Anagrams of cousin-german
Word cousin-german has
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- gramineous
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adjective,
grasslike.
- ignorances
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noun,
the state or fact of being ignorant; lack of knowledge, learning, information, etc.
- nose-ring
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noun,
a ring inserted in the nose of an animal, to facilitate leading it.
- Orangeism
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noun,
the principles and practices of the Orangemen.
- canonries
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noun,
the office or benefice of a canon.
- ignorance
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noun,
the state or fact of being ignorant; lack of knowledge, learning, information, etc.
- ignoramus
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noun,
an extremely ignorant person.
- insurance
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noun,
the act, system, or business of insuring property, life, one's person, etc., against loss or harm arising in specified contingencies, as fire, accident, death, disablement, or the like, in consideration of a payment proportionate to the risk involved.
- muscarine
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noun,
a poisonous compound, C 8 H 19 NO 3 , found in certain mushrooms, especially fly agaric, and in decaying fish.
- unceasing
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adjective,
not ceasing or stopping; continuous:
- consuming
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adjective,
strongly and urgently felt:
- geraniums
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noun,
any of numerous plants of the genus Geranium, which comprises the crane's-bills.
- guanosine
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noun,
a ribonucleoside component of ribonucleic acid, comprising ribose and guanine.
- manicures
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noun,
a cosmetic treatment of the hands and fingernails, including trimming and polishing of the nails and removing cuticles.
- coumarins
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noun,
a fragrant crystalline substance, C 9 H 6 O 2 , obtained from the tonka bean, sweet clover, and certain other plants or prepared synthetically, used chiefly in soaps and perfumery.
- omnirange
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noun,
a radio navigational aid in which stations emit distinctive signals on each of 360 degrees, giving the bearing of each degree with reference to magnetic north.
- germanous
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adjective,
containing bivalent germanium.
- screaming
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noun,
the act or sound of a person or thing that screams.
- encrimson
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verb (used with object),
to make crimson.
- mournings
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noun,
the act of a person who mourns; sorrowing or lamentation.
- reasoning
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noun,
the act or process of a person who reasons.
- Germanics
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noun,
a branch of the Indo-European family of languages including German, Dutch, English, the Scandinavian languages, Afrikaans, Flemish, Frisian, and the extinct Gothic language.
- cumarone
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noun,
coumarone.
- Guernica
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noun,
Basque town in northern Spain: bombed and destroyed in 1937 by German planes helping the insurgents in the Spanish Civil War.
- scrounge
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noun,
a habitual borrower; sponger.
- grunions
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noun,
a small, silvery food fish, Leuresthes tenuis, of southern California, that spawns at high tide in wet sand.
- Granicus
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noun,
a river in NW Turkey, flowing N to the Sea of Marmara: battle 334 b.c. 45 miles (70 km) long.
- Sumerian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Sumer.
- meningo-
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- Comenius
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noun,
John Amos (Jan Amos Komenský) 1592–1670, Moravian educational reformer and bishop.
- cumarins
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noun,
coumarin.
- Comnenus
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noun,
a dynasty of Byzantine emperors that ruled at Constantinople, 1057?–1185, and at Trebizond in Asia Minor, 1204–1461?.
- romaines
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noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- grannies
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noun,
Informal. a grandmother.
- Norseman
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noun,
Northman.
- carneous
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adjective,
fleshlike; flesh-colored.
- coinsure
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verb (used with or without object),
to insure jointly with another or others.
- neuromas
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noun,
a tumor formed of nerve tissue.
- engrains
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verb (used with object), adjective,
ingrain (defs 1, 2).
- sanguine
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noun,
a red iron-oxide crayon used in making drawings.
- grimaces
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noun,
a facial expression, often ugly or contorted, that indicates disapproval, pain, etc.
- guisarme
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noun,
a shafted weapon having as a head a curved, double-edged blade with a beak at the back.
- Negroism
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noun,
the doctrine or advocacy of equal rights for black people.
- negronis
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noun,
a cocktail made from sweet vermouth, gin, and bitters.
- Americus
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noun,
a city in SW central Georgia.
- ring-man
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noun,
Printing. an operator of a ring machine.
- earnings
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noun,
money earned; wages; profits.
- coinages
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noun,
the act, process, or right of making coins.
- mourning
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noun,
the act of a person who mourns; sorrowing or lamentation.
- cerimans
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noun,
a climbing, tropical American plant, Monstera deliciosa, of the arum family, characterized by cordlike, aerial roots and large, perforated leaves.
- coamings
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noun,
a raised border around an opening in a deck, roof, or floor, designed to prevent water from running below.
- grecians
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noun,
a Greek.
- Cameroun
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noun,
Cameroon (def 1).
- racemous
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adjective,
racemose.
- nonaries
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noun,
a number in a nonary system.
- Suriname
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noun,
a republic on the NE coast of South America: formerly a territory of the Netherlands; gained independence 1975. 60,230 sq. mi. (155,995 sq. km). Capital: Paramaribo.
- mornings
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noun,
the first part or period of the day, extending from dawn, or from midnight, to noon.
- sonarmen
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noun,
a petty officer who operates and maintains sonar.
- incomers
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noun,
a person who comes in.
- aginners
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noun,
a person who opposes a plan, proposed legislation, or any drastic change:
- Minorcan
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Minorca.
- organums
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noun,
an organon.
- aneurins
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noun,
thiamine.
- carmines
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noun,
a crimson or purplish-red color.
- Asuncion
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Paraguay, in the S part.
- Geranium
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noun,
any of numerous plants of the genus Geranium, which comprises the crane's-bills.
- cosigner
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noun,
a cosignatory.
- cremains
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plural noun,
the ashes of a cremated corpse.
- Germanic
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noun,
a branch of the Indo-European family of languages including German, Dutch, English, the Scandinavian languages, Afrikaans, Flemish, Frisian, and the extinct Gothic language.
- coumarin
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noun,
a fragrant crystalline substance, C 9 H 6 O 2 , obtained from the tonka bean, sweet clover, and certain other plants or prepared synthetically, used chiefly in soaps and perfumery.
- sermonic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling a sermon.
- minorcas
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noun,
Spanish Menorca. one of the Balearic Islands, in the W Mediterranean. 271 sq. mi. (700 sq. km).
- courages
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noun,
the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear; bravery.
- coursing
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that courses.
- crannogs
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noun,
(in ancient Ireland and Scotland) a lake dwelling, usually built on an artificial island.
- cragsmen
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noun,
a person accustomed to or skilled in climbing crags.
- iron-man
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noun,
a person, as a worker or athlete, of great physical endurance who can be depended upon to perform a given task or job tirelessly.
- germano-
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- crannies
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noun,
a small, narrow opening in a wall, rock, etc.; chink; crevice; fissure:
- craniums
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noun,
the skull of a vertebrate.
- unreason
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noun,
inability or unwillingness to think or act rationally, reasonably, or sensibly; irrationality.
- acrogens
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noun,
a flowerless plant growing and producing its reproductive structures at the apex only, as ferns and mosses.
- manicure
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noun,
a cosmetic treatment of the hands and fingernails, including trimming and polishing of the nails and removing cuticles.
- nuisance
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noun,
an obnoxious or annoying person, thing, condition, practice, etc.:
- organics
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noun,
a substance, as a fertilizer or pesticide, of animal or vegetable origin.
- Romanies
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noun,
Gypsy (def 2).
- gouramis
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noun,
a large, air-breathing, nest-building, freshwater Asiatic fish, Osphronemus goramy, used for food.
- monsieur
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noun,
the conventional French title of respect and term of address for a man, corresponding to Mr. or sir.
- gracious
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adjective,
pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous.
- consumer
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noun,
a person or thing that consumes.
- moraines
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noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- nacreous
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adjective,
of or relating to nacre.
- scenario
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noun,
an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- romances
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noun,
a novel, movie, or genre of popular fiction in which characters fall in love or begin a romantic relationship (often used attributively):
- megarons
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noun,
a building or semi-independent unit of a building, generally used as a living apartment and typically having a square or broadly rectangular principal chamber with a porch, often of columns in antis, and sometimes an antichamber or other small compartments.
- reinsman
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noun,
a person who rides or drives horses, especially a skillful one, as a jockey or harness driver.
- guanines
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noun,
a purine base, C 5 H 5 N 5 O, that is a fundamental constituent of DNA and RNA, in which it forms base pairs with cytosine. Symbol: G.
- organism
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noun,
a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.
- gainers
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noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- cargoes
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noun,
the lading or freight of a ship, airplane, etc.
- mousing
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noun,
a wrapping of several turns of small stuff around the shank end of a hook.
- Reunion
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noun,
the act of uniting again.
- gamines
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noun,
a neglected girl who is left to run about the streets.
- carious
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adjective,
having caries, as teeth; decayed.
- Carmine
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noun,
a crimson or purplish-red color.
- eugonic
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adjective,
thriving on artificial media, as certain bacteria (opposed to dysgonic).
- Eunomia
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noun,
one of the Horae: the personification of order.
- re-sign
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verb (used with or without object),
to sign again.
- canines
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noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- Marconi
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noun,
Guglielmo [goo-lyel-maw] /guˈlyɛl mɔ/ (Show IPA), Marchese, 1874–1937, Italian electrical engineer and inventor, especially in the field of wireless telegraphy: Nobel Prize in physics 1909.
- Riemann
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noun,
Georg Friedrich Bernhard [gey-awrk free-drikh bern-hahrt] /geɪˈɔrk ˈfri drɪx ˈbɛrn hɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1826–66, German mathematician.
- caesium
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noun,
cesium.
- rousing
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noun,
a rousing.
- moneran
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noun,
any organism of the kingdom Monera.
- monesia
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noun,
a preparation extracted from the bark of a South American tree, Pradosia lactescens, and used chiefly as an astringent and as an expectorant.
- mongers
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noun,
a person who is involved with something in a petty or contemptible way (usually used in combination):
- craniom
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- Gennaro
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noun,
San [san;; Italian sahn] /sæn;; Italian sɑn/ (Show IPA), Januarius.
- Roscian
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adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- Rosanne
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noun,
a female given name.
- moraine
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noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- morceau
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noun,
piece; morsel.
- Romanus
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noun,
died a.d. 897, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 897.
- Romanic
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noun,
romance1 (def 9).
- Riesman
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noun,
David, 1909–2002, U.S. sociologist.
- Romance
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noun,
a novel, movie, or genre of popular fiction in which characters fall in love or begin a romantic relationship (often used attributively):
- morgens
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noun,
a unit of land measure equal to about two acres (0.8 hectare), formerly in use in Holland and the Dutch colonies and still used in South Africa.
