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- coinsures
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verb (used with or without object),
to insure jointly with another or others.
- resinous
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adjective,
full of or containing resin.
- Ericsson
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noun,
John, 1803–89, Swedish engineer and inventor; in the U.S. after 1839.
- coinsure
-
verb (used with or without object),
to insure jointly with another or others.
- neurosis
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noun,
Also called psychoneurosis. a functional disorder in which feelings of anxiety, obsessional thoughts, compulsive acts, and physical complaints without objective evidence of disease, in various degrees and patterns, dominate the personality.
- erosions
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noun,
the act or state of eroding; state of being eroded.
- corneous
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adjective,
consisting of a horny substance; horny.
- necrosis
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noun,
death of a circumscribed portion of animal or plant tissue.
- sunrise
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noun,
the rise or ascent of the sun above the horizon in the morning.
- nourice
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noun,
a nurse.
- cosines
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noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- Ionesco
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noun,
Eugène [French œ-zhen;; English yoo-jeen,, yoo-jeen] /French œˈʒɛn;; English yuˈdʒin,, ˈyu dʒin/ (Show IPA), 1912–94, French playwright, born in Romania.
- Ericson
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noun,
Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- sucrose
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noun,
a crystalline disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , the sugar obtained from the sugarcane, the sugar beet, and sorghum, and forming the greater part of maple sugar; sugar.
- serious
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noun,
that which is of importance, grave, critical, or somber:
- Roscius
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noun,
Quintus [kwin-tuh s] /ˈkwɪn təs/ (Show IPA), c126–c62 b.c, Roman actor.
- erosion
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noun,
the act or state of eroding; state of being eroded.
- uncross
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verb (used with object),
to change from a crossed position, as the legs.
- onerous
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adjective,
burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship:
- orisons
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noun,
a prayer.
- Socinus
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noun,
Faustus [faw-stuh s] /ˈfɔ stəs/ (Show IPA), (Fausto Sozzini) 1539–1604, and his uncle, Laelius [lee-lee-uh s] /ˈli li əs/ (Show IPA) (Lelio Sozzini), 1525–62, Italian Protestant theologians and reformers.
- insures
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verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- crinose
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adjective,
hairy.
- Oscines
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noun,
an oscine bird.
- cronies
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noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- courses
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noun,
a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- cession
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noun,
act of ceding, as by treaty.
- incross
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noun,
a mating between organisms that are both homozygous for the same allele.
- sooners
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noun,
a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
- orceins
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noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- Croesus
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noun,
died 546 b.c, king of Lydia 560–546: noted for his great wealth.
- Orosius
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noun,
Paulus [paw-luh s] /ˈpɔ ləs/ (Show IPA), flourished 5th century a.d, Spanish theologian and historian.
- cruises
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noun,
the act of cruising.
- censors
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noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- noesis
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noun,
(in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
- sonics
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noun,
the branch of science that deals with the practical applications of sound.
- curses
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noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- Crouse
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noun,
Russel, 1893–1966, U.S. dramatist.
- socio-
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- cruise
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noun,
the act of cruising.
- Roscoe
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noun,
a revolver or pistol.
- curios
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noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- neuro-
-
- rooses
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verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- roncos
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noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- Crusoe
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noun,
Robinson, Robinson Crusoe.
- Sooner
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noun,
a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
- snores
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noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- cuisse
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noun,
a piece of armor or padding for protecting the thigh.
- enosis
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noun,
a movement for securing the political union of Greece and Cyprus.
- rosins
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noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- scones
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noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- scorns
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noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- incurs
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verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- scours
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noun,
the act of scouring.
- icono-
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- Scouse
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noun,
a baked dish or stew made usually with meat and hardtack.
- incuse
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noun,
an incuse figure or impression.
- scries
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verb (used without object),
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- scores
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noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- insure
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verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- inures
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verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- Senior
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noun,
a person who is older than another.
- essoin
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noun,
(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
- senors
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- snoose
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noun,
finely powdered tobacco; snuff.
- sensor
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noun,
a mechanical device sensitive to light, temperature, radiation level, or the like, that transmits a signal to a measuring or control instrument.
- scions
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noun,
a descendant.
- serins
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noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- serous
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adjective,
resembling serum; of a watery nature.
- Russo-
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- eosins
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noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- irones
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noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Enrico
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noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- croons
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noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- rouses
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noun,
a rousing.
- rouens
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- sirens
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- necro-
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- cross-
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- Crosse
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noun,
a long-handled racket used in the game of lacrosse.
- ounces
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noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- cerous
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adjective,
containing trivalent cerium.
- conies
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noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- urino-
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- corses
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noun,
corpse.
- Conroe
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noun,
a town in E Texas.
- Cronus
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noun,
a Titan, son of Uranus and Gaea, who was dethroned by his son Zeus.
- recons
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noun,
reconnaissance.
- urines
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noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- COSINE
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noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- oscine
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noun,
an oscine bird.
- nurses
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noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- sucres
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noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- cooner
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noun,
coon dog.
- onuses
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noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- UNESCO
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noun,
an agency of the United Nations charged with instituting and administering programs for cooperative, coordinated action by member states in education, science, and the arts.
- osiers
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noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- cosies
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noun,
a padded covering for a teapot, chocolate pot, etc., to retain the heat.
- census
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noun,
an official enumeration of the population, with details as to age, sex, occupation, etc.
- ossein
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noun,
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- coeno-
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- crones
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noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- noises
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noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- orison
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noun,
a prayer.
- nooses
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noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- source
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noun,
any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin:
- rinses
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noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- ursine
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adjective,
of or relating to a bear or bears.
- orcein
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noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- Cousin
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noun,
Also called first cousin, full cousin. the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt.
See also second cousin, removed (def 2).
- censor
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noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- course
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noun,
a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- cossie
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noun,
a bathing suit; bathers.
- conure
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noun,
any of several long-tailed New World parrots, especially of the genus Aratinga, certain species of which are kept as pets.
- scion
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noun,
a descendant.
- onces
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noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- 30-30
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- ounce
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noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- onco-
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- noise
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noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- Scone
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noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- osier
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noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- ORuss
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- ourie
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adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- Orson
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noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- score
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noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- scorn
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noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- Orcus
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noun,
the ancient Roman god of the underworld, identified with the Greek Pluto, or Hades.
- incus
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noun,
Anatomy. the middle one of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals.
Compare malleus, stapes.
- ornis
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noun,
an avifauna.
- Orion
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.
- inure
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verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- ruins
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noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- RECON
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noun,
reconnaissance.
- rosin
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noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- noose
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noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- rises
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noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Norco
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noun,
a town in S California.
- Ronco
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noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- Norse
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noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- nisus
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noun,
an effort or striving toward a particular goal or attainment; impulse.
- rinse
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noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Roose
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verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- noses
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noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- Neuss
-
noun,
a city W Germany, near Düsseldorf.
- neur-
-
- noso-
-
- Rosie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- rices
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noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- resin
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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.
- Russ.
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abbreviation,
Russia.
- nuci-
-
- Nurse
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noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- reni-
-
- 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.
- Rosse
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noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- Rouen
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- roues
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noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- issue
-
noun,
the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution:
- rouse
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noun,
a rousing.
- Irons
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noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- oecus
-
noun,
(in an ancient Roman house) an apartment, especially a dining room, decorated with columns.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- runes
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- runic
-
adjective,
consisting of or set down in runes:
- incur
-
verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- Seric
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- incr.
-
- curio
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noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- cruse
-
noun,
an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
- Cons.
-
- sonic
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adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- sones
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noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- cures
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noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- Curie
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noun,
a unit of activity of radioactive substances equivalent to 3.70 × 10 10 disintegrations per second: it is approximately the amount of activity produced by 1 gram of radium-226. Abbreviation: Ci.
- coirs
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noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- incor
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- curns
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noun,
a grain.
- curse
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- Susie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- econ.
-
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sorus
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noun,
Botany. one of the clusters of sporangia on the back of the fronds of ferns.
- Siren
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- cornu
-
noun,
a horn, especially a bony part that resembles a horn.
- Sucre
-
noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- cores
-
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- souse
-
noun,
an act of sousing.
- sours
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- so-so
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adverb,
in an indifferent or passable manner; indifferently; tolerably.
- croon
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- cress
-
noun,
any of various plants of the mustard family, especially the watercress, having pungent-tasting leaves often used for salad and as a garnish.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- CONUS
-
noun,
the most anterior part of the simple tubular heart of lower vertebrates and embryos of higher vertebrates, leading into the artery that leaves the heart; in mammals it forms a part of the upper wall of the right ventricle, in which the pulmonary artery originates.
- crine
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noun,
hair; head of hair.
- Crius
-
noun,
a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaea.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- UNCIO
-
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- uncos
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- cine-
-
- scour
-
noun,
the act of scouring.
