Anagrams of excommunications
Word excommunications has
2128 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of excommunications.
- communications
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noun,
the act or process of communicating; fact of being communicated.
- communication
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noun,
the act or process of communicating; fact of being communicated.
- communionist
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noun,
a person with a particular view or interpretation of communion, as specified.
- communicates
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verb (used with object),
to impart knowledge of; make known:
- consummation
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noun,
the act of consummating; completion.
- communicate
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verb (used with object),
to impart knowledge of; make known:
- communicant
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noun,
a person who partakes or is entitled to partake of the Eucharist; a member of a church.
- communities
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noun,
a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage.
- antimensium
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noun,
antimension.
- ammunitions
-
- contumacies
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noun,
stubborn perverseness or rebelliousness; willful and obstinate resistance or disobedience to authority.
- insouciance
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noun,
the quality of being insouciant; lack of care or concern; indifference.
- consecution
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noun,
succession; sequence.
- commination
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noun,
a threat of punishment or vengeance.
- cosmetician
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noun,
a person who manufactures or sells cosmetics.
- antimonous
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adjective,
of or containing antimony, especially in the trivalent state.
- antimonies
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noun,
a brittle, lustrous, white metallic element occurring in nature free or combined, used chiefly in alloys and in compounds in medicine. Symbol: Sb; atomic number: 51; atomic weight: 121.75.
- monoacetin
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noun,
acetin.
- income-tax
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noun,
a tax levied on incomes, especially an annual government tax on personal incomes.
- communions
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noun,
(often initial capital letter). Also called Holy Communion. Ecclesiastical.
the act of receiving the Eucharistic elements.
the elements of the Eucharist.
the celebration of the Eucharist.
the antiphon sung at a Eucharistic service.
- omniscient
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noun,
an omniscient being.
- conoscenti
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plural noun,
cognoscenti.
- consociate
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adjective, noun, verb (used without object),
associate.
- taxonomies
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noun,
the science or technique of classification.
- antinomies
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noun,
opposition between one law, principle, rule, etc., and another.
- consummate
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adjective,
complete or perfect; supremely skilled; superb:
- insouciant
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adjective,
free from concern, worry, or anxiety; carefree; nonchalant.
- autonomies
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noun,
independence or freedom, as of the will or one's actions:
- man-minute
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noun,
a unit of measurement, especially in accountancy, based on an ideal amount of work accomplished by one person in a minute.
- semination
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noun,
a sowing or impregnating; dissemination.
- Cismontane
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adjective,
on this (the speaker's or writer's) side of the mountains, especially the Alps.
- cinematics
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noun,
the art of making motion pictures; cinematography.
- no-account
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noun,
a worthless person; good-for-nothing.
- monoamine
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noun,
any of various biogenic amine neurotransmitters having a single amino group, as dopamine, epinephrine, and norepinephrine.
- Communion
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noun,
(often initial capital letter). Also called Holy Communion. Ecclesiastical.
the act of receiving the Eucharistic elements.
the elements of the Eucharist.
the celebration of the Eucharist.
the antiphon sung at a Eucharistic service.
- Communist
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noun,
(initial capital letter) a member of the Communist Party or movement.
- aniconism
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noun,
opposition to the use of idols or images.
- minacious
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adjective,
menacing; threatening.
- conations
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noun,
the part of mental life having to do with striving, including desire and volition.
- Simionato
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noun,
Giulietta [joo-lyet-tah] /dʒuˈlyɛt tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1910–2010, Italian mezzo-soprano.
- onomastic
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adjective,
of or relating to proper names.
- monitions
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noun,
Literary. admonition or warning.
- Ammonites
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noun,
the coiled, chambered fossil shell of an ammonoid.
- isooctane
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noun,
the octane C 8 H 18 , used as one of the standards in establishing the octane number of a fuel.
- micaceous
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adjective,
consisting of, containing, or resembling mica.
- me-tooism
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noun,
the adopting of policies, methods, products, etc., similar or identical to those of a peer, rival, or competitor.
- Muscatine
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noun,
a city in E Iowa, on the Mississippi.
- maximites
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noun,
a powerful explosive consisting primarily of picric acid.
- Constance
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noun,
Lake. German Boden·see. a lake in W Europe, bounded by Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. 46 miles (74 km) long; 207 sq. mi. (536 sq. km).
- autonomic
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adjective,
autonomous.
- innoxious
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adjective,
harmless; innocuous.
- autoecism
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noun,
the development of the entire life cycle of a parasitic fungus on a single host or group of hosts.
- antinoise
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adjective,
designed to reduce or ban excessively loud sound, as of jet engines or traffic:
- cocainism
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noun,
an abnormal condition due to excessive or habitual use of cocaine.
- cocoanuts
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noun,
coconut.
- insinuate
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verb (used with object),
to suggest or hint slyly:
- insomniac
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noun,
a person who suffers from insomnia, the inability, especially when chronic, to obtain sufficient sleep, through difficulty in falling or staying asleep:
- incaution
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noun,
lack of caution; heedlessness; carelessness.
- inactions
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noun,
absence of action; idleness.
- comminate
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verb (used with or without object),
to threaten with divine punishment or vengeance.
- comminute
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verb (used with object),
to pulverize; triturate.
- coactions
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noun,
force or compulsion, either in restraining or in impelling.
- Toscanini
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noun,
Arturo [ahr-too r-oh;; Italian ahr-too-raw] /ɑrˈtʊər oʊ;; Italian ɑrˈtu rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1867–1957, Italian orchestra conductor, in the U.S. after 1928.
- Minuteman
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noun,
(sometimes lowercase) a member of a group of American militiamen just before and during the Revolutionary War who held themselves in readiness for instant military service.
- antimonic
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adjective,
of or containing antimony, especially in the pentavalent state.
- tenacious
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adjective,
holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of):
- momentous
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adjective,
of great or far-reaching importance or consequence:
- monacetin
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noun,
acetin.
- monatomic
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adjective,
having one atom in the molecule.
- Minnesota
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noun,
a state in the N central United States. 84,068 sq. mi. (217,735 sq. km). Capital: St. Paul.
Abbreviation: MN (for use with zip code), Minn.
- monecious
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adjective,
monoecious.
- intonacos
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noun,
(formerly in fresco painting) the last and finest coat of plaster, usually applied in sections and painted while still damp with colors ground in water or a lime-water mixture.
- annuities
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noun,
a specified income payable at stated intervals for a fixed or a contingent period, often for the recipient's life, in consideration of a stipulated premium paid either in prior installment payments or in a single payment.
- sinuation
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noun,
a winding; sinuosity.
- concision
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noun,
concise quality; brevity; terseness.
- economism
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noun,
the theory or practice of assigning primary importance to the economy or to economic achievement.
- nicotines
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noun,
a colorless, oily, water-soluble, highly toxic, liquid alkaloid, C 10 H 14 N 2 , found in tobacco and valued as an insecticide.
- nominates
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adjective,
having a particular name.
- succinate
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noun,
a salt or ester of succinic acid.
- contusion
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noun,
an injury, as from a blow with a blunt instrument, in which the subsurface tissue is injured but the skin is not broken; bruise.
- noontimes
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noun,
noon; noontide; noonday:
- encaustic
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noun,
a work of art produced by an encaustic process.
- cosmonaut
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noun,
a Russian or Soviet astronaut.
- summation
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noun,
the act or process of summing.
- continuos
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noun,
a keyboard accompanying part consisting originally of a figured bass, which in modern scores is usually realized, and serving to provide or fill out the harmonic texture.
- economics
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noun,
(used with a singular verb) the science that deals with the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services, or the material welfare of humankind.
- continues
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verb (used with object),
to go on with or persist in:
- encomiast
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noun,
a person who utters or writes an encomium; eulogist.
- actiniums
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noun,
a radioactive silver-white metallic element that glows blue in the dark, resembling the rare earths in chemical behavior and valence. Symbol: Ac; atomic number: 89; atomic weight: 227.
- economist
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noun,
a specialist in economics.
- encomium
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noun,
a formal expression of high praise; eulogy:
- Minamoto
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noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled as shoguns from 1192 to 1333.
- nominate
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adjective,
having a particular name.
- comments
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noun,
a remark, observation, or criticism:
- tonneaus
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noun,
a rear part or compartment of an automobile body, containing seats for passengers.
- Antonius
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noun,
Marcus, Antony, Mark.
- Commines
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noun,
Philippe de [fee-leep duh] /fiˈlip də/ (Show IPA), Comines, Philippe de.
- nicotine
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noun,
a colorless, oily, water-soluble, highly toxic, liquid alkaloid, C 10 H 14 N 2 , found in tobacco and valued as an insecticide.
- inaction
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noun,
absence of action; idleness.
- moccasin
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noun,
a heelless shoe made entirely of soft leather, as deerskin, with the sole brought up and attached to a piece of u -shaped leather on top of the foot, worn originally by the American Indians.
- Antinous
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noun,
the chief suitor of Penelope, killed by Odysseus upon his return from Troy.
- momentos
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noun,
memento.
- antinome
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noun,
something that is contradictory or opposite to another; a logical contradiction.
- cosmetic
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noun,
a powder, lotion, lipstick, rouge, or other preparation for beautifying the face, skin, hair, nails, etc.
- cosecant
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noun,
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the hypotenuse to the side opposite a given angle.
- monition
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noun,
Literary. admonition or warning.
- accounts
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noun,
an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative:
- Masonite
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- actinism
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noun,
the property of radiation by which chemical effects are produced.
- immanent
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adjective,
remaining within; indwelling; inherent.
- isotonic
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adjective,
Also, isosmotic. Physical Chemistry. noting or pertaining to solutions characterized by equal osmotic pressure.
Compare hypertonic (def 2), hypotonic (def 2).
- simoniac
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noun,
a person who practices simony.
