterized by distinctive plant and animal species and maintained under the climatic conditions of the region, especially such a community that has developed to climax.
- biased
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- Stroud
-
noun,
a coarse woolen cloth, blanket, or garment formerly used by the British in bartering with the North American Indians.
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- bidets
-
noun,
a low, basinlike bathroom fixture, usually with spigots, used for bathing the genital and perineal areas.
- 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.
- embars
-
verb (used with object),
to stop or hinder, as by a bar.
- dermo-
-
- stroma
-
noun,
Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- tedium
-
noun,
the quality or state of being wearisome; irksomeness; tediousness.
- rebids
-
noun,
Bridge. a second bid:
- strode
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- biotas
-
noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- Struma
-
noun,
Pathology. goiter.
- Madero
-
noun,
Francisco Indalecio [frahn-sees-kaw een-dah-le-syaw] /frɑnˈsis kɔ ˌin dɑˈlɛ syɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1913, Mexican revolutionary and political leader: president 1911–13.
- terbia
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- buteos
-
noun,
any of several buzzards or hawks of the genus Buteo.
- stride
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- rumbas
-
noun,
a dance, Cuban in origin and complex in rhythm.
- studio
-
noun,
the workroom or atelier of an artist, as a painter or sculptor.
- bistro
-
noun,
a small, modest, European-style restaurant or café.
- bistre
-
noun,
a brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood, often used in pen and wash drawings.
- bister
-
noun,
bistre.
- detour
-
noun,
a roundabout or circuitous way or course, especially one used temporarily when the main route is closed.
- datums
-
noun,
a single piece of information, as a fact, statistic, or code; an item of data.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- madres
-
noun,
mother1 .
- birota
-
noun,
a two-wheeled cart, usually drawn by three mules, used for transporting commercial goods and one or two passengers.
- Strabo
-
noun,
63? b.c.–a.d. 21? Greek geographer and historian.
- rubied
-
adjective,
having a color like that of a ruby; deep red.
- utero-
-
- Roseau
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Dominica.
- tarso-
-
- odiums
-
noun,
intense hatred or dislike, especially toward a person or thing regarded as contemptible, despicable, or repugnant.
- exurbs
-
noun,
a small, usually prosperous, community situated beyond the suburbs of a city.
- breams
-
noun,
any of various freshwater fishes of the genus Abramis, as A. brama, of Europe, with a compressed, deep body and silvery scales.
- debtor
-
noun,
a person who is in debt or under financial obligation to another (opposed to creditor).
- breads
-
noun,
a kind of food made of flour or meal that has been mixed with milk or water, made into a dough or batter, with or without yeast or other leavening agent, and baked.
- imbeds
-
verb (used with object),
embed.
- tabors
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- imbrex
-
noun,
a convex tile, used especially in ancient Rome to cover joints in a tile roof.
- imbrue
-
verb (used with object),
to stain:
- brumes
-
noun,
mist; fog.
- Tadmor
-
noun,
Biblical name of Palmyra.
- braise
-
verb (used with object),
to cook (meat, fish, or vegetables) by sautéeing in fat and then simmering slowly in very little liquid.
- braids
-
noun,
a braided length or plait, especially of hair.
- 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.
- extro-
-
- extras
-
noun,
something extra or additional:
- extra-
-
- breast
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- Sardou
-
noun,
Victorien [veek-taw-ryen] /vik tɔˈryɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1831–1908, French dramatist.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- Brodie
-
noun,
a suicidal or daredevil leap; wild dive:
- debars
-
verb (used with object),
to shut out or exclude from a place or condition:
- Broads
-
noun,
The, (used with a plural verb) a low-lying region in E England, in Norfolk and Suffolk: bogs and marshy lakes.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- surtax
-
noun,
an additional or extra tax on something already taxed.
- iambus
-
noun,
iamb.
- iatro-
-
- I-beam
-
noun,
a rolled or extruded metal beam having a cross section resembling an I.
Compare H-beam.
- roadie
-
noun,
a member of a crew for a traveling group of musicians or other entertainers, whose work usually includes the setting up of equipment.
- bruise
-
noun,
an injury due to bruising; contusion.
- robust
-
adjective,
strong and healthy; hardy; vigorous:
- debits
-
noun,
the recording or an entry of debt in an account.
- tabers
-
noun,
tabor.
- Brieux
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, French playwright, journalist, and editor.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- debris
-
noun,
the remains of anything broken down or destroyed; ruins; rubble:
- bruits
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. any generally abnormal sound or murmur heard on auscultation.
- Sumter
-
noun,
a city in central South Carolina.
- imbues
-
verb (used with object),
to impregnate or inspire, as with feelings, opinions, etc.:
- boater
-
noun,
a person who boats, especially for pleasure.
- demobs
-
noun,
demobilization.
- submit
-
verb (used with object),
to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- subito
-
adverb,
(as a musical direction) suddenly; abruptly:
- borate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of boric acid.
- ribose
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble, slightly sweet solid, C 5 H 10 O 5 , a pentose sugar obtained by the hydrolysis of RNA.
- isobar
-
noun,
Meteorology. a line drawn on a weather map or chart that connects points at which the barometric pressure is the same.
- isomer
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- boites
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- obtuse
-
adjective,
not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull.
- abides
-
Verb phrases,
abide by,
to act in accord with.
to submit to; agree to:
to remain steadfast or faithful to; keep:
- remuda
-
noun,
a group of saddle horses from which ranch hands choose mounts for the day.
- bodies
-
noun,
the physical structure and material substance of an animal or plant, living or dead.
- Seboim
-
noun,
Zeboim.
- Buriat
-
noun,
Buryat.
- 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.
- demurs
-
noun,
the act of making objection.
- buries
-
noun,
Nautical. housing1 (def 8a, b).
- dautie
-
noun,
a darling.
- Sambre
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing NE through N France and S Belgium into the Meuse at Namur: battle 1918. 120 miles (193 km) long.
- boxers
-
noun,
a person who fights as a sport, usually with gloved fists, according to set rules; prize-fighter; pugilist.
- rimose
-
adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- debuts
-
noun,
a first public appearance on a stage, on television, etc.
- iodate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- Exodus
-
noun,
a going out; a departure or emigration, usually of a large number of people:
- Bourse
-
noun,
a stock exchange, especially the stock exchange of certain European cities.
- suitor
-
noun,
a man who courts or woos a woman.
- Deimos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek personification of terror, a son of Ares and Aphrodite.
- duties
-
noun,
something that one is expected or required to do by moral or legal obligation.
- Bordet
-
noun,
Jules Jean Baptiste Vincent [zhyl zhahn ba-teest van-sahn] /ʒül ʒɑ̃ baˈtist vɛ̃ˈsɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1870–1961, Belgian physiologist and bacteriologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1919.
- Duster
-
noun,
a person or thing that removes or applies dust.
- Taoism
-
noun,
the philosophical system evolved by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu, advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to attain a happy existence in harmony with the Tao.
- irades
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- Tarbes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Hautes-Pyrénées, in SW France.
- suited
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- editor
-
noun,
a person having managerial and sometimes policy-making responsibility related to the writing, compilation, and revision of content for a publishing firm or for a newspaper, magazine, or other publication:
- boride
-
noun,
a compound consisting of two elements of which boron is the more electronegative one.
- Boreas
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the north wind.
- demits
-
noun,
Also, dimit. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
- orbits
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- Beirut
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Lebanon.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- 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.
- sodium
-
noun,
Chemistry. a soft, silver-white, metallic element that oxidizes rapidly in moist air, occurring in nature only in the combined state, and used in the synthesis of sodium peroxide, sodium cyanide, and tetraethyllead: a necessary element in the body for the maintenance of normal fluid balance and other physiological functions. Symbol: Na; atomic weight: 22.9898; atomic number: 11; specific gravity: 0.97 at 20°C.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- doater
-
noun,
doter.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- dreamt
-
noun,
a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- sobeit
-
conjunction,
if it be so that; provided that.
- mixers
-
noun,
a person or thing that mixes.
- Dreams
-
noun,
a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- Soemba
-
noun,
Dutch name of Sumba.
- uredia
-
noun,
uredinium.
- truism
-
noun,
a self-evident, obvious truth.
- ardebs
-
noun,
a unit of capacity used for dry measure in Egypt and neighboring countries, officially equivalent in Egypt to 5.62 U.S. bushels, but varying greatly in different localities.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- Mobius
-
noun,
August Ferdinand [ou-goo st fer-di-nahnt] /ˈaʊ gʊst ˈfɛr dɪˌnɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1790–1868, German mathematician.
- amused
-
adjective,
pleasurably entertained, occupied, or diverted.
- absurd
-
noun,
the quality or condition of existing in a meaningless and irrational world.
