Anagrams of courtesans
Word courtesans has
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- courantes
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noun,
a dance dating back to the 17th century and characterized by a running or gliding step.
- construes
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noun,
the act of construing.
- anestrous
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adjective,
not showing estrus.
- recusants
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noun,
a person who is recusant.
- anoestrus
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noun,
anestrus.
- courtesan
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noun,
a prostitute or paramour, especially one associating with noblemen or men of wealth.
- etruscans
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noun,
an inhabitant of ancient Etruria.
- outrances
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noun,
the utmost extremity.
- nectarous
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adjective,
of the nature of or resembling nectar.
- coarsens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become coarse.
- saunters
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noun,
a leisurely walk or ramble; stroll.
- crustose
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adjective,
forming a crusty, tenaciously fixed mass that covers the surface on which it grows, as certain lichens.
- re-count
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noun,
a second or additional count, as of votes in an election.
- ancestor
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noun,
a person from whom one is descended; forebear; progenitor.
- soutanes
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noun,
a cassock.
- recusant
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noun,
a person who is recusant.
- carneous
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adjective,
fleshlike; flesh-colored.
- anestrus
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noun,
(of a female mammal) the interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of heat or rut.
- carouses
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noun,
carousal.
- courants
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noun,
courante.
- coasters
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noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- courante
-
noun,
a dance dating back to the 17th century and characterized by a running or gliding step.
- surcoats
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noun,
a garment worn over medieval armor, often embroidered with heraldic arms.
- Countess
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noun,
the wife or widow of a count in the nobility of Continental Europe or of an earl in the British peerage.
- outrance
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noun,
the utmost extremity.
- counter-
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- Socrates
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noun,
469?–399 b.c, Athenian philosopher.
- centaurs
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a race of monsters having the head, trunk, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse.
- contessa
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noun,
countess.
- arsenous
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adjective,
containing arsenic in the trivalent state, as arsenous chloride, AsCl 3 .
- construe
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noun,
the act of construing.
- counters
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noun,
a table or display case on which goods can be shown, business transacted, etc.
- scouters
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noun,
a person who scouts.
- outraces
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verb (used with object),
to race or run faster than:
- Ouessant
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noun,
French name of Ushant.
- trounces
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verb (used with object),
to beat severely; thrash.
- treasons
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noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- Etruscan
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noun,
an inhabitant of ancient Etruria.
- encrusts
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verb (used with or without object),
incrust.
- nacreous
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adjective,
of or relating to nacre.
- tonsures
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noun,
the act of cutting the hair or shaving the head.
- ossature
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noun,
the structure or framework supporting a building or sculpture.
- centaur
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a race of monsters having the head, trunk, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse.
- sarcous
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adjective,
consisting of or pertaining to flesh or skeletal muscle.
- centro-
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- cerato-
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- Sanctus
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noun,
(italics). Also called Tersanctus. the hymn beginning “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts,” with which the Eucharistic preface culminates.
- narcose
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adjective,
characterized by stupor; stuporous.
- unseats
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verb (used with object),
to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
- cesuras
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noun,
caesura.
- tanrecs
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noun,
tenrec.
- unrests
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noun,
lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
- coarsen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become coarse.
- nestors
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noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- Tourane
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noun,
former name of Danang.
- conatus
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noun,
an effort or striving.
- censors
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noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- casters
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noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- catouse
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noun,
New England. a noisy disturbance; commotion.
- carnous
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adjective,
carnose.
- scouter
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noun,
a person who scouts.
- Austro-
-
- scoters
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noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- canters
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noun,
an easy gallop.
- nectars
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noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- carnets
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noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- carnose
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adjective,
of or relating to flesh; fleshy.
- carouse
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noun,
carousal.
- castors
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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.
- treason
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noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- caseous
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adjective,
of or like cheese.
- caserns
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noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- neutro-
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- saunter
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noun,
a leisurely walk or ramble; stroll.