- imminent
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adjective,
likely to occur at any moment; impending:
- monastic
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noun,
a member of a monastic community or order, especially a monk.
- commixes
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verb (used with or without object),
to mix together; blend.
- acoustic
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noun,
Obsolete. a remedy for deafness or imperfect hearing.
- aconites
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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.
- comities
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noun,
mutual courtesy; civility.
- noontime
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noun,
noon; noontide; noonday:
- cinnamic
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adjective,
of or obtained from cinnamon.
- contemns
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verb (used with object),
to treat or regard with disdain, scorn, or contempt.
- Stoneman
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noun,
a stonecutter or stoneworker.
- instance
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noun,
a case or occurrence of anything:
- no-count
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adjective, noun,
no-account.
- auctions
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noun,
Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
- coaction
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noun,
force or compulsion, either in restraining or in impelling.
- emiction
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noun,
urination.
- accustom
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verb (used with object),
to familiarize by custom or use; habituate:
- intonaco
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noun,
(formerly in fresco painting) the last and finest coat of plaster, usually applied in sections and painted while still damp with colors ground in water or a lime-water mixture.
- insomnia
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noun,
inability to obtain sufficient sleep, especially when chronic; difficulty in falling or staying asleep; sleeplessness.
- Steinman
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noun,
David Barnard, 1886–1960, U.S. civil engineer: specialist in bridge design and construction.
- autecism
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noun,
autoecism.
- enations
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noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- cocaines
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noun,
a bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 21 NO 4 , obtained from coca leaves, used as a local anesthetic and also widely used as an illicit drug for its stimulant and euphorigenic properties.
- cocoanut
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noun,
coconut.
- economic
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adjective,
pertaining to the production, distribution, and use of income, wealth, and commodities.
- cocomats
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noun,
matting made of the fiber from the outer husk of the coconut.
- sanction
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noun,
authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- incienso
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noun,
a shrubby, composite desert plant, Encelia farinosa, of the southwestern U.S., having silvery leaves and clusters of yellow flowers.
- mnemonic
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noun,
something intended to assist the memory, as a verse or formula.
- iotacism
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noun,
the conversion of other vowel sounds, especially in Modern Greek, into (ē), the sound of iota.
- mexicans
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Mexico, or a person of Mexican descent.
- Mixtecos
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noun,
Mixtec.
- Comenius
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noun,
John Amos (Jan Amos Komenský) 1592–1670, Moravian educational reformer and bishop.
- comatose
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adjective,
affected with or characterized by coma.
- Comaneci
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noun,
Nadia [nah-dee-uh,, nahd-yuh] /ˈnɑ di ə,, ˈnɑd yə/ (Show IPA), born 1961, Romanian gymnast.
- toxemias
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noun,
blood poisoning resulting from the presence of toxins, as bacterial toxins, in the blood.
- counties
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noun,
the largest administrative division of a U.S. state:
- coitions
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noun,
coitus.
- miscount
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noun,
an erroneous counting; miscalculation.
- Asuncion
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Paraguay, in the S part.
- auxetics
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noun,
an auxetic agent.
- autosome
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noun,
any chromosome other than a sex chromosome.
- actinons
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noun,
a chemically inert, gaseous, short-lived isotope of radon that is a member of the actinium series. Symbol: An; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 219.
- exaction
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noun,
the act of exacting; extortion:
- actinium
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noun,
a radioactive silver-white metallic element that glows blue in the dark, resembling the rare earths in chemical behavior and valence. Symbol: Ac; atomic number: 89; atomic weight: 227.
- coniines
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noun,
a volatile, highly poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 17 N, constituting the active principle of the poison hemlock.
- connects
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adjective,
of or relating to a connection or connections:
- mu-meson
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noun,
(no longer in technical use) muon.
- Conneaut
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noun,
a city in NE Ohio.
- ammonio-
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- Ammonite
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noun,
the coiled, chambered fossil shell of an ammonoid.
- cautions
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noun,
alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness:
- montanes
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noun,
the lower vegetation belt on mountains.
- munition
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noun,
Usually, munitions. materials used in war, especially weapons and ammunition.
- seamount
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noun,
a submarine mountain rising several hundred fathoms above the floor of the sea but having its summit well below the surface of the water.
- Memnonia
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noun,
an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a light region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
- concents
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noun,
concord of sound, voices, etc.; harmony.
- amniotes
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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.
- amniotic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or having an amnion.
- maieutic
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adjective,
of or relating to the method used by Socrates of eliciting knowledge in the mind of a person by interrogation and insistence on close and logical reasoning.
- muniment
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noun,
muniments, Law. a document, as a title deed or a charter, by which rights or privileges are defended or maintained.
- cuneatic
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adjective,
cuneiform; cuneate.
- Menomini
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noun,
Menominee.
- consomme
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noun,
a clear soup made by boiling meat or chicken, bones, vegetables, etc., to extract their nutritive properties: served hot or jellied.
- contains
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verb (used with object),
to hold or include within its volume or area:
- canonist
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noun,
a person who is a specialist in canon law.
- continue
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verb (used with object),
to go on with or persist in:
- occasion
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noun,
a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences:
- manumits
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verb (used with object),
to release from slavery or servitude.
- excision
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noun,
the act of removal; an excising.
- continuo
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noun,
a keyboard accompanying part consisting originally of a figured bass, which in modern scores is usually realized, and serving to provide or fill out the harmonic texture.
- connotes
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verb (used with object),
to signify or suggest (certain meanings, ideas, etc.) in addition to the explicit or primary meaning:
- mutinies
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noun,
revolt or rebellion against constituted authority, especially by sailors against their officers.
- musician
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noun,
a person who makes music a profession, especially as a performer of music.
- mannites
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noun,
mannitol.
- Unionist
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noun,
a person whose activities or beliefs are characterized by unionism.
- Unionism
-
noun,
the principle of union, especially trade unionism.
- maximins
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noun,
a strategy of game theory employed to maximize a player's minimum possible gain.
- maximite
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noun,
a powerful explosive consisting primarily of picric acid.
- conceits
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noun,
an excessively favorable opinion of one's own ability, importance, wit, etc.
- Socinian
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noun,
a follower of Faustus and Laelius Socinus who rejected a number of traditional Christian doctrines, as the Trinity, the divinity of Christ, and original sin, and who held that Christ was miraculously begotten and that salvation will be granted to those who adopt Christ's virtues.
- unctions
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noun,
an act of anointing, especially as a medical treatment or religious rite.
- ancients
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noun,
a person who lived in ancient times.
- nuisance
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noun,
an obnoxious or annoying person, thing, condition, practice, etc.:
- monument
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noun,
something erected in memory of a person, event, etc., as a building, pillar, or statue:
- Estonian
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noun,
a member of a Finnish people inhabiting Estonia, Livonia, and other districts of Russia.
- Mexicano
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noun,
the Nahuatl language.
- semiotic
-
noun,
semiotics.
- aniconic
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adjective,
not employing or permitting images, idols, etc.:
- Anicetus
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noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 155?–166?.
- cooncans
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noun,
a variety of rummy for two players.
- commutes
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noun,
a trip made by commuting:
- Comnenus
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noun,
a dynasty of Byzantine emperors that ruled at Constantinople, 1057?–1185, and at Trebizond in Asia Minor, 1204–1461?.
- semicoma
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noun,
a light coma from which a person can be roused.
- centimos
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noun,
the 100th part of the monetary units of various countries, as Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Paraguay, and Venezuela.
- uncinate
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adjective,
hooked; bent at the end like a hook.
- mentions
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noun,
a direct or incidental reference; a mentioning:
- Mountain
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noun,
a natural elevation of the earth's surface rising more or less abruptly to a summit, and attaining an altitude greater than that of a hill, usually greater than 2000 feet (610 meters).
- acuities
-
noun,
sharpness; acuteness; keenness:
- conation
-
noun,
the part of mental life having to do with striving, including desire and volition.
- uncommon
-
adjective,
not common; unusual; rare:
- semantic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols:
- sextain
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noun,
a stanza of six lines.
- suimate
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noun,
self-mate.
- mannose
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noun,
a hexose, C 6 H 12 O 6 , obtained from the hydrolysis of the ivory nut and yielding mannitol upon reduction.
- mansion
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noun,
a very large, impressive, or stately residence.
- intones
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verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- suction
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noun,
the act, process, or condition of sucking.
- manumit
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verb (used with object),
to release from slavery or servitude.
- tinamou
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noun,
any of several birds of the family Tinamidae, of South and Central America, related to the ratite birds but superficially resembling the gallinaceous birds.
- maniocs
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noun,
cassava.
- cinemas
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noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- centums
-
noun,
one hundred.
- section
-
noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- Manxmen
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the Isle of Man.
- sematic
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adjective,
serving as a sign or warning of danger, as the conspicuous colors or markings of certain poisonous animals.
- Sunnite
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noun,
Sunni (def 1).
- isotone
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noun,
one of two or more atoms having an equal number of neutrons but different atomic numbers.
- centimo
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noun,
the 100th part of the monetary units of various countries, as Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Paraguay, and Venezuela.
- ionones
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noun,
a light-yellow to colorless, slightly water-soluble liquid that is either one or a mixture of two unsaturated ketones having the formula C 13 H 20 O, used chiefly in perfumery.
- caution
-
noun,
alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness:
- ioniums
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noun,
a naturally occurring radioactive isotope of thorium. Symbol: Io; atomic number: 90; atomic weight: 230.
- ciseaux
-
noun,
a jump in which the dancer's legs are opened wide in the air and closed on landing.
- caustic
-
noun,
a caustic substance.
- catouse
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noun,
New England. a noisy disturbance; commotion.
- cimaise
-
noun,
cymaise.
- cations
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noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- tension
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noun,
the act of stretching or straining.
- summate
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verb (used with object),
to add together; total; sum up.