- Romains
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noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Louis Farigoule) 1885–1972, French novelist, poet, and dramatist.
- morgues
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noun,
a place in which bodies are kept, especially the bodies of victims of violence or accidents, pending identification or burial.
- Morning
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noun,
the first part or period of the day, extending from dawn, or from midnight, to noon.
- Cameron
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noun,
Julia Margaret, 1815–79, English photographer, born in India.
- Garonne
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noun,
a river in SW France, flowing NW from the Pyrenees to the Gironde River. 350 miles (565 km) long.
- camions
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noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- garcons
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noun,
(usually in direct address) a waiter in a restaurant.
- Camoens
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noun,
Luis Vaz de [loo-eesh vahzh duh] /luˈiʃ vɑʒ də/ (Show IPA), 1524?–80, Portuguese poet.
- rinceau
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noun,
an ornamental foliate or floral motif.
- Romaine
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noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- engrain
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verb (used with object), adjective,
ingrain (defs 1, 2).
- carnies
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noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- organic
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noun,
a substance, as a fertilizer or pesticide, of animal or vegetable origin.
- cronies
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noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- coremia
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noun,
the fruiting bodies of certain fungi, consisting of a loosely bound bundle of conidiophores.
- orceins
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noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- nuncios
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noun,
a diplomatic representative of the pope at a foreign court or capital: equal in status to an ambassador.
- consume
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verb (used with object),
to destroy or expend by use; use up.
- consign
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verb (used with object),
to hand over or deliver formally or officially; commit (often followed by to).
- coniums
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noun,
the poison hemlock, Conium maculatum.
- crinums
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noun,
any of the tropical and subtropical bulbous plants constituting the genus Crinum, of the amaryllis family, usually having umbels of large, showy flowers.
- congius
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noun,
(in prescriptions) a gallon (3.7853 liters).
- Congers
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noun,
a large marine eel, Conger conger, sometimes reaching a length of 10 feet (3 meters), used for food.
- nuances
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noun,
a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc.
- organum
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noun,
an organon.
- nourice
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noun,
a nurse.
- cumarin
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noun,
coumarin.
- origans
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noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- oarsmen
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noun,
a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.
- crinose
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adjective,
hairy.
- Comines
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noun,
Philippe de [fee-leep duh] /fiˈlip də/ (Show IPA), 1445?–1511? French historian and diplomat.
- Cremona
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noun,
a city in N Italy, on the Po River.
- cranium
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noun,
the skull of a vertebrate.
- crannog
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noun,
(in ancient Ireland and Scotland) a lake dwelling, usually built on an artificial island.
- isogram
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noun,
a line representing equality with respect to a given variable, used to relate points on maps, charts, etc.
- courage
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noun,
the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear; bravery.
- cougars
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noun,
Also called mountain lion, panther, puma. a large, tawny cat, Felis concolor, of North and South America: now greatly reduced in number and endangered in some areas.
- Coueism
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noun,
a method of self-help stressing autosuggestion, popular especially in the U.S. c1920 and featuring the slogan “Day by day in every way I am getting better and better.”.
- onagers
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noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- cringes
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noun,
servile or fawning deference.
- onanism
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noun,
withdrawal of the penis in sexual intercourse so that ejaculation takes place outside the vagina; coitus interruptus.
- 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.
- corsage
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noun,
a small bouquet worn at the waist, on the shoulder, on the wrist, etc., by a woman.
- crimson
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noun,
a crimson color, pigment, or dye.
- one-man
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adjective,
of or relating to, or operated, performed, or used by one person:
- Corning
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noun,
a city in S New York.
- 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.
- comings
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noun,
approach; arrival; advent:
- cunners
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noun,
a small wrasse, Tautogolabrus adspersus, common in North Atlantic coastal waters of the U.S.
- carnose
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adjective,
of or relating to flesh; fleshy.
- erasion
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noun,
the act of erasing.
- narcose
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adjective,
characterized by stupor; stuporous.
- regains
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noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- ceriums
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noun,
a steel-gray, ductile metallic element of the rare-earth group found only in combination. Symbol: Ce; atomic weight: 140.12; atomic number: 58.
- ceriman
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noun,
a climbing, tropical American plant, Monstera deliciosa, of the arum family, characterized by cordlike, aerial roots and large, perforated leaves.
- reginas
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noun,
queen.
- nancies
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Meurthe-et-Moselle, in NE France: battles 1477, 1914, 1944.
- Ericson
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noun,
Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- engrams
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noun,
a presumed encoding in neural tissue that provides a physical basis for the persistence of memory; a memory trace.
- muscone
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noun,
an oily, very slightly water-soluble, large cyclic ketone containing a 15-membered ring, C 16 H 30 O, obtained from musk: used in the perfume industry.
- Muscari
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- murines
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noun,
a murine rodent.
- carouse
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noun,
carousal.
- murgeon
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noun,
a grimace; a wry face.
- remains
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noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- carnous
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adjective,
carnose.
- enigmas
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noun,
a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation:
- reagins
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noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- normans
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noun,
a member of that branch of the Northmen or Scandinavians who in the 10th century conquered Normandy.
- coarsen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become coarse.
- Noricum
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noun,
an ancient Roman province in central Europe, roughly corresponding to the part of Austria south of the Danube.
- curiosa
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plural noun,
books, pamphlets, etc., dealing with unusual subjects.
- coinage
-
noun,
the act, process, or right of making coins.
- nonuser
-
noun,
a person who does not use or partake of something, as drugs or alcoholic beverages.
- coignes
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noun, verb (used with object),
quoin.
- nonages
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noun,
the period of legal minority, or of an age below 21.
- coaming
-
noun,
a raised border around an opening in a deck, roof, or floor, designed to prevent water from running below.
- encomia
-
noun,
a formal expression of high praise; eulogy:
- earings
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noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- neuroma
-
noun,
a tumor formed of nerve tissue.
- Nemunas
-
noun,
Lithuanian name of Neman.
- Negroni
-
noun,
a cocktail made from sweet vermouth, gin, and bitters.
- enamors
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verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- cinemas
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noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- encinas
-
noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- giaours
-
noun,
an unbeliever; a non-Muslim, especially a Christian.
- cranio-
-
- anguine
-
adjective,
pertaining to or resembling a snake.
- grimace
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noun,
a facial expression, often ugly or contorted, that indicates disapproval, pain, etc.
- Maurice
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noun,
German Moritz. 1521–53, German general: elector of Saxony 1547–53.
- uncages
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verb (used with object),
to set free from or as if from a cage; free from confinement or restraint.
- Menorca
-
noun,
Minorca.
- aerugos
-
noun,
verdigris.
- Manners
-
noun,
a way of doing, being done, or happening; mode of action, occurrence, etc.:
- Ingemar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- manures
-
noun,
excrement, especially of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer.
- Mercian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Mercia.
- merinos
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- agonies
-
noun,
extreme and generally prolonged pain; intense physical or mental suffering.
- seminar
-
noun,
a small group of students, as in a university, engaged in advanced study and original research under a member of the faculty and meeting regularly to exchange information and hold discussions.
- Marcion
-
noun,
a.d. c100–c160, Christian Gnostic.
- Grecism
-
noun,
the spirit of Greek thought, art, etc.
- imagoes
-
noun,
Entomology. an adult insect.
- Grecian
-
noun,
a Greek.
- amnions
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the innermost of the embryonic or fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended.
- agnomen
-
noun,
an additional, fourth name given to a person by the ancient Romans in allusion to some achievement or other circumstance, as “Africanus” in “Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus.”.
Compare cognomen (def 3).
- Masonic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or characteristic of Freemasons or Freemasonry.
- unicorn
-
noun,
a mythical creature resembling a horse, with a single horn in the center of its forehead: often symbolic of chastity or purity.
- guenons
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed African monkeys, especially of the genus Cercopithecus, having a grizzled coat.
- mannose
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noun,
a hexose, C 6 H 12 O 6 , obtained from the hydrolysis of the ivory nut and yielding mannitol upon reduction.
- scrouge
-
verb (used with or without object),
to squeeze; crowd.
- Aneurin
-
noun,
thiamine.
- amusing
-
adjective,
pleasantly entertaining or diverting:
- mansion
-
noun,
a very large, impressive, or stately residence.
- Signora
-
noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a married woman, either used separately or prefixed to the name.
- meaning
-
noun,
what is intended to be, or actually is, expressed or indicated; signification; import:
- signore
-
noun,
a conventional Italian title of respect for a man, usually used separately; signor.
- Megaris
-
noun,
a district in ancient Greece, between the Gulf of Corinth and Saronic Gulf.
- grunion
-
noun,
a small, silvery food fish, Leuresthes tenuis, of southern California, that spawns at high tide in wet sand.
- incages
-
verb (used with object),
encage.
- megaron
-
noun,
a building or semi-independent unit of a building, generally used as a living apartment and typically having a square or broadly rectangular principal chamber with a porch, often of columns in antis, and sometimes an antichamber or other small compartments.
- Meinong
-
noun,
Alexius [ah-lek-see-oo s] /ɑˈlɛk si ʊs/ (Show IPA), 1853–1920, Austrian psychologist and philosopher.
- Anguier
-
noun,
François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1604–69, and his brother Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA) 1614–86, French sculptors.
- surgeon
-
noun,
a physician who specializes in surgery.
- aginner
-
noun,
a person who opposes a plan, proposed legislation, or any drastic change:
- seringa
-
noun,
any of several Brazilian trees of the genus Hevea, yielding rubber.
- surname
-
noun,
the name that a person has in common with other family members, as distinguished from a Christian name or given name; family name.
- incomer
-
noun,
a person who comes in.
- Mencius
-
noun,
c380–289 b.c, Chinese philosopher.
- incomes
-
noun,
the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
- Maurois
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), (Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog) 1885–1967, French biographer and novelist.
- Sungari
-
noun,
Songhua.
- scunner
-
noun,
an irrational dislike; loathing:
- guineas
-
noun,
a coastal region in W Africa, extending from the Gambia River to the Gabon estuary.
- maniocs
-
noun,
cassava.
- gunnies
-
noun,
a strong, coarse material made commonly from jute, especially for bags or sacks; burlap.
- Marcuse
-
noun,
Herbert, 1898–1979, U.S. political and social philosopher, born in Germany.
- Saucier
-
noun,
a chef or cook who specializes in making sauces.
- mangoes
-
noun,
the oblong, sweet fruit of a tropical tree, Mangifera indica, of the cashew family, eaten ripe, or preserved or pickled.