- tubers
-
noun,
Botany. a fleshy, usually oblong or rounded thickening or outgrowth, as the potato, of a subterranean stem or shoot, bearing minute scalelike leaves with buds or eyes in their axils from which new plants may arise.
- dobras
-
noun,
any of various former Portuguese coins, especially a gold coin of John V equal to two johannes.
- modest
-
adjective,
having or showing a moderate or humble estimate of one's merits, importance, etc.; free from vanity, egotism, boastfulness, or great pretensions.
- aroids
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- arouse
-
verb (used with object),
to stir to action or strong response; excite:
- amours
-
noun,
a love affair.
- rabies
-
noun,
an infectious disease of dogs, cats, and other animals, transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected animal and usually fatal if prophylactic treatment is not administered: caused by an RNA virus of the rhabdovirus group; hydrophobia.
- atrium
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- Atreus
-
noun,
the father of Plisthenes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia upon whose house Thyestes pronounced a curse.
- radius
-
noun,
a straight line extending from the center of a circle or sphere to the circumference or surface:
- radium
-
noun,
Chemistry. a highly radioactive metallic element whose decay yields radon gas and alpha rays. Symbol: Ra; atomic weight: 226; atomic number: 88.
- radios
-
noun,
wireless telegraphy or telephony:
- treads
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- radio-
-
- triads
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- astro-
-
- Astrid
-
noun,
a female given name: from Scandinavian, meaning “divine strength.”.
- droits
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- uremia
-
noun,
a condition resulting from the retention in the blood of constituents normally excreted in the urine.
- tribo-
-
- somite
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- somber
-
adjective,
gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted:
- oxters
-
noun,
the armpit.
- 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.).
- somat-
-
- triode
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- oximes
-
noun,
any of a group of compounds containing the group >C=NOH, produced by the condensation of ketones or aldehydes with hydroxylamine.
- tuboid
-
adjective,
having or approximating a tubular form.
- tuebor
-
verb,
I will defend: motto on the coat of arms of Michigan.
- distr.
-
- adroit
-
adjective,
expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body.
- dories
-
noun,
a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides.
- doubts
-
noun,
a feeling of uncertainty about the truth, reality, or nature of something.
- dormie
-
adjective,
(of a player or side in match play) being in the lead by as many holes as are still to be played.
- urates
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- mouser
-
noun,
an animal that catches mice:
- umbras
-
noun,
shade; shadow.
- Dorset
-
noun,
1st Earl of, Thomas Sackville.
- adsorb
-
verb (used with object),
to gather (a gas, liquid, or dissolved substance) on a surface in a condensed layer:
- Umbria
-
noun,
an ancient district in central and N Italy.
- ostium
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a small opening or orifice, as at the end of the oviduct.
- umbers
-
noun,
an earth consisting chiefly of a hydrated oxide of iron and some oxide of manganese, used in its natural state as a brown pigment (raw umber) or, after heating, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt umber)
- adores
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- dorsi-
-
- adobes
-
noun,
sun-dried brick made of clay and straw, in common use in countries having little rainfall.
- dorsum
-
noun,
the back, as of the body.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Osbert
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “god” and “bright.”.
- admits
-
verb (used with object),
to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to:
- orexis
-
noun,
the affective and conative character of mental activity as contrasted with its cognitive aspect; the appetitive aspect of an act.
- admire
-
Idioms,
be admiring of, Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. to admire:
- oreads
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- doumas
-
noun,
duma.
- Dorati
-
noun,
Antal [ahn-tahl;; Hungarian on-tol] /ˈɑn tɑl;; Hungarian ˈɒn tɒl/ (Show IPA), 1906–1988, Hungarian conductor, in the U.S.
- Moesia
-
noun,
an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.
- outbid
-
verb (used with object),
to outdo in bidding; make a higher bid than (another bidder).
- Tumbes
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Peru.
- amidst
-
preposition,
amid.
- amido-
-
- amides
-
noun,
a metallic derivative of ammonia in which the −NH 2 group is retained, as potassium amide, KNH 2 .
- moires
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- doxies
-
noun,
opinion; doctrine.
- tumors
-
noun,
a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- douter
-
noun,
an implement for snuffing out candles, consisting either of a scissorlike device with two broad flat blades or of a cone at the end of a handle.
- morbid
-
adjective,
suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc.:
- ambits
-
noun,
circumference; circuit.
- douser
-
noun,
a person or thing that douses.
- ouster
-
noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- ambers
-
noun,
a pale yellow, sometimes reddish or brownish, fossil resin of vegetable origin, translucent, brittle, and capable of gaining a negative electrical charge by friction and of being an excellent insulator: used for making jewelry and other ornamental articles.
- mudras
-
noun,
Hinduism, Buddhism. any of a series of arm and hand positions expressing an attitude or action of the deity.
- Moreau
-
noun,
Gustave [gys-tav] /güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1826–98, French painter.
- turbid
-
adjective,
not clear or transparent because of stirred-up sediment or the like; clouded; opaque; obscured:
- turbo-
-
- turbos
-
noun,
turbine.
- douras
-
noun,
durra.
- Tuxedo
-
noun,
Also called dinner jacket. a man's jacket for semiformal evening dress, traditionally of black or dark-blue color and characteristically having satin or grosgrain facing on the lapels.
- airbus
-
noun,
a short-range or medium-range commercial passenger airplane, especially one that is part of a frequent shuttlelike service between two popular destinations.
- U-boat
-
noun,
a German submarine.
- trades
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- driest
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- dastur
-
noun,
a Parsee chief priest.
- masto-
-
- Bardot
-
noun,
Brigitte (Camille Javal) born 1934, French film actress and animal rights activist.
- bardes
-
noun,
bard2 (def 1).
- timber
-
noun,
the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses.
- Timaru
-
noun,
a seaport on the E coast of South Island, in S New Zealand.
- mbiras
-
noun,
a musical instrument of Africa usually made out of a gourd that serves as a resonating box, to which vibrating metal or wooden strips are attached for plucking.
- ramous
-
adjective,
ramose.
- ramose
-
adjective,
having many branches.
- dimers
-
noun,
a molecule composed of two identical, simpler molecules.
- sorted
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- Maseru
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Lesotho, in the NW part.
- diatom
-
noun,
any of numerous microscopic, unicellular, marine or freshwater algae of the phylum Chrysophyta, having cell walls containing silica.
- beards
-
noun,
the growth of hair on the face of an adult man, often including a mustache.
- serdab
-
noun,
a chamber inside a mastaba containing a statue of the deceased.
- Tobies
-
noun,
Also, Toby, Toby jug. a mug in the form of a stout old man wearing a three-cornered hat.
- tobira
-
noun,
a shrub, Pittosporum tobira, of China and Japan, having leathery leaves, fragrant, greenish-white flower clusters, densely hairy fruit, and lemon-scented foliage.
- radome
-
noun,
a dome-shaped device used to house a radar antenna.
- tirade
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- raised
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- B-axis
-
noun,
the horizontal crystallographic axis that is in a right-left position.
- DuBois
-
noun,
(Marie) Eugène (François Thomas) [ma-ree œ-zhen frahn-swa taw-mah] /maˈri œˈʒɛn frɑ̃ˈswa tɔˈmɑ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1941, Dutch physical anthropologist and anatomist.
- Batumi
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Adzharistan, in the SW Georgian Republic, on the Black Sea.
- matri-
-
- matrix
-
noun,
something that constitutes the place or point from which something else originates, takes form, or develops:
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- souter
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- Basuto
-
noun,
Sotho (def 3).
- baster
-
noun,
a person or thing that bastes.
- Baxter
-
noun,
Richard, 1615–91, English Puritan preacher, scholar, and writer.
- Mauser
-
noun,
Peter Paul, 1838–1914, and his brother, Wilhelm, 1834–82, German inventors of firearms.
- mature
-
adjective,
complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms:
- Timour
-
noun,
Tamerlane.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- Duarte
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- timbre
-
noun,
Acoustics, Phonetics. the characteristic quality of a sound, independent of pitch and loudness, from which its source or manner of production can be inferred. Timbre depends on the relative strengths of the components of different frequencies, which are determined by resonance.
- barium
-
noun,
a whitish, malleable, active, divalent, metallic element, occurring in combination chiefly as barite or as witherite. Symbol: Ba; atomic weight: 137.34; atomic number: 56; specific gravity: 3.5 at 20°C.
- barite
-
noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- barit.
-
- todies
-
noun,
any of several small West Indian birds of the family Todidae, related to the motmots and kingfishers, having brightly colored green and red plumage.
- Tobias
-
noun,
the son of Tobit.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- austr-
-
- sorbet
-
noun,
sherbet (defs 1, 3).
- meatus
-
noun,
an opening or foramen, especially in a bone or bony structure, as the opening of the ear or nose.
- disarm
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive of a weapon or weapons.
- disbar
-
verb (used with object),
to expel from the legal profession or from the bar of a particular court.
