Anagrams of embarcation
Word embarcation has
1473 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of embarcation.
- maceration
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noun,
the act or process of macerating.
- main-brace
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noun,
a brace leading to a main yard.
- abreaction
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noun,
release of emotional tension achieved through recalling a repressed traumatic experience.
- Americano
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noun,
a cocktail made with bitters, sweet vermouth, and soda water.
- abominate
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verb (used with object),
to regard with intense aversion or loathing; abhor.
- aerobatic
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noun,
(used with a plural verb) stunts performed in flight by an airplane, glider, or the like.
- manticore
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noun,
a legendary monster with a man's head, horns, a lion's body, and the tail of a dragon or, sometimes, a scorpion.
- brominate
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verb (used with object),
to treat or combine with bromine; bromate.
- carbonate
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noun,
a salt or ester of carbonic acid.
- anaerobic
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adjective,
(of an organism or tissue) living in the absence of air or free oxygen.
- one-a-cat
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noun,
one old cat.
- Cambrian
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noun,
Geology. the Cambrian Period or System.
- Croatian
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noun,
a Croat.
- aromatic
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noun,
a plant, drug, or medicine yielding a fragrant aroma, as sage or certain spices and oils.
- bacteri-
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- metanoia
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noun,
a profound, usually spiritual, transformation; conversion.
- botanica
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noun,
a shop specializing in herbs, spiritual items, etc.
- Bramante
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noun,
Donato d'Agnolo [daw-nah-taw dah-nyaw-law] /dɔˈnɑ tɔ ˈdɑ nyɔ lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1444–1514, Italian architect and painter.
- Atabrine
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- craniate
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noun,
a craniate animal.
- crabmeat
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noun,
the parts of a crab used for food.
- raincoat
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noun,
a waterproof or water-repellent coat worn as protection against rain.
- reaction
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noun,
a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- canotier
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noun,
a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- bacteria
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plural noun,
ubiquitous one-celled organisms, spherical, spiral, or rod-shaped and appearing singly or in chains, comprising the Schizomycota, a phylum of the kingdom Monera (in some classification systems the plant class Schizomycetes), various species of which are involved in fermentation, putrefaction, infectious diseases, or nitrogen fixation.
- Manitoba
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noun,
a province in central Canada. 246,512 sq. mi. (638,466 sq. km). Abbreviation: Man.
Capital: Winnipeg.
- contrib.
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- centibar
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noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of pressure, equal to 1/100 (0.01) bar or 10,000 dynes per square centimeter.
- bacterin
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noun,
a vaccine prepared from killed bacteria.
- macaroni
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noun,
small, tubular pasta prepared from wheat flour.
- American
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noun,
a citizen of the United States of America.
- Romanite
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noun,
a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- amberina
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noun,
an American art glass having transparent colors ranging from pale amber to ruby.
- marinate
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verb (used with object),
to steep (food) in a marinade.
- boracite
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noun,
a strongly pyroelectric mineral, a borate and chloride of magnesium, Mg 6 Cl 2 B 14 O 26 , occurring in white or colorless cubic crystals or fine-grained masses.
- Cinerama
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- baritone
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noun,
a male voice or voice part intermediate between tenor and bass.
- romantic
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noun,
a romantic person.
- carinate
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adjective,
Zoology, Botany. formed with a carina; keellike.
- marocain
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noun,
a crepe fabric made of silk, wool, or rayon, or a combination of these fibers, and distinguished by a strong rib effect, used in the manufacture of dresses and women's suits; a heavy Canton crepe.
- Aaronite
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noun,
one of the priestly descendants of Aaron.
- Monteria
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noun,
a city in N Colombia.
- Maronite
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noun,
a member of a body of Uniates living chiefly in Lebanon, who maintain a Syriac liturgy and a married clergy, and who are governed by the patriarch of Antioch.
- intercom
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noun,
an intercommunication system.
- Creation
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- Caterina
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noun,
a female given name, form of Catherine.
- Marciano
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noun,
Rocky (Rocco Francis Marchegiano) 1924–69, U.S. boxer: world heavyweight champion 1952–56.
- ambiance
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noun,
the mood, character, quality, tone, atmosphere, etc., particularly of an environment or milieu:
- animator
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noun,
a person or thing that animates.
- raiment
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- Arecibo
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noun,
a seaport in N Puerto Rico.
- macabre
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adjective,
gruesome and horrifying; ghastly; horrible.
- America
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noun,
United States.
- Amen-Ra
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noun,
a god in whom Amen and Ra were combined: the god of the universe and the supreme Egyptian god during the period of Theban political supremacy.
- Menorca
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noun,
Minorca.
- amentia
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noun,
lack of intellectual development; imbecility; severe mental retardation.
- Cameron
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noun,
Julia Margaret, 1815–79, English photographer, born in India.
- cabaret
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noun,
a restaurant providing food, drink, music, a dance floor, and often a floor show.
- 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.
- cortina
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noun,
a weblike, often evanescent veil covering the gills or hanging from the cap edge of certain mushrooms, particularly those of genus Cortinarius, and sometimes persisting as a ring or remnant of fibrils around the mushroom stalk.
- niobate
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noun,
any salt of niobic acid; columbate.
- Mercian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Mercia.
- ambient
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noun,
ambient music (def 1).
- Amboina
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noun,
Ambon.
- Cambria
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noun,
medieval name of Wales.
- Romanic
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noun,
romance1 (def 9).
- Croatia
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noun,
a republic in SE Europe: includes the historical regions of Dalmatia, Istria, and Slavonia; formerly a part of Yugoslavia. 21,835 sq. mi. (56,555 sq. km) Capital: Zagreb.
- anaemic
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adjective,
anemic.
- cateran
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noun,
(formerly) a freebooter or marauder of the Scottish Highlands.
- iceboat
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noun,
a vehicle for rapid movement on ice, usually consisting of a T -shaped frame on three runners driven by a fore-and-aft sailing rig or, sometimes, by an engine operating a propeller.
- Romaine
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noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- Cremona
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noun,
a city in N Italy, on the Po River.
