Anagrams of anisotropic
Word anisotropic has
1133 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of anisotropic.
- inotropic
-
adjective,
influencing the contractility of muscular tissue.
- picaroons
-
noun,
a rogue, vagabond, thief, or brigand.
- coronitis
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noun,
inflammation of the coronary cushion of hoofed animals.
- isotropic
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adjective,
Physics. of equal physical properties along all axes.
Compare anisotropic (def 1).
- cast-iron
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noun,
an alloy of iron, carbon, and other elements, cast as a soft and strong, or as a hard and brittle, iron, depending on the mixture and methods of molding.
- opticians
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noun,
a person who makes or sells eyeglasses and, usually, contact lenses, for remedying defects of vision in accordance with the prescriptions of ophthalmologists and optometrists.
- consortia
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noun,
a combination of financial institutions, capitalists, etc., for carrying into effect some financial operation requiring large resources of capital.
- coitions
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noun,
coitus.
- corantos
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noun,
courante.
- patroons
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noun,
a person who held an estate in land with certain manorial privileges granted under the old Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey.
- picaroon
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noun,
a rogue, vagabond, thief, or brigand.
- scotopia
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noun,
vision in dim light (opposed to photopia).
- carotins
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noun,
carotene.
- position
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noun,
condition with reference to place; location; situation.
- ostracon
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noun,
(in ancient Greece) a potsherd, especially one used as a ballot on which the name of a person voted to be ostracized was inscribed.
- nitroso-
-
- positron
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noun,
an elementary particle having the same mass and spin as an electron but having a positive charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron's negative charge; the antiparticle of the electron.
- aoristic
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adjective,
Grammar. pertaining to the aorist.
- pontiacs
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noun,
c1720–69, North American Indian, chief of the Ottawa tribe: commander during the Pontiac War 1763–64.
- cantrips
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noun,
Chiefly Scot. a magic spell; trick by sorcery.
- optician
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noun,
a person who makes or sells eyeglasses and, usually, contact lenses, for remedying defects of vision in accordance with the prescriptions of ophthalmologists and optometrists.
- cantoris
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adjective,
of or relating to the gospel or liturgical north side of a church (opposed to decani).
- porticos
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noun,
a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch.
- tropaion
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noun,
a tropaeum, especially in Greece.
- Scorpion
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noun,
any of numerous arachnids of the order Scorpionida, widely distributed in warmer parts of the world, having a long, narrow, segmented tail that terminates in a venomous sting.
- 11-point
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- Iscariot
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noun,
the surname of Judas, the betrayer of Jesus. Mark 3:19; 14:10, 11.
- sorption
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noun,
the state or process of being sorbed.
- Priscian
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noun,
flourished a.d. c500, Latin grammarian.
- isotonic
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adjective,
Also, isosmotic. Physical Chemistry. noting or pertaining to solutions characterized by equal osmotic pressure.
Compare hypertonic (def 2), hypotonic (def 2).
- piscator
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noun,
fisherman.
- pocosin
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noun,
a swamp or marsh in an upland coastal region.
- cortina
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noun,
a weblike, often evanescent veil covering the gills or hanging from the cap edge of certain mushrooms, particularly those of genus Cortinarius, and sometimes persisting as a ring or remnant of fibrils around the mushroom stalk.
- Cortona
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noun,
Pietro da [pye-traw dah] /ˈpyɛ trɔ dɑ/ (Show IPA), (Pietro Berrettini) 1596–1669, Italian painter and architect.
- cistron
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noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- torsion
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noun,
the act of twisting.
- Costain
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noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- Atropos
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noun,
the Fate who cuts the thread of life.
- potions
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noun,
a drink or draft, especially one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers:
- cranio-
-
- cratons
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noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- Crispin
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noun,
Saint, with his brother (Saint Crispinian) martyred a.d. c285, Roman Christian missionaries in Gaul: patron saints of shoemakers.
