Anagrams of construes
Word construes has
596 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of construes.
- counter-
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- trounces
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verb (used with object),
to beat severely; thrash.
- crustose
-
adjective,
forming a crusty, tenaciously fixed mass that covers the surface on which it grows, as certain lichens.
- encrusts
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verb (used with or without object),
incrust.
- Countess
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noun,
the wife or widow of a count in the nobility of Continental Europe or of an earl in the British peerage.
- construe
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noun,
the act of construing.
- tonsures
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noun,
the act of cutting the hair or shaving the head.
- counters
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noun,
a table or display case on which goods can be shown, business transacted, etc.
- scouters
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noun,
a person who scouts.
- re-count
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noun,
a second or additional count, as of votes in an election.
- cornets
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noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- courses
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noun,
a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- uncross
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verb (used with object),
to change from a crossed position, as the legs.
- escorts
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noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- conster
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verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- constr.
-
- contuse
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verb (used with object),
to injure (tissue), especially without breaking the skin; bruise.
- oestrus
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noun,
estrus.
- estrous
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adjective,
pertaining to or involving the estrus.
- sucrose
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noun,
a crystalline disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , the sugar obtained from the sugarcane, the sugar beet, and sorghum, and forming the greater part of maple sugar; sugar.
- costers
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noun,
costermonger.
- trounce
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verb (used with object),
to beat severely; thrash.
- neutro-
-
- cornute
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adjective,
cornuted.
- souters
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noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- nestors
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noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- corsets
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noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- stoners
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noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- sterno-
-
- unrests
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noun,
lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
- Croesus
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noun,
died 546 b.c, king of Lydia 560–546: noted for his great wealth.
- tonsure
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noun,
the act of cutting the hair or shaving the head.
- scouter
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noun,
a person who scouts.
- tonuses
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noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- centro-
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- recount
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noun,
a second or additional count, as of votes in an election.
- censors
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noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- 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.
- scoters
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noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- encrust
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verb (used with or without object),
incrust.
- couters
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noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- ousters
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noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- tensors
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noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- Stones
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noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- touses
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noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- trones
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noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- stores
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noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- cteno-
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- torses
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- curets
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- stours
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noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- tensor
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noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- curses
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noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- Custer
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noun,
George Armstrong [ahrm-strawng,, -strong] /ˈɑrm strɔŋ,, -strɒŋ/ (Show IPA), 1839–76, U.S. general and Indian fighter.
- sucres
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noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- custos
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noun,
(italics) Latin. a custodian.
- estrus
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noun,
Also, estrum [es-truh m] /ˈɛs trəm/ (Show IPA), oestrus. the period of heat or rut; the period of maximum sexual receptivity of the female.
- estocs
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noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- sunset
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noun,
the setting or descent of the sun below the horizon in the evening.
- toners
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noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- escort
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noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- stoner
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noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- recons
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noun,
reconnaissance.
- sterns
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noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- scents
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noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- Scotus
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noun,
John Duns, Duns Scotus, John.
- Scoter
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noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- scorns
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noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- scores
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noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- rectos
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- rectus
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noun,
any of several straight muscles, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye, etc.
- scones
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noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- Reston
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noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- ouster
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noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- Ruston
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noun,
a city in N Louisiana.
- Russo-
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- russet
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noun,
yellowish brown, light brown, or reddish brown.
- rosets
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noun,
resin; rosin.
- rouens
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- rouses
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noun,
a rousing.
- rousts
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verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- scours
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noun,
the act of scouring.
- Scouse
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noun,
a baked dish or stew made usually with meat and hardtack.
- necro-
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- snorts
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noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- stenos
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noun,
a stenographer.
- steno-
-
- Nestor
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noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- neuro-
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- souter
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noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- source
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noun,
any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin:
- nurses
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noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- snores
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noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- ounces
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noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- setons
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noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- serous
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adjective,
resembling serum; of a watery nature.
- sensor
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noun,
a mechanical device sensitive to light, temperature, radiation level, or the like, that transmits a signal to a measuring or control instrument.