- baronet
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noun,
a member of a British hereditary order of honor, ranking below the barons and made up of commoners, designated by Sir before the name and Baronet, usually abbreviated Bart., after:
- antero-
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- minaret
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- ceriman
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noun,
a climbing, tropical American plant, Monstera deliciosa, of the arum family, characterized by cordlike, aerial roots and large, perforated leaves.
- cabrito
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noun,
the meat of a young goat.
- animate
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adjective,
alive; possessing life:
- animato
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adjective,
animated; lively. Abbreviation: anim.
- incomer
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noun,
a person who comes in.
- anomite
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noun,
a variety of mica, similar to biotite but differing in optical orientation.
- certain
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Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- cabinet
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noun,
a piece of furniture with shelves, drawers, etc., for holding or displaying items:
- Moabite
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noun,
an inhabitant or native of Moab.
- centimo
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noun,
the 100th part of the monetary units of various countries, as Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Paraguay, and Venezuela.
- Cambrai
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noun,
a city in N France: battles 1917, 1918.
- Oceania
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noun,
the islands of the central and S Pacific, including Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and traditionally Australasia. About 3,450,000 sq. mi. (8,935,500 sq. km).
- bromate
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noun,
a salt of bromic acid.
- aminate
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verb (used with object),
to introduce an amino group into (a compound).
- Romania
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noun,
a republic in SE Europe, bordering on the Black Sea. 91,699 sq. mi. (237,500 sq. km). Capital: Bucharest.
- Romance
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noun,
a novel, movie, or genre of popular fiction in which characters fall in love or begin a romantic relationship (often used attributively):
- amniote
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noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- microbe
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noun,
a microorganism, especially a pathogenic bacterium.
- bearcat
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noun,
Informal. a person or thing that fights or acts with force or fierceness.
- amoebic
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adjective,
amebic.
- cerato-
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- Amon-Ra
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noun,
Amen-Ra.
- cranio-
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- craniom
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- Amorite
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noun,
a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. II Sam. 12:26–31.
- amirate
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noun,
emirate.
- coremia
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noun,
the fruiting bodies of certain fungi, consisting of a loosely bound bundle of conidiophores.
- macaron
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noun,
a round, colored cookie consisting of a ganache or buttercream filling between two halves made from beaten egg whites mixed with sugar and ground almonds.
- Abinoam
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noun,
the father of Barak. Judges 4:6; 12; 5:1.
- acetoin
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noun,
a yellowish, pleasant-smelling liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , obtained from various carbohydrates, as glucose, by fermentation: used chiefly in the manufacture of flavors and essences.
- Tambora
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noun,
an active volcano in Indonesia, on N Sumbawa: eruption 1815. 9042 feet (2756 meters).
- boatmen
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noun,
a person skilled in the use of small craft.
- Manteca
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noun,
a town in central California.
- acarine
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noun,
any of numerous arachnids of the order Acarina, comprising the mites and ticks.
- Carmine
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noun,
a crimson or purplish-red color.
- abreact
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verb (used with object),
to remove by abreaction.
- carbine
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noun,
a light, gas-operated semiautomatic rifle.
- tamarin
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noun,
any South American marmoset of the genera Saguinus and Leontopithecus (Leontideus), having silky fur and a nonprehensile tail: several species are threatened or endangered.
- narcoma
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noun,
stupor produced by narcotics.
- marcato
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adjective,
(of notes or chords in a musical score) strongly accented.
- Torenia
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- Bonaire
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noun,
an island in the E Netherlands Antilles, in the S West Indies. 95 sq. mi. (245 sq. km).
- bromine
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noun,
an element that is a dark-reddish, fuming, toxic liquid and a member of the halogen family: obtained from natural brines and ocean water, and used chiefly in the manufacture of gasoline antiknock compounds, pharmaceuticals, and dyes. Symbol: Br; atomic weight: 79.909; atomic number: 35; specific gravity: 3.119 at 20°C.
- mortice
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- Marcian
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noun,
a.d. 392?–457, emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire 450–457.
- ramenta
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noun,
a scraping, shaving, or particle.
- Marcion
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noun,
a.d. c100–c160, Christian Gnostic.
- Marconi
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noun,
Guglielmo [goo-lyel-maw] /guˈlyɛl mɔ/ (Show IPA), Marchese, 1874–1937, Italian electrical engineer and inventor, especially in the field of wireless telegraphy: Nobel Prize in physics 1909.
- Martina
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noun,
a female given name.
- Martian
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noun,
a supposed inhabitant of the planet Mars:
- Aaronic
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adjective,
of or relating to Aaron.
- Aterian
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adjective,
of or indicating a Middle Paleolithic industry of northwestern Africa and the Sahara, characterized by the production of tanged points and bifacially worked leaf-shaped points of varying sizes.
- centri-
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- Coimbra
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noun,
a city in central Portugal: noted university founded at Lisbon 1290, transferred here 1537.
- encomia
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noun,
a formal expression of high praise; eulogy:
- centro-
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- taborin
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noun,
a small tabor.
- bornite
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noun,
a common mineral and important ore of copper, copper iron sulfide, Cu 5 FeS 4 , occurring in masses, of brownish color when first exposed to the air; peacock ore.
- combine
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noun,
a combination.
- boatman
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noun,
a person skilled in the use of small craft.
- acnemia
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noun,
a condition characterized by atrophy of the muscles of the calf of the leg.
- Bactria
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noun,
an ancient country in W Asia, between the Oxus River and the Hindu Kush Mountains. Capital: Bactra.
- Aretino
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noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- airboat
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noun,
Also called swamp boat. a small open boat having a very shallow draft and driven by a caged airplane propeller mounted above the rear transom, capable of traveling at relatively high speeds through shallow water, swamps, etc.
- bicorne
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noun,
a two-cornered cocked hat worn especially in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
- nemato-
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- carotin
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noun,
carotene.
- nematic
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adjective,
noting a mesomorphic state in which the arrangement of the molecules is linear.
- moraine
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noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- ocarina
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noun,
a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
- aerobic
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adjective,
(of an organism or tissue) requiring the presence of air or free oxygen for life.
- aerobia
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noun,
aerobe.
- aconite
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- corbina
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noun,
a game fish, Menticirrhus undulatus, of the croaker family, inhabiting Pacific coastal waters of North America.
