Anagrams of anomalistic
Word anomalistic has
1073 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of anomalistic.
- antisocial
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noun,
a person exhibiting antisocial traits.
- sitomania
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noun,
abnormal craving for food.
- scalation
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noun,
an arrangement of scales, as on a fish.
- Castilian
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noun,
the dialect of Spanish spoken in Castile.
- animalist
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noun,
a person driven by animal appetites; sensualist.
- maiolicas
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noun,
majolica.
- on-limits
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adjective,
open or not prohibited to certain persons, as military personnel:
- atonalism
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noun,
atonality.
- calamints
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noun,
any of several aromatic plants belonging to the genus Calamintha (or Satureja) of the mint family, having simple, opposite leaves and drooping clusters of flowers.
- actinism
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noun,
the property of radiation by which chemical effects are produced.
- Anatolic
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adjective, noun,
Anatolian.
- claimant
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noun,
a person who makes a claim.
- actinias
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noun,
a sea anemone, especially of the genus Actinia.
- staminal
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adjective,
of or relating to stamens.
- limacons
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noun,
a plane curve generated by the locus of a point on a line at a fixed distance from the point of intersection of the line with a fixed circle, as the line revolves about a point on the circumference of the circle. Equation: r = a cosθ + b.
- iotacism
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noun,
the conversion of other vowel sounds, especially in Modern Greek, into (ē), the sound of iota.
- simoniac
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noun,
a person who practices simony.
- maiolica
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noun,
majolica.
- monastic
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noun,
a member of a monastic community or order, especially a monk.
- colistin
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noun,
a toxic antibiotic polypeptide, C 45 H 85 O 10 N 13 , produced by the bacterium Bacillus colistinus, used in sulfate form against a broad spectrum of microorganisms and in the treatment of severe gastroenteritis.
- amniotic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or having an amnion.
- mainsail
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noun,
the lowermost sail on a mainmast.
- calamint
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noun,
any of several aromatic plants belonging to the genus Calamintha (or Satureja) of the mint family, having simple, opposite leaves and drooping clusters of flowers.
- laconism
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noun,
laconic brevity.
- isanomal
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noun,
a line on a map or chart connecting points having an equal anomaly of a meteorological quantity.
- Miltonia
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noun,
any of various epiphytic tropical American orchids of the genus Miltonia, having sprays of showy, flat, variously colored flowers.
- talisman
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noun,
a stone, ring, or other object, engraved with figures or characters supposed to possess occult powers and worn as an amulet or charm.
- Latinism
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noun,
a mode of expression derived from or imitative of Latin.
- Miltonic
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adjective,
of or relating to the poet Milton or his writings.
- laotians
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Laos.
- oilcans
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noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- Costain
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noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- Laconia
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noun,
an ancient country in the S part of Greece. Capital: Sparta.
- animato
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adjective,
animated; lively. Abbreviation: anim.
- lacinia
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noun,
Botany. a jagged or irregular part of a leaf or petal.
- Osmanli
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noun,
an Ottoman.
- italics
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noun,
Often, italics. italic type.
- scatoma
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noun,
a tumorlike mass of feces in the colon or rectum.
- satanic
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adjective,
of Satan.
- Italian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Italy, or a person of Italian descent.
- Santali
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noun,
the Munda language spoken by the Santal.
- isation
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- talions
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noun,
lex talionis.
- salicin
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noun,
a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble glucoside, C 13 H 18 O 7 , obtained from the bark of the American aspen: used in medicine chiefly as an antipyretic and analgesic.
- osmatic
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adjective,
of or relating to the sense of smell.
- comitia
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noun,
an assembly of the people convened to pass on laws, nominate magistrates, etc.
- Comtian
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noun,
a follower of the philosophy of Auguste Comte.
- colitis
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noun,
inflammation of the colon.
- cations
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noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- caimans
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noun,
any of several tropical American crocodilians of the genus Caiman and allied genera: some are endangered.
- Caitlin
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noun,
a female given name, Irish form of Cathleen, Kathleen.
- solatia
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noun,
something given in compensation for inconvenience, loss, injury, or the like; recompense.