- Marengo
-
noun,
a village in Piedmont, in NW Italy: Napoleon defeated the Austrians 1800.
- Gunnera
-
noun,
any tropical plant of the genus Gennera, native to South America, having enormous leaves resembling rhubarb.
- mainour
-
noun,
a stolen article found on the person of or near the thief:
- acinous
-
adjective,
consisting of acini.
- acerous
-
adjective,
acerose1 .
- Minorca
-
noun,
Spanish Menorca. one of the Balearic Islands, in the W Mediterranean. 271 sq. mi. (700 sq. km).
- mignons
-
noun,
an opera (1866) by Ambroise Thomas.
- uremias
-
noun,
a condition resulting from the retention in the blood of constituents normally excreted in the urine.
- socager
-
noun,
a tenant holding land by socage; sokeman.
- macrons
-
noun,
a horizontal line used as a diacritic over a vowel to indicate that it has a long sound or other specified pronunciation, as (ā) in fate (fāt).
- mirages
-
noun,
an optical phenomenon, especially in the desert or at sea, by which the image of some object appears displaced above, below, or to one side of its true position as a result of spatial variations of the index of refraction of air.
- arseno-
-
- soaring
-
noun,
the sport of flying a sailplane.
- marines
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- gisarme
-
noun,
guisarme.
- Sirenum
-
noun,
Mare, Mare Sirenum.
- scanner
-
noun,
a person or thing that scans.
- guanine
-
noun,
a purine base, C 5 H 5 N 5 O, that is a fundamental constituent of DNA and RNA, in which it forms base pairs with cytosine. Symbol: G.
- acrogen
-
noun,
a flowerless plant growing and producing its reproductive structures at the apex only, as ferns and mosses.
- Graeco-
-
- Gournia
-
noun,
a village in NE Crete, near the site of an excavated Minoan town and palace.
- sonance
-
noun,
the condition or quality of being sonant.
- acumens
-
noun,
keen insight; shrewdness:
- scourge
-
noun,
a whip or lash, especially for the infliction of punishment or torture.
- gourami
-
noun,
a large, air-breathing, nest-building, freshwater Asiatic fish, Osphronemus goramy, used for food.
- insnare
-
verb (used with object),
ensnare.
- microns
-
noun,
Also called micrometer. the millionth part of a meter. Symbol: μ, mu.
- ignores
-
verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- igneous
-
adjective,
Geology. produced under conditions involving intense heat, as rocks of volcanic origin or rocks crystallized from molten magma.
- Margie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- nonces
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- neuron
-
noun,
Cell Biology. a specialized, impulse-conducting cell that is the functional unit of the nervous system, consisting of the cell body and its processes, the axon and dendrites.
- images
-
noun,
a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- iceman
-
noun,
a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.
- egoism
-
noun,
the habit of valuing everything only in reference to one's personal interest; selfishness (opposed to altruism).
- ignore
-
verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- inanes
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- incage
-
verb (used with object),
encage.
- nonage
-
noun,
the period of legal minority, or of an age below 21.
- cumins
-
noun,
a small plant, Cuminum cyminum, of the parsley family, bearing aromatic, seedlike fruit, used in cookery and medicine.
- curios
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- Marcie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marcia.
- earing
-
noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- marges
-
noun,
margin; edge.
- manure
-
noun,
excrement, especially of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer.
- Norman
-
noun,
a member of that branch of the Northmen or Scandinavians who in the 10th century conquered Normandy.
- Maoris
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- Marcos
-
noun,
Ferdinand E(dralin) [ed-ruh-lin] /ˈɛd rə lɪn/ (Show IPA), 1917–1989, Philippine political leader: president 1965–86.
- Nomura
-
noun,
Kichisaburo [kee-chee-sah-boo-raw] /ˈki tʃiˈsɑ buˈrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1877–1964, Japanese diplomat.
- Marcus
-
noun,
Saint. Also, Mark. died a.d. 336, pope 336.
- cunner
-
noun,
a small wrasse, Tautogolabrus adspersus, common in North Atlantic coastal waters of the U.S.
- miscue
-
noun,
Sports. a failure to execute a play, stroke, or maneuver properly; an error.
- nosing
-
noun,
a projecting edge, as the part of the tread of a step extending beyond the riser or a projecting part of a buttress.
- manges
-
noun,
any of various skin diseases caused by parasitic mites, affecting animals and sometimes humans and characterized by loss of hair and scabby eruptions.
- cringe
-
noun,
servile or fawning deference.
- insane
-
adjective,
not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- inseam
-
noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- Crimea
-
noun,
the, a peninsula in SE Ukraine, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
- insure
-
verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- mangos
-
noun,
the oblong, sweet fruit of a tropical tree, Mangifera indica, of the cashew family, eaten ripe, or preserved or pickled.
- inures
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- Creusa
-
noun,
the bride to be of Jason, slain by Medea.
- inurns
-
verb (used with object),
to put into an urn, especially ashes after cremation.
- manger
-
noun,
a box or trough in a stable or barn from which horses or cattle eat.
- manioc
-
noun,
cassava.
- creams
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- maigre
-
adjective,
containing neither flesh nor its juices, as food permissible on days of religious abstinence.
- magics
-
noun,
the art of producing illusions as entertainment by the use of sleight of hand, deceptive devices, etc.; legerdemain; conjuring:
- macron
-
noun,
a horizontal line used as a diacritic over a vowel to indicate that it has a long sound or other specified pronunciation, as (ā) in fate (fāt).
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- macro-
-
- macons
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- macers
-
noun,
macebearer.
- Maceio
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Alagoas, in E Brazil.
- inorg.
-
- Crinum
-
noun,
any of the tropical and subtropical bulbous plants constituting the genus Crinum, of the amaryllis family, usually having umbels of large, showy flowers.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- Mannie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Emanuel.
- incogs
-
adjective, adverb, noun,
incognita or incognito.
- Noumea
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of New Caledonia, on the SW coast.
- nuance
-
noun,
a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc.
- income
-
noun,
the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
- incurs
-
verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- numina
-
noun,
plural of numen.
- Crusoe
-
noun,
Robinson, Robinson Crusoe.
- Icarus
-
noun,
Also, Ikaros. Classical Mythology. a youth who attempted to escape from Crete with wings of wax and feathers but flew so high that his wings melted from the heat of the sun, and he plunged to his death in the sea.
- incuse
-
noun,
an incuse figure or impression.
- numis.
-
- Mannes
-
noun,
Leopold Damrosch, 1899–1964, U.S. composer and chemist.
- innage
-
noun,
the quantity of goods remaining in a container when received after shipment.
Compare outage (def 4).
- nuncio
-
noun,
a diplomatic representative of the pope at a foreign court or capital: equal in status to an ambassador.
- cruise
-
noun,
the act of cruising.
- Ingmar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Ingram
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Crouse
-
noun,
Russel, 1893–1966, U.S. dramatist.
- INGRES
-
noun,
Jean Auguste Dominique [zhahn oh-gyst daw-mee-neek] /ʒɑ̃ oʊˈgüst dɔ miˈnik/ (Show IPA), 1780–1867, French painter.
- Cronus
-
noun,
a Titan, son of Uranus and Gaea, who was dethroned by his son Zeus.
- Cronin
-
noun,
A(rchibald) J(oseph) 1896–1981, Scottish novelist and physician in the U.S.
- manner
-
noun,
a way of doing, being done, or happening; mode of action, occurrence, etc.:
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- neuro-
-
- Ennius
-
noun,
Quintus [kwin-tuh s] /ˈkwɪn təs/ (Show IPA), 239–169? b.c, Roman poet.
- Negros
-
noun,
an island of the central Philippines. 5043 sq. mi. (13,061 sq. km).
- granum
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a grain.
- Morgen
-
noun,
a unit of land measure equal to about two acres (0.8 hectare), formerly in use in Holland and the Dutch colonies and still used in South Africa.
- Graces
-
noun,
elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action:
Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity.
Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
- grains
-
noun,
an iron instrument with barbed prongs, for spearing or harpooning fish.
- Mersin
-
noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- grani-
-
- morgue
-
noun,
a place in which bodies are kept, especially the bodies of victims of violence or accidents, pending identification or burial.
- grano-
-
- merous
-
- Mosaic
-
noun,
a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc.
- gasmen
-
noun,
a person who works for a company that sells or distributes household gas, especially a person who goes from building to building reading gas meters to determine what charge is to be billed.
- Gascon
-
noun,
a native of Gascony, France, the inhabitants of which were reputedly very boastful.
- micro-
-
- Greco-
-
- Merino
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- Mergui
-
noun,
a seaport in S Burma, on the Andaman Sea.
- Garcon
-
noun,
(usually in direct address) a waiter in a restaurant.
- mourns
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or express sorrow or grief over (misfortune, loss, or anything regretted); deplore.
- Grimes
-
noun,
dirt, soot, or other filthy matter, especially adhering to or embedded in a surface.
- ganoin
-
noun,
a hard, shiny, enamellike substance secreted by the corium, composing the outer layer of the scales of certain fishes.
- Mercia
-
noun,
an early English kingdom in central Britain.
- mouser
-
noun,
an animal that catches mice:
- Grison
-
noun,
a weasellike carnivore, Galictis vittata, ranging from southern Mexico to Peru, having a grayish-white upper body, a distinctive white stripe across the forehead and ears, and a dark brown face, chest, and legs.
- gamous
-
- Morgan
-
noun,
one of a breed of light carriage and saddle horses descended from the stallion Justin Morgan.
- Moreau
-
noun,
Gustave [gys-tav] /güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1826–98, French painter.
- groans
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- Mingus
-
noun,
Charles ("Charlie") 1922–79, U.S. jazz bass player and composer.
- misrun
-
noun,
an incomplete casting, the metal of which has solidified prematurely.
- Moesia
-
noun,
an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.
- giaour
-
noun,
an unbeliever; a non-Muslim, especially a Christian.
- moires
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- gerous
-
- mirage
-
noun,
an optical phenomenon, especially in the desert or at sea, by which the image of some object appears displaced above, below, or to one side of its true position as a result of spatial variations of the index of refraction of air.
- gnomes
-
noun,
(in folklore) one of a species of diminutive beings, usually described as shriveled little old men, that inhabit the interior of the earth and act as guardians of its treasures; troll.
- German
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Germany.
- Monera
-
noun,
a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and have a nutritional mode of absorption, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.
- gnomic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling a gnome.
- Minoan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of ancient Crete.
