Anagrams of crematories
Word crematories has
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- Masoretic
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adjective,
of or relating to the Masorah or the Masoretes.
- miscreate
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adjective,
miscreated.
- cremators
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noun,
a person who cremates.
- careerism
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noun,
devotion to a successful career, often at the expense of one's personal life, ethics, etc.
- careerist
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noun,
a person who follows a career.
- osmeteria
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noun,
a glandular process on the first thoracic segment of many caterpillars that emits a noxious odor to ward off predators.
- Rosemarie
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noun,
a female given name.
- mesorecta
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noun,
the mesentery of the rectum.
- traceries
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noun,
ornamental work consisting of ramified ribs, bars, or the like, as in the upper part of a Gothic window, in panels, screens, etc.
- sarcomere
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noun,
any of the segments of myofibril in striated muscle fibers.
- cremaster
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noun,
Entomology. a usually hooklike process on the posterior tip of a chrysalis, for attaching the pupa to a stem, twig, etc.
- esoterica
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plural noun,
things understood by or meant for a select few; recondite matters or items.
- rectories
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noun,
a rector's house; parsonage.
- emirates
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noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- screamer
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noun,
a person or thing that screams.
- erratics
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noun,
an erratic or eccentric person.
- esoteric
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adjective,
understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite:
- air-core
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adjective,
having a nonmagnetic core, as one of fiber or plastic, encircled by a coil (air-core coil) or containing one or more such coils:
- Masorete
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noun,
one of the writers or compilers of the Masorah.
- cremator
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noun,
a person who cremates.
- rotaries
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noun,
a rotary device or machine.
- cremates
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verb (used with object),
to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite.
- Timorese
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Timor.
- Terceira
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noun,
an island in the Azores, in the N Atlantic. 153 sq. mi. (395 sq. km). Capital: Angra do Heroismo.
- casimere
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noun,
cassimere.
- tea-rose
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noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- arterio-
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- arteries
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noun,
Anatomy. a blood vessel that conveys blood from the heart to any part of the body.
- caterers
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noun,
one whose business is to provide food, supplies, and sometimes service at social gatherings.
- ceramist
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noun,
a person who makes ceramics.
- matrices
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noun,
something that constitutes the place or point from which something else originates, takes form, or develops:
- tiresome
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adjective,
causing or liable to cause a person to tire; wearisome:
- Cerritos
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noun,
a city in SW California.
- armorist
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noun,
a person who is an expert at heraldry.
- armories
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noun,
a storage place for weapons and other war equipment.
- armoires
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noun,
a large wardrobe or movable cupboard, with doors and shelves.
- streamer
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noun,
something that streams:
- creamers
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noun,
a person or thing that creams.
- sericate
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adjective,
sericeous; silky.
- terraces
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noun,
a raised level with a vertical or sloping front or sides faced with masonry, turf, or the like, especially one of a series of levels rising one above another.
- rimester
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noun,
rhymester.
- mortices
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- Recamier
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noun,
a backless day bed of the Directoire and Empire periods, having raised ends of equal height.
- rearmost
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adjective,
farthest in the rear; last.
- triremes
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noun,
a galley with three rows or tiers of oars on each side, one above another, used chiefly as a warship.
- re-trace
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verb (used with object),
to trace again, as lines in writing or drawing.
- acrotism
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noun,
absence or weakness of the pulse.
- meteoric
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adjective,
of, relating to, or consisting of meteors.
- miterers
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noun,
a machine or tool for making miters.
- remaster
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verb (used with object),
to make a new master tape or record from an old master tape, usually to improve the fidelity of an old recording.
- racemose
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adjective,
Botany.
having the form of a raceme.
arranged in racemes.
- Oresteia
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noun,
a trilogy of tragic dramas (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus, consisting of the Agamemnon, the Choëphori, and the Eumenides.
- Mercator
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noun,
Gerhardus [jer-hahr-duh s] /dʒərˈhɑr dəs/ (Show IPA), (Gerhard Kremer) 1512–94, Flemish cartographer and geographer.