- solicit
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verb (used with object),
to seek for (something) by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, formal application, etc.:
- Sno-Cat
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- atonics
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noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- atomics
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noun,
the branch of physics that deals with atoms, especially atomic energy.
- camails
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noun,
aventail (def 1).
- camions
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noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- Somalia
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noun,
an independent republic on the E coast of Africa, formed from the former British Somaliland and the former Italian Somaliland. 246,198 sq. mi. (637,653 sq. km). Capital: Mogadishu.
- somatic
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adjective,
of the body; bodily; physical.
- Catalin
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- asocial
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adjective,
not sociable or gregarious; withdrawn from society.
- anosmia
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noun,
absence or loss of the sense of smell.
- Ciliata
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noun,
the class comprising the ciliate protozoans, considered as belonging in the kingdom Animalia.
- Stalino
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noun,
a former name of Donetsk.
- Asiatic
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noun,
an Asian person.
- stamin-
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- stamina
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noun,
strength of physical constitution; power to endure disease, fatigue, privation, etc.
- clamant
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adjective,
clamorous; noisy.
- climant
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adjective,
rampant, as a goat:
- Sinaloa
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noun,
a state in W Mexico, bordering on the Gulf of California. 22,582 sq. mi. (58,485 sq. km). Capital: Culiacán.
- laicism
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noun,
the nonclerical, or secular, control of political and social institutions in a society (distinguished from clericalism).
- stoical
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adjective,
impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics:
- silicon
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noun,
a nonmetallic element, having amorphous and crystalline forms, occurring in a combined state in minerals and rocks and constituting more than one fourth of the earth's crust: used in steelmaking, alloys, etc. Symbol: Si; atomic weight: 28.086; atomic number: 14; specific gravity: 2.4 at 20°C.
- coastal
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adjective,
of, relating to, bordering on, or located near a coast:
- lactams
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noun,
any of a group of cyclic amides characterized by the NHCO group, derived from aminocarboxylic acids by the intramolecular elimination of water from the amino and carboxylic groups.
- amatols
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noun,
an explosive mixture of ammonium nitrate and TNT.
- Nicolai
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noun,
(Carl) Otto (Ehrenfried) [kahrl awt-oh ey-ruh n-freet] /kɑrl ˈɔt oʊ ˈeɪ rənˌfrit/ (Show IPA), 1810–49, German composer.
- Latinic
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adjective,
of or relating to the Latin language or the ancient Latin-speaking peoples.
- manilas
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of the Philippines, on W central Luzon. Abbreviation: Man.
Compare Quezon City.
- Nicosia
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noun,
a city on and the capital of Cyprus, in the central part.
- Nilotic
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noun,
a group of languages belonging to the Eastern Sudanic branch of Nilo-Saharan, and including Dinka, Luo, Masai, and Nandi.
- maniocs
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noun,
cassava.
- liaison
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noun,
the contact or connection maintained by communications between units of the armed forces or of any other organization in order to ensure concerted action, cooperation, etc.
- limacon
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noun,
a plane curve generated by the locus of a point on a line at a fixed distance from the point of intersection of the line with a fixed circle, as the line revolves about a point on the circumference of the circle. Equation: r = a cosθ + b.
- malonic
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adjective,
of or derived from malonic acid; propanedioic.
- actinal
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adjective,
having tentacles or rays.
- alinota
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noun,
the plate to which the wings are attached on the notum of an insect.
- Actinia
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noun,
a sea anemone, especially of the genus Actinia.
- latinos
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noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- malison
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noun,
a curse.
- miotics
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noun,
a miotic drug.
- actino-
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- malaco-
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- tincals
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noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- Mai-Tai
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noun,
a cocktail of rum, curaçao, lemon and pineapple juice, grenadine, and orgeat syrup, poured over crushed ice.
- Monilia
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noun,
a fungus of the genus Monilia, of the class Fungi Imperfecti, having spherical or oval conidia in branched chains.
- Masonic
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adjective,
pertaining to or characteristic of Freemasons or Freemasonry.
- laminas
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noun,
a thin plate, scale, or layer.
- 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.
- Laotian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Laos.