- cassone
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noun,
a large Italian chest of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, usually highly ornamented.
- saucers
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noun,
a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.
- constr.
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- conster
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verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- contra-
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- toucans
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noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, fruit-eating birds of the family Ramphastidae, of tropical America, having a very large bill.
- uncross
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verb (used with object),
to change from a crossed position, as the legs.
- couters
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noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- encrust
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verb (used with or without object),
incrust.
- cratons
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noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- tonsure
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noun,
the act of cutting the hair or shaving the head.
- Croesus
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noun,
died 546 b.c, king of Lydia 560–546: noted for his great wealth.
- ousters
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noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- recount
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noun,
a second or additional count, as of votes in an election.
- recasts
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noun,
a recasting.
- Erastus
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noun,
Thomas [tom-uh s;; German toh-mahs] /ˈtɒm əs;; German ˈtoʊ mɑs/ (Show IPA), 1524–83, Swiss-German theologian.
- turacos
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noun,
touraco.
- recants
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verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- reasons
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noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- uncases
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verb (used with object),
to remove from a case; remove the case from.
- cuestas
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noun,
a long, low ridge with a relatively steep face or escarpment on one side and a long, gentle slope on the other.
- tensors
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noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- curates
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noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- tonuses
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noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- courses
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noun,
a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- trounce
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verb (used with object),
to beat severely; thrash.
- costars
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noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- outrace
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verb (used with object),
to race or run faster than:
- contras
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- contuse
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verb (used with object),
to injure (tissue), especially without breaking the skin; bruise.
- 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.
- cornets
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noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- cornute
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adjective,
cornuted.
- corsets
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noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- costers
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noun,
costermonger.
- 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.
- estrous
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adjective,
pertaining to or involving the estrus.
- Oceanus
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noun,
a Titan who was the son of Uranus and Gaea, the consort of Tethys, and the father of the river gods and Oceanids.
- escorts
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noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- octanes
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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.
- courant
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noun,
courante.
- oestrus
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noun,
estrus.
- secants
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noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- sucrase
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noun,
invertase.
- coaster
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noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- senator
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noun,
a member of a senate.
- soucars
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noun,
a Hindu banker.
- stoners
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noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- acetous
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adjective,
containing or producing acetic acid.
- senoras
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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.
- Anterus
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noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 235–236.
- antero-
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- usances
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noun,
Commerce. a length of time, exclusive of days of grace and varying in different places, allowed by custom or usage for the payment of foreign bills of exchange.
- sterno-
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- arseno-
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- soutane
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noun,
a cassock.
- stearo-
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- ascents
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noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- souters
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noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- actress
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noun,
a woman who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc., especially professionally.
- surcoat
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noun,
a garment worn over medieval armor, often embroidered with heraldic arms.
- stances
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noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- acerous
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adjective,
acerose1 .
- Anteros
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- Sno-Cat
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- sucrose
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noun,
a crystalline disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , the sugar obtained from the sugarcane, the sugar beet, and sorghum, and forming the greater part of maple sugar; sugar.
- arouses
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verb (used with object),
to stir to action or strong response; excite:
- corses
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noun,
corpse.
- cross-
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- rectus
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noun,
any of several straight muscles, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye, etc.
- contes
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plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- rectos
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- crests
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noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Cretan
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- Creusa
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noun,
the bride to be of Jason, slain by Medea.
- souter
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noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- Tarsus
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the bones of the proximal segment of the foot; the bones between the tibia and the metatarsus, contributing to the construction of the ankle joint.
- crones
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noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- Cronus
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noun,
a Titan, son of Uranus and Gaea, who was dethroned by his son Zeus.
- Crosse
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noun,
a long-handled racket used in the game of lacrosse.
- crates
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noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Crouse
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noun,
Russel, 1893–1966, U.S. dramatist.
- croute
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noun,
crust.
