Anagrams of asterisms
Word asterisms has
512 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of asterisms.
- asterism
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noun,
Astronomy.
a group of stars.
a constellation.
- smarties
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noun,
a smart aleck.
- tsarisms
-
noun,
czarism.
- Mistress
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noun,
a woman who has authority, control, or power, especially the female head of a household, institution, or other establishment.
- Matisse
-
noun,
Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1869–1954, French painter.
- resists
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noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- asserts
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Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- 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.
- trasses
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noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- Sisters
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noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- samites
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noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- misters
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noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- ARTEMIS
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noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- siestas
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noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- tsarism
-
noun,
czarism.
- imarets
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- streams
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noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- masers
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noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- raises
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noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- stimes
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noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- strass
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noun,
a flint glass with a high lead content, used to imitate gemstones.
- stream
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noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- ramets
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noun,
an individual of a clone.
- assist
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noun,
Sports.
Baseball. a play that helps to put out a batter or base runner.
Basketball, Ice Hockey. a play that helps a teammate in gaining a goal.
the official credit scored for such plays.
- mitres
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noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- assert
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Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- Ramses
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noun,
the name of several kings of ancient Egypt.
- tmesis
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noun,
the interpolation of one or more words between the parts of a compound word, as be thou ware for beware.
- remiss
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adjective,
negligent, careless, or slow in performing one's duty, business, etc.:
- remits
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noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- smites
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Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- stares
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noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- maists
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adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- miters
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noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- terais
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noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- masses
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noun,
a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size:
- Tassie
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noun,
tass.
- Master
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noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- maters
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noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- matri-
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- merits
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noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- steams
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noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- tasses
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noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- misers
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noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- misses
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noun,
a failure to hit something.
- imaret
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- Marist
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noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- stasis
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noun,
the state of equilibrium or inactivity caused by opposing equal forces.
- timers
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noun,
a person or thing that times.
- Mister
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noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- stress
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noun,
importance attached to a thing:
Synonyms: significance, meaning, emphasis, consequence; weight, value, worth.
- resist
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noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- samite
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noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- serais
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noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- arises
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verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- smarts
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noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- seisms
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noun,
an earthquake.
- armets
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noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- armies
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noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- Sisera
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noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- siesta
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noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- smears
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noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- sitars
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noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- satire
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noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- simars
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noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Sister
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noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- sties
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noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- seats
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noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- mast-
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- masts
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noun,
Nautical.
a spar or structure rising above the hull and upper portions of a ship or boat to hold sails, spars, rigging, booms, signals, etc., at some point on the fore-and-aft line, as a foremast or mainmast.
any of a number of individual spars composing such a structure, as a topmast supported on trestletrees at the head of a lower mast.
any of various portions of a single spar that are beside particular sails, as a top-gallant mast and royal mast formed as a single spar.
- seams
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noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- mater
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noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Sears
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noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- matr-
-
- Mears
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noun,
mere3 .
- merit
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noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- mesas
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noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- meta-
-
- metas
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noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- seism
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noun,
an earthquake.
- MASER
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noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- semi-
-
- Marie
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noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- iters
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noun,
a canal or passage.
- simar
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noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- stirs
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noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- seti-
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- mairs
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adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- maist
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adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- sires
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noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Maris
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noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- masse
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noun,
a stroke made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held almost or quite perpendicular to the table.
- serai
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noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Siret
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noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- marse
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noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- Marti
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noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- marts
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noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- stime
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noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- Metis
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noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- semis
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noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, the half part of an as.
- satis
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noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- steam
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noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- metr-
-
- smear
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noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- Smart
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noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- Srta.
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- stria
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noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- rises
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noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rimes
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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).
- ramet
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noun,
an individual of a clone.
- Rimas
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noun,
a female given name.
- ramie
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noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- stare
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noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- rases
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verb (used with object),
raze.
- rates
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noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- reams
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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)
- Reims
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noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- reist
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verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- remit
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noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- smite
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Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- rests
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noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- stair
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noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- sites
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noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- ster.
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- Missa
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noun,
Mass.
- Miass
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noun,
a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia, near the Ural Mountains, W of Chelyabinsk.