- autism
-
noun,
Psychiatry. a pervasive developmental disorder of children, characterized by impaired communication, excessive rigidity, and emotional detachment: now considered one of the autism spectrum disorders.
- Serbia
-
noun,
a republic in S Europe since 2006; includes the autonomous province of Vojvodina and claims sovereignty over the autonomous province of Kosovo, which has declared itself independent; formerly part of Yugoslavia, in the N part: a former kingdom in S Europe. 34,116 sq. mi. (88,360 sq. km). Capital: Belgrade.
- diseur
-
noun,
a male professional entertainer who performs monologues.
- Auster
-
noun,
the south wind personified.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- aurist
-
noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- metro-
-
- bedims
-
verb (used with object),
to make dim; darken; obscure.
- audits
-
noun,
an official examination and verification of accounts and records, especially of financial accounts.
- metros
-
noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- Marius
-
noun,
Gaius, c155–86 b.c, Roman general and consul: opponent of Lucius Cornelius Sulla.
- audios
-
noun,
Television.
the audio elements of television (distinguished from video).
the circuits in a receiver for reproducing sound.
the audio part of a television broadcast.
- audio-
-
- Seurat
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1859–91, French (pointillist) painter.
- merous
-
- dibrom
-
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- serbo-
-
- Diamox
-
- medias
-
noun,
a plural of medium.
- aborts
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- Medit.
-
- medius
-
noun,
the middle finger.
- Medusa
-
noun,
a saucer-shaped or dome-shaped, free-swimming jellyfish or hydra.
- Merida
-
noun,
suntan (def 2).
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- beauts
-
noun,
(often used ironically) something or someone beautiful, remarkable, or amazing.
- Dumas
-
noun,
Alexandre [a-lek-sahn-druh] /a lɛkˈsɑ̃ drə/ (Show IPA), ("Dumas père") 1802–70, and his son, Alexandre, (“Dumas fils”), 1824–95, French dramatists and novelists.
- Sidra
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- semi-
-
- douma
-
noun,
duma.
- eidos
-
noun,
the formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas, criteria for interpreting experience, etc.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Douai
-
noun,
a city in N France, SE of Calais.
- Doubs
-
noun,
a river in E France, flowing into the Saône River. About 260 miles (420 km) long.
- SABRE
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- duets
-
noun,
a musical composition for two voices or instruments.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- duits
-
noun,
doit (def 1).
- Duero
-
noun,
Spanish name of Douro.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Sedum
-
noun,
any fleshy plant belonging to the genus Sedum, of the stonecrop family, usually having small, overlapping leaves and yellow, white, or pink flowers.
- embar
-
verb (used with object),
to stop or hinder, as by a bar.
- doubt
-
noun,
a feeling of uncertainty about the truth, reality, or nature of something.
- dotes
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- obdt.
-
- embus
-
verb (used with or without object),
to get or put on a bus.
- drome
-
noun,
a department in SE France. 2533 sq. mi. (6560 sq. km). Capital: Valence.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- drest
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- Druse
-
noun,
an incrustation of small crystals on the surface of a rock or mineral.
- sexi-
-
- Saudi
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Saudi Arabia.
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- dures
-
verb (used with or without object),
endure.
- dribs
-
noun,
a small or minute quantity; bit.
- sebi-
-
- duras
-
noun,
dura mater.
- dries
-
noun,
a plural of dry.
- OBrit
-
- droit
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- drubs
-
noun,
a blow with a stick or the like.
- duros
-
noun,
a peso of Spain or Spanish America.
- duxes
-
noun,
British. the pupil who is academically first in a class or school.
- Durst
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- seti-
-
- doura
-
noun,
durra.
- sarod
-
noun,
a lute of northern India, played with a bow.
- Sambo
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a black person, especially a male.
- douse
-
noun,
British Dialect. a stroke or blow.
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- Dubai
-
noun,
an emirate in the NE United Arab Emirates, on the Persian Gulf.
- oared
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- edit.
-
- drabs
-
noun,
dull gray; dull brownish or yellowish gray.
- 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.
- Dream
-
noun,
a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- sero-
-
- drats
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- serum
-
noun,
the clear, pale-yellow liquid that separates from the clot in the coagulation of blood; blood serum.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- obits
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- sebum
-
noun,
the fatty secretion of the sebaceous glands.
- Obad.
-
- redux
-
adjective,
brought back; resurgent:
- sabot
-
noun,
a shoe made of a single block of wood hollowed out, worn especially by farmers and workers in the Netherlands, France, Belgium, etc.
- metr-
-
- mero-
-
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- raids
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- meso-
-
- meta-
-
- 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.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- Radom
-
noun,
a city in E Poland.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- radix
-
noun,
Mathematics. a number taken as the base of a system of numbers, logarithms, or the like.
- MIDAS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Phrygian king, son of Gordius, who was given by Dionysus the power of turning whatever he touched into gold.
- rabot
-
noun,
a hardwood block used for rubbing marble before polishing.
- rabid
-
adjective,
irrationally extreme in opinion or practice:
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- murex
-
noun,
any marine gastropod of the genus Murex, common in tropical seas, certain species of which yield the royal purple dye valued by the ancients.
- misdo
-
verb (used with object),
to do badly or wrongly; botch.
- Mures
-
noun,
a river in SE central Europe, flowing W from the Carpathian Mountains in central Romania to the Tisza River in S Hungary. 400 miles (645 km) long.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Media
-
noun,
a plural of medium.
- miso-
-
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- mast-
-
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- matr-
-
- Matsu
-
noun,
a pine, Pinus massoniana, of China, yielding a wood used in furniture-making, the construction of houses, etc.
- mauds
-
noun,
a gray woolen plaid worn by shepherds and others in S Scotland.
- Rambo
-
noun,
a fanatically militant or violently aggressive person.
- maxis
-
noun,
maxiskirt.
- ramus
-
noun,
a branch, as of a plant, vein, bone, etc.
- mbira
-
noun,
a musical instrument of Africa usually made out of a gourd that serves as a resonating box, to which vibrating metal or wooden strips are attached for plucking.
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- Meads
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- oxter
-
noun,
the armpit.
- Marut
-
noun,
any of a group of storm gods, the offspring of Rudra.
- moues
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- Ouida
-
noun,
pen name of Louise de la Ramée.
- MOUSE
-
noun,
any of numerous small Old World rodents of the family Muridae, especially of the genus Mus, introduced widely in other parts of the world.
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- moxas
-
noun,
a flammable substance or material obtained from the leaves of certain Chinese and Japanese wormwood plants, especially Artemisia moxa.
- moxie
-
noun,
vigor; verve; pep.
- Otaru
-
noun,
a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- oste-
-
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- orbit
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- mudra
-
noun,
Hinduism, Buddhism. any of a series of arm and hand positions expressing an attitude or action of the deity.
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- oxime
-
noun,
any of a group of compounds containing the group >C=NOH, produced by the condensation of ketones or aldehydes with hydroxylamine.
- mixes
-
noun,
an act or instance of mixing.
- 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.
- oxide
-
noun,
a compound in which oxygen is bonded to one or more electropositive atoms.
- mixed
-
noun,
an act or instance of mixing.
- mixer
-
noun,
a person or thing that mixes.
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Omuta
-
noun,
a seaport on W Kyushu, in SW Japan.
- modes
-
noun,
a manner of acting or doing; method; way:
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- Murat
-
noun,
Joachim [zhaw-a-keem] /ʒɔ aˈkim/ (Show IPA), 1767?–1815, French marshal: king of Naples 1808–15.
- muras
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Sabir
-
noun,
lingua franca (def 2).
- iambs
-
noun,
a foot of two syllables, a short followed by a long in quantitative meter, or an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter, as in Come live / with me / and be / my love.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- odium
-
noun,
intense hatred or dislike, especially toward a person or thing regarded as contemptible, despicable, or repugnant.
- exurb
-
noun,
a small, usually prosperous, community situated beyond the suburbs of a city.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- oidea
-
- IATSE
-
- Exod.
-
- Ibert
-
noun,
Jacques François Antoine [zhahk frahn-swa ahn-twan] /ʒɑk frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1890–1962, French composer.
- Robus
-
noun,
Hugo, 1885–1963, U.S. sculptor.
- robes
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- ideo-
-
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- imbed
-
verb (used with object),
embed.
- mutes
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- odeum
-
noun,
a hall, theater, or other structure for musical or dramatic performances.
- exits
-
noun,
a way or passage out:
- muted
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- Saber
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- Eridu
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian and Babylonian city near the Euphrates in S Iraq: center for the worship of Ea; partially excavated.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- rumba
-
noun,
a dance, Cuban in origin and complex in rhythm.
- rubes
-
noun,
an unsophisticated person from a rural area; hick.
- estab
-
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- exist
-
verb (used without object),
to have actual being; be:
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- Euro-
-
- Obuda
-
noun,
See under Budapest.
