Anagrams of contrarieties
Word contrarieties has
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- tenacities
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noun,
the quality of being tenacious, or of holding fast; persistence:
- contraries
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noun,
something that is contrary or opposite:
- retraction
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noun,
the act of retracting or the state of being retracted.
- Corrientes
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noun,
a port in NE Argentina, on the Paraná River.
- orientates
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verb (used with or without object),
orient (defs 4–12).
- atrocities
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noun,
the quality or state of being atrocious.
- recitation
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noun,
an act of reciting.
- interstice
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noun,
an intervening space.
- criterions
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noun,
a standard of judgment or criticism; a rule or principle for evaluating or testing something.
- iterations
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noun,
the act of repeating; a repetition.
- rectorates
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noun,
the office, dignity, or term of a rector.
- tertiaries
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Geology. the Tertiary Period or System.
- recreation
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noun,
refreshment by means of some pastime, agreeable exercise, or the like.
- stationer
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noun,
a person who sells the materials used in writing, as paper, pens, pencils, and ink.
- serration
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noun,
serrated condition or form.
- streetcar
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noun,
a public vehicle running regularly along certain streets, usually on rails, as a trolley car or trolley bus.
- arteritis
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noun,
inflammation of an artery.
- striction
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noun,
the act of constricting.
- tractions
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noun,
the adhesive friction of a body on some surface, as a wheel on a rail or a tire on a road.
- neoterics
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noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- nectaries
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noun,
Botany. an organ or part that secretes nectar.
- striation
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noun,
striated condition or appearance.
- recreants
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noun,
a coward.
- one-acter
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noun,
a short play consisting of one act.
- orientate
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verb (used with or without object),
orient (defs 4–12).
- tres-tine
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noun,
royal antler.
- rectorate
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noun,
the office, dignity, or term of a rector.
- anti-icer
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noun,
a device used to prevent the forming of ice, as on an airplane propeller.
- Anticosti
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noun,
an island at the head of the Gulf of St. Lawrence in E Canada, in E Quebec province. 135 miles (217 km) long; 3043 sq. mi. (7880 sq. km).
- rectories
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noun,
a rector's house; parsonage.
- reinstate
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verb (used with object),
to put back or establish again, as in a former position or state:
- reiterant
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adjective,
reiterating or repeating, especially to an intensified degree:
- reorients
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adjective,
Rare. rising anew.
- resection
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noun,
Surveying. a technique of ascertaining the location of a point by taking bearings from the point on two other points of known location.
- traceries
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noun,
ornamental work consisting of ramified ribs, bars, or the like, as in the upper part of a Gothic window, in panels, screens, etc.
- irritates
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verb (used with object),
to excite to impatience or anger; annoy.
- itinerate
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verb (used without object),
to go from place to place, especially in a regular circuit, as a preacher or judge.
- ternaries
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noun,
a group of three.
- cornetist
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noun,
a musician who plays the cornet.
- cinerator
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noun,
an incinerator.
- creatines
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noun,
an amino acid, C 4 H 9 N 3 O 2 , that is a constituent of the muscles of vertebrates and is phosphorylated to store energy used for muscular contraction.
- creations
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- certosina
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noun,
a technique of inlaying light-colored material, as bone, ivory, metal, or pale wood, in elaborate designs on a dark ground.
- criterion
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noun,
a standard of judgment or criticism; a rule or principle for evaluating or testing something.
- croisette
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noun,
crossette.
- tierceron
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noun,
(in a ribbed vault) a diagonal rib, other than an ogive, springing from a point of support.
- centiares
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noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- enteritis
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noun,
Pathology. inflammation of the intestines, especially the small intestine.
- catteries
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noun,
a place where cats are kept and bred.
- errancies
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noun,
the state or an instance of erring.
- cast-iron
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noun,
an alloy of iron, carbon, and other elements, cast as a soft and strong, or as a hard and brittle, iron, depending on the mixture and methods of molding.
- iteration
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noun,
the act of repeating; a repetition.
- esoterica
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plural noun,
things understood by or meant for a select few; recondite matters or items.
- tenorites
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noun,
a mineral, cupric oxide, CuO, occurring in veins of copper in black, minute scales.
- carotenes
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noun,
any of three yellow or orange fat-soluble pigments having the formula C 40 H 56 , found in many plants, especially carrots, and transformed to vitamin A in the liver; provitamin A.
- carnotite
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noun,
a yellow, earthy, hydrous potassium uranium vanadate: an ore of uranium.
- increaser
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noun,
a person or thing that increases.
- inerratic
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adjective,
not erratic or wandering; fixed:
- interacts
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verb (used without object),
to act one upon another.
- intersect
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verb (used with object),
to cut or divide by passing through or across:
- careerist
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noun,
a person who follows a career.
- intricate
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adjective,
having many interrelated parts or facets; entangled or involved:
- irritants
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noun,
anything that irritates.
- re-strain
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verb (used with or without object),
to strain again.
- iterances
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noun,
iteration.
- tricotine
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noun,
cavalry twill.
- taconites
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noun,
a low-grade iron ore, containing about 27 percent iron and 51 percent silica, found as a hard rock formation in the Lake Superior region.
- retroacts
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verb (used without object),
to act in opposition; react.
- restraint
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noun,
a restraining action or influence:
- retirants
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noun,
retiree.