- miners
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- micron
-
noun,
Also called micrometer. the millionth part of a meter. Symbol: μ, mu.
- minces
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- Geonim
-
noun,
a plural of Gaon.
- monger
-
noun,
a person who is involved with something in a petty or contemptible way (usually used in combination):
- goners
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- Monica
-
noun,
a female given name.
- monies
-
noun,
a plural of money.
- genoas
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- gonium
-
noun,
the germ cell during the phase marked by mitosis.
- Mignon
-
noun,
an opera (1866) by Ambroise Thomas.
- genius
-
noun,
an exceptional natural capacity of intellect, especially as shown in creative and original work in science, art, music, etc.:
Synonyms: intelligence, ingenuity, wit; brains.
- micros
-
noun,
anything extremely small in scope or capability.
- gamins
-
noun,
a neglected boy left to run about the streets; street urchin.
- groins
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- margin
-
noun,
the space around the printed or written matter on a page.
- gunman
-
noun,
a person armed with or expert in the use of a gun, especially one ready to use a gun unlawfully.
- narco-
-
- Ensign
-
noun,
a flag or banner, as a military or naval standard used to indicate nationality.
- Guinea
-
noun,
a coastal region in W Africa, extending from the Gambia River to the Gabon estuary.
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- Maseru
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Lesotho, in the NW part.
- ennuis
-
noun,
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
- Miseno
-
noun,
a cape in SW Italy, on the N shore of the Bay of Naples: ruins of ancient Misenum, a Roman naval station and resort.
- nasion
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- mascon
-
noun,
a massive concentration of high-density material beneath the surface of the moon.
- enigma
-
noun,
a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation:
- gunmen
-
noun,
a person armed with or expert in the use of a gun, especially one ready to use a gun unlawfully.
- eonism
-
noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- engram
-
noun,
a presumed encoding in neural tissue that provides a physical basis for the persistence of memory; a memory trace.
- Gunnar
-
noun,
Scandinavian Legend. the husband of Brynhild: corresponds to Gunther in the Nibelungenlied.
- Gunner
-
noun,
a person who operates a gun or cannon.
- engin.
-
- necro-
-
- Marius
-
noun,
Gaius, c155–86 b.c, Roman general and consul: opponent of Lucius Cornelius Sulla.
- Marion
-
noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- Encina
-
noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- Marino
-
noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- enamor
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- eonian
-
adjective,
aeonian.
- maugre
-
preposition,
in spite of; notwithstanding.
- gamine
-
noun,
a neglected girl who is left to run about the streets.
- guacos
-
noun,
a climbing composite plant, Mikania guaco, of tropical America.
- mucins
-
noun,
any of a class of glycoproteins found in saliva, gastric juice, etc., that form viscous solutions and act as lubricants or protectants on external and internal surfaces of the body.
- mucors
-
noun,
any phycomycetous fungus of the genus Mucor, that forms a furry coating on foodstuffs and dead and decaying vegetable matter.
- mucosa
-
noun,
mucous membrane.
- Gaines
-
noun,
Edmund Pendleton, 1777–1849, U.S. general.
- grouse
-
noun,
any of numerous gallinaceous birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae.
Compare black grouse, capercaillie, ruffed grouse, spruce grouse.
- Gainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- Muncie
-
noun,
a city in E Indiana.
- mungos
-
noun,
a low-grade wool from felted rags or waste.
- Munroe
-
noun,
Charles Edward, 1849–1938, U.S. chemist.
- Murage
-
noun,
a toll or tax for the repair or construction of the walls or fortifications of a town.
- grumes
-
noun,
blood when viscous.
- meacon
-
verb (used with object),
to give false signals to (electronic navigational equipment), as by means of a radio transmitter.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- Murcia
-
noun,
a city in SE Spain.
- guanos
-
noun,
a natural manure composed chiefly of the excrement of sea birds, found especially on islands near the Peruvian coast.
- murine
-
noun,
a murine rodent.
- McNair
-
noun,
Lesley James, 1883–1944, U.S. army officer.
- Mauser
-
noun,
Peter Paul, 1838–1914, and his brother, Wilhelm, 1834–82, German inventors of firearms.
- musing
-
noun,
contemplation; reflection.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- guenon
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed African monkeys, especially of the genus Cercopithecus, having a grizzled coat.
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- nances
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- nanism
-
noun,
the condition of being unusually or abnormally small in size or stature; dwarfism.
- genous
-
- isomer
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- run-on
-
noun,
run-on matter.
- resign
-
verb (used with object),
to give up (an office, position, etc.), often formally.
- remans
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- Carmen
-
noun,
Ciudad del Carmen.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- amices
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- amicus
-
noun,
a philanthropist.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- cargos
-
noun,
the lading or freight of a ship, airplane, etc.
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- Siouan
-
noun,
an American Indian language family formerly widespread from Saskatchewan to the lower Mississippi, also found in the Virginia and Carolina piedmont, and including Catawba, Crow, Dakota, Hidatsa, Mandan, Osage, and Winnebago.
- renins
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- amigos
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- caroms
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- Cannes
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean Sea: resort; annual film festival.
- canner
-
noun,
a person who cans meat, fruit, etc., for preservation.
- caning
-
noun,
the act of providing chairs or the like with seats made of woven cane.
- canine
-
noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- amino-
-
- sinner
-
noun,
a person who sins; transgressor.
- rimose
-
adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- camise
-
noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- camion
-
noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- Singer
-
noun,
a person who sings, especially a trained or professional vocalist.
- amnion
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the innermost of the embryonic or fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended.
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- cameos
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- soucar
-
noun,
a Hindu banker.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- agron.
-
- cesura
-
noun,
caesura.
- cesium
-
noun,
a rare, highly reactive, soft, metallic element of the alkali metal group, used chiefly in photoelectric cells. Symbol: Cs; atomic weight: 132.905; atomic number: 55; specific gravity: 1.9 at 20°C; melts at 28.5°C.
- cerous
-
adjective,
containing trivalent cerium.
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- Regain
-
noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- cerium
-
noun,
a steel-gray, ductile metallic element of the rare-earth group found only in combination. Symbol: Ce; atomic weight: 140.12; atomic number: 58.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- source
-
noun,
any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin:
- Regina
-
noun,
queen.
- region
-
noun,
an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body:
- 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.
- Caruso
-
noun,
Enrico [en-ree-koh;; Italian en-ree-kaw] /ɛnˈri koʊ;; Italian ɛnˈri kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1921, Italian operatic tenor.
- regius
-
adjective,
of or belonging to a king.
- somni-
-
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- soigne
-
adjective,
carefully or elegantly done, operated, or designed.
- socmen
-
noun,
sokeman.
- reigns
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- casing
-
noun,
a case or covering; housing.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- socman
-
noun,
sokeman.
- socage
-
noun,
a tenure of land held by the tenant in performance of specified services or by payment of rent, and not requiring military service.
- amnios
-
- Singan
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- reagin
-
noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- aniso-
-
- Serang
-
noun,
Ceram.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- 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.
- arsen-
-
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- animus
-
noun,
strong dislike or enmity; hostile attitude; animosity.
- arouse
-
verb (used with object),
to stir to action or strong response; excite:
- sarco-
-
- Sennar
-
noun,
a region in the E Sudan between the White and Blue Nile rivers, S of Khartoum: a former kingdom.
- Sarnen
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Obwalden, in central Switzerland, E of Bern.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- angio-
-
- sarong
-
noun,
a loose-fitting skirtlike garment formed by wrapping a strip of cloth around the lower part of the body, worn by both men and women in the Malay Archipelago and certain islands of the Pacific Ocean.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- anomie
-
noun,
a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.
- Semang
-
noun,
a member of a Negrito people of the Malay Peninsula.
- Segura
-
noun,
Francisco [frahn-sees-kaw] /frɑnˈsis kɔ/ (Show IPA), (Pancho Segura"Segoo") born 1921, Ecuadorian tennis player.
- saucer
-
noun,
a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.
- sauger
-
noun,
a freshwater, North American pikeperch, Stizostedion canadense.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- Seguin
-
noun,
a city in SE Texas.
- argues
-
verb (used with object),
to state the reasons for or against:
- argons
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- Sanger
-
noun,
Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1958.
- Saigon
-
noun,
former name of Ho Chi Minh City: capital of former South Vietnam 1954–76.
- Romaic
-
noun,
demotic (def 5).
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- Simeon
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
- cagers
-
noun,
Informal. a basketball player.
- Romans
-
noun,
an Epistle of the New Testament, written by Paul to the Christian community in Rome. Abbreviation: Rom.
- amours
-
noun,
a love affair.
- amugis
-
noun,
a Philippine tree, Koordersiodendron pinnatum, of the cashew family.
- Signor
-
noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a man, either used separately or prefixed to the name. Abbreviation: Sig., sig.
- signer
-
noun,
a person who signs.
- Ronnie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- Roseau
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Dominica.
- Signac
-
noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1863–1935, French painter.
- Augier
-
noun,
Guillaume Victor Émile [gee-yohm veek-tawr ey-meel] /giˈyoʊm vikˈtɔr eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1820–89, French dramatist.
- sacrum
-
noun,
a bone resulting from the fusion of two or more vertebrae between the lumbar and the coccygeal regions, in humans being composed usually of five fused vertebrae and forming the posterior wall of the pelvis.
- sienna
-
noun,
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- rouens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- rouges
-
noun,
any of various red cosmetics for coloring the cheeks or lips.
- rugose
-
adjective,
having wrinkles; wrinkled; ridged.
- anemic
-
adjective,
Pathology. suffering from anemia.
- rumens
-
noun,
the first stomach of ruminating animals, lying next to the reticulum.
- anemo-
-
- run-in
-
noun,
a quarrel; argument.
- omegas
-
noun,
the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet (Ω, ω).
- sermon
-
noun,
a discourse for the purpose of religious instruction or exhortation, especially one based on a text of Scripture and delivered by a member of the clergy as part of a religious service.
- sacro-
-
- Angers
-
noun,
a city in and capital of Maine-et-Loire, in W France.
- Agrius
-
noun,
one of the Gigantes.
- scream
-
noun,
a loud, sharp, piercing cry:
- Conger
-
noun,
a large marine eel, Conger conger, sometimes reaching a length of 10 feet (3 meters), used for food.
- orangs
-
noun,
orangutan.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- unmans
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive of courage or fortitude; break down the manly spirit of:
- coigns
-
noun, verb (used with object),
quoin.
- acumen
-
noun,
keen insight; shrewdness:
- coigne
-
noun, verb (used with object),
quoin.