- Socotra
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noun,
an island in the Indian Ocean, S of Arabia: a part of the Republic of Yemen. 1382 sq. mi. (3579 sq. km).
- crotons
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noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical plants constituting the genus Croton, of the spurge family, several species of which, as C. tiglium, have important medicinal properties.
- parison
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noun,
a partially shaped mass of molten glass.
- Scorpio
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noun,
Astronomy. Scorpius.
- parotic
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adjective,
situated about or near the ear.
- atonics
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noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- portico
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noun,
a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch.
- coronas
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noun,
a white or colored circle or set of concentric circles of light seen around a luminous body, especially around the sun or moon.
- coition
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noun,
coitus.
- porcino
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noun,
Usually, porcini. cep.
- oration
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noun,
a formal public speech, especially one delivered on a special occasion, as on an anniversary, at a funeral, or at academic exercises.
- citrins
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noun,
bioflavonoid.
- rootcap
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noun,
the loose mass of epidermal cells covering the apex of most roots, serving to protect the meristematic cells behind it.
- catnips
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noun,
a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.
- citrons
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noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- cations
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noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- scrinia
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noun,
a cylindrical container used in ancient Rome to hold papyrus rolls.
- Script.
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- opsonic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or influenced by opsonin; capable of promoting phagocytosis.
- cartoon
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noun,
a sketch or drawing, usually humorous, as in a newspaper or periodical, symbolizing, satirizing, or caricaturing some action, subject, or person of popular interest.
- opiatic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling opiates.
- Roscian
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adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- consort
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noun,
a husband or wife; spouse, especially of a reigning monarch.
Compare prince consort, queen consort.
- coranto
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noun,
courante.
- constr.
-
- carotin
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noun,
carotene.
- spirant
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noun,
fricative (def 2).
- porions
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noun,
the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
- contra-
-
- contras
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- caption
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noun,
a title or explanation for a picture or illustration, especially in a magazine.
- sporont
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noun,
(in the sexual reproduction of certain sporozoans) an encysted spore developed from a zygote, which undergoes sporogony to form sporozoites.
- Ontario
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noun,
a province in S Canada, bordering on the Great Lakes. 412,582 sq. mi. (1,068,585 sq. km). Capital: Toronto.
- ratoons
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noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- cantrip
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noun,
Chiefly Scot. a magic spell; trick by sorcery.
- Pontiac
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noun,
c1720–69, North American Indian, chief of the Ottawa tribe: commander during the Pontiac War 1763–64.
- portion
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noun,
a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it:
- Pitocin
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- aspirin
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noun,
Pharmacology. a white, crystalline substance, C 9 H 8 O 4 , derivative of salicylic acid, used as an anti-inflammatory agent and to relieve the pain of headache, rheumatism, gout, neuralgia, etc.; acetylsalicylic acid.
- soprano
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noun,
the uppermost part or voice.
- pronota
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noun,
the dorsal sclerite of the prothorax of an insect.
- procto-
-
- picaros
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noun,
a rogue or vagabond.
- apricot
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noun,
the downy, yellow, sometimes rosy fruit, somewhat resembling a small peach, of the tree Prunus armeniaca.
- incisor
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noun,
any of the four anterior teeth in each jaw, used for cutting and gnawing.
- tarpons
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noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- pronaos
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noun,
(in a classical temple) an open vestibule before the cella.
- prosaic
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adjective,
commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative:
- Sno-Cat
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- patroon
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noun,
a person who held an estate in land with certain manorial privileges granted under the old Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey.
- Piarist
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noun,
a member of a Roman Catholic teaching congregation founded in Rome in 1597.
- Pistoia
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noun,
a city in N Tuscany, in N Italy.
- racoons
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noun,
raccoon.
- pianist
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noun,
a person who plays the piano, especially one who performs expertly or professionally.
- piscina
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noun,
a basin with a drain used for certain ablutions, now generally in the sacristy.