- erotica
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noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- Armenia
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noun,
an ancient country in W Asia: now divided between Armenia, Turkey, and Iran.
- Minorca
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noun,
Spanish Menorca. one of the Balearic Islands, in the W Mediterranean. 271 sq. mi. (700 sq. km).
- contra-
-
- manbote
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noun,
a sum of money paid to a lord whose vassal was murdered.
- actino-
-
- Actaeon
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noun,
a hunter who, for having seen Diana bathing, was changed by her into a stag and was torn to pieces by his own hounds.
- Comtian
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noun,
a follower of the philosophy of Auguste Comte.
- to-name
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noun,
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
- reboant
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adjective,
resounding or reverberating loudly.
- acrobat
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noun,
a skilled performer of gymnastic feats, as walking on a tightrope or swinging on a trapeze.
- Bactra
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noun,
ancient name of Balkh.
- Nicaea
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noun,
an ancient city in NW Asia Minor: Nicene Creed formulated here a.d.
- Bronte
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noun,
Anne ("Acton Bell") 1820–49, English novelist.
- Namtar
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noun,
the Sumerian and Akkadian demon personifying death.
- Crimea
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noun,
the, a peninsula in SE Ukraine, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
- Bairam
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noun,
ʾId al-Adha.
- necro-
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- cerat-
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- Romaic
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noun,
demotic (def 5).
- nectar
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noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- cteno-
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- Racine
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noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- narco-
-
- nemat-
-
- caribe
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noun,
piranha.
- banter
-
noun,
an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
- Bantam
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) a chicken of any of several varieties or breeds characterized by very small size.
- bromic
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adjective,
containing pentavalent bromine.
- 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.
- barit.
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- boater
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noun,
a person who boats, especially for pleasure.
- binate
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adjective,
produced or borne in pairs; double.
- remain
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noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- Corbin
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noun,
Margaret (Cochran) 1751–1800, American Revolutionary military heroine.
- Corbie
-
noun,
a raven or crow.
- recti-
-
- corban
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noun,
a sacrifice or offering made to God, especially among the ancient Hebrews in fulfillment of a vow.
- birota
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noun,
a two-wheeled cart, usually drawn by three mules, used for transporting commercial goods and one or two passengers.
- contr.
-
- obtain
-
verb (used with object),
to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request:
- recant
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verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- rebato
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noun,
rabato.
- ramate
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adjective,
having branches; branching out or off.
- re-act
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verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- comber
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noun,
a person or thing that combs.
- combat
-
noun,
Military. active, armed fighting with enemy forces.
- Noetic
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adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- Bomarc
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noun,
a winged, surface-to-air interceptor missile.
- cinema
-
noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- ratine
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- bonaci
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noun,
any of several edible serranid fishes, as Mycteroperca bonaci.
- comate
-
noun,
a mate or companion.
- 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.
- Bonita
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noun,
a female given name.
- borane
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noun,
any of the compounds, both neutral and anionic, of boron and hydrogen with formulas ranging from B 2 H 6 to B 20 H 16 .
- borate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of boric acid.
- Borman
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noun,
Frank, born 1928, U.S. astronaut.
- C-note
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noun,
See C (def 11).
- Ramona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- bimane
-
noun,
a bimanous animal.
- Bicorn
-
noun,
bicorne.
- barite
-
noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- crambo
-
noun,
a game in which one person or side must find a rhyme to a word or a line of verse given by another.
- Briton
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Great Britain, especially of England.
- barman
-
noun,
a man who bartends; bartender.
- Barmen
-
noun,
a former city in W Germany, now incorporated into Wuppertal.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- Barnet
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- Barton
-
noun,
Clara, 1821–1912, U.S. philanthropist who organized the American Red Cross in 1881.
- Batman
-
noun,
a soldier assigned to an officer as a servant.
- batmen
-
noun,
a soldier assigned to an officer as a servant.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- beacon
-
noun,
a guiding or warning signal, as a light or fire, especially one in an elevated position.
- Crania
-
noun,
the skull of a vertebrate.
- Beaton
-
noun,
Sir Cecil (Walter Hardy) 1904–80, English photographer, writer, and theatrical designer.
- bemoan
-
verb (used with object),
to express distress or grief over; lament:
- bicone
-
noun,
an object shaped like two cones with their bases together.
- nitro-
-
- Benita
-
noun,
a female given name.
- taenia
-
noun,
Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
- Benoit
-
noun,
Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), (or Peter) Léonard Léopold [ley-aw-nar ley-aw-pawld] /leɪ ɔˈnar leɪ ɔˈpɔld/ (Show IPA), 1834–1901, Belgian composer.
- Breton
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noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1966, French poet, essayist, and critic.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- nocti-
-
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- Bianca
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “white.”.
- Bianco
-
noun,
Mon·te [mawn-te] /ˈmɔn tɛ/ (Show IPA). Italian name of Mont Blanc.
- Renata
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tacoma
-
noun,
a seaport in W Washington, on Puget Sound.
- arcane
-
adjective,
known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric:
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- tombac
-
noun,
an alloy, used to imitate gold, containing from 70 to 92 percent copper with zinc and sometimes tin and other materials forming the remainder.
- Manati
-
noun,
a city in N Puerto Rico.
- Carnot
-
noun,
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
- McNair
-
noun,
Lesley James, 1883–1944, U.S. army officer.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- aeron.
-
- tobira
-
noun,
a shrub, Pittosporum tobira, of China and Japan, having leathery leaves, fragrant, greenish-white flower clusters, densely hairy fruit, and lemon-scented foliage.
- meacon
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verb (used with object),
to give false signals to (electronic navigational equipment), as by means of a radio transmitter.
- macron
-
noun,
a horizontal line used as a diacritic over a vowel to indicate that it has a long sound or other specified pronunciation, as (ā) in fate (fāt).
- macro-
-
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- Aintab
-
noun,
former name of Gaziantep.
- airman
-
noun,
an aviator.
- Maceio
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Alagoas, in E Brazil.
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- camote
-
noun,
batata.
- camion
-
noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- Mentor
-
noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- camera
-
noun,
a device for capturing a photographic image or recording a video, using film or digital memory.