- mortise
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- cirrate
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adjective,
having cirri.
- mortice
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- corsair
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noun,
a fast ship used for piracy.
- coremia
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noun,
the fruiting bodies of certain fungi, consisting of a loosely bound bundle of conidiophores.
- remoras
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noun,
any of several fishes of the family Echeneididae, having on the top of the head a sucking disk by which they can attach themselves to sharks, turtles, ships, and other moving objects.
- cirrose
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adjective,
having a cirrus or cirri.
- mortars
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noun,
a receptacle of hard material, having a bowl-shaped cavity in which substances are reduced to powder with a pestle.
- coarser
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adjective,
of or relating to a topology on a topological space whose open sets are included among the open sets of a second specified topology on the space.
- coesite
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noun,
a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.
- coaster
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noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- cermets
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noun,
a durable, heat-resistant alloy formed by compacting and sintering a metal and a ceramic substance, used under conditions of high temperature and stress.
- coatees
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noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- comates
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noun,
a mate or companion.
- tarries
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noun,
a stay; sojourn.
- cerato-
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- carters
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noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- terrace
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noun,
a raised level with a vertical or sloping front or sides faced with masonry, turf, or the like, especially one of a series of levels rising one above another.
- atomics
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noun,
the branch of physics that deals with atoms, especially atomic energy.
- atomies
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noun,
an atom; mote.
- termors
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noun,
a person who has an estate for a term of years or for life.
- termers
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noun,
a person who is serving a term, especially in prison (usually used in combination):
- racemes
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noun,
a simple indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are borne on short pedicels lying along a common axis, as in the lily of the valley.
- carroms
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noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- Cartier
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noun,
Sir George Étienne [zhawrzh ey-tyen] /ʒɔrʒ eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1814–73, Canadian political leader: prime minister 1857–62, defense minister 1867–73.
- cerates
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noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- ocreate
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adjective,
having an ocrea or ocreae; sheathed.
- reactor
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noun,
a person or thing that reacts or undergoes reaction.
- reamers
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noun,
any of various rotary tools, with helical or straight flutes, for finishing or enlarging holes drilled in metal.
- caterer
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noun,
one whose business is to provide food, supplies, and sometimes service at social gatherings.
- tarsier
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noun,
a small, arboreal, nocturnal primate of the genus Tarsius, of Indonesia and the Philippines, having a long thin tail, very large immobile eyes, and prominent pads on the fingers and toes: all populations are dwindling.
- coterie
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noun,
a group of people who associate closely.
- recites
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verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- stereo-
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- Mercast
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noun,
a broadcasting system used by U.S. agencies to deliver messages to government-operated ships.
- stearo-
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- metiers
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noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- erotica
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noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- erotics
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- erratic
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noun,
an erratic or eccentric person.
- retires
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noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- sematic
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adjective,
serving as a sign or warning of danger, as the conspicuous colors or markings of certain poisonous animals.
- retrace
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verb (used with object),
to trace backward; go back over:
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- imarets
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- roseate
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adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- erector
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noun,
Also, erecter. a person or thing that erects.
- maestro
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noun,
an eminent composer, teacher, or conductor of music:
- roister
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verb (used without object),
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- roemers
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noun,
a German wineglass having a body with a globular top and a cylindrical bottom often decorated with prunts, supported by a conical foot.
- marries
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verb (used with object),
to take in marriage:
- mercies
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noun,
compassionate or kindly forbearance shown toward an offender, an enemy, or other person in one's power; compassion, pity, or benevolence:
- roaster
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noun,
a contrivance for roasting something, as an oven, a pan for roasting meat, or a machine for roasting coffee beans.
- Mercier
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noun,
Désiré Joseph [dey-zee-rey zhaw-zef] /deɪ ziˈreɪ ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1851–1926, Belgian cardinal and patriot.
- mercers
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noun,
a dealer in textile fabrics; dry-goods merchant.