- Nicosia
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noun,
a city on and the capital of Cyprus, in the central part.
- ironist
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noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- actino-
-
- Ariosto
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noun,
Ludovico [loo-daw-vee-kaw] /ˌlu dɔˈvi kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1474–1533, Italian poet: author of Orlando Furioso.
- transp.
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- 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.
- aristo-
-
- rations
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noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- partons
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noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- iatrics
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- isation
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- racons
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noun,
radar beacon.
- contos
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noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- contr.
-
- tarso-
-
- isotac
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noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- racoon
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noun,
raccoon.
- scroop
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noun,
a scrooping sound.
- sporo-
-
- coopts
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verb (used with object),
to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
- scrota
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noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- tapirs
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noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- ionics
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noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- Istria
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noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- Citron
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noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- prosit
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interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- isopor
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noun,
an imaginary line on the earth's surface connecting points of equal annual change in the declination, inclination, or other components of the earth's magnetic field.
- proto-
-
- coapts
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verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- Proton
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noun,
a positively charged elementary particle that is a fundamental constituent of all atomic nuclei. It is the lightest and most stable baryon, having a charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron, a spin of ½, and a mass of 1.673 × 10− 27 kg. Symbol: P.
- narco-
-
- coatis
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noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- optics
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noun,
(used with a singular verb) the branch of physical science that deals with the properties and phenomena of both visible and invisible light and with vision.
- ironic
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adjective,
using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; containing or exemplifying irony:
- narcos
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noun,
narc.
- sit-in
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noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- socio-
-
- Portia
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noun,
the heroine of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, who, in one scene, disguises herself as a lawyer.
- nastic
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adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- porion
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noun,
the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
- racist
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noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- option
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noun,
the power or right of choosing.
- tainos
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noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- tarpon
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noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- isatin
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noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- norias
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noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- intra-
-
- Nicias
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noun,
died 413 b.c, Athenian statesman and general.
- Croton
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noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical plants constituting the genus Croton, of the spurge family, several species of which, as C. tiglium, have important medicinal properties.
- Potosi
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noun,
a city in S Bolivia: formerly a rich silver-mining center. 13,022 feet (3970 meters) above sea level.
- ricins
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noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- craton
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noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- icono-
-
- no-par
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adjective,
without par or face value:
- Crispi
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noun,
Francesco [frahn-che-skaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛ skɔ/ (Show IPA), 1819–1910, prime minister of Italy 1887–91, 1893–96.
- iatro-
-
- Crista
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noun,
a crest or ridge.
- croons
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- prints
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noun,
the state of being printed.
- noctis
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adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- spiro-
-
- iatric
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adjective,
of or relating to a physician or medicine; medical.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- ratoon
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- prison
-
noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- Nostoc
-
noun,
any freshwater, blue-green alga of the genus Nostoc, often occurring in jellylike colonies in moist places.
- tip-in
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noun,
tap-in.
- Ticino
-
noun,
a canton in S Switzerland. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Bellinzona.
- potion
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noun,
a drink or draft, especially one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers:
- copras
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noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- corona
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noun,
a white or colored circle or set of concentric circles of light seen around a luminous body, especially around the sun or moon.
- copro-
-
- intros
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noun,
an introduction.
- intro.
-
- tip-on
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noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- raisin
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noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- pronto
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adverb,
promptly; quickly.
- sprain
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noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- corita
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noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- sprint
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noun,
a short race at full speed.
- instr.
-
- nocti-
-
- octroi
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noun,
(formerly especially in France and Italy) a local tax levied on certain articles, such as foodstuffs, on their entry into a city.
- Octans
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noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- instar
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noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- nitric
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adjective,
containing nitrogen, usually in the pentavalent state.
- sproat
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noun,
a fishhook having a circular bend.
- nitro-
-
- COSTAR
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noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- costo-
-
- Strain
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- pintos
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noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- citrin
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noun,
bioflavonoid.