- Mercia
-
noun,
an early English kingdom in central Britain.
- Merino
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- Catano
-
noun,
a city in NE Puerto Rico, SW of San Juan.
- amebic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling an ameba.
- Merton
-
noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- timbre
-
noun,
Acoustics, Phonetics. the characteristic quality of a sound, independent of pitch and loudness, from which its source or manner of production can be inferred. Timbre depends on the relative strengths of the components of different frequencies, which are determined by resonance.
- cambio
-
noun,
a currency exchange.
- metric
-
noun,
Often, metrics. a standard for measuring or evaluating something, especially one that uses figures or statistics:
- metro-
-
- amino-
-
- matron
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- actin-
-
- amoeba
-
noun,
ameba.
- Marcan
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of St. Mark or of the second Gospel.
- Carian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Caria.
- Carina
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- Marion
-
noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- Carman
-
noun,
one of the crew of a streetcar or the like, as the motorman.
- Marino
-
noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- tribo-
-
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Marina
-
noun,
a boat basin offering dockage and other service for small craft.
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- Marian
-
noun,
a person who has a particular devotion to the Virgin Mary.
- carbon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a widely distributed element that forms organic compounds in combination with hydrogen, oxygen, etc., and that occurs in a pure state as diamond and graphite, and in an impure state as charcoal. Symbol: C; atomic weight: 12.011; atomic number: 6; specific gravity: (of diamond) 3.51 at 20°C; (of graphite) 2.26 at 20°C.
- Marcie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marcia.
- abient
-
adjective,
tending to move away from a stimulus or situation.
- Marcia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “warlike.”.
- Matane
-
noun,
a city in E Quebec, in SE Canada, on the St. Lawrence River.
- Cantab
-
- acmite
-
noun,
a rare pyroxene mineral, sodium-ferric iron silicate, NaFe(Si 2 O 6), found in feldspathoid rocks.
- matri-
-
- cantar
-
noun,
a poem consisting of four-line stanzas, each line having eight syllables.
- maniac
-
noun,
a raving or violently insane person; lunatic.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- manioc
-
noun,
cassava.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- Cantor
-
noun,
the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
- carbo-
-
- aceto-
-
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- omenta
-
noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- mantic
-
adjective,
of or relating to divination.
- mantra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.
- Carmen
-
noun,
Ciudad del Carmen.
- cambia
-
noun,
a layer of delicate meristematic tissue between the inner bark or phloem and the wood or xylem, which produces new phloem on the outside and new xylem on the inside in stems, roots, etc., originating all secondary growth in plants and forming the annual rings of wood.
- timber
-
noun,
the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses.
- camber
-
noun,
a slight arching, upward curve, or convexity, as of the deck of a ship.
- iatro-
-
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- Monica
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Moneta
-
noun,
Ernesto Teodoro [er-ne-staw te-aw-daw-raw] /ɛrˈnɛ stɔ ˌtɛ ɔˈdɔ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1833–1918, Italian journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- cabane
-
noun,
a mastlike structure on some early airplanes, used for supporting the wing.
- Tarmac
-
noun,
(lowercase) a road, airport runway, parking area, etc., paved with Tarmac, tarmacadam, or a layer of tar.
- Monera
-
noun,
a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and have a nutritional mode of absorption, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.
- Arabic
-
noun,
a Semitic language that developed out of the language of the Arabians of the time of Muhammad, now spoken in countries of the Middle East and North Africa. Abbreviation: Ar.
- Moraea
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genera Moraea and Dietes, of the iris family, native to tropical Africa.
- I-beam
-
noun,
a rolled or extruded metal beam having a cross section resembling an I.
Compare H-beam.
- centi-
-
- cabman
-
noun,
cabdriver.
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- micro-
-
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- Ariane
-
noun,
Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- cabmen
-
noun,
cabdriver.
- tamari
-
noun,
a rich, naturally fermented soybean sauce containing little or no wheat and thicker than soy sauce.
- rabato
-
noun,
a wide, stiff collar of the 17th century, worn flat over the shoulders or open in front and standing at the back.
- atomic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resulting from, or using atoms, atomic energy, or atomic bombs:
- octane
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- enamor
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- tambac
-
noun,
tombac.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- entomb
-
verb (used with object),
to place in a tomb; bury; inter.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- centr-
-
- arnica
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- antiar
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- iceman
-
noun,
a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.
- intomb
-
verb (used with object),
entomb.
- caiman
-
noun,
any of several tropical American crocodilians of the genus Caiman and allied genera: some are endangered.
- inter.
-
- intra-
-
- Anemia
-
noun,
Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
- anemic
-
adjective,
Pathology. suffering from anemia.
- terbia
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- intro.
-
- amtrac
-
noun,
amphibian (def 4).
- anemo-
-
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- Amrita
-
noun,
the beverage of immortality.
- micron
-
noun,
Also called micrometer. the millionth part of a meter. Symbol: μ, mu.
- Anomia
-
noun,
the inability to name objects or to recognize the written or spoken names of objects.
- caeoma
-
noun,
(in fungi) an aecium in which the spores are formed in chains and not enclosed in a peridium.
- income
-
noun,
the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
- catena
-
noun,
a chain or connected series, especially of extracts from the writings of the fathers of the Christian church.
- tenaim
-
noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- anomie
-
noun,
a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.
- Obama
-
noun,
Barack (Hussein), Jr [buh-rahk hoo-seyn] /bəˈrɑk huˈseɪn/ (Show IPA), born 1961, 44th president of the U.S. since 2009.
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- Carme
-
noun,
a small natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
- Ceram
-
noun,
an island of the Moluccas in Indonesia, W of New Guinea. 7191 sq. mi. (18,625 sq. km).
- cert.
-
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- 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.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- carob
-
noun,
a Mediterranean tree, Ceratonia siliqua, of the legume family, bearing long, leathery pods containing hard seeds and sweet, edible pulp.
- omber
-
noun,
a card game popular in the 17th and 18th centuries and played, usually by three persons, with 40 cards.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- Cimon
-
noun,
507–499 b.c, Athenian military leader, naval commander, and statesman (son of Miltiades).
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- octa-
-
- carom
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- cent.
