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- rip-roaring
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adjective,
boisterously wild and exciting; riotous:
- cramp-iron
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noun,
a piece of iron with bent ends for holding together building stones or the like.
- paregoric
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noun,
a camphorated tincture of opium, containing benzoic acid, anise oil, etc., used chiefly to stop diarrhea in children.
- porringer
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noun,
a low dish or cup, often with a handle, from which soup, porridge, or the like is eaten.
- cairngorm
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noun,
smoky quartz.
- Compagnie
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noun,
company.
- perigonia
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noun,
the envelope of modified leaves surrounding the antheridia in mosses.
- parergon
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noun,
something that is an accessory to a main work or subject; embellishment.
- epigamic
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adjective,
attracting the opposite sex, as the colors of certain birds.
- Cimarron
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noun,
bighorn.
- open-air
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noun,
the outdoors.
- apocrine
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adjective,
of or relating to certain glands whose secretions are acted upon by bacteria to produce the characteristic odor of perspiration (distinguished from eccrine).
- Corrigan
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noun,
Mairead [muh-reyd] /məˈreɪd/ (Show IPA), born 1944, Northern Irish peace activist: Nobel Peace Prize 1976.
- piercing
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adjective,
loud or shrill, as the quality of a voice.
- mericarp
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noun,
one of the carpels of a schizocarp.
- pig-iron
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noun,
iron tapped from a blast furnace and cast into pigs in preparation for conversion into steel, cast iron, or wrought iron.
- picogram
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noun,
one trillionth of a gram. Abbreviation: pg.
- Poincare
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noun,
Jules Henri [zhyl ahn-ree] /ʒül ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1854–1912, French mathematician.
- Germanic
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noun,
a branch of the Indo-European family of languages including German, Dutch, English, the Scandinavian languages, Afrikaans, Flemish, Frisian, and the extinct Gothic language.
- procaine
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noun,
a compound, C 13 H 20 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly as a local and spinal anesthetic.
- germano-
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- peignoir
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noun,
a woman's dressing gown.
- progeria
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noun,
a rare congenital abnormality characterized by premature and rapid aging, the affected individual appearing in childhood as an aged person and having a shortened life span.
- migraine
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noun,
an extremely severe paroxysmal headache, usually confined to one side of the head and often associated with nausea; hemicrania.
- air-core
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adjective,
having a nonmagnetic core, as one of fiber or plastic, encircled by a coil (air-core coil) or containing one or more such coils:
- remargin
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verb (used without object),
to provide additional cash or collateral to a broker in order to keep secure stock bought on margin.
- grimoire
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noun,
a manual of magic or witchcraft used by witches and sorcerers.
- copremia
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noun,
poisoning due to the presence of fecal matter in the blood.
- armoire
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noun,
a large wardrobe or movable cupboard, with doors and shelves.
- armiger
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noun,
a person entitled to armorial bearings.
- armorer
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noun,
a maker or repairer of arms or armor.
- grimace
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noun,
a facial expression, often ugly or contorted, that indicates disapproval, pain, etc.
- organic
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noun,
a substance, as a fertilizer or pesticide, of animal or vegetable origin.
- Grecian
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noun,
a Greek.
- coremia
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noun,
the fruiting bodies of certain fungi, consisting of a loosely bound bundle of conidiophores.
- Graeco-
-
- prairie
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noun,
an extensive, level or slightly undulating, mostly treeless tract of land in the Mississippi valley, characterized by a highly fertile soil and originally covered with coarse grasses, and merging into drier plateaus in the west.
Compare pampas, savanna, steppe.
- origami
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noun,
the traditional Japanese art or technique of folding paper into a variety of decorative or representational forms, as of animals or flowers.
- Craigie
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noun,
Sir William (Alexander) 1867–1957, Scottish lexicographer and philologist.
- manrope
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noun,
a rope placed at the side of a gangway, ladder, or the like, to serve as a rail.
- cranio-
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- craniom
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- Cranmer
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noun,
Thomas, 1489–1556, first Protestant archbishop of Canterbury: leader in the English Protestant Reformation in England.
- moraine
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noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- gripman
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noun,
a worker on a cable car who operates the grip, which, by grasping or releasing the moving cable, starts or stops the car.
- encomia
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noun,
a formal expression of high praise; eulogy:
- gripmen
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noun,
a worker on a cable car who operates the grip, which, by grasping or releasing the moving cable, starts or stops the car.
- campong
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noun,
kampong.
- Carrier
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noun,
a person or thing that carries.
- carrion
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noun,
dead and putrefying flesh.
- impinge
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verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to come into violent contact with.
- Carmine
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noun,
a crimson or purplish-red color.
- Imperia
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noun,
a seaport in NW Italy.
- incomer
-
noun,
a person who comes in.
- program
-
noun,
a plan of action to accomplish a specified end:
- ceriman
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noun,
a climbing, tropical American plant, Monstera deliciosa, of the arum family, characterized by cordlike, aerial roots and large, perforated leaves.