- retinites
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noun,
any of various fossil resins, especially one derived from brown coal.
- secretion
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noun,
(in a cell or gland) the act or process of separating, elaborating, and releasing a substance that fulfills some function within the organism or undergoes excretion.
- trinitro-
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- seriation
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noun,
the arrangement of a collection of artifacts into a chronological sequence.
- retainers
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noun,
a person or thing that retains.
- sea-otter
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noun,
a marine otter, Enhydra lutris, of the shores of the northern Pacific, with a very valuable fur: now greatly reduced in number and rare in many areas.
- iterates
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verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- citterns
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noun,
an old musical instrument related to the guitar, having a flat, pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.
- terrines
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noun,
a casserole dish made of pottery.
- neoteric
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noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- traction
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noun,
the adhesive friction of a body on some surface, as a wheel on a rail or a tire on a road.
- Taconite
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noun,
a low-grade iron ore, containing about 27 percent iron and 51 percent silica, found as a hard rock formation in the Lake Superior region.
- Iscariot
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noun,
the surname of Judas, the betrayer of Jesus. Mark 3:19; 14:10, 11.
- tritones
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noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- centrist
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noun,
(especially in continental Europe) a member of a political party of the Center; moderate.
- tactions
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noun,
touch; contact.
- tetanies
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noun,
a state marked by severe, intermittent tonic contractions and muscular pain, due to abnormal calcium metabolism.
- serotine
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- iterance
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noun,
iteration.
- sericite
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noun,
a fine-grained variety of muscovite produced by the alteration of feldspar.
- tertians
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noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- ricottas
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noun,
a soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.
- ancestor
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noun,
a person from whom one is descended; forebear; progenitor.
- crosette
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noun,
crossette.
- nitrates
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- crinites
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- strainer
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noun,
a person or thing that strains.
- noisette
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noun,
a loin, fillet, or other lean section of meat:
- straiten
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verb (used with object),
to put into difficulties, especially financial ones:
- cristate
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adjective,
having a crest; crested.
- Cerritos
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noun,
a city in SW California.
- Streator
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noun,
a city in N Illinois.
- nitrites
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitrous acid.
- criteria
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noun,
a standard of judgment or criticism; a rule or principle for evaluating or testing something.
- trainers
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noun,
a person or thing that trains.
- strontia
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noun,
Also called strontium oxide. a white or grayish-white, amorphous powder, SrO, resembling lime in its general character: used chiefly in the manufacture of strontium salts.
- erratics
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noun,
an erratic or eccentric person.
- Sancerre
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noun,
a dry white wine from the Loire valley region of France.
- niteries
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noun,
a nightclub.
- re-treat
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verb (used with or without object),
to treat again.
- retroact
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verb (used without object),
to act in opposition; react.
- critters
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noun,
a domesticated animal.
- niceties
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noun,
a delicate or fine point; punctilio:
- secretin
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noun,
a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- canotier
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noun,
a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- canister
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noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- irritant
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noun,
anything that irritates.
- seicento
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noun,
the 17th century, with reference to the Italian art or literature of that period.
- tentoria
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noun,
Anatomy. an extension of one of the membranes covering the cerebrum which, with the transverse fissure, separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum.
- aconites
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- carrions
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noun,
dead and putrefying flesh.
- tenorist
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noun,
a person who sings tenor.
- tenorite
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noun,
a mineral, cupric oxide, CuO, occurring in veins of copper in black, minute scales.
- terraces
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noun,
a raised level with a vertical or sloping front or sides faced with masonry, turf, or the like, especially one of a series of levels rising one above another.
- Carteret
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noun,
John, Earl of Granville, 1690–1763, British statesman and orator.
- Torrance
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noun,
a city in SW California, SW of Los Angeles.
- teosinte
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noun,
a tall grass, Zea mexicana, of Mexico and Central America, closely related to corn, and sometimes cultivated as a fodder plant.
- erection
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noun,
the act of erecting.
- Torrence
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noun,
(Frederic) Ridgely [rij-lee] /ˈrɪdʒ li/ (Show IPA), 1875–1950, U.S. poet, playwright, and editor.
- Terceira
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noun,
an island in the Azores, in the N Atlantic. 153 sq. mi. (395 sq. km). Capital: Angra do Heroismo.
- rostrate
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adjective,
furnished with a rostrum.
- esoteric
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adjective,
understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite:
- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- rotaries
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noun,
a rotary device or machine.
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- caterers
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noun,
one whose business is to provide food, supplies, and sometimes service at social gatherings.
- carotins
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noun,
carotene.
- terranes
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noun,
any rock formation or series of formations or the area in which a particular formation or group of rocks is predominant.
- irritate
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verb (used with object),
to excite to impatience or anger; annoy.
- Tritonis
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noun,
(in ancient geography) a mythical lake near the Mediterranean coast of Libya.
- sericate
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adjective,
sericeous; silky.
- centiare
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noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- cantoris
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adjective,
of or relating to the gospel or liturgical north side of a church (opposed to decani).
- tea-rose
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noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- introrse
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adjective,
turned or facing inward, as anthers that open toward the gynoecium.
- introits
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noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a part of a psalm with antiphon recited by the celebrant of the Mass at the foot of the altar and, at High Mass, sung by the choir when the priest begins the Mass.
