Anagrams of brainstem
Word brainstem has
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- raiments
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- banister
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noun,
a baluster.
- minarets
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- ambients
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noun,
ambient music (def 1).
- Riesman
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noun,
David, 1909–2002, U.S. sociologist.
- Martens
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noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- seminar
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noun,
a small group of students, as in a university, engaged in advanced study and original research under a member of the faculty and meeting regularly to exchange information and hold discussions.
- Antibes
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noun,
a seaport in SE France, SW of Nice: preserved ruins of 4th-century b.c. Roman town.
- marines
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noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- ambiens
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- ambient
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noun,
ambient music (def 1).
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- ambries
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noun,
Also called armarium. Ecclesiastical. a recess in the wall of a church or a cupboard in the sacristy where sacred vessels, books, vestments, etc., are kept.
- Minster
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noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- timbres
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noun,
Acoustics, Phonetics. the characteristic quality of a sound, independent of pitch and loudness, from which its source or manner of production can be inferred. Timbre depends on the relative strengths of the components of different frequencies, which are determined by resonance.
- batsmen
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noun,
a batter, especially in cricket.
- minaret
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- smarten
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Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- estamin
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noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- timbers
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noun,
the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses.
- 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.
- Serbian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Serbia, especially one of the Slavic peoples inhabiting it.
- imarets
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- remains
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noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- terbias
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noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- stamin-
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- raiment
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- 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.
- Barents
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noun,
Willem [wil-uh m] /ˈwɪl əm/ (Show IPA), died 1597, Dutch navigator and explorer.
- banters
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noun,
an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
- barites
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noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- basinet
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noun,
a globular or pointed helmet of the 14th century, often provided with a visor or aventail: evolved from the cervellière.
Compare great basinet.
- martins
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noun,
Peter, born 1946, U.S. choreographer and ballet master, born in Denmark.
- 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.
- tenaim
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noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- Barmen
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noun,
a former city in W Germany, now incorporated into Wuppertal.
- samite
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noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- Estrin
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noun,
estrone.
- merits
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noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- retain
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- arsine
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noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- antres
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noun,
a cavern; cave.
- arsen-
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- Mersin
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noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- armies
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noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- santir
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noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- armets
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noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- brines
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noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- Antrim
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noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- tenias
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noun,
taenia.
- Barnes
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noun,
Albert Coombs [koomz] /kumz/ (Show IPA), 1873–1951, U.S. inventor and art collector.
- nitres
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noun,
niter.
- Nesbit
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noun,
E(dith) 1858–1924, English children's author, novelist, and poet.
- miners
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noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- 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.
- Barnet
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noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- tabers
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noun,
tabor.
- barite
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noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- basnet
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noun,
basinet.
- 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.
- batmen
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noun,
a soldier assigned to an officer as a servant.
- bairns
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noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- satire
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noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- embars
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verb (used with object),
to stop or hinder, as by a bar.
- Strine
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noun,
Australian English.
- Marten
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noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- matins
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- matri-
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- Tarbes
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Hautes-Pyrénées, in SW France.
- 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.
- baster
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noun,
a person or thing that bastes.
- mbiras
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noun,
a musical instrument of Africa usually made out of a gourd that serves as a resonating box, to which vibrating metal or wooden strips are attached for plucking.
- Sabine
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noun,
one of the Sabine people.
- astern
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adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- stamen
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noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- banter
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noun,
an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
- Benita
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noun,
a female given name.
- Strain
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- maters
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noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- marine
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noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Sambre
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noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing NE through N France and S Belgium into the Meuse at Namur: battle 1918. 120 miles (193 km) long.
- nemat-
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- barit.
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- retina
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noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- nebris
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noun,
a fawn skin worn in Greek mythology by Dionysus and his followers.
- Besant
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noun,
bezant.
- remans
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verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- tineas
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noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- bistre
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noun,
a brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood, often used in pen and wash drawings.
- bister
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noun,
bistre.
