Anagrams of cortisone
Word cortisone has
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- isotone
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noun,
one of two or more atoms having an equal number of neutrons but different atomic numbers.
- cistern
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noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- section
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noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- sterno-
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- crinose
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adjective,
hairy.
- cistron
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noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- erotics
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- cronies
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noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- erosion
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noun,
the act or state of eroding; state of being eroded.
- noetics
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noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- norites
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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.
- 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).
- Ionesco
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noun,
Eugène [French œ-zhen;; English yoo-jeen,, yoo-jeen] /French œˈʒɛn;; English yuˈdʒin,, ˈyu dʒin/ (Show IPA), 1912–94, French playwright, born in Romania.
- torsion
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noun,
the act of twisting.
- constr.
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- cretins
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- centro-
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- enroots
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verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- centri-
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- cornets
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noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- Orontes
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noun,
a river in W Asia, flowing N from Lebanon through NW Syria and then SW past Antioch, Turkey, to the Mediterranean. 250 miles (405 km) long.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- scooter
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noun,
a child's vehicle that typically has two wheels with a low footboard between them, is steered by a handlebar, and is propelled by pushing one foot against the ground while resting the other on the footboard.
- crotons
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noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical plants constituting the genus Croton, of the spurge family, several species of which, as C. tiglium, have important medicinal properties.
- Crotone
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noun,
a city in S Italy; ancient Greek colony.
- conster
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verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- citrons
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noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- consort
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noun,
a husband or wife; spouse, especially of a reigning monarch.
Compare prince consort, queen consort.
- notices
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noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- orceins
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noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- orients
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- coronet
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noun,
a small crown.
- coontie
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noun,
either of two arrowroots, Zamia integrifolia or Z. floridana, of Florida, having a short trunk, pinnate leaves, and cones: Z. floridana is an endangered species.
- Reston
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noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- Croton
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noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical plants constituting the genus Croton, of the spurge family, several species of which, as C. tiglium, have important medicinal properties.
- rectos
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- croons
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noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- Senior
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noun,
a person who is older than another.
- toe-in
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noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- sector
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noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- cretin
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- scoto-
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- Scoter
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noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- toners
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noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- costo-
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- Coster
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noun,
costermonger.
- necro-
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- incest
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noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- Cortes
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noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- recons
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noun,
reconnaissance.
- crones
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noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- Enrico
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noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- Tocsin
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noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- escort
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noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- socio-
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- icono-
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- insect
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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.
- insert
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- Sooner
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noun,
a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
- otiose
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adjective,
being at leisure; idle; indolent.
- orcein
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noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- sortie
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noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- instr.
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- Estrin
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noun,
estrone.
- inter.
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- inters
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verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- steno-
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- steric
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adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- cteno-
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- intro.
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- eroto-
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- erotic
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- intros
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noun,
an introduction.
- stoner
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noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- Strine
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noun,
Australian English.
- Orient
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- sinter
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- enroot
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verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- tensor
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noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- orison
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noun,
a prayer.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- irones
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noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- recti-
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- corset
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noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- COSINE
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noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- torose
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adjective,
Botany. cylindrical, with swellings or constrictions at intervals; knobbed.
- nocti-
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- nitro-
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- censor
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noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- Conroe
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noun,
a town in E Texas.
- Tories
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noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- Torino
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noun,
Turin.
- centi-
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- notice
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noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- centos
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noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- centr-
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- noctis
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adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- contes
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plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- trines
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- coeno-
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- Roscoe
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noun,
a revolver or pistol.
- Nostoc
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noun,
any freshwater, blue-green alga of the genus Nostoc, often occurring in jellylike colonies in moist places.
- C-note
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noun,
See C (def 11).
- Citron
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noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- triens
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noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- Noetic
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adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- trices
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noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- norite
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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.
- nitres
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noun,
niter.
- conies
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noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- octroi
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noun,
(formerly especially in France and Italy) a local tax levied on certain articles, such as foodstuffs, on their entry into a city.
- niters
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Nestor
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noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- CORNET
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noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- Scioto
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noun,
a river in central Ohio, flowing S to the Ohio River. 237 miles (382 km) long.
- oscine
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noun,
an oscine bird.
- trones
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noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- cootie
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noun,
a louse, especially one affecting humans, as the body louse, head louse, or pubic louse.
- roncos
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noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- Cooter
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noun,
Chiefly Southern U.S. any of several large aquatic turtles of the southern U.S. and northern Mexico.
- osteo-
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- triose
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noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- cooner
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noun,
coon dog.
- contos
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noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- contr.
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- Osetic
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adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- riots
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noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Rosie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- Siren
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Siret
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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.
- inst.
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- incr.
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- Norse
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noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Roost
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noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- roset
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noun,
resin; rosin.
- Ronco
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noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- noso-
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- inset
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noun,
something inserted; insert.
- snore
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noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- inert
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adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- intr.
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- rooti
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noun,
rooty2 .
- noto-
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- onto-
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- notes
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noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- ontic
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adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- sito-
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- Roose
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verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- snoot
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noun,
Slang. the nose.
- Scone
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noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- rents
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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.
- onces
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noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- senor
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- rotos
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noun,
rotogravure.