- intreats
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verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- centares
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noun,
centiare.
- entities
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noun,
something that has a real existence; thing:
- carotene
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noun,
any of three yellow or orange fat-soluble pigments having the formula C 40 H 56 , found in many plants, especially carrots, and transformed to vitamin A in the liver; provitamin A.
- Interior
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noun,
the internal or inner part; inside.
- interest
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noun,
the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something:
- interact
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verb (used without object),
to act one upon another.
- entreats
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verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- inertias
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- senorita
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- increate
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adjective,
not created; uncreated.
- Increase
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noun,
growth or augmentation in numbers, size, strength, quality, etc.:
- stonecat
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noun,
a yellowish-brown, freshwater catfish, Noturus flavus, of the Mississippi River valley and Great Lakes, having poisonous pectoral spines.
- sarcenet
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noun,
a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used especially for linings.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- ratteens
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noun,
ratiné.
- recision
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noun,
an act of canceling or voiding; cancellation.
- Citation
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noun,
Military. mention of a soldier or a unit in orders, usually for gallantry:
- reaction
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noun,
a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- arenites
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noun,
psammite.
- scienter
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noun,
a mental state in which one has knowledge that one’s action, statement, etc., is wrong, deceptive, or illegal: often used as a standard of guilt:
- cisterna
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noun,
cistern (def 2).
- re-trace
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verb (used with object),
to trace again, as lines in writing or drawing.
- contrast
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noun,
the act of contrasting; the state of being contrasted.
- aoristic
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adjective,
Grammar. pertaining to the aorist.
- contrate
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adjective,
(of a gear) having teeth at right angles to the plane of rotation.
- notecase
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noun,
billfold.
- rarities
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noun,
something rare, unusual, or uncommon:
- scenario
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noun,
an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- soricine
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adjective,
of or resembling the shrews.
- oscitant
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adjective,
yawning, as with drowsiness; gaping.
- retracts
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verb (used with object),
to draw back or in:
- aortitis
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noun,
inflammation of the aorta.
- recreant
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noun,
a coward.
- Oresteia
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noun,
a trilogy of tragic dramas (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus, consisting of the Agamemnon, the Choëphori, and the Eumenides.
- retainer
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noun,
a person or thing that retains.
- restrain
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verb (used with object),
to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress:
- restrict
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verb (used with object),
to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
- citrines
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noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- resonate
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verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- anisette
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noun,
a cordial or liqueur flavored with aniseed.
- resinate
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- tricorns
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noun,
Also, tricorne. a hat with the brim turned up on three sides.
- reorient
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adjective,
Rare. rising anew.
- antrorse
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adjective,
bent or directed forward or upward.
- rentiers
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noun,
a person who has a fixed income, as from lands or bonds.
- anterior
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adjective,
situated before or at the front of; fore (opposed to posterior).
- citrates
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noun,
a salt or ester of citric acid.
- reticent
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adjective,
disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved.
- retinite
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noun,
any of various fossil resins, especially one derived from brown coal.
- retirant
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noun,
retiree.
- air-core
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adjective,
having a nonmagnetic core, as one of fiber or plastic, encircled by a coil (air-core coil) or containing one or more such coils:
- trecento
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noun,
the 14th century, with reference to Italy, and especially to its art or literature.
- contrite
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adjective,
caused by or showing sincere remorse.
- acetones
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noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 3 H 6 O, usually derived by oxidation of isopropyl alcohol or by bacterial fermentation of carbohydrates: used chiefly in paints and varnishes, as a general solvent, and in organic synthesis.
- arteries
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noun,
Anatomy. a blood vessel that conveys blood from the heart to any part of the body.
- transect
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verb (used with object),
to cut across; dissect transversely.
- treatise
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noun,
a formal and systematic exposition in writing of the principles of a subject, generally longer and more detailed than an essay.
- arsenite
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- artistic
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adjective,
conforming to the standards of art; satisfying aesthetic requirements:
- Creation
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- creatine
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noun,
an amino acid, C 4 H 9 N 3 O 2 , that is a constituent of the muscles of vertebrates and is phosphorylated to store energy used for muscular contraction.
- treaties
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noun,
a formal agreement between two or more states in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other international relations.
- retrains
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verb (used with object),
to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
- tonetics
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noun,
the phonetic study of tone in language.
- arterio-
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- sternite
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noun,
a sclerite of the sternum of an insect, especially a ventral sclerite of an abdominal segment.
- cineaste
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noun,
any person, especially a director or producer, associated professionally with filmmaking.
- Ericson
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noun,
Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- creates
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adjective,
Archaic. created.
- erector
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noun,
Also, erecter. a person or thing that erects.
- terrane
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noun,
any rock formation or series of formations or the area in which a particular formation or group of rocks is predominant.
- cratons
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noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- coesite
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noun,
a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.
- craters
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noun,
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- critter
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noun,
a domesticated animal.
- erasion
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noun,
the act of erasing.
- terrets
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noun,
one of the round loops or rings on the saddle of a harness, through which the driving reins pass.
- coatees
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noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- screeno
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noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) (formerly) bingo played in a movie theater.
- terrain
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noun,
a tract of land, especially as considered with reference to its natural features, military advantages, etc.