- timeous
-
adjective,
timely; sufficiently early.
- nonsuit
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noun,
a judgment given against a plaintiff who neglects to prosecute, or who fails to show a legal cause of action or to bring sufficient evidence.
- mannite
-
noun,
mannitol.
- Ionesco
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noun,
Eugène [French œ-zhen;; English yoo-jeen,, yoo-jeen] /French œˈʒɛn;; English yuˈdʒin,, ˈyu dʒin/ (Show IPA), 1912–94, French playwright, born in Romania.
- sinuate
-
adjective,
bent in and out; winding; sinuous.
- cuisine
-
noun,
a style or quality of cooking; cookery:
- isation
-
- Manitou
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noun,
(among the Algonquian Indians) a supernatural being that controls nature; a spirit, deity, or object that possesses supernatural power.
- Semitic
-
noun,
a subfamily of Afroasiatic languages that includes Akkadian, Arabic, Aramaic, Ethiopic, Hebrew, and Phoenician.
- comitia
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noun,
an assembly of the people convened to pass on laws, nominate magistrates, etc.
- intines
-
noun,
the inner coat of a spore, especially a pollen grain.
- Comtism
-
noun,
the philosophy of Auguste Comte; positivism.
- cooncan
-
noun,
a variety of rummy for two players.
- concent
-
noun,
concord of sound, voices, etc.; harmony.
- conceit
-
noun,
an excessively favorable opinion of one's own ability, importance, wit, etc.
- Sno-Cat
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- conatus
-
noun,
an effort or striving.
- Iconium
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noun,
ancient name of Konya.
- Comtian
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noun,
a follower of the philosophy of Auguste Comte.
- Etonian
-
noun,
a person who is or has been a pupil at Eton College.
- Ictinus
-
noun,
flourished mid-5th century b.c, Greek architect, a designer of the Parthenon.
- Imamite
-
noun,
a member of the principal sect of Shiʿah, believing in a succession of twelve divinely inspired imams, beginning with Ali and ending with Muhammad al-Muntazar (d. a.d. c880), who supposedly retired to a cave, later to return as the Mahdi.
- smectic
-
adjective,
noting a mesomorphic state in which the arrangement of the molecules is in layers or planes.
- taximen
-
noun,
a taxi driver.
- commute
-
noun,
a trip made by commuting:
- coontie
-
noun,
either of two arrowroots, Zamia integrifolia or Z. floridana, of Florida, having a short trunk, pinnate leaves, and cones: Z. floridana is an endangered species.
- soutane
-
noun,
a cassock.
- concise
-
adjective,
expressing or covering much in few words; brief in form but comprehensive in scope; succinct; terse:
- coniine
-
noun,
a volatile, highly poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 17 N, constituting the active principle of the poison hemlock.
- estamin
-
noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- contuse
-
verb (used with object),
to injure (tissue), especially without breaking the skin; bruise.
- contemn
-
verb (used with object),
to treat or regard with disdain, scorn, or contempt.
- contain
-
verb (used with object),
to hold or include within its volume or area:
- consume
-
verb (used with object),
to destroy or expend by use; use up.
- consent
-
noun,
permission, approval, or agreement; compliance; acquiescence:
- exciton
-
noun,
a localized, mobile excited state of a crystal, consisting of an electron and a hole bound together.
- sonance
-
noun,
the condition or quality of being sonant.
- eutocia
-
noun,
normal childbirth.
- somato-
-
- Eunomia
-
noun,
one of the Horae: the personification of order.
- connote
-
verb (used with object),
to signify or suggest (certain meanings, ideas, etc.) in addition to the explicit or primary meaning:
- somatic
-
adjective,
of the body; bodily; physical.
- connect
-
adjective,
of or relating to a connection or connections:
- connate
-
adjective,
existing in a person or thing from birth or origin; inborn:
- exotica
-
plural noun,
exotic things or objects.
- coniums
-
noun,
the poison hemlock, Conium maculatum.
- exotics
-
noun,
something that is exotic:
- Estonia
-
noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- Soutine
-
noun,
Chaim [khahy-im,, khahy-im] /xaɪˈɪm,, ˈxaɪ ɪm/ (Show IPA), 1894–1943, Lithuanian painter in France.
- intens.
-
- Cocteau
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1889–1963, French author and painter.
- comates
-
noun,
a mate or companion.
- incites
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- coition
-
noun,
coitus.
- incomes
-
noun,
the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
- coexist
-
verb (used without object),
to exist together or at the same time.
- encomia
-
noun,
a formal expression of high praise; eulogy:
- coconut
-
noun,
the large, hard-shelled seed of the coconut palm, lined with a white edible meat, and containing a milky liquid.
- Comecon
-
noun,
an economic association of Communist countries, established in 1949, to facilitate trade and development.
- cocomat
-
noun,
matting made of the fiber from the outer husk of the coconut.
- inexact
-
adjective,
not exact; not strictly precise or accurate.
- encinas
-
noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- cocaine
-
noun,
a bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 21 NO 4 , obtained from coca leaves, used as a local anesthetic and also widely used as an illicit drug for its stimulant and euphorigenic properties.
- enation
-
noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- Insecta
-
noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- emotion
-
noun,
an affective state of consciousness in which joy, sorrow, fear, hate, or the like, is experienced, as distinguished from cognitive and volitional states of consciousness.
- comatic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or blurred as a result of a coma.
- come-on
-
noun,
inducement; lure.
- stamin-
-
- Costain
-
noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- Commune
-
noun,
interchange of ideas or sentiments.
- Commons
-
noun,
Often, commons. Chiefly New England. a tract of land owned or used jointly by the residents of a community, usually a central square or park in a city or town.
- immunes
-
noun,
a person who is immune.
- commits
-
verb (used with object),
to give in trust or charge; consign.
- immuno-
-
- stannic
-
adjective,
of or containing tin, especially in the tetravalent state.
- entomo-
-
- stannum
-
noun,
tin.
- comices
-
- costume
-
noun,
a style of dress, including accessories and hairdos, especially that peculiar to a nation, region, group, or historical period.
- tammies
-
noun,
a fabric of mixed fibers, constructed in plain weave and often heavily glazed, used in the manufacture of linings and undergarments.
- Smeaton
-
noun,
John, 1724–92, English engineer.
- Sixtine
-
adjective,
Sistine.
- comment
-
noun,
a remark, observation, or criticism:
- Coueism
-
noun,
a method of self-help stressing autosuggestion, popular especially in the U.S. c1920 and featuring the slogan “Day by day in every way I am getting better and better.”.
- Comines
-
noun,
Philippe de [fee-leep duh] /fiˈlip də/ (Show IPA), 1445?–1511? French historian and diplomat.
- Masonic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or characteristic of Freemasons or Freemasonry.
- maumets
-
noun,
British Dialect.
a doll, puppet, scarecrow, or other figure built to resemble a human being.
an empty-headed or mindless person.
- Antoine
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1943, French theatrical director, manager, and critic.
- tsunami
-
noun,
an unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption.
- toxemia
-
noun,
blood poisoning resulting from the presence of toxins, as bacterial toxins, in the blood.
- nancies
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Meurthe-et-Moselle, in NE France: battles 1477, 1914, 1944.
- toxemic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of toxemia.
- toxico-
-
- miotics
-
noun,
a miotic drug.
- miscite
-
verb (used with or without object),
to misquote.
- Oceanus
-
noun,
a Titan who was the son of Uranus and Gaea, the consort of Tethys, and the father of the river gods and Oceanids.
- minutia
-
noun,
Usually, minutiae. precise details; small or trifling matters:
- mismate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to mate unsuitably or wrongly.
- misname
-
verb (used with object),
to name incorrectly or wrongly; miscall.
- octanes
-
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.
- mistime
-
verb (used with object),
to time badly; perform, say, propose, etc., at a bad or inappropriate time.
- tummies
-
noun,
stomach:
- Mitanni
-
noun,
the Hurrian kingdom in NW Mesopotamia in the 15th and 14th centuries b.c.
- asinine
-
adjective,
foolish, unintelligent, or silly; stupid:
- Oceanic
-
adjective,
of, living in, or produced by the ocean:
- minutes
-
noun,
the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
- Mixteco
-
noun,
Mixtec.
- auction
-
noun,
Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
- minions
-
noun,
a servile follower or subordinate of a person in power.
- Nemunas
-
noun,
Lithuanian name of Neman.
- miniums
-
noun,
red lead.
- nemato-
-
- nematic
-
adjective,
noting a mesomorphic state in which the arrangement of the molecules is linear.
- acumens
-
noun,
keen insight; shrewdness:
- Samnium
-
noun,
an ancient country in central Italy.
- nuncios
-
noun,
a diplomatic representative of the pope at a foreign court or capital: equal in status to an ambassador.
- atomics
-
noun,
the branch of physics that deals with atoms, especially atomic energy.
- amounts
-
noun,
the sum total of two or more quantities or sums; aggregate.
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- atonics
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- minuets
-
noun,
a slow, stately dance in triple meter, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- nascent
-
adjective,
beginning to exist or develop:
- atomism
-
noun,
Also called atomic theory. Philosophy. the theory that minute, discrete, finite, and indivisible elements are the ultimate constituents of all matter.
- atomies
-
noun,
an atom; mote.
- unities
-
noun,
the state of being one; oneness.
- Mixtecs
-
noun,
a member of an Amerindian people of Guerrero, Oaxaca, and Puebla, Mexico.
- auxetic
-
noun,
an auxetic agent.
- Oneonta
-
noun,
a city in E central New York.
- onanism
-
noun,
withdrawal of the penis in sexual intercourse so that ejaculation takes place outside the vagina; coitus interruptus.
- montane
-
noun,
the lower vegetation belt on mountains.
- animism
-
noun,
the belief that natural objects, natural phenomena, and the universe itself possess souls.
- ammonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to ammonia or ammonium.
- one-man
-
adjective,
of or relating to, or operated, performed, or used by one person:
- moonset
-
noun,
the setting of the moon below the horizon.
- osteoma
-
noun,
a benign tumor composed of osseous tissue.
- motions
-
noun,
the action or process of moving or of changing place or position; movement.
- amities
-
noun,
friendship; peaceful harmony.
- osmatic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the sense of smell.
- ancient
-
noun,
a person who lived in ancient times.
- Mountie
-
noun,
a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
- amnions
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the innermost of the embryonic or fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended.
- amniote
-
noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- moutons
-
noun,
sheepskin that has been processed to resemble another fur, especially seal or beaver.
- amosite
-
noun,
an asbestine variety of anthophyllite, rich in iron, formerly used as a heat-resistant material.
- ammines
-
noun,
a compound containing one or more ammonia molecules in coordinate linkage.
- monesia
-
noun,
a preparation extracted from the bark of a South American tree, Pradosia lactescens, and used chiefly as an astringent and as an expectorant.
- Oxonian
-
noun,
a member or graduate of Oxford University.
- ominous
-
adjective,
portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious:
- outmans
-
verb (used with object),
to surpass in manpower.
- ascetic
-
noun,
a person who dedicates his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self-denial or self-mortification for religious reasons.
- omentum
-
noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- muscone
-
noun,
an oily, very slightly water-soluble, large cyclic ketone containing a 15-membered ring, C 16 H 30 O, obtained from musk: used in the perfume industry.
- outcome
-
noun,
a final product or end result; consequence; issue.
- anxious
-
adjective,
full of mental distress or uneasiness because of fear of danger or misfortune; greatly worried; solicitous:
- moisten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become moist.
- Tunisia
-
noun,
a republic in N Africa, on the Mediterranean: a French protectorate until 1956. 48,330 sq. mi. (125,175 sq. km). Capital: Tunis.
- anoints
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- muntins
-
noun,
Also called sash bar. a bar for holding the edges of window panes within a sash.
- momenta
-
noun,
force or speed of movement; impetus, as of a physical object or course of events:
- momento
-
noun,
memento.
- anticum
-
noun,
pronaos.
- tunnies
-
noun,
tuna1 .
- Moncton
-
noun,
a city in SE New Brunswick, in E Canada.
- anomite
-
noun,
a variety of mica, similar to biotite but differing in optical orientation.
- minimus
-
noun,
a creature or being that is the smallest or least significant.
- toucans
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, fruit-eating birds of the family Ramphastidae, of tropical America, having a very large bill.
- nuances
-
noun,
a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc.
- acetins
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- niacins
-
noun,
nicotinic acid.
- to-name
-
noun,
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
- tommies
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Tommy Atkins.
- Nicetas
-
noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- Nicosia
-
noun,
a city on and the capital of Cyprus, in the central part.
- acinous
-
adjective,
consisting of acini.
- notions
-
noun,
a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something:
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- acetous
-
adjective,
containing or producing acetic acid.
- caesium
-
noun,
cesium.
- Cainite
-
noun,
a member of a Gnostic sect that exalted Cain and regarded the God of the Old Testament as responsible for evil.
- acetoin
-
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.
- mention
-
noun,
a direct or incidental reference; a mentioning:
- Mencius
-
noun,
c380–289 b.c, Chinese philosopher.
- noxious
-
adjective,
harmful or injurious to health or physical well-being:
- notices
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- camions
-
noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- Camoens
-
noun,
Luis Vaz de [loo-eesh vahzh duh] /luˈiʃ vɑʒ də/ (Show IPA), 1524?–80, Portuguese poet.
- sciatic
-
noun,
a sciatic part, as a nerve, vein, or artery.
- account
-
noun,
an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative:
- noetics
-
noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- cancion
-
noun,
song.
- accents
-
noun,
prominence of a syllable in terms of differential loudness, or of pitch, or length, or of a combination of these.
- canines
-
noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- maximin
-
noun,
a strategy of game theory employed to maximize a player's minimum possible gain.
- noisome
-
adjective,
offensive or disgusting, as an odor.
- noncoms
-
noun,
a noncommissioned officer.
- scotoma
-
noun,
loss of vision in a part of the visual field; blind spot.
- aconite
-
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.
- Mexican
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Mexico, or a person of Mexican descent.
- unction
-
noun,
an act of anointing, especially as a medical treatment or religious rite.
- actinon
-
noun,
a chemically inert, gaseous, short-lived isotope of radon that is a member of the actinium series. Symbol: An; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 219.
- minicam
-
noun,
Television. a lightweight, handheld television camera.
- miniate
-
verb (used with object),
to illuminate (a manuscript) in red; rubricate.
- axinite
-
noun,
a mineral, complex calcium and aluminum borosilicate, usually occurring in thin brown crystals.
- Tonnies
-
noun,
Ferdinand [fer-dee-nahnt] /ˈfɛr diˌnɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1855–1936, German sociologist.
- actinic
-
adjective,
pertaining to actinism.
- tonneau
-
noun,
a rear part or compartment of an automobile body, containing seats for passengers.
- sanctum
-
noun,
a sacred or holy place.
- actino-
-
- neuston
-
noun,
the aggregate of minute aquatic organisms that float or swim in the surface film of a body of water.
- mimetic
-
adjective,
characterized by, exhibiting, or of the nature of imitation or mimicry:
- minimax
-
noun,
a strategy of game theory employed to minimize a player's maximum possible loss.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- Summit
-
noun,
the highest point or part, as of a hill, a line of travel, or any object; top; apex.
- nocent
-
adjective,
harmful; injurious.
- munite
-
verb (used with object),
to fortify.
- exotic
-
noun,
something that is exotic:
- nonets
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- Muncie
-
noun,
a city in E Indiana.
- nocti-
-
- sonnet
-
noun,
Prosody. a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being in the strict or Italian form divided into a major group of 8 lines (the octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet), and in a common English form into 3 quatrains followed by a couplet.
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- stamen
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- mucosa
-
noun,
mucous membrane.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- cut-in
-
noun,
Movies. a still, as of a scene or an object, inserted in a film and interrupting the action or continuity:
- Onions
-
noun,
Charles Talbut [tawl-buh t,, tal-] /ˈtɔl bət,, ˈtæl-/ (Show IPA), 1873–1965, English lexicographer and philologist.
- nonces
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- socio-
-
- socman
-
noun,
sokeman.
- socmen
-
noun,
sokeman.
- somat-
-
- no-one
-
pronoun,
no person; not anyone; nobody:
- nomism
-
noun,
religious conduct based on law.
- stacc.
-
- mucins
-
noun,
any of a class of glycoproteins found in saliva, gastric juice, etc., that form viscous solutions and act as lubricants or protectants on external and internal surfaces of the body.
- Sonoma
-
noun,
a town in W California: center of wine-producing region.
- muntin
-
noun,
Also called sash bar. a bar for holding the edges of window panes within a sash.
- noncom
-
noun,
a noncommissioned officer.
- numina
-
noun,
plural of numen.
- numis.
-
- stucco
-
noun,
an exterior finish for masonry or frame walls, usually composed of cement, sand, and hydrated lime mixed with water and laid on wet.
- steno-
-
- somni-
-
- Emmaus
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania.
- occas.
-
- Ennius
-
noun,
Quintus [kwin-tuh s] /ˈkwɪn təs/ (Show IPA), 239–169? b.c, Roman poet.
- nasute
-
noun,
a soldier termite characterized by a beaklike snout through which a sticky secretion repellent to other insects is emitted.
- nances
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- somite
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- ennuis
-
noun,
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
- Nicias
-
noun,
died 413 b.c, Athenian statesman and general.
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- nasion
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- Noumea
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of New Caledonia, on the SW coast.
- nuance
-
noun,
a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc.
- niacin
-
noun,
nicotinic acid.
- exacts
-
adjective,
strictly accurate or correct:
- eonism
-
noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- nanism
-
noun,
the condition of being unusually or abnormally small in size or stature; dwarfism.
- eonian
-
adjective,
aeonian.
- Nantes
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
- 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.
- nation
-
noun,
a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own:
- Nostoc
-
noun,
any freshwater, blue-green alga of the genus Nostoc, often occurring in jellylike colonies in moist places.
- nuncio
-
noun,
a diplomatic representative of the pope at a foreign court or capital: equal in status to an ambassador.
- stemma
-
noun,
ocellus (def 1).
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Muscat
-
noun,
a variety of grape having a pronounced sweet aroma and flavor, used for making wine and raisins.
- nemat-
-
- nitons
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- omenta
-
noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- omasum
-
noun,
the third stomach of a ruminant, between the reticulum and the abomasum; the manyplies.
- mutism
-
noun,
an inability to speak, due to a physical defect, conscious refusal, or psychogenic inhibition.
- Encina
-
noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- notion
-
noun,
a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something:
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- netman
-
noun,
a tennis player.
- Nautes
-
noun,
(in the Aeneid) an aged Trojan and advisor to Aeneas.
- sonant
-
noun,
a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant).
- masto-
-
- Mouton
-
noun,
sheepskin that has been processed to resemble another fur, especially seal or beaver.
- sienna
-
noun,
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- Mexico
-
noun,
a republic in S North America. 761,530 sq. mi. (1,972,363 sq. km). . Capital: Mexico City.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- sennit
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- Miamis
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian tribe of the Algonquian family, formerly located in northern Indiana, southern Michigan, and possibly Illinois, now extinct as a tribe.
- itious
-
- sextan
-
noun,
a sextan fever.
- sextic
-
adjective,
of the sixth degree.
- Sexton
-
noun,
an official of a church charged with taking care of the edifice and its contents, ringing the bell, etc., and sometimes with burying the dead.