- Odets
-
noun,
Clifford, 1906–63, U.S. dramatist.
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- imbue
-
verb (used with object),
to impregnate or inspire, as with feelings, opinions, etc.:
- Srta.
-
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- omber
-
noun,
a card game popular in the 17th and 18th centuries and played, usually by three persons, with 40 cards.
- Sioux
-
noun,
Dakota (defs 4, 6).
- rebus
-
noun,
a representation of a word or phrase by pictures, symbols, etc., that suggest that word or phrase or its syllables:
- rebid
-
noun,
Bridge. a second bid:
- maids
-
noun,
a female servant.
- Maidu
-
noun,
a member of a tribe of North American Indians of northeastern California.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- madre
-
noun,
mother1 .
- Reaum
-
- 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)
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- reads
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- rebut
-
verb (used with object),
to refute by evidence or argument.
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- 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).
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- ribat
-
noun,
a building housing a community of Sufis.
- retd.
-
- Remus
-
noun,
Roman Legend. See under Romulus (def 1).
- redos
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- remix
-
noun,
a remixed recording.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- 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.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Ixora
-
noun,
any of numerous tropical shrubs or trees belonging to the genus Ixora, of the madder family, having glossy leaves and clusters of showy flowers in a variety of colors.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- oread
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- redox
-
noun, adjective,
oxidation-reduction.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- beast
-
noun,
any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal.
- board
-
noun,
a piece of wood sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth compared with the thickness.
- Boris
-
noun,
a male given name.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- areo-
-
- tardo
-
adjective,
slow (used as a musical direction).
- boras
-
noun,
a city in S Sweden, near Göteborg.
- borax
-
noun,
a white, water-soluble powder or crystals, hydrated sodium borate, Na 2 B 4 O 7 ⋅10H 2 O, occurring naturally or obtained from naturally occurring borates; tincal: used as a flux, cleansing agent, in the manufacture of glass, porcelain, and enamel, and in tanning.
- tsadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- ardeb
-
noun,
a unit of capacity used for dry measure in Egypt and neighboring countries, officially equivalent in Egypt to 5.62 U.S. bushels, but varying greatly in different localities.
- Bores
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- borts
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- tubas
-
noun,
Music.
a valved, brass wind instrument having a low range.
an organ reed stop of large scale with tones of exceptional power.
an ancient Roman trumpet.
- botas
-
noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- amuse
-
verb (used with object),
to hold the attention of (someone) pleasantly; entertain or divert in an enjoyable or cheerful manner:
- Botes
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- tuber
-
noun,
Botany. a fleshy, usually oblong or rounded thickening or outgrowth, as the potato, of a subterranean stem or shoot, bearing minute scalelike leaves with buds or eyes in their axils from which new plants may arise.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- Bouar
-
noun,
a city in the W Central African Republic.
- boast
-
noun,
a thing boasted of; a cause for pride:
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- 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.
- aroid
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- boars
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- boart
-
noun,
bort.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- armed
-
noun,
Usually, arms. weapons, especially firearms.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- boats
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- Troad
-
noun,
The, a region in NW Asia Minor surrounding ancient Troy.
- bodes
-
verb,
a simple past tense of bide.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- arium
-
- boers
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- Boise
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Idaho, in the SW part: built on the site of an army post on the Oregon Trail.
- boite
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- tubes
-
noun,
a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
- Bouse
-
noun,
liquor or drink.
- taxis
-
noun,
arrangement or order, as in one of the physical sciences.
- Broad
-
noun,
the broad part of anything.
- tumor
-
noun,
a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- Amer.
-
- AMEDS
-
- brise
-
noun,
a ballet movement in which the dancer jumps off one foot, beats the legs together, and lands on both feet.
- ambos
-
noun,
(in an early Christian church) a raised desk, or either of two such desks, from which the Gospels or Epistles were read or chanted.
- Brit.
-
- brits
-
noun,
the group of small marine animals forming the food of whalebone whales.
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- torus
-
noun,
Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
- amid-
-
- brom-
-
- bros.
-
noun,
a brother.
- Brose
-
noun,
a porridge made by stirring boiling liquid into oatmeal or other meal.
- ambi-
-
- bruit
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. any generally abnormal sound or murmur heard on auscultation.
- Amber
-
noun,
a pale yellow, sometimes reddish or brownish, fossil resin of vegetable origin, translucent, brittle, and capable of gaining a negative electrical charge by friction and of being an excellent insulator: used for making jewelry and other ornamental articles.
- brume
-
noun,
mist; fog.
- Brusa
-
noun,
Bursa.
- brute
-
noun,
a nonhuman creature; beast.
- tumid
-
adjective,
swollen, or affected with swelling, as a part of the body.
- brios
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- tubi-
-
- bread
-
noun,
a kind of food made of flour or meal that has been mixed with milk or water, made into a dough or batter, with or without yeast or other leavening agent, and baked.
- Boxer
-
noun,
a person who fights as a sport, usually with gloved fists, according to set rules; prize-fighter; pugilist.
- boxes
-
noun,
a container, case, or receptacle, usually rectangular, of wood, metal, cardboard, etc., and often with a lid or removable cover.
- tambo
-
noun,
Mr. Tambo.
- brads
-
noun,
a slender wire nail having either a small, deep head or a projection to one side of the head end.
- amour
-
noun,
a love affair.
- braid
-
noun,
a braided length or plait, especially of hair.
- Tudor
-
noun,
Antony, 1909–87, English choreographer and dancer.
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- Bream
-
noun,
any of various freshwater fishes of the genus Abramis, as A. brama, of Europe, with a compressed, deep body and silvery scales.
- Taber
-
noun,
tabor.
- Tabor
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- Breda
-
noun,
a city in the S Netherlands.
- tabis
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- Brest
-
noun,
a seaport in the W extremity of France: German submarine base in World War II; surrendered to Allies September 1944.
- Bride
-
noun,
a newly married woman or a woman about to be married.
- tabes
-
noun,
a gradually progressive emaciation.
- brims
-
noun,
the upper edge of anything hollow; rim; brink:
- amide
-
noun,
a metallic derivative of ammonia in which the −NH 2 group is retained, as potassium amide, KNH 2 .
- taxes
-
noun,
a sum of money demanded by a government for its support or for specific facilities or services, levied upon incomes, property, sales, etc.
- T-bar
-
noun,
a rolled metal bar or beam with a cross section resembling a T .
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- barms
-
noun,
yeast formed on malt liquors while fermenting.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Barde
-
noun,
bard2 (def 1).
- Bardo
-
noun,
(in Lamaism) the state of the soul between death and rebirth.
- bares
-
verb,
simple past tense of bear1 .
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- baris
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- tious
-
- astr.
-
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- baro-
-
- Bart.
-
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- Basie
-
noun,
William ("Count") 1904–84, U.S. jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer.
- 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.
- baste
-
noun,
liquid used to moisten and flavor food during cooking:
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- Bates
-
noun,
Katherine Lee, 1859–1929, U.S. educator and author.
- treas
-
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- Bauer
-
noun,
Georg [gey-awrk] /geɪˈɔrk/ (Show IPA), Agricola, Georgius.
- audit
-
noun,
an official examination and verification of accounts and records, especially of financial accounts.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- axiom
-
noun,
a self-evident truth that requires no proof.
- Aust.
-
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- Tours
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- baits
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- Audie
-
noun,
a female or male given name.
- tombe
-
noun,
a step in which a dancer falls from one leg to the other, landing with all the weight on the foot that has just moved, while flexing the knee.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- Auber
-
noun,
Daniel François Esprit [da-nyel frahn-swa es-pree] /daˈnyɛl frɑ̃ˈswa ɛsˈpri/ (Show IPA), 1782–1871, French composer.
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- to-be
-
adjective,
future; soon to be the thing specified (usually used in combination):
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- atmo-
-
- bauds
-
noun,
a unit used to measure the speed of signaling or data transfer, equal to the number of pulses or bits per second:
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- besom
-
noun,
a broom, especially one of brush or twigs.
- besot
-
verb (used with object),
to intoxicate or stupefy with drink.
- betas
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tera-
-
- bides
-
Idioms,
bide one's time, to wait for a favorable opportunity:
- bidet
-
noun,
a low, basinlike bathroom fixture, usually with spigots, used for bathing the genital and perineal areas.
- biers
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- biome
-
noun,
a complex biotic community characterized by distinctive plant and animal species and maintained under the climatic conditions of the region, especially such a community that has developed to climax.
- berms
-
noun,
Also, berme. Fortification. a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat.
- Biota
-
noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- birse
-
noun,
a short hair of the beard or body; a bristle.
- tears
-
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- biter
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- bites
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- BMarE
-
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- 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.
- Baume
-
noun,
Antoine, 1728–1804, French chemist and inventor.
- Tiber
-
noun,
a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 miles (395 km) long.
