Anagrams of discernments
Word discernments has
1091 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of discernments.
- discernment
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noun,
the faculty of discerning; discrimination; acuteness of judgment and understanding.
- secretins
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noun,
a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- increment
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noun,
something added or gained; addition; increase.
- Dissenter
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noun,
a person who dissents, as from an established church, political party, or majority opinion.
- endermic
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adjective,
acting through the skin, as a medicine, by absorption.
- mind-set
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noun,
an attitude, disposition, or mood.
- resident
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noun,
a person who resides in a place.
- centesis
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noun,
a puncture or perforation.
- centimes
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noun,
a monetary unit of various nations and territories, as Lichtenstein, Martinique, Senegal, Switzerland, and Tahiti, the 100th part of a franc.
- dementis
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noun,
an official denial by a government of actions, aims, etc., ascribed to it.
- centners
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noun,
(in several European countries) a unit of weight of 50 kilograms, equivalent to 110.2 pounds avoirdupois.
- minsters
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noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- endemics
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noun,
an endemic disease.
- trendies
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noun,
a trendy person, place, object, or idea.
- diesters
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noun,
an organic compound that contains two ester groups.
- discrete
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adjective,
apart or detached from others; separate; distinct:
- rescinds
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verb (used with object),
to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal.
- discreet
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adjective,
judicious in one's conduct or speech, especially with regard to respecting privacy or maintaining silence about something of a delicate nature; prudent; circumspect.
- destines
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verb (used with object),
to set apart for a particular use, purpose, etc.; design; intend.
- M-series
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noun,
See under M-line.
- discerns
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verb (used with object),
to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend:
- secretin
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noun,
a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- sediment
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noun,
the matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs.
- inserted
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- internes
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noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- demi-sec
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adjective,
(of wines) semidry; sweeter than sec but drier than doux.
- scienter
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noun,
a mental state in which one has knowledge that one’s action, statement, etc., is wrong, deceptive, or illegal: often used as a standard of guilt:
- dimeters
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noun,
a verse or line of two measures or feet, as He is gone on the mountain,/He is lost to the forest.
- incenses
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noun,
an aromatic gum or other substance producing a sweet odor when burned, used in religious ceremonies, to enhance a mood, etc.
- incenter
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noun,
the center of an inscribed circle; that point where the bisectors of the angles of a triangle or of a regular polygon intersect.
- indecent
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adjective,
offending against generally accepted standards of propriety or good taste; improper; vulgar:
- Dniester
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noun,
a river in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains to the Black Sea. About 875 miles (1410 km) long.
- St-Denis
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noun,
Ruth, 1880?–1968, U.S. dancer.
- editress
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noun,
a woman employed in the work of editing.
- reinsmen
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noun,
a person who rides or drives horses, especially a skillful one, as a jockey or harness driver.
- sentries
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noun,
a soldier stationed at a place to stand guard and prevent the passage of unauthorized persons, watch for fires, etc., especially a sentinel stationed at a pass, gate, opening in a defense work, or the like.
- descries
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verb (used with object),
to see (something unclear or distant) by looking carefully; discern; espy:
- demerits
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noun,
a mark against a person for misconduct or deficiency:
- diester
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noun,
an organic compound that contains two ester groups.
- decries
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verb (used with object),
to speak disparagingly of; denounce as faulty or worthless; express censure of:
- cretins
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- screeds
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noun,
a long discourse or essay, especially a diatribe.
- dimeter
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noun,
a verse or line of two measures or feet, as He is gone on the mountain,/He is lost to the forest.
- Meriden
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noun,
a city in central Connecticut.
- Meitner
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noun,
Lise [lee-zuh] /ˈli zə/ (Show IPA), 1878–1968, Austrian nuclear physicist.
- tenders
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noun,
the act of tendering; an offer of something for acceptance.
- entries
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noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- 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:
- tierced
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adjective,
(of an escutcheon) divided vertically or horizontally into three equal parts.
- sincere
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adjective,
free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest:
- secerns
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verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- Siemens
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noun,
Electricity. the standard unit of electrical conductance in the International System of Units (SI), equal to the reciprocal of the ohm and replacing the equivalent MKS unit (mho) Abbreviation: S.