- Micmac
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people now living mostly in Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- mimeos
-
noun,
mimeograph.
- Simeon
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
- mentum
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- simian
-
noun,
an ape or monkey.
- mimics
-
noun,
a person who mimics, especially a performer skilled in mimicking others.
- isatin
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- Mimosa
-
noun,
any of numerous plants, shrubs, or trees belonging to the genus Mimosa, of the legume family, native to tropical or warm regions, having small flowers in globular heads or cylindrical spikes and often sensitive leaves.
- minces
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- ionone
-
noun,
a light-yellow to colorless, slightly water-soluble liquid that is either one or a mixture of two unsaturated ketones having the formula C 13 H 20 O, used chiefly in perfumery.
- ionium
-
noun,
a naturally occurring radioactive isotope of thorium. Symbol: Io; atomic number: 90; atomic weight: 230.
- ionics
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- minima
-
noun,
a plural of minimum.
- Ionian
-
noun,
a member of one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks who invaded the Greek mainland and, after the Dorian invasions, emigrated to the Aegean islands and the coast of Asia Minor.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Aeolian2 (def 2), Dorian1 (def 2).
- minims
-
noun,
the smallest unit of liquid measure, 1/60 (0.0167) of a fluid dram, roughly equivalent to one drop. Symbol: ♍, ♏. Abbreviation: min, min.;
- minion
-
noun,
a servile follower or subordinate of a person in power.
- me-too
-
adjective,
Slang. characterized by or involving me-tooism:
- Menton
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean: winter resort.
- minium
-
noun,
red lead.
- sconce
-
noun,
a bracket for candles or other lights, placed on a wall, mirror, picture frame, etc.
- matins
-
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.
- Mascot
-
noun,
an animal, person, or thing adopted by a group as its representative symbol and supposed to bring good luck:
- mascon
-
noun,
a massive concentration of high-density material beneath the surface of the moon.
- Maoism
-
noun,
the political, social, economic, and military theories and policies advocated by Mao Zedong, as those concerning revolutionary movements and guerrilla warfare.
- scoto-
-
- maumet
-
noun,
British Dialect.
a doll, puppet, scarecrow, or other figure built to resemble a human being.
an empty-headed or mindless person.
- custom
-
noun,
a habitual practice; the usual way of acting in given circumstances.
- mantis
-
noun,
any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- mantic
-
adjective,
of or relating to divination.
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- Maxine
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mannie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Emanuel.
- Mannes
-
noun,
Leopold Damrosch, 1899–1964, U.S. composer and chemist.
- Maceio
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Alagoas, in E Brazil.
- meacon
-
verb (used with object),
to give false signals to (electronic navigational equipment), as by means of a radio transmitter.
- Scioto
-
noun,
a river in central Ohio, flowing S to the Ohio River. 237 miles (382 km) long.
- meatus
-
noun,
an opening or foramen, especially in a bone or bony structure, as the opening of the ear or nose.
- meccas
-
noun,
Also, Makkah, Mekka. a city in and the capital of Hejaz, in W Saudi Arabia: birthplace of Muhammad; spiritual center of Islam.
- manioc
-
noun,
cassava.
- manini
-
adjective,
small; insignificant.
- Memnon
-
noun,
Colossus of, (in ancient Egypt) a colossal statue near Thebes said to produce a musical sound when the rays of the early morning sun struck it.
Compare Vocal Memnon.
- Maisie
-
noun,
a female given name, Scottish form of Margaret.
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- scenic
-
noun,
a photograph, graphic representation, etc., depicting natural scenery.
- macons
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- scato-
-
- intone
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- Minnie
-
noun,
mother; mom.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- monism
-
noun,
Philosophy.
(in metaphysics) any of various theories holding that there is only one basic substance or principle as the ground of reality, or that reality consists of a single element. Compare dualism (def 2), pluralism (def 1a).
(in epistemology) a theory that the object and datum of cognition are identical. Compare pluralism (def 1b).
- outman
-
verb (used with object),
to surpass in manpower.
- inanes
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- Moesia
-
noun,
an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.
- ounces
-
noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- moment
-
noun,
an indefinitely short period of time; instant:
- Mastic
-
noun,
Also called mastic tree, lentisk. a small Mediterranean tree, Pistacia lentiscus, of the cashew family, that is the source of an aromatic resin used in making varnish and adhesives.
- otiose
-
adjective,
being at leisure; idle; indolent.
- Monaco
-
noun,
a principality on the Mediterranean coast, bordering SE France. ½ sq. mi. (1.3 sq. km).
- immune
-
noun,
a person who is immune.
- 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.
- Monica
-
noun,
a female given name.
- monies
-
noun,
a plural of money.
- Monnet
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1888–1979, French economist: originator of the European Common Market.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- ostium
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a small opening or orifice, as at the end of the oviduct.
- moonie
-
noun,
a member or follower of the Unification Church.
- osteo-
-
- Mosaic
-
noun,
a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc.
- immane
-
adjective,
vast in size; enormous.
- imines
-
noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- osmium
-
noun,
a hard, heavy, metallic element having the greatest density of the known elements and forming octavalent compounds, as OsO 4 and OsF 8 : used chiefly as a catalyst, in alloys, and in the manufacture of electric-light filaments. Symbol: Os; atomic weight: 190.2; atomic number: 76; specific gravity: 22.57.
- motion
-
noun,
the action or process of moving or of changing place or position; movement.
- icono-
-
- mounts
-
noun,
the act or a manner of mounting.
- iconic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of an icon.
- iceman
-
noun,
a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.
- oximes
-
noun,
any of a group of compounds containing the group >C=NOH, produced by the condensation of ketones or aldehydes with hydroxylamine.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- intine
-
noun,
the inner coat of a spore, especially a pollen grain.
- Minuit
-
noun,
Peter, 1580–1638, Dutch colonial administrator in America: director general of the New Netherlands 1626–31.
- intime
-
adjective,
intimate; cozy.
- intima
-
noun,
the innermost membrane or lining of some organ or part, especially that of an artery, vein, or lymphatic.
- Minnis
-
noun,
an ancient people of Asia Minor.
- Siouan
-
noun,
an American Indian language family formerly widespread from Saskatchewan to the lower Mississippi, also found in the Virginia and Carolina piedmont, and including Catawba, Crow, Dakota, Hidatsa, Mandan, Osage, and Winnebago.
- Minoan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of ancient Crete.
- Sammie
-
noun,
a sandwich.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- minuet
-
noun,
a slow, stately dance in triple meter, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- insect
-
noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- inseam
-
noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- insane
-
adjective,
not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- Innuit
-
noun,
Inuit.
- minute
-
noun,
the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
- Mixtec
-
noun,
a member of an Amerindian people of Guerrero, Oaxaca, and Puebla, Mexico.
- innate
-
adjective,
existing in one from birth; inborn; native:
- sitcom
-
noun,
situation comedy.
- inmost
-
adjective,
situated farthest within:
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- minxes
-
noun,
a pert, impudent, or flirtatious girl.
- miotic
-
noun,
a miotic drug.
- incuse
-
noun,
an incuse figure or impression.
- income
-
noun,
the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
- miscue
-
noun,
Sports. a failure to execute a play, stroke, or maneuver properly; an error.
- Miseno
-
noun,
a cape in SW Italy, on the N shore of the Bay of Naples: ruins of ancient Misenum, a Roman naval station and resort.
- incite
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- incise
-
verb (used with object),
to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- summon
-
verb (used with object),
to call upon to do something specified.
- Escaut
-
noun,
French name of Scheldt.
- anoint
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- conics
-
noun,
the branch of geometry that deals with conic sections.
- unseam
-
verb (used with object),
to open the seam or seams of; undo; rip apart:
- Connie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Constance.
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- connex
-
noun,
a large metal cargo container used by the U.S. Army for shipping supplies, as to overseas bases.
- unmans
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive of courage or fortitude; break down the manly spirit of:
- Conium
-
noun,
the poison hemlock, Conium maculatum.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- toucan
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, fruit-eating birds of the family Ramphastidae, of tropical America, having a very large bill.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- 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.
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- x-unit
-
noun,
a unit formerly used to express the wavelength of x-rays and gamma rays, equal to approximately 10− 11 cm. Abbreviation: Xu, XU.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- atoxic
-
adjective,
not toxic.
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- unites
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- centi-
-
- unseat
-
verb (used with object),
to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- Conant
-
noun,
James Bryant, 1893–1978, U.S. chemist and educator: president of Harvard University 1933–53.
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- autism
-
noun,
Psychiatry. a pervasive developmental disorder of children, characterized by impaired communication, excessive rigidity, and emotional detachment: now considered one of the autism spectrum disorders.
- anemo-
-
- cocoas
-
noun,
a powder made from roasted, husked, and ground seeds of the cacao, Theobroma cacao, from which much of the fat has been removed.
- Austin
-
noun,
Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
- tennis
-
noun,
a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with rackets, in which a ball is driven back and forth over a low net that divides the court in half.
- anemic
-
adjective,
Pathology. suffering from anemia.
- Canton
-
noun,
a small territorial district, especially one of the states of the Swiss confederation.
- Austen
-
noun,
Jane, 1775–1817, English novelist.
- aecium
-
noun,
the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- contos
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- contin
-
- cnemis
-
noun,
the tibia or shin.
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- cantus
-
noun,
cantus firmus.
- usance
-
noun,
Commerce. a length of time, exclusive of days of grace and varying in different places, allowed by custom or usage for the payment of foreign bills of exchange.
- Canute
-
noun,
a.d. 994?–1035, Danish king of England 1017–35; of Denmark 1018–35; and of Norway 1028–35.
- auntie
-
noun,
Informal. aunt.
- coacts
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do or act together.