- 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.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- 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.
- beads
-
noun,
a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
- beams
-
noun,
any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped especially for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines.
- Tibur
-
noun,
ancient name of Tivoli.
- Beard
-
noun,
the growth of hair on the face of an adult man, often including a mustache.
- bears
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- beats
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- tribe
-
noun,
any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- Texas
-
noun,
a deckhouse on a texas deck for the accommodation of officers.
- beaut
-
noun,
(often used ironically) something or someone beautiful, remarkable, or amazing.
- beaux
-
noun,
a plural of beau.
- bedim
-
verb (used with object),
to make dim; darken; obscure.
- Beira
-
noun,
a seaport in central Mozambique.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- bemas
-
noun,
Eastern Church. the enclosed space surrounding the altar; the sanctuary or chancel.
- berat
-
noun,
a city in S central Albania.
- Beria
-
noun,
Lavrenti Pavlovich [luh v-ren-tee pav-loh-vich;; Russian luh-vryen-tyee puh-vlaw-vyich] /ləvˈrɛn ti pævˈloʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian lʌˈvryɛn tyi pʌˈvlɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1953, Soviet secret-police chief: executed for treason.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- ambit
-
noun,
circumference; circuit.
- auto.
-
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- doats
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- about
-
adverb,
near in time, number, degree, etc.; approximately:
- debit
-
noun,
the recording or an entry of debt in an account.
- Uredo
-
noun,
a skin irritation; hives; urticaria.
- turds
-
noun,
a piece of excrement.
- Debir
-
noun,
a royal city in the vicinity of Hebron, conquered by Othniel.
- debar
-
verb (used with object),
to shut out or exclude from a place or condition:
- abris
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- abstr
-
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- abuse
-
noun,
wrong or improper use; misuse:
- sober
-
adjective,
not intoxicated or drunk.
- Dobie
-
noun,
Chiefly Southwestern U.S. adobe.
- dears
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- dobra
-
noun,
any of various former Portuguese coins, especially a gold coin of John V equal to two johannes.
- abort
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- adios
-
interjection,
goodbye; farewell.
- doers
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- dimer
-
noun,
a molecule composed of two identical, simpler molecules.
- 30-30
-
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- daubs
-
noun,
material, especially of an inferior kind, for daubing walls.
- ster.
-
- xero-
-
- dauts
-
verb (used with object),
to caress.
- adieu
-
noun,
the act of leaving or departing; farewell.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- Xerus
-
noun,
an African ground squirrel of the genus Xerus, having spiny fur, very short ears, and a long tail, and including the species X. rutilus of northeastern Africa and X. erythropus of western and central Africa.
- abuts
-
verb (used with object),
to be adjacent to; border on; end at.
- Debra
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Deborah.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- datos
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- diam.
-
- detox
-
noun,
detoxification.
- Obeid
-
noun,
El Obeid.
- dist.
-
- Deut.
-
- abide
-
Verb phrases,
abide by,
to act in accord with.
to submit to; agree to:
to remain steadfast or faithful to; keep:
- abets
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- disme
-
noun,
a former coin of the U.S., equal to 10 cents, issued in 1792: early form of the dime.
- Urmia
-
noun,
Lake, a salt lake in NW Iran. About 2000 sq. mi. (5180 sq. km).
- dirts
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Ursid
-
noun,
any plantigrade carnivore of the family Ursidae, comprising the spectacled bear, the black, brown, and sun bears, and various extinct species that also gave rise to the giant panda of the family Ailuropodidae.
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- derms
-
noun,
a navigational device for making a nearby object conspicuous on a radarscope.
- staid
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- abode
-
noun,
a place in which a person resides; residence; dwelling; habitation; home.
- debus
-
verb (used with or without object),
to get out of a bus; alight from a bus.
- debut
-
noun,
a first public appearance on a stage, on television, etc.
- 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).
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- demi-
-
- derma
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. dermis.
- demit
-
noun,
Also, dimit. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
- demo-
-
- demob
-
noun,
demobilization.
- Demos
-
noun,
the common people of an ancient Greek state.
- demur
-
noun,
the act of making objection.
- derm-
-
- datum
-
noun,
a single piece of information, as a fact, statistic, or code; an item of data.
- daube
-
noun,
a stew of braised meat, vegetables, herbs, and seasonings.
- adits
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- Doris
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids.
- buxom
-
adjective,
(of a woman) full-bosomed.
- dorab
-
noun,
wolf herring.
- Butes
-
noun,
phenylbutazone.
- aeri-
-
- aero-
-
- umbos
-
noun,
a boss on a shield, as one at the center of a circular shield.
- Busra
-
noun,
Basra.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- burst
-
noun,
an act or instance of bursting.
- burse
-
noun,
a pouch or case for some special purpose.
- Bursa
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a pouch, sac, or vesicle, especially a sac containing synovia, to facilitate motion, as between a tendon and a bone.
- Burma
-
noun,
a republic in SE Asia, on the Bay of Bengal. 261,789 sq. mi. (678,034 sq. km). Capital: Yangon.
- burds
-
noun,
a young lady; maiden.
- suber
-
noun,
cork (def 6).
- Sudra
-
noun,
Shudra.
- Umbra
-
noun,
shade; shadow.
- Sumba
-
noun,
one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, in Indonesia, S of Flores. 4306 sq. mi. (11,153 sq. km).
- Suomi
-
noun,
Finnish name of Finland.
- tuxes
-
noun,
tuxedo.
- dorts
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- umber
-
noun,
an earth consisting chiefly of a hydrated oxide of iron and some oxide of manganese, used in its natural state as a brown pigment (raw umber) or, after heating, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt umber)
- Sumer
-
noun,
an ancient region in southern Mesopotamia that contained a number of independent cities and city-states of which the first were established possibly as early as 5000 b.c.: conquered by the Elamites and, about 2000 b.c., by the Babylonians; a number of its cities, as Ur, Uruk, Kish, and Lagash, are major archaeological sites in southern Iraq.
- 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.
- BSMet
-
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- BSRet
-
- dorse
-
noun,
the back of a book or folded document.
- dorms
-
noun,
dormitory.
- Aidos
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of modesty, respect, and shame.
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- sito-
-
- Buteo
-
noun,
any of several buzzards or hawks of the genus Buteo.
- strum
-
noun,
the act of strumming.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- Dares
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- admix
-
verb (used with or without object),
to mingle with or add to something else.
- doits
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- admit
-
verb (used with object),
to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to:
- stome
-
- Dario
-
noun,
Rubén [roo-ven] /ruˈvɛn/ (Show IPA), (Félix Rubén García Sarmiento) 1867–1916, Nicaraguan poet and diplomat.
- 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.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- darts
-
- stoma
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- doest
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- abdom
-
- Storm
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- domes
-
noun,
Architecture.
a vault, having a circular plan and usually in the form of a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions.
a domical roof or ceiling.
a polygonal vault, ceiling, or roof.
- adust
-
adjective,
dried or darkened as by heat.
- adsum
-
interjection,
I am present.
- Adore
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- sixte
-
noun,
the sixth of eight defensive positions.
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- adobe
-
noun,
sun-dried brick made of clay and straw, in common use in countries having little rainfall.
- rad.
-
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Oder
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the NE Czech Republic, N through SW Poland and along the border between Germany and Poland into the Baltic. 562 miles (905 km) long.
- used
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- USDA
-
- obit
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- Xosa
-
noun,
Xhosa.
- tox.
-
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- Obie
-
noun,
one of a group of awards given annually, beginning in 1956, by New York City's The Village Voice newspaper for achievement in the off-Broadway theater.
- obs.
-
- Xmas
-
- RADM
-
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- USMA
-
- obis
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- tri-
-
- USIA
-
- out-
-
- TRIB
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- oxes
-
noun,
the adult castrated male of the genus Bos, used chiefly as a draft animal.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- Tuba
-
noun,
Music.
a valved, brass wind instrument having a low range.
an organ reed stop of large scale with tones of exceptional power.
an ancient Roman trumpet.
- tube
-
noun,
a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- Umea
-
noun,
a city in NE Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- tude
-
noun,
an arrogant attitude.
- OSRD
-
- ouds
-
noun,
a musical instrument of the Middle East and northern Africa belonging to the lute family.
- ord.
-
- Tues
-
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- Tums
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- umbo
-
noun,
a boss on a shield, as one at the center of a circular shield.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- udos
-
noun,
a plant, Aralia cordata, of the ginseng family, cultivated, especially in Japan and China, for its edible shoots.
- turd
-
noun,
a piece of excrement.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- orbs
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- USAR
-
- Oxus
-
noun,
Amu Darya.
- Odus
-
- Rabi
-
noun,
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1944.
- uro-
-
- RIBA
-
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- trid
-
- uria
-
- uret
-
- trod
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- trix
-
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- orad
-
adverb,
toward the mouth or the oral region.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- urds
-
noun,
a plant, Vigna mungo, of the legume family, widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its edible seeds and for forage.