- Toscana
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noun,
Italian name of Tuscany.
- maniac
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noun,
a raving or violently insane person; lunatic.
- Manati
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noun,
a city in N Puerto Rico.
- miotic
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noun,
a miotic drug.
- sit-in
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noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- maloti
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noun,
plural of loti.
- Siloam
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noun,
a spring and pool near Jerusalem. John 9:7.
- sitcom
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noun,
situation comedy.
- Molina
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noun,
Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1535–1600, Spanish Jesuit theologian.
- clints
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noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- macons
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noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- claims
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noun,
a demand for something as due; an assertion of a right or an alleged right:
- simian
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noun,
an ape or monkey.
- manias
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noun,
excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
- lamina
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noun,
a thin plate, scale, or layer.
- manioc
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noun,
cassava.
- Catlin
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noun,
George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.
- mantic
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adjective,
of or relating to divination.
- Milton
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noun,
John, 1608–74, English poet.
- matins
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- masto-
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- Mastic
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noun,
Also called mastic tree, lentisk. a small Mediterranean tree, Pistacia lentiscus, of the cashew family, that is the source of an aromatic resin used in making varnish and adhesives.
- Calais
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noun,
the winged son of Boreas the north wind. As Argonauts he and his brother Zetes chased away the Harpies.
- maslin
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noun,
a mixture of different grains, flours, or meals, especially rye mixed with wheat.
- Mascot
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noun,
an animal, person, or thing adopted by a group as its representative symbol and supposed to bring good luck:
- mascon
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noun,
a massive concentration of high-density material beneath the surface of the moon.
- camail
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noun,
aventail (def 1).
- mantis
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noun,
any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- smalto
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noun,
colored glass or similar vitreous material used in mosaic.
- Manila
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of the Philippines, on W central Luzon. Abbreviation: Man.
Compare Quezon City.
- camion
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noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- mantas
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noun,
(in Spain and Spanish America) a cloak or wrap.
- Manisa
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noun,
a city in W Turkey, near the Aegean: Roman defeat of Antiochus the Great 190 b.c.
- Cantal
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noun,
a department in S central France. 2231 sq. mi. (5780 sq. km). Capital: Aurillac.
- Cantos
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noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- casino
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noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- casita
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noun,
a small crude dwelling forming part of a shantytown inhabited by Mexican laborers in the southwestern U.S.
- Caslon
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noun,
William, 1692–1766, English type founder and designer.
- coalas
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noun,
koala.
- Catano
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noun,
a city in NE Puerto Rico, SW of San Juan.
- cation
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noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- silica
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noun,
the dioxide form of silicon, SiO 2 , occurring especially as quartz sand, flint, and agate: used usually in the form of its prepared white powder chiefly in the manufacture of glass, water glass, ceramics, and abrasives.
- Monica
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noun,
a female given name.
- monial
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noun,
a mullion.
- Italia
-
noun,
Italian name of Italy.
- intima
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noun,
the innermost membrane or lining of some organ or part, especially that of an artery, vein, or lymphatic.
- ionics
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noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- lianas
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noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- Isaian
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of Isaiah or of the book of the Bible bearing his name.
- Latona
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noun,
the goddess Leto as identified in Roman mythology.
- latins
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noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- social
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noun,
a social gathering or party, especially of or as given by an organized group:
- 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.
- Latino
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noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- 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.
- Italic
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noun,
Often, italics. italic type.
- instal
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verb (used with object),
install.
- Latina
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noun,
a woman of Latin-American descent.
- Itasca
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noun,
Lake, a lake in N Minnesota: one of the sources of the Mississippi River.
- oilman
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noun,
a person who owns or operates oil wells or an executive in the petroleum industry.
- nocti-
-
- oilcan
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noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- Octans
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noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- noctis
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adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- lanais
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noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- lactam
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noun,
any of a group of cyclic amides characterized by the NHCO group, derived from aminocarboxylic acids by the intramolecular elimination of water from the amino and carboxylic groups.
- Lamont
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noun,
a male given name.
- lacto-
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- instil
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verb (used with object),
instill.
- salami
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noun,
a kind of sausage, originally Italian, often flavored with garlic.