-
- OBrit
-
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- cata-
-
- Ceara
-
noun,
Fortaleza.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- cero-
-
- cine-
-
- Ceiba
-
noun,
the silk-cotton tree, Ceiba pentandra.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- micra
-
noun,
a plural of micron.
- meno-
-
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- Merca
-
noun,
a city in S Somalia.
- Merci
-
interjection,
thank you.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- mero-
-
- meta-
-
- metic
-
noun,
an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.
- metr-
-
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Macao
-
noun,
a Portuguese overseas territory in S China, in the delta of the Zhu Jiang River and including two small adjacent islands. 6 sq. mi. (16 sq. km).
- Iran.
-
- MINCE
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- intr.
-
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- incr.
-
- incor
-
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- Minto
-
noun,
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond [el-ee-uh t-mur-ee-ki-nin-muh nd,, -muhr-ee-,, el-yuh t-] /ˈɛl i ətˈmɜr i kɪˈnɪn mənd,, -ˈmʌr i-,, ˈɛl yət-/ (Show IPA), 4th Earl of, 1845–1914, British colonial administrator: governor general of Canada 1898–1904; viceroy of India 1905–10.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- macer
-
noun,
macebearer.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- Manta
-
noun,
(in Spain and Spanish America) a cloak or wrap.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- Maroc
-
noun,
French name of Morocco.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- Maria
-
noun,
calaba.
- Marat
-
noun,
Jean Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1743–93, French politician and journalist: leader in the French Revolution; assassinated by Charlotte Corday d'Armont.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- manor
-
noun,
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- Macon
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- matr-
-
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- manic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affected by mania.
- mania
-
noun,
excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- Manat
-
noun,
a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess personifying fortune, sometimes considered a daughter of Allah.
- mbira
-
noun,
a musical instrument of Africa usually made out of a gourd that serves as a resonating box, to which vibrating metal or wooden strips are attached for plucking.
- McRae
-
noun,
Carmen, 1920–94, U.S. jazz singer and songwriter.
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- Maera
-
noun,
Hecuba, after being changed into a dog for blinding Polymestor.
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- 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.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- crim.
-
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- cream
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- nitr-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- noct-
-
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- cont.
-
- Comte
-
noun,
count2 .
- Comr.
-
- comet
-
noun,
a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and gas that may form a tail that streams away from the sun.
- Comer
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- Combe
-
noun,
a narrow valley or deep hollow, especially one enclosed on all but one side.
- comb.
-
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Cobra
-
noun,
any of several highly venomous, Old World elapid snakes of the genera Naja and Ophiophagus, characterized by the ability to flatten the neck into a hoodlike form when disturbed.
- cobia
-
noun,
a large, fusiform fish, Rachycentron canadum, found off the eastern coast of temperate and tropical America, in the East Indies, and in Japan.
- 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.
- crit.
-
- Ibert
-
noun,
Jacques François Antoine [zhahk frahn-swa ahn-twan] /ʒɑk frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1890–1962, French composer.
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- monic
-
adjective,
(of a polynomial) having the coefficient of the term of highest degree equal to 1.
- Mont.
-
- Monte
-
noun,
Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- ento-
-
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- Naima
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “benevolent.”.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- embar
-
verb (used with object),
to stop or hinder, as by a bar.
- ecto-
-
- econ.
-
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- Nebr.
-
- Niobe
-
noun,
the daughter of Tantalus and wife of Amphion of Thebes. She provoked Apollo and Artemis to vengeance by taunting their mother, Leto, with the number and beauty of her own children; Niobe's children were slain and Zeus turned her into stone, in which state she continued to weep over her loss.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Marta
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- anoia
-
noun,
extreme mental deficiency.
- areo-
-
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- Areca
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- T-bar
-
noun,
a rolled metal bar or beam with a cross section resembling a T .
- Arab.
-
- aorta
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- anti-
-
- ante-
-
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- teno-
-
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- anima
-
noun,
soul; life.
- anim.
-
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- tera-
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- anat.
-
- term.
-
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- Arica
-
noun,
a seaport in N Chile.
- AMORC
-
- Taber
-
noun,
tabor.
- Baron
-
noun,
a member of the lowest grade of nobility.
- baro-
-
- Robin
-
noun,
any of several small Old World birds having a red or reddish breast, especially Erithacus rubecula, of Europe.
- baric
-
adjective,
of or containing barium.
- Barea
-
noun,
Arturo [ahr-too r-oh;; Spanish ahr-too-raw] /ɑrˈtʊər oʊ;; Spanish ɑrˈtu rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1897–1957, Spanish author, critic, lecturer, and broadcaster: in England after 1939.
- Barca
-
noun,
an ancient Carthaginian family to which Hamilcar, Hasdrubal, and Hannibal belonged.
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- bania
-
noun,
banyan (def 2).
- Banco
-
noun,
a declaration made by a bettor in certain gambling games, as baccarat and chemin de fer, indicating a bet matching the full amount in the bank, to the exclusion of all previous lower bets: often used as an interjection.
- Banat
-
noun,
a fertile low-lying region extending through parts of Hungary, Romania, and Serbia.
- bairn
-
noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- Baiae
-
noun,
an ancient resort city in SW Italy, near Naples: villas of Caesar, Nero, and Pompey.
- bact.
-
- Bacon
-
noun,
the back and sides of the hog, salted and dried or smoked, usually sliced thin and fried for food.
- Tabor
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- atria
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- Carib
-
noun,
a member of a group of Indian peoples formerly dominant through the Lesser Antilles, now found in small numbers in a few areas of the West Indies and in parts of Central America and northeastern South America.
- atmo-
-
- Atman
-
noun,
the principle of life.
- ation
-
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- Tamar
-
noun,
the daughter of David and half-sister of Absalom. II Sam. 13.
- tambo
-
noun,
Mr. Tambo.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- aroma
-
noun,
an odor arising from spices, plants, cooking, etc., especially an agreeable odor; fragrance.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- Armen
-
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- Amora
-
noun,
one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in the rabbinical academies of Palestine and Babylonia from the 3rd to the 6th centuries a.d., whose commentaries on and interpretations of the Mishnah comprise the Palestinian and Babylonian Gemaras.