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- acumen
-
noun,
keen insight; shrewdness:
- UNESCO
-
noun,
an agency of the United Nations charged with instituting and administering programs for cooperative, coordinated action by member states in education, science, and the arts.
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- coatis
-
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.
- amino-
-
- Uniate
-
noun,
a member of an Eastern church that is in union with the Roman Catholic Church, acknowledges the Roman pope as supreme in matters of faith, but maintains its own liturgy, discipline, and rite.
- amount
-
noun,
the sum total of two or more quantities or sums; aggregate.
- ammine
-
noun,
a compound containing one or more ammonia molecules in coordinate linkage.
- Tucson
-
noun,
a city in S Arizona: health resort.
- ammino
-
adjective,
Chemistry. containing or pertaining to an ammine.
- comate
-
noun,
a mate or companion.
- commie
-
noun,
communist.
- Temuco
-
noun,
a city in S Chile.
- Tumaco
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Colombia.
- coitus
-
noun,
sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- ammono
-
adjective,
of, containing, or derived from ammonia.
- coeno-
-
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- amnion
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the innermost of the embryonic or fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended.
- amnios
-
- toxins
-
noun,
any poison produced by an organism, characterized by antigenicity in certain animals and high molecular weight, and including the bacterial toxins that are the causative agents of tetanus, diphtheria, etc., and such plant and animal toxins as ricin and snake venom.
- commis
-
noun,
an assistant, especially to a chef.
- unison
-
noun,
coincidence in pitch of two or more musical tones, voices, etc.
- COMSAT
-
noun,
(often lowercase) a communications satellite.
- atomic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resulting from, or using atoms, atomic energy, or atomic bombs:
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- unisex
-
noun,
the state or quality of being unisex.
- comtes
-
noun,
count2 .
- tinmen
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- amices
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- amicus
-
noun,
a philanthropist.
- commit
-
verb (used with object),
to give in trust or charge; consign.
- c-axis
-
noun,
the vertical crystallographic axis.
- comose
-
adjective,
hairy; comate.
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- Caxton
-
noun,
William, 1422?–91, English printer, translator, and author: established first printing press in England 1476.
- commos
-
noun,
communist.
- common
-
noun,
Often, commons. Chiefly New England. a tract of land owned or used jointly by the residents of a community, usually a central square or park in a city or town.
- tinman
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- commix
-
verb (used with or without object),
to mix together; blend.
- Taoism
-
noun,
the philosophical system evolved by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu, advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to attain a happy existence in harmony with the Tao.
- acutes
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- C-in-C
-
- tenons
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- Cactus
-
noun,
any of numerous succulent plants of the family Cactaceae, of warm, arid regions of the New World, having fleshy, leafless, usually spiny stems, and typically having solitary, showy flowers.
- aceous
-
- camise
-
noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- cteno-
-
- xoanon
-
noun,
a simple, carved image, especially one in which the original block of stone or wood is readily apparent.
- Cammie
-
noun,
camouflage.
- uncase
-
verb (used with object),
to remove from a case; remove the case from.
- accuse
-
verb (used with object),
to charge with the fault, offense, or crime (usually followed by of):
- acetic
-
adjective,
pertaining to, derived from, or producing vinegar or acetic acid.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- camote
-
noun,
batata.
- aceto-
-
- acetum
-
noun,
a preparation having vinegar or dilute acetic acid as the solvent.
- Antons
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- camion
-
noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- Tuscan
-
noun,
the standard literary form of the Italian language.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- Accius
-
noun,
Lucius, c170–c90 b.c, Roman poet and prose writer.
- cameos
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- xenias
-
noun,
the influence or effect of pollen on a structure other than the embryo, as the seed or fruit.
- xenons
-
noun,
a heavy, colorless, chemically inactive, monatomic gaseous element used for filling radio, television, and luminescent tubes. Symbol: Xe; atomic weight: 131.30; atomic number: 54.
- accent
-
noun,
prominence of a syllable in terms of differential loudness, or of pitch, or length, or of a combination of these.
- Ticino
-
noun,
a canton in S Switzerland. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Bellinzona.
- cuesta
-
noun,
a long, low ridge with a relatively steep face or escarpment on one side and a long, gentle slope on the other.
- accost
-
noun,
a greeting.
- cumins
-
noun,
a small plant, Cuminum cyminum, of the parsley family, bearing aromatic, seedlike fruit, used in cookery and medicine.
- Cuenca
-
noun,
a city in SW Ecuador.
- cueist
-
noun,
a billiard player.
- cinema
-
noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- suntan
-
noun,
a browning or a brown color of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or a sunlamp; tan.
- aniso-
-
- animus
-
noun,
strong dislike or enmity; hostile attitude; animosity.
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- caecum
-
noun,
cecum.
- tomium
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- tenuis
-
noun,
an unaspirated, voiceless plosive.
- axenic
-
adjective,
(of an experimental animal) raised under sterile conditions; germfree.
- Cannes
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean Sea: resort; annual film festival.
- COSINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- actin-
-
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- Cosimo
-
noun,
Piero di [pee-air-oh di;; Italian pye-raw dee] /piˈɛər oʊ dɪ;; Italian ˈpyɛ rɔ di/ (Show IPA), Piero di Cosimo.
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- anenst
-
preposition,
anent (def 2).
- cosmo-
-
- cities
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- cannot
-
verb,
a form of ·can not.
- tannic
-
adjective,
Chemistry. of, relating to, or derived from tan or tannin.
- Actium
-
noun,
a promontory in NW ancient Greece: Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian and Agrippa in a naval battle near here in 31 b.c.
- auxins
-
noun,
a class of substances that in minute amounts regulate or modify the growth of plants, especially root formation, bud growth, and fruit and leaf drop.
- cootie
-
noun,
a louse, especially one affecting humans, as the body louse, head louse, or pubic louse.
- centum
-
noun,
one hundred.
- COSMIC
-
adjective,
of or relating to the cosmos:
- canine
-
noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- tonnes
-
noun,
metric ton.
- Uticas
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Cousin
-
noun,
Also called first cousin, full cousin. the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt.
See also second cousin, removed (def 2).
- counts
-
noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- tenson
-
noun,
a Provençal poem taking the form of a dialogue or debate between two rival troubadours.
- Tunica
-
noun,
a tunic.
- acious
-
- acinus
-
noun,
Botany. one of the small drupelets or berries of an aggregate, baccate fruit, as the blackberry.
- Cancun
-
noun,
an island off NE Quintana Roo territory, on the Yucatán Peninsula, in SE Mexico: beach resort.
- costo-
-
- 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.
- cesium
-
noun,
a rare, highly reactive, soft, metallic element of the alkali metal group, used chiefly in photoelectric cells. Symbol: Cs; atomic weight: 132.905; atomic number: 55; specific gravity: 1.9 at 20°C; melts at 28.5°C.
- acmite
-
noun,
a rare pyroxene mineral, sodium-ferric iron silicate, NaFe(Si 2 O 6), found in feldspathoid rocks.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Tunas
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- asco-
-
- anon.
-
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- 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.
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- ante-
-
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- tunic
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a coat worn as part of a military or other uniform.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- TUNIS
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- ounce
-
noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- tunes
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- outen
-
verb (used with object),
to turn off (a light) or extinguish (a fire).
- Otomi
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of south-central Mexico.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- ASCII
-
noun,
a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
- anti-
-
- momes
-
noun,
a fool; blockhead.
- Momos
-
noun,
a steamed or fried dumpling, typical of South Asian cuisine.
- Momus
-
noun,
Also, Momos [moh-mos] /ˈmoʊ mɒs/ (Show IPA). Classical Mythology. the god of ridicule.
- oxime
-
noun,
any of a group of compounds containing the group >C=NOH, produced by the condensation of ketones or aldehydes with hydroxylamine.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Cusco
-
noun,
Cuzco.
- Sacco
-
noun,
Nicola [nee-kaw-lah] /niˈkɔ lɑ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1927, Italian anarchist, in the U.S. after 1908: together with Bartolomeo Vanzetti, found guilty of robbery and murder 1921; executed 1927.
- mimeo
-
noun,
mimeograph.
- axiom
-
noun,
a self-evident truth that requires no proof.
- axion
-
noun,
a hypothetical particle having no charge, zero spin, and small mass: postulated in some forms of quantum chromodynamics.
- MINCE
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- axmen
-
noun,
a person who wields an ax.
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- tonia
-
- mimic
-
noun,
a person who mimics, especially a performer skilled in mimicking others.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- mimes
-
noun,
the art or technique of portraying a character, mood, idea, or narration by gestures and bodily movements; pantomime.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- mini-
-
- Mimas
-
noun,
Astronomy. one of the moons of Saturn.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- micas
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- sauce
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- caco-
-
- Miami
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian tribe of the Algonquian family, formerly located in northern Indiana, southern Michigan, and possibly Illinois, now extinct as a tribe.
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- cacti
-
noun,
any of numerous succulent plants of the family Cactaceae, of warm, arid regions of the New World, having fleshy, leafless, usually spiny stems, and typically having solitary, showy flowers.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- minim
-
noun,
the smallest unit of liquid measure, 1/60 (0.0167) of a fluid dram, roughly equivalent to one drop. Symbol: ♍, ♏. Abbreviation: min, min.;
- mixes
-
noun,
an act or instance of mixing.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Misti
-
noun,
El Misti.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- miso-
-
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- toxo-
-
- misce
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) mix.
- misc.
-
- toxin
-
noun,
any poison produced by an organism, characterized by antigenicity in certain animals and high molecular weight, and including the bacterial toxins that are the causative agents of tetanus, diphtheria, etc., and such plant and animal toxins as ricin and snake venom.
- ation
-
- atmo-
-
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- minus
-
noun,
minus sign.
- tono-
-
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- Minos
-
noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- toons
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- Aust.
-
- Minni
-
noun,
an ancient people of Asia Minor.