- urbs
-
noun,
an urban area.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- std.
-
- Sab.
-
- stob
-
noun,
a post, stump, or stake.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- 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.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- Rus.
-
- Sam.
-
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- 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.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- Ste.
-
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- stbd
-
- 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.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- rums
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- SATB
-
- sub-
-
- sumi
-
noun,
black ink made from a mixture of plant soot and glue solidified into sticks or cakes the ends of which are scraped or ground into water on an ink slab, much used by calligraphers and painters.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- stum
-
noun,
unfermented or partly fermented grape juice.
- Rumi
-
noun,
Jalal ud-din [Persian jah-lahl ood-deen,, oo d-,, ja-] /Persian dʒɑˈlɑl udˈdin,, ʊd-,, dʒæ-/ (Show IPA), Jalal ud-din Rumi.
- Roux
-
noun,
a cooked mixture of butter or other fat and flour used to thicken sauces, soups, etc.
- Rube
-
noun,
an unsophisticated person from a rural area; hick.
- stud
-
noun,
a boss, knob, nailhead, or other protuberance projecting from a surface or part, especially as an ornament.
- stub
-
noun,
a short projecting part.
- rubs
-
noun,
an act or instance of rubbing:
- Rude
-
noun,
François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1784–1855, French sculptor.
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- str.
-
- Sat.
-
- 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.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- soda
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sord
-
noun,
a flight or flock of mallards.
- sex-
-
- Sorb
-
noun,
a European tree, Sorbus domestica.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- sext
-
noun,
the fourth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the sixth hour of the day taken as noon.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- smut
-
noun,
a particle of soot; sooty matter.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- 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.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- 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.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- Saud
-
noun,
(Saud ibn Abdul-Aziz), 1901?–69, king of Saudi Arabia 1953–64 (son of ibn-Saud and brother of Faisal).
- saur
-
- Sax.
-
- Saxe
-
noun,
Comte Hermann Maurice de [er-man maw-rees duh] /ɛrˈman mɔˈris də/ (Show IPA), 1696–1750, French military leader: marshal of France 1744.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- stab
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Sem.
-
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- SRBM
-
- Serb
-
noun, adjective,
Serbian.
- SRAM
-
- Sra.
-
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Sumo
-
noun,
a form of wrestling in Japan in which a contestant wins by forcing his opponent out of the ring or by causing him to touch the ground with any part of his body other than the soles of his feet, contestants usually being men of great height and weight.
- sur-
-
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- 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.
- 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.
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- Tex.
-
- 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)
- ter.
-
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- rebs
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- TDRS
-
- redo
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- taxi
-
noun,
a taxicab.
- tax-
-
- taur
-
- 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.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- 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.
- 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.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- tomb
-
noun,
an excavation in earth or rock for the burial of a corpse; grave.
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- TODS
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Tobe
-
noun,
the principal outer garment in some parts of north and central Africa, consisting of a length of cloth that is sewn into a long loose skirt or is draped around the body and fastened over one shoulder.
- Tob.
-
- toad
-
noun,
any of various tailless amphibians that are close relatives of the frogs in the order Anura and that typically have dry, warty skin and are terrestrial or semiterrestrial in habit.
Compare frog1 (def 1).
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- raob
-
noun,
Meteorology. a radiosonde or rawinsonde observation.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Tasm
-
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- tabi
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- robe
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- robs
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- rode
-
noun,
a rope by which a boat is anchored.
- Rodi
-
noun,
Italian name of Rhodes.
- Rom.
-
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- tabu
-
noun,
a prohibition or interdiction of anything; exclusion from use or practice:
Synonyms: ban, proscription, embargo, interdiction; no-no.
- tab.
-
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- surd
-
noun,
Phonetics. a voiceless consonant (opposed to sonant).
- tabs
-
noun,
a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- 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.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Rida
-
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- road
-
noun,
a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
- 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).
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rit.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- 1080
-
- doer
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- Bear
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- bet.
-
- BEST
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- emia
-
- berm
-
noun,
Also, berme. Fortification. a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- BEMA
-
noun,
Eastern Church. the enclosed space surrounding the altar; the sanctuary or chancel.
- Beau
-
noun,
a male lover or sweetheart.
- beat
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- beam
-
noun,
any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped especially for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines.
- Beta
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- bead
-
noun,
a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
- BDSA
-
- bdrm
-
- eous
-
- BDes
-
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Baum
-
noun,
L(yman) Frank [lahy-muh n] /ˈlaɪ mən/ (Show IPA), 1856–1919, U.S. journalist, playwright, and author of children's books.
- baud
-
noun,
a unit used to measure the speed of signaling or data transfer, equal to the number of pulses or bits per second:
- EDTA
-
- Edom
-
noun,
Esau, the brother of Jacob.
- Esd.
-
- BMEd
-
- dure
-
adjective,
hard; severe.
- duro
-
noun,
a peso of Spain or Spanish America.
- Duse
-
noun,
Eleonora [el-ee-uh-nawr-uh;; Italian e-le-aw-naw-rah] /ˌɛl i əˈnɔr ə;; Italian ˌɛ lɛ ɔˈnɔ rɑ/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, Italian actress.
- Dust
-
noun,
earth or other matter in fine, dry particles.
- Boer
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- bods
-
noun,
body:
- Bode
-
verb,
a simple past tense of bide.
- boat
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- Boas
-
noun,
Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1858–1942, U.S. anthropologist, born in Germany.
- Boar
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- BMet
-
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- Bias
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- 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.
- Bird
-
noun,
any warm-blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard-shelled egg.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- BIOS
-
noun,
computer firmware that directs many basic functions of the operating system, as booting and keyboard control.
- Ebro
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N Spain to the Mediterranean. About 470 miles (755 km) long.
- bio-
-
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- bide
-
Idioms,
bide one's time, to wait for a favorable opportunity:
- Edam
-
noun,
a mild, hard, yellow cheese, produced in a round shape and coated with red wax.
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- eso-
-
- Boma
-
noun,
a city in the W Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the Zaire (Congo) River.
- Auxo
-
noun,
one of the Graces worshiped at Athens.
- ibex
-
noun,
any of several wild goats of the genus Capra, inhabiting mountainous regions of Eurasia and North Africa, having long, recurved horns.
- idae
-
- BMus
-
- 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).
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- idem
-
noun,
another exactly the same.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- Axum
-
noun,
Aksum.
- Axis
-
noun,
the line about which a rotating body, such as the earth, turns.
- axes
-
noun,
plural of axis1 .
- iod-
-
- aux.
-
- IADB
-
- aut-
-
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Aus.
-
- ious
-
- aur-
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- IRBM
-
- Ire.
-
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- Aude
-
noun,
a department in S France. 2449 sq. mi. (6345 sq. km). Capital: Carcassonne.
- iamb
-
noun,
a foot of two syllables, a short followed by a long in quantitative meter, or an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter, as in Come live / with me / and be / my love.
- bade
-
noun,
an act or instance of bidding.
- Bate
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- Eur.
-
- est.
-
- Bast
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- Base
-
noun,
the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests:
- barm
-
noun,
yeast formed on malt liquors while fermenting.
- Bari
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- Bare
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- Bard
-
noun,
(formerly) a person who composed and recited epic or heroic poems, often while playing the harp, lyre, or the like.
- bar.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- bams
-
noun,
a loud thud, as that produced when two objects strike against each other with force.
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- bait
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- Badr
-
noun,
Battle of, Islam. a decisive battle in the early days of Islam (a.d. 624), in which Muhammad with about 300 men overcame a force of about 1000 Meccans.
- exa-
-
- exam
-
noun,
an examination, as in school.
- exit
-
noun,
a way or passage out:
- exo-
-
- exor
-
- exr.
-
- ext.
-
- Bais
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- BAEd
-
- bads
-
noun,
that which is bad:
- dura
-
noun,
dura mater.
- duos
-
noun,
Music. duet.
- Aube
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW to the Seine. 125 miles (200 km) long.
- BSIE
-
- debt
-
noun,
something that is owed or that one is bound to pay to or perform for another:
- Dem.
-
- der.
-
- BSMT
-
- BSME
-
- Deus
-
noun,
God. Abbreviation: D.
- BSIT
-
- BSIR
-
- dia-
-
- 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.
- BSEM
-
- deb.
-
- dibs
-
noun,
money in small amounts.
- BSAE
-
- 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:
- dim.
-
- 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:
- Dior
-
noun,
Christian [kris-chuh n;; French krees-tyahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; French krisˈtyɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1905–57, French fashion designer.
- dir.
-
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- Debs
-
noun,
Eugene Victor, 1855–1926, U.S. labor leader: Socialist candidate for president 1900–20.