- UNESCO
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noun,
an agency of the United Nations charged with instituting and administering programs for cooperative, coordinated action by member states in education, science, and the arts.
- snorts
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noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- recons
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noun,
reconnaissance.
- cruets
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noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- tarso-
-
- usneas
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noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- Crusoe
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noun,
Robinson, Robinson Crusoe.
- recast
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noun,
a recasting.
- aeron.
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- recant
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verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- sunset
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noun,
the setting or descent of the sun below the horizon in the evening.
- craton
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noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- Reston
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noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- 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.
- rosace
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noun,
rosette (def 3).
- rouens
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- anuses
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noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- Cortes
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noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- Coruna
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noun,
La Coruña.
- unrest
-
noun,
lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
- cosets
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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.
- cosset
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noun,
a lamb brought up without its dam; pet lamb.
- rosets
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noun,
resin; rosin.
- CORNET
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noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- sonars
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noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- COSTAR
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noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- Coster
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noun,
costermonger.
- Roseau
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noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Dominica.
- tauro-
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- couter
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noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- antres
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noun,
a cavern; cave.
- cornea
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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.
- counts
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noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- rouses
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noun,
a rousing.
- rousts
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verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- C-star
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noun,
carbon star.
- routes
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noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- soucar
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noun,
a Hindu banker.
- conure
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noun,
any of several long-tailed New World parrots, especially of the genus Aratinga, certain species of which are kept as pets.
- course
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noun,
a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- Soares
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noun,
Mário [mah-ryoo] /ˈmɑ ryʊ/ (Show IPA), born 1924, Portuguese statesman: prime minister 1976–78, 1983–85; president 1986–96.
- contr.
-
- source
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noun,
any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin:
- courts
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noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- uncase
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verb (used with object),
to remove from a case; remove the case from.
- cuesta
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noun,
a long, low ridge with a relatively steep face or escarpment on one side and a long, gentle slope on the other.
- reason
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noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- aceous
-
- nacres
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noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- stores
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noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- tronas
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noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- toucan
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noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, fruit-eating birds of the family Ramphastidae, of tropical America, having a very large bill.
- 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.
- Stones
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noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- truces
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noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- narco-
-
- torses
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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.
- oaters
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noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- estrus
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noun,
Also, estrum [es-truh m] /ˈɛs trəm/ (Show IPA), oestrus. the period of heat or rut; the period of maximum sexual receptivity of the female.
- aceto-
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- estocs
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noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- 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.
- nurses
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noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- narcos
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noun,
narc.
- Escaut
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noun,
French name of Scheldt.
- Straus
-
noun,
Isidor, 1845–1912, U.S. retail merchant and politician, born in Bavaria: congressman 1894–95 (brother of Nathan and Oscar Solomon Straus).
- neuro-
-
- sucres
-
noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- necro-
-
- utero-
-
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- trans.
-
- stours
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noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- Nautes
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noun,
(in the Aeneid) an aged Trojan and advisor to Aeneas.
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- Nature
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noun,
the material world, especially as surrounding humankind and existing independently of human activities.
- nasute
-
noun,
a soldier termite characterized by a beaklike snout through which a sticky secretion repellent to other insects is emitted.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Nasser
-
noun,
Gamal Abdel [guh-mahl ab-doo l,, juh-] /gəˈmɑl ˈæb dʊl,, dʒə-/ (Show IPA), 1918–70, Egyptian military and political leader: prime minister of Egypt 1954–56; president of Egypt 1956–58; president of the United Arab Republic 1958–70.
- touses
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- 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.
- re-act
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verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- curses
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- Tuscan
-
noun,
the standard literary form of the Italian language.
- stanes
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- custos
-
noun,
(italics) Latin. a custodian.
- Custer
-
noun,
George Armstrong [ahrm-strawng,, -strong] /ˈɑrm strɔŋ,, -strɒŋ/ (Show IPA), 1839–76, U.S. general and Indian fighter.