- resit
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noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- mires
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noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- miser
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noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- mises
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noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- Miss.
-
- sates
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Mitre
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noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- satem
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adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- saris
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noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- Mists
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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.
- miter
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noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- Saite
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noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- simas
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- tires
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noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tera-
-
- term.
-
- treas
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- amiss
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Idioms,
take amiss, to be offended at or resentful of (something not meant to cause offense or resentment); misunderstand:
- emirs
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noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emits
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verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Terai
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noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- asst.
-
- Aries
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noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- tears
-
- teams
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noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Amer.
-
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- easts
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noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- airts
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noun,
a direction.
- astir
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adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- asses
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noun,
plural of ass1 .
- Asser
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noun,
Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- aster
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noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- arsis
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noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- arses
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noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- arise
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verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- astr.
-
- trass
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noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- times
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noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- timer
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noun,
a person or thing that times.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- tiers
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noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- tries
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noun,
plural of try.
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- aeri-
-
- IATSE
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- 30-30
-
- irate
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adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Tamis
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noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- Aesir
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noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Tarim
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noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- tares
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noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- tsars
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noun,
czar.
- tames
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adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- aer-
-
- Sert
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noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- sers
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noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- rest
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noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- seam
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noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- arse
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noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Seri
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noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- rets
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verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- arms
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noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- RIAS
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noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Rima
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noun,
a female given name.
- Arm.
-
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- art.
-
- SMSA
-
- rami
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noun,
plural of ramus.
- 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.
- asse
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noun,
Cape fox.
- Sra.
-
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- ASME
-
- SIAM
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noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- 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)
- asis
-
- Reis
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plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- 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).
- rit.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- Sami
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noun,
Lapp.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Sams
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Samuel.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- SASE
-
- SEAS
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noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Sass
-
noun,
stewed fruit; fruit sauce.
- Sat.
-
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- tri-
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Sam.
-
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- ARIS
-
- amt.
-
- aet.
-
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- AIME
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- Sem.
-
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Aire
-
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- 1080
-
- ASSR
-
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- est.
-
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- ESIS
-
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- Sims
-
noun,
William Sowden [soud-n] /ˈsaʊd n/ (Show IPA), 1858–1936, U.S. admiral, born in Canada.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- meas
-
- Mass
-
noun,
a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size:
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- 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.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- mes-
-
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- ter.
-
- mess
-
noun,
a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition:
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- Tasm
-
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- isms
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- str.
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Ire.
-
- Mar.
-
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- 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.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- met.
-
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- SRAM
-
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- MSTS
-
- MSIE
-
- MSAE
-
- emia
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- ASTM
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- atm.
-
- ates
-
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- 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.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- mis-
-
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- 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.
- Ste.
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- Sr.
-
- STM
-
- tr.
-
- ss.
-
- SRS
-
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SSE
-
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- SSA
-
- SSS
-
- SSI
-
- St.
-
- STI
-
- TIA
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- Sta
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- SSM
-
- SST
-
- SMS
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- SMA
-
- SSR
-
- tra
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- MTS
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- EMR
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- EMT
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- ESR
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- Ia.
-
- eir
-
- IAS
-
- ier
-
- Ir.
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- ise
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ISR
-
- ist
-
- ITA
-
- ite
-
- EIS
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- 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.
- Am.
-
- Ar.
-
- ae.
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AME
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- AMS
-
- ARS
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ase
-
- ASI
-
- ASM
-
- ASR
-
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- ast
-
- at.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- EAM
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- Me.
-
- TSS
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- RMA
-
- 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.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- REA
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- Rs.
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- RSA
-
- RSE
-
- RSS
-
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- RTS
-
- SAE
-
- SAR
-
- se-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- Re.
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- MRE
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MRA
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- 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.
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- MIE
-
- MRI
-
- MSA
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MIT
-
- MSE
-
- MSI
-
- mi.
-
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- MST
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- Mt.
-
- MTI
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- R.
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- 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.
- SA
-
- M.
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- 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.
- 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.
- SM
-
- TM
-
- S.
-
- T1
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- EI
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- i.
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- RI
-
- t.
-