- Ingemar
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noun,
a male given name.
- caprine
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adjective,
of or relating to goats.
- imagine
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verb (used with object),
to form a mental image of (something not actually present to the senses).
- Igraine
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noun,
the mother of King Arthur.
- Cipango
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noun,
Japan.
- Campion
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noun,
any of several plants of the genera Lychnis and Silene, having white, pink, or reddish flowers.
- compare
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noun,
comparison:
- priming
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noun,
the powder or other material used to ignite a charge.
- primine
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noun,
the outer integument of an ovule.
- primero
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noun,
a card game fashionable in England in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- Cameron
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noun,
Julia Margaret, 1815–79, English photographer, born in India.
- coaming
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noun,
a raised border around an opening in a deck, roof, or floor, designed to prevent water from running below.
- Rainier
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noun,
Mount, a volcanic peak in W Washington, in the Cascade Range. 14,408 feet (4392 meters).
- oneiric
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adjective,
of or relating to dreams.
- primage
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noun,
a small allowance formerly paid by a shipper to the master and crew of a vessel for the loading and care of the goods: now charged with the freight and retained by the shipowner.
- coinage
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noun,
the act, process, or right of making coins.
- Cremini
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noun,
a cultivated, meaty, tan or brown mushroom, Agaricus bisporus.
- Nigeria
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noun,
a republic in W Africa: member of the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly a British colony and protectorate. 356,669 sq. mi. (923,773 sq. km). Capital: Abuja.
- rampion
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noun,
a European bellflower, Campanula rapunculus, having an edible white tuberous root used in Europe for salad.
- compar.
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- Marcion
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noun,
a.d. c100–c160, Christian Gnostic.
- crampon
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noun,
a spiked iron plate worn on boots or shoes for aid in climbing or to prevent slipping on ice, snow, etc.
- Cremona
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noun,
a city in N Italy, on the Po River.
- epigram
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noun,
any witty, ingenious, or pointed saying tersely expressed.
- Pierian
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adjective,
of or relating to the Muses.
- empiric
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noun,
a person who follows an empirical method.
- Empirin
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- Emporia
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noun,
a city in E Kansas.
- megaron
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noun,
a building or semi-independent unit of a building, generally used as a living apartment and typically having a square or broadly rectangular principal chamber with a porch, often of columns in antis, and sometimes an antichamber or other small compartments.
- Menorca
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noun,
Minorca.
- ripieno
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noun,
tutti (defs 3, 4).
- Minorca
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noun,
Spanish Menorca. one of the Balearic Islands, in the W Mediterranean. 271 sq. mi. (700 sq. km).
- Mercian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Mercia.
- earring
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noun,
an ornament worn on or hanging from the lobe of the ear.
- acrogen
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noun,
a flowerless plant growing and producing its reproductive structures at the apex only, as ferns and mosses.
- roaring
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noun,
the act of a person, animal, or thing that roars.
- meropia
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noun,
partial blindness.
- minicar
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noun,
a very small car, especially a subcompact.
- Romaine
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noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- Permian
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noun,
Geology. the Permian Period or System.
- Romance
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noun,
a novel, movie, or genre of popular fiction in which characters fall in love or begin a romantic relationship (often used attributively):
- Romanic
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noun,
romance1 (def 9).
- perigon
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noun,
an angle of 360°.
- pierogi
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noun,
a small dough envelope filled with mashed potato, meat, cheese, or vegetables, crimped to seal the edge and then boiled or fried, typically served with sour cream or onions.
- Agriope
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noun,
Eurydice.
- carping
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noun,
petty faultfinding.
- Marengo
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noun,
a village in Piedmont, in NW Italy: Napoleon defeated the Austrians 1800.
- porcine
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adjective,
of or relating to swine.
- pirogen
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noun,
(used with a plural verb) Jewish Cookery. small baked pastries filled with chopped chicken livers, onion, etc.
- pairing
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noun,
a coupling.
- Marconi
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noun,
Guglielmo [goo-lyel-maw] /guˈlyɛl mɔ/ (Show IPA), Marchese, 1874–1937, Italian electrical engineer and inventor, especially in the field of wireless telegraphy: Nobel Prize in physics 1909.
- Mariner
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noun,
a person who directs or assists in the navigation of a ship; sailor.
- Garner
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noun,
a granary or grain bin.
- Garcon
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noun,
(usually in direct address) a waiter in a restaurant.
- cirro-
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- Origen
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noun,
(Origenes Admantius) a.d. 185?–254? Alexandrian writer, Christian theologian, and teacher.
- origan
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noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- Prince
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noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- cinema
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noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- onager
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noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- Perron
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noun,
an outside platform upon which the entrance door of a building opens, with steps leading to it.
- ignore
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verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- impone
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verb (used with object),
to wager; stake.