- Minna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Minn.
-
- minis
-
noun,
miniskirt.
- auto.
-
- tonus
-
noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- auxin
-
noun,
a class of substances that in minute amounts regulate or modify the growth of plants, especially root formation, bud growth, and fruit and leaf drop.
- 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.
- amuse
-
verb (used with object),
to hold the attention of (someone) pleasantly; entertain or divert in an enjoyable or cheerful manner:
- tuxes
-
noun,
tuxedo.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- Usnea
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- actos
-
- nemos
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- numen
-
noun,
divine power or spirit; a deity, especially one presiding locally or believed to inhabit a particular object.
- neons
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- nuci-
-
- acute
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- neut.
-
- nexus
-
noun,
a means of connection; tie; link.
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- acmes
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- Utica
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- Neman
-
noun,
a river rising in central Byelorussia (Belarus), flowing W through Lithuania into the Baltic. 582 miles (937 km) long.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- notum
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- Nammu
-
noun,
a Sumerian goddess personifying the primeval sea: the mother of the gods and of heaven and earth.
- Nance
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- unset
-
adjective,
not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- unsex
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive of sexual power; render impotent or frigid; spay or castrate.
- nano-
-
- untie
-
verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- USECC
-
- naso-
-
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- Occam
-
noun,
William of, died 1349? English scholastic philosopher.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- naut.
-
- Naxos
-
noun,
a Greek island in the S Aegean: the largest of the Cyclades group. 169 sq. mi. (438 sq. km).
- Notus
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- octa-
-
- nomo-
-
- xeno-
-
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- noons
-
noun,
midday.
- nomen
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the second name of a citizen, indicating his gens, as “Gaius Julius Caesar.”.
- nomes
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- xenon
-
noun,
a heavy, colorless, chemically inactive, monatomic gaseous element used for filling radio, television, and luminescent tubes. Symbol: Xe; atomic weight: 131.30; atomic number: 54.
- nona-
-
- noose
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- nonce
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- Xtian
-
- nones
-
noun,
the fifth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the ninth hour of the day (or 3 p.m.).
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- 30-30
-
- no-no
-
noun,
anything that is forbidden or not advisable, as because of being improper or unsafe:
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- noto-
-
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Ninus
-
noun,
the legendary husband of Semiramis and founder of Nineveh.
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- acet-
-
- nixes
-
noun,
nothing.
- acct.
-
- Nixie
-
noun,
a letter or parcel that is undeliverable by the post office because of a faulty or illegible address.
- Nixon
-
noun,
Richard M(ilhous) [mil-hous] /ˈmɪl haʊs/ (Show IPA), 1913–94, 37th president of the U.S., 1969–74 (resigned).
- noso-
-
- Xenia
-
noun,
the influence or effect of pollen on a structure other than the embryo, as the seed or fruit.
- accus
-
- noct-
-
- accum
-
- Names
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- monic
-
adjective,
(of a polynomial) having the coefficient of the term of highest degree equal to 1.
- MOTOS
-
- oste-
-
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- osmo-
-
- osmic
-
adjective,
of or containing osmium in its higher valences, especially the tetravalent state.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- moton
-
noun,
besague.
- Ancon
-
noun,
the elbow.
- uncia
-
noun,
a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the 12th part of an as.
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- moues
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- Mount
-
noun,
the act or a manner of mounting.
- UNCIO
-
- metic
-
noun,
an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.
- MOUSE
-
noun,
any of numerous small Old World rodents of the family Muridae, especially of the genus Mus, introduced widely in other parts of the world.
- moots
-
noun,
an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
- moose
-
noun,
a large, long-headed mammal, Alces alces, of the deer family, having circumpolar distribution in the Northern Hemisphere, the male of which has enormous palmate antlers.
- moxas
-
noun,
a flammable substance or material obtained from the leaves of certain Chinese and Japanese wormwood plants, especially Artemisia moxa.
- anis-
-
- annot
-
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- annex
-
noun,
something annexed.
- Unami
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people, one of the Delaware group.
- mono-
-
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- monos
-
noun,
infectious mononucleosis.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- Mont.
-
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- 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.
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- anim.
-
- moons
-
noun,
the earth's natural satellite, orbiting the earth at a mean distance of 238,857 miles (384,393 km) and having a diameter of 2160 miles (3476 km).
- uncos
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- moxie
-
noun,
vigor; verve; pep.
- unman
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive of courage or fortitude; break down the manly spirit of:
- music
-
noun,
an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.
- amin-
-
- Union
-
noun,
the act of uniting two or more things.
- muons
-
noun,
a lepton similar in most respects to the electron except that it is unstable, it may be positively charged, and its mass is approximately 207 times greater; the positively charged muon is the antiparticle of the negatively charged muon. Symbol: μ.
- Musca
-
noun,
the Fly, a small southern constellation between Crux and Chamaeleon.
- AMICE
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- Unit.
-
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- mutes
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- unite
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- oecus
-
noun,
(in an ancient Roman house) an apartment, especially a dining room, decorated with columns.
- octo-
-
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- Munin
-
noun,
one of the two ravens of Odin that brought him news from the whole world.
- munic
-
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- ammos
-
- onto-
-
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- MSEnt
-
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- onium
-
- onion
-
noun,
a plant, Allium cepa, of the amaryllis family, having an edible, succulent, pungent bulb.
- onco-
-
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Ammon
-
noun,
the classical name of the Egyptian divinity Amen, whom the Greeks identified with Zeus, the Romans with Jupiter.
- mucic
-
adjective,
of or derived from mucic acid.
- mucin
-
noun,
any of a class of glycoproteins found in saliva, gastric juice, etc., that form viscous solutions and act as lubricants or protectants on external and internal surfaces of the body.
- muco-
-
- Omuta
-
noun,
a seaport on W Kyushu, in SW Japan.
- omni-
-
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- meson
-
noun,
Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- 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.
- comm.
-
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- comix
-
noun,
comic strips or comic art, often luridly sexual or political in character.
- sito-
-
- comic
-
noun,
a comedian.
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- comes
-
noun,
Astronomy. companion1 (def 6).
- sixte
-
noun,
the sixth of eight defensive positions.
- taxon
-
noun,
a taxonomic category, as a species or genus.
- COMAS
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- incus
-
noun,
Anatomy. the middle one of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals.
Compare malleus, stapes.
- Cocos
-
noun,
coconut palm.
- COCOM
-
noun,
a nontreaty organization of the NATO nations except Iceland, and with the addition of Japan, that sets rules on exports of strategic goods to Communist countries: formed in 1949.
- comma
-
noun,
the sign (,), a mark of punctuation used for indicating a division in a sentence, as in setting off a word, phrase, or clause, especially when such a division is accompanied by a slight pause or is to be noted in order to give order to the sequential elements of the sentence. It is also used to separate items in a list, to mark off thousands in numerals, to separate types or levels of information in bibliographic and other data, and, in Europe, as a decimal point.
- commo
-
noun,
communist.
- init.
-
- icons
-
- conc.
-
- Iceni
-
noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- ician
-
- Conan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Comus
-
noun,
an ancient Greek and Roman god of drinking and revelry.
- ictus
-
noun,
Prosody. rhythmical or metrical stress.
- taxis
-
noun,
arrangement or order, as in one of the physical sciences.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- Comte
-
noun,
count2 .
- imams
-
noun,
the officiating priest of a mosque.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- imine
-
noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- imino
-
adjective,
containing the imino group.
- imit.
-
- inion
-
noun,
a point at the external occipital protuberance of the skull.
- cocoa
-
noun,
a powder made from roasted, husked, and ground seeds of the cacao, Theobroma cacao, from which much of the fat has been removed.
- snoot
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Texas
-
noun,
a deckhouse on a texas deck for the accommodation of officers.
- Sino-
-
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- Ionic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- cine-
-
- Cimon
-
noun,
507–499 b.c, Athenian military leader, naval commander, and statesman (son of Miltiades).
- cimex
-
noun,
a bedbug of the genus Cimex.
- Isiac
-
adjective,
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
- 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.
- Ceuta
-
noun,
a seaport and enclave of Spain in N Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar.
- Cisco
-
noun,
any of several whitefishes of the genus Coregonus, of the Great Lakes and smaller lakes of eastern North America.
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- cocas
-
noun,
a shrub, Erythroxylon coca, native to the Andes, having simple, alternate leaves and small yellowish flowers.
- Coamo
-
noun,
a city in S central Puerto Rico.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- Inonu
-
noun,
Ismet [is-met] /ɪsˈmɛt/ (Show IPA), (Ismet Paşa) 1884–1973, president of Turkey 1938–50; prime minister 1923–24, 1925–37, 1961–65.
- Sioux
-
noun,
Dakota (defs 4, 6).
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- meta-
-
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- coact
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do or act together.
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- inst.
-
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Tenn.
-
- teno-
-
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- Inuit
-
noun,
a member of the Eskimo peoples inhabiting northernmost North America from northern Alaska to eastern Canada and Greenland.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- IATSE
-
- snout
-
noun,
the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- istic
-
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- ecto-
-
- stome
-
- Ecua.
-
- stoma
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- coxes
-
noun,
coxswain.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Suomi
-
noun,
Finnish name of Finland.
- Count
-
noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- cumin
-
noun,
a small plant, Cuminum cyminum, of the parsley family, bearing aromatic, seedlike fruit, used in cookery and medicine.
- cunts
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- Cunas
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- cutes
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- cutie
-
noun,
Informal. a charmingly attractive or cute person, especially a girl or a young woman (often used as a form of address):
- cutin
-
noun,
a transparent, waxy substance constituting, together with cellulose, the cuticle of plants.
- cutis
-
noun,
the true skin, consisting of the dermis and the epidermis.
- summa
-
noun,
a comprehensive work or series of works covering, synthesizing, or summarizing a particular field or subject.