- Eritrea
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noun,
a republic in NE Africa, on the Red Sea: Italian colony 1890–1941; province of Ethiopia 1962–93; independent since 1993. 47,076 sq. mi. (121,927 sq. km). Capital: Asmara.
- seriate
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adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- stearic
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adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- crosier
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noun,
a ceremonial staff carried by a bishop or an abbot, hooked at one end like a shepherd's crook.
- craters
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noun,
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- remorse
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noun,
deep and painful regret for wrongdoing; compunction.
- creates
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adjective,
Archaic. created.
- Creator
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noun,
a person or thing that creates.
- steamer
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noun,
something propelled or operated by steam, as a steamship.
- remotes
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noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- cremate
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verb (used with object),
to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite.
- miterer
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noun,
a machine or tool for making miters.
- somatic
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adjective,
of the body; bodily; physical.
- terries
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noun,
the loop formed by the pile of a fabric when left uncut.
- ecartes
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noun,
a card game for two players.
- re-sort
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verb (used with object),
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- Emerita
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noun,
a woman with such status.
- emetics
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noun,
an emetic medicine or agent.
- emirate
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noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- restore
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verb (used with object),
to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish:
- serrate
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adjective,
Chiefly Biology. notched on the edge like a saw:
- seriema
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noun,
either of two birds of the family Cariamidae, Cariama cristata, of southern Brazil, or Chunga burmeisteri, of Argentina, having long legs, an erectile crest, a short, broad bill, and limited ability to fly.
- Creamer
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noun,
a person or thing that creams.
- osmatic
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adjective,
of or relating to the sense of smell.
- acerose
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adjective,
needle-shaped, as the leaves of the pine.
- amosite
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noun,
an asbestine variety of anthophyllite, rich in iron, formerly used as a heat-resistant material.
- ARTEMIS
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noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- arteri-
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- trisome
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noun,
a trisomic individual.
- tierces
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noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- Amorite
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noun,
a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. II Sam. 12:26–31.
- trimers
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noun,
a molecule composed of three identical, simpler molecules.
- aristo-
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- amorist
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noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- armrest
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noun,
a projecting, often padded support for the forearm, as at the side of a chair or sofa or between seats in a theater, car, or airplane.
- armoire
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noun,
a large wardrobe or movable cupboard, with doors and shelves.
- tracers
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noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- trireme
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noun,
a galley with three rows or tiers of oars on each side, one above another, used chiefly as a warship.
- trocars
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noun,
a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
- amerces
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verb (used with object),
to punish by imposing a fine not fixed by statute.
- corers
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noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- miters
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noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- roemer
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noun,
a German wineglass having a body with a globular top and a cylindrical bottom often decorated with prunts, supported by a conical foot.
- mitres
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noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- trimer
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noun,
a molecule composed of three identical, simpler molecules.
- Mister
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noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- ericas
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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.
- corita
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noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- resort
-
noun,
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
- erects
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adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- Corrie
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noun,
a circular hollow in the side of a hill or mountain.
- amices
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noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- corset
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noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- Marist
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noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- Cortes
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noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- steric
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adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- ariose
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adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- eraser
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noun,
a device, as a piece of rubber or cloth, for erasing marks made with pen, pencil, chalk, etc.
- comtes
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noun,
count2 .
- COSTAR
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noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- COMSAT
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noun,
(often lowercase) a communications satellite.
- stream
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noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- amerce
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verb (used with object),
to punish by imposing a fine not fixed by statute.
- Morris
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noun,
Esther Hobart McQuigg Slack [muh-kwig slak] /məˈkwɪg ˈslæk/ (Show IPA), 1814–1902, U.S. suffragist.
- stroma
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noun,
Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- Romaic
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noun,
demotic (def 5).
- ecarte
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noun,
a card game for two players.