- 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.
- natals
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noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- Scotia
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noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- Colima
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noun,
a state in SW Mexico, on the Pacific Coast. 2010 sq. mi. (5205 sq. km).
- colins
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noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- lamias
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a class of fabulous monsters, commonly represented with the head and breast of a woman and the body of a serpent, said to allure youths and children in order to suck their blood.
- Lomita
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noun,
a town in SW California.
- scato-
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- comals
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noun,
a griddle made from sandstone or earthenware.
- Mosaic
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noun,
a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc.
- COMSAT
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noun,
(often lowercase) a communications satellite.
- Li-sao
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noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- 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.
- costal
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adjective,
Anatomy. pertaining to the ribs or the upper sides of the body:
- inmost
-
adjective,
situated farthest within:
- linacs
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noun,
linear accelerator.
- limits
-
noun,
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
- Santal
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noun,
sandalwood.
- sancta
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noun,
a sacred or holy place.
- Samoan
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Samoa.
- Samian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Samos.
- Samain
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noun,
Samhain.
- Nicias
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noun,
died 413 b.c, Athenian statesman and general.
- Salmon
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noun,
a marine and freshwater food fish, Salmo salar, of the family Salmonidae, having pink flesh, inhabiting waters off the North Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America near the mouths of large rivers, which it enters to spawn.
- Salina
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noun,
a saline marsh, spring, or the like.
- Salian
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noun,
a Salian Frank.
- caiman
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noun,
any of several tropical American crocodilians of the genus Caiman and allied genera: some are endangered.
- clino-
-
- socman
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noun,
sokeman.
- tainos
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noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Altaic
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noun,
the Turkic, Mongolian, and Tungusic language families collectively, spoken over a broad expanse of Eurasia, from southeastern Europe to the Pacific: variously considered to be a single, genetically related family, with Japanese and Korean sometimes also included, or a group of languages with shared typologies and histories, but not genetically akin.
- Altman
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noun,
Robert, 1925–2006, U.S. film director, producer, and screenwriter.
- Altona
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noun,
a metropolitan district of Hamburg, Germany: formerly an independent city.
- talons
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noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- amatol
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noun,
an explosive mixture of ammonium nitrate and TNT.
- talion
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noun,
lex talionis.
- amino-
-
- amnios
-
- Anatol
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noun,
a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “sunrise.”.
- Tamils
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noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- animal
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Animalia, comprising multicellular organisms that have a well-defined shape and usually limited growth, can move voluntarily, actively acquire food and digest it internally, and have sensory and nervous systems that allow them to respond rapidly to stimuli: some classification schemes also include protozoa and certain other single-celled eukaryotes that have motility and animallike nutritional modes.
- Animas
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noun,
soul; life.
- aniso-
-
- Tacoma
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noun,
a seaport in W Washington, on Puget Sound.
- Anomia
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noun,
the inability to name objects or to recognize the written or spoken names of objects.
- Antlia
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Air Pump, a small southern constellation between Vela and Hydra.
- ascoma
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noun,
a fruiting body that bears asci.
- aslant
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adverb,
at a slant; slantingly; obliquely.
- Alston
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noun,
a male given name.
- aloins
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noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- asonia
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noun,
tone deafness.
- Tocsin
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noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- tonsil
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- aaliis
-
noun,
a bushy shrub, Dodonaea viscosa, of Australia, Hawaii, Africa, and tropical America, having sticky foliage.
- Tolima
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noun,
a volcano in W Colombia, in the Andes. 18,438 feet (5620 meters).
- tolans
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noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- acoasm
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noun,
acouasm.
- actin-
-
- actins
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noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- action
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noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- tincal
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noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- Alnico
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noun,
a permanent-magnet alloy having aluminum, nickel, and cobalt as its principal ingredients.
- aiolis
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noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- Ticino
-
noun,
a canton in S Switzerland. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Bellinzona.
- ticals
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- alamos
-
noun,
a poplar.
- Tasman
-
noun,
Abel Janszoon [ah-buh l yahn-sohn] /ˈɑ bəl ˈyɑn soʊn/ (Show IPA), 1602?–59, Dutch navigator and explorer.