- outran
-
verb,
simple past tense of outrun.
- acutes
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- curets
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- turaco
-
noun,
touraco.
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- curate
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- tensor
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noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- coasts
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noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- tensas
-
noun,
a river in NE Louisiana, flowing S to the Ouachita River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- cteno-
-
- turco-
-
- ouster
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noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- eructs
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- Tucson
-
noun,
a city in S Arizona: health resort.
- sterns
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- onuses
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- across
-
adverb,
from one side to another.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- ounces
-
noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- stenos
-
noun,
a stenographer.
- oscars
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- steno-
-
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- tuners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- stares
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- roasts
-
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.
- snores
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- sensor
-
noun,
a mechanical device sensitive to light, temperature, radiation level, or the like, that transmits a signal to a measuring or control instrument.
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- scants
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- carses
-
noun,
bottom land.
- scares
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- 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.
- sautes
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- assent
-
noun,
agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- senors
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- scarts
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- caress
-
noun,
an act or gesture expressing affection, as an embrace or kiss, especially a light stroking or touching.
- scato-
-
- Caruso
-
noun,
Enrico [en-ree-koh;; Italian en-ree-kaw] /ɛnˈri koʊ;; Italian ɛnˈri kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1921, Italian operatic tenor.
- seracs
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- cantus
-
noun,
cantus firmus.
- 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.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- Saseno
-
noun,
an island off the W coast of Albania, at the entrance to Valona Bay: belongs to Albania. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Saturn
-
noun,
an ancient Roman god of agriculture, the consort of Ops, believed to have ruled the earth during an age of happiness and virtue, identified with the Greek god Cronus.
- saucer
-
noun,
a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.
- 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.
- castes
-
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.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- sutras
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- serous
-
adjective,
resembling serum; of a watery nature.
- sauces
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- ascots
-
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.
- serosa
-
noun,
Embryology, Zoology.
the chorion.
a similar membrane in insects and other lower invertebrates.
- usance
-
noun,
Commerce. a length of time, exclusive of days of grace and varying in different places, allowed by custom or usage for the payment of foreign bills of exchange.
- Canute
-
noun,
a.d. 994?–1035, Danish king of England 1017–35; of Denmark 1018–35; and of Norway 1028–35.
- scenas
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- assoc.
-
- assort
-
verb (used with object),
to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
- scouts
-
noun,
a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- urates
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- Atreus
-
noun,
the father of Plisthenes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia upon whose house Thyestes pronounced a curse.
- scutes
-
noun,
a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- Austen
-
noun,
Jane, 1775–1817, English novelist.
- Season
-
noun,
one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- astron
-
- astro-
-
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- assure
-
verb (used with object),
to declare earnestly to; inform or tell positively; state with confidence to:
- Scouse
-
noun,
a baked dish or stew made usually with meat and hardtack.
- Auster
-
noun,
the south wind personified.
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- scores
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- 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.
- assert
-
Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- scents
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- cansos
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- scones
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- austr-
-
- scorns
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- urano-
-
- urases
-
noun,
urease.
- Scotus
-
noun,
John Duns, Duns Scotus, John.
- scours
-
noun,
the act of scouring.
- 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.
- causes
-
noun,
a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect:
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- sarsen
-
noun,
any of numerous large sandstone blocks or fragments found in south-central England, probably remnants of eroded Tertiary beds.
- Santos
-
noun,
a seaport in S Brazil: world's largest coffee-exporting port.
- unseat
-
verb (used with object),
to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
- arouse
-
verb (used with object),
to stir to action or strong response; excite:
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- cerat-
-
- russet
-
noun,
yellowish brown, light brown, or reddish brown.
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- Russo-
-
- Ruston
-
noun,
a city in N Louisiana.
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- cerous
-
adjective,
containing trivalent cerium.