- armies
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noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- armets
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noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- coatee
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noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- Coates
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noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- coatis
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noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- remote
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noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- erotic
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- Marcos
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noun,
Ferdinand E(dralin) [ed-ruh-lin] /ˈɛd rə lɪn/ (Show IPA), 1917–1989, Philippine political leader: president 1965–86.
- moires
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noun,
any moiré fabric.
- Maoris
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noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- Marcie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Marcia.
- comate
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noun,
a mate or companion.
- Moesia
-
noun,
an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.
- Moerae
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plural noun,
the Fates.
- comers
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- Sartre
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noun,
Jean-Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ˈpɔl/ (Show IPA), 1905–80, French philosopher, novelist, and dramatist: declined 1964 Nobel Prize in literature.
- reseat
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verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- resect
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verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- Semite
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noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- retems
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noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- triers
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noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- Coster
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noun,
costermonger.
- triacs
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noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- masto-
-
- Cromer
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noun,
1st Earl of, Evelyn Baring.
- crores
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noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- emetic
-
noun,
an emetic medicine or agent.
- Sierra
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noun,
a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- C-star
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noun,
carbon star.
- merits
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noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- matri-
-
- tremie
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noun,
a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.
- sortie
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noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- sirree
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noun,
(used as an intensive with no or yes):
- Crista
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noun,
a crest or ridge.
- Mercia
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noun,
an early English kingdom in central Britain.
- somite
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noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- somat-
-
- Mercer
-
noun,
a dealer in textile fabrics; dry-goods merchant.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- tremor
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noun,
involuntary shaking of the body or limbs, as from disease, fear, weakness, or excitement; a fit of trembling.
- ecrase
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adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- rimose
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adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- Easter
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noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- Ecorse
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noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- sitcom
-
noun,
situation comedy.
- Mastic
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noun,
Also called mastic tree, lentisk. a small Mediterranean tree, Pistacia lentiscus, of the cashew family, that is the source of an aromatic resin used in making varnish and adhesives.
- Crimea
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noun,
the, a peninsula in SE Ukraine, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
- retire
-
noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- ricers
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noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- mortar
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noun,
a receptacle of hard material, having a bowl-shaped cavity in which substances are reduced to powder with a pestle.
- aretes
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noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- micros
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noun,
anything extremely small in scope or capability.
- micro-
-
- Crater
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noun,
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- crates
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noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- retro-
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- trices
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noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- creams
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noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- crease
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noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- create
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adjective,
Archaic. created.
- treasr
-
- emotes
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verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- meteor
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noun,
Astronomy.
a meteoroid that has entered the earth's atmosphere.
a transient fiery streak in the sky produced by a meteoroid passing through the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or bolide.
- metros
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noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- metro-
-
- aorist
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noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- metric
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noun,
Often, metrics. a standard for measuring or evaluating something, especially one that uses figures or statistics:
- Mascot
-
noun,
an animal, person, or thing adopted by a group as its representative symbol and supposed to bring good luck:
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- Cremer
-
noun,
Sir William Randal, 1838–1908, English union organizer: Nobel Peace Prize 1903.
- cremes
-
noun,
cream.
- metier
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- meters
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- criers
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- remora
-
noun,
any of several fishes of the family Echeneididae, having on the top of the head a sucking disk by which they can attach themselves to sharks, turtles, ships, and other moving objects.
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- acmite
-
noun,
a rare pyroxene mineral, sodium-ferric iron silicate, NaFe(Si 2 O 6), found in feldspathoid rocks.
- caroms
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- iatro-
-
- sacro-
-
- career
-
noun,
an occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework:
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- ramose
-
adjective,
having many branches.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- raster
-
noun,
Television. a pattern of scanning lines covering the area upon which the image is projected in the cathode-ray tube or liquid-crystal display of a television set or other screen.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- camise
-
noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- Carrie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- carrom
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- carrot
-
noun,
a plant, Daucus carota, of the parsley family, having pinnately decompound leaves and umbels of small white or yellow flowers, in its wild form a widespread, familiar weed, and in cultivation valued for its edible root.