- senors
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- onuses
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noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- sector
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noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- scutes
-
noun,
a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- scouts
-
noun,
a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- Crusoe
-
noun,
Robinson, Robinson Crusoe.
- eructs
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verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- cruets
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noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- corses
-
noun,
corpse.
- couter
-
noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- courts
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- course
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noun,
a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- counts
-
noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- Tucson
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noun,
a city in S Arizona: health resort.
- Coster
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noun,
costermonger.
- cosset
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noun,
a lamb brought up without its dam; pet lamb.
- tuners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- cosets
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- turco-
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- corset
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noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- CORNET
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noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- crones
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noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- conure
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noun,
any of several long-tailed New World parrots, especially of the genus Aratinga, certain species of which are kept as pets.
- contr.
-
- contes
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plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- UNESCO
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noun,
an agency of the United Nations charged with instituting and administering programs for cooperative, coordinated action by member states in education, science, and the arts.
- unrest
-
noun,
lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
- C-note
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noun,
See C (def 11).
- cestus
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noun,
a girdle or belt, especially as worn by women of ancient Greece.
- cerous
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adjective,
containing trivalent cerium.
- centr-
-
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- census
-
noun,
an official enumeration of the population, with details as to age, sex, occupation, etc.
- censor
-
noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- utero-
-
- crests
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noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- routes
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- croute
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noun,
crust.
- cross-
-
- Cronus
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noun,
a Titan, son of Uranus and Gaea, who was dethroned by his son Zeus.
- truces
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- Crosse
-
noun,
a long-handled racket used in the game of lacrosse.
- Crouse
-
noun,
Russel, 1893–1966, U.S. dramatist.
- oste-
-
- Orcus
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noun,
the ancient Roman god of the underworld, identified with the Greek Pluto, or Hades.
- cont.
-
- ounce
-
noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- Const
-
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- Cons.
-
- sect.
-
- scute
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noun,
a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Conte
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noun,
count2 .
- ORuss
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- scuts
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noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- Osset
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noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- secos
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noun,
sekos.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- uncos
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Notus
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sones
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- snout
-
noun,
the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- snots
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Nurse
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- unset
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adjective,
not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- CONUS
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noun,
the most anterior part of the simple tubular heart of lower vertebrates and embryos of higher vertebrates, leading into the artery that leaves the heart; in mammals it forms a part of the upper wall of the right ventricle, in which the pulmonary artery originates.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- oecus
-
noun,
(in an ancient Roman house) an apartment, especially a dining room, decorated with columns.
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- Tours
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.
- onces
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noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- sero-
-
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Scout
-
noun,
a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- Cetus
-
noun,
the Whale, a constellation lying above the equator, containing the variable star Mira.
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- crust
-
noun,
the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- rusts
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- USSCt
-
- Russ.
-
abbreviation,
Russia.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- runts
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- runes
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Rouen
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- cruet
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- 30-30
-
- truce
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- sorus
-
noun,
Botany. one of the clusters of sporangia on the back of the fronds of ferns.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- ousts
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- outen
-
verb (used with object),
to turn off (a light) or extinguish (a fire).
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- scour
-
noun,
the act of scouring.
- cert.
-
- SCOTS
-
noun,
Also called Scottish. the English language as spoken in Scotland.
Compare Scots Gaelic.
- Scot.
-
- cent.
-
- cero-
-
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- 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.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- rect.
-
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- cores
-
- noses
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- ecto-
-
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- cures
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- econ.
-
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- truss
-
noun,
Civil Engineering, Building Trades.
any of various structural frames based on the geometric rigidity of the triangle and composed of straight members subject only to longitudinal compression, tension, or both: functions as a beam or cantilever to support bridges, roofs, etc. Compare complete (def 8), incomplete (def 3), redundant (def 5c).
any of various structural frames constructed on principles other than the geometric rigidity of the triangle or deriving stability from other factors, as the rigidity of joints, the abutment of masonry, or the stiffness of beams.
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- Euro-
-
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- stuns
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- Sucre
-
noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- costs
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- suets
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- Count
-
noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- curns
-
noun,
a grain.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- eruct
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- ento-
-
- curse
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- Court
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- teno-
-
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- curet
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- tunes
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- neur-
-
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- cruse
-
noun,
an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- cutes
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- sours
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- curst
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- noct-
-
- souse
-
noun,
an act of sousing.