- Alicia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- Taoism
-
noun,
the philosophical system evolved by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu, advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to attain a happy existence in harmony with the Tao.
- Alison
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- almost
-
adverb,
very nearly; all but:
- Stalin
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noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- milit.
-
- Stacia
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noun,
a female given name.
- somni-
-
- atonal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or marked by atonality.
- atomic
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adjective,
of, pertaining to, resulting from, or using atoms, atomic energy, or atomic bombs:
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- Somali
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noun,
a member of a Hamitic population showing an admixture of Arab, black, and other ancestry, and dwelling in Somalia and adjacent regions.
- somat-
-
- sonata
-
noun,
a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys.
- Atman
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noun,
the principle of life.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- atmo-
-
- alias
-
noun,
a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
- noct-
-
- Alcon
-
noun,
a noted archer who helped Hercules abduct the cattle of Geryon.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Liana
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- Alas.
-
- licit
-
adjective,
legal; lawful; legitimate; permissible.
- Alans
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- alani
-
plural noun,
a nomadic Iranian people who flourished in the 2nd–4th centuries a.d. and are ancestors of the present-day Ossets.
- limas
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- Liman
-
noun,
a muddy lagoon, marsh, or lake near the mouth of a river behind part of the delta and more or less protected from open water by a barrier or spit.
- smolt
-
noun,
a young, silvery salmon in the stage of its first migration to the sea.
- Nasca
-
adjective,
Nazca.
- naso-
-
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- Natal
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- almas
-
noun,
a town in SE Quebec, in SE Canada.
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- natl.
-
- limos
-
noun,
a limousine.
- Limon
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1908–72, Mexican dancer and choreographer in the U.S.
- limns
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- Alamo
-
noun,
a poplar.
- limit
-
noun,
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- Cant.
-
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- alti-
-
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- alto-
-
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- ition
-
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- Tamas
-
noun,
See under guna.
- octa-
-
- amain
-
adverb,
with full force.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- ATLAS
-
noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- Ital.
-
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- istic
-
- omni-
-
- octal
-
noun,
octonary (def 6).
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- Almon
-
noun,
a Philippine, dipterocarpaceous tree, Shorea eximia.
- Smail
-
noun,
snail mail.
- camis
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- lansa
-
noun,
langsat.
- lanas
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Lanai
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- smalt
-
noun,
a coloring agent made of blue glass produced by fusing silica, potassium carbonate, and cobalt oxide, used in powdered form to add color to vitreous materials.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- Altai
-
noun,
a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Capital: Barnaul.
- lamia
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a class of fabulous monsters, commonly represented with the head and breast of a woman and the body of a serpent, said to allure youths and children in order to suck their blood.
- Lamas
-
noun,
Carlos Saavedra [kahr-laws sah-ah-ve-drah] /ˈkɑr lɔs ˌsɑ ɑˈvɛ drɑ/ (Show IPA), Saavedra Lamas, Carlos.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- Ocala
-
noun,
a city in central Florida.
- canal
-
noun,
an artificial waterway for navigation, irrigation, etc.
- Tamil
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- lact-
-
- Alta.
-
- nasal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- Naima
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “benevolent.”.
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- Minos
-
noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- aalii
-
noun,
a bushy shrub, Dodonaea viscosa, of Australia, Hawaii, Africa, and tropical America, having sticky foliage.
- Aalst
-
noun,
Flemish name of Alost.
- Manta
-
noun,
(in Spain and Spanish America) a cloak or wrap.
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- Aalto
-
noun,
Alvar [ahl-vahr] /ˈɑl vɑr/ (Show IPA), 1898–1976, Finnish architect and furniture designer.
- Masai
-
noun,
a member of an African people inhabiting the highlands of Kenya and Tanzania and having a largely pastoral economy and a society based on the patrilineal clan.
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- manic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affected by mania.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- Acoma
-
noun,
a Pueblo Indian village near Albuquerque, New Mexico, built on a sandstone mesa: oldest continuously inhabited location in the U.S.
- mania
-
noun,
excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
- minis
-
noun,
miniskirt.
- Masan
-
noun,
a seaport in SE South Korea.