- pro-am
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noun,
any sporting event in which professionals play with amateurs.
- iceman
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noun,
a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.
- Perrin
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noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1870–1942, French physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in physics 1926.
- primer
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noun,
an elementary book for teaching children to read.
- cringe
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noun,
servile or fawning deference.
- paring
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that pares.
- Crimea
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noun,
the, a peninsula in SE Ukraine, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
- pernor
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noun,
a person who takes or receives the rents, profits, or other benefit of an estate, lands, etc.
- pernio
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noun,
chilblain.
- crepon
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noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- gnomic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling a gnome.
- imper.
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- origin
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noun,
something from which anything arises or is derived; source; fountainhead:
- erring
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adjective,
going astray; in error; wrong.
- gamine
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noun,
a neglected girl who is left to run about the streets.
- carrom
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noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- Peoria
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noun,
a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
- Carrie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Cromer
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noun,
1st Earl of, Evelyn Baring.
- cornea
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noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- pomace
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noun,
the pulpy residue from apples or similar fruit after crushing and pressing, as in cider making.
- Greco-
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- Pieria
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noun,
a coastal region in NE Greece, W of the Gulf of Salonika.
- copier
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noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- Corrie
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noun,
a circular hollow in the side of a hill or mountain.
- coping
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noun,
a finishing or protective course or cap to an exterior masonry wall or the like.
- Geonim
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noun,
a plural of Gaon.
- Pigeon
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noun,
any bird of the family Columbidae, having a compact body and short legs, especially the larger species with square or rounded tails.
Compare dove1 (def 1).
- Pinero
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noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- Orange
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noun,
a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- Pamiri
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noun,
a member of a Caucasian people inhabiting the Pamirs.
- orcein
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noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- Corner
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noun,
the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
- grano-
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- grani-
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- coring
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noun,
the act of removing a core or of cutting from a central part.
- earing
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noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- Conger
-
noun,
a large marine eel, Conger conger, sometimes reaching a length of 10 feet (3 meters), used for food.
- German
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Germany.
- encamp
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verb (used with object),
to make into a camp.
- prance
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noun,
the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- panier
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noun,
pannier.
- coigne
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noun, verb (used with object),
quoin.
- enigma
-
noun,
a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation:
- engram
-
noun,
a presumed encoding in neural tissue that provides a physical basis for the persistence of memory; a memory trace.
- groper
-
noun,
a person or thing that gropes.
- pricer
-
noun,
(especially in retail stores) an employee who establishes prices at which articles will be sold, or one who affixes price tags to merchandise.
- coming
-
noun,
approach; arrival; advent:
- picro-
-
- orpine
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noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- enamor
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verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- Gemini
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plural noun,
Astronomy. the Twins, a zodiacal constellation between Taurus and Cancer containing the bright stars Castor and Pollux.
- grocer
-
noun,
the owner or operator of a store that sells general food supplies and certain nonedible articles of household use, as soaps and paper products.
- picaro
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noun,
a rogue or vagabond.
- impair
-
noun,
Archaic. impairment.
- carpo-
-
- Regina
-
noun,
queen.
- Margie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- remora
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noun,
any of several fishes of the family Echeneididae, having on the top of the head a sucking disk by which they can attach themselves to sharks, turtles, ships, and other moving objects.
- anemic
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adjective,
Pathology. suffering from anemia.
- anemo-
-
- remain
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noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- Marcie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marcia.
- angio-
-
- Morgan
-
noun,
one of a breed of light carriage and saddle horses descended from the stallion Justin Morgan.
- anomie
-
noun,
a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.
- Morgen
-
noun,
a unit of land measure equal to about two acres (0.8 hectare), formerly in use in Holland and the Dutch colonies and still used in South Africa.
- region
-
noun,
an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body:
- manger
-
noun,
a box or trough in a stable or barn from which horses or cattle eat.
- Monica
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Morini
-
noun,
Erika, 1906–1995, U.S. violinist, born in Austria.
- Regain
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noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- maigre
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adjective,
containing neither flesh nor its juices, as food permissible on days of religious abstinence.
- magpie
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noun,
either of two corvine birds, Pica pica (black-billed magpie) of Eurasia and North America, or P. nuttalli (yellow-billed magpie) of California, having long, graduated tails, black-and-white plumage, and noisy, mischievous habits.
- macron
-
noun,
a horizontal line used as a diacritic over a vowel to indicate that it has a long sound or other specified pronunciation, as (ā) in fate (fāt).
- macro-
-
- Napier
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noun,
neper.
- reagin
-
noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- raring
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adjective,
very eager or anxious; enthusiastic:
- rapine
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- margin
-
noun,
the space around the printed or written matter on a page.
- Renoir
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1894–1979, French film director and writer.
- Maceio
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Alagoas, in E Brazil.
- meacon
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verb (used with object),
to give false signals to (electronic navigational equipment), as by means of a radio transmitter.
