Anagrams of coloration
Word coloration has
518 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of coloration.
- colorant
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noun,
something used as a coloring matter; pigment; dye.
- crotalin
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noun,
a protein in the venom of pit vipers, used as an antigen in the preparation of snake antivenins.
- location
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noun,
a place of settlement, activity, or residence:
- 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.
- air-cool
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verb (used with object),
Machinery. to remove the heat of combustion, friction, etc., from (a machine, engine, or device), as by air streams flowing over an engine jacket.
- Clairton
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noun,
a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- cilantro
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noun,
the strong-scented leaves of the coriander plant, used in salads or to flavor and garnish food.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- carotin
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noun,
carotene.
- orcinol
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noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 7 H 8 O 2 , sweet but unpleasant in taste, that reddens on exposure to air: obtained from many lichens or produced synthetically and used chiefly as a reagent for certain carbohydrates.
- craniol
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- cranio-
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- Orinoco
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noun,
a river in N South America, flowing N from the border of Brazil, along the E border of Colombia, and NE through Venezuela to the Atlantic. 1600 miles (2575 km) long.
- Cortona
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noun,
Pietro da [pye-traw dah] /ˈpyɛ trɔ dɑ/ (Show IPA), (Pietro Berrettini) 1596–1669, Italian painter and architect.
- cortina
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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.
- Carlton
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noun,
Stephen Norman ("Steve"; "Lefty") born 1944, U.S. baseball player.
- coranto
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noun,
courante.
- coronal
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noun,
a crown; coronet.
- cartoon
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noun,
a sketch or drawing, usually humorous, as in a newspaper or periodical, symbolizing, satirizing, or caricaturing some action, subject, or person of popular interest.
- Ilocano
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noun,
a member of a people of Luzon in the Philippines.
- ortolan
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noun,
an Old World bunting, Emberiza hortulana, esteemed as a table delicacy.
- coolant
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noun,
a substance, usually a liquid or a gas, used to reduce the temperature of a system below a specified value by conducting away the heat produced in the operation of the system, as the liquid in an automobile cooling system or the fluid that removes heat from the core of a nuclear reactor.
- control
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noun,
the act or power of controlling; regulation; domination or command:
- clarino
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noun,
a valveless trumpet used in the 17th and 18th centuries for playing rapid passages in the high register.
- Clarion
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noun,
an ancient trumpet with a curved shape.
- contra-
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- 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.
- Ontario
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noun,
a province in S Canada, bordering on the Great Lakes. 412,582 sq. mi. (1,068,585 sq. km). Capital: Toronto.
- oration
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noun,
a formal public speech, especially one delivered on a special occasion, as on an anniversary, at a funeral, or at academic exercises.
- Locarno
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noun,
a town in S Switzerland, on Lake Maggiore: Locarno Pact 1925.
- actino-
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- Laocoon
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a priest of Apollo at Troy who warned the Trojans of the Trojan Horse, and who, with his two sons, was killed by two huge serpents sent by Athena or Apollo.
- locator
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noun,
a person who locates something.
- Citron
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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.
- trinal
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adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- Catlin
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noun,
George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.
- atonic
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noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- Lorain
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noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- narco-
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- talion
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noun,
lex talionis.
- Croton
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noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical plants constituting the genus Croton, of the spurge family, several species of which, as C. tiglium, have important medicinal properties.
- lotion
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noun,
Pharmacology. a liquid, usually aqueous or sometimes alcoholic preparation containing insoluble material in the form of a suspension or emulsion, intended for external application without rubbing, in such skin conditions as itching, infection, allergy, pain, or the like.
- Tailor
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noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- Cantor
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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.
- craton
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noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- Torino
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noun,
Turin.
- lacto-
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- lorica
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noun,
Zoology. a hard protective case or sheath, as the protective coverings secreted by certain protists.
- Carnot
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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.
- corita
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noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- action
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noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- carton
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noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- actin-
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- corona
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noun,
a white or colored circle or set of concentric circles of light seen around a luminous body, especially around the sun or moon.
- citral
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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.