- Manat
-
noun,
a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess personifying fortune, sometimes considered a daughter of Allah.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- milia
-
noun,
a small white or yellowish nodule resembling a millet seed, produced in the skin by the retention of sebaceous secretion.
- Milan
-
noun,
an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral.
- micas
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- 30-30
-
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- milts
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- masc.
-
- mini-
-
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- tonia
-
- mast-
-
- Mason
-
noun,
a person whose trade is building with units of various natural or artificial mineral products, as stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or tiles, usually with the use of mortar or cement as a bonding agent.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- manas
-
noun,
the rational faculty of the mind.
- Amati
-
noun,
Nicolò [nee-kaw-law] /ˌni kɔˈlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1596–1684, Italian violinmaker, one of a famous family of 16th- and 17th-century violinmakers: teacher of Antonio Stradivari.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- moils
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- molas
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- molts
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- lotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- monic
-
adjective,
(of a polynomial) having the coefficient of the term of highest degree equal to 1.
- Macao
-
noun,
a Portuguese overseas territory in S China, in the delta of the Zhu Jiang River and including two small adjacent islands. 6 sq. mi. (16 sq. km).
- aioli
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- calms
-
noun,
freedom from motion or disturbance; stillness.
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- Mont.
-
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- loams
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- Macon
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- Minto
-
noun,
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond [el-ee-uh t-mur-ee-ki-nin-muh nd,, -muhr-ee-,, el-yuh t-] /ˈɛl i ətˈmɜr i kɪˈnɪn mənd,, -ˈmʌr i-,, ˈɛl yət-/ (Show IPA), 4th Earl of, 1845–1914, British colonial administrator: governor general of Canada 1898–1904; viceroy of India 1905–10.
- 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.
- malts
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- Malta
-
noun,
an island in the Mediterranean between Sicily and Africa. 95 sq. mi. (246 sq. km).
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- malic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from apples.
- Malan
-
noun,
Daniel François [frahn-swah] /frɑnˈswɑ/ (Show IPA), 1874–1959, South African editor and political leader: prime minister 1948–54.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- actos
-
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- misc.
-
- mails
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- miso-
-
- Misti
-
noun,
El Misti.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- Islam
-
noun,
the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the basic principle of which is absolute submission to a unique and personal god, Allah.
- anoia
-
noun,
extreme mental deficiency.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- COMAS
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- comal
-
noun,
a griddle made from sandstone or earthenware.
- scat-
-
- anoas
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- Colin
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- Milos
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- stoma
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- colat
-
- Colas
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- Scot.
-
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- Cons.
-
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- sanit
-
- ician
-
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- Saman
-
noun,
a Persian noble who lived in the 8th century a.d., progenitor of the Samanid dynasty.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- Samoa
-
noun,
a group of islands in the S Pacific, the islands W of 170° W longitude constituting an independent state and the rest belonging to the U.S.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- Const
-
- anim.
-
- anima
-
noun,
soul; life.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- 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.
- anis-
-
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- Salta
-
noun,
a game for two, resembling Chinese checkers, played on a board with 100 squares.
- sito-
-
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- 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.
- claim
-
noun,
a demand for something as due; an assertion of a right or an alleged right:
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- clast
-
noun,
a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- Cimon
-
noun,
507–499 b.c, Athenian military leader, naval commander, and statesman (son of Miltiades).
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- cilia
-
plural noun,
Biology. minute hairlike organelles, identical in structure to flagella, that line the surfaces of certain cells and beat in rhythmic waves, providing locomotion to ciliate protozoans and moving liquids along internal epithelial tissue in animals.
- 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.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- clans
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- Sino-
-
- 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.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- coals
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- anti-
-
- coala
-
noun,
koala.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- cata-
-
- asco-
-
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- clots
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- 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.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- ASCII
-
noun,
a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
- icons
-
- cont.
-
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- osmic
-
adjective,
of or containing osmium in its higher valences, especially the tetravalent state.
- imino
-
adjective,
containing the imino group.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- imit.
-
- init.
-
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- talcs
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- Talca
-
noun,
a city in central Chile.
- talas
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- anal.
