Anagrams of criterions
Word criterions has
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- criterion
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noun,
a standard of judgment or criticism; a rule or principle for evaluating or testing something.
- Interior
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noun,
the internal or inner part; inside.
- Cerritos
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noun,
a city in SW California.
- recision
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noun,
an act of canceling or voiding; cancellation.
- soricine
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adjective,
of or resembling the shrews.
- citrines
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noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- introrse
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adjective,
turned or facing inward, as anthers that open toward the gynoecium.
- crinites
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- tricorns
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noun,
Also, tricorne. a hat with the brim turned up on three sides.
- erotics
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- snorter
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noun,
a person or thing that snorts.
- cistron
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noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- citrins
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noun,
bioflavonoid.
- eristic
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noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- citrons
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noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- Ericson
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noun,
Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- Torrens
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noun,
Lake, a salt lake in Australia, in E South Australia. 130 miles (210 km) long; 2400 sq. mi. (6220 sq. km); 25 feet (8 meters) below sea level.
- irenics
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noun,
the branch of theology dealing with the promotion of peace and conciliation among Christian churches.
Compare polemics (def 2).
- cistern
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noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- re-sort
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verb (used with object),
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- section
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noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- ironers
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noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- 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.
- cretins
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- crinite
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- crinose
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adjective,
hairy.
- neritic
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adjective,
of or relating to the region of water lying directly above the sublittoral zone of the sea bottom.
- cronies
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noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- oneiric
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adjective,
of or relating to dreams.
- cornets
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noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- Niteroi
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in SE Brazil.
- corners
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noun,
the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
- sericin
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noun,
a gelatinous organic compound that holds the two strands of natural silk together.
- ironist
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noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- ironies
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noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- constr.
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- conster
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verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- cirrose
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adjective,
having a cirrus or cirri.
- sirenic
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adjective,
of or characteristic of a siren; melodious, tempting, or alluring.
- citrine
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noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- incisor
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noun,
any of the four anterior teeth in each jaw, used for cutting and gnawing.
- orceins
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noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- 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.
- norites
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- noetics
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noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- incites
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verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- roister
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verb (used without object),
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- notices
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noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- centro-
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- centri-
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- tricorn
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noun,
Also, tricorne. a hat with the brim turned up on three sides.
- sterno-
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- orients
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Tocsin
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noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- incest
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noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- toe-in
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noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- cteno-
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- incise
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verb (used with object),
to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
- Reston
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noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- toners
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noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- instr.
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- ionics
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noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- crores
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noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- incite
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verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- crones
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noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- incorr
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- insert
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- seniti
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noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- criers
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noun,
a person who cries.
- Senior
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noun,
a person who is older than another.
- insect
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noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- cretin
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- Osetic
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adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- Ticino
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noun,
a canton in S Switzerland. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Bellinzona.
- oscine
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noun,
an oscine bird.
- irenic
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adjective,
tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory.
- stoner
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noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- sit-in
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noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- Strine
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noun,
Australian English.
- Renoir
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noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1894–1979, French film director and writer.
- Estrin
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noun,
estrone.
- resort
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noun,
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
- sinter
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- intros
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noun,
an introduction.
- steric
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adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- steno-
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- intro.
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- inters
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verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- tie-in
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noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- tensor
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noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- sortie
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noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- ironer
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noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- Orient
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Enrico
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noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- irones
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noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- ironic
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adjective,
using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; containing or exemplifying irony:
- Terris
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noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- escort
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noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- inter.
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- orcein
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noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- sector
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noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- erotic
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- trices
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noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- recti-
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- trines
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- corers
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noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- cirro-
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- Tories
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noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- contr.
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- contes
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plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- Noetic
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adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- conies
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noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- Rector
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noun,
a member of the clergy in charge of a parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
- niters
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- triers
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noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- noctis
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adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- centr-
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- triens
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noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- C-note
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noun,
See C (def 11).
- nitres
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noun,
niter.
- nocti-
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- Citron
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noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- citrin
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noun,
bioflavonoid.
- cities
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noun,
a large or important town.
- nitric
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adjective,
containing nitrogen, usually in the pentavalent state.
- nitro-
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- ricers
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noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- roster
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noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- Norris
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noun,
Charles Gilman, 1881–1945, U.S. novelist and editor.
- norite
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- centos
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noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- Corrie
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noun,
a circular hollow in the side of a hill or mountain.
- Scoter
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noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Coster
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noun,
costermonger.
- necro-
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- trones
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noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- COSINE
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noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- notice
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noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- triose
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noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- Cortes
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noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- retro-
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- corset
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noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- censor
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noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- recons
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noun,
reconnaissance.
- ricins
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noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- CORNET
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noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- rectos
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- Nestor
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noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- Corner
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noun,
the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
- centi-
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- Ionic
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noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- riser
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noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- Norse
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noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- resit
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noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- noct-
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- ricin
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noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- notes
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noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- noise
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noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- inst.
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- inset
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noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Rieti
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noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- Rosie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- roset
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noun,
resin; rosin.
- rices
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noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- sito-
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- intr.
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- sect.
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- nitre
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noun,
niter.