- Latino
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noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- tincal
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noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- Colton
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noun,
a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- nitro-
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- Alnico
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noun,
a permanent-magnet alloy having aluminum, nickel, and cobalt as its principal ingredients.
- nocti-
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- ration
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noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- intro.
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- intra-
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- ratoon
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noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- iatro-
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- Rialto
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noun,
an exchange or mart.
- racoon
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noun,
raccoon.
- lictor
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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.
- clino-
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- icono-
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- oilcan
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noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- aroint
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verb (imperative),
begone:
- octroi
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noun,
(formerly especially in France and Italy) a local tax levied on certain articles, such as foodstuffs, on their entry into a city.
- contr.
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- cation
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noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- Orono
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noun,
a town in S Maine.
- Coral
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noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- conto
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noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- Lorca
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noun,
García Lorca.
- Orton
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noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- Orlon
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- coria
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noun,
plural of corium.
- linac
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noun,
linear accelerator.
- color
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noun,
the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue.
- Latin
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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.
- cont.
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- Colo.
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- LORAN
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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.
- racon
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noun,
radar beacon.
- Ital.
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- Corot
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noun,
Jean Baptiste Camille [zhahn ba-teest ka-mee-yuh] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1796–1875, French painter.
- onco-
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- noct-
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- Iran.
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- Norco
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noun,
a town in S California.
- noria
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noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- intr.
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- noto-
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- incr.
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- incor
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- incl.
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- octa-
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- octal
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noun,
octonary (def 6).
- octan
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noun,
an octan fever.
- octo-
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- Niort
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- natl.
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- Orion
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.
- ontic
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adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- onto-
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- orant
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noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- colat
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- croon
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noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- Croat
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- crit.
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- orial
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- lotic
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adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- lact-
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- nitr-
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- Lorna
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noun,
a female given name.
- Corti
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noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- Lorin
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noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Colin
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noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- Trona
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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.
- Colon
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noun,
the sign (:) used to mark a major division in a sentence, to indicate that what follows is an elaboration, summation, implication, etc., of what precedes; or to separate groups of numbers referring to different things, as hours from minutes in 5:30; or the members of a ratio or proportion, as in 1 : 2 = 3 : 6.
- Tolar
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noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- tono-
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- tonic
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noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- tonia
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- tonal
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adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- anti-
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- antic
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noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- tolan
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noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- alto-
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- Tirol
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noun,
Tyrol.
- Tiran
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noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- ation
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- tical
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noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- talon
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noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- Taino
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noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- cairn
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noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- Alton
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noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- alti-
-
- Cant.
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- acron
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noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- 30-30
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- triol
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noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- trial
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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.
- triac
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noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- acorn
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noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- acro-
-
- train
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noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Aloin
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noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- Acton
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noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- Actor
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noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- trail
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noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- toric
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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.
- toran
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noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- Alcon
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noun,
a noted archer who helped Hercules abduct the cattle of Geryon.
- Alcor
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- Cairo
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- Arion
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noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- canto
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noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- ratio
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noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- claro
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noun,
such a cigar.
- Clair
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noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- Clint
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noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- Ronco
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noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- Ciano
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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.
- riant
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adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- coati
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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.
- rooti
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noun,
rooty2 .
- cloot
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noun,
a cloven hoof; one of the divisions of the cloven hoof of the swine, sheep, etc.
- Carin
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noun,
a female given name.
- Carol
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noun,
a song, especially of joy.
- NATO
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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.
- loan
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noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- riot
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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.
- nail
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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.
- Nair
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noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- narc
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noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Tori
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noun,
plural of torus.
- torc
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noun,
torque (def 4).
- Trio
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noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- torn
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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.
- lit.
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- NIRA
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- rit.
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- rant
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noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- toon
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noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- RITA
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noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- tool
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noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- tron
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- Loti
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noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- loci
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noun,
plural of locus.
- tri-
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- Loco
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noun,
locoweed.
- Lira
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noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- loin
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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.
- Loon
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noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- loot
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noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- rail
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noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- tRNA
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- RATO
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noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- toro
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noun,
a bull.
- rial
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noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- loca
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noun,
a plural of locus.
- noir
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adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Lorn
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noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Rico
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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.