-
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- salat
-
noun,
prayers, said five times a day: the second of the Pillars of Islam.
- Ionic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- 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.
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- incl.
-
- anat.
-
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Isaac
-
noun,
a son of Abraham and Sarah, and father of Jacob. Gen. 21:1–4.
- salmi
-
noun,
a ragout of partially cooked game, as pheasant or woodcock, stewed in wine and butter.
- inst.
-
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- insol
-
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Isiac
-
adjective,
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- Amato
-
noun,
Pasquale [puh-skwah-lee,, -ley;; Italian pahs-kwah-le] /pəˈskwɑ li,, -leɪ;; Italian pɑsˈkwɑ lɛ/ (Show IPA), 1879–1942, Italian operatic baritone.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Iliac
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or situated near the ilium.
- ation
-
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- amin-
-
- ilio-
-
- Ilion
-
noun,
Greek name of ancient Troy.
- mis-
-
- Oct.
-
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- NTIA
-
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- soln
-
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- 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):
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Ont.
-
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- SLAM
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- min.
-
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Sol.
-
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- MNAS
-
- Tala
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Nama
-
noun,
a member of a Khoikhoi people of Namaqualand, in SW Africa.
- SLIM
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- 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.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Sat.
-
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- 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.
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- Sam.
-
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NOAA
-
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Tasm
-
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- SAMA
-
noun,
the Sufi practice of gathering to listen to religious poetry that is sung, often accompanied by ecstatic dance or other ritual.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- Saml
-
- NCAA
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- nom.
-
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- MOLA
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- mol.
-
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- sci.
-
- scil
-
- moil
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- moas
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- mols
-
noun,
mole4 .
- SLIC
-
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- Taal
-
noun,
Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
- tion
-
- molt
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- nos-
-
- NACA
-
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Soni
-
- not-
-
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mon.
-
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Milo
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- itis
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ASTM
-
- atm.
-
- itol
-
- atic
-
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- asc-
-
- 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.
- iso-
-
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Cal.
-
- calm
-
noun,
freedom from motion or disturbance; stillness.
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- 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 = .
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- Lat.
-
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- amt.
-
- Anam
-
noun,
Annam.
- Anas
-
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- ano-
-
- anoa
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- lasa
-
noun,
Lhasa.
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- ANSI
-
- Lani
-
- Lana
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- lams
-
noun,
a hasty escape; flight.
- LAMA
-
noun,
a priest or monk in Lamaism.
- ant.
-
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- Lam.
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- cams
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- COMS
-
noun,
Trademark. Comedy Central: a cable television channel.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- cts.
-
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- cml.
-
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- Cmon
-
- CMOS
-
noun,
complementary metal oxide semiconductor.
- Con.
-
- coml
-
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- coma
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- Com.
-
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- Col.
-
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- 1080
-
- clam
-
noun,
any of various bivalve mollusks, especially certain edible species.
Compare quahog, soft-shell clam.
- Can.
-
- Inc.
-
- Cana
-
noun,
an ancient town in N Israel, in Galilee: scene of Jesus' first miracle. John 2:1, 11.
- Casa
-
noun,
a house.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- cat.
-
- 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.
- intl
-
- 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.
- int.
-
- ins.
-
- 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.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- cit.
-
- IMCO
-
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- mil.
-
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- ICAO
-
- ical
-
- cis-
-
- IATA
-
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- iana
-
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- AMLS
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Maas
-
noun,
Dutch name of the Meuse.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AISI
-
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- Acta
-
plural noun,
official records, as of acts, deeds, proceedings, transactions, or the like.
- Ala.
-
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Alai
-
noun,
a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- Loma
-
noun,
a hill or ridge having a broad top.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- Alan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- Maat
-
noun,
the goddess personifying law and righteousness.
- Mac-
-
- Alis
-
- Man.
-
- mica
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- Mic.
-
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- masa
-
noun,
flour or dough made of dried, ground corn, used especially for tortillas.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Mana
-
noun,
a generalized, supernatural force or power, which may be concentrated in objects or persons.