- ptisan
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noun,
a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- partis
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noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- Sonora
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noun,
a state in NW Mexico. 70,484 sq. mi. (182,555 sq. km). Capital: Hermosillo.
- patios
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noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- pastor
-
noun,
a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- arioso
-
noun,
an arioso composition or section.
- Pascin
-
noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Julius Pincas) 1885–1930, French painter, born in Bulgaria.
- sacro-
-
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- parton
-
noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- Artois
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noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- parson
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noun,
a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- patri-
-
- trans.
-
- trains
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noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- roncos
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noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- scoto-
-
- pantos
-
noun,
pantomime (def 2).
- astro-
-
- astron
-
- panto-
-
- pitons
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- atopic
-
adjective,
of or relating to atopy.
- paints
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- patois
-
noun,
a regional form of a language, especially of French, differing from the standard, literary form of the language.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- Torino
-
noun,
Turin.
- picaro
-
noun,
a rogue or vagabond.
- scato-
-
- pintas
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noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- pinots
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- tropo-
-
- tropic
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noun,
Geography.
either of two corresponding parallels of latitude on the terrestrial globe, one (tropic of Cancer) about 23½° N, and the other (tropic of Capricorn) about 23½° S of the equator, being the boundaries of the Torrid Zone.
the tropics, the regions lying between and near these parallels of latitude; the Torrid Zone and neighboring regions.
- Pictor
-
noun,
the Painter, a southern constellation between Dorado and Carina.
- picro-
-
- picots
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- troops
-
noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- actin-
-
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- Scioto
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noun,
a river in central Ohio, flowing S to the Ohio River. 237 miles (382 km) long.
- patron
-
noun,
a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- Pisano
-
noun,
Andrea [ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), c1270–c1348, Italian sculptor.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- pisci-
-
- tripos
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- aniso-
-
- sarco-
-
- Scipio
-
noun,
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major [puhb-lee-uh s kawr-neel-yuh s,, af-ri-key-nuh s,, -kan-uh s,, -kahn-] /ˈpʌb li əs kɔrˈnil yəs,, ˌæf rɪˈkeɪ nəs,, -ˈkæn əs,, -ˈkɑn-/ (Show IPA), ("Scipio the Elder") 237–183 b.c, Roman general who defeated Hannibal.
- sapro-
-
- Piston
-
noun,
a disk or cylindrical part tightly fitting and moving within a cylinder, either to compress or move a fluid collected in the cylinder, as air or water, or to transform energy imparted by a fluid entering or expanding inside the cylinder, as compressed air, explosive gases, or steam, into a rectilinear motion usually transformed into rotary motion by means of a connecting rod.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- Pitris
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- Sparti
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- poison
-
noun,
a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
- spinor
-
noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- carpos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek goddess of summer fruit, considered by Athenians as one of the Horae.
- Poncas
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of northern Nebraska, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- Cantor
-
noun,
the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
- capons
-
noun,
a cockerel castrated to improve the flesh for use as food.
- Capris
-
noun,
Capri pants.
- Pontic
-
noun,
an artificial tooth in a bridge.
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- orison
-
noun,
a prayer.
- cartop
-
adjective,
of a size and shape suitable for carrying on the top of an automobile.
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- catnip
-
noun,
a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.
- Spirit
-
noun,
the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
- captor
-
noun,
a person who has captured a person or thing.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- pooris
-
noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- spinto
-
adjective,
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
- Carnot
-
noun,
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
- carpo-
-
- points
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- poons
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- Paton
-
noun,
Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- patr-
-
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- porns
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- nitr-
-
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Spoor
-
noun,
a track or trail, especially that of a wild animal pursued as game.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- pisco
-
noun,
a brandy made in the district near Pisco, a seaport in Peru.
- pros.