- tonus
-
noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- corns
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- neut.
-
- Neuss
-
noun,
a city W Germany, near Düsseldorf.
- cornu
-
noun,
a horn, especially a bony part that resembles a horn.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- torus
-
noun,
Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- ster.
-
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- cunts
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- nests
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- cress
-
noun,
any of various plants of the mustard family, especially the watercress, having pungent-tasting leaves often used for salad and as a garnish.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- Torun
-
noun,
a city in N Poland, on the Vistula.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- ter.
-
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- 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.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- USRC
-
- USTC
-
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- Rus.
-
- USSR
-
noun,
a former federal union of 15 constituent republics, in E Europe and W and N Asia, comprising the larger part of the former Russian Empire: dissolved in December 1991. 8,650,069 sq. mi. (22,402,200 sq. km). Capital: Moscow.
Abbreviation: U.S.S.R., USSR.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- uret
-
- ten.
-
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Ste.
-
- sers
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- sec.
-
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- unco
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Secs
-
noun,
second2 (def 2).
- str.
-
- USES
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- sur-
-
- tron
-
- 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.
- sues
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- uro-
-
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- Tues
-
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- scr.
-
- scut
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- 1080
-
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- cunt
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- nos-
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- not-
-
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- cts.
-
- ctr.
-
- crut
-
noun,
crud (def 1).
- Cres
-
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Oct.
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Coue
-
noun,
Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1857–1926, French psychotherapist.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Ont.
-
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- coss
-
noun,
kos.
- Nor.
-
- cur.
-
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- NCTE
-
- est.
-
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- eous
-
- etc.
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Ens.
-
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Eur.
-
- enc.
-
- neo-
-
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- 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.
- ect-
-
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- eco-
-
- cute
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- cuss
-
noun,
curse word; oath.
- Curt
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Curtis.
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- curn
-
noun,
a grain.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- eso-
-
- Cnut
-
noun,
Canute.
- cet-
-
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- 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.
- Ceto
-
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Con.
-
- cen.
-
- 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.
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Cort
-
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- Cor.
-
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- cess
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- 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.
- out-
-
- CERN
-
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- 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.
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- USN
-
- CEO
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- USO
-
- 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.
- cr.
-
- Sus
-
- TCS
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- Co.
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- UTC
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- cs.
-
- ct.
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- USR
-
- eo-
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- en-
-
- ec-
-
- ure
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- CSO
-
- USS
-
- UCR
-
- unc
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- tue
-
- Tu.
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- TSE
-
- Une
-
- CRS
-
- CRT
-
- cru
-
noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- UNO
-
- CSR
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- Tro
-
- CST
-
- tr.
-
- cte
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- CNS
-
- uns
-
- CNO
-
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- ur-
-
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- USC
-
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- TSS
-
- ETS
-
- ERT
-
- ons
-
- ote
-
- ot-
-
- OSS
-
- ose
-
- se-
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- ONR
-
- OTS
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- OCS
-
- OCR
-
- Esc
-
- Oc.
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- SCS
-
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- SNU
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- Rs.
-
- RSE
-
- RSS
-
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- RTS
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- RCS
-
- 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.
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- So.
-
- SRO
-
- sc.
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- RCT
-
- RCN
-
- Re.
-
- NSU
-
- OTC
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- NCO
-
- SSR
-
- SST
-
- St.
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- NEC
-
- ne-
-
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- eu-
-
- SSE
-
- ETR
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- ETO
-
- ESU
-
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ESR
-
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- SSN
-
- NES
-
- SSC
-
- NOC
-
- NSC
-
- NRC
-
- nr.
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- ss.
-
- 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:
- Sr.
-
- SRS
-
- U.
-
- O.
-
- RU
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- T1
-
- TC
-
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- t.
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- CE
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- SU
-
- RO
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- SN
-
- S.
-
- CU
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- N.
-
- NC
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- TN
-
- RN
-
- RC
-
- R.
-
- UC
-