- deceits
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noun,
the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating:
- Teniers
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noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- sidemen
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noun,
an instrumentalist in a band or orchestra.
- tierces
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noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- menders
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noun,
a person or thing that mends.
- Screens
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noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- Meissen
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noun,
a city in E central Germany, on the Elbe River: famous for fine porcelain.
- decerns
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verb (used with object),
Archaic. to discern.
- seiners
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noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- secrets
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noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- inserts
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- dereism
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noun,
autism.
- dentins
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noun,
the hard, calcareous tissue, similar to but denser than bone, that forms the major portion of a tooth, surrounds the pulp cavity, and is situated beneath the enamel and cementum.
- senders
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noun,
a person or thing that sends.
- incense
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noun,
an aromatic gum or other substance producing a sweet odor when burned, used in religious ceremonies, to enhance a mood, etc.
- incests
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noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- semites
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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.
- sennits
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noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- deniers
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noun,
a person who denies.
- indenes
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noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon, C 9 H 8 , obtained from coal tar by fractional distillation: used in synthesizing resins.
- indents
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noun,
a toothlike notch or deep recess; indentation.
- sereins
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noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- descent
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noun,
the act, process, or fact of moving from a higher to a lower position. Synonyms: falling, sinking; fall, drop.
- demises
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noun,
death or decease.
- estrins
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noun,
estrone.
- deserts
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noun,
a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all:
Synonyms: waste, wasteland, barren wilderness.
- serines
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noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- demerit
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noun,
a mark against a person for misconduct or deficiency:
- dements
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verb (used with object),
to make mad or insane.
- dementi
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noun,
an official denial by a government of actions, aims, etc., ascribed to it.
- desires
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noun,
a longing or craving, as for something that brings satisfaction or enjoyment:
- intends
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verb (used with object),
to have in mind as something to be done or brought about; plan:
- intens.
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- intense
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adjective,
existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree:
- dessert
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noun,
cake, pie, fruit, pudding, ice cream, etc., served as the final course of a meal.
- interne
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noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- deicers
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noun,
a device or a chemical substance for preventing or removing ice.
- Messier
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noun,
Charles [sharl] /ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1730–1817, French astronomer.
- interns
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noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- destine
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verb (used with object),
to set apart for a particular use, purpose, etc.; design; intend.
- tenners
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noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- entires
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- tenrecs
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noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- eminent
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adjective,
high in station, rank, or repute; prominent; distinguished:
- strides
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noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- trienes
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- misters
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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.).
- mitered
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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.
- Nereids
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noun,
any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.
- endemic
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noun,
an endemic disease.
- sinters
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- centner
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noun,
(in several European countries) a unit of weight of 50 kilograms, equivalent to 110.2 pounds avoirdupois.
- dissert
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verb (used without object),
to discourse on a subject.
- discern
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verb (used with object),
to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend:
- resents
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verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- tressed
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adjective,
(of the hair) arranged or formed into tresses; braided; plaited.
- directs
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adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- resends
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verb (used with object),
to send again.
- resects
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verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- rescind
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verb (used with object),
to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal.
- entices
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verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- 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.
- rennets
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noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- cerises
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adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- cements
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noun,
any of various calcined mixtures of clay and limestone, usually mixed with water and sand, gravel, etc., to form concrete, that are used as a building material.
- centres
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noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- dissect
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verb (used with object),
to cut apart (an animal body, plant, etc.) to examine the structure, relation of parts, or the like.
- Stinnes
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noun,
Hugo [hoo-gaw;; English hyoo-goh] /ˈhu gɔ;; English ˈhyu goʊ/ (Show IPA), 1870–1924, German industrialist.
- missend
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verb (used with object),
to send or forward, especially mail, to a wrong place or person.
- centri-
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- recites
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verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- cresset
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noun,
a metal cup or basket often mounted on a pole or suspended from above, containing oil, pitch, a rope steeped in rosin, etc., burned as a light or beacon.
- sennets
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noun,
any of several small barracudas, as Sphyraena borealis (northern sennet) ranging along the eastern coast of North and Central America.
- metiers
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noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- metisse
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noun,
a woman of mixed ancestry.
- censers
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noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- remises
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verb (used with object),
to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.
- enteric
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noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- 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.