- nitre
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noun,
niter.
- iters
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noun,
a canal or passage.
- nitr-
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- sect.
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- onco-
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- Niter
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- senti
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noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Scot.
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- Niort
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- scent
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noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- scion
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noun,
a descendant.
- scorn
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noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- score
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noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- nerts
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interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- rices
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noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Seric
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- Norco
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noun,
a town in S California.
- resin
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noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- rosin
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noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- Sino-
-
- onset
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noun,
a beginning or start:
- noose
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noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- noise
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noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- since
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adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- rinse
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noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- scoot
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noun,
a swift, darting movement or course.
- noct-
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- Seton
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noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- irone
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noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- rotes
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noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Irons
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noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- seti-
-
- resit
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noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- sero-
-
- serin
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noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- incor
-
- octo-
-
- snort
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noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- TORES
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noun,
a torus.
- Recit
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- coins
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noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- coirs
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noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Cons.
-
- Const
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- cont.
-
- Conte
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noun,
count2 .
- conto
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noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- toric
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- RECON
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noun,
reconnaissance.
- cites
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noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- coots
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noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- torcs
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noun,
torque (def 4).
- cores
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- toons
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noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- corns
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noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Corot
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noun,
Jean Baptiste Camille [zhahn ba-teest ka-mee-yuh] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1796–1875, French painter.
- Corse
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noun,
corpse.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- tono-
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- coset
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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.
- toros
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noun,
a bull.
- oste-
-
- tones
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noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- ceros
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noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- 30-30
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- trone
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noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- trois
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noun,
the number 3.
- trios
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noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Cenis
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noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- cent.
-
- CENTO
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noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- 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: ¢.
- trine
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- cero-
-
- cert.
-
- torse
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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.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- tries
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noun,
plural of try.
- cetin
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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.
- cine-
-
- cines
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noun,
a film; motion picture.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- cions
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noun,
scion (def 2).
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- Orion
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- teno-
-
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- ento-
-
- 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.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- 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.
- Stern
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noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- ster.
-
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- 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.
- Soter
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noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- 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.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- reni-
-
- icons
-
- ecto-
-
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- econ.
-
- Orson
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- crit.
-
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- croon
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- TIROS
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noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- rect.
-
- 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.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- 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.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- 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.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- 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.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- oto-
-
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- 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.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- rit.
-
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- str.
-
- ten.
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- ter.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tion
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- 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.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- tri-
-
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- tron
-
- Ste.
-
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- sec.
-
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- sci.
-
- scr.
-
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- 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.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- 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.
- Soni
-
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- 1080
-
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- 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.
- ect-
-
- 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.
- eco-
-
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- cts.
-
- ctr.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- NCTE
-
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Nor.
-
- 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.
- not-
-
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- Cres
-
- neo-
-
- enc.
-
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- Ire.
-
- Inc.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- 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.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- 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 = .
- 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.
- etc.
-
- est.
-
- eso-
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- 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.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- iso-
-
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Ens.
-
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Ice.
-
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cit.
-
- Ont.
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cis-
-
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- cir.
-
- Con.
-
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- oro-
-
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Ceto
-
- cet-
-
- CERN
-
- cen.
-
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- coon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- Oct.
-
- Coos
-
noun,
a language of a group of American Indians indigenous to the coast of Oregon.
- 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.
- coot
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- 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.
- 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.
- Cor.
-
- 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.
- Cort
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- Esc
-
- CEO
-
- St.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- CRS
-
- Sr.
-
- ESR
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- ct.
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- cs.
-
- ETO
-
- Tro
-
- ETR
-
- cr.
-
- Co.
-
- ETS
-
- 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.
- TSE
-
- ics
-
- TSI
-
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- io-
-
- ERT
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- STI
-
- COO
-
noun,
a cooing sound.
- CST
-
- 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.
- eo-
-
- ec-
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- CSR
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- CNS
-
- CNO
-
- CSO
-
- CRT
-
- eir
-
- CIE
-
- EIS
-
- en-
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- 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.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- TCS
-
- tr.
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- cte
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- IOC
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- Oc.
-
- oic
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OEO
-
- OCS
-
- OCR
-
- OTC
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROI
-
- NSC
-
- OIr
-
- NRC
-
- nr.
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NOC
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Rs.
-
- RSE
-
- rt.
-
- ier
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- OIt
-
- So.
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ot-
-
- OTS
-
- RCS
-
- Re.
-
- RCN
-
- RCT
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- OSO
-
- ose
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- 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.
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- OOT
-
- oon
-
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- oo-
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ons
-
- ONR
-
- ONI
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- SRO
-
- IRC
-
- ITC
-
- ist
-
- ISR
-
- ise
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- IRO
-
- 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).
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- Ir.
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- IOT
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- ior
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- ote
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ine
-
- in.
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- ite
-
- 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).
- 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.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- sc.
-
- 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:
- NES
-
- NEC
-
- se-
-
- NCO
-
- ne-
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- O.
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- t.
-
- S.
-
- CE
-
- R.
-
- RC
-
- EI
-
- ic
-
- RI
-
- RN
-
- i.
-
- SN
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- N.
-
- TC
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- TN
-
- RO
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- NI
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- NC
-
- T1
-