- trains
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noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- tisane
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noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- brants
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noun,
any of several species of small, dark-colored geese of the genus Branta, especially B. bernicla, breeding in high northern latitudes and migrating south in the autumn.
- ratine
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- airmen
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noun,
an aviator.
- trans.
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- 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.).
- Serbia
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noun,
a republic in S Europe since 2006; includes the autonomous province of Vojvodina and claims sovereignty over the autonomous province of Kosovo, which has declared itself independent; formerly part of Yugoslavia, in the N part: a former kingdom in S Europe. 34,116 sq. mi. (88,360 sq. km). Capital: Belgrade.
- binate
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adjective,
produced or borne in pairs; double.
- intra-
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- bimane
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noun,
a bimanous animal.
- timers
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noun,
a person or thing that times.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- ramets
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noun,
an individual of a clone.
- inter.
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- abient
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adjective,
tending to move away from a stimulus or situation.
- sinter
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- niters
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- trines
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Mainer
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- rabies
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noun,
an infectious disease of dogs, cats, and other animals, transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected animal and usually fatal if prophylactic treatment is not administered: caused by an RNA virus of the rhabdovirus group; hydrophobia.
- triens
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noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- bitser
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noun,
a mongrel dog.
- absent
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adjective,
not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present):
- brains
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- 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.
- biters
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noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- braise
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verb (used with object),
to cook (meat, fish, or vegetables) by sautéeing in fat and then simmering slowly in very little liquid.
- Sirena
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noun,
a female given name.
- transe
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noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- inters
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verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- Master
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noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- 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.
- timber
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noun,
the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses.
- brents
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noun,
brant.
- inmate
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noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- amines
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noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- inseam
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noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- mantis
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noun,
any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- imaret
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- insert
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- Amiens
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- remain
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noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- animes
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noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- timbre
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noun,
Acoustics, Phonetics. the characteristic quality of a sound, independent of pitch and loudness, from which its source or manner of production can be inferred. Timbre depends on the relative strengths of the components of different frequencies, which are determined by resonance.
- aments
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noun,
catkin.
- ambers
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noun,
a pale yellow, sometimes reddish or brownish, fossil resin of vegetable origin, translucent, brittle, and capable of gaining a negative electrical charge by friction and of being an excellent insulator: used for making jewelry and other ornamental articles.
- breams
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noun,
any of various freshwater fishes of the genus Abramis, as A. brama, of Europe, with a compressed, deep body and silvery scales.
- bestir
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verb (used with object),
to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively):
- instr.
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- terbia
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noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- breast
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
- instar
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noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- ambits
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noun,
circumference; circuit.
- I-beam
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noun,
a rolled or extruded metal beam having a cross section resembling an I.
Compare H-beam.
- 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.
- serai
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noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- mater
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noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Brest
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noun,
a seaport in the W extremity of France: German submarine base in World War II; surrendered to Allies September 1944.
- Brine
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noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- Brian
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noun,
a male given name.
- Mears
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noun,
mere3 .
- Brent
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noun,
brant.
- brain
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- brims
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noun,
the upper edge of anything hollow; rim; brink:
- senti
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noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- BSRet
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- brise
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noun,
a ballet movement in which the dancer jumps off one foot, beats the legs together, and lands on both feet.
- brits
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noun,
the group of small marine animals forming the food of whalebone whales.
- Bream
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noun,
any of various freshwater fishes of the genus Abramis, as A. brama, of Europe, with a compressed, deep body and silvery scales.
- semi-
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- sebi-
-
- serin
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noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- matr-
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- matin
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- BSMet
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- meant
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verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- Brit.
-
- satin
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noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- Brant
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noun,
any of several species of small, dark-colored geese of the genus Branta, especially B. bernicla, breeding in high northern latitudes and migrating south in the autumn.
- Brans
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noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- Satie
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noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- seti-
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- Nebr.
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- MEANS
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noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- mbira
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noun,
a musical instrument of Africa usually made out of a gourd that serves as a resonating box, to which vibrating metal or wooden strips are attached for plucking.