- Dinesen
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noun,
Isak [ee-sahk] /ˈi sɑk/ (Show IPA), (pen name of Baroness Karen Blixen) 1885–1962, Danish author.
- credits
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noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- Nemesis
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noun,
something that a person cannot conquer, achieve, etc.:
- centime
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noun,
a monetary unit of various nations and territories, as Lichtenstein, Martinique, Senegal, Switzerland, and Tahiti, the 100th part of a franc.
- credent
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adjective,
Archaic. believing.
- Steiner
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noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- tinders
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noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- endrins
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noun,
a highly toxic, chlorinated hydrocarbon, C 12 H 8 OCl 6 , formerly used as an insecticide.
- minders
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noun,
Chiefly British. a person who looks after something (usually used in combination):
- redness
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noun,
the quality or state of being red.
- reminds
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verb (used with object),
to cause (a person) to remember; cause (a person) to think (of someone or something):
- Minster
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noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- emetics
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noun,
an emetic medicine or agent.
- cistern
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noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- tinners
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noun,
a tinsmith.
- dissent
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noun,
difference of sentiment or opinion.
- steeds
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noun,
a horse, especially a high-spirited one.
- serein
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noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- eiders
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noun,
eider duck.
- sneers
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noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- Edirne
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noun,
a city in NW Turkey, in the European part.
- ecesis
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noun,
the establishment of an immigrant plant in a new environment.
- icemen
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noun,
a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.
- steers
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noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- sennit
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noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- steins
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noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- steres
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- smites
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Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- entire
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- emends
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verb (used with object),
to edit or change (a text).
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- enters
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Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- erects
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adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- Ermine
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noun,
an Old World weasel, Mustela erminea, having in its winter color phase a white coat with black at the tip of the tail.
Compare stoat.
- sinner
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noun,
a person who sins; transgressor.
- sinter
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- endrin
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noun,
a highly toxic, chlorinated hydrocarbon, C 12 H 8 OCl 6 , formerly used as an insecticide.
- Enders
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noun,
John Franklin, 1897–1985, U.S. bacteriologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1954.
- Ernest
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noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- escent
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- Esenin
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noun,
Sergey Aleksandrovich [Russian syir-gyey uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Yesenin, Sergey Aleksandrovich.
- emesis
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noun,
vomitus.
- serins
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noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- sirees
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noun,
sirree.
- sirens
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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.
- serine
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noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- series
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noun,
a group or a number of related or similar things, events, etc., arranged or occurring in temporal, spatial, or other order or succession; sequence.
- Sister
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noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- esters
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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 .
- Estrin
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noun,
estrone.
- emetic
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noun,
an emetic medicine or agent.
- entice
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verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- driest
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noun,
a prohibitionist.
- sennet
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noun,
any of several small barracudas, as Sphyraena borealis (northern sennet) ranging along the eastern coast of North and Central America.
- reside
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noun,
a piece or section of siding:
- Rennes
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Ille-et-Vilaine, in NW France: former capital of Brittany; scene of trial of Alfred Dreyfus, 1899.
- rennet
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noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- Rennie
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noun,
John, 1761–1821, Scottish engineer.
- rentes
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noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- resect
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verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- resend
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verb (used with object),
to send again.
- resent
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verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- resets
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noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- resist
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noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- Remsen
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noun,
Ira, 1846–1927, U.S. chemist and educator.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.).
- misers
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noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- 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.
- rident
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adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- miners
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noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- minder
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noun,
Chiefly British. a person who looks after something (usually used in combination):
- renins
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noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- remits
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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.
- minces
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noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- netmen
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noun,
a tennis player.
- recess
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noun,
temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity.
- recite
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verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- recti-
-
- nitres
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noun,
niter.
- niters
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- reests
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verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- Niemen
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noun,
a river in the W Soviet Union in Europe, flowing into the Baltic: called Memel in its lower course. 565 miles (910 km) long.
- Nicene
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adjective,
of or relating to Nicaea.
- nested
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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.
- remiss
-
adjective,
negligent, careless, or slow in performing one's duty, business, etc.:
- Nessie
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noun,
Loch Ness monster.
- remind
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verb (used with object),
to cause (a person) to remember; cause (a person) to think (of someone or something):
- Nernst
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noun,
Walther Herman [vahl-tuh r her-mahn] /ˈvɑl tər ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1941, German physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1920.