- cirro-
-
- Carter
-
noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- rostra
-
noun,
a plural of rostrum.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- scream
-
noun,
a loud, sharp, piercing cry:
- roster
-
noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- camote
-
noun,
batata.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- astro-
-
- tracer
-
noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- terras
-
noun,
earth; land.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- sarco-
-
- raceme
-
noun,
a simple indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are borne on short pedicels lying along a common axis, as in the lily of the valley.
- ormers
-
noun,
an abalone, Haliotis tuberculata, living in waters of the Channel Islands.
- atomic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resulting from, or using atoms, atomic energy, or atomic bombs:
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- termor
-
noun,
a person who has an estate for a term of years or for life.
- 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.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- termer
-
noun,
a person who is serving a term, especially in prison (usually used in combination):
- isomer
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- racers
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- scato-
-
- 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.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- raters
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- mecate
-
noun,
Southwestern U.S. a rope made of horsehair or sometimes maguey.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- cerat-
-
- cerate
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- remise
-
verb (used with object),
to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.
- arrest
-
noun,
the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- aceto-
-
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- CERMET
-
noun,
a durable, heat-resistant alloy formed by compacting and sintering a metal and a ceramic substance, used under conditions of high temperature and stress.
- ameers
-
noun,
emir.
- recti-
-
- Rector
-
noun,
a member of the clergy in charge of a parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
- Maceio
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Alagoas, in E Brazil.
- rectos
-
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- macers
-
noun,
macebearer.
- remits
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- MAeroE
-
- teamer
-
noun,
a teamster.
- macro-
-
- armors
-
noun,
any covering worn as a defense against weapons.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- Mosaic
-
noun,
a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc.
- Taoism
-
noun,
the philosophical system evolved by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu, advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to attain a happy existence in harmony with the Tao.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- trocar
-
noun,
a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
- reamer
-
noun,
any of various rotary tools, with helical or straight flutes, for finishing or enlarging holes drilled in metal.
- Terris
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- tarso-
-
- rearms
-
verb (used with object),
to arm again.
- matr-
-
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- Sarre
-
noun,
French name of Saar.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- McRae
-
noun,
Carmen, 1920–94, U.S. jazz singer and songwriter.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- sarc-
-
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- maces
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- macer
-
noun,
macebearer.
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- Maroc
-
noun,
French name of Morocco.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- maror
-
noun,
a portion of horseradish or other bitter herb that is eaten at the Seder meal on Passover.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- treas
-
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- marcs
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- masc.
-
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- Aimee
-
noun,
a female given name.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- roars
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- mast-
-
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- riser
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- 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)
- rearm
-
verb (used with object),
to arm again.
- rears
-
- Recit
-
- rect.
-
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- acet-
-
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- acmes
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- osmic
-
adjective,
of or containing osmium in its higher valences, especially the tetravalent state.
- oste-
-
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- orris
-
noun,
an iris, Iris germanica florentina, having a fragrant rootstock.
- ormer
-
noun,
an abalone, Haliotis tuberculata, living in waters of the Channel Islands.
- 30-30
-
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- racer
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- Ramee
-
noun,
Louise de la ("Ouida") 1839–1908, English novelist.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- rares
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- octa-
-
- rater
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- acro-
-
- meets
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- 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).
- metic
-
noun,
an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.
- metes
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- meter
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- meta-
-
- aero-
-
- meso-
-
- mesic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- Meroe
-
noun,
a ruined city in Sudan, on the Nile, NE of Khartoum: a capital of ancient Ethiopia that was destroyed a.d. c350.
- mero-
-
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- meres
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Merci
-
interjection,
thank you.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- Merca
-
noun,
a city in S Somalia.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Meier
-
noun,
Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
- aeri-
-
- metr-
-
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- restr
-
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- miso-
-
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- actos
-
- misce
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) mix.
- misc.
-
- retem
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- micra
-
noun,
a plural of micron.
- 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.
- ricer
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Comr.
-
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- corr.