- cretins
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- crinite
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- coarser
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adjective,
of or relating to a topology on a topological space whose open sets are included among the open sets of a second specified topology on the space.
- coaster
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noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- erotics
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- satinet
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noun,
a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- crinose
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adjective,
hairy.
- erotica
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noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- toaster
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noun,
an instrument or appliance for toasting bread, muffins, etc.
- Eritrea
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noun,
a republic in NE Africa, on the Red Sea: Italian colony 1890–1941; province of Ethiopia 1962–93; independent since 1993. 47,076 sq. mi. (121,927 sq. km). Capital: Asmara.
- eristic
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noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- crenate
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adjective,
having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.
- Creator
-
noun,
a person or thing that creates.
- scrinia
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noun,
a cylindrical container used in ancient Rome to hold papyrus rolls.
- senator
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noun,
a member of a senate.
- terrace
-
noun,
a raised level with a vertical or sloping front or sides faced with masonry, turf, or the like, especially one of a series of levels rising one above another.
- conster
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verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- ecartes
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noun,
a card game for two players.
- terries
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noun,
the loop formed by the pile of a fabric when left uncut.
- Scarron
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noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1610–60, French novelist, dramatist, and poet.
- corneas
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noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- corners
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noun,
the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
- enteric
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noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- terrine
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noun,
a casserole dish made of pottery.
- cornets
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noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- encores
-
noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- tertian
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noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- titians
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noun,
(Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.
- earnest
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noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- scatter
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noun,
the act of scattering.
- section
-
noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- corsair
-
noun,
a fast ship used for piracy.
- 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.
- Costain
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noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- tetanic
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adjective,
Pathology. pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by tetanus.
- tierces
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- tinters
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noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- cranio-
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- contra-
-
- entries
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- Eastern
-
adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- constr.
-
- entreat
-
verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- contest
-
noun,
a race, conflict, or other competition between rivals, as for a prize.
- coterie
-
noun,
a group of people who associate closely.
- entires
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- costate
-
adjective,
Anatomy. having ribs.
- cronies
-
noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- crosier
-
noun,
a ceremonial staff carried by a bishop or an abbot, hooked at one end like a shepherd's crook.
- Titanic
-
noun,
a British luxury liner that sank after colliding with an iceberg in the North Atlantic on its maiden voyage in April, 1912, with a loss of 1517 lives.
- contras
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- entices
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- entero-
-
- rotters
-
noun,
a thoroughly bad, worthless, or objectionable person.
- cotters
-
noun,
a pin, wedge, key, or the like, fitted or driven into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.
- Introit
-
noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a part of a psalm with antiphon recited by the celebrant of the Mass at the foot of the altar and, at High Mass, sung by the choir when the priest begins the Mass.
- erratic
-
noun,
an erratic or eccentric person.
- steato-
-
- oneiric
-
adjective,
of or relating to dreams.
- retrain
-
verb (used with object),
to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
- Statice
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Limonium, of the leadwort family, having clusters of variously colored flowers that retain their color when dried.
- station
-
noun,
a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- retreat
-
noun,
the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
- stearic
-
adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- stearin
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- stearo-
-
- octants
-
noun,
the eighth part of a circle.
- octanes
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- ocreate
-
adjective,
having an ocrea or ocreae; sheathed.
- orceins
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- Steiner
-
noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- Stentor
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) a Greek herald with a loud voice.
- stereo-
-
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- sterno-
-
- stertor
-
noun,
a heavy snoring sound accompanying respiration in certain diseases.
- notices
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- notates
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- norites
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- noetics
-
noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- strati-
-
- starter
-
noun,
a person or thing that starts.
- retract
-
verb (used with object),
to draw back or in:
- nitrite
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitrous acid.
- reactor
-
noun,
a person or thing that reacts or undergoes reaction.
- restore
-
verb (used with object),
to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish:
- restate
-
verb (used with object),
to state again or in a new way.
- re-sort
-
verb (used with object),
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- rentier
-
noun,
a person who has a fixed income, as from lands or bonds.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- sincere
-
adjective,
free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest:
- retires
-
noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- retorts
-
noun,
a severe, incisive, or witty reply, especially one that counters a first speaker's statement, argument, etc.
- recites
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- retrace
-
verb (used with object),
to trace backward; go back over:
- recants
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- sirenic
-
adjective,
of or characteristic of a siren; melodious, tempting, or alluring.
- Oriente
-
noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- rattons
-
noun,
a rat.
- ratters
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that catches rats, as a terrier or a cat.
- ratteen
-
noun,
ratiné.
- ratites
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- rancors
-
noun,
bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
- Rainier
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic peak in W Washington, in the Cascade Range. 14,408 feet (4392 meters).
- Sno-Cat
-
- snorter
-
noun,
a person or thing that snorts.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- strato-
-
- nitrate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- Ternate
-
noun,
an island in E Indonesia, W of Halmahera: important source of spices. 53 sq. mi. (137 sq. km).
- tenaces
-
noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- intreat
-
verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- roaster
-
noun,
a contrivance for roasting something, as an oven, a pan for roasting meat, or a machine for roasting coffee beans.
- roister
-
verb (used without object),
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- instate
-
verb (used with object),
to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- Insecta
-
noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- inertia
-
noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- Roscian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- roseate
-
adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- Rosetta
-
noun,
a town in N Egypt, at a mouth of the Nile.