- corgis
-
noun,
Welsh corgi.
- unison
-
noun,
coincidence in pitch of two or more musical tones, voices, etc.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- unseam
-
verb (used with object),
to open the seam or seams of; undo; rip apart:
- racism
-
noun,
a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- aecium
-
noun,
the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
- UNESCO
-
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.
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- Aegium
-
noun,
a town in ancient Achaea, on the Gulf of Corinth: the Achaean League met here.
- corium
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. dermis.
- Orange
-
noun,
a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- urines
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- unrigs
-
verb (used with object),
to strip of rigging, as a ship.
- ounces
-
noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- aeron.
-
- comers
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- congas
-
noun,
a Cuban ballroom dance that consists of three steps forward followed by a kick, characteristically performed by a group following a leader in a single line.
- orgasm
-
noun,
the physical and emotional sensation experienced at the peak of sexual excitation, usually resulting from stimulation of the sexual organ and usually accompanied in the male by ejaculation.
- aceous
-
- orgies
-
noun,
wild or drunken festivity or revelry, especially involving sex with multiple participants.
- acinus
-
noun,
Botany. one of the small drupelets or berries of an aggregate, baccate fruit, as the blackberry.
- origan
-
noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- Origen
-
noun,
(Origenes Admantius) a.d. 185?–254? Alexandrian writer, Christian theologian, and teacher.
- coming
-
noun,
approach; arrival; advent:
- conges
-
noun,
leave-taking; farewell.
- uranic
-
adjective,
of or containing uranium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- uremic
-
adjective,
pertaining to uremia.
- acious
-
- uremia
-
noun,
a condition resulting from the retention in the blood of constituents normally excreted in the urine.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- Conium
-
noun,
the poison hemlock, Conium maculatum.
- Connie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Constance.
- conure
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed New World parrots, especially of the genus Aratinga, certain species of which are kept as pets.
- urano-
-
- uncase
-
verb (used with object),
to remove from a case; remove the case from.
- coring
-
noun,
the act of removing a core or of cutting from a central part.
- urino-
-
- Cousin
-
noun,
Also called first cousin, full cousin. the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt.
See also second cousin, removed (def 2).
- ageism
-
noun,
discrimination against persons of a certain age group.
- ugsome
-
adjective,
horrid; loathsome.
- 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.
- Ugrian
-
noun,
a member of any of the Ugrian peoples.
- COSINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- cougar
-
noun,
Also called mountain lion, panther, puma. a large, tawny cat, Felis concolor, of North and South America: now greatly reduced in number and endangered in some areas.
- course
-
noun,
a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- ramose
-
adjective,
having many branches.
- cosign
-
verb (used with or without object),
to sign as a cosigner.
- ramous
-
adjective,
ramose.
- ramson
-
noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- cinema
-
noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- agonic
-
adjective,
not forming an angle.
- Sumner
-
noun,
Charles, 1811–74, U.S. statesman.
- ranges
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- agric.
-
- Ransom
-
noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- ragmen
-
noun,
a person who gathers or deals in rag.
- onager
-
noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- aerugo
-
noun,
verdigris.
- cnemis
-
noun,
the tibia or shin.
- Coruna
-
noun,
La Coruña.
- uncage
-
verb (used with object),
to set free from or as if from a cage; free from confinement or restraint.
- unarms
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive or relieve of arms; disarm.
- ursine
-
adjective,
of or relating to a bear or bears.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- scrum
-
noun,
a Rugby play in which, typically, three members of each team line up opposite one another with a group of two and a group of three players behind them, making an eight-person, three-two-three formation on each side; the ball is then rolled between the opposing front lines, the players of which stand with arms around a teammate's waist, meeting the opponent shoulder to shoulder, and attempt to kick the ball backward to a teammate.
- segar
-
noun,
cigar.
- macer
-
noun,
macebearer.
- Merca
-
noun,
a city in S Somalia.
- Merci
-
interjection,
thank you.
- Usnea
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- serum
-
noun,
the clear, pale-yellow liquid that separates from the clot in the coagulation of blood; blood serum.
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- scrog
-
noun,
any naturally short or stunted tree or bush, as a crab apple tree or blackthorn bush.
- Urmia
-
noun,
Lake, a salt lake in NW Iran. About 2000 sq. mi. (5180 sq. km).
- Megan
-
noun,
a female given name.
- scrim
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- mesic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
- 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.
- sero-
-
- mega-
-
- Segni
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1972, Italian teacher, lawyer, and statesman: president 1962–64.
- usage
-
noun,
a customary way of doing something; a custom or practice:
- maces
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- meno-
-
- semi-
-
- Macon
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- Mages
-
noun,
a magician.
- sengi
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equal to 1/10,000 (.0001) of a zaire.
- MAgEc
-
- Seric
-
- magic
-
noun,
the art of producing illusions as entertainment by the use of sleight of hand, deceptive devices, etc.; legerdemain; conjuring:
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- mero-
-
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- urges
-
noun,
an act of urging; impelling action, influence, or force; impulse.
- Magus
-
noun,
(sometimes lowercase) one of the Magi.
- segno
-
noun,
a sign.
- Meigs
-
noun,
Fort. Fort Meigs.
- 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.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- surge
-
noun,
a strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush, or sweep:
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- unarm
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive or relieve of arms; disarm.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- Unami
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people, one of the Delaware group.
- Manon
-
noun,
an opera (1884) by Jules Massenet.
- manor
-
noun,
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- Marge
-
noun,
margin; edge.
- meso-
-
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Ugric
-
noun,
a branch of the Uralic family of languages, consisting of Hungarian and two languages, Khanty and Mansi, spoken in western Siberia.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- UNCIO
-
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- surg.
-
- Suomi
-
noun,
Finnish name of Finland.
- Sunni
-
noun,
Also called Sunnite. a member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam, regarding the first four caliphs as legitimate successors of Muhammad and stressing the importance of Sunna as a basis for law.
Compare Shiʿite.
- Sunna
-
noun,
the traditional portion of Muslim law, based on the words and acts of Muhammad, and preserved in the traditional literature.
- marcs
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- 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.
- Manue
-
noun,
Manoah.
- Sugar
-
noun,
a sweet, crystalline substance, C 12 H 22 O 11 , obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet, and present in sorghum, maple sap, etc.: used extensively as an ingredient and flavoring of certain foods and as a fermenting agent in the manufacture of certain alcoholic beverages; sucrose.
Compare beet sugar, cane sugar.
- Sumac
-
noun,
any of several shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Rhus of the cashew family, having milky sap, compound leaves, and small, fleshy fruit.
- 30-30
-
- Sumer
-
noun,
an ancient region in southern Mesopotamia that contained a number of independent cities and city-states of which the first were established possibly as early as 5000 b.c.: conquered by the Elamites and, about 2000 b.c., by the Babylonians; a number of its cities, as Ur, Uruk, Kish, and Lagash, are major archaeological sites in southern Iraq.
- uncia
-
noun,
a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the 12th part of an as.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- uran-
-
- Sigma
-
noun,
the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet: Σ, σ, ς.
- signa
-
verb,
(used imperatively, in prescriptions) mark; write; label.
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- McRae
-
noun,
Carmen, 1920–94, U.S. jazz singer and songwriter.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- mange
-
noun,
any of various skin diseases caused by parasitic mites, affecting animals and sometimes humans and characterized by loss of hair and scabby eruptions.
- Mango
-
noun,
the oblong, sweet fruit of a tropical tree, Mangifera indica, of the cashew family, eaten ripe, or preserved or pickled.
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- Manus
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the distal segment of the forelimb of a vertebrate, including the carpus and the forefoot or hand.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- sing.
-
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- singe
-
noun,
a superficial burn.
- uncos
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- Union
-
noun,
the act of uniting two or more things.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- Maroc
-
noun,
French name of Morocco.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- Sino-
-
- Mason
-
noun,
a person whose trade is building with units of various natural or artificial mineral products, as stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or tiles, usually with the use of mortar or cement as a bonding agent.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- masc.
-
- unman
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive of courage or fortitude; break down the manly spirit of:
- manic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affected by mania.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- unrig
-
verb (used with object),
to strip of rigging, as a ship.
- marg.
-
- omega
-
noun,
the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet (Ω, ω).
- SCRAM
-
noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- neur-
-
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- Ramon
-
noun,
any of several tropical American trees belonging to the genus Brosimum, of the mulberry family, the leaves of which are used as forage, especially B. alicastrum, which bears the breadnut.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- Negus
-
noun,
a title of Ethiopian royalty.
- Neman
-
noun,
a river rising in central Byelorussia (Belarus), flowing W through Lithuania into the Baltic. 582 miles (937 km) long.
- nemos
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- neons
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- ramus
-
noun,
a branch, as of a plant, vein, bone, etc.
- ragis
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- rages
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- Nguni
-
noun,
a member of a group of culturally and linguistically related peoples of southern and eastern Africa, including the Xhosa, Zulu, Ndebele, and Swazi.
- Niger
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Ninus
-
noun,
the legendary husband of Semiramis and founder of Nineveh.
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- Negro
-
noun,
Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, especially those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Range
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- Nogai
-
noun,
a member of a people living in the Caucasus region.
- Regin
-
noun,
a smith, the brother of Fafnir, who raises Sigurd and encourages him to kill Fafnir in the hope of gaining the gold he guards.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- reign
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- Names
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- Namur
-
noun,
a province in S Belgium. 1413 sq. mi. (3660 sq. km).
- Nance
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- regma
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of three or more carpels that separate from the axis at maturity.
- REGIS
-
noun,
a male given name.
- nano-
-
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- Regan
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.
Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- Reaum
-
- naso-
-
- reams
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- nears
-
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- Orang
-
noun,
orangutan.
- nuci-
-
- nugae
-
plural noun,
trifles.
- numen
-
noun,
divine power or spirit; a deity, especially one presiding locally or believed to inhabit a particular object.
- Oreg.
-
- Orcus
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of the underworld, identified with the Greek Pluto, or Hades.
- Nurmi
-
noun,
Paavo Johannes [pah-vaw yaw-hahn-nes] /ˈpɑ vɔ ˈyɔ hɑn nɛs/ (Show IPA), 1897–1973, Finnish athlete.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- 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.
- onium
-
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- Onega
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in the NW Russian Federation in Europe: second largest lake in Europe. 3764 sq. mi. (9750 sq. km).
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- oecus
-
noun,
(in an ancient Roman house) an apartment, especially a dining room, decorated with columns.