-
- corms
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- cores
-
- corer
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- stoma
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- Comte
-
noun,
count2 .
- stome
-
- comet
-
noun,
a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and gas that may form a tail that streams away from the sun.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- comes
-
noun,
Astronomy. companion1 (def 6).
- Comer
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- COMAS
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- Storm
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- crore
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- crit.
-
- 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.
-
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- crier
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- creme
-
noun,
cream.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- ster.
-
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- 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.
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- areo-
-
- cream
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- crams
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- armor
-
noun,
any covering worn as a defense against weapons.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- asco-
-
- carom
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- Carme
-
noun,
a small natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- teems
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- camis
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- cames
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- 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.
- tera-
-
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- term.
-
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- terr.
-
- atmo-
-
- Terra
-
noun,
earth; land.
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- astr.
-
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- cert.
-
- Cerro
-
noun,
a hill or peak.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- cero-
-
- 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.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- arris
-
noun,
a sharp ridge, as between adjoining channels of a Doric column.
- Ceram
-
noun,
an island of the Moluccas in Indonesia, W of New Guinea. 7191 sq. mi. (18,625 sq. km).
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- tears
-
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- Starr
-
noun,
Belle (Myra Belle Shirley) 1848–89, U.S. outlaw and folk hero.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- Seric
-
- semi-
-
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- 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.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- sero-
-
- emote
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- AMORC
-
- seti-
-
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- IATSE
-
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- scat-
-
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- Scot.
-
- SCRAM
-
noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- ameer
-
noun,
emir.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- scrim
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- Amer.
-
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- sect.
-
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- AMICE
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- sito-
-
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- Srta.
-
- ecto-
-
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- scr.
-
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- roar
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- 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:
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- tri-
-
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- 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)
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Tasm
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- 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.
- Ste.
-
- Sat.
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- 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).
- 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.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- SRAM
-
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- Sra.
-
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- Sam.
-
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- ter.
-
- sci.
-
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- sec.
-
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- str.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- Torr
-
noun,
a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- rit.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- 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.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- 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.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Seem
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Sem.
-
- seme
-
adjective,
covered with many small, identical figures.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Rom.
-
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- 1080
-
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- cat.
-
- 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.
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- 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.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- Carr
-
noun,
John Dickson, 1906–77, U.S. mystery writer.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Mac-
-
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- cet-
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- iso-
-
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Ceto
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- Irra
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of pestilence.
- 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.
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- Ire.
-
- atm.
-
- mes-
-
- 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.
- mere
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- 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.
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- meas
-
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ASTM
-
- ates
-
- maco
-
noun,
an Egyptian cotton, used especially in the manufacture of hosiery and undergarments.
- atic
-
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- ator
-
- 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.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- 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.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- MARC
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- Mar.
-
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- met.
-
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- crat
-
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Cres
-
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- emia
-
- EMet
-
- emes
-
noun,
friend.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- EEOC
-
- ctr.
-
- cts.
-
- ect-
-
- eco-
-
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- cir.
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cis-
-
- IMCO
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ice.
-
- ICAO
-
- cit.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- CMOS
-
noun,
complementary metal oxide semiconductor.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- Com.
-
- eso-
-
- coma
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- come
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. semen.
- COMS
-
noun,
Trademark. Comedy Central: a cable television channel.
- Cor.
-
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- etc.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- 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.
- corm
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- est.
-
- Cort
-
- 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.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- OEEC
-
- Oct.
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- amt.
-
- 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.
- MSIE
-
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- MSEE
-
- msec
-
- MSCE
-
- MSAE
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Aire
-
- Arm.
-
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- acr-
-
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- orra
-
adjective,
not regular or scheduled; odd:
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- aer-
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- aet.
-
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- AIME
-
- 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.
- ARIS
-
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- 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.
- 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.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- ASME
-
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- asc-
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- 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.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- 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.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- arr.
-
- mis-
-
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- art.
-
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- Mic.
-
- CRS
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- ASM
-
- ae.