- Batna
-
noun,
a city in NE Algeria.
- abort
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- acro-
-
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- Acoma
-
noun,
a Pueblo Indian village near Albuquerque, New Mexico, built on a sandstone mesa: oldest continuously inhabited location in the U.S.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- acet-
-
- acerb
-
adjective,
acerbic.
- tonia
-
- acari
-
noun,
plural of acarus.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- abrin
-
noun,
a highly poisonous protein found in the seeds of the rosary pea: inhibits protein synthesis, causing symptoms such as internal bleeding, intestinal upset, and irritation of mucous membranes.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- Abram
-
noun,
an earlier name of Abraham. Gen. 17:5.
- Abner
-
noun,
the commander of the Israelite army and a cousin of Saul. I Sam. 14:50; 26:5.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- abeam
-
adverb,
Nautical, Aeronautics. at right angles to the fore-and-aft line:
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Abate
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish:
- Abaco
-
noun,
two islands (Great Abaco and Little Abaco) in the N Bahamas. 776 sq. mi. (2010 sq. km).
- Aaron
-
noun,
the older brother of Moses, usually regarded as the first high priest of the Hebrews. Ex. 28; 40:13–16.
- trama
-
noun,
a specialized hyphal tissue constituting the internal structure of mushroom gills, pore tubes, or spines.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- tribe
-
noun,
any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- 30-30
-
- tombe
-
noun,
a step in which a dancer falls from one leg to the other, landing with all the weight on the foot that has just moved, while flexing the knee.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Amber
-
noun,
a pale yellow, sometimes reddish or brownish, fossil resin of vegetable origin, translucent, brittle, and capable of gaining a negative electrical charge by friction and of being an excellent insulator: used for making jewelry and other ornamental articles.
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- Tiber
-
noun,
a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 miles (395 km) long.
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- amin-
-
- AMICE
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- Amer.
-
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- ameba
-
noun,
any of numerous freshwater, marine, or parasitic one-celled protozoa of the order Amoebida, characterized by a granular nucleus surrounded by a jellylike mass of cytoplasm that forms temporary extensions, or pseudopodia, by which the organism moves, engulfs food particles, and forms food vacuoles.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- Ambon
-
noun,
ambo.
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- ambit
-
noun,
circumference; circuit.
- ambi-
-
- Amato
-
noun,
Pasquale [puh-skwah-lee,, -ley;; Italian pahs-kwah-le] /pəˈskwɑ li,, -leɪ;; Italian pɑsˈkwɑ lɛ/ (Show IPA), 1879–1942, Italian operatic baritone.
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- Amati
-
noun,
Nicolò [nee-kaw-law] /ˌni kɔˈlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1596–1684, Italian violinmaker, one of a famous family of 16th- and 17th-century violinmakers: teacher of Antonio Stradivari.
- amate
-
verb (used with object),
to dismay; daunt.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- amain
-
adverb,
with full force.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- to-be
-
adjective,
future; soon to be the thing specified (usually used in combination):
- Tobin
-
noun,
James, 1918–2002, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1981.
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- aero-
-
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- aeri-
-
- aemia
-
- aecia
-
noun,
the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
- Bart.
-
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Baton
-
noun,
Music. a wand used by a conductor.
- Biota
-
noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- brom-
-
- Recit
-
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- BMarE
-
- bronc
-
noun,
bronco:
- biter
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- rect.
-
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- birne
-
noun,
boule1 (def 1).
- Rabin
-
noun,
Yitzhak [yits-khahk] /yɪtsˈxɑk/ (Show IPA), 1922–95, Israeli military and political leader: prime minister 1974–77 and 1992–95: Nobel Peace Prize 1994.
- Broca
-
noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1824–80, French surgeon and anthropologist.
- Rabat
-
noun,
a sleeveless, backless, vestlike garment extending to the waist, worn by a cleric beneath the clerical collar, especially in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- biont
-
- biome
-
noun,
a complex biotic community characterized by distinctive plant and animal species and maintained under the climatic conditions of the region, especially such a community that has developed to climax.
- orbit
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- Binet
-
noun,
Alfred [al-frid;; French al-fred] /ˈæl frɪd;; French alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1857–1911, French psychologist: co-deviser of the Binet-Simon scale.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- 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.
- caber
-
noun,
a pole or beam, especially one thrown as a trial of strength.
- Cabet
-
noun,
Étienne [ey-tyen] /eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1788–1856, French socialist who established a utopian community in the U.S. (in Illinois) called Icaria: became U.S. citizen 1854.
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- rabot
-
noun,
a hardwood block used for rubbing marble before polishing.
- reni-
-
- boner
-
noun,
a person or thing that bones.
- bract
-
noun,
a specialized leaf or leaflike part, usually situated at the base of a flower or inflorescence.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- Ramon
-
noun,
any of several tropical American trees belonging to the genus Brosimum, of the mulberry family, the leaves of which are used as forage, especially B. alicastrum, which bears the breadnut.
- brain
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- Rambo
-
noun,
a fanatically militant or violently aggressive person.
- Brant
-
noun,
any of several species of small, dark-colored geese of the genus Branta, especially B. bernicla, breeding in high northern latitudes and migrating south in the autumn.
- borne
-
noun,
a circular sofa having a conical or cylindrical back piece at the center.
- Raman
-
noun,
Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata [chuhn-druh-shey-ker-uh veng-kuh-tuh] /ˈtʃʌn drəˈʃeɪ kər ə ˈvɛŋ kə tə/ (Show IPA), 1888–1970, Indian physicist: Nobel prize 1930.
- boric
-
adjective,
of or containing boron; boracic.
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- Bream
-
noun,
any of various freshwater fishes of the genus Abramis, as A. brama, of Europe, with a compressed, deep body and silvery scales.
- Brit.
-
- Brent
-
noun,
brant.
- Brian
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Brice
-
noun,
Fanny (Fannie Borach) 1891–1951, U.S. singer and comedian.
- bonce
-
noun,
head; skull.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- boite
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- Brine
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- boart
-
noun,
bort.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- cabin
-
noun,
a small house or cottage, usually of simple design and construction:
- Brace
-
noun,
something that holds parts together or in place, as a clasp or clamp.