- ogams
-
noun,
ogham.
- ogres
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- omni-
-
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- orig.
-
- Osage
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of western Missouri, now living in northern Oklahoma.
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- nomen
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the second name of a citizen, indicating his gens, as “Gaius Julius Caesar.”.
- nomes
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- nona-
-
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- nonce
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- nones
-
noun,
the fifth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the ninth hour of the day (or 3 p.m.).
- non-U
-
adjective,
not characteristic of or appropriate to the upper class, especially of Great Britain:
- Norge
-
noun,
Norwegian name of Norway.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- ounce
-
noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- osmic
-
adjective,
of or containing osmium in its higher valences, especially the tetravalent state.
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- music
-
noun,
an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- meson
-
noun,
Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- misc.
-
- misce
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) mix.
- Sango
-
noun,
a Niger-Congo language of the Adamawa-Eastern branch, used as a lingua franca in the Central African Republic.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- miso-
-
- MNurs
-
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- Minos
-
noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- runic
-
adjective,
consisting of or set down in runes:
- 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.
- rumen
-
noun,
the first stomach of ruminating animals, lying next to the reticulum.
- ruins
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- Rugen
-
noun,
an island in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, off the NE coast, in the Baltic Sea. 358 sq. mi. (926 sq. km).
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- rouge
-
noun,
any of various red cosmetics for coloring the cheeks or lips.
- minus
-
noun,
minus sign.
- sarc-
-
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- scrag
-
noun,
a lean or scrawny person or animal.
- scour
-
noun,
the act of scouring.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- micas
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- micra
-
noun,
a plural of micron.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- Sarge
-
noun,
sergeant.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- MINCE
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- sauce
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Minn.
-
- Minna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- sargo
-
noun,
a silvery grunt, Anisotremus davidsonii, inhabiting waters off the coasts of California and Mexico, having blackish markings and yellowish fins.
- Monge
-
noun,
Gaspard [gas-par] /gasˈpar/ (Show IPA), Comte de Péluse [pey-lyz] /peɪˈlüz/ (Show IPA), 1746–1818, French mathematician.
- monic
-
adjective,
(of a polynomial) having the coefficient of the term of highest degree equal to 1.
- Musca
-
noun,
the Fly, a small southern constellation between Crux and Chamaeleon.
- Mungo
-
noun,
a low-grade wool from felted rags or waste.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- mucin
-
noun,
any of a class of glycoproteins found in saliva, gastric juice, etc., that form viscous solutions and act as lubricants or protectants on external and internal surfaces of the body.
- muco-
-
- mucor
-
noun,
any phycomycetous fungus of the genus Mucor, that forms a furry coating on foodstuffs and dead and decaying vegetable matter.
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- mucro
-
noun,
a short point projecting abruptly, as at the end of a leaf.
- reni-
-
- renga
-
noun,
linked verse.
- munge
-
verb (used with or without object),
to manipulate (raw data), especially to convert (data) from one format to another:
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- Msgr.
-
- mungs
-
noun,
something disgusting or offensive, especially filth or muck.
- munic
-
- Munin
-
noun,
one of the two ravens of Odin that brought him news from the whole world.
- Munro
-
noun,
Alice (Laidlaw) [leyd-law] /ˈleɪdˌlɔ/ (Show IPA), born 1931, Canadian short-story writer.
- Remus
-
noun,
Roman Legend. See under Romulus (def 1).
- muons
-
noun,
a lepton similar in most respects to the electron except that it is unstable, it may be positively charged, and its mass is approximately 207 times greater; the positively charged muon is the antiparticle of the negatively charged muon. Symbol: μ.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- muras
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- Mures
-
noun,
a river in SE central Europe, flowing W from the Carpathian Mountains in central Romania to the Tisza River in S Hungary. 400 miles (645 km) long.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- MOUSE
-
noun,
any of numerous small Old World rodents of the family Muridae, especially of the genus Mus, introduced widely in other parts of the world.
- 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.
- rogue
-
noun,
a dishonest, knavish person; scoundrel.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- Ronan
-
noun,
a king who killed his son, Mael Fothartaigh, after his wife had falsely accused the boy of attempting to seduce her, and who was himself killed by the children of Mael Fothartaigh.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- morns
-
noun,
morning.
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- moues
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- rings
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- mourn
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or express sorrow or grief over (misfortune, loss, or anything regretted); deplore.
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- cruse
-
noun,
an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
- argon
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- gonna
-
- 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.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- goner
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- 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.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- arcus
-
noun,
a dense, horizontal, roll-shaped cloud sometimes occurring at the lower front portion of a cumulonimbus.
- Gomer
-
noun,
an undesirable hospital patient.
- Goias
-
noun,
a state in central Brazil. 247,826 sq. mi. (641,870 sq. km). Capital: Goiânia.
- areo-
-
- engr.
-
- cine-
-
- goers
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- Cimon
-
noun,
507–499 b.c, Athenian military leader, naval commander, and statesman (son of Miltiades).
- Argos
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis: a powerful rival of Sparta, Athens, and Corinth.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- giros
-
noun,
autogiro.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- gismo
-
noun,
a gadget or device:
- cigar
-
noun,
a more or less cylindrical roll of tobacco cured for smoking, of any of various lengths, thicknesses, degrees of straightness, etc., usually wrapped in a tobacco leaf.
- G-man
-
noun,
an agent for the FBI.
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- ennui
-
noun,
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
- argue
-
verb (used with object),
to state the reasons for or against:
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- gnars
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- Argus
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant with 100 eyes, set to guard the heifer Io: his eyes were transferred after his death to the peacock's tail.
- gnome
-
noun,
(in folklore) one of a species of diminutive beings, usually described as shriveled little old men, that inhabit the interior of the earth and act as guardians of its treasures; troll.
- gonne
-
noun,
Maud ("Irish Joan of Arc") 1865–1953, Irish political activist and actress, born in England.
- Goren
-
noun,
Charles Henry, 1901–91, U.S authority and writer on contract bridge.
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- grice
-
noun,
a pig, especially a young or suckling pig.
- amuse
-
verb (used with object),
to hold the attention of (someone) pleasantly; entertain or divert in an enjoyable or cheerful manner:
- Grues
-
verb (used without object),
to shudder.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Ancon
-
noun,
the elbow.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- groma
-
noun,
an instrument having a cruciform wooden frame with a plumb line at the end of each arm, used for laying out lines at right angles to existing lines.
- groin
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- groan
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- coign
-
noun, verb (used with object),
quoin.
- anger
-
noun,
a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
- grins
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- angi-
-
- grime
-
noun,
dirt, soot, or other filthy matter, especially adhering to or embedded in a surface.
- Angie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Angel.
- Angus
-
noun,
Formerly Forfar. a historic county in E Scotland.
- gores
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- gorse
-
noun,
any spiny shrub of the genus Ulex, of the legume family, native to the Old World, especially U. europaeus, having rudimentary leaves and yellow flowers and growing in waste places and sandy soil.
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Grace
-
noun,
elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action:
Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity.
Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
- anon.
-
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- anis-
-
- grans
-
noun,
grandmother.
- grain
-
noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- gram.
-
- grams
-
noun,
a metric unit of mass or weight equal to 15.432 grains; one thousandth of a kilogram. Abbreviation: g.
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- anim.
-
- arium
-
- girns
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- gaurs
-
noun,
a massive wild ox, Bibos gaurus, of southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago, growing to a height of 6 feet (1.8 meters) at the shoulder: now reduced in numbers.
- Auric
-
adjective,
of or containing gold in the trivalent state.
- gaums
-
verb (used with object),
to smear or cover with a gummy, sticky substance (often followed by up):
- esrog
-
noun,
etrog.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- Canon
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical rule or law enacted by a council or other competent authority and, in the Roman Catholic Church, approved by the pope.
- garni
-
adjective,
garnished.
- Gaons
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- cager
-
noun,
Informal. a basketball player.
- cages
-
noun,
a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
- Euro-
-
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- auger
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a bit, as for a brace.
a boring tool, similar to but larger than a gimlet, consisting of a bit rotated by a transverse handle.
- Gamin
-
noun,
a neglected boy left to run about the streets; street urchin.
- gains
-
- Gaius
-
noun,
a.d. c110–c180, Roman jurist and writer, especially on civil law.
- Camus
-
noun,
Albert [al-ber] /alˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1913–60, French novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and essayist: Nobel Prize 1957.
- gamer
-
noun,
a person who plays games, especially computer or video games.
- games
-
noun,
an amusement or pastime:
- gamic
-
adjective,
sexual (def 3).
- cames
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- Caius
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 296, pope 283–296.
- gamo-
-
- Cameo
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- 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.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- cargo
-
noun,
the lading or freight of a ship, airplane, etc.
- Armen
-
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- geums
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Geum, comprising the avens.
- asco-
-
- Ceram
-
noun,
an island of the Moluccas in Indonesia, W of New Guinea. 7191 sq. mi. (18,625 sq. km).
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- ergo-
-
- 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:
- cero-
-
- 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.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- caus.
-
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- gears
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- Carme
-
noun,
a small natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- genic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resembling, or arising from a gene or genes.
- genin
-
noun,
aglycon.
- carom
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Genoa
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- genro
-
noun,
any of the unofficial elder statesmen of Japan who influenced the government c1875–1940.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- genus
-
noun,
Biology. the usual major subdivision of a family or subfamily in the classification of organisms, usually consisting of more than one species.
- geom.
-
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- grume
-
noun,
blood when viscous.
- angor
-
noun,
extreme distress or mental anguish, usually of physical origin.
- camis
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- incus
-
noun,
Anatomy. the middle one of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals.
Compare malleus, stapes.
- curse
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- agers
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- Craig
-
noun,
Edward Gordon, 1872–1966, English stage designer, producer, and author.
- agios
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- Agnes
-
noun,
Saint, a.d. 292?–304? Roman Catholic child martyr.
- inurn
-
verb (used with object),
to put into an urn, especially ashes after cremation.
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- Inonu
-
noun,
Ismet [is-met] /ɪsˈmɛt/ (Show IPA), (Ismet Paşa) 1884–1973, president of Turkey 1938–50; prime minister 1923–24, 1925–37, 1961–65.
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- agone
-
adverb, adjective,
ago.
- cornu
-
noun,
a horn, especially a bony part that resembles a horn.
- 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.
- incur
-
verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- crams
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- incor
-
- incog
-
adjective, adverb, noun,
incognita or incognito.
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- agro-
-
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- agues
-
noun,
Pathology. a malarial fever characterized by regularly returning paroxysms, marked by successive cold, hot, and sweating fits.