-
- Orson
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- spoon
-
noun,
a utensil for use in eating, stirring, measuring, ladling, etc., consisting of a small, shallow bowl with a handle.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- ition
-
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- Pinta
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- poori
-
noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- Pinot
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- opto-
-
- piano
-
noun,
a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
- picot
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- pico-
-
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- picas
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- naso-
-
- Prot.
-
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- optic
-
noun,
the eye.
- Orion
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- sopor
-
noun,
Pathology. a deep, unnatural sleep; lethargy.
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- pron.
-
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- Porto
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Oporto.
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- onco-
-
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- Spica
-
noun,
spike2 .
- pant-
-
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Panic
-
noun,
a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals.
- Ponca
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of northern Nebraska, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
- Srta.
-
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- post-
-
- Pitri
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- paint
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- pains
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- octa-
-
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- octo-
-
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- sprit
-
noun,
a small pole or spar crossing a fore-and-aft sail diagonally from the mast to the upper aftermost corner, serving to extend the sail.
- span-
-
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- noct-
-
- patio
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- Port.
-
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- Pasco
-
noun,
a city in S Washington, on the Columbia River.
- proc.
-
- proas
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- spor-
-
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- Norco
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- pari-
-
- onto-
-
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- noso-
-
- part.
-
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- sport
-
noun,
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- noto-
-
- prion
-
noun,
any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill.
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- stoop
-
noun,
the act or an instance of stooping.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- crips
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- istic
-
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- Apoc.
-
- 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.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- coapt
-
verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- scrip
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- apron
-
noun,
a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
- Ronco
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Cons.
-
- scoot
-
noun,
a swift, darting movement or course.
- Copan
-
noun,
Santa Rosa de Copán.
- corns
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- sarc-
-
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- anti-
-
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- copra
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- copr-
-
- topos
-
noun,
a convention or motif, especially in a literary work; a rhetorical convention.
- Const
-
- coots
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- coopt
-
verb (used with object),
to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
- co-op
-
noun,
a cooperative store, dwelling, program, etc.
- coop.
-
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- conto
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- scoop
-
noun,
a ladle or ladlelike utensil, especially a small, deep-sided shovel with a short, horizontal handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc.
- cont.
-
- sanit
-
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- corp.
-
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- 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.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- scopa
-
noun,
pollen brush.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- ASCII
-
noun,
a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- ation
-
- asco-
-
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- astr.
-
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- Scot.
-
- aspic
-
noun,
a savory jelly usually made with meat or fish stock and gelatin, chilled and used as a garnish and coating for meats, seafoods, eggs, etc.
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- carps
-
noun,
a peevish complaint.
- Capri
-
noun,
an island in W Italy, in the Bay of Naples: grottoes; resort. 5½ sq. mi. (14 sq. km).
- carpi
-
noun,
plural of carpus.
- carp-
-
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- Capt.
-
- caps.
-
- capot
-
noun,
the taking by one player of all the tricks of a deal, as in piquet.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- capos
-
noun,
any of various devices for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string a corresponding number of half tones.
- Capon
-
noun,
a cockerel castrated to improve the flesh for use as food.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Cant.
-
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- scrap
-
noun,
a small piece or portion; fragment:
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- Corot
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste Camille [zhahn ba-teest ka-mee-yuh] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1796–1875, French painter.
- corpn
-
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Ionic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- intr.
-
- acpt.
-
- inst.
-
- insp.
-
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- init.
-
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- incr.
-
- incor
-
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- acro-
-
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- corps
-
noun,
Military.
a military organization consisting of officers and enlisted personnel or of officers alone:
a military unit of ground combat forces consisting of two or more divisions and other troops.
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- pions
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- trop-
-
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- ician
-
- scarp
-
noun,
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- 30-30
-
- tapir
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- scat-
-
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- Isiac
-
adjective,
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
- snoot
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- snoop
-
noun,
an act or instance of snooping.
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- sito-
-
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Iran.
-
- 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.
- icons
-
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- toons
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- crit.