- micron
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noun,
Also called micrometer. the millionth part of a meter. Symbol: μ, mu.
- micro-
-
- romper
-
noun,
a person or thing that romps.
- Romaic
-
noun,
demotic (def 5).
- Merino
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- Mercia
-
noun,
an early English kingdom in central Britain.
- mirage
-
noun,
an optical phenomenon, especially in the desert or at sea, by which the image of some object appears displaced above, below, or to one side of its true position as a result of spatial variations of the index of refraction of air.
- aeron.
-
- ringer
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noun,
a person or thing that encircles, rings, etc.
- mirror
-
noun,
a reflecting surface, originally of polished metal but now usually of glass with a silvery, metallic, or amalgam backing.
- agonic
-
adjective,
not forming an angle.
- agric.
-
- amino-
-
- agron.
-
- Monera
-
noun,
a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and have a nutritional mode of absorption, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.
- McNair
-
noun,
Lesley James, 1883–1944, U.S. army officer.
- monger
-
noun,
a person who is involved with something in a petty or contemptible way (usually used in combination):
- Marron
-
noun,
a large European chestnut, especially as used in cookery: candied or preserved in syrup.
- airing
-
noun,
an exposure to the air, as for drying.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- Marion
-
noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- repair
-
noun,
an act, process, or work of repairing:
- Marino
-
noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- Marini
-
noun,
Giambattista [jahm-baht-tees-tah] /ˌdʒɑm bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), Also, Marino [muh-ree-noh;; Italian mah-ree-naw] /məˈri noʊ;; Italian mɑˈri nɔ/ (Show IPA), ("il Cavalier Marino") 1569–1625, Italian poet.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- rapier
-
noun,
a small sword, especially of the 18th century, having a narrow blade and used for thrusting.
- manioc
-
noun,
cassava.
- narco-
-
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- ironer
-
noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- irenic
-
adjective,
tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory.
- camion
-
noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- ragmen
-
noun,
a person who gathers or deals in rag.
- camper
-
noun,
a person who camps out for recreation, especially in the wilderness.
- no-par
-
adjective,
without par or face value:
- inorg.
-
- irreg.
-
- Ingram
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Capone
-
noun,
Al(phonse) ("Scarface") 1899–1947, U.S. gangster and Prohibition-era bootlegger, probably born in Italy.
- Ingmar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- incorr
-
- Carmen
-
noun,
Ciudad del Carmen.
- income
-
noun,
the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
- incage
-
verb (used with object),
encage.
- ironic
-
adjective,
using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; containing or exemplifying irony:
- Gainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- rancor
-
noun,
bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
- Ranger
-
noun,
forest ranger.
- necro-
-
- monic
-
adjective,
(of a polynomial) having the coefficient of the term of highest degree equal to 1.
- 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.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- omega
-
noun,
the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet (Ω, ω).
- imino
-
adjective,
containing the imino group.
- McRae
-
noun,
Carmen, 1920–94, U.S. jazz singer and songwriter.
- imine
-
noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- Monge
-
noun,
Gaspard [gas-par] /gasˈpar/ (Show IPA), Comte de Péluse [pey-lyz] /peɪˈlüz/ (Show IPA), 1746–1818, French mathematician.
- Orang
-
noun,
orangutan.
- imago
-
noun,
Entomology. an adult insect.
- magic
-
noun,
the art of producing illusions as entertainment by the use of sleight of hand, deceptive devices, etc.; legerdemain; conjuring:
- macer
-
noun,
macebearer.
- mega-
-
- image
-
noun,
a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- maror
-
noun,
a portion of horseradish or other bitter herb that is eaten at the Seder meal on Passover.
- genic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resembling, or arising from a gene or genes.
- genii
-
noun,
a plural of genius.
- genip
-
noun,
Also, ginep. a genipap.
- Genoa
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- genro
-
noun,
any of the unofficial elder statesmen of Japan who influenced the government c1875–1940.
- Maroc
-
noun,
French name of Morocco.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- geom.
-
- grime
-
noun,
dirt, soot, or other filthy matter, especially adhering to or embedded in a surface.
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- Megan
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- pecan
-
noun,
a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
- gamer
-
noun,
a person who plays games, especially computer or video games.
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- gamic
-
adjective,
sexual (def 3).
- Gamin
-
noun,
a neglected boy left to run about the streets; street urchin.
- incog
-
adjective, adverb, noun,
incognita or incognito.
- micra
-
noun,
a plural of micron.
- gamo-
-
- Peano
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- MINCE
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- mini-
-
- mero-
-
- Pamir
-
noun,
the, a mountainous region in central Asia, largely in Tajikistan, where the Hindu Kush, Tien Shan, and Himalaya mountain ranges converge: highest peaks, about 25,000 feet (7600 meters).
- gaper
-
noun,
a person or thing that gapes.
- gripe
-
noun,
the act of gripping, grasping, or clutching.