- corms
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- corgi
-
noun,
Welsh corgi.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- imago
-
noun,
Entomology. an adult insect.
- image
-
noun,
a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- cores
-
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- aero-
-
- icons
-
- Curie
-
noun,
a unit of activity of radioactive substances equivalent to 3.70 × 10 10 disintegrations per second: it is approximately the amount of activity produced by 1 gram of radium-226. Abbreviation: Ci.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- Crius
-
noun,
a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaea.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- crime
-
noun,
an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited.
- crim.
-
- Cumae
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Italy, on the coast of Campania: believed to be the earliest Greek colony in Italy or in Sicily.
- cumin
-
noun,
a small plant, Cuminum cyminum, of the parsley family, bearing aromatic, seedlike fruit, used in cookery and medicine.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- 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.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- cures
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- Curia
-
noun,
one of the political subdivisions of each of the three tribes of ancient Rome.
- acmes
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- 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.
- Iran.
-
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- curio
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- acro-
-
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- Aegir
-
noun,
a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
- curns
-
noun,
a grain.
- AEGIS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon.
- Irgun
-
noun,
a militant Zionist underground group, active chiefly during the period (1917–48) of British control by mandate of Palestine.
- cream
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- 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.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- aeri-
-
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- incr.
-
- among
-
preposition,
in, into, or through the midst of; in association or connection with; surrounded by:
- Comr.
-
- guano
-
noun,
a natural manure composed chiefly of the excrement of sea birds, found especially on islands near the Peruvian coast.
- AMORC
-
- Amer.
-
- guaco
-
noun,
a climbing composite plant, Mikania guaco, of tropical America.
- guar.
-
- AMICE
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Cong.
-
- Comer
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- Conan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Comus
-
noun,
an ancient Greek and Roman god of drinking and revelry.
- econ.
-
- guans
-
noun,
a large game bird of the curassow family, common in dense woodlands of Central and South America, somewhat resembling a turkey.
- Gunas
-
noun,
(in Sankhya and Vedantic philosophy) one of the three qualities of prakriti, or nature, which are passion (rajas) dullness or inertia (tamas) and goodness or purity (sattva)
- conga
-
noun,
a Cuban ballroom dance that consists of three steps forward followed by a kick, characteristically performed by a group following a leader in a single line.
- comes
-
noun,
Astronomy. companion1 (def 6).
- guars
-
noun,
a plant, Cyamopsis tetragonolobus, of the legume family, grown as a forage crop and for its seeds, which produce a gum (guar gum) used as a thickening agent and stabilizer in foods and pharmaceuticals and as sizing for paper and cloth.
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- Guin.
-
- guiro
-
noun,
a South American musical instrument consisting of a hollow gourd with serrated surface that is scraped with a stick.
- 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.
- Ecua.
-
- amour
-
noun,
a love affair.
- Guise
-
noun,
general external appearance; aspect; semblance:
- Cons.
-
- amigo
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- conns
-
noun,
responsibility for the steering of a ship.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- COMAS
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- amin-
-
- Conn.
-
- conge
-
noun,
leave-taking; farewell.
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- cog.
-
- Cor.
-
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- nunc
-
adverb,
now.
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- coma
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Can.
-
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ogam
-
noun,
ogham.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- Cres
-
- come
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. semen.
- Ogma
-
noun,
a god of poetry and eloquence and the inventor of the ogham letters: one of the Tuatha De Danann.
- ogre
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- 1080
-
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- cogs
-
noun,
(not in technical use) a gear tooth, formerly especially one of hardwood or metal, fitted into a slot in a gearwheel of less durable material.
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- CIGS
-
noun,
a cigarette.
- 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.
- cis-
-
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- cir.
-
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- corm
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- org.
-
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- 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.
- Reg.
-
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- Cmon
-
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- COMS
-
noun,
Trademark. Comedy Central: a cable television channel.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- CMOS
-
noun,
complementary metal oxide semiconductor.
- Crag
-
noun,
a steep, rugged rock; rough, broken, projecting part of a rock.
- Con.
-
- regs
-
noun,
Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
- cen.
-
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- Coue
-
noun,
Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1857–1926, French psychotherapist.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- CERN
-
- Com.
-
- iso-
-
- cams
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- Song
-
noun,
a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- Aire
-
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- Soni
-
- snug
-
noun,
British. a small, secluded room in a tavern, as for private parties.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- AIME
-
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- Sra.
-
- SRAM
-
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- snog
-
verb (used without object),
to kiss and cuddle.
- ague
-
noun,
Pathology. a malarial fever characterized by regularly returning paroxysms, marked by successive cold, hot, and sweating fits.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- sign
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- amus
-
- Amur
-
noun,
a river in E Asia, forming most of the boundary between N Manchuria and the SE Russian Federation, flowing into the Sea of Okhotsk. About 2700 miles (4350 km) long.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- smog
-
noun,
smoke or other atmospheric pollutants combined with fog in an unhealthy or irritating mixture.
- smug
-
adjective,
contentedly confident of one's ability, superiority, or correctness; complacent.
- snag
-
noun,
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- sugi
-
noun,
Japan cedar.
- sumi
-
noun,
black ink made from a mixture of plant soot and glue solidified into sticks or cakes the ends of which are scraped or ground into water on an ink slab, much used by calligraphers and painters.
- Sig.
-
- uro-
-
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- Urga
-
noun,
former name of Ulan Bator.
- urge
-
noun,
an act of urging; impelling action, influence, or force; impulse.
- uria
-
- uric
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- USAR
-
- 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.
- USCA
-
- USCG
-
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- USGA
-
- USIA
-
- USMA
-
- USMC
-
- USNA
-
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- acr-
-
- agr.
-
- agio
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- Sumo
-
noun,
a form of wrestling in Japan in which a contestant wins by forcing his opponent out of the ring or by causing him to touch the ground with any part of his body other than the soles of his feet, contestants usually being men of great height and weight.
- Sung
-
noun,
a dynasty in China, a.d. 960–1279, characterized by a high level of achievement in painting, ceramics, and philosophy: overthrown by the Mongols.
- sunn
-
noun,
a tall East Indian shrub, Crotalaria juncea, of the legume family, having slender branches and yellow flowers, and an inner bark that yields a hemplike fiber used for making ropes, sacking, etc.
- Agon
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece) a contest in which prizes were awarded in any of a number of events, as athletics, drama, music, poetry, and painting.
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- sur-
-
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- 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.
- ages
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- Umea
-
noun,
a city in NE Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- aer-
-
- unco
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- 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.
- uni-
-
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- ance
-
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- Ring
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- Rumi
-
noun,
Jalal ud-din [Persian jah-lahl ood-deen,, oo d-,, ja-] /Persian dʒɑˈlɑl udˈdin,, ʊd-,, dʒæ-/ (Show IPA), Jalal ud-din Rumi.
- Aug.
-
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- ruga
-
noun,
Usually, rugae. Biology, Anatomy. a wrinkle, fold, or ridge.
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- ASME
-
- rums
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- 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.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- rung
-
noun,
one of the crosspieces, usually rounded, forming the steps of a ladder.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- Rus.
-
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- Auge
-
noun,
a daughter of King Aleus who became a priestess of Athena. After being raped by Hercules she bore a son, Telephus.
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- sago
-
noun,
a starchy foodstuff derived from the soft interior of the trunk of various palms and cycads, used in making puddings.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- RNAS
-
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- Rom.
-
- aur-
-
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Cage
-
noun,
a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- RONA
-
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Aus.
-
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- scr.
-
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- 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.
- scum
-
noun,
a film or layer of foul or extraneous matter that forms on the surface of a liquid.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- sec.
-
- sego
-
noun,
sego lily.
- Arg.
-
- ANSI
-
- Sem.
-
- ano-
-
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- ann.
-
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Argo
-
noun,
Astronomy. a very large southern constellation, now divided into Vela, Carina, Puppis, and Pyxis, four separate constellations lying largely south of Canis Major.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Sam.
-
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Sang
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- asc-
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- sci.
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- Arm.
-
- saur
-
- scag
-
noun,
heroin.
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- ARIS
-
- Sage
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- USRC
-
- Maun
-
auxiliary verb,
must1 .
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- Guam
-
noun,
an island, belonging to the U.S., in the N Pacific, E of the Philippines: the largest of the Marianas group; U.S. naval station. 206 sq. mi. (535 sq. km). Capital: Agaña.
Abbreviation: GU (for use with zip code).
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- guan
-
noun,
a large game bird of the curassow family, common in dense woodlands of Central and South America, somewhat resembling a turkey.
- Muni
-
noun,
a municipal bond.
- muon
-
noun,
a lepton similar in most respects to the electron except that it is unstable, it may be positively charged, and its mass is approximately 207 times greater; the positively charged muon is the antiparticle of the negatively charged muon. Symbol: μ.
- Mura
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- mun.
-
- Maui
-
noun,
an island in central Hawaii. 728 sq. mi. (1886 sq. km).
- Eur.
-
- gumi
-
noun,
a spreading shrub, Elaeagnus multiflora, of eastern Asia, having fragrant yellowish-white flowers and edible red fruit.
- Mure
-
noun,
Obsolete. a wall.
- guna
-
noun,
(in Sankhya and Vedantic philosophy) one of the three qualities of prakriti, or nature, which are passion (rajas) dullness or inertia (tamas) and goodness or purity (sattva)
- eso-
-
- MUNG
-
noun,
something disgusting or offensive, especially filth or muck.
- Muir
-
noun,
Edwin, 1887–1959, English poet.
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- gro.
-
- Meng
-
- Gros
-
noun,
Antoine Jean [ahn-twan zhahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1771–1835, French painter.
- men-
-
- MSAE
-
- MSCE
-
- grue
-
verb (used without object),
to shudder.
- meas
-
- msec
-
- grum
-
adjective,
grim; glum; surly.
- Grus
-
noun,
the Crane, a southern constellation between Indus and Piscis Austrinus.
- MSIE
-
- muc-
-
- game
-
noun,
an amusement or pastime:
- mus.
-
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- mRNA
-
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- ign.
-
- IMCO
-
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Ens.
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- engs
-
noun,
the symbol, ŋ, that, in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in the pronunciation alphabets of some dictionaries, represents the voiced velar nasal consonant indicated in English spelling by (ng), as in the pronunciations of cling [kling] /klɪŋ/ (Show IPA) and clink [klingk] /klɪŋk/ (Show IPA).
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- MARC
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- Mar.
-
- Eng.
-
- enc.