- Cetura
-
noun,
Keturah.
- cestas
-
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.
- sacro-
-
- cestus
-
noun,
a girdle or belt, especially as worn by women of ancient Greece.
- cesura
-
noun,
caesura.
- snares
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- arsen-
-
- sarco-
-
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- centr-
-
- arsons
-
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.
- census
-
noun,
an official enumeration of the population, with details as to age, sex, occupation, etc.
- setons
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- 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.
- Seurat
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1859–91, French (pointillist) painter.
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- scour
-
noun,
the act of scouring.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- SCOTS
-
noun,
Also called Scottish. the English language as spoken in Scotland.
Compare Scots Gaelic.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- neut.
-
- rusts
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- 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.
- octa-
-
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- runes
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- sones
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- stoas
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- oecus
-
noun,
(in an ancient Roman house) an apartment, especially a dining room, decorated with columns.
- neur-
-
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- Neuss
-
noun,
a city W Germany, near Düsseldorf.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- nests
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Scot.
-
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- soars
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- oasts
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- 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.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- scuts
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- Notus
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
- noses
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- snots
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Russ.
-
abbreviation,
Russia.
- 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.
- seats
-
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.
- noct-
-
- 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.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- scute
-
noun,
a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- scuta
-
noun,
plural of scutum.
- oases
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- stuns
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- sect.
-
- Scout
-
noun,
a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- Torun
-
noun,
a city in N Poland, on the Vistula.
- torus
-
noun,
Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- Tasso
-
noun,
Torquato [tawr-kwah-taw] /tɔrˈkwɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1544–95, Italian poet.
- Tours
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- secos
-
noun,
sekos.
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- Susan
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- snout
-
noun,
the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- Nurse
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- 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.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- suras
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- scans
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- sarc-
-
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- teno-
-
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Srta.
-
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- suets
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- rect.
-
- Sousa
-
noun,
John Philip, 1854–1932, U.S. band conductor and composer.
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- sours
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- souse
-
noun,
an act of sousing.
- 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.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- sates
-
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.
- tears
-
- sauce
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- 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.
- Saros
-
noun,
the period of 223 synodic months, equaling 6585.32 days or 18 years, 11.32 days (or 10.32 days if 5 leap years occur in the interval), after which eclipses repeat but are shifted 120° west.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- sorus
-
noun,
Botany. one of the clusters of sporangia on the back of the fronds of ferns.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- sero-
-
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Rouen
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- sanes
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- oste-
-
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- ORuss
-
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- 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.
- soras
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- tonus
-
noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- ster.
-
- Orcus
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of the underworld, identified with the Greek Pluto, or Hades.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Otaru
-
noun,
a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- ounce
-
noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- 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.
- tera-
-
- runts
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- 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.
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- scats
-
noun,
scat singing.
- Stans
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland.
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- outen
-
verb (used with object),
to turn off (a light) or extinguish (a fire).
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- scat-
-
- ousts
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Sans.
-
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- curse
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- costs
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- 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:
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- tunes
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- 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.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- asco-
-
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- 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.
- Ascus
-
noun,
the sac in ascomycetes in which the sexual spores are formed.
- cutes
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Cant.
-
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- curst
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- Ecua.
-
- cornu
-
noun,
a horn, especially a bony part that resembles a horn.
- unset
-
adjective,
not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- 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.
- Tunas
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- arcus
-
noun,
a dense, horizontal, roll-shaped cloud sometimes occurring at the lower front portion of a cumulonimbus.
- ecto-
-
- areo-
-
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- econ.
-
- 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.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- 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.
- ento-
-
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- Court
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- uran-
-
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- crass
-
adjective,
without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity; gross; obtuse; stupid:
- auto.
-
- uncos
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Aust.
-
- crust
-
noun,
the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- cruse
-
noun,
an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
- cruet
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- cress
-
noun,
any of various plants of the mustard family, especially the watercress, having pungent-tasting leaves often used for salad and as a garnish.