- incites
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- incisor
-
noun,
any of the four anterior teeth in each jaw, used for cutting and gnawing.
- Teniers
-
noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- irenics
-
noun,
the branch of theology dealing with the promotion of peace and conciliation among Christian churches.
Compare polemics (def 2).
- iatrics
-
- Rosette
-
noun,
any arrangement, part, object, or formation more or less resembling a rose.
- tenrecs
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- tenters
-
noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- Ettarre
-
noun,
the vain and heartless lady beloved by Sir Pelleas.
- etesian
-
adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- estrone
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- estreat
-
noun,
a true copy or extract of an original writing or record, as of a fine.
- Estonia
-
noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- tercets
-
noun,
Prosody. a group of three lines rhyming together or connected by rhyme with the adjacent group or groups of three lines.
- rotates
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- seriate
-
adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- ironers
-
noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- Niteroi
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in SE Brazil.
- narcose
-
adjective,
characterized by stupor; stuporous.
- striate
-
adjective,
striated.
- Nicosia
-
noun,
a city on and the capital of Cyprus, in the central part.
- Nicetas
-
noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- ricotta
-
noun,
a soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.
- neritic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the region of water lying directly above the sublittoral zone of the sea bottom.
- nectars
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- serrate
-
adjective,
Chiefly Biology. notched on the edge like a saw:
- necrose
-
verb (used with or without object),
to affect or be affected with necrosis.
- taction
-
noun,
touch; contact.
- natters
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- tanrecs
-
noun,
tenrec.
- ironies
-
noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- Serrano
-
noun,
a small, green or reddish, extremely hot chili pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum annuum used in cooking.
- iterate
-
verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- iterant
-
adjective,
characterized by repetition; repeating.
- ritters
-
noun,
a knight.
- tarries
-
noun,
a stay; sojourn.
- isation
-
- tarsier
-
noun,
a small, arboreal, nocturnal primate of the genus Tarsius, of Indonesia and the Philippines, having a long thin tail, very large immobile eyes, and prominent pads on the fingers and toes: all populations are dwindling.
- tartine
-
noun,
a fancy French open-faced sandwich topped with spreadable ingredients.
- Tartini
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1692–1770, Italian violinist and composer.
- sericin
-
noun,
a gelatinous organic compound that holds the two strands of natural silk together.
- ironist
-
noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- coarsen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become coarse.
- Scottie
-
noun,
Scottish terrier.
- cittern
-
noun,
an old musical instrument related to the guitar, having a flat, pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.
- acetoin
-
noun,
a yellowish, pleasant-smelling liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , obtained from various carbohydrates, as glucose, by fermentation: used chiefly in the manufacture of flavors and essences.
- carnies
-
noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- tritons
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- carnose
-
adjective,
of or relating to flesh; fleshy.
- tonetic
-
noun,
the phonetic study of tone in language.
- centro-
-
- astrict
-
verb (used with object),
to bind fast; constrain.
- carotin
-
noun,
carotene.
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- traitor
-
noun,
a person who betrays another, a cause, or any trust.
- carrion
-
noun,
dead and putrefying flesh.
- tricots
-
noun,
a warp-knit fabric of various natural or synthetic fibers, as wool, silk, or nylon, having fine vertical ribs on the face and horizontal ribs on the back, used especially for making garments.
- acetone
-
noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 3 H 6 O, usually derived by oxidation of isopropyl alcohol or by bacterial fermentation of carbohydrates: used chiefly in paints and varnishes, as a general solvent, and in organic synthesis.
- cirrate
-
adjective,
having cirri.
- trienes
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- catties
-
noun,
(in China and southeast Asia) a weight equal to about 1½ pounds (680 grams) avoirdupois.
- cations
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- Transit
-
noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- cenotes
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- carnets
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- cerato-
-
- tracers
-
noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- attorns
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- antero-
-
- cetanes
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- acerose
-
adjective,
needle-shaped, as the leaves of the pine.
- careens
-
noun,
a careening.
- tractor
-
noun,
a powerful motor-driven vehicle with large, heavy treads, used for pulling farm machinery, other vehicles, etc.
- actino-
-
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- atonics
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- centri-
-
- aristo-
-
- tricorn
-
noun,
Also, tricorne. a hat with the brim turned up on three sides.
- acetins
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- centare
-
noun,
centiare.
- centres
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- Trainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that trains.
- certain
-
Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- Torenia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- tritone
-
noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- attires
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- citrate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of citric acid.
- caterer
-
noun,
one whose business is to provide food, supplies, and sometimes service at social gatherings.
- Cartier
-
noun,
Sir George Étienne [zhawrzh ey-tyen] /ʒɔrʒ eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1814–73, Canadian political leader: prime minister 1857–62, defense minister 1867–73.
- tranter
-
noun,
a peddler, hawker, or carrier using a horse and cart.
- arenose
-
adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- torrent
-
noun,
a stream of water flowing with great rapidity and violence.
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- canters
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- artiste
-
noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- carters
-
noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- trisect
-
verb (used with object),
to divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts.
- arteri-
-
- Tristan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Tristram.
- citrine
-
noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- citrins
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- citrons
-
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.
- aconite
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- arseno-
-
- Cairene
-
noun,
a native or resident of Cairo, Egypt.