- incor
-
- pari-
-
- Merci
-
interjection,
thank you.
- Merca
-
noun,
a city in S Somalia.
- Negro
-
noun,
Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, especially those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
- garni
-
adjective,
garnished.
- incr.
-
- meno-
-
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- impar
-
adjective,
unpaired; azygous.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- grape
-
noun,
the edible, pulpy, smooth-skinned berry or fruit that grows in clusters on vines of the genus Vitis, and from which wine is made.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- Gomer
-
noun,
an undesirable hospital patient.
- manor
-
noun,
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- groma
-
noun,
an instrument having a cruciform wooden frame with a plumb line at the end of each arm, used for laying out lines at right angles to existing lines.
- Nogai
-
noun,
a member of a people living in the Caucasus region.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- manic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affected by mania.
- goner
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- GROPE
-
noun,
an act or instance of groping.
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- orig.
-
- Goren
-
noun,
Charles Henry, 1901–91, U.S authority and writer on contract bridge.
- Mango
-
noun,
the oblong, sweet fruit of a tropical tree, Mangifera indica, of the cashew family, eaten ripe, or preserved or pickled.
- grice
-
noun,
a pig, especially a young or suckling pig.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- mange
-
noun,
any of various skin diseases caused by parasitic mites, affecting animals and sometimes humans and characterized by loss of hair and scabby eruptions.
- Grace
-
noun,
elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action:
Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity.
Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- grain
-
noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- MAgEc
-
- opera
-
noun,
an extended dramatic composition, in which all parts are sung to instrumental accompaniment, that usually includes arias, choruses, and recitatives, and that sometimes includes ballet.
Compare comic opera, grand opera.
- 30-30
-
- gram.
-
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- gramp
-
noun,
grandfather.
- Oreg.
-
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- Macon
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- Gerar
-
noun,
an ancient city in Palestine, near the Mediterranean: now an archaeological site in Israel.
- gipon
-
noun,
jupon.
- omni-
-
- groin
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- icing
-
noun,
a sweet, creamy spread, as of confectioners' sugar, butter, and flavoring, for covering cakes, cookies, etc.; frosting.
- Norge
-
noun,
Norwegian name of Norway.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- groan
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- ginep
-
noun,
genip.
- pagne
-
noun,
a garment worn by some African peoples, consisting of a rectangular strip of cloth fashioned into a loincloth or wrapped on the body so as to form a short skirt.
- pager
-
noun,
something, as a book or brochure, having a specified number of pages (usually used in combination):
- ician
-
- ormer
-
noun,
an abalone, Haliotis tuberculata, living in waters of the Channel Islands.
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- Ionic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- G-man
-
noun,
an agent for the FBI.
- Marge
-
noun,
margin; edge.
- pacer
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- Orrin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- gnome
-
noun,
(in folklore) one of a species of diminutive beings, usually described as shriveled little old men, that inhabit the interior of the earth and act as guardians of its treasures; troll.
- marg.
-
- Iceni
-
noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- Niger
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- Onega
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in the NW Russian Federation in Europe: second largest lake in Europe. 3764 sq. mi. (9750 sq. km).
- Iran.
-
- Paige
-
noun,
Leroy Robert ("Satchel") 1906–82, U.S. baseball player.
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Cerro
-
noun,
a hill or peak.
- among
-
preposition,
in, into, or through the midst of; in association or connection with; surrounded by:
- cigar
-
noun,
a more or less cylindrical roll of tobacco cured for smoking, of any of various lengths, thicknesses, degrees of straightness, etc., usually wrapped in a tobacco leaf.
- reni-
-
- AMORC
-
- 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.
- proc.
-
- renga
-
noun,
linked verse.
- proem
-
noun,
an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- cero-
-
- Cimon
-
noun,
507–499 b.c, Athenian military leader, naval commander, and statesman (son of Miltiades).
- Prog.
-
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- Ceram
-
noun,
an island of the Moluccas in Indonesia, W of New Guinea. 7191 sq. mi. (18,625 sq. km).
- prom.
-
- Prome
-
noun,
a city in central Burma, on the Irrawaddy River: location of several noted pagodas.
- pron.
-
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- carpi
-
noun,
plural of carpus.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- Prior
-
noun,
Informal. a prior conviction.
- cine-
-
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- Amer.
-
- conge
-
noun,
leave-taking; farewell.
- conga
-
noun,
a Cuban ballroom dance that consists of three steps forward followed by a kick, characteristically performed by a group following a leader in a single line.
- Cong.
-
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- Comr.
-
- armor
-
noun,
any covering worn as a defense against weapons.
- Comer
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- prier
-
noun,
a person who pries; a curious or inquisitive person.
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- 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.
- prim.
-
- AMICE
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- coign
-
noun, verb (used with object),
quoin.
- amigo
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- prime
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- Cirri
-
noun,
a plural of cirrus.