- Cabot
-
noun,
John (Giovanni Caboto) c1450–98? Italian navigator in the service of England: discoverer of North American mainland 1497.
- Beira
-
noun,
a seaport in central Mozambique.
- Cameo
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- ribat
-
noun,
a building housing a community of Sufis.
- carb-
-
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- Beria
-
noun,
Lavrenti Pavlovich [luh v-ren-tee pav-loh-vich;; Russian luh-vryen-tyee puh-vlaw-vyich] /ləvˈrɛn ti pævˈloʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian lʌˈvryɛn tyi pʌˈvlɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1953, Soviet secret-police chief: executed for treason.
- carat
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- omni-
-
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Canea
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Crete, on the W part.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Cant.
-
- berat
-
noun,
a city in S central Albania.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- Camb.
-
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Caria
-
noun,
an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- beano
-
noun,
bingo.
- Rama
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) any of the three avatars of Vishnu: Balarama, Parashurama, or Ramachandra.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Obie
-
noun,
one of a group of awards given annually, beginning in 1956, by New York City's The Village Voice newspaper for achievement in the off-Broadway theater.
- 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.
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- obit
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- mica
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Oct.
-
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- met.
-
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- tri-
-
- tRNA
-
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Mic.
-
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- tron
-
- TRIB
-
- 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.
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- ment
-
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Raab
-
noun,
broccoli rabe.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Ont.
-
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- tomb
-
noun,
an excavation in earth or rock for the burial of a corpse; grave.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Rabi
-
noun,
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1944.
- Tobe
-
noun,
the principal outer garment in some parts of north and central Africa, consisting of a length of cloth that is sewn into a long loose skirt or is draped around the body and fastened over one shoulder.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- men-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- tion
-
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Tob.
-
- RIBA
-
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- 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.
- Nebo
-
noun,
Mt. See under Pisgah.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- NCTE
-
- NCAA
-
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- tab.
-
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- tabi
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- 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.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Nama
-
noun,
a member of a Khoikhoi people of Namaqualand, in SW Africa.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- NACA
-
- nabe
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- mRNA
-
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- 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.
- Rom.
-
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- robe
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- NIRA
-
- 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.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- 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).
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- RONA
-
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- NOAA
-
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- 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.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- neo-
-
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- nom.
-
- NTIA
-
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- ten.
-
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- raob
-
noun,
Meteorology. a radiosonde or rawinsonde observation.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- 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.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- not-
-
- ter.
-
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- NRAB
-
- 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.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- min.
-
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- Nor.
-
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Moab
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of the Dead Sea, in what is now Jordan.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mon.
-
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- TCBM
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- banc
-
noun,
the seat on which judges sit in court.
- corm
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- 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.
- bait
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- 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.
- Con.
-
- come
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. semen.
- coma
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- Com.
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- Cmon
-
- Cort
-
- bane
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- bani
-
noun,
plural of ban4 .
- bant
-
verb (used without object),
to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- bar.
-
- Bara
-
noun,
Theda [thee-duh] /ˈθi də/ (Show IPA), (Theodosia Goodman) 1890–1955, U.S. actress.
- Bare
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- Bari
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- barm
-
noun,
yeast formed on malt liquors while fermenting.
- cit.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Barn
-
noun,
a building for storing hay, grain, etc., and often for housing livestock.
- cir.
-
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- 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.
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- 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.
- emia
-
- ect-
-
- eco-
-
- Ebro
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N Spain to the Mediterranean. About 470 miles (755 km) long.
- ebon
-
adjective,
ebony (def 6).
- arca
-
noun,
a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- Arm.
-
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- bor.
-
- atm.
-
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- atic
-
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- ctr.
-
- ator
-
- crib
-
noun,
a child's bed with enclosed sides.
- crat
-
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- Crab
-
noun,
any decapod crustacean of the suborder Brachyura, having the eyes on short stalks and a short, broad, more or less flattened body, the abdomen being small and folded under the thorax.
- Bate
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- Ceto
-
- Aram
-
noun,
Biblical name of ancient Syria.
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- bint
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- bio-
-
- Bion
-
noun,
flourished c100 b.c, Greek pastoral poet.
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- BMet
-
- BMOC
-
- 1080
-
- Boar
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- boat
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- Brno
-
noun,
a city in S Moravia, in the SE Czech Republic: former capital of Moravia.
- brio
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- brim
-
noun,
the upper edge of anything hollow; rim; brink:
- Boer
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- bin-
-
- Boma
-
noun,
a city in the W Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the Zaire (Congo) River.
- BRCA
-
noun,
either of two genes (BRCA1 or BRCA2) that, if inherited in a mutated form, may predispose some carriers to develop breast or ovarian cancer.
- BRAT
-
noun,
a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation).
- Bran
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- Bram
-
noun,
a male given name.
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- bote
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- bota
-
noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- bot.
-
- bort
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- Bona
-
noun,
Bône, the former name of Annaba.
- Born
-
noun,
Max, 1882–1970, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- Bore
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- Bora
-
noun,
(on the Adriatic coasts) a violent, dry, cold wind blowing from the north or northeast.
- bine
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- cet-
-
- CERN
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- beam
-
noun,
any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped especially for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines.
- Bean
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- Bear
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- beat
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- cen.
-
- BEMA
-
noun,
Eastern Church. the enclosed space surrounding the altar; the sanctuary or chancel.
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cat.
-
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- Cara
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- Bice
-
noun,
either of two colors, bice blue or bice green.
- Beni
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Bent
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- Cana
-
noun,
an ancient town in N Israel, in Galilee: scene of Jesus' first miracle. John 2:1, 11.
- Can.
-
- berm
-
noun,
Also, berme. Fortification. a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat.
- Bern
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- bet.
-
- Beta
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- art.
-
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- aer-
-
- Ire.
-
- IRBM
-
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Acta
-
plural noun,
official records, as of acts, deeds, proceedings, transactions, or the like.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- 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.
- int.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Inc.
-
- inae
-
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- IMCO
-
- acr-
-
- aet.
-
- Ice.
-
- ICBM
-
- ICAO
-
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- AIME
-
- Iban
-
noun,
Also called Sea Dayak. a member of any of several Dayak tribes of Sarawak.