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- astr.
-
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- curet
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- 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.
- Asser
-
noun,
Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- curns
-
noun,
a grain.
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- assn.
-
- Count
-
noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- cures
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- asst.
-
- Assur
-
noun,
the god of war and supreme national god of Assyria.
- Urena
-
noun,
any tropical plant or shrub belonging to the genus Urena, of the mallow family, having clusters of small, yellow flowers, especially U. lobata, which yields a useful bast fiber.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- cunts
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- Cunas
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- 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.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- naso-
-
- cent.
-
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- 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.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- Sucre
-
noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- actos
-
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- 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.
- 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.
- cause
-
noun,
a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect:
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- Euro-
-
- truce
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- USSCt
-
- acro-
-
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- naut.
-
- treas
-
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- 30-30
-
- cert.
-
- nears
-
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- cero-
-
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- acet-
-
- 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: ¢.
- 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.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- Cetus
-
noun,
the Whale, a constellation lying above the equator, containing the variable star Mira.
- Ceuta
-
noun,
a seaport and enclave of Spain in N Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- acute
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- caus.
-
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- Cons.
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- 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.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- ante-
-
- 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.
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- cont.
-
- eruct
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- Const
-
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- Usnea
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- cases
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- CONUS
-
noun,
the most anterior part of the simple tubular heart of lower vertebrates and embryos of higher vertebrates, leading into the artery that leaves the heart; in mammals it forms a part of the upper wall of the right ventricle, in which the pulmonary artery originates.
- cores
-
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- 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.
- aero-
-
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- 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.
- truss
-
noun,
Civil Engineering, Building Trades.
any of various structural frames based on the geometric rigidity of the triangle and composed of straight members subject only to longitudinal compression, tension, or both: functions as a beam or cantilever to support bridges, roofs, etc. Compare complete (def 8), incomplete (def 3), redundant (def 5c).
any of various structural frames constructed on principles other than the geometric rigidity of the triangle or deriving stability from other factors, as the rigidity of joints, the abutment of masonry, or the stiffness of beams.
- CERN
-
- saur
-
- aut-
-
- Aus.
-
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- cess
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- Cass
-
noun,
Lewis, 1782–1866, U.S. statesman.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- aur-
-
- cat.
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- 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.
- 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.
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- SASE
-
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- 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.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- cen.
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- Sat.
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Can.
-
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- 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.
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- ano-
-
- aer-
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- Sra.
-
- aet.
-
- ance
-
- USNA
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- sur-
-
- ant.
-
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- ANTU
-
- USES
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- 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.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- str.
-
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- USTC
-
- USSR
-
noun,
a former federal union of 15 constituent republics, in E Europe and W and N Asia, comprising the larger part of the former Russian Empire: dissolved in December 1991. 8,650,069 sq. mi. (22,402,200 sq. km). Capital: Moscow.
Abbreviation: U.S.S.R., USSR.
- 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-
-
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- 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.
- USRC
-
- Ste.
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- sues
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- scr.
-
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- uret
-
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- ASSR
-
- Secs
-
noun,
second2 (def 2).
- sec.
-
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- 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.
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- 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
-
- scut
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- 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.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- USCA
-
- 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.
- Susa
-
noun,
a ruined city in W Iran: the capital of ancient Elam; palaces of Darius and Artaxerxes I; stele containing the Code of Hammurabi discovered here.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- uro-
-
- USAR
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- asc-
-
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- sers
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- cet-
-
- enc.
-
- OSSA
-
noun,
plural of os1 .
- eco-
-
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- ect-
-
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- tuna
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Ens.
-
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Tues
-
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- eous
-
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- curn
-
noun,
a grain.
- 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.
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- Curt
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Curtis.
- cute
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- out-
-
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- 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.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Ont.
-
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- cur.
-
- 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.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- tRNA
-
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- not-
-
- 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.