- amin-
-
- Primo
-
noun,
the part of a piano duet played on the upper half of the keyboard.
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- carp-
-
- anger
-
noun,
a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
- Copan
-
noun,
Santa Rosa de Copán.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- Campo
-
noun,
(in South America) an extensive, nearly level grassland plain.
- Apoc.
-
- Regan
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.
Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
- Cameo
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- apron
-
noun,
a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- Ramon
-
noun,
any of several tropical American trees belonging to the genus Brosimum, of the mulberry family, the leaves of which are used as forage, especially B. alicastrum, which bears the breadnut.
- regma
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of three or more carpels that separate from the axis at maturity.
- cager
-
noun,
Informal. a basketball player.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- recip
-
- areo-
-
- recap
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- rearm
-
verb (used with object),
to arm again.
- argon
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- Range
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Regin
-
noun,
a smith, the brother of Fafnir, who raises Sigurd and encourages him to kill Fafnir in the hope of gaining the gold he guards.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- carom
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- Angie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Angel.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- prong
-
noun,
one of the pointed tines of a fork.
- Carme
-
noun,
a small natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pengo
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Hungary, equal to 100 fillér: replaced by the forint in 1946.
- cargo
-
noun,
the lading or freight of a ship, airplane, etc.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- angi-
-
- Capri
-
noun,
an island in W Italy, in the Bay of Naples: grottoes; resort. 5½ sq. mi. (14 sq. km).
- reign
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- Capon
-
noun,
a cockerel castrated to improve the flesh for use as food.
- racer
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- caper
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- angor
-
noun,
extreme distress or mental anguish, usually of physical origin.
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- anim.
-
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- Priam
-
noun,
a king of Troy, the son of Laomedon, husband of Hecuba, and father of Paris, Cassandra, Hector, Polyxena, and many others. He was killed during the capture of Troy.
- comp.
-
- prem.
-
- Ponca
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of northern Nebraska, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
- Aegir
-
noun,
a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
- pingo
-
noun,
a hill of soil-covered ice pushed up by hydrostatic pressure in an area of permafrost.
- aeri-
-
- aero-
-
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- copen
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- Ponce
-
noun,
a pimp.
- Piman
-
noun,
any of various groupings of Uto-Aztecan languages, of varying degrees of inclusiveness, comprising Pima and its closest relatives.
- crore
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- crimp
-
noun,
the act of crimping.
- crime
-
noun,
an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited.
- crim.
-
- econ.
-
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- crier
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- ergo-
-
- peri-
-
- error
-
noun,
a deviation from accuracy or correctness; a mistake, as in action or speech:
- erron
-
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- Peron
-
noun,
Eva Duarte de [ee-vuh dwahr-tey duh;; Spanish e-vah dwahr-te th e] /ˈi və ˈdwɑr teɪ də;; Spanish ˈɛ vɑ ˈdwɑr tɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1919–52, Argentine political figure (wife of Juan Perón).
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- EPROM
-
noun,
a memory chip whose contents can be erased by a mechanism using ultraviolet light and reprogrammed for other purposes.
- acro-
-
- piano
-
noun,
a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
- pico-
-
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- engr.
-
- Roger
-
noun,
a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “fame” and “spear.”.
- agone
-
adverb, adjective,
ago.
- Armen
-
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- corgi
-
noun,
Welsh corgi.
- corr.
-
- corpn
-
- cream
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- prang
-
verb (used with object),
to collide with; bump into.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- ricin
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- corer
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- agro-
-
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- ricer
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- copra
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- copr-
-
- repro
-
noun,
Informal. reproduction (def 3).
- coper
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- prae-
-
- corp.
-
- crape
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- cramp
-
noun,
Often, cramps.
a sudden, involuntary, spasmodic contraction of a muscle or group of muscles, especially of the extremities, sometimes with severe pain.
a piercing pain in the abdomen.
an intermittent, painful contraction of structures of a wall containing involuntary muscle, as in biliary colic or in the uterine contractions of menstruation or of labor.
- Craig
-
noun,
Edward Gordon, 1872–1966, English stage designer, producer, and author.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- rigor
-
noun,
strictness, severity, or harshness, as in dealing with people.
- Reg.
-
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- Ming
-
noun,
a dynasty in China, 1368–1644, marked by the restoration of traditional institutions and the development of the arts, especially in porcelain, textiles, and painting.
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- mRNA
-
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- repr
-
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Mngr
-
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- RIIA
-
- romp
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Mon.
-
- RONA
-
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- rope
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Rom.
-
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- RIPE
-
adjective,
having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Rigi
-
noun,
a mountain in central Switzerland, near the Lake of Lucerne. 5906 feet (1800 meters).
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- mong
-
noun,
mongrel, especially a mongrel dog.
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- 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.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- roar
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- Rep.
-
- mope
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- regr
-
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- Ring
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- Pen.