- econ.
-
- Sumac
-
noun,
any of several shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Rhus of the cashew family, having milky sap, compound leaves, and small, fleshy fruit.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- suint
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- Cumae
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Italy, on the coast of Campania: believed to be the earliest Greek colony in Italy or in Sicily.
- Sunna
-
noun,
the traditional portion of Muslim law, based on the words and acts of Muhammad, and preserved in the traditional literature.
- Sunni
-
noun,
Also called Sunnite. a member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam, regarding the first four caliphs as legitimate successors of Muhammad and stressing the importance of Sunna as a basis for law.
Compare Shiʿite.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- Cons.
-
- conto
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- exact
-
adjective,
strictly accurate or correct:
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- Somme
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW to the English Channel: battles, World War I, 1916, 1918; World War II, 1944. 150 miles (241 km) long.
- cont.
-
- Const
-
- Conon
-
noun,
died a.d. 687, pope 686–687.
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- exist
-
verb (used without object),
to have actual being; be:
- exits
-
noun,
a way or passage out:
- conns
-
noun,
responsibility for the steering of a ship.
- exons
-
noun,
(in Britain) one of four yeomen of the guard who act as commanding officers in the absence of higher authority.
- Conn.
-
- conic
-
noun,
Geometry. conic section.
- taxes
-
noun,
a sum of money demanded by a government for its support or for specific facilities or services, levied upon incomes, property, sales, etc.
- CONUS
-
noun,
the most anterior part of the simple tubular heart of lower vertebrates and embryos of higher vertebrates, leading into the artery that leaves the heart; in mammals it forms a part of the upper wall of the right ventricle, in which the pulmonary artery originates.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- ennui
-
noun,
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- ento-
-
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- non-U
-
adjective,
not characteristic of or appropriate to the upper class, especially of Great Britain:
- cosec
-
noun,
cosecant.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- coots
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- sanit
-
- Mason
-
noun,
a person whose trade is building with units of various natural or artificial mineral products, as stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or tiles, usually with the use of mortar or cement as a bonding agent.
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- scute
-
noun,
a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- Manus
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the distal segment of the forelimb of a vertebrate, including the carpus and the forefoot or hand.
- scuta
-
noun,
plural of scutum.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- masc.
-
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- mast-
-
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Scout
-
noun,
a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- Cant.
-
- 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.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- tious
-
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- 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.
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- Mamie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Manon
-
noun,
an opera (1884) by Jules Massenet.
- manic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affected by mania.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- cause
-
noun,
a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect:
- caus.
-
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Matsu
-
noun,
a pine, Pinus massoniana, of China, yielding a wood used in furniture-making, the construction of houses, etc.
- Canon
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical rule or law enacted by a council or other competent authority and, in the Roman Catholic Church, approved by the pope.
- secco
-
noun,
fresco secco.
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- meno-
-
- cames
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- 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.
- Caius
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 296, pope 283–296.
- Menam
-
noun,
a former name of Chao Phraya.
- scat-
-
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- mesic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
- meso-
-
- cusec
-
noun,
a unit of flow of one cubic foot per second.
- Saxon
-
noun,
a member of a Germanic people in ancient times dwelling near the mouth of the Elbe, a portion of whom invaded and occupied parts of Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries.
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- 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.
- canc.
-
- Scot.
-
- scoot
-
noun,
a swift, darting movement or course.
- Maxim
-
noun,
an expression of a general truth or principle, especially an aphoristic or sententious one:
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- maxis
-
noun,
maxiskirt.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- Camus
-
noun,
Albert [al-ber] /alˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1913–60, French novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and essayist: Nobel Prize 1957.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- Mecca
-
noun,
Also, Makkah, Mekka. a city in and the capital of Hejaz, in W Saudi Arabia: birthplace of Muhammad; spiritual center of Islam.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- camis
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- maims
-
noun,
a physical injury, especially a loss of a limb.
- Manue
-
noun,
Manoah.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- semi-
-
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- Cenci
-
noun,
Beatrice [be-ah-tree-che] /ˌbɛ ɑˈtri tʃɛ/ (Show IPA), 1577–1599, Italian parricide whose life is the subject of various novels and poems.
- Ixion
-
noun,
a king who was punished by Zeus for his love for Hera by being bound on an eternally revolving wheel in Tartarus.
- ixias
-
noun,
any of various southern African plants of the genus Ixia, of the iris family, having sword-shaped leaves and showy, ornamental flowers.
- 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.
- ition
-
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- Macc.
-
- maces
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- cent.
-
- sexi-
-
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- seti-
-
- Macon
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- sect.
-
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- Cetus
-
noun,
the Whale, a constellation lying above the equator, containing the variable star Mira.
- cecum
-
noun,
a cul-de-sac, especially that in which the large intestine begins.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- oto-
-
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- sex-
-
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- sci.
-
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- noun
-
noun,
any member of a class of words that can function as the main or only elements of subjects of verbs (A dog just barked), or of objects of verbs or prepositions (to send money from home), and that in English can take plural forms and possessive endings (Three of his buddies want to borrow John's laptop). Nouns are often described as referring to persons, places, things, states, or qualities, and the word noun is itself often used as an attributive modifier, as in noun compound; noun group.
See also noun adjunct, noun clause, noun phrase.
Synonyms: substantive, name.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- tonn
-
- USTC
-
- NTIA
-
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- Ste.
-
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- Tex.
-
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- sext
-
noun,
the fourth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the sixth hour of the day taken as noon.
- Xmas
-
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- Umea
-
noun,
a city in NE Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- 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.
- sumi
-
noun,
black ink made from a mixture of plant soot and glue solidified into sticks or cakes the ends of which are scraped or ground into water on an ink slab, much used by calligraphers and painters.
- Xian
-
noun,
hsien.
- Sax.
-
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- sunn
-
noun,
a tall East Indian shrub, Crotalaria juncea, of the legume family, having slender branches and yellow flowers, and an inner bark that yields a hemplike fiber used for making ropes, sacking, etc.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- Xosa
-
noun,
Xhosa.
- noon
-
noun,
midday.
- Saxe
-
noun,
Comte Hermann Maurice de [er-man maw-rees duh] /ɛrˈman mɔˈris də/ (Show IPA), 1696–1750, French military leader: marshal of France 1744.
- Sumo
-
noun,
a form of wrestling in Japan in which a contestant wins by forcing his opponent out of the ring or by causing him to touch the ground with any part of his body other than the soles of his feet, contestants usually being men of great height and weight.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- not-
-
- Sat.
-
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- nos-
-
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- stum
-
noun,
unfermented or partly fermented grape juice.
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- smut
-
noun,
a particle of soot; sooty matter.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- taxi
-
noun,
a taxicab.
- oxes
-
noun,
the adult castrated male of the genus Bos, used chiefly as a draft animal.
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- tox.
-
- SNCC
-
noun,
a U.S. civil-rights organization formed by students and active especially during the 1960s, whose aim was to achieve political and economic equality for blacks through local and regional action groups.
- Ont.
-
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- tion
-
- 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.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- Oona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- Sem.
-
- UNIX
-
- Oxus
-
noun,
Amu Darya.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- tuna
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- Tums
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- sec.
-
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Oxon
-
noun,
Oxfordshire.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- Tues
-
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- Sam.
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- USMC
-
- Soni
-
- Tasm
-
- toom
-
adjective,
empty; vacant.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- nunc
-
adverb,
now.
- USMA
-
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- USNA
-
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- out-
-
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- oxen
-
noun,
a plural of ox.
- Oct.
-
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- uni-
-
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- tax-
-
- scut
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- scum
-
noun,
a film or layer of foul or extraneous matter that forms on the surface of a liquid.
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- USCA
-
- ten.
-
- unco
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- USIA
-
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- 1080
-
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- Exon
-
noun,
(in Britain) one of four yeomen of the guard who act as commanding officers in the absence of higher authority.
- 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).
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- exa-
-
- non-
-
- Exc.
-
- exit
-
noun,
a way or passage out:
- exo-
-
- ext.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- ICAO
-
- Ice.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- imam
-
noun,
the officiating priest of a mosque.
- IMCO
-
- inae
-
- Inc.
-
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- etc.
-
- est.
-
- ins.
-
- eco-
-
- Coue
-
noun,
Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1857–1926, French psychotherapist.
- coxa
-
noun,
Anatomy.
innominate bone.
the joint of the hip.
- cts.
-
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- Cuna
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- cunt
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- cute
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ect-
-
- eso-
-
- emia
-
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Emma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- enc.
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- eous
-
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- int.
-
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- Manu
-
noun,
the progenitor and lawgiver of the human race.
- Manx
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the inhabitants of the Isle of Man.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- Maui
-
noun,
an island in central Hawaii. 728 sq. mi. (1886 sq. km).
- Maun
-
auxiliary verb,
must1 .
- max.
-
- MAXI
-
noun,
maxiskirt.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- meas
-
- mem.
-
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- memo
-
noun,
memorandum.
- mems
-
noun,
the thirteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- men-
-
- ment
-
- menu
-
noun,
a list of the dishes served at a meal; bill of fare:
- mes-
-
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- met.
-
- 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.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- 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.
- 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.
- itis
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- ious
-
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- iso-
-
- 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.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- Ixia
-
noun,
any of various southern African plants of the genus Ixia, of the iris family, having sword-shaped leaves and showy, ornamental flowers.
- Man.
-
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- Mac-
-
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- maco
-
noun,
an Egyptian cotton, used especially in the manufacture of hosiery and undergarments.
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- maim
-
noun,
a physical injury, especially a loss of a limb.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Mame
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- 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.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ann.
-
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- ano-
-
- ANSI
-
- ant.
-
- ANTU
-
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- asc-
-
- ASME
-
- amus
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ASTM
-
- atm.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- 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.
- Atum
-
noