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- intolerance
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noun,
lack of tolerance; unwillingness or refusal to tolerate or respect opinions or beliefs contrary to one's own.
- credential
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noun,
Usually, credentials. evidence of authority, status, rights, entitlement to privileges, or the like, usually in written form:
- celadonite
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noun,
a hydrous silicate of iron and potassium; an iron-rich soft mica.
- delineator
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noun,
a person or thing that delineates.
- tenderloin
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noun,
(in beef or pork) the tender meat of the muscle running through the sirloin and terminating before the ribs.
- inertance
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noun,
the effect of inertia in an acoustic system, an impeding of the transmission of sound through the system.
- Clarendon
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noun,
Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of, 1609–74, British statesman and historian.
- Rocinante
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noun,
Rosinante.
- octennial
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adjective,
occurring every eight years.
- crenation
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noun,
a rounded projection or tooth, as on the margin of a leaf.
- arecoline
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noun,
a toxic alkaloid obtained from the seeds of the areca, used chiefly in veterinary medicine as an agent for killing and expelling intestinal worms.
- tolerance
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noun,
a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, beliefs, practices, racial or ethnic origins, etc., differ from one's own; freedom from bigotry.
- contained
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adjective,
showing restraint or calmness; controlled; poised:
- nectarine
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noun,
a variety or mutation of peach having a smooth, downless skin.
- reclinate
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adjective,
bending or curved downward.
- toe-dance
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noun,
a dance performed on the tips of the toes.
- doctrinal
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adjective,
of, relating to, or concerned with doctrine:
- coeternal
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adjective,
existing with another eternally.
- internode
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noun,
a part or space between two nodes, knots, or joints, as the portion of a plant stem between two nodes.
- interlace
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verb (used with object),
to unite or arrange (threads, strips, parts, branches, etc.) so as to intercross one another, passing alternately over and under; intertwine.
- noncredit
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adjective,
(of academic courses) carrying or conferring no official academic credit in a particular program or toward a particular degree or diploma.
- indolence
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noun,
the quality or state of being indolent.
- recondite
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adjective,
dealing with very profound, difficult, or abstruse subject matter:
- Neo-Latin
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noun,
New Latin.
- cornelian
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noun,
carnelian.
- celandine
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noun,
Also called greater celandine, swallowwort. an Old World plant, Chelidonium majus, of the poppy family, having yellow flowers.
- decennial
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noun,
a decennial anniversary.
- endocrine
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noun,
an internal secretion; hormone.
- container
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noun,
anything that contains or can contain something, as a carton, box, crate, or can.
- decaliter
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noun,
dekaliter.
- one-acter
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noun,
a short play consisting of one act.
- centriole
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noun,
a small, cylindrical cell organelle, seen near the nucleus in the cytoplasm of most eukaryotic cells, that divides in perpendicular fashion during mitosis, the new pair of centrioles moving ahead of the spindle to opposite poles of the cell as the cell divides: identical in internal structure to a basal body.
- declinate
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adjective,
having a downward curve or slope; bending away, as from the horizontal:
- ordinance
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noun,
an authoritative rule or law; a decree or command.
- lanceted
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adjective,
having lancet-headed openings.
- D-notice
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noun,
a government notice sent to newspapers or other publications requesting them to withhold information for reasons of state security.
- creatine
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noun,
an amino acid, C 4 H 9 N 3 O 2 , that is a constituent of the muscles of vertebrates and is phosphorylated to store energy used for muscular contraction.
- antlered
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adjective,
having antlers.
- Creation
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- Oriental
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter) Older Use: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a native or inhabitant of the Orient, or East.
- antinode
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noun,
the region of maximum amplitude between two adjacent nodes in a standing wave.
- centiare
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noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- tailored
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noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- tail-end
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noun,
the hinder or rear part of anything.
- narceine
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noun,
a narcotic alkaloid, C 23 H 27 NO 8 , occurring in opium and acting as a mild relaxant on smooth muscle.
- dolerite
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noun,
a coarse-grained variety of basalt.
- doctrine
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noun,
a particular principle, position, or policy taught or advocated, as of a religion or government:
- crannied
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adjective,
having or full of crannies.
- Lacertid
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noun,
any of numerous Old World lizards of the family Lacertidae.
- iterance
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noun,
iteration.
- anecdote
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noun,
a short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature.
- ironclad
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noun,
a wooden warship of the middle or late 19th century having iron or steel armor plating.
- Clorinda
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noun,
a female given name.
- tendance
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noun,
attention; care; ministration, as to the sick.
- nonideal
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adjective,
(of a gas or solution) differing in behavior from that of an ideal gas or solution.
- dateline
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noun,
a line of text giving the place of origin and usually the date of a news dispatch or the like.
- Cortland
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noun,
a city in central New York.
- centroid
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noun,
Mechanics. the point that may be considered as the center of a one- or two-dimensional figure, the sum of the displacements of all points in the figure from such a point being zero.
Compare center of mass.
- internal
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noun,
Usually, internals. entrails; innards.
- ordinate
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noun,
Mathematics. (in plane Cartesian coordinates) the y-coordinate of a point: its distance from the x-axis measured parallel to the y-axis.
- inlander
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noun,
a person living inland.
- lanneret
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noun,
the male lanner, which is smaller than the female.
- reaction
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noun,
a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- rondelet
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noun,
a short poem of fixed form, consisting of five lines on two rhymes, and having the opening words or word used after the second and fifth lines as an unrhymed refrain.
- canotier
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noun,
a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- redolent
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adjective,
having a pleasant odor; fragrant.
- denticle
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noun,
a small tooth or toothlike part.
- loricate
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adjective,
covered with a lorica.
- Calender
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noun,
a machine in which cloth, paper, or the like, is smoothed, glazed, etc., by pressing between rotating cylinders.
- Caroline
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noun,
a female given name.
- decorate
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verb (used with object),
to furnish or adorn with something ornamental or becoming; embellish:
- delicate
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noun,
Archaic. a choice food; delicacy.
- crotalin
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noun,
a protein in the venom of pit vipers, used as an antigen in the preparation of snake antivenins.
- oleander
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noun,
a poisonous shrub, Nerium oleander, of the dogbane family, native to southern Eurasia, having evergreen leaves and showy clusters of pink, red, or white flowers, and widely cultivated as an ornamental.
- lentando
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adjective,
becoming slower.
- deletion
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noun,
an act or instance of deleting.
- decretal
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noun,
a papal decree authoritatively determining some point of doctrine or church law.
- cilantro
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noun,
the strong-scented leaves of the coriander plant, used in salads or to flavor and garnish food.
- Londrina
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noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- Caerleon
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noun,
a town in Gwent, in SE Wales: site of ancient Roman fortress, a supposed seat of King Arthur's court.
- relation
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noun,
an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
- ordnance
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noun,
cannon or artillery.
- clarinet
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noun,
a woodwind instrument in the form of a cylindrical tube with a single reed attached to its mouthpiece.
- Carleton
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noun,
Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, 1724–1808, English general.
- decennia
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noun,
a period of ten years; a decade.
- Rodentia
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noun,
the order comprising the rodents.
- catenoid
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noun,
the surface generated by rotating a catenary about its axis of symmetry.
- Dicentra
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dicentra, of the fumitory family, having long clusters of drooping flowers, as the Dutchman's-breeches or the bleeding heart.
- articled
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noun,
a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
- cretonne
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noun,
a heavy cotton material in colorfully printed designs, used especially for drapery and slipcovers.
- Reliance
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noun,
confident or trustful dependence.
- detainer
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noun,
a writ for the further detention of a person already in custody.
- carotene
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noun,
any of three yellow or orange fat-soluble pigments having the formula C 40 H 56 , found in many plants, especially carrots, and transformed to vitamin A in the liver; provitamin A.
- detailer
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noun,
a manufacturer's representative who calls on customers to supply information on products and visits stores to monitor sales and replenish stock.
- derelict
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noun,
a person abandoned by society, especially a person without a permanent home and means of support; vagrant; bum.
- relocate
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verb (used with object),
to move (a building, company, etc.) to a different location:
- deration
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verb (used with object),
to discontinue the rationing of (something).
- Clairton
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noun,
a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- decanter
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noun,
a vessel, usually an ornamental glass bottle, for holding and serving wine, brandy, or the like.
- ceratoid
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adjective,
hornlike; horny.
- Coltrane
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noun,
John (William) 1926–67, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- entrelac
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noun,
a decorative border of interlaced garlands and leaves.
- idolater
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noun,
Also, idolist [ahyd-l-ist] /ˈaɪd l ɪst/ (Show IPA). a worshiper of idols.
- contrail
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noun,
a visible condensation of water droplets or ice crystals from the atmosphere, occurring in the wake of an aircraft, rocket, or missile under certain conditions.
- neoteric
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noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- treenail
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noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- Tirolean
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of the Tyrol.
- colander
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noun,
a metal or plastic container with a perforated bottom, for draining and straining foods.
- corelate
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verb (used with object),
to correlate.
- erection
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noun,
the act of erecting.
- entrance
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noun,
an act of entering, as into a place or upon new duties.
- Conelrad
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noun,
a system formerly used by the U.S. civil defense system to prevent enemy planes or missiles from homing on radio and television frequencies.
- Adrienne
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noun,
a female given name: derived from Adrian.
- electron
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noun,
Also called negatron. Physics, Chemistry. an elementary particle that is a fundamental constituent of matter, having a negative charge of 1.602 × 10 −19 coulombs, a mass of 9.108 × 10 −31 kilograms, and spin of ½, and existing independently or as the component outside the nucleus of an atom.
- acrolein
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noun,
a yellow, flammable liquid, C 3 H 4 O, having a stifling odor, usually obtained by the decomposition of glycerol: used chiefly in the synthesis of commercial and pharmaceutical products.
- electro-
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- Cordelia
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noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the youngest of Lear's three daughters and the only one who remains loyal to her father.
Compare Goneril, Regan.
- colinear
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adjective,
collinear.
- elaterid
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noun,
any beetle of the family Elateridae, comprising the click beetles.
- trade-in
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noun,
goods given in whole or, usually, part payment of a purchase:
- election
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noun,
the selection of a person or persons for office by vote.
- incenter
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noun,
the center of an inscribed circle; that point where the bisectors of the angles of a triangle or of a regular polygon intersect.
- aerolite
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noun,
a meteorite consisting mainly of stony matter.
- indecent
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adjective,
offending against generally accepted standards of propriety or good taste; improper; vulgar:
- trinodal
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adjective,
having three nodes or joints.
- increate
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adjective,
not created; uncreated.
- indolent
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adjective,
having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion; slothful:
- Cornelia
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noun,
flourished 2nd century b.c, Roman matron: mother of Gaius and Tiberius Gracchus.
- lindane
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noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 6 H 6 Cl 6 , the gamma isomer of benzene hexachloride: used chiefly as an insecticide, delouser, and weed-killer.
- Conrail
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noun,
a government-supported corporation that combined six bankrupt railroads to provide freight and commuter service in 17 states from Boston to St. Louis.
- Lenotre
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noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1613–1700, French architect and landscape designer.
- Deloria
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noun,
Vine, (Jr.) [vahyn] /vaɪn/ (Show IPA), 1933–2005, U.S. writer.
- dariole
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noun,
a small round mold.
- cannoli
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plural noun,
tubular pastry shells stuffed with a sweetened filling of whipped ricotta and often containing nuts, citron, or bits of chocolate.
- Electra
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noun,
Also, Elektra. Classical Mythology. the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra who incited her brother Orestes to kill Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus.
- Darlene
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noun,
a female given name: from the Old English word meaning “darling.”.
- canteen
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noun,
a small container used especially by soldiers and hikers for carrying water or other liquids.
- re-coil
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verb (used with or without object),
to coil again.
- citadel
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noun,
a fortress that commands a city and is used in the control of the inhabitants and in defense during attack or siege.
- trainee
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noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- centro-
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- enteron
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noun,
the alimentary canal; the digestive tract.
- treacle
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noun,
contrived or unrestrained sentimentality:
- recline
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verb (used with object),
to cause to lean back on something; place in a recumbent position.
- entero-
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- centri-
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- lineate
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adjective,
marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- deltaic
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adjective,
pertaining to or like a delta.
- Candiot
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noun,
a Cretan.
- lenient
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adjective,
agreeably tolerant; permissive; indulgent:
- Cairene
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noun,
a native or resident of Cairo, Egypt.
- cerato-
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- codline
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noun,
an untarred cord of hemp or cotton, used for fishing and for various purposes aboard a ship.
- deontic
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adjective,
of or relating to duty and moral obligation as ethical concepts.
- re-laid
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verb,
simple past tense and past participle of re-lay.
- cerated
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adjective,
covered with wax.
- elector
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noun,
a person who elects or may elect, especially a qualified voter.
- redline
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noun,
Automotive.
the maximum rotational speed, or angular velocity, of the engine crankshaft that is considered safe: often measured in rpm.
a red line or boundary of a red area that delineates such a value, as on a tachometer.
- ctenoid
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adjective,
comblike or pectinate; rough-edged.
- Lorient
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noun,
a seaport in NW France, on the Bay of Biscay.
- redcoat
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noun,
(especially during the American Revolution) a British soldier.
- Loraine
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noun,
a female given name, form of Lorraine.
- actinon
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noun,
a chemically inert, gaseous, short-lived isotope of radon that is a member of the actinium series. Symbol: An; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 219.
- contain
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verb (used with object),
to hold or include within its volume or area:
- actino-
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- caldron
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noun,
cauldron.
- electr-
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- Calorie
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noun,
Thermodynamics.
Also called gram calorie, small calorie. an amount of heat exactly equal to 4.1840 joules. Abbreviation: cal.
(usually initial capital letter) kilocalorie. Abbreviation: Cal.
- candent
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adjective,
glowing with heat; being at a white heat.
- candier
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- cardio-
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- cineole
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noun,
a colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble liquid terpene ether, C 10 H 18 O, having a camphorlike odor and a pungent, spicy, cooling taste, found in eucalyptus, cajeput, and other essential oils: used in flavoring, perfumery, and medicine chiefly as an expectorant.
- recital
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noun,
a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
- Delaine
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Delaine Merino.
- contend
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verb (used with object),
to assert or maintain earnestly:
- enteral
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adjective,
enteric.
- declare
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verb (used with object),
to make known or state clearly, especially in explicit or formal terms:
- Leotine
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noun,
a female given name.
- deciare
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noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to one-tenth of an are, or 10 square meters: equivalent to 11.96 square yards.
- centner
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noun,
(in several European countries) a unit of weight of 50 kilograms, equivalent to 110.2 pounds avoirdupois.
- contra-
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- enolate
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noun,
any metallic derivative of an enol.
- radicle
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noun,
Botany.
the lower part of the axis of an embryo; the primary root.
a rudimentary root; radicel or rootlet.
- centile
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noun,
(not in technical use) a percentile.
- radicel
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noun,
a minute root; a rootlet.
- ratline
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- decanol
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noun,
a colorless liquid, C 10 H 22 O, insoluble in water and soluble in alcohol: used as a plasticizer, detergent, and in perfumes and flavorings.
- Celadon
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noun,
any of several Chinese porcelains having a translucent, pale green glaze.
- enation
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noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- Celaeno
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a Pleiad.
- triclad
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noun,
a planarian.
- Decalin
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- Oriente
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noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- certain
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Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- Linacre
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noun,
Thomas, 1460?–1521, English humanist, translator, scholar, and physician.
- decline
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noun,
a downward slope; declivity.
- carotin
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noun,
carotene.
- centare
-
noun,
centiare.
- Carline
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noun,
an old woman.
- central
-
noun,
a main telephone exchange.
a telephone operator at such an exchange.
- lentoid
-
noun,
a lentoid body.
- treadle
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noun,
a lever or the like worked by continual action of the foot to impart motion to a machine.
- connate
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adjective,
existing in a person or thing from birth or origin; inborn:
- Leonard
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noun,
Sugar Ray (Ray Charles Leonard) born 1956, U.S. boxer.
- cariole
-
noun,
a small, open, two-wheeled vehicle.
- aconite
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- Carleen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- enteric
-
noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- Carlton
-
noun,
Stephen Norman ("Steve"; "Lefty") born 1944, U.S. baseball player.
- carotid
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noun,
Also called carotid artery. either of the two large arteries, one on each side of the head, that carry blood to the head and that divide into an external branch supplying the neck, face, and other external parts, and an internal branch supplying the brain, eye, and other internal parts.
- Eleatic
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noun,
a philosopher of the Eleatic school.
- trindle
-
noun,
British Dialect. a wheel, especially of a wheelbarrow.
- Nicolet
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1598–1642, French explorer in America.
- ordinal
-
noun,
an ordinal number or numeral.
- decrial
-
noun,
the act of decrying; noisy censure.
- trenail
-
noun,
treenail.
- Leonine
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adjective,
of or relating to the lion.
- leotard
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noun,
a skintight, one-piece garment for the torso, having a high or low neck, long or short sleeves, and a lower portion resembling either briefs or tights, worn by acrobats, dancers, etc.
- acetone
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noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 3 H 6 O, usually derived by oxidation of isopropyl alcohol or by bacterial fermentation of carbohydrates: used chiefly in paints and varnishes, as a general solvent, and in organic synthesis.
- acetoin
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noun,
a yellowish, pleasant-smelling liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , obtained from various carbohydrates, as glucose, by fermentation: used chiefly in the manufacture of flavors and essences.
- Alencon
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Orne, in NW France: lace manufacture.
- related
-
adjective,
associated; connected.
- reliant
-
adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- Laennec
-
noun,
René Théophile Hyacinthe [ruh-ney tey-aw-feel ya-sant] /rəˈneɪ teɪ ɔˈfil yaˈsɛ̃t/ (Show IPA), 1781–1826, French physician who invented the stethoscope.
- Teleran
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noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- norland
-
noun,
northland.
- lactone
-
noun,
any of a group of internal esters derived from hydroxy acids.
- aileron
-
noun,
Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
- ladrone
-
noun,
a thief.
- Etonian
-
noun,
a person who is or has been a pupil at Eton College.
- annelid
-
noun,
any segmented worm of the phylum Annelida, including the earthworms, leeches, and various marine forms.
- eternal
-
noun,
something that is eternal.
- Docetae
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plural noun,
early Christian adherents of Docetism.
- Tancred
-
noun,
1078?–1112, Norman leader in the first Crusade.
- aneroid
-
noun,
aneroid barometer.
- antero-
-
- erotica
-
noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- Clinton
-
noun,
De Witt [duh wit] /də ˈwɪt/ (Show IPA), 1769–1828, U.S. political leader and statesman: governor of New York 1817–21, 1825–28 (son of James Clinton).
- toenail
-
noun,
a nail of a toe.
- Antoine
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1943, French theatrical director, manager, and critic.
- Oceanid
-
noun,
any of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys; a sea nymph.
- credent
-
adjective,
Archaic. believing.
- erodent
-
adjective,
eroding; erosive:
- lantern
-
noun,
a transparent or translucent, usually portable, case for enclosing a light and protecting it from the wind, rain, etc.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- Iceland
-
noun,
a large island in the N Atlantic between Greenland and Scandinavia. 39,698 sq. mi. (102,820 sq. km).
- cordite
-
noun,
a smokeless, slow-burning powder composed of 30 to 58 percent nitroglycerin, 37 to 65 percent cellulose nitrate, and 5 to 6 percent mineral jelly.
- nodical
-
adjective,
of or relating to a node or the nodes.
- alerion
-
noun,
an eagle displayed, usually represented without a beak or legs.
- ternion
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- alienor
-
noun,
a person who transfers property.
- codeine
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, slightly bitter alkaloid, C 18 H 21 NO 3 , obtained from opium, used in medicine chiefly as an analgesic or sedative and to inhibit coughing.
- tierced
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adjective,
(of an escutcheon) divided vertically or horizontally into three equal parts.
- cortina
-
noun,
a weblike, often evanescent veil covering the gills or hanging from the cap edge of certain mushrooms, particularly those of genus Cortinarius, and sometimes persisting as a ring or remnant of fibrils around the mushroom stalk.
- endnote
-
noun,
a note, as of explanation, emendation, or the like, added at the end of an article, chapter, etc.
- interne
-
noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- tiercel
-
noun,
tercel.
- Tenniel
-
noun,
Sir John, 1820–1914, English caricaturist and illustrator.
- inconel
-
- coterie
-
noun,
a group of people who associate closely.
- ancient
-
noun,
a person who lived in ancient times.
- cotidal
-
adjective,
pertaining to a coincidence of tides.
- Nordica
-
noun,
Lillian (Lillian Norton) 1859–1914, U.S. soprano.
- tendril
-
noun,
a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant.
- andiron
-
noun,
one of a pair of metal stands, usually of iron or brass, for holding logs in a fireplace.
- cranio-
-
- craniol
-
- Ireland
-
noun,
John, 1838–1918, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman and social reformer, born in Ireland: archbishop of St. Paul, Minn., 1888–1918.
- Laodice
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) a daughter of Priam and Hecuba who chose to be swallowed up by the earth rather than live as a Greek concubine.
- crenate
-
adjective,
having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.
- reticle
-
noun,
a network of fine lines, wires, or the like placed in the focus of the eyepiece of an optical instrument.
- detrain
-
verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- Clarion
-
noun,
an ancient trumpet with a curved shape.
- neonate
-
noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- lean-to
-
noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- entrail
-
plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- Learned
-
adjective,
having much knowledge; scholarly; erudite:
- elation
-
noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- cordate
-
adjective,
heart-shaped:
- retinol
-
noun,
vitamin A.
- lection
-
noun,
a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
- lectern
-
noun,
a reading desk in a church on which the Bible rests and from which the lessons are read during the church service.
- retinal
-
noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- atelier
-
noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- ocreate
-
adjective,
having an ocrea or ocreae; sheathed.
- clarino
-
noun,
a valveless trumpet used in the 17th and 18th centuries for playing rapid passages in the high register.
- dialect
-
noun,
Linguistics. a variety of a language that is distinguished from other varieties of the same language by features of phonology, grammar, and vocabulary, and by its use by a group of speakers who are set off from others geographically or socially.
- article
-
noun,
a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
- Cordele
-
noun,
a city in SW Georgia.
- lead-in
-
noun,
something that leads in or introduces; introduction; opening.
- Leander
-
noun,
a Greek youth, the lover of Hero, who swam the Hellespont every night to visit her until he was drowned in a storm.
- entrain
-
verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- cordial
-
noun,
a strong, sweetened, aromatic alcoholic liquor; liqueur.
- Adeline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adele.
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- Torenia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- adenine
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a purine base, C 5 H 5 N 5 , one of the fundamental components of nucleic acids, as DNA, in which it forms a base pair with thymine, and RNA, in which it pairs with uracil. Symbol: A.
- cleaner
-
noun,
a person who cleans, especially one whose regular occupation is cleaning offices, buildings, equipment, etc.
- latrine
-
noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- dilator
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that dilates some cavity of the body.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- Eleanor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Na-Dene
-
noun,
a group of North American Indian languages, comprising the Athabaskan family, Eyak, Tlingit, and Haida, hypothetically considered to be descendants of a single protolanguage: the genetic relationship of either Tlingit or Haida to Athabaskan and Eyak is now disputed.
- contd.
-
- Darien
-
noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
- Nadine
-
noun,
a female given name.
- loader
-
noun,
a person or thing that loads.
- narco-
-
- Danton
-
noun,
Georges Jacques [zhawrzh zhahk] /ʒɔrʒ ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1759–94, French Revolutionary leader.
- lionet
-
noun,
a young or small lion.
- nacred
-
adjective,
lined with or resembling nacre.
- Cornel
-
noun,
any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus; dogwood.
- nation
-
noun,
a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own:
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- Linton
-
noun,
Ralph, 1893–1953, U.S. anthropologist.
- cradle
-
noun,
a small bed for an infant, usually on rockers.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- cteno-
-
- natron
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- Lonnie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alonso.
- neaten
-
verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- corned
-
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.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- Dairen
-
noun,
former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
- crenel
-
noun,
any of the open spaces between the merlons of a battlement.
- credit
-
noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- Creole
-
noun,
a person born in the West Indies or Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- Dacron
-
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- create
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- dacoit
-
noun,
(in India and Burma) a member of a class of criminals who engage in organized robbery and murder.
- Cronin
-
noun,
A(rchibald) J(oseph) 1896–1981, Scottish novelist and physician in the U.S.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- nanoid
-
adjective,
dwarfish.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- contin
-
- Lorain
-
noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- loiter
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- Lorena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- Dalton
-
noun,
atomic mass unit.
- contr.
-
- dancer
-
noun,
a person who dances.
- locate
-
verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- Daniel
-
noun,
Bible.
a prophet living in Babylon during the Captivity.
the book of the Bible bearing his name. Abbreviation: Dan.
- lorica
-
noun,
Zoology. a hard protective case or sheath, as the protective coverings secreted by certain protists.
- loaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- necro-
-
- denti-
-
- Linnet
-
noun,
a small Old World finch, Carduelis cannabina.
- intone
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- indene
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon, C 9 H 8 , obtained from coal tar by fractional distillation: used in synthesizing resins.
- indent
-
noun,
a toothlike notch or deep recess; indentation.
- indole
-
noun,
a colorless to yellowish solid, C 8 H 7 N, having a low melting point and a fecal odor, found in the oil of jasmine and clove and as a putrefaction product from animals' intestines: used in perfumery and as a reagent.
- Indore
-
noun,
a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh.
- inlace
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- inland
-
noun,
the interior part of a country.
- innate
-
adjective,
existing in one from birth; inborn; native:
- inroad
-
noun,
a damaging or serious encroachment:
- intend
-
verb (used with object),
to have in mind as something to be done or brought about; plan:
- inter.
-
- intern
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- intoed
-
adjective,
having inwardly turned toes.
- Dorian
-
noun,
a member of a people who entered Greece about the 12th century b.c., conquered the Peloponnesus, and destroyed the Mycenaean culture: one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Aeolian (def 2), Ionian (def 3).
- ecarte
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- Doreen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- intra-
-
- Dorati
-
noun,
Antal [ahn-tahl;; Hungarian on-tol] /ˈɑn tɑl;; Hungarian ˈɒn tɒl/ (Show IPA), 1906–1988, Hungarian conductor, in the U.S.
- intro.
-
- intron
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- iodate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- donnee
-
noun,
a set of artistic or literary premises or assumptions.
- donate
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- lacto-
-
- Ladino
-
noun,
Also called Judeo-Spanish, Judezmo. a Romance language of Sephardic Jews, based on Old Spanish and written in the Hebrew script.
- Docile
-
adjective,
easily managed or handled; tractable:
- docent
-
noun,
privatdocent.
- doater
-
noun,
doter.
- indecl
-
- eclair
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- lancet
-
noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- elect.
-
- endear
-
verb (used with object),
to make dear, esteemed, or beloved:
- encore
-
noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- encode
-
verb (used with object),
to convert (a message, information, etc.) into code.
- endrin
-
noun,
a highly toxic, chlorinated hydrocarbon, C 12 H 8 OCl 6 , formerly used as an insecticide.
- Encina
-
noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- enlace
-
verb (used with object),
to interlace; intertwine:
- ennead
-
noun,
a group of nine persons or things.
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- Elodea
-
noun,
any of several New World submersed aquatic plants of the genus Elodea, having numerous, usually whorled leaves.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- enter-
-
- Elinor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- entice
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- ideate
-
noun,
ideatum.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- elated
-
adjective,
very happy or proud; jubilant; in high spirits:
- entoil
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- elance
-
noun,
a quick darting movement.
- Elaine
-
noun,
any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
- Eolian
-
noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- eonian
-
adjective,
aeonian.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- editor
-
noun,
a person having managerial and sometimes policy-making responsibility related to the writing, compilation, and revision of content for a publishing firm or for a newspaper, magazine, or other publication:
- Edirne
-
noun,
a city in NW Turkey, in the European part.
- etalon
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- Etoile
-
noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- lancer
-
noun,
a cavalry soldier armed with a lance.
- Lander
-
noun,
a space probe designed to land on a planet or other solid celestial body.
- darnel
-
noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Lolium, having simple stems, flat leaves, and terminal spikes.
- decern
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to discern.
- Lenoir
-
noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- Lenore
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eleanor.
- delict
-
noun,
Law. a misdemeanor; offense.
- Delian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Delos.
- Lenten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or suitable for Lent.
- lentic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in still water.
- delate
-
verb (used with object),
Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
- Delano
-
noun,
a city in S California.
- deicer
-
noun,
a device or a chemical substance for preventing or removing ice.
- Leonid
-
noun,
any of a shower of meteors occurring around November 15 and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Leo.
- decile
-
noun,
one of the values of a variable that divides the distribution of the variable into ten groups having equal frequencies.
- Lerida
-
noun,
a city in NE Spain.
- decent
-
adjective,
conforming to the recognized standard of propriety, good taste, modesty, etc., as in behavior or speech.
- denier
-
noun,
a person who denies.
- deceit
-
noun,
the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating:
- decare
-
noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to 10 ares, or 1000 square meters: equivalent to 0.2471 acre.
- decant
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- decani
-
adjective,
of or relating to the epistle or liturgical south side of a church (opposed to cantoris).
- decane
-
noun,
a hydrocarbon, C 10 H 22 , of the methane series, occurring in several isomeric forms.
- lictor
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- lierne
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- dealer
-
noun,
a person who buys and sells articles without altering their condition; trader or merchant, especially a wholesaler:
- Deacon
-
noun,
(in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
- Linden
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Tilia, as T. americana (American linden) or T. europaea (European linden) having fragrant yellowish-white flowers and heart-shaped leaves, grown as an ornamental or shade tree.
Compare linden family.
- Lindon
-
noun,
a male given name.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- dartle
-
verb (used with or without object),
to dart or shoot forth repeatedly.
- denial
-
noun,
an assertion that something said, believed, alleged, etc., is false:
- denote
-
verb (used with object),
to be a mark or sign of; indicate:
- Landon
-
noun,
Alfred ("Alf") Mossman [maws-muh n,, mos-] /ˈmɔs mən,, ˈmɒs-/ (Show IPA), 1887–1987, U.S. politician.
- leader
-
noun,
a person or thing that leads.
- Landor
-
noun,
Walter Savage, 1775–1864, English poet and prose writer.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- lanner
-
noun,
a falcon, Falco biarmicus, of southern Europe, northern Africa, and southern Asia.
- direct
-
adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- lardon
-
noun,
a strip of fat used in larding, especially as drawn through the substance of meat, chicken, etc., with a kind of needle or pin.
- Laredo
-
noun,
a city in S Texas, on the Rio Grande.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- lateen
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- dinner
-
noun,
the main meal of the day, eaten in the evening or at midday.
- dinero
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- dilate
-
verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- leaden
-
adjective,
inertly heavy like lead; hard to lift or move:
- leaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- dental
-
noun,
Phonetics. a dental sound.
- dialer
-
noun,
a person or thing that dials.
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- lectin
-
noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- detail
-
noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- lector
-
noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- Leiden
-
noun,
a city in W Netherlands.
- Derain
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
- derail
-
noun,
a track device for derailing rolling stock in an emergency.
- Lenard
-
noun,
Philipp [fee-lip] /ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), 1862–1947, German physicist, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize 1905.
- Denton
-
noun,
a city in N Texas.
- dentin
-
noun,
the hard, calcareous tissue, similar to but denser than bone, that forms the major portion of a tooth, surrounds the pulp cavity, and is situated beneath the enamel and cementum.
- dentil
-
noun,
any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used especially in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.
- iatro-
-
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- Nereid
-
noun,
any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.
- Cardin
-
noun,
Pierre, born 1922, French fashion designer.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- tiered
-
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.
- Aldine
-
noun,
an Aldine or other early edition.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- Aldrin
-
noun,
a brown, water-insoluble, toxic solid consisting of more than 95 percent of the chlorinated hydrocarbon C 12 H 8 Cl 6 : used as an insecticide.
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- Alecto
-
noun,
one of the Furies.
- careen
-
noun,
a careening.
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- cardi-
-
- Carole
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Cantor
-
noun,
the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
- Canton
-
noun,
a small territorial district, especially one of the states of the Swiss confederation.
- recoil
-
noun,
an act of recoiling.
- cantle
-
noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- cannot
-
verb,
a form of ·can not.
- canner
-
noun,
a person who cans meat, fruit, etc., for preservation.
- canned
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- canine
-
noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- rectal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- Candor
-
noun,
the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness:
- Carnot
-
noun,
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- recti-
-
- Orinda
-
noun,
a town in W California.
- Centre
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- centr-
-
- centi-
-
- Center
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- cental
-
noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- cenote
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- celto-
-
- tinder
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- teleo-
-
- Tindal
-
noun,
Matthew, c1655–1733, English deist.
- cartel
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- tincal
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- cedarn
-
adjective,
resembling or made of cedar.
- radio-
-
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- rancid
-
adjective,
having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, especially of fats or oils:
- Catlin
-
noun,
George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- Tilden
-
noun,
Samuel Jones, 1814–86, U.S. statesman.
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- candle
-
noun,
a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
- Calder
-
noun,
Alexander, 1898–1976, U.S. sculptor; originator of mobiles.
- oreide
-
noun,
oroide.
- tendon
-
noun,
Anatomy. a cord or band of dense, tough, inelastic, white, fibrous tissue, serving to connect a muscle with a bone or part; sinew.
- tenrec
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- areole
-
noun,
an areola.
- Arendt
-
noun,
Hannah, 1906–75, U.S. author, political scientist, and teacher, born in Germany.
- Tenner
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- rondel
-
noun,
Prosody. a short poem of fixed form, consisting usually of 14 lines on two rhymes, of which four are made up of the initial couplet repeated in the middle and at the end, with the second line of the couplet sometimes being omitted at the end.
- ardent
-
adjective,
having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent:
- ancile
-
noun,
a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome.
- Ronnie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- tailed
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- Roland
-
noun,
Italian Orlando. the greatest of the paladins in the Charlemagne cycle of the chansons de geste, renowned for his prowess and the manner of his death in the battle of Roncesvalles (a.d. 778), also for his five days' combat with Oliver in which neither was the victor.
- tender
-
noun,
the act of tendering; an offer of something for acceptance.
- Andric
-
noun,
Ivo [ee-vaw] /ˈi vɔ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1975, Yugoslavian poet, novelist, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1961.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- talion
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- Tanner
-
noun,
a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.
- anoint
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- anodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to an anode or the phenomena in its vicinity.
- tannic
-
adjective,
Chemistry. of, relating to, or derived from tan or tannin.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- andro-
-
- Andron
-
noun,
(in an ancient Greek house) an apartment for men, especially one for banqueting.
- tenace
-
noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- Ronald
-
noun,
a male given name: from Scandinavian words meaning “counsel” and “rule.”.
- Arleen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- redact
-
verb (used with object),
to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- alerce
-
noun,
the wood of the sandarac tree.
- redial
-
noun,
automatic redial.
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- cadent
-
adjective,
having cadence.
- relent
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- relict
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- Conrad
-
noun,
Charles, Jr ("Pete") 1930–1999, U.S. astronaut.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- rennet
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- Rennie
-
noun,
John, 1761–1821, Scottish engineer.
- Renton
-
noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- rodent
-
noun,
a rodent mammal.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- teredo
-
noun,
a shipworm of the genus Teredo.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Alnico
-
noun,
a permanent-magnet alloy having aluminum, nickel, and cobalt as its principal ingredients.
- retina
-
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.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- tercel
-
noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- Arnold
-
noun,
Benedict, 1741–1801, American general in the Revolutionary War who became a traitor.
- rident
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- roadie
-
noun,
a member of a crew for a traveling group of musicians or other entertainers, whose work usually includes the setting up of equipment.
- Arlene
-
noun,
a female given name.
- orenda
-
noun,
a supernatural force believed by the Iroquois Indians to be present, in varying degrees, in all objects or persons, and to be the spiritual force by which human accomplishment is attained or accounted for.
- Celine
-
noun,
Louis-Ferdinand [lwee-fer-dee-nahn] /lwi fɛr diˈnɑ̃/ (Show IPA), (Louis F. Destouches) 1894–1961, French novelist and physician.
- tinned
-
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.
- Claire
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- octane
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- claret
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- nocent
-
adjective,
harmful; injurious.
- nitro-
-
- Adonic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Adonic verse or line.
- oilcan
-
noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- adren-
-
- adreno
-
- nocti-
-
- adroit
-
adjective,
expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body.
- Colden
-
noun,
Cadwallader, 1688–1776, Scottish physician, botanist, and public official in America, born in Ireland.
- clado-
-
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- Toland
-
noun,
Gregg, 1904–48, U.S. cinematographer.
- colent
-
- Citron
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- citral
-
noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- tonner
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- coated
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- Noreen
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish diminutive of Nora.
- coaler
-
noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- Cloete
-
noun,
Stuart, 1897–1976, South African novelist, born in France.
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- clino-
-
- cleoid
-
noun,
a claw-shaped dental instrument used to remove carious material from a cavity.
- coatee
-
noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- aceto-
-
- actin-
-
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- client
-
noun,
a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- coedit
-
verb (used with object),
to edit jointly with another.
- adeno-
-
- citole
-
noun,
cittern.
- aedile
-
noun,
one of a board of magistrates in charge of public buildings, streets, markets, games, etc.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- tirade
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- aeron.
-
- Nicene
-
adjective,
of or relating to Nicaea.
- oracle
-
noun,
(especially in ancient Greece) an utterance, often ambiguous or obscure, given by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a god to an inquiry.
- Aeneid
-
noun,
a Latin epic poem by Vergil, recounting the adventures of Aeneas after the fall of Troy.
- Nerine
-
noun,
any of several bulbous plants belonging to the genus Nerine, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having funnel-shaped red, pink, or white flowers.
- Aileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- cetane
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- online
-
adverb,
with or through a computer, especially over a network.
- Connie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Constance.
- ordain
-
verb (used with object),
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- ordeal
-
noun,
any extremely severe or trying test, experience, or trial.
- tinner
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- cereal
-
noun,
any plant of the grass family yielding an edible grain, as wheat, rye, oats, rice, or corn.
- cerate
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- cerat-
-
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Nordic
-
noun,
a member of the Nordic people, especially a Scandinavian.
- Oneida
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- Aeolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- Conant
-
noun,
James Bryant, 1893–1978, U.S. chemist and educator: president of Harvard University 1933–53.
- colter
-
noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- Ondine
-
noun,
undine.
- Nilote
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- triode
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- cinder
-
noun,
a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
- Nicole
-
noun,
a female given name: from Greek words meaning “victory” and “people.”.
- oleate
-
noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- 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.
- Ital.
-
- telo-
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- Iran.
-
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- teno-
-
- intr.
-
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Troad
-
noun,
The, a region in NW Asia Minor surrounding ancient Troy.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- Tenn.
-
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- tera-
-
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- treed
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- tilde
-
noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- erode
-
verb (used with object),
to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration:
Synonyms: corrode, waste, ravage, spoil.
Antonyms: strengthen, reinforce.
- tiled
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- incr.
-
- incor
-
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Eolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- incl.
-
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- ileo-
-
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- Icel.
-
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- idler
-
noun,
a person who passes time in a lazy or unproductive way.
- ideo-
-
- Indo-
-
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- ideal
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- ento-
-
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- Indra
-
noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- tidal
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, characterized by, or subject to tides:
- tonia
-
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- lact-
-
- reni-
-
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- OIcel
-
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- oidea
-
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- oiled
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- lotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Oland
-
noun,
an island in SE Sweden, separated from the mainland by Kalmar Sound. 26,750; 519 sq. mi. (1345 sq. km).
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- olden
-
adjective,
of or relating to the distant past or bygone times; ancient.
- Lorca
-
noun,
García Lorca.
- octal
-
noun,
octonary (def 6).
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- Older
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- oldie
-
noun,
a popular song, joke, movie, etc., that was in vogue at a time in the past.
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- oleic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- loden
-
noun,
a thick, heavily fulled, waterproof fabric, used in coats and jackets for cold climates.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- octad
-
noun,
a group or series of eight.
- ordn.
-
- nonce
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- nicad
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- Nelda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- nitr-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- noct-
-
- nodal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of a node.
- Nolde
-
noun,
Emil (Emil Hansen) 1867–1956, German painter.
- nona-
-
- Ndola
-
noun,
a city in N Zambia.
- octa-
-
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- natl.
-
- NORAD
-
noun,
a joint U.S.-Canadian air force command responsible for detecting aircraft and space vehicles deemed a threat to the continental airspace.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- noted
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- nano-
-
- Nandi
-
noun,
a member of an agricultural people of southwestern Kenya.
- Nance
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- naled
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- oread
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- tele-
-
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- lect.
-
- retd.
-
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Rodin
-
noun,
(François) Auguste (René) [frahn-swa oh-gyst ruh-ney] /frɑ̃ˈswa oʊˈgüst rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1840–1917, French sculptor.
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Ronan
-
noun,
a king who killed his son, Mael Fothartaigh, after his wife had falsely accused the boy of attempting to seduce her, and who was himself killed by the children of Mael Fothartaigh.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- ronde
-
noun,
a typeface imitative of upright, somewhat angular, handwriting.
- lated
-
adjective,
belated.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Lando
-
noun,
died a.d. 914, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 913–914.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- LANCE
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- Laird
-
noun,
a landed proprietor.
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- tardo
-
adjective,
slow (used as a musical direction).
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- Ladon
-
noun,
a dragon having 100 heads and guarding the garden of the Hesperides: killed by Hercules.
- Teide
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) a volcanic peak in the Canary Islands, on Tenerife. 12,190 feet (3716 meters).
- Ladin
-
noun,
a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect of the southern Tyrol.
- Laden
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- linen
-
noun,
fabric woven from flax yarns.
- orial
-
- Linda
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Spanish word meaning “pretty.”.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- LIDAR
-
noun,
a device similar to radar in principle and operation but using infrared laser light instead of radio waves and capable of detecting particles, distant objects, and varying physical conditions in the atmosphere.
- licet
-
- Liard
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, the fourth part of a sol, issued from the 15th century to 1793 and made from copper after 1650.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- radon
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- Redon
-
noun,
Odilon [ohd-l-on;; French aw-dee-lawn] /ˈoʊd lˌɒn;; French ɔ diˈlɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1840–1916, French painter and etcher.
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- Lenca
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- Lenin
-
noun,
V(ladimir) I(lyich) [vlad-uh-meer il-yich;; Russian vluh-dyee-myir ee-lyeech] /ˈvlæd əˌmɪər ˈɪl yɪtʃ;; Russian vlʌˈdyi myɪr iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), (Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov"N. Lenin") 1870–1924, Russian revolutionary leader: Soviet premier 1918–24.
- rect.
-
- Reade
-
noun,
Charles, 1814–84, English novelist.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- Recit
-
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Leone
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- endo-
-
- oared
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- Ender
-
noun,
Kornelia [kawr-neyl-yuh,, -ney-lee-uh] /kɔrˈneɪl yə,, -ˈneɪ li ə/ (Show IPA), born 1958, German swimmer.
- colat
-
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- clone
-
noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- cnida
-
noun,
a nematocyst.
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- coel-
-
- coele
-
- Colet
-
noun,
John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- Colin
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- Conan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Conde
-
noun,
Louis II de Bourbon [lwee,, duh boor-bawn] /lwi,, də burˈbɔ̃/ (Show IPA), Prince de (Duc d'Enghien"the Great Condé") 1621–86, French general.
- Conn.
-
- cont.
-
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- Coral
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- Cleon
-
noun,
died 422 b.c, Athenian general and political opponent of Pericles.
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Cedar
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- cent.
-
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- ceorl
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- cero-
-
- claro
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- cert.
-
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- cidal
-
- cider
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- cine-
-
- clade
-
noun,
a taxonomic group of organisms classified together on the basis of homologous features traced to a common ancestor.
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- dicot
-
noun,
a dicotyledon.
- decor
-
noun,
style or mode of decoration, as of a room, building, or the like:
- deice
-
verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- Delia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cordelia.
- Delta
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (Δ, δ).
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- dent.
-
- deter
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- dial.
-
- dict.
-
- deci-
-
- dicta
-
noun,
a plural of dictum.
- diene
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- Dione
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
- Dirac
-
noun,
Paul Adrien Maurice, 1902–84, British physicist, in the U.S. after 1971: Nobel Prize 1933.
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- dolce
-
noun,
an instruction to the performer that the music is to be executed softly and sweetly.
- decl.
-
- decan
-
noun,
any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- crit.
-
- Credo
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed.
- creed
-
noun,
any system, doctrine, or formula of religious belief, as of a denomination.
- Creel
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- cried
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- decal
-
noun,
a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- Dalen
-
noun,
Gustaf [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1869–1937, Swedish inventor: Nobel Prize in Physics 1912.
- dance
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- danio
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- daric
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- Dario
-
noun,
Rubén [roo-ven] /ruˈvɛn/ (Show IPA), (Félix Rubén García Sarmiento) 1867–1916, Nicaraguan poet and diplomat.
- dealt
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- deca-
-
- Carol
-
noun,
a song, especially of joy.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Dolin
-
noun,
Sir Anton [an-ton] /ˈæn tɒn/ (Show IPA), (Patrick Healey-Kay) 1904–83, English ballet dancer.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- Alcor
-
- Alden
-
noun,
John, 1599?–1687, Pilgrim settler in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- alcid
-
noun,
a bird of the family Alcidae.
- alti-
-
- alto-
-
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- Ancon
-
noun,
the elbow.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- andor
-
conjunction,
(used to imply that either or both of the things mentioned may be affected or involved):
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- andr-
-
- Alcon
-
noun,
a noted archer who helped Hercules abduct the cattle of Geryon.
- aero-
-
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- 30-30
-
- acet-
-
- acold
-
adjective,
being cold or chilled.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- acred
-
adjective,
owning many acres of land; landed.
- acrid
-
adjective,
sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.:
- acro-
-
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- Adele
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “noble.”.
- aden-
-
- Adler
-
noun,
Alfred, 1870–1937, Austrian psychiatrist and psychologist.
- Adore
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- adorn
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- Aedon
-
noun,
a daughter of Pandareus who mistakenly killed her son. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a nightingale.
- aeri-
-
- Andre
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- ation
-
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- Cadet
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- cadre
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- Caird
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- Arnel
-
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- canid
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- Canon
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical rule or law enacted by a council or other competent authority and, in the Roman Catholic Church, approved by the pope.
- Cant.
-
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Card.
-
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- aroid
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- Arndt
-
noun,
Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- anti-
-
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- annot
-
- anode
-
noun,
the electrode or terminal by which current enters an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- anon.
-
- ante-
-
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Aoede
-
noun,
one of the original three Muses; the Muse of song.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- areo-
-
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- dolia
-
noun,
a large earthenware jar used by the ancient Romans.
- coder
-
noun,
a person or device that translates information into a code.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- elide
-
verb (used with object),
to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.
- DORAN
-
noun,
an electronic device for determining range and assisting navigation, employing the principle of the Doppler effect.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- econ.
-
- Donna
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: an Italian title of respect prefixed to the given name of a woman.
- ecto-
-
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- eider
-
noun,
eider duck.
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- Elder
-
noun,
a person who is older or higher in rank than oneself.
- donee
-
noun,
a person to whom a gift is made.
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- ectad
-
adverb,
outward.
- eared
-
noun,
the part of a cereal plant, as corn, wheat, etc., that contains the flowers and hence the fruit, grains, or kernels.
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- edict
-
noun,
a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- drone
-
noun,
the male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no honey.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Doric
-
noun,
a dialect of ancient Greek spoken on Rhodes and other islands of the Dodecanese, in Crete, in Syracuse, and in all of the Peloponnesus except Arcadia.
- encl.
-
- edit.
-
- Ecole
-
noun,
school1 .
- Draco
-
noun,
the Dragon, a northern circumpolar constellation between Ursa Major and Cepheus.
- drail
-
noun,
a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- donec
-
conjunction,
(in prescriptions) until.
- Drain
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- ecol.
-
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- Eland
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- Donne
-
noun,
John, 1573–1631, English poet and clergyman.
- edile
-
noun,
aedile.
- Drina
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing N along the part of the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Sava River at Belgrade, Serbia. 285 miles (459 km) long.
- Donar
-
noun,
the god of thunder, corresponding to Thor.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- droit
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- Cdr.
-
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- itol
-
- 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).
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- cede
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- rad.
-
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- 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.
- rede
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- redo
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- caid
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- Reed
-
noun,
the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Cal.
-
- rel.
-
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- cadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- Ice.
-
- cade
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- idae
-
- Can.
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- RdAc
-
- ect-
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cat.
-
- ile-
-
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- cen.
-
- rcd.
-
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- idol
-
noun,
an image or other material object representing a deity to which religious worship is addressed.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- idle
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- cet-
-
- cene
-
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- not-
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- clod
-
noun,
a lump or mass, especially of earth or clay.
- NTIA
-
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- Oct.
-
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- Oder
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the NE Czech Republic, N through SW Poland and along the border between Germany and Poland into the Baltic. 562 miles (905 km) long.
- odic
-
adjective,
of an ode.
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- OECD
-
- end-
-
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- coed
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- non-
-
- code
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- Nord
-
noun,
a department in N France. 2229 sq. mi. (5770 sq. km). Capital: Lille.
- coda
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- Nor.
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- OEEC
-
- inae
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- Ceto
-
- eco-
-
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- ord.
-
- ICAO
-
- orad
-
adverb,
toward the mouth or the oral region.
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- CERN
-
- Inc.
-
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- cit.
-
- clar
-
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- IndE
-
- clad
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- ole-
-
- Ont.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cir.
-
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- cide
-
- ator
-
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- Aire
-
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- Alco
-
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- AInd
-
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- tion
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- aet.
-
- Ald.