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- Brut
-
noun,
any of a number of partly legendary, partly historical chronicles dealing with early English history, written during the Middle Ages and usually beginning with Brutus, the mythic and eponymous ancestor of the country.
- 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.
- buts
-
noun,
buts, reservations or objections:
- Bute
-
noun,
phenylbutazone.
- but-
-
- Dom.
-
- Bust
-
noun,
a sculptured, painted, drawn, or engraved representation of the upper part of the human figure, especially a portrait sculpture showing only the head and shoulders of the subject.
- bus.
-
- Burt
-
noun,
William Austin, 1792–1858, U.S. surveyor and inventor.
- dabs
-
noun,
a quick or light blow; a pat, as with the hand or something soft.
- burs
-
noun,
a rough, prickly case around the seeds of certain plants, as the chestnut or burdock.
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- Buri
-
noun,
the first of the gods, revealed when the cow Audhumla licked away the salty ice that covered him.
- Burd
-
noun,
a young lady; maiden.
- BSOT
-
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- Bur.
-
- dat.
-
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- Buda
-
noun,
See under Budapest.
- dato
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- Daub
-
noun,
material, especially of an inferior kind, for daubing walls.
- daut
-
verb (used with object),
to caress.
- DBMS
-
- BSRT
-
- dis-
-
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- duo-
-
- Bose
-
noun,
Sir Jagadis Chandre [juh-guh-dees chuhn-druh] /dʒə gəˈdis ˈtʃʌn drə/ (Show IPA), 1858–1937, Indian physicist and plant physiologist.
- drab
-
noun,
dull gray; dull brownish or yellowish gray.
- 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.
- bout
-
noun,
a contest or trial of strength, as of boxing.
- bots
-
noun,
a disease affecting various mammals, especially horses, caused by the attachment of the parasitic larvae of botflies to the stomach of the host.
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- bote
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- bota
-
noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- drib
-
noun,
a small or minute quantity; bit.
- drub
-
noun,
a blow with a stick or the like.
- drum
-
noun,
a musical percussion instrument consisting of a hollow, usually cylindrical, body covered at one or both ends with a tightly stretched membrane, or head, which is struck with the hand, a stick, or a pair of sticks, and typically produces a booming, tapping, or hollow sound.
- bot.
-
- bort
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- dour
-
adjective,
sullen; gloomy:
- Bors
-
noun,
Sir Arthurian Romance.. Also, Sir Bors de Ganis [duh gan-is] /də ˈgæn ɪs/ (Show IPA). a knight of the Round Table, cousin of Lancelot.
- dubs
-
noun,
an awkward, unskillful person.
- Bore
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- dues
-
noun,
something that is due, owed, or naturally belongs to someone.
- duet
-
noun,
a musical composition for two voices or instruments.
- Bora
-
noun,
(on the Adriatic coasts) a violent, dry, cold wind blowing from the north or northeast.
- Duit
-
noun,
doit (def 1).
- bor.
-
- Duma
-
noun,
(in Russia prior to 1917) a council or official assembly.
- dumb
-
adjective,
lacking intelligence or good judgment; stupid; dull-witted.
- Bomu
-
noun,
a river in central Africa, forming part of the boundary between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic, flowing N and W into the Uele River to form the Ubangi River. About 500 miles (805 km) long.
- doux
-
adjective,
(of champagne) very sweet.
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- 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.
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- bris
-
noun,
Brith.
- brio
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- DMSO
-
- brim
-
noun,
the upper edge of anything hollow; rim; brink:
- doat
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- Bres
-
noun,
a Fomorian king of Ireland, whose unpopular rule led to the expulsion of the Fomorians by the Tuatha De Danann.
- dobe
-
noun,
Informal. adobe.
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- Bred
-
noun,
Genetics. a relatively homogenous group of animals within a species, developed and maintained by humans.
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- Brad
-
noun,
a slender wire nail having either a small, deep head or a projection to one side of the head end.
- BRAT
-
noun,
a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation).
- dome
-
noun,
Architecture.
a vault, having a circular plan and usually in the form of a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions.
a domical roof or ceiling.
a polygonal vault, ceiling, or roof.
- Bram
-
noun,
a male given name.
- doms
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) a title of a monk in the Benedictine, Carthusian, Cistercian, and certain other monastic orders.
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- Dora
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift.”.
- DORE
-
noun,
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
- dorm
-
noun,
dormitory.
- Dort
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- dost
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- aud.
-
- Ibos
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- mout
-
- amus
-
- max.
-
- abos
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- MAXI
-
noun,
maxiskirt.
- abr.
-
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- abri
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- Mure
-
noun,
Obsolete. a wall.
- MDES
-
- mdse
-
- Muir
-
noun,
Edwin, 1887–1959, English poet.
- Amur
-
noun,
a river in E Asia, forming most of the boundary between N Manchuria and the SE Russian Federation, flowing into the Sea of Okhotsk. About 2700 miles (4350 km) long.
- Mead
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- Mura
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- Maui
-
noun,
an island in central Hawaii. 728 sq. mi. (1886 sq. km).
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- aer-
-
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Marx
-
noun,
Karl (Heinrich) [kahrl hahyn-rik;; German kahrl hahyn-rikh] /kɑrl ˈhaɪn rɪk;; German kɑrl ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1818–83, German economist, philosopher, and socialist.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- 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.
- arbs
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- must
-
noun,
something necessary, vital, or required:
- Maud
-
noun,
a gray woolen plaid worn by shepherds and others in S Scotland.
- Muse
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of a number of sister goddesses, originally given as Aoede (song), Melete (meditation), and Mneme (memory), but latterly and more commonly as the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne who presided over various arts: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (lyric poetry), Euterpe (music), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (religious music), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy); identified by the Romans with the Camenae.
any goddess presiding over a particular art.
- 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.
- MusD
-
- MusB
-
- mus.
-
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- meas
-
- 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.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- mibs
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- Mid.
-
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- MSIE
-
- mids
-
noun,
Archaic. the middle.
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Adm.
-
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- MSBA
-
- MSAE
-
- mis-
-
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- amt.
-
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- 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.
- muds
-
noun,
wet, soft earth or earthy matter, as on the ground after rain, at the bottom of a pond, or along the banks of a river; mire.
- mes-
-
- abs-
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- abut
-
verb (used with object),
to be adjacent to; border on; end at.
- 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.
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- met.
-
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- ambo
-
noun,
(in an early Christian church) a raised desk, or either of two such desks, from which the Gospels or Epistles were read or chanted.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- amdt
-
- mixt
-
noun,
an act or instance of mixing.
- 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.
- 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.
- Abiu
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Abihu.
- Mods
-
noun,
a person who is in the vanguard in style, dress, etc.
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- ASME
-
- 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.
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- moxa
-
noun,
a flammable substance or material obtained from the leaves of certain Chinese and Japanese wormwood plants, especially Artemisia moxa.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- ASTM
-
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- atm.
-
- AIME
-
- ates
-
- iso-
-
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- ator
-
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Atum
-
noun,
a primeval god who by himself begot Shu and Tefnut: the original god of the Ennead.
- moue
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- isba
-
noun,
izba.
- aet.
-
- Mode
-
noun,
a manner of acting or doing; method; way:
- mod.
-
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- mads
-
noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- ARIS
-
- abet
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- MAEd
-
- muts
-
noun,
mutt.
- Abie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- maid
-
noun,
a female servant.
- Arm.
-
- mute
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Mar.
-
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- made
-
noun,
the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- 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.
- moas
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- Aire
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- med.
-
- abed
-
adverb,
in bed:
- art.
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Moab
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of the Dead Sea, in what is now Jordan.
- 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.
- 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.
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- Ume
-
noun,
a river in N Sweden, flowing SE from the W border to the Gulf of Bothnia. Aabout 285 miles (460 km) long.
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- udo
-
noun,
a plant, Aralia cordata, of the ginseng family, cultivated, especially in Japan and China, for its edible shoots.
- BRE
-
- ae.
-
- UIT
-
- tr.
-
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- USR
-
- USB
-
- bu.
-
- Bud
-
noun,
Botany.
a small axillary or terminal protuberance on a plant, containing rudimentary foliage (leaf bud) the rudimentary inflorescence (flower bud) or both (mixed bud)
an undeveloped or rudimentary stem or branch of a plant.
- abd
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- Ar.
-
- USM
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- USO
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- BTE
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- ad-
-
- ab-
-
- uti
-
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- xat
-
noun,
a carved totem pole of various North American Indian peoples.
- Am.
-
- xis
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ξ, ξ).
- XOR
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result when either but not both of its operands are positive.
- Xt.
-
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- UMT
-
- abt
-
- ur-
-
- BRM
-
- Bro
-
noun,
a brother.
- BRT
-
- urb
-
noun,
an urban area.
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- Urd
-
noun,
a plant, Vigna mungo, of the legume family, widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its edible seeds and for forage.