-
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- orra
-
adjective,
not regular or scheduled; odd:
- pnea
-
- poem
-
noun,
a composition in verse, especially one that is characterized by a highly developed artistic form and by the use of heightened language and rhythm to express an intensely imaginative interpretation of the subject.
- pome
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- pong
-
noun,
an unpleasant smell; stink.
- Page
-
noun,
one side of a leaf of something printed or written, as a book, manuscript, or letter.
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- 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):
- Prag
-
noun,
German name of Prague.
- pram
-
noun,
perambulator.
- org.
-
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- pre-
-
- prec
-
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- pam.
-
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- per.
-
- Perm
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- peag
-
noun,
wampum (def 1).
- Parr
-
noun,
a young salmon, having dark crossbars on its sides.
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- Pica
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- Pire
-
noun,
Dominique Georges Henri [French daw-mee-neek zhawrzh ahn-ree] /French dɔ miˈnik ʒɔrʒ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Belgian priest: Nobel Peace Prize 1958.
- par.
-
- Pang
-
noun,
a sudden feeling of mental or emotional distress or longing:
- Pier
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- Pan.
-
- Pima
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- PINE
-
noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, having long, needle-shaped leaves, certain species of which yield timber, turpentine, tar, pitch, etc.
Compare pine family.
- PING
-
noun,
a pinging sound.
- 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.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- RAMP
-
noun,
a sloping surface connecting two levels; incline.
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- nom.
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- 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).
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- NIRA
-
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Nor.
-
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- neo-
-
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Rape
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- prig
-
noun,
a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, especially in a self-righteous or irritating manner.
- 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.
- opia
-
- OPer
-
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- OPEC
-
noun,
an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- prin
-
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- pro-
-
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- ogre
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- Ogma
-
noun,
a god of poetry and eloquence and the inventor of the ogham letters: one of the Tuatha De Danann.
- ogam
-
noun,
ogham.
- RCMP
-
- OAPC
-
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- min.
-
- 1080
-
- game
-
noun,
an amusement or pastime:
- grip
-
noun,
the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.
- Ice.
-
- ICAO
-
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- Carr
-
noun,
John Dickson, 1906–77, U.S. mystery writer.
- cen.
-
- Iago
-
noun,
the villain in Shakespeare's Othello.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- CERN
-
- gro.
-
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- IMCO
-
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- Grim
-
adjective,
stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise:
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- gorp
-
noun,
a mixture of nuts, raisins, dried fruits, seeds, or the like eaten as a high-energy snack, as by hikers and climbers.
- Gore
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- Gone
-
noun,
the act of going:
- gon-
-
- cir.
-
- Goer
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- ign.
-
- Imp.
-
- GNMA
-
- Cage
-
noun,
a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
- Ire.
-
- Argo
-
noun,
Astronomy. a very large southern constellation, now divided into Vela, Carina, Puppis, and Pyxis, four separate constellations lying largely south of Canis Major.
- Arm.
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- arr.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- INRI
-
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- impi
-
noun,
(in South African history) a unit of Zulu warriors; regiment.
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- Can.
-
- 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.
-
- inae
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- cap.
-
- Cape
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- 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.
- Cmon
-
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- gape
-
noun,
a wide opening; gap; breach.
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- Gaon
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- gamp
-
noun,
an umbrella.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Crag
-
noun,
a steep, rugged rock; rough, broken, projecting part of a rock.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Earp
-
noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- epi-
-
- Eng.
-
- enc.
-
- eco-
-
- EGmc
-
- Emp.
-
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- cog.
-
- 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.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Com.
-
- coma
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- come
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. semen.
- Con.
-
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- Cope
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- Cor.
-
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- giro
-
noun,
autogiro.
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- gear
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- corm
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- Gino
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- gimp
-
noun,
a flat trimming of silk, wool, or other cord, sometimes stiffened with wire, for garments, curtains, etc.
- germ
-
noun,
a microorganism, especially when disease-producing; microbe.
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- Ger.
-
- geo-
-
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- Gen.
-
- Arg.
-
- CAMP
-
noun,
a place where an army or other group of persons or an individual is lodged in a tent or tents or other temporary means of shelter.
- emia
-
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Magi
-
noun,
(sometimes lowercase) one of the Magi.
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- Aire
-
- mage
-
noun,
a magician.
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- mag.
-
- men-
-
- acr-
-
- maco
-
noun,
an Egyptian cotton, used especially in the manufacture of hosiery and undergarments.
- Meng
-
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- Mac-
-
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- 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.
- AIME
-
- agr.
-
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- MARC
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- Mar.
-
- aer-
-
- MCPO
-
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- Man.
-
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- Agon
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece) a contest in which prizes were awarded in any of a number of events, as athletics, drama, music, poetry, and painting.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- agio
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- apo-
-
- Irra
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of pestilence.
- 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.
- MEPA
-
- Mic.
-
- ano-
-
- ance
-
- 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.
- 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.
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- amp.
-
- Apr.
-
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- ECG
-
- ae.
-
- ECA
-
- ECM
-
- Am.
-
- CPI
-
- ROP
-
- CPA
-
- RPG
-
- AEC
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- ROA
-
- RPM
-
- EGO
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- RNR
-
- RNA
-
- ec-
-
- PRA
-
- ap-
-
- Ar.
-
- POA
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- EOM
-
- POM
-
noun,
pommy.
- eo-
-
- Eg.
-
- ea.
-
- EAM
-
- ean
-
- CRP
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- POR
-
- CPM
-
- an.
-
- ag-
-
- ROI
-
- ACP
-
- pir
-
noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- ROG
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ac-
-
- PIO
-
- CPR
-
- POC
-
- CPO
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- RMC
-
- cp.
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- ANC
-
- pim
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- CAM
-
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.
- ANG
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- CAI
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- cr.
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Co.
-
- RMA
-
- CMG
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- ca.
-
- aor
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- APC
-
- APE
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- RCA
-
- RCN
-
- REA
-
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- PRC
-
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- AGC
-
- age
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- CNO
-
- CNM
-
- AGM
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ago
-
adverb,
in past time; in the past:
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- CIP
-
- AIC
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- CIM
-
- cig
-
noun,
a cigarette.
- Re.
-
- CIE
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- CIA
-
- CGM
-
- CGI
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- CEO
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- CEA
-
- AMC
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- RCP
-
- AME
-
- CMA
-
- Mig
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- eir
-
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- Ir.
-
- IRC
-
- nog
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NOC
-
- NMR
-
- NMI
-
- IRO
-
- 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.
- IPO
-
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- Mc-
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NIA
-
- NGO
-
noun,
1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
- NGC
-
- Me.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- ipr
-
- NOP
-
- 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.
- OAP
-
- OIr
-
- oic
-
- OEM
-
- ine
-
- OCR
-
- ing
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- pig
-
noun,
a young swine of either sex, especially a domestic hog, Sus scrofa, weighing less than 120 pounds (220 kg)
- IPM
-
- Oc.
-
- NRC
-
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- NPR
-
- 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 = .
- ior
-
- IPA
-
- Mo.
-
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- MNE
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- MOI
-
- MOG
-
noun,
moggy.
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- Meg
-
noun,
a megabyte.
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- MNA
-
- MCP
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- MEP
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- MIP
-
- MGr
-
- mi.
-
- MI5
-
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.
- MIE
-
- MCR
-
- MCI
-
- NEC
-
- MRI
-
- NEA
-
- ne-
-
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NCO
-
- MRP
-
- MRE
-
- mcg
-
- MRA
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MPG
-
- MPE
-
- MPA
-
- Mao
-
- MAP
-
noun,
a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation:
- MOR
-
- MOP
-
noun,
a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
- Om.
-
- op.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- PCI
-
- gap
-
noun,
a break or opening, as in a fence, wall, or military line; breach:
- GCA
-
- GCE
-
- GCI
-
- GCR
-
- GEM
-
noun,
a cut and polished precious stone or pearl fine enough for use in jewelry.
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- gip
-
noun,
Informal: Sometimes Offensive. a swindle or fraud.
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- PaG
-
- GMC
-
- in.
-
- prn
-
- Pr.
-
- PMG
-
- pm.
-
- Pg.
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- PCM
-
- GAO
-
noun,
a city in E Mali.
- Pa.
-
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- EMR
-
- en-
-
- pie
-
noun,
a baked food having a filling of fruit, meat, pudding, etc., prepared in a pastry-lined pan or dish and often topped with a pastry crust:
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Ep.
-
- EPA
-
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- PGA
-
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- ERP
-
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- Ga.
-
- GAR
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- GCM
-
- gi.
-
- GOP
-
- GPO
-
noun,
the federal agency that prints and disseminates publications for other federal agencies. Abbreviation: G.P.O., GPO.
- Peg
-
noun,
a pin of wood or other material driven or fitted into something, as to fasten parts together, to hang things on, to make fast a rope or string on, to stop a hole, or to mark some point.
- pc.
-
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- RPO
-
- OPA
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- OPM
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- ONR
-
- gre
-
- ONI
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ier
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- IGM
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- Goa
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- goi
-
noun,
goy.
- Gor
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- GNP
-
- Gr.
-
- GPM
-
- RP
-
- RC
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- OG
-
- G.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- OA
-
- NM
-
- MN
-
- AO
-
- 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.
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- P.
-
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.
- O.
-
- 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.
- RN
-
- MG
-
- RI
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- IG
-
- R.
-
- rg
-
- GM
-
- GC
-
- GN
-
- NP
-
- NI
-
- NG
-
- i.
-
- NC
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- ic
-
- IP
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- MP
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- CE
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- EI
-
- CM
-
- GP
-
- RO
-
- GO
-
noun,
the act of going:
- M.
-