- nitre
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noun,
niter.
- sanit
-
- manse
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noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- Iran.
-
- manit
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noun,
man-minute.
- intr.
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- Reims
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noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- inst.
-
- inset
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noun,
something inserted; insert.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- reins
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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.
- reist
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verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Imena
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noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- Ibsen
-
noun,
Henrik [hen-rik] /ˈhɛn rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1828–1906, Norwegian dramatist and poet.
- Ibert
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noun,
Jacques François Antoine [zhahk frahn-swa ahn-twan] /ʒɑk frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1890–1962, French composer.
- reman
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verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- 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)
- rates
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noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- 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.
- Rains
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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).
- nitr-
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- Niter
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Maine
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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.
- Rabin
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noun,
Yitzhak [yits-khahk] /yɪtsˈxɑk/ (Show IPA), 1922–95, Israeli military and political leader: prime minister 1974–77 and 1992–95: Nobel Peace Prize 1994.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- maist
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adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- ranis
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noun,
ranee.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- IATSE
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- iambs
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noun,
a foot of two syllables, a short followed by a long in quantitative meter, or an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter, as in Come live / with me / and be / my love.
- mast-
-
- Sabin
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noun,
Physics. a unit of sound absorption, equal to one square foot (929 square centimeters) of a perfectly absorptive surface.
- marse
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noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- emits
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verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- embar
-
verb (used with object),
to stop or hinder, as by a bar.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- Saber
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- Sabir
-
noun,
lingua franca (def 2).
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- SABRE
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noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- MASER
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noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- reni-
-
- estab
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- Marie
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noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- etnas
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noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Marin
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noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- riant
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adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- 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).
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- ribat
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noun,
a building housing a community of Sufis.
- nears
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- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- anti-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- ante-
-
- term.
-
- anis-
-
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- anim.
-
- 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.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- tera-
-
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- T-bar
-
noun,
a rolled metal bar or beam with a cross section resembling a T .
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- tears
-
- Asben
-
noun,
Aïr.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- Armen
-
- Tiber
-
noun,
a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 miles (395 km) long.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Abner
-
noun,
the commander of the Israelite army and a cousin of Saul. I Sam. 14:50; 26:5.
- aeri-
-
- 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.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- abstr
-
- abris
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- abrin
-
noun,
a highly poisonous protein found in the seeds of the rosary pea: inhibits protein synthesis, causing symptoms such as internal bleeding, intestinal upset, and irritation of mucous membranes.
- treas
-
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- tribe
-
noun,
any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- abets
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- 30-30
-
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- amin-
-
- Amer.
-
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- ambit
-
noun,
circumference; circuit.
- ambi-
-
- Amber
-
noun,
a pale yellow, sometimes reddish or brownish, fossil resin of vegetable origin, translucent, brittle, and capable of gaining a negative electrical charge by friction and of being an excellent insulator: used for making jewelry and other ornamental articles.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- astr.
-
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- MSEnt
-
- beans
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- Beira
-
noun,
a seaport in central Mozambique.
- beats
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- Names
-
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.
- beast
-
noun,
any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal.
- bears
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Binet
-
noun,
Alfred [al-frid;; French al-fred] /ˈæl frɪd;; French alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1857–1911, French psychologist: co-deviser of the Binet-Simon scale.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- beams
-
noun,
any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped especially for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- Bates
-
noun,
Katherine Lee, 1859–1929, U.S. educator and author.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- baste
-
noun,
liquid used to moisten and flavor food during cooking:
- bemas
-
noun,
Eastern Church. the enclosed space surrounding the altar; the sanctuary or chancel.
- Benis
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- basin
-
noun,
a circular container with a greater width than depth, becoming smaller toward the bottom, used chiefly to hold water or other liquid, especially for washing.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- biers
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- betas
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- bines
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- Berns
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- berms
-
noun,
Also, berme. Fortification. a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat.
- Srta.