-
- ast
-
- CSA
-
- AEC
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- at.
-
- CRT
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- CSO
-
- ac-
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TSI
-
- EAM
-
- TSE
-
- ea.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- EOM
-
- eo-
-
- Am.
-
- ASR
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Tro
-
- CSR
-
- Ar.
-
- Sr.
-
- cte
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- CTA
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- CST
-
- St.
-
- STI
-
- ACS
-
- Sta
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ATC
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- CIA
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- aor
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ARS
-
- cs.
-
- ct.
-
- CEO
-
- CAI
-
- CEA
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- TCA
-
- TCS
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- 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.
- 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.
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- TMO
-
- AMS
-
- CIE
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- AIC
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- STM
-
- ASI
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- 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.
- ca.
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ase
-
- CMA
-
- TIA
-
- AMC
-
- AME
-
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- Co.
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- cr.
-
- CIM
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ERT
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- MIE
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- MIT
-
- 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.
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MOI
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MOR
-
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MRA
-
- MRE
-
- MRI
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- mi.
-
- MSE
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Mo.
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- MSC
-
- EAS
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noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- MAE
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noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Mao
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- ROI
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- ROE
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noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- mas
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noun,
mother1 .
- RIM
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noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- Mat
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noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- MCI
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- MCR
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- MEA
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noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- ROA
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- RMC
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- rm.
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plural,
ream.
- MEC
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noun,
a pimp; mack.
- Meo
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noun,
Miao (def 1).
- MSA
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- MSI
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- Me.
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- Orr
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noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- Om.
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- oma
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plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- Rai
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noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- 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.
- Rae
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noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Ora
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noun,
plural of os2 .
- orc
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noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Ore
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noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- RMS
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plural,
ream.
- OIr
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- RMA
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- Re.
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- RCS
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- RAM
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noun,
a male sheep.
- OTS
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- ORT
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noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ote
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- OTA
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- ot-
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- OIt
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- oic
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- MST
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- OAS
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- Mt.
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- MTI
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- MTO
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- REC
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noun,
recreation.
- MTS
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- Oc.
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- OSA
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- OTC
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- oar
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noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAT
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noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- RAS
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- REA
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- RCT
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- RCA
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- Oca
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noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OCR
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- OCS
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- rat
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noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- OEM
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- OES
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noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- ROT
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noun,
the process of rotting.
- M-1
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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.
- Mc-
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- ESR
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- ERS
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noun,
ervil.
- SEI
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noun,
sei whale.
- See
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noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- ose
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- ESA
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- Esc
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- ese
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- sea
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noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- SER
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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).
- se-
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- ETO
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- ETR
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- ETS
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- IRA
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noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- io-
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- Ia.
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- SCM
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- err
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verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- ERE
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preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ICA
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noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- eir
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- eat
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noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- SMA
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- ec-
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- ECA
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- ECM
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- SIT
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verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- EEC
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- EEO
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- SIR
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noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ERA
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noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- EIS
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- eme
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noun,
friend.
- SIC
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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).
- EMR
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- EMS
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noun,
the letter M, m.
- EMT
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- EOE
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- EOS
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noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- IAS
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- ics
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- ier
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- SAC
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noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- ism
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noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ISR
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- ist
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- ITA
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- SAE
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- ITC
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- IOC
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- ite
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- SRO
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- ise
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- So.
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- RTS
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- rte
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- rt.
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- RSE
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- RSA
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- Rs.
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- ITO
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noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- SAR
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- TSR
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noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- ior
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- IOT
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- ISA
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- Ios
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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.
- Is.
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- sc.
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- IRS
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- IRO
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- IRC
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- Ir.
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- RI
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- ee
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- EI
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- RC
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- T1
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- AO
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- OA
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- AI
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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.
- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- TM
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- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- M.
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- S.
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- t.
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- MA
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noun,
mother1 .
- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- O.
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- i.
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- ic
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- TC
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- CM
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- SM
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- SA
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- CE
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- RO
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