- rosin
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noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- nerts
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interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- serin
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noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- istic
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- Seric
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- senti
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noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- scion
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noun,
a descendant.
- Scone
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noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- iters
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noun,
a canal or passage.
- scent
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noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- score
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noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- ition
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- scorn
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noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- Scot.
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- senor
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- onces
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noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- sero-
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- seti-
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- Siret
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noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- since
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adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- Siren
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- ontic
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adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- Sino-
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- restr
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- nitr-
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- onset
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noun,
a beginning or start:
- irone
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noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Seton
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noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- Niter
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- ricer
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noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- rotes
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noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Nisei
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noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- Irons
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noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- Niort
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- snore
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noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- Recit
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- snort
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noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- corns
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noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- coins
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noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coirs
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noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- torii
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noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- Cons.
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- Const
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- cont.
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- Conte
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noun,
count2 .
- corer
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noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- cores
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- toric
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- corr.
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- torse
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noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- Corse
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noun,
corpse.
- TORES
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noun,
a torus.
- Corti
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noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- torcs
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noun,
torque (def 4).
- coset
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noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- reins
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noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- tonic
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noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- cotes
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noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Creon
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noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- init.
-
- crest
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noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- rect.
-
- cites
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noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cries
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noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- ceros
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noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- 30-30
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- trone
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noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- RECON
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noun,
reconnaissance.
- trois
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noun,
the number 3.
- trios
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noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Cenis
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noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- cent.
-
- CENTO
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noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- cents
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noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- trine
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- cero-
-
- Cerro
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noun,
a hill or peak.
- torsi
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noun,
a plural of torso.
- cert.
-
- Cesti
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noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- tries
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noun,
plural of try.
- cetin
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noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- Trier
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noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- cine-
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- cines
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noun,
a film; motion picture.
- cions
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noun,
scion (def 2).
- cires
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noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Cirri
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noun,
a plural of cirrus.
- trice
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noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- crier
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noun,
a person who cries.
- tones
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noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- crine
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noun,
hair; head of hair.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- Orrin
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noun,
a male given name.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- Ernst
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noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- teno-
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- riots
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noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- erron
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- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Stone
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noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Stern
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noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- orris
-
noun,
an iris, Iris germanica florentina, having a fragrant rootstock.
- ster.
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- Stein
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noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- sotie
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noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- Soter
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noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- Iceni
-
noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- icons
-
- sonic
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adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- incor
-
- incr.
-
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- crit.
-
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- econ.
-
- oste-
-
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- 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.
- ecto-
-
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- crore
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- reni-
-
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- terr.
-
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- ento-
-
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- 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.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- 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.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- 1080
-
- 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.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- str.
-
- ten.
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- ter.
-
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tion
-
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- 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.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- tri-
-
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- tron
-
- Ste.
-
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- 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.
- scr.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rit.
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- sci.
-
- sec.
-
- Soni
-
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- Ice.
-
- est.
-
- ctr.
-
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- Ire.
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- etc.
-
- eso-
-
- 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.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Nor.
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Cres
-
- nos-
-
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- cts.
-
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- itis
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- iso-
-
- Ens.
-
- enc.
-
- eco-
-
- NCTE
-
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- neo-
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- ect-
-
- not-
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- cir.
-
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Ceto
-
- cet-
-
- CERN
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- int.
-
- cen.
-
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- ins.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- INRI
-
- Inc.
-
- cis-
-
- Ont.
-
- cit.
-
- Oct.
-
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Cort
-
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- 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.
- Cor.
-
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- Con.
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- 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.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- STI
-
- Esc
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ETO
-
- St.
-
- ERT
-
- Sr.
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- ETR
-
- TCS
-
- ETS
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- ics
-
- ESR
-
- io-
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- ct.
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- CNS
-
- CNO
-
- tr.
-
- CIE
-
- CEO
-
- cs.
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- Tro
-
- cr.
-
- Co.
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- CRS
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ec-
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- en-
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- CRT
-
- eo-
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- cte
-
- CST
-
- CSR
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- CSO
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- ier
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- Oc.
-
- NSC
-
- NRC
-
- nr.
-
- RNR
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROI
-
- NOC
-
- OCR
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Rs.
-
- RSE
-
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- RTS
-
- in.
-
- So.
-
- OTC
-
- OCS
-
- sc.
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- RCN
-
- Re.
-
- RCS
-
- OTS
-
- ote
-
- ot-
-
- ose
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- ons
-
- ONR
-
- ONI
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- 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.
- OIt
-
- OIr
-
- oic
-
- SRO
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- ist
-
- IOC
-
- ISR
-
- RCT
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ior
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- ise
-
- ITC
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- IOT
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- IRO
-
- IRC
-
- ine
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- NCO
-
- NES
-
- NEC
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- ne-
-
- se-
-
- ite
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- Ir.
-
- RC
-
- ic
-
- R.
-
- RI
-
- CE
-
- RN
-
- i.
-
- SN
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- S.
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- NI
-
- TN
-
- NC
-
- N.
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- RO
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- O.
-
- TC
-
- T1
-
- t.
-
- EI
-