- malt
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- ACLS
-
- MALS
-
- Mali
-
noun,
Republic of, a republic in W Africa: formerly a territory of France; gained independence 1960. 463,500 sq. mi. (120,000 sq. km). Capital: Bamako.
- mal-
-
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- Maia
-
noun,
the eldest of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes by Zeus.
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- maco
-
noun,
an Egyptian cotton, used especially in the manufacture of hosiery and undergarments.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- Alco
-
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- amas
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- Alma
-
noun,
a town in SE Quebec, in SE Canada.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- alt.
-
- alms
-
noun,
money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity:
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- Aman
-
noun,
Haman.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- Amal
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lin.
-
- loam
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- limo
-
noun,
a limousine.
- limn
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- lit.
-
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ACS
-
- AMC
-
- CNS
-
- SLA
-
- CIM
-
- AAM
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- an.
-
- CNO
-
- CNM
-
- Am.
-
- ac-
-
- AIA
-
- al.
-
- AMA
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- AMS
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- CLI
-
- TAL
-
- ANC
-
- CMA
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- Clo
-
- CIA
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- ans
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noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- TAM
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noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- TAO
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noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- AIC
-
- ATA
-
- 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.
-
- ATS
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noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- Tan
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noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- TIA
-
- ALM
-
- TCS
-
- ATC
-
- Son
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noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- cs.
-
- TCA
-
- at.
-
- ALC
-
- ASI
-
- sot
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noun,
a drunkard.
- St.
-
- Sta
-
- ast
-
- Aso
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noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASN
-
- TIC
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noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- ct.
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- TMO
-
- Tim
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noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- ail
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verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ASM
-
- TLC
-
- AIM
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noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Ain
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noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- SMA
-
- 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.
- 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.
- CAM
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noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- cl.
-
- ait
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noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AOA
-
- ASA
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noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- ALS
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noun,
Indian mulberry.
- STM
-
- STL
-
- SOC
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noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- CAI
-
- STI
-
- CAA
-
- tlo
-
- ILA
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noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- LOC
-
- NIC
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noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NIA
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LMT
-
- NAM
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noun,
Vietnam.
- NAA
-
- Nil
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noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NCO
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- MTS
-
- MTO
-
- mtn
-
- MTI
-
- Mt.
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- LIM
-
- Lia
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noun,
Leah (def 1).
- MSN
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- OTC
-
- OSA
-
- Oc.
-
- NSC
-
- NSA
-
- LAO
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noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- NOC
-
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- LCA
-
- NMI
-
- LCI
-
- 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.
- LCM
-
- LCT
-
- MST
-
- MSI
-
- OAT
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noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- MIT
-
- MOA
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noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- MNS
-
- MNA
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- MLS
-
- MLA
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- ml.
-
- Mao
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- MOC
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noun,
moccasin.
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- MCI
-
- mi.
-
- MI5
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noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MAA
-
- MOI
-
- MSA
-
- LSM
-
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- MOS
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noun,
moment (def 1).
- LON
-
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- LSC
-
- LSI
-
- LST
-
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- LTA
-
- Mc-
-
- MIA
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plural,
missing in action.
- Mo.
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- MSL
-
- MSC
-
- OAS
-
- TSI
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- SAA
-
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- IOC
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- SAC
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noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- So.
-
- ILO
-
- OTS
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- ot-
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IOT
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- ILS
-
- il-
-
- ons
-
- CTA
-
- SCM
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- sc.
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- CSA
-
- CSO
-
- CST
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ics
-
- io-
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Ia.
-
- ial
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- Isl
-
- OTA
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ITA
-
- OCS
-
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- Lt.
-
- oic
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- La.
-
- Ola
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- Om.
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- ITC
-
- OIt
-
- ONI
-
- ist
-
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- T1
-
- t.
-
- MN
-
- ic
-
- i.
-
- N.
-
- AO
-
- LC
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- O.
-
- L1
-
- L2
-
- NC
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- OA
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- ln
-
- TN
-
- LM
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- SA
-
- SL
-
- SM
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- TC
-
- SN
-
- CM
-
- M.
-
- S.
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- ol
-
- NI
-
- NL
-
- TL
-
- NM
-
- L.
-
- TM
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.