-
- 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.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- ance
-
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- EEOC
-
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- ter.
-
- alt.
-
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- 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.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- toad
-
noun,
any of various tailless amphibians that are close relatives of the frogs in the order Anura and that typically have dry, warty skin and are terrestrial or semiterrestrial in habit.
Compare frog1 (def 1).
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- acid
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- acr-
-
- ence
-
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- enl.
-
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- enc.
-
- tri-
-
- trid
-
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- tRNA
-
- trod
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- tron
-
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- aer-
-
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- told
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of tell1 .
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- tonn
-
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- ten.
-
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- rit.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- road
-
noun,
a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rode
-
noun,
a rope by which a boat is anchored.
- Rodi
-
noun,
Italian name of Rhodes.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Ind.
-
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- Eden
-
noun,
the place where Adam and Eve lived before the Fall. Gen. 2:8–24.
- 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.
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- ical
-
- atic
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- art.
-
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- 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.
- Rida
-
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- RONA
-
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- EDTA
-
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- ano-
-
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- ann.
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tel-
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- etc.
-
- ant.
-
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- 1080
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- lin.
-
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Col.
-
- Linn
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- dat.
-
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- dato
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- DCNL
-
- Lind
-
noun,
Jenny (Johanna Maria Lind Goldschmidt"The Swedish Nightingale") 1820–87, Swedish soprano.
- deal
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- lied
-
noun,
a typically 19th-century German art song characterized by the setting of a poetic text in either strophic or through-composed style and the treatment of the piano and voice in equal artistic partnership:
- Lido
-
noun,
a fashionable beach resort.
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- Dec.
-
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- deco
-
noun,
art deco.
- Deer
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- Dali
-
noun,
Salvador [sal-vuh-dawr;; Spanish sahl-vah-th awr] /ˈsæl vəˌdɔr;; Spanish ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, Spanish painter and illustrator.
- Dort
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- DORE
-
noun,
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
- Ltd.
-
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- ctr.
-
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lord
-
noun,
a person who has authority, control, or power over others; a master, chief, or ruler.
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Dale
-
noun,
a valley, especially a broad valley.
- lond
-
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- Lodi
-
noun,
a town in N Italy, SE of Milan: Napoleon's defeat of the Austrians 1796.
- Dora
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift.”.
- lode
-
noun,
a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- Danl
-
- load
-
noun,
anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo:
- iod-
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- LitD
-
- lit.
-
- deet
-
plural noun,
details:
- deil
-
noun,
devil.
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- Land
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- diol
-
noun,
glycol (def 2).
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Dior
-
noun,
Christian [kris-chuh n;; French krees-tyahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; French krisˈtyɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1905–57, French fashion designer.
- dir.
-
- lard
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- 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.
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- dirl
-
verb (used without object),
to vibrate; shake.
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- Lani
-
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- dlr.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- doat
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- laid
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- doc.
-
plural,
document.
- doer
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- dol.
-
- lade
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Dole
-
noun,
a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
- dolt
-
noun,
a dull, stupid person; blockhead.
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- Lat.
-
- dioc
-
- Del.
-
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- dele
-
noun,
a mark, as or , used to indicate matter to be deleted.
- deli
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- Ire.
-
- Den.
-
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- Dene
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- lend
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- der.
-
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- dere
-
adjective,
dear2 .
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Leda
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the mother, by her husband Tyndareus, of Castor and Clytemnestra and, by Zeus in the form of a swan, of Pollux and Helen.
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- dia-
-
- Dice
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Dona
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- diel
-
adjective,
of or relating to a 24-hour period, especially a regular daily cycle, as of the physiology or behavior of an organism.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Lead
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- lea.
-
- Din.
-
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- Dino
-
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Cord
-
noun,
a string or thin rope made of several strands braided, twisted, or woven together.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- NIRA
-
- dree
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- Con.
-
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Cond
-
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- 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.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- crat
-
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- need
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- int.
-
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- Cold
-
noun,
the relative absence of heat:
- NCTE
-
- Cort
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- neon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- NDAC
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- intl
-
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Cor.
-
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- neo-
-
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Oc.
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- DET
-
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- DIL
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- EEO
-
- ANC
-
- OED
-
- OTC
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- EEC
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- IRO
-
- IRL
-
- Clo
-
- di.
-
- LED
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- EDT
-
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- NIA
-
- 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:
- IRC
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- cle
-
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- ETO
-
- ERT
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- TAL
-
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- Dee
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- ETR
-
- aor
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- 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.
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ea.
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- OCD
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- ead
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- OCR
-
- 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.
- TCA
-
- ean
-
- CLI
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ITA
-
- eir
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- en-
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NNE
-
- DNR
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- DNA
-
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- ine
-
- DLO
-
- DLC
-
- Doi
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- La.
-
- Tro
-
- Lt.
-
- ene
-
- ac-
-
- ad-
-
- ADC
-
- al.
-
- Lad
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- an.
-
- Ar.
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- NOC
-
- eo-
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- ae.
-
- EOE
-
- LCA
-
- ALC
-
- nr.
-
- 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.
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- NRA
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- NRC
-
- LCD
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- LCI
-
- LCT
-
- Ld.
-
- LDC
-
- TID
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TIA
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- AEC
-
- CNO
-
- CNN
-
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- ite
-
- eld
-
noun,
age.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- tlr
-
- tlo
-
- TLC
-
- CLR
-
- AIC
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- ETD
-
- ITC
-
- ODT
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Dal
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- LON
-
- ide
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ed.
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- DAE
-
- DRE
-
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- DOA
-
- ier
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- do.
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- il-
-
- IOC
-
- COD
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- cr.
-
- ct.
-
- cl.
-
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- ONR
-
- ne-
-
- LOC
-
- EDC
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- NDE
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- CAI
-
- CIA
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- Ede
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- DCL
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- 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.
- NAD
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- CED
-
- NCO
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- Re.
-
- Rd.
-
- ote
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- OTA
-
- ot-
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- CEO
-
- ILO
-
- in.
-
- CEA
-
- ltr
-
- REA
-
- CTA
-
- RDC
-
- RDA
-
- RCT
-
- RCN
-
- RCA
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- cte
-
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- Dr.
-
- 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.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- CRT
-
- CDT
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- LTA
-
- Co.
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- io-
-
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- Ia.
-
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- ROI
-
- ROA
-
- rnd
-
- RNA
-
- RLD
-
- Ola
-
- Old
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- DEA
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- lid
-
noun,
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- Ir.
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- oic
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- oid
-
- IOT
-
- ard
-
- 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.
- id.
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ior
-
- de-
-
- ECA
-
- ec-
-
- CIE
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- DAR
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- ATC
-
- at.
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- ONI
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- ca.
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- 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 = .
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- d-c
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- ial
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- NEC
-
- NEA
-
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- RN
-
- R.
-
- O.
-
- AO
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RC
-
- RI
-
- TL
-
- t.
-
- L2
-
- le
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ln
-
- L.
-
- TD
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- L1
-
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- T1
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LC
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- NI
-
- N.
-
- ND
-
- DN
-
- TN
-
- dl
-
- RO
-
- ol
-
- DC
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- OA
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- CE
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- TC
-
- DT
-
noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- LR
-
- ee
-
- EI
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- ic
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- i.
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NL
-
- NC
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- D.
-