- icons
-
- secos
-
noun,
sekos.
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- Euro-
-
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- sero-
-
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- cero-
-
- ceros
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noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- Sices
-
noun,
syce.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Sinus
-
noun,
a curve; bend.
- Sino-
-
- sines
-
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.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- corns
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- USRC
-
- USIS
-
- USES
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- sur-
-
- sues
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- oro-
-
- uni-
-
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- osis
-
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- uric
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
- 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.
- unco
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- uro-
-
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- 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.
- rune
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noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- sics
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adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- runs
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noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- Rus.
-
- sers
-
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).
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- sci.
-
- Seri
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noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Secs
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noun,
second2 (def 2).
- sec.
-
- SCSI
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noun,
a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
- scr.
-
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- Reus
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noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- RISC
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noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- Rise
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noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Soni
-
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- ROSE
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noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- sire
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noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- 1080
-
- once
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noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Orne
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noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- ices
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noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Enos
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noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- eous
-
- Eric
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noun,
Eric the Red.
- Erin
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noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eris
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noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Eros
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noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- ESIS
-
- eso-
-
- Eur.
-
- Ice.
-
- Inc.
-
- Ecru
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noun,
an ecru color.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- ions
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noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- ious
-
- Ire.
-
- iron
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noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- iso-
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- ISSN
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- neo-
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- Neri
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noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Nero
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noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- ness
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noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- enc.
-
- eco-
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Coos
-
noun,
a language of a group of American Indians indigenous to the coast of Oregon.
- cen.
-
- CERN
-
- cess
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noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- cion
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noun,
scion (def 2).
- cir.
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- cire
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noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cis-
-
- coin
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noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Con.
-
- cone
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noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- coon
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noun,
raccoon.
- Cor.
-
- cuss
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noun,
curse word; oath.
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- CORN
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noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- cose
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verb (used without object),
coze.
- coss
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noun,
kos.
- Coue
-
noun,
Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1857–1926, French psychotherapist.
- Cres
-
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- cur.
-
- cure
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noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- curn
-
noun,
a grain.
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- USSR
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noun,
a former federal union of 15 constituent republics, in E Europe and W and N Asia, comprising the larger part of the former Russian Empire: dissolved in December 1991. 8,650,069 sq. mi. (22,402,200 sq. km). Capital: Moscow.
Abbreviation: U.S.S.R., USSR.
- Niue
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noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- nori
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noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- Nor.
-
- noir
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adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- noes
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- o-os
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noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- nos-
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- OIr
-
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- USR
-
- COS
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noun,
romaine.
- Sr.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- SRS
-
- oic
-
- ss.
-
- SSC
-
- SSE
-
- SSI
-
- SSN
-
- SSR
-
- Sou
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noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- SOS
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noun,
any call for help:
- ONI
-
- Re.
-
- RCN
-
- sis
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noun,
sister.
- eo-
-
- SNU
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- RCS
-
- CRS
-
- Cui
-
noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- CSR
-
- CSO
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- cru
-
noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- USO
-
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- uns
-
- ose
-
- USC
-
- Une
-
- oo-
-
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- UNO
-
- ur-
-
- CNO
-
- ure
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- oon
-
- CIE
-
- cs.
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- CEO
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- CNS
-
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- OSO
-
- OSS
-
- USN
-
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- COO
-
noun,
a cooing sound.
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- cr.
-
- ONR
-
- Sus
-
- ons
-
- USS
-
- UCR
-
- unc
-
- Co.
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- ec-
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Ir.
-
- IOU
-
- So.
-
- SRO
-
- sc.
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- ior
-
- IOC
-
- IRO
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ine
-
- in.
-
- ier
-
- nr.
-
- eir
-
- io-
-
- SCS
-
- IRC
-
- IRS
-
- se-
-
- NCO
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NOC
-
- NES
-
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NEC
-
- ne-
-
- IUS
-
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- ISR
-
- Rs.
-
- RSE
-
- RSS
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- ise
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ics
-
- ESU
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- OCR
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- OCS
-
- Oc.
-
- OEO
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- EIS
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- en-
-
- Esc
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- NRC
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- eu-
-
- NSU
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ESR
-
- NSC
-
- 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).
- SN
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- EI
-
- NI
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- NC
-
- CE
-
- N.
-
- ic
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- RN
-
- O.
-
- SU
-
- U.
-
- UC
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- UI
-
- S.
-
- CU
-
- RI
-
- i.
-
- R.
-
- RC
-
- RO
-
- RU
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.