- Torrens
-
noun,
Lake, a salt lake in Australia, in E South Australia. 130 miles (210 km) long; 2400 sq. mi. (6220 sq. km); 25 feet (8 meters) below sea level.
- cerates
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- cirrose
-
adjective,
having a cirrus or cirri.
- Trieste
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Italy, on the Gulf of Trieste.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- Cainite
-
noun,
a member of a Gnostic sect that exalted Cain and regarded the God of the Old Testament as responsible for evil.
- trocars
-
noun,
a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
- cistern
-
noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- cistron
-
noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- intro.
-
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- irenic
-
adjective,
tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- career
-
noun,
an occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework:
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- Rector
-
noun,
a member of the clergy in charge of a parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
- intra-
-
- careen
-
noun,
a careening.
- recti-
-
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- renter
-
noun,
a person or organization that holds, or has the use of, property by payment of rent.
- rectos
-
- ironer
-
noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- taters
-
noun,
potato.
- ironic
-
adjective,
using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; containing or exemplifying irony:
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Reiner
-
noun,
Fritz, 1888–1963, Hungarian conductor in the U.S.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- Cantor
-
noun,
the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
- Renoir
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1894–1979, French film director and writer.
- ionics
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- taster
-
noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- insect
-
noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- carrot
-
noun,
a plant, Daucus carota, of the parsley family, having pinnately decompound leaves and umbels of small white or yellow flowers, in its wild form a widespread, familiar weed, and in cultivation valued for its edible root.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- triers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- iatric
-
adjective,
of or relating to a physician or medicine; medical.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- tenrec
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- Carter
-
noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- tenter
-
noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- tentie
-
adjective,
tenty.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- retire
-
noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- retort
-
noun,
a severe, incisive, or witty reply, especially one that counters a first speaker's statement, argument, etc.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- terat-
-
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- triste
-
adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- aeron.
-
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- tenets
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Sierra
-
noun,
a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- inter.
-
- intact
-
adjective,
not altered, broken, or impaired; remaining uninjured, sound, or whole; untouched; unblemished:
- resect
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- instr.
-
- tortes
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- aniso-
-
- Carrie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- resort
-
noun,
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
- tenace
-
noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- Carnot
-
noun,
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
- incorr
-
- tricot
-
noun,
a warp-knit fabric of various natural or synthetic fibers, as wool, silk, or nylon, having fine vertical ribs on the face and horizontal ribs on the back, used especially for making garments.
- incite
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- incise
-
verb (used with object),
to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- tarso-
-
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- isatin
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- trans.
-
- notate
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- otitis
-
noun,
inflammation of the ear.
- Norris
-
noun,
Charles Gilman, 1881–1945, U.S. novelist and editor.
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- ottars
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- Strait
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- nocti-
-
- astro-
-
- astron
-
- racers
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- Street
-
noun,
a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
- nitro-
-
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- octant
-
noun,
the eighth part of a circle.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- stater
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- static
-
noun,
Electricity.
static or atmospheric electricity.
interference due to such electricity.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- stator
-
noun,
Electricity, Machinery. a portion of a machine that remains fixed with respect to rotating parts, especially the collection of stationary parts in the magnetic circuits of a machine.
Compare rotor (def 1).
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- octets
-
noun,
a company of eight singers or musicians.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- arsen-
-
- octane
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- treats
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- arrest
-
noun,
the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- stacte
-
noun,
one of the sweet spices used in the holy incense of the ancient Hebrews. Ex. 30:34.
- steno-
-
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- treasr
-
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- nitric
-
adjective,
containing nitrogen, usually in the pentavalent state.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- sirree
-
noun,
(used as an intensive with no or yes):
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- narco-
-
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- taints
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- ratite
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- tanist
-
noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- estate
-
noun,
a piece of landed property, especially one of large extent with an elaborate house on it:
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- ratter
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that catches rats, as a terrier or a cat.
- ratton
-
noun,
a rat.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- tarots
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- raters
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- rancor
-
noun,
bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Ateste
-
noun,
ancient name of Este.
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- Nicias
-
noun,
died 413 b.c, Athenian statesman and general.
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- strict
-
adjective,
characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles:
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- raisin
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- raster
-
noun,
Television. a pattern of scanning lines covering the area upon which the image is projected in the cathode-ray tube or liquid-crystal display of a television set or other screen.
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Sitter
-
noun,
a person who sits.
- attorn
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- necro-
-
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- sitten
-
verb,
past participle of sit1 .
- tracer
-
noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- natter
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- Trento
-
noun,
Italian name of Trent.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- iatro-
-
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- tinct.
-
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- cerat-
-
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- Corrie
-
noun,
a circular hollow in the side of a hill or mountain.
- cerate
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- tincts
-
noun,
tint; tinge; coloring.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- roster
-
noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- rostra
-
noun,
a plural of rostrum.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- tronas
-
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.
- corset
-
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.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- cteno-
-
- Titian
-
noun,
(Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- ecarte
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- teston
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, equal at various times to between 10 and 14½ sols, bearing on the obverse a bust of the reigning king.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- scato-
-
- corers
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- ecrase
-
adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Ecorse
-
noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- cirro-
-
- Ticino
-
noun,
a canton in S Switzerland. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Bellinzona.