- Nerine
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noun,
any of several bulbous plants belonging to the genus Nerine, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having funnel-shaped red, pink, or white flowers.
- Nereis
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noun,
clamworm.
- Nereid
-
noun,
any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.
- remise
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verb (used with object),
to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.
- Neisse
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noun,
a river in N Europe, flowing N from the NW Czech Republic along part of the boundary between Germany and Poland to the Oder River. 145 miles (233 km) long.
- Minden
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noun,
a city in NW Louisiana.
- midsts
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- Sender
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noun,
a person or thing that sends.
- instr.
-
- seiner
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noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- Ismene
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noun,
a daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta who did not join Antigone in her forbidden burial of their brother Polynices.
- Sterne
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noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- seines
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noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- inters
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verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- intern
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noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- inter.
-
- intend
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verb (used with object),
to have in mind as something to be done or brought about; plan:
- insets
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noun,
something inserted; insert.
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- 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.
- semens
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noun,
the viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa.
- Inness
-
noun,
George, 1825–94, and his son George, 1854–1926, U.S. painters.
- Semite
-
noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- indent
-
noun,
a toothlike notch or deep recess; indentation.
- indene
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon, C 9 H 8 , obtained from coal tar by fractional distillation: used in synthesizing resins.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- seders
-
noun,
a ceremonial dinner that commemorates the Exodus from Egypt and includes the reading of the Haggadah and the eating of symbolic foods, generally held on the first night of Passover by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel and on both the first and second nights by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside of Israel.
- secern
-
verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- rinses
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- merdes
-
noun,
excrement.
- metric
-
noun,
Often, metrics. a standard for measuring or evaluating something, especially one that uses figures or statistics:
- 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.
- messin
-
noun,
messan.
- scends
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- Mersin
-
noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- scents
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- Merced
-
noun,
a city in central California.
- scrims
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- Mentes
-
noun,
(in the Odyssey) a captain of the Taphians. Athena assumed his form when she urged Telemachus to search for Odysseus.
- menses
-
noun,
the periodic flow of blood and mucosal tissue from the uterus; menstrual flow.
- Mendes
-
noun,
a member of a people living in Sierra Leone and Liberia.
- mender
-
noun,
a person or thing that mends.
- screed
-
noun,
a long discourse or essay, especially a diatribe.
- screen
-
noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- Medit.
-
- screes
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- scries
-
verb (used without object),
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- enter-
-
- sterns
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- deisms
-
noun,
belief in the existence of a God on the evidence of reason and nature only, with rejection of supernatural revelation (distinguished from theism).
- tenses
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- demits
-
noun,
Also, dimit. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
- demise
-
noun,
death or decease.
- demies
-
noun,
a foundation scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford: so called because such a scholar originally received half the allowance of a fellow.
- dement
-
verb (used with object),
to make mad or insane.
- deists
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- deices
-
verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- denies
-
Idioms,
deny oneself, to refrain from satisfying one's desires or needs; practice self-denial.
- deicer
-
noun,
a device or a chemical substance for preventing or removing ice.
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- deesis
-
noun,
a representation in Byzantine art of Christ enthroned and flanked by the Virgin Mary and St. John the Baptist, often found on an iconostasis.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- decime
-
noun,
a former copper or bronze coin of France issued from 1795 to 1801 and from 1814 to 1815, the 10th part of a franc, equal in value to 10 centimes.
- decern
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to discern.
- denier
-
noun,
a person who denies.
- denims
-
noun,
a heavy, Z-twist, twill cotton for jeans, overalls, and other work and leisure garments.
- deceit
-
noun,
the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating:
- tennis
-
noun,
a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with rackets, in which a ball is driven back and forth over a low net that divides the court in half.
- dienes
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- Tenner
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- deters
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- desist
-
verb (used without object),
to cease, as from some action or proceeding; stop.
- desire
-
noun,
a longing or craving, as for something that brings satisfaction or enjoyment:
- desert
-
noun,
a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all:
Synonyms: waste, wasteland, barren wilderness.
- dermis
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the dense inner layer of skin beneath the epidermis, composed of connective tissue, blood and lymph vessels, sweat glands, hair follicles, and an elaborate sensory nerve network.