-
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- ricin
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- craps
-
noun,
a game in which two dice are thrown and in which a first throw of 7 or 11 wins, a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses, and a first throw of 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 can be won only by throwing the same number again before throwing a 7.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- 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.
- topic
-
noun,
a subject of conversation or discussion:
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- anis-
-
- topo-
-
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- 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.
- croon
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- CRISP
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- actos
-
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- troop
-
noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- tipis
-
noun,
tepee.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Sino-
-
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- rcpt.
-
- tonia
-
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- tono-
-
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- Sat.
-
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- scop
-
noun,
an Old English bard or poet.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- 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.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- 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.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- rpt.
-
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- RIIA
-
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- prin
-
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pro-
-
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- proa
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- pot.
-
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- prs.
-
- PSAT
-
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- psia
-
- pts.
-
- SOAP
-
noun,
a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- scr.
-
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- poco
-
adverb,
somewhat; rather:
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- Soni
-
- 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.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- poon
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- poor
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- RONA
-
- pos.
-
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- porn
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- RNAS
-
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- 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.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- str.
-
- pion
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- crat
-
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- top-
-
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- Cort
-
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- Cor.
-
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- Copt
-
noun,
a member of the Coptic Church.
- coot
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- Coos
-
noun,
a language of a group of American Indians indigenous to the coast of Oregon.
- coon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- Con.
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- cit.
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- 1080
-
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- cir.
-
- ins.
-
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- 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.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- int.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- INRI
-
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Inc.
-
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- ICAO
-
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tion
-
- tipi
-
noun,
tepee.
- cts.
-
- ctr.
-
- cis-
-
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- ano-
-
- tri-
-
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- Apr.
-
- apo-
-
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- ant.
-
- ANSI
-
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- tRNA
-
- ARIS
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AISI
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- tron
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- acr-
-
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- cat.
-
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- capo
-
noun,
any of various devices for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string a corresponding number of half tones.
- cap.
-
- Can.
-
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ator
-
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- atic
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- asc-
-
- art.
-
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- sci.
-
- Sra.
-
- PACT
-
noun,
an agreement, covenant, or compact:
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Oct.
-
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Ont.
-
- Pan.
-
- OAPC
-
- par.
-
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- pat.
-
- NTIA
-
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- Oona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- SPCA
-
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- oto-
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- pacs
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- oro-
-
- OOPS
-
interjection,
(used to express mild dismay, chagrin, surprise, etc., as at one's own mistake, a clumsy act, or social blunder.)
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- opia
-
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- pato
-
noun,
an Argentine game played by two teams of four on horseback, resembling a cross between polo and basketball, using a ball with six large leather handles, the object of which is to place or throw the ball through the opponent's net that hangs from a 9 feet (2.7 meters) high pole.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Pica
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- Pict
-
noun,
a member of an ancient people of uncertain origin who inhabited parts of northern Britain, fought against the Romans, and in the 9th century a.d. united with the Scots.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- pint
-
noun,
a liquid and also dry measure of capacity, equal to one half of a liquid and dry quart respectively, approximately 35 cubic inches (0.473 liter). Abbreviation: pt, pt.
- itis
-
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- iso-
-
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- pct.
-
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- not-
-
- nos-
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Nor.
-
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- NIRA
-
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- trp
-
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- TSP
-
- Tro
-
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- TSI
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- tra
-
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- TAP
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noun,
a light but audible blow:
- TAO
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noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- TCA
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- TCS
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- Tan
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noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- TIA
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- TIC
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noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- SIT
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verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SOC
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noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- Tai
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noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- SIR
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noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- SIP
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noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- tin
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noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- ton
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noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- Sin
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noun,
transgression of divine law:
- tr.
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- SIC
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adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- STP
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- STI
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- Sta
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- Son
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noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- St.
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- SRI
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noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Tor
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noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Sr.
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- SPR
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- SCP
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- TPI
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- TPN
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- Tpr
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- spt
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- Ps.
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- sc.