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- tetra-
-
- tetras
-
noun,
any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- trocar
-
noun,
a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- Corner
-
noun,
the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- tinter
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- cottas
-
noun,
a surplice.
- titans
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus.
Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia.
any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- Cesena
-
noun,
a city in E central Italy.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- sarco-
-
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- sacro-
-
- secern
-
verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- criers
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- Cotter
-
noun,
a pin, wedge, key, or the like, fitted or driven into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- cetane
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- create
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- crease
-
noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Crater
-
noun,
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- rotate
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- rotten
-
adjective,
decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
- tercet
-
noun,
Prosody. a group of three lines rhyming together or connected by rhyme with the adjacent group or groups of three lines.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- seance
-
noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- Seneca
-
noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- crores
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- titers
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- COSINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- rotter
-
noun,
a thoroughly bad, worthless, or objectionable person.
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- rottes
-
noun,
rote2 .
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- Sartre
-
noun,
Jean-Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ˈpɔl/ (Show IPA), 1905–80, French philosopher, novelist, and dramatist: declined 1964 Nobel Prize in literature.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- aceto-
-
- tester
-
noun,
a person or thing that tests.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- terret
-
noun,
one of the round loops or rings on the saddle of a harness, through which the driving reins pass.
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- eraser
-
noun,
a device, as a piece of rubber or cloth, for erasing marks made with pen, pencil, chalk, etc.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Citron
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- terras
-
noun,
earth; land.
- screen
-
noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- errant
-
adjective,
deviating from the regular or proper course; erring; straying.
- cenote
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- coatee
-
noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- Ritter
-
noun,
a knight.
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- censer
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- 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.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- coatis
-
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.
- Scotti
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1936, Italian baritone.
- cities
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- contr.
-
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- Triton
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- ricins
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- Catton
-
noun,
(Charles) Bruce, 1899–1978, U.S. journalist and historian.
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- titres
-
noun,
titer.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- citrin
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- ricers
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- setter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sets.
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- Enesco
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1955, Romanian violinist, composer, and conductor: teacher of Yehudi Menuhin.
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- Terris
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- escent
-
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- encore
-
noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- encase
-
verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- retro-
-
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- Centre
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- centr-
-
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- entice
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- set-to
-
noun,
a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- Center
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- centi-
-
- enter-
-
- actin-
-
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- Rains
-
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).
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- sarc-
-
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Scott
-
noun,
Barbara Ann, 1928–2012, Canadian figure skater.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- Sarre
-
noun,
French name of Saar.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- Srta.
-
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- oste-
-
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- Orrin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- orris
-
noun,
an iris, Iris germanica florentina, having a fragrant rootstock.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- scat-
-
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- scatt
-
noun,
scat5 .
- trots
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- Scot.
-
- 30-30
-
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- racer
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- arris
-
noun,
a sharp ridge, as between adjoining channels of a Doric column.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- Otter
-
noun,
any of several aquatic, furbearing, weasellike mammals of the genus Lutra and related genera, having webbed feet and a long, slightly flattened tail.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- 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.
- ottar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- 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.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- anis-
-
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- Seric
-
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- ante-
-
- sero-
-
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- roars
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- reni-
-
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- anti-
-
- riser
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- Sino-
-
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- aero-
-
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- aeri-
-
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- ricer
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- ricin
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- seti-
-
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- actos
-
- restr
-
- riots
-
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.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- sanit
-
- rares
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- rotte
-
noun,
rote2 .
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- rater
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- sect.
-
- sito-
-
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- acet-
-
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rotas
-
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.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- acro-
-
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- rect.
-
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- areo-
-
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- Recit
-
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- rears
-
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- 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.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- Starr
-
noun,
Belle (Myra Belle Shirley) 1848–89, U.S. outlaw and folk hero.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Terra
-
noun,
earth; land.
- terr.
-
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- 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.
- 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.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- erron
-
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- ento-
-
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- cent.
-
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- 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.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- ecto-
-
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- incr.
-
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- init.
-
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- inst.
-
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Torte
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- intr.
-
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- torts
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- incor
-
- incas
-
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.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- IATSE
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tera-
-
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- tents
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- teno-
-
- Iceni
-
noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- ician
-
- icons
-
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- tenet
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- 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: ¢.
- tecta
-
noun,
a rooflike structure.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- Cirri
-
noun,
a plural of cirrus.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- 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.
- corr.
-
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- 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.
- titis
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- cine-
-
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- cotta
-
noun,
a surplice.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- cores
-
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- Cons.
-
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- toast
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- Const
-
- corer
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cont.
-
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Titos
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- tonia
-
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- econ.
-
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- crore
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- Teton
-
noun,
the westernmost branch of the Dakota Indians.
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- cero-
-
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- crier
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- cert.
-
- Cerro
-
noun,
a hill or peak.
- crit.
-
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- treas
-
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- nears
-
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- tacts
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- naso-
-
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- atto-
-
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- ster.
-
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- tanto
-
adverb,
(of a musical direction) too much; so much.
- ition
-
- totes
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- Tract
-
noun,
an expanse or area of land, water, etc.; region; stretch.
- tacit
-
adjective,
understood without being openly expressed; implied:
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- astr.