- Denise
-
noun,
a female given name: derived from Denis.
- dermic
-
adjective,
dermal.
- tenrec
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- dentin
-
noun,
the hard, calcareous tissue, similar to but denser than bone, that forms the major portion of a tooth, surrounds the pulp cavity, and is situated beneath the enamel and cementum.
- denti-
-
- dentes
-
noun,
plural of dens.
- Dennis
-
noun,
John, 1657–1734, English dramatist and critic.
- decent
-
adjective,
conforming to the recognized standard of propriety, good taste, modesty, etc., as in behavior or speech.
- Tessie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- dimers
-
noun,
a molecule composed of two identical, simpler molecules.
- censes
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- 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.
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- Centre
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- centr-
-
- centi-
-
- Center
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- censer
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- tremie
-
noun,
a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.
- trends
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- cement
-
noun,
any of various calcined mixtures of clay and limestone, usually mixed with water and sand, gravel, etc., to form concrete, that are used as a building material.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- Tessin
-
noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- credit
-
noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- tiered
-
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.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- crests
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- cremes
-
noun,
cream.
- tinder
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- ciders
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- cnemis
-
noun,
the tibia or shin.
- tinmen
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- tinned
-
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.
- tinner
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- cinder
-
noun,
a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
- tmesis
-
noun,
the interpolation of one or more words between the parts of a compound word, as be thou ware for beware.
- tender
-
noun,
the act of tendering; an offer of something for acceptance.
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- dinner
-
noun,
the main meal of the day, eaten in the evening or at midday.
- diners
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- distr.
-
- stride
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- dismes
-
noun,
a former coin of the U.S., equal to 10 cents, issued in 1792: early form of the dime.
- Dnestr
-
noun,
Russian name of Dniester.
- direct
-
adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- stimes
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- cists
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- creed
-
noun,
any system, doctrine, or formula of religious belief, as of a denomination.
- retem
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- 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.
- 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).
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- MINCE
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- minds
-
noun,
(in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.:
- Cmdr.
-
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Miss.
-
- mises
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- edit.
-
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- misc.
-
- misce
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) mix.
- Minn.
-
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- crit.
-
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- crim.
-
- Temne
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Sierra Leone.
- 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.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- merde
-
noun,
excrement.
- Merci
-
interjection,
thank you.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- 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.
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- mense
-
noun,
propriety; discretion.
- Menes
-
noun,
flourished c3200 b.c, traditionally the unifier and 1st king of Egypt: founder of the 1st dynasty.
- mends
-
noun,
the act of mending; repair or improvement.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- cried
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- metic
-
noun,
an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.
- retd.
-
- creme
-
noun,
cream.
- metr-
-
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- eider
-
noun,
eider duck.
- cress
-
noun,
any of various plants of the mustard family, especially the watercress, having pungent-tasting leaves often used for salad and as a garnish.
- metes
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- 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.
- scend
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- mesne
-
adjective,
intermediate or intervening.
- mesic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
- Mists
-
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.
- cine-
-
- 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.
- cedes
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- ster.
-
- nests
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- cedis
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- dress
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- drest
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- nerds
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- redes
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- Recit
-
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- 30-30
-
- rect.
-
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- dries
-
noun,
a plural of dry.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- nitr-
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- drees
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- 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.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- cetin
-
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.
- treed
-
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.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- cider
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- edict
-
noun,
a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- 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.
- Mende
-
noun,
a member of a people living in Sierra Leone and Liberia.
- MSEnt
-
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- rends
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- cent.
-
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- needs
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- 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.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- reni-
-
- 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.
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- steed
-
noun,
a horse, especially a high-spirited one.
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- cert.
-
- tides
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- meres
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- demes
-
noun,
one of the administrative divisions of ancient Attica and of modern Greece.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- semis
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, the half part of an as.
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- semi-
-
- disc.
-
- demit
-
noun,
Also, dimit. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- demi-
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- inst.
-
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- 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.
- semen
-
noun,
the viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa.
- Tenn.
-
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- dices
-
Idioms,
no dice, Informal. of no use or help; ineffective.
- deism
-
noun,
belief in the existence of a God on the evidence of reason and nature only, with rejection of supernatural revelation (distinguished from theism).