-
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Muse
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of a number of sister goddesses, originally given as Aoede (song), Melete (meditation), and Mneme (memory), but latterly and more commonly as the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne who presided over various arts: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (lyric poetry), Euterpe (music), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (religious music), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy); identified by the Romans with the Camenae.
any goddess presiding over a particular art.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Iago
-
noun,
the villain in Shakespeare's Othello.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- Ice.
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- ergs
-
- eous
-
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- ICAO
-
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- menu
-
noun,
a list of the dishes served at a meal; bill of fare:
- emia
-
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- mogs
-
noun,
moggy.
- GOES
-
noun,
plural of go1 .
- Geum
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Geum, comprising the avens.
- Ming
-
noun,
a dynasty in China, 1368–1644, marked by the restoration of traditional institutions and the development of the arts, especially in porcelain, textiles, and painting.
- Mon.
-
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- gon-
-
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- Gone
-
noun,
the act of going:
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- min.
-
- Gers
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
- germ
-
noun,
a microorganism, especially when disease-producing; microbe.
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- Goer
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- goas
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- migs
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- MNAS
-
- giro
-
noun,
autogiro.
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- Gino
-
noun,
a male given name.
- mis-
-
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Mngr
-
- moas
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- GNMA
-
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- Ger.
-
- mong
-
noun,
mongrel, especially a mongrel dog.
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- moue
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- gaum
-
verb (used with object),
to smear or cover with a gummy, sticky substance (often followed by up):
- mes-
-
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- gras
-
- gres
-
- gars
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- gaur
-
noun,
a massive wild ox, Bibos gaurus, of southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago, growing to a height of 6 feet (1.8 meters) at the shoulder: now reduced in numbers.
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- Grim
-
adjective,
stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise:
- Gaon
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- Gris
-
noun,
Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), (José Vittoriano Gonzáles) 1887–1927, Spanish painter in France.
- gams
-
noun,
a person's leg, especially an attractive female leg.
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- geo-
-
- Gore
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- genu
-
noun,
the knee.
- gens
-
noun,
a group of families in ancient Rome claiming descent from a common ancestor and united by a common name and common ancestral religious rites.
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- Gen.
-
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- mica
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- Mic.
-
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- gear
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- neo-
-
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- curn
-
noun,
a grain.
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- maco
-
noun,
an Egyptian cotton, used especially in the manufacture of hosiery and undergarments.
- NIRA
-
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- eco-
-
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- Man.
-
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- nos-
-
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- 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.
- 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.
- noun
-
noun,
any member of a class of words that can function as the main or only elements of subjects of verbs (A dog just barked), or of objects of verbs or prepositions (to send money from home), and that in English can take plural forms and possessive endings (Three of his buddies want to borrow John's laptop). Nouns are often described as referring to persons, places, things, states, or qualities, and the word noun is itself often used as an attributive modifier, as in noun compound; noun group.
See also noun adjunct, noun clause, noun phrase.
Synonyms: substantive, name.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- mage
-
noun,
a magician.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- non-
-
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Magi
-
noun,
(sometimes lowercase) one of the Magi.
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- 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.
- nom.
-
- ious
-
- Ire.
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- nogs
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- mags
-
noun,
magazine.
- inae
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- nong
-
noun,
a foolish, incompetent person.
- Nor.
-
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- cur.
-
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- EGmc
-
- neon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- Inc.
-
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Manu
-
noun,
the progenitor and lawgiver of the human race.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- egos
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- mag.
-
- egis
-
noun,
aegis.
- Mac-
-
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- AOU
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- aor
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- MGr
-
- Mo.
-
- AUC
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- USC
-
- mi.
-
- Me.
-
- USM
-
- GMC
-
- Mc-
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- ur-
-
- IUS
-
- USN
-
- uns
-
- 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).
- ium
-
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- USO
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- USR
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- gre
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- ure
-
- se-
-
- goi
-
noun,
goy.
- Ar.
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- an.
-
- Mig
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- MSC
-
- Gor
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- ISA
-
- MIE
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- ise
-
- IRS
-
- ag-
-
- 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.
- Goa
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- Gr.
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- GNU
-
noun,
either of two stocky, oxlike antelopes of the genus Connochaetes, the silver-gray, white-bearded C. taurinus of the eastern African plain and the black, white-tailed C. gnou of central South Africa: recently near extinction, the South African gnu is now protected.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ac-
-
- SCM
-
- Am.
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- 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.
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- IRC
-
- UNO
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- IOC
-
- sc.
-
- IAS
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- AGM
-
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- AMC
-
- ier
-
- AME
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- Ia.
-
- io-
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- SNU
-
- ics
-
- GUS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Augustus or Gustave.
- ago
-
adverb,
in past time; in the past:
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- UAR
-
- in.
-
- Mao
-
- SUG
-
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- AIC
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- SUM
-
noun,
the aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars as determined by or as if by the mathematical process of addition:
- Sr.
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- imu
-
noun,
a usually large, covered cooking pit in which food is cooked by means of heated stones.
- ine
-
- 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.
- ing
-
- IGM
-
- Gur
-
noun,
a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, including Mossi and other languages spoken in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Ivory Coast, and Mali.
- USA
-
- ACS
-
- ANC
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- Meg
-
noun,
a megabyte.
- GSC
-
- AMS
-
- AMU
-
- Ir.
-
- GSA
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- IOU
-
- Une
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ung
-
- ANG
-
- IRO
-
- AEC
-
- ae.
-
- unc
-
- AGC
-
- UAE
-
- Gum
-
noun,
any of various viscid, amorphous exudations from plants, hardening on exposure to air and soluble in or forming a viscid mass with water.
- UAM
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- UCR
-
- SMA
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- ior
-
- Gun
-
noun,
a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- GUI
-
noun,
graphical user interface.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- mcg
-
- MCI
-
- MCR
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- Ume
-
noun,
a river in N Sweden, flowing SE from the W border to the Gulf of Bothnia. Aabout 285 miles (460 km) long.
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- age
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- GSR
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- Cui
-
noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- GIs
-
noun,
a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt.
- RCS
-
- CNM
-
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- CNN
-
- CNO
-
- CNS
-
- EIS
-
- NES
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- RMA
-
- Re.
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- CMA
-
- eir
-
- EGO
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- NGC
-
- NGO
-
noun,
1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
- NIA
-
- ose
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- EMR
-
- ECG
-
- CIE
-
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- CEO
-
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- CGI
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- CGM
-
- CGS
-
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- REA
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- RCN
-
- RCA
-
- cig
-
noun,
a cigarette.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- CIM
-
- ne-
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- NEA
-
- NEC
-
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- en-
-
- EMU
-
noun,
a large, flightless, ratite bird, Emu (Dromaius) novaehollandiae, of Australia, resembling the ostrich but smaller and having a feathered head and neck and rudimentary wings.
- ECM
-
- NMI
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Oc.
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OEM
-
- OCS
-
- OCR
-
- cum
-
noun,
come (def 24).
- nr.
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OAU
-
- OAS
-
- NRA
-
- 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.
- OSA
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- OIr
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- NRC
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- CRS
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- cru
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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)
- NSA
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- NSC
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- Nun
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noun,
a woman member of a religious order, especially one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- NSU
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- CSA
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- CSO
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- NUM
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- CSR
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- cue
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noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- oic
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- Om.
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- NMR
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- ONR
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- NMU
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- NNE
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- Ore
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noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- NOC
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- Noe
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noun,
Noah (def 1).
- ECA
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- nog
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noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- ec-
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- orc
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noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- EAS
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noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- Ora
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noun,
plural of os2 .
- ons
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- ear
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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.
- oma
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plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- ONI
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- ean
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- one
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noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- EAM
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- ea.
-
- ISR
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- COS
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noun,
romaine.
- EOM
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- ONA
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noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- OMS
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noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- eo-
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- Eg.
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- CEA
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- CIA
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- MOR
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- GCA
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- rug
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noun,
a thick fabric for covering part of a floor, often woven of wool and often having an oblong shape with a border design.
Compare carpet.
- Rue
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noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- RSE
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- RSA
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- Rs.
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- ASU
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- GEM
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noun,
a cut and polished precious stone or pearl fine enough for use in jewelry.
- GCR
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- GCI
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- GCE
-
- AUM
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noun,
Om.
- MOS
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noun,
moment (def 1).
- Aso
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noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ca.
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- CIO
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noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- GAS
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noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- Co.
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- cr.
-
- cs.
-
- GAO
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noun,
a city in E Mali.
- GAN
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noun,
cotton gin.
- CAI
-
- Mr.
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plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MRA
-
- ASR
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- ASN
-
- MRI
-
- gie
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noun,
gi.
- MNA
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- MNE
-
- MNS
-
- ARS
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- SAR
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- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- ARU
-
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- San
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noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- MOC
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noun,
moccasin.
- Moe
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noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MOG
-
noun,
moggy.
- RUM
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noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- MOI
-
- Ges
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- SAG
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noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- SAE
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- ase
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- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- SRO
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- So.
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- ASI
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- run
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noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- ASM
-
- MRE
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- CMG
-
- MSA
-
- ESR
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- Mur
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noun,
a river in S central Austria, NE Slovenia, and N Croatia, flowing NE and SE to the Drava River. 300 miles (483 km) long.
- RNA
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- RMC
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- rm.
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plural,
ream.
- MSN
-
- mug
-
noun,
a drinking cup, usually cylindrical in shape, having a handle, and often of a heavy substance, as earthenware.
- Esc
-
- rin
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- gi.
-
- ROA
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- GCM
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- GAR
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noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- res
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noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- CAR
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noun,
an automobile.
- Ga.
-
- ESU
-
- eu-
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ESA
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ROE
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noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- ROG
-
- MSE
-
- CAM
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- REM
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noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- ROI
-
- MSG
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noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 5 H 8 NNaO 4 ⋅H 2 O, used to intensify the flavor of foods.
- MSI
-
- NCO
-
- MN
-
- CU
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- rg
-
- IG
-
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- SN
-
- GN
-
- OA
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- OG
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- M.
-
- NC
-
- O.
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- ic
-
- i.
-
- N.
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- EI
-
- SM
-
- MG
-
- U.
-
- UC
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- R.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RC
-
- UI
-
- NM
-
- RI
-
- NG
-
- CM
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- CE
-
- RN
-
- GC
-
- AO
-
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- SG
-
- SA
-
- S.
-
- G.
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- RO
-
- SU
-
- GM
-
- RU
-
- GO
-
noun,
the act of going:
- GU
-
- MU
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).
- NI
-