-
- Beria
-
noun,
Lavrenti Pavlovich [luh v-ren-tee pav-loh-vich;; Russian luh-vryen-tyee puh-vlaw-vyich] /ləvˈrɛn ti pævˈloʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian lʌˈvryɛn tyi pʌˈvlɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1953, Soviet secret-police chief: executed for treason.
- berat
-
noun,
a city in S central Albania.
- bents
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Basie
-
noun,
William ("Count") 1904–84, U.S. jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- nabes
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- bairn
-
noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- tabis
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- Nabis
-
- biter
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- bites
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- bints
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- BMarE
-
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- tabes
-
noun,
a gradually progressive emaciation.
- baits
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- Taber
-
noun,
tabor.
- birne
-
noun,
boule1 (def 1).
- meta-
-
- ster.
-
- Bart.
-
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- barms
-
noun,
yeast formed on malt liquors while fermenting.
- metr-
-
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- baris
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- bares
-
verb,
simple past tense of bear1 .
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- banes
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- birse
-
noun,
a short hair of the beard or body; a bristle.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- NIRA
-
- 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.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- 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.
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- nabs
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- MSBA
-
- MSAE
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- nabe
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- mRNA
-
- MNAS
-
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- NEBS
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- nibs
-
noun,
his/her nibs, Informal: Often Facetious. a person in authority, especially one who is demanding and tyrannical:
- MSIE
-
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- 1080
-
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- stab
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- tabs
-
noun,
a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
- tabi
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- tab.
-
- str.
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- 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.
- Ste.
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- SRBM
-
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- SRAM
-
- Sra.
-
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- snib
-
noun,
a bolt, catch, lock, or fastening on a door or window.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- 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.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- tRNA
-
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- TRIB
-
- tri-
-
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ter.
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- ten.
-
- 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.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Tasm
-
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- NRAB
-
- 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)
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- 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.
- rebs
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- 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).
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Rabi
-
noun,
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1944.
- RIBA
-
- NTSB
-
- NTIA
-
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- SATB
-
- Serb
-
noun, adjective,
Serbian.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Sem.
-
- 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.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- 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.
- Sat.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- 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.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- Sam.
-
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Sab.
-
- RNAS
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- BRAT
-
noun,
a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation).
- bar.
-
- Bais
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- bait
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- iamb
-
noun,
a foot of two syllables, a short followed by a long in quantitative meter, or an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter, as in Come live / with me / and be / my love.
- bams
-
noun,
a loud thud, as that produced when two objects strike against each other with force.
- bane
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- bani
-
noun,
plural of ban4 .
- bant
-
verb (used without object),
to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Bare
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- est.
-
- Bari
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- barm
-
noun,
yeast formed on malt liquors while fermenting.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Barn
-
noun,
a building for storing hay, grain, etc., and often for housing livestock.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Base
-
noun,
the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests:
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Iban
-
noun,
Also called Sea Dayak. a member of any of several Dayak tribes of Sarawak.
- inae
-
- Bast
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- ASTM
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- 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.
- ASME
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ISBN
-
- ins.
-
- isba
-
noun,
izba.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Bran
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Ire.
-
- ates
-
- IRBM
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- int.
-
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Ens.
-
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- BSIR
-
- 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.
- bint
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- BSRT
-
- BSNA
-
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- BSMT
-
- BMet
-
- BSME
-
- BSIT
-
- BSIE
-
- bin-
-
- BSEM
-
- BSAE
-
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- bris
-
noun,
Brith.
- brim
-
noun,
the upper edge of anything hollow; rim; brink:
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- Bres
-
noun,
a Fomorian king of Ireland, whose unpopular rule led to the expulsion of the Fomorians by the Tuatha De Danann.
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- Bram
-
noun,
a male given name.
- bine
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- Bate
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- bens
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- beam
-
noun,
any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped especially for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Bean
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- Bear
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- emia
-
- beat
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- BEMA
-
noun,
Eastern Church. the enclosed space surrounding the altar; the sanctuary or chancel.
- Beni
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- Bent
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- Bias
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- berm
-
noun,
Also, berme. Fortification. a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat.