- disme
-
noun,
a former coin of the U.S., equal to 10 cents, issued in 1792: early form of the dime.
- deice
-
verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- derms
-
noun,
a navigational device for making a nearby object conspicuous on a radarscope.
- intr.
-
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- denes
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- seism
-
noun,
an earthquake.
- Ender
-
noun,
Kornelia [kawr-neyl-yuh,, -ney-lee-uh] /kɔrˈneɪl yə,, -ˈneɪ li ə/ (Show IPA), born 1958, German swimmer.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- sense
-
noun,
any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body:
- Teide
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) a volcanic peak in the Canary Islands, on Tenerife. 12,190 feet (3716 meters).
- dints
-
noun,
force; power:
- desc.
-
- derm-
-
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Seres
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- dents
-
noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- sends
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- Seric
-
- sines
-
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.
- Estes
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Essen
-
noun,
a city in W Germany: the chief city of the Ruhr River valley.
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- dent.
-
- dense
-
adjective,
having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact:
- teems
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- dirts
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- 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 .
- incr.
-
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- deter
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- denim
-
noun,
a heavy, Z-twist, twill cotton for jeans, overalls, and other work and leisure garments.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- seti-
-
- dist.
-
- dict.
-
- scrim
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- sides
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- deers
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Seder
-
noun,
a ceremonial dinner that commemorates the Exodus from Egypt and includes the reading of the Haggadah and the eating of symbolic foods, generally held on the first night of Passover by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel and on both the first and second nights by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside of Israel.
- sect.
-
- Deems
-
verb (used with object),
to hold as an opinion; think; regard:
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- deci-
-
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- emend
-
verb (used with object),
to edit or change (a text).
- seeds
-
noun,
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Medic
-
noun,
a member of a military medical corps; corpsman.
- 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.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- meeds
-
noun,
a reward or recompense.
- dimer
-
noun,
a molecule composed of two identical, simpler molecules.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- meets
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- Meier
-
noun,
Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
- Emden
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Germany.
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- term.
-
- 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.
- deets
-
plural noun,
details:
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- Sices
-
noun,
syce.
- seise
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- diene
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- seers
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- tends
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- seems
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- Sind
-
noun,
a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
- trid
-
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- ten.
-
- sics
-
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).
- rede
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- sers
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- rcd.
-
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- Sims
-
noun,
William Sowden [soud-n] /ˈsaʊd n/ (Show IPA), 1858–1936, U.S. admiral, born in Canada.
- reds
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- 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.
- tri-
-
- Reed
-
noun,
the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places.
- 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.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- 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.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- scr.
-
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- 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.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- rit.
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- Seem
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- Seed
-
noun,
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- std.
-
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- Secs
-
noun,
second2 (def 2).
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- SCSI
-
noun,
a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
- TDRS
-
- sci.
-
- 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.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- 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.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- 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).
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- 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.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- 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.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- Ste.
-
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- SScD
-
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- 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.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- 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.
- ter.
-
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- str.
-
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- seme
-
adjective,
covered with many small, identical figures.
- Sem.
-
- sec.
-
- mids
-
noun,
Archaic. the middle.
- EMet
-
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- Mede
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Media.
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- dim.
-
- mdse
-
- dime
-
noun,
a cupronickel-clad coin of the U.S. and Canada, the 10th part of a dollar, equal to 10 cents.
- mdnt
-
- DIMS
-
Idioms,
take a dim view of, to regard with disapproval, skepticism, or dismay:
- Din.
-
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- MDES
-
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- dir.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- dis-
-
- med.
-
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- meed
-
noun,
a reward or recompense.
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- deet
-
plural noun,
details:
- Dem.
-
- deme
-
noun,
one of the administrative divisions of ancient Attica and of modern Greece.
- Den.
-
- Dene
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- der.
-
- dere
-
adjective,
dear2 .
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- Dice
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- 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.
- met.
-
- mess
-
noun,
a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition:
- 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.
- emes
-
noun,
friend.
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- Mend
-
noun,
the act of mending; repair or improvement.
- men-
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- dits
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- Deer
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- EDES
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- Esd.
-
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- 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).
- Ens.
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- end-
-
- ence
-
- enc.
-
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- ESIS
-
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- ISSN
-
- Inc.