- Lota
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noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Rina
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noun,
a female given name.
- noil
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noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Nora
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noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- oto-
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- Oran
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noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- olio
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noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- orlo
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noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- tion
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- Ont.
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- TINA
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noun,
a female given name.
- Rota
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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.
- Oona
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noun,
a female given name.
- oral
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noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- Taro
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noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- tirl
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noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Tarn
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noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Orca
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noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- talc
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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.
- ROTC
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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.
- tain
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noun,
a thin tin plate.
- tail
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noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Roti
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noun,
roast.
- taco
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noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- roto
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noun,
rotogravure.
- Olin
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noun,
a male given name.
- Oita
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noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- nolo
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noun,
nolo contendere.
- nota
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noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- Nor.
-
- ROTL
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noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- otic
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adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- nori
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noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- roan
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noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- not-
-
- Roca
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noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- roil
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verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Toni
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noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Tiro
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noun,
tyro.
- NTIA
-
- Oct.
-
- oro-
-
- RONA
-
- 'roo
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noun,
kangaroo.
- tola
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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.
- toil
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noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- Rani
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noun,
ranee.
- Root
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noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- rain
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noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- 1080
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- Lion
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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.
- coon
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noun,
raccoon.
- clit
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noun,
clitoris.
- clot
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noun,
a mass or lump.
- coal
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noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- coil
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noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coir
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noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Col.
-
- COLA
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noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- COLT
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noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- Con.
-
- cool
-
noun,
something that is cool; a cool part, place, time, etc.:
- Cor.
-
- clar
-
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- CORN
-
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.
- Cort
-
- crat
-
- ctr.
-
- ical
-
- ICAO
-
- Inc.
-
- 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.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- int.
-
- intl
-
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- atic
-
- acr-
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Alco
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- alt.
-
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- ano-
-
- ant.
-
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- art.
-
- 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.
- cit.
-
- 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.
- ator
-
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Cal.
-
- Can.
-
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- cat.
-
- 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.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cir.
-
- 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.
- coot
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- itol
-
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- Lani
-
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- Lat.
-
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- 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.
- lin.
-
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Ar.
-
- al.
-
- an.
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- rt.
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- CAI
-
- cl.
-
- ct.
-
- TAL
-
- cr.
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- ac-
-
- 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.
- LTA
-
- CNO
-
- CLR
-
- Clo
-
- IOT
-
- ltr
-
- CLI
-
- RNA
-
- 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.
- ROA
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- ROI
-
- Tro
-
- 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).
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- CIA
-
- Co.
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- aor
-
- 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.
- AIC
-
- tra
-
- LOC
-
- ANC
-
- LCT
-
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- tr.
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ALC
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- tlr
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- 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.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ca.
-
- TCA
-
- TIA
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- RCT
-
- loo
-
noun,
a card game in which forfeits are paid into a pool.
- tlo
-
- LON
-
- ATC
-
- at.
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- LCA
-
- LCI
-
- TLC
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ior
-
- RCN
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- OIt
-
- il-
-
- Ola
-
- NOC
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ONI
-
- ONR
-
- ial
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- Ia.
-
- io-
-
- oo-
-
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- oon
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- RCA
-
- OOT
-
- OIr
-
- 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.
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- OTC
-
- 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 = .
- IOC
-
- Ir.
-
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- NRC
-
- IRC
-
- Oc.
-
- OAO
-
- oic
-
- 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.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OCR
-
- IRL
-
- IRO
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- in.
-
- ILO
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Lt.
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- La.
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- COO
-
noun,
a cooing sound.
- NIA
-
- OTA
-
- ot-
-
- 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.
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ITC
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- ITA
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- CRT
-
- NCO
-
- CTA
-
- NI
-
- OA
-
- LR
-
- 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.
- RO
-
- NC
-
- O.
-
- LC
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- 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.
- N.
-
- AO
-
- ln
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- i.
-
- ic
-
- TC
-
- 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.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
-
- t.
-
- TL
-
- TN
-
- L1
-
- ol
-
- R.
-
- NL
-
- RC
-
- RI
-
- RN
-
- L2
-
- L.
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.