- ADB
-
- ure
-
- BSA
-
- Bt.
-
- BSE
-
- BSM
-
- SUM
-
noun,
the aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars as determined by or as if by the mathematical process of addition:
- Abo
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- ABM
-
- BSO
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- BST
-
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- BSD
-
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- BAM
-
noun,
a loud thud, as that produced when two objects strike against each other with force.
- ASI
-
- ase
-
- asb
-
- ARU
-
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- ARS
-
- Tro
-
- TMO
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- BAO
-
noun,
an African board game usually played by moving pebbles along two rows of holes.
- Br.
-
- BAS
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- Bat
-
noun,
Sports.
the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball.
a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis.
a whip used by a jockey.
the act of using a club or racket in a game.
the right or turn to use a club or racket.
- 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.
- ard
-
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- Bax
-
noun,
Sir Arnold Edward Trevor, 1883–1953, English composer.
- BDA
-
- 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.
- bad
-
noun,
that which is bad:
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Tu.
-
- BDS
-
plural,
board.
- tra
-
- AUM
-
noun,
Om.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ATB
-
- at.
-
- ASU
-
- ax.
-
- bd.
-
plural,
board.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- be-
-
- bxs
-
plural,
box.
- ast
-
- ASR
-
- BEM
-
- BED
-
noun,
a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASM
-
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- BOD
-
noun,
body:
- BTU
-
noun,
the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 pound (0.4 kg) of water 1°F. Abbreviation: Btu, BTU, B.t.u., B.T.U., B.th.u.
- Bde
-
- tub
-
noun,
a bathtub.
- Ube
-
noun,
a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan.
- tux
-
noun,
tuxedo.
- BMS
-
- BMT
-
- boa
-
noun,
any of several nonvenomous, chiefly tropical constrictors of the family Boidae, having vestigial hind limbs at the base of the tail.
- tum
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- AME
-
- Amb
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- BMI
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- UAR
-
- USA
-
- UAE
-
- Box
-
noun,
a container, case, or receptacle, usually rectangular, of wood, metal, cardboard, etc., and often with a lid or removable cover.
- UAM
-
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- BMR
-
- TBA
-
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- AOU
-
- TID
-
- aor
-
- TIA
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- AMU
-
- bi-
-
- AMS
-
- TBD
-
- BID
-
noun,
an act or instance of bidding.
- BIE
-
- tue
-
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- BIT
-
noun,
Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
- BME
-
- 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.
- TBO
-
- Tbi
-
- bx.
-
plural,
box.
- OBE
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- Md.
-
- Mab
-
noun,
Queen Mab.
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- Mo.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Me.
-
- MBE
-
- 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.
- IUS
-
- ium
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- IUD
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ite
-
- ITA
-
- MAD
-
noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- ist
-
- 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.
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- MDT
-
- MBO
-
- mbd
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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.
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- Mao
-
- rax
-
verb (used with object),
to elongate; stretch.
- RBI
-
- RDA
-
- RDS
-
- RDX
-
- REA
-
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- 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.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- 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.
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- ide
-
- IDB
-
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- 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).
- ROI
-
- imu
-
noun,
a usually large, covered cooking pit in which food is cooked by means of heated stones.
- Ibo
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- ib.
-
- IAS
-
- Ia.
-
- io-
-
- ITU
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ier
-
- ROA
-
- ISR
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- REX
-
noun,
king.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ise
-
- rib
-
noun,
one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- ISA
-
- IRS
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- IRO
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- Ir.
-
- IOU
-
- IOT
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- ior
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- id.
-
- mud
-
noun,
wet, soft earth or earthy matter, as on the ground after rain, at the bottom of a pond, or along the banks of a river; mire.
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- mut
-
noun,
mutt.
- OMB
-
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- Mur
-
noun,
a river in S central Austria, NE Slovenia, and N Croatia, flowing NE and SE to the Drava River. 300 miles (483 km) long.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ORB
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- OIt
-
- MTS
-
- MTO
-
- MTI
-
- Mt.
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- MST
-
- MSI
-
- Om.
-
- OIr
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- Oba
-
noun,
a hereditary tribal ruler among various peoples in the Benin region of western Africa.
- OAU
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OAS
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OSD
-
- OSB
-
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- oid
-
- OSA
-
- OED
-
- ob.
-
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- ODT
-
- OEM
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- MSE
-
- MSD
-
- MEX
-
- RMA
-
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- mix
-
noun,
an act or instance of mixing.
- MIT
-
- Rd.
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- Re.
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- mob
-
noun,
a disorderly or riotous crowd of people.
- Rab
-
noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- MIE
-
- MIB
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- mi.
-
- ox-
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- ose
-
- OTB
-
- MSA
-
- MRI
-
- MRE
-
- MRA
-
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- ote
-
- MOI
-
- OTS
-
- oud
-
noun,
a musical instrument of the Middle East and northern Africa belonging to the lute family.
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- MOR
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ROB
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- Ex.
-
- SMA
-
- Dou
-
noun,
Gerard [gey-rahrt] /ˈgeɪ rɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1613–75, Dutch painter: pupil of Rembrandt.
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- Six
-
noun,
a cardinal number, five plus one.
- SMB
-
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- SMD
-
- Doi
-
- obi
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- SOB
-
noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- DOB
-
- sod
-
noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- Dr.
-
- Sib
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- DMS
-
- SED
-
- SDA
-
- SDI
-
- SDR
-
- se-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- dux
-
noun,
British. the pupil who is academically first in a class or school.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- DRE
-
- 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).
- DUI
-
- due
-
noun,
something that is due, owed, or naturally belongs to someone.
- dub
-
noun,
an awkward, unskillful person.
- Du.
-
- DST
-
- DSR
-
- DMT
-
- DMA
-
- SBA
-
- DAR
-
- DBA
-
- Dax
-
noun,
a city in SW France: mineral hot springs.
- STI
-
- dau
-
noun,
dhow.
- STM
-
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- Dam
-
noun,
a barrier to obstruct the flow of water, especially one of earth, masonry, etc., built across a stream or river.
- de-
-
- DAE
-
- DAB
-
noun,
a quick or light blow; a pat, as with the hand or something soft.
- DSO
-
- DSM
-
- DOA
-
- do.
-
- DBE
-
- DBS
-
- STB
-
- DIX
-
noun,
Dorothea Lynde [lind] /lɪnd/ (Show IPA), (Dorothy) 1802–87, U.S. educator and social reformer.
- sox
-
noun,
a plural of sock1 .
- DIU
-
noun,
part of the union territory of Daman and Diu (Goa, Daman, and Diu in 1961–87) in W India: a former Portuguese colony, comprising a small island and seaport at the extremity of Kathiawar peninsula.
- 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.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- 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.
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- DIB
-
verb (used without object),
to fish by letting the bait bob lightly on the water.
- Sr.
-
- DEA
-
- SRB
-
- di.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- DET
-
- St.
-
- Sta
-
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- SBE
-
- DSA
-
- sb.
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ETR
-
- ETO
-
- ESU
-
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- Rs.
-
- Sad
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noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- EMR
-
- RSA
-
- EMS
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noun,
the letter M, m.
- RSE
-
- EMT
-
- EMU
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noun,
a large, flightless, ratite bird, Emu (Dromaius) novaehollandiae, of Australia, resembling the ostrich but smaller and having a feathered head and neck and rudimentary wings.
- SRO
-
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- RTS
-
- So.
-
- sd.
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- rub
-
noun,
an act or instance of rubbing:
- RUM
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- ERT
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- ESA
-
- ESR
-
- EDT
-
- SAE
-
- EDO
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noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- ead
-
- EAM
-
- 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.
- EdM
-
abbreviation,
electronic dance music: a range of genres of electronic music often played in nightclubs and characterized by a strong danceable beat:
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- eat
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noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- eu-
-
- EBS
-
- ea.
-
- ETD
-
- ETA
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noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- EOM
-
- ETS
-
- EdB
-
- eo-
-
- SAR
-
- ed.
-
- EDA
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noun,
a female given name.
- O.
-
- 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.
- RU
-
- DB
-
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- xr
-
- BM
-
- MX
-
- BO
-
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- AO
-
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- XO
-
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- TM
-
- 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.
- xi
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ξ, ξ).
- 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.
- Xe
-
- XD
-
verb (used with object),
to cross out or mark with or as if with an x (often followed by out):
- SU
-
- ux
-
- OA
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- DM
-
- D.
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- TX
-
- R.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- M.
-
- RI
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- i.
-
- 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.
- MB
-
- 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.
- Eb
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- DX
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- U.
-
- UB
-
- BA
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- EI
-
- B-
-
- MU
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).
- RO
-
- RX
-
- S.
-
- SA
-
- SM
-
- t.
-
- Ud
-
- TB
-
- TD
-
- T1
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- UI
-
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- xu
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noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Vietnam, the 100th part of a dong.