-
- isms
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- dree
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- 1080
-
- Ire.
-
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- int.
-
- ins.
-
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- IndE
-
- ect-
-
- est.
-
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- idem
-
noun,
another exactly the same.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ice.
-
- Ind.
-
- Eden
-
noun,
the place where Adam and Eve lived before the Fall. Gen. 2:8–24.
- 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.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- dees
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- ment
-
- deem
-
verb (used with object),
to hold as an opinion; think; regard:
- cene
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- cet-
-
- cess
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- CERN
-
- 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.
- cen.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Cres
-
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- MSSc
-
- MSIE
-
- NCTE
-
- cit.
-
- MSEE
-
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- 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.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- cir.
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- cide
-
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- neem
-
- need
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Mic.
-
- cis-
-
- cede
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- MSTS
-
- msec
-
- midn
-
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- mis-
-
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- 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.
- Mind
-
noun,
(in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.:
- min.
-
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- 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.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Dec.
-
- Mid.
-
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- MSCE
-
- MScD
-
- Cdr.
-
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- ctr.
-
- cts.
-
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- SMD
-
- SSM
-
- SSN
-
- TSI
-
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- 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.
- SSI
-
- SSR
-
- TSE
-
- SST
-
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- EIS
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- EDT
-
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- EdM
-
abbreviation,
electronic dance music: a range of genres of electronic music often played in nightclubs and characterized by a strong danceable beat:
- CDT
-
- EEC
-
- Sr.
-
- ct.
-
- cs.
-
- cr.
-
- SRS
-
- ss.
-
- SSC
-
- eir
-
- SSD
-
- CED
-
- SMS
-
- SSE
-
- St.
-
- DSR
-
- Ede
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- CRS
-
- CRT
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- CSR
-
- CST
-
- cte
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- TID
-
- DCM
-
- DSC
-
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- DSM
-
- d-c
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- DCS
-
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- di.
-
- DET
-
- de-
-
- Dee
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- EDC
-
- DRE
-
- tr.
-
- CIE
-
- ed.
-
- CIM
-
- ECM
-
- ec-
-
- ETD
-
- DST
-
- DSS
-
- STI
-
- Dr.
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- DNR
-
- CMD
-
- STM
-
- DMT
-
- DMS
-
- CNM
-
- CNN
-
- CNS
-
- TCS
-
- 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.
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- ESR
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- MIT
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MIE
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- 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.
- mi.
-
- MNE
-
- MNS
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MRE
-
- MRI
-
- MSD
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- MSI
-
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- SCS
-
- MDT
-
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- SCM
-
- ScD
-
- sc.
-
- RTS
-
- RMC
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSS
-
- RSE
-
- Rs.
-
- rnd
-
- MSE
-
- MSN
-
- SDR
-
- Rd.
-
- NMR
-
- NNE
-
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- nr.
-
- NRC
-
- NSC
-
- RCS
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Re.
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- RDS
-
- RDC
-
- RCT
-
- RCN
-
- NMI
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ne-
-
- MST
-
- Mt.
-
- MTI
-
- mtn
-
- MTS
-
- NDE
-
- NEC
-
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- NES
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- 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:
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- SDI
-
- sd.
-
- SDS
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- Ir.
-
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- ine
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- se-
-
- ier
-
- IDS
-
noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- ide
-
- id.
-
- ics
-
- 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).
- ETS
-
- ETR
-
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- IRS
-
- ese
-
- 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).
- Esc
-
- ERT
-
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ene
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- en-
-
- EMT
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- EMR
-
- IRC
-
- in.
-
- TSS
-
- ISR
-
- ITC
-
- SED
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- MSC
-
- Md.
-
- ist
-
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ite
-
- Me.
-
- Mc-
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- MCI
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ise
-
- MCR
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- SM
-
- S.
-
- SN
-
- R.
-
- RC
-
- M.
-
- CM
-
- CE
-
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- RI
-
- NM
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- TC
-
- NC
-
- DC
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- D.
-
- DT
-
noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ee
-
- EI
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- DN
-
- 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.
- N.
-
- ND
-
- RN
-
- NI
-
- DM
-
- ic
-
- i.
-
- t.
-
- TD
-
- TM
-
- MN
-
- TN
-
- T1
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.