- Bern
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- BEST
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- bet.
-
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Beta
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- 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.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- atm.
-
- Arm.
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- 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.
- mes-
-
- 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.
- ment
-
- men-
-
- ARIS
-
- 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.
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- meas
-
- Aire
-
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- 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.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- met.
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- mis-
-
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- 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.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- abet
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- Abie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- min.
-
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- abr.
-
- mibs
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- abri
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- abs-
-
- aer-
-
- aet.
-
- AIME
-
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Mar.
-
- 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.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ANSI
-
- amt.
-
- 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.
- ant.
-
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Man.
-
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- arbs
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- ARS
-
- TSI
-
- asb
-
- ABM
-
- 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.
- BIT
-
noun,
Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- abn
-
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- TBA
-
- SMA
-
- ASM
-
- BIE
-
- SMB
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- bi-
-
- ase
-
- BME
-
- Tbi
-
- ab-
-
- Sib
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- BNS
-
- Bn.
-
- Am.
-
- TSE
-
- BMT
-
- ASI
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- an.
-
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- Ar.
-
- BMS
-
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- ae.
-
- BMR
-
- BMI
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- 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.
- abt
-
- TNB
-
- ASN
-
- AME
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- 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.
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- BAS
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- Amb
-
- STI
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- STM
-
- be-
-
- Bat
-
noun,
Sports.
the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball.
a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis.
a whip used by a jockey.
the act of using a club or racket in a game.
the right or turn to use a club or racket.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- BEM
-
- Ban
-
noun,
the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
- Br.
-
- BAM
-
noun,
a loud thud, as that produced when two objects strike against each other with force.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- TIA
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- St.
-
- ASR
-
- Sr.
-
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- SRB
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ast
-
- Sta
-
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Ben
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- at.
-
- AMS
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ATB
-
- STB
-
- MIT
-
- 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.
- BRE
-
- NSA
-
- RMA
-
- Me.
-
- Re.
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- 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.
- Rab
-
noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- NMR
-
- NMI
-
- Mab
-
noun,
Queen Mab.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- MBE
-
- nib
-
noun,
the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Ir.
-
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- REA
-
- RBI
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- ise
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ISR
-
- ist
-
- ITA
-
- ite
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- 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.
- NIA
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- MSA
-
- Mt.
-
- MST
-
- MSN
-
- MIB
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- MSI
-
- MSE
-
- MIE
-
- MRI
-
- mtn
-
- MRE
-
- MRA
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MNS
-
- MNE
-
- MNA
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- MTI
-
- MTS
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NBS
-
- NES
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- NEB
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- NEA
-
- ne-
-
- NbE
-
- NAB
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- NBA
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- 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.
- ine
-
- 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.
- in.
-
- rt.
-
- BSN
-
- BST
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- en-
-
- EMT
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- EMR
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- RNA
-
- Rs.
-
- Bt.
-
- RSA
-
- RSE
-
- BTE
-
- rte
-
- sb.
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- EAM
-
- ean
-
- 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.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- RTS
-
- SAE
-
- EbN
-
- EBS
-
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- SAR
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- rib
-
noun,
one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- ETS
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- REM
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noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- ier
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- IBN
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- BRM
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- ib.
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- IAS
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- ian
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noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- Ia.
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- IRA
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noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- SER
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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).
- BRT
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- ERS
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noun,
ervil.
- SEN
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- BSA
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- res
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noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ETR
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- ret
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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.
- Ria
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noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- SBA
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- SEI
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noun,
sei whale.
- BSM
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- ERT
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- sea
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noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- BSE
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- ESR
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- se-
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- SBE
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- ESA
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- MN
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- TM
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- TN
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- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
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- AI
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- EI
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- NB
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- NI
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- BA
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noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- B-
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- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- i.
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
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- TB
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- t.
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- M.
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- MA
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noun,
mother1 .
- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- MB
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- RN
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- RI
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
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- NM
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- BM
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- S.
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- SA
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- SM
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- Eb
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- SN
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.