- Aire
-
- IATA
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Aman
-
noun,
Haman.
- iana
-
- AMBA
-
noun,
anba.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- IAEA
-
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- MARC
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- Mara
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of death, sometimes seen as one aspect of a god whose other aspect is Kama, or erotic desire.
- Mar.
-
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- Mana
-
noun,
a generalized, supernatural force or power, which may be concentrated in objects or persons.
- Man.
-
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Maia
-
noun,
the eldest of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes by Zeus.
- maco
-
noun,
an Egyptian cotton, used especially in the manufacture of hosiery and undergarments.
- Mac-
-
- 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.
- Maat
-
noun,
the goddess personifying law and righteousness.
- maar
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- 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.
- abet
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- Abie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- abr.
-
- abri
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- acea
-
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- iamb
-
noun,
a foot of two syllables, a short followed by a long in quantitative meter, or an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter, as in Come live / with me / and be / my love.
- Bone
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- etc.
-
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- 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.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Anam
-
noun,
Annam.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ance
-
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- enc.
-
- ambo
-
noun,
(in an early Christian church) a raised desk, or either of two such desks, from which the Gospels or Epistles were read or chanted.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- amt.
-
- ant.
-
- anoa
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- anba
-
noun,
father: a title of a clergyman or saint in the Coptic Church.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- ano-
-
- BIE
-
- abn
-
- BME
-
- AAE
-
- BIT
-
noun,
Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
- Abo
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- 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.
- ABM
-
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- tr.
-
- BMI
-
- AAM
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- bi-
-
- Aar
-
- ABC
-
noun,
ABC's (defs 1, 3).
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- tra
-
- 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.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- TBO
-
- aor
-
- Am.
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- Tro
-
- Bon
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ab-
-
- ABA
-
noun,
a coarse, felted fabric woven of camel's or goat's hair.
- TCA
-
- ac-
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- AIA
-
- AMA
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- TBA
-
- RBC
-
- ANC
-
- RBI
-
- Tbi
-
- RCA
-
- RCN
-
- RCT
-
- REA
-
- an.
-
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- Bn.
-
- Ar.
-
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- BMR
-
- boa
-
noun,
any of several nonvenomous, chiefly tropical constrictors of the family Boidae, having vestigial hind limbs at the base of the tail.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- TNB
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROI
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- AIC
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- BAO
-
noun,
an African board game usually played by moving pebbles along two rows of holes.
- BAA
-
noun,
the bleating cry of a sheep.
- BCE
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- be-
-
- Ban
-
noun,
the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
- BAM
-
noun,
a loud thud, as that produced when two objects strike against each other with force.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- TMO
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- AME
-
- AMC
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- BEM
-
- Amb
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- Br.
-
- Bac
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- AOA
-
- TIA
-
- at.
-
- rib
-
noun,
one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- abt
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Ben
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- 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.
- bec
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Bat
-
noun,
Sports.
the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball.
a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis.
a whip used by a jockey.
the act of using a club or racket in a game.
the right or turn to use a club or racket.
- ATA
-
- ae.
-
- AEA
-
- AEC
-
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- ATB
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- ATC
-
- RMC
-
- RNA
-
- ROA
-
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- ROB
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- CAA
-
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- MRI
-
- EMR
-
- EMT
-
- en-
-
- NAB
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- NAA
-
- NCO
-
- MTO
-
- mtn
-
- MTI
-
- Mt.
-
- MRE
-
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- MRA
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERT
-
- MOR
-
- ETO
-
- ETR
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- eir
-
- Ia.
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- NIA
-
- 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:
- eo-
-
- EOM
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- EAA
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- ean
-
- NEC
-
- NEB
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- ECM
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- NEA
-
- ne-
-
- EbN
-
- NbE
-
- NBC
-
- NBA
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ec-
-
- ECA
-
- io-
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- mi.
-
- ITA
-
- ITC
-
- ite
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- MBE
-
- Mc-
-
- Me.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Mo.
-
- 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.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MAA
-
- Mab
-
noun,
Queen Mab.
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- MCR
-
- MCI
-
- MBO
-
- Mao
-
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MIB
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- MOI
-
- MIT
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- mob
-
noun,
a disorderly or riotous crowd of people.
- ib.
-
- IBN
-
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- MNE
-
- MNA
-
- Ibo
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ier
-
- IRO
-
- in.
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ine
-
- IOC
-
- 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 = .
- ior
-
- IOT
-
- MIE
-
- Ir.
-
- IRC
-
- nib
-
noun,
the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
- EAM
-
- OEM
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- Om.
-
- OIt
-
- OIr
-
- oic
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- CEO
-
- OCR
-
- CIA
-
- CIB
-
- CEA
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- CIE
-
- CIM
-
- obi
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- OBE
-
- Oba
-
noun,
a hereditary tribal ruler among various peoples in the Benin region of western Africa.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- OMB
-
- OTC
-
- CAB
-
noun,
a taxicab.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- 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.
- OTB
-
- Co.
-
- cr.
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ct.
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- ORB
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- CAI
-
- CAM
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ONR
-
- ONI
-
- ote
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- OTA
-
- ot-
-
- Oc.
-
- BRM
-
- nob
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- ca.
-
- NMR
-
- NMI
-
- BTE
-
- Bt.
-
- BRT
-
- Bro
-
noun,
a brother.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- CRT
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- CTA
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- BRE
-
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- cte
-
- 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.
- NOC
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- BMT
-
- nr.
-
- Re.
-
- CBE
-
- ob.
-
- RMA
-
- NRC
-
- CMA
-
- COB
-
noun,
a corncob.
- NRA
-
- CNM
-
- Rab
-
noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- CNO
-
- RC
-
- MB
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- RI
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- CB
-
- RN
-
- 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.
- R.
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- AO
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- CE
-
- M.
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- CM
-
- TC
-
- EI
-
- B-
-
- BA
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- BC
-
- NM
-
- BM
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
-
- TB
-
- t.
-
- Eb
-
- BO
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- MN
-
- O.
-
- NI
-
- NC
-
- NB
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- OA
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- RO
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- ic
-
- TM
-
- TN
-
- i.
-