- tron
-
- nos-
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nor.
-
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- NCTE
-
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- neo-
-
- 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.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- est.
-
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- eso-
-
- Oct.
-
- 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.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- etc.
-
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Eur.
-
- ter.
-
- cuss
-
noun,
curse word; oath.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- 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.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- RONA
-
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Con.
-
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Coue
-
noun,
Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1857–1926, French psychotherapist.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- RNAS
-
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- cunt
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- 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.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- 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.
-
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- 1080
-
- Cort
-
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- 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.
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- 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.
- taur
-
- 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.
- coss
-
noun,
kos.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- 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.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- ctr.
-
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- cts.
-
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- unco
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Sacs
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- Cuna
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Ceto
-
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- ten.
-
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- Rus.
-
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- Cnut
-
noun,
Canute.
- crat
-
- 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.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- crut
-
noun,
crud (def 1).
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Cres
-
- USO
-
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- tra
-
- USR
-
- tr.
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- UTC
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- uns
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- UNO
-
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- UAR
-
- 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.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- unc
-
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- UCR
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- USA
-
- ure
-
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- UAE
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- USS
-
- Une
-
- USC
-
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- tue
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- TSE
-
- 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.
- TSS
-
- Tu.
-
- USN
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ur-
-
- TCA
-
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- TCS
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- 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.
- Sus
-
- Tro
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- NRC
-
- ETS
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- NCO
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- 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.
- ARS
-
- eu-
-
- ETR
-
- NEA
-
- ETO
-
- ARU
-
- ESU
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ESR
-
- Esc
-
- ESA
-
- ERT
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ne-
-
- NEC
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- aor
-
- OAS
-
- 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.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- OTC
-
- OSA
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- Oc.
-
- ANU
-
noun,
a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- NSU
-
- NES
-
- NSC
-
- NSA
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NOC
-
- AOU
-
- 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:
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- OAU
-
- CEA
-
- cru
-
noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- CRT
-
- CRS
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- CNS
-
- CNO
-
- CEO
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- CSO
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- ct.
-
- cs.
-
- cr.
-
- Co.
-
- ast
-
- ca.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ATC
-
- CSA
-
- CSR
-
- en-
-
- ase
-
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- ECA
-
- ec-
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- 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
-
- ea.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- eo-
-
- CST
-
- ASN
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASR
-
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- cte
-
- CTA
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- ASU
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- SCS
-
- sc.
-
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- SAR
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- SAE
-
- SRO
-
- 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).
- So.
-
- Ar.
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- AUC
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- an.
-
- OCR
-
- ss.
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- SST
-
- SSR
-
- SSN
-
- SSE
-
- SSC
-
- SSA
-
- SRS
-
- ac-
-
- Sr.
-
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- SNU
-
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- RSS
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- OSS
-
- ae.
-
- AEC
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ANC
-
- OTS
-
- ote
-
- OTA
-
- ot-
-
- ose
-
- Rs.
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- orc
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noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Ora
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noun,
plural of os2 .
- ons
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- ONR
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- ONA
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noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- OES
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noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OCS
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- ACT
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noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- RCS
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- Re.
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- REC
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noun,
recreation.
- ROT
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noun,
the process of rotting.
- ROE
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noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROC
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noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- ROA
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- ACE
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noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- RNA
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- ret
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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.
- ACS
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- res
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noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- REA
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- RCT
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- RCN
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- RCA
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- rat
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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.
- RAS
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RAN
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noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Rae
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noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- at.
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- AU
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plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- AO
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- UT
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noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- A.
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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.
- SU
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- CE
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- TN
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- t.
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- T1
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SA
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- S.
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- RU
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- TC
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- RO
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- RN
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- RC
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
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- OU
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noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- CU
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- OA
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- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- O.
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- NU
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noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- NC
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- N.
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- U.
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- UC
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- SN
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