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- ian
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noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IPA
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- IOT
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- Ios
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noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- ior
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- ion
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noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- IOC
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- ina
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noun,
a female given name.
- in.
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- ICA
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noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- IAS
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- Ia.
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- ipr
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- io-
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- IRA
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noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ics
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- ctn
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plural,
carton.
- CTA
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- CST
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- CSR
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- CSO
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- CSA
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- CRT
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- CRS
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- IPO
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- IPS
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- CPS
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- Nat
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noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NRA
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- nr.
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- Npt
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- NPR
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- NOP
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- NOC
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- SAR
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- nit
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noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Nip
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noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- NIC
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noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NIA
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- Nap
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noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- Ir.
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- NCO
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- ITO
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noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ITC
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- ITA
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- ist
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- ISR
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- ISA
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- Is.
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
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- IRO
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- IRC
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- CRP
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- CPR
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- NSA
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- ANC
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- ASN
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- ASI
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- ARS
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- ARP
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noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- ARC
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noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- APS
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- API
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abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- APC
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- aor
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- ans
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noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ANI
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noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ait
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noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ASP
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noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- AIS
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- AIR
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noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Ain
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noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AIC
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- ACT
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noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ACS
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- ACP
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- Ar.
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- an.
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- ac-
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- ap-
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- Aso
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noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASR
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- CPO
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- CAR
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noun,
an automobile.
- CPI
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- CPA
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- COT
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noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- COS
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noun,
romaine.
- COP
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noun,
a police officer.
- COO
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noun,
a cooing sound.
- CNS
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- CNO
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- CIP
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- CIA
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- CAS
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verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- CAI
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- ast
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- ct.
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- cs.
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- cr.
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- cp.
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- Co.
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- CIO
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noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- ca.
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- ATS
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noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ATP
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- ATC
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- at.
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- NRC
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- TSR
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noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- NSC
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- poi
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noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- RIP
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noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- RCS
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- RCP
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- PTA
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plural,
peseta.
- PST
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interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PSI
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noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PSC
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- PSA
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- PRC
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- PRA
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- POR
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- POC
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- Rai
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noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- POA
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- PIT
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noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- pis
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- pir
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noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- PIO
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- PIN
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noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- PIC
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noun,
a movie.
- PCS
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- PCI
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- PAS
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noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- PAC
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noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- RPS
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- RAN
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noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- pt.
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- ROT
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noun,
the process of rotting.
- SAP
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noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- San
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noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- SAC
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noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- SRO
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- Sp.
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- So.
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- RTS
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- rt.
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- RSA
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- Rs.
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- RPO
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- ROP
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- Rap
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noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- ROI
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- ROC
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noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- ROA
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- RNA
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- rin
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- Ria
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noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- RCT
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- RCN
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- RCA
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- rat
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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.
- RAS
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- PTO
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- PIA
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noun,
a female given name.
- prn
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- ons
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- OOT
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- oon
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- OAP
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- oar
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noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- o-o
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noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- oo-
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- OAS
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- OAT
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noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Oca
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noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- opt
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Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- ONR
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- Pr.
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- ONI
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- ONA
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noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- OIt
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- OIr
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- OCR
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- OCS
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- OPS
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noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- OPA
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- Ora
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noun,
plural of os2 .
- OTA
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- Oc.
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- op.
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- OSA
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- pc.
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- Pa.
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- OTC
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- orc
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noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- OTS
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- oic
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- ot-
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- OSP
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- OAO
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- OSO
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- ORT
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noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- OA
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- S.
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- RP
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- SA
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- AI
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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.
- t.
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- T1
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RO
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- A.
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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.
- AO
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- IP
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- ic
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- i.
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- PO
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noun,
a chamber pot.
- PI
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- TN
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- O.
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- P.
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noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- TC
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- R.
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- NP
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RC
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- RI
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- SN
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- RN
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- TP
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- N.
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- NC
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- NI
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- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.