-
- noct-
-
- Nitti
-
noun,
Francesco Saverio [frahn-ches-kaw sah-ve-ryaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ sɑˈvɛ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1868–1953, Italian lawyer, statesman, and economist.
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- nitr-
-
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- ation
-
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Attic
-
noun,
the part of a building, especially of a house, directly under a roof; garret.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- tacet
-
verb (imperative),
be silent (directing an instrument or voice not to play or sing).
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- Stoat
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- toti-
-
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- Cant.
-
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- octet
-
noun,
a company of eight singers or musicians.
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- octa-
-
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Iran.
-
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- tears
-
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- stat.
-
- Ionic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- asco-
-
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- tarot
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- Isiac
-
adjective,
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- ASCII
-
noun,
a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- istic
-
- Sra.
-
- str.
-
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- Soni
-
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- 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.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- titi
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- tron
-
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Tit.
-
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sec.
-
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Ste.
-
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- tort
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- trit
-
- 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.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- ter.
-
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- tri-
-
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- ten.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Torr
-
noun,
a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- tion
-
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- tRNA
-
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- 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.
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- tact
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- tete
-
noun,
a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
- tent
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- 1080
-
- scr.
-
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- eso-
-
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- etc.
-
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- ette
-
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- ICAO
-
- Ice.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- inae
-
- Inc.
-
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- INRI
-
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- eco-
-
- ect-
-
- EEOC
-
- enc.
-
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- ence
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- 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.
- ctr.
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NCTE
-
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- neo-
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- 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.
- 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.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- NIRA
-
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Nor.
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- 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.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- ins.
-
- 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.
- int.
-
- 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.
- sci.
-
- ions
-
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 = .
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Irra
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of pestilence.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- iso-
-
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- itis
-
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- cts.
-
- Cres
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- asc-
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- ARIS
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- arr.
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- att.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- atic
-
- 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
-
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- ant.
-
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- acr-
-
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- aer-
-
- aet.
-
- ANSI
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Aire
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- AISI
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ance
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ano-
-
- attn
-
- Can.
-
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Con.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cis-
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cit.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- 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.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Cor.
-
- 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
-
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- crat
-
- cir.
-
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- 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.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- Carr
-
noun,
John Dickson, 1906–77, U.S. mystery writer.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- cat.
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Catt
-
noun,
Carrie Chapman Lane, 1859–1947, U.S. leader in women's suffrage movements.
- Ceto
-
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- cen.
-
- cene
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- CERN
-
- cet-
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- not-
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- 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.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- orra
-
adjective,
not regular or scheduled; odd:
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- RIIA
-
- Ont.
-
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Sat.
-
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- 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.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rit.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- RNAS
-
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- roar
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- RONA
-
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OEEC
-
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- NTIA
-
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Oct.
-
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- tra
-
- NES
-
- NEC
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- CEA
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ca.
-
- OAS
-
- RNA
-
- 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.
- RNR
-
- cs.
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- ROA
-
- Co.
-
- cr.
-
- CEO
-
- 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.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- CAI
-
- ct.
-
- tr.
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- NEA
-
- CNO
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- IRS
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- oic
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- TNT
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- CNS
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- OCS
-
- OTC
-
- 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.
- 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.
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- OCR
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- CIE
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- CIA
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- 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).
- ne-
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ROI
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- 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:
- NRC
-
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- NOC
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- SAR
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AIC
-
- NSC
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- STI
-
- NSA
-
- AEC
-
- ae.
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ACS
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Tro
-
- se-
-
- sc.
-
- NRA
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- nr.
-
- Ar.
-
- an.
-
- ac-
-
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- 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.
- SAE
-
- ANC
-
- NIA
-
- ARS
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- ATC
-
- at.
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ast
-
- ASR
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASN
-
- OSA
-
- ASI
-
- ase
-
- Oc.
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Rs.
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- SRO
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- So.
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- aor
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- RSA
-
- RTS
-
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- rte
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- NCO
-
- TTS
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- ose
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- IAS
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- Ia.
-
- io-
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ics
-
- ist
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- ETS
-
- ETR
-
- ETO
-
- ITA
-
- ISR
-
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- ITC
-
- ESR
-
- ite
-
- OTS
-
- ese
-
- Esc
-
- ESA
-
- REA
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- Sr.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- RCS
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONI
-
- IRO
-
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- IRC
-
- ISA
-
- TCA
-
- TCS
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- Ir.
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- IOT
-
- ior
-
- ier
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- 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 = .
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- IOC
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- ise
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ine
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- in.
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- ERT
-
- Re.
-
- ea.
-
- EEC
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ECA
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- TIA
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- 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.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ean
-
- 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.
- EEO
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- eo-
-
- RCA
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- cte
-
- CTA
-
- CST
-
- CSR
-
- CSO
-
- CSA
-
- CRT
-
- CRS
-
- RCN
-
- RCT
-
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- ec-
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- OIt
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- EOE
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ene
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- en-
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- EIS
-
- OIr
-
- eir
-
- TN
-
- OA
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- t.
-
- TT
-
- TC
-
- CE
-
- 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.
- R.
-
- AO
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RN
-
- NC
-
- RC
-
- 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.
- T1
-
- i.
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- N.
-
- SN
-
- S.
-
- SA
-
- 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.
- RI
-
- O.
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- RO
-
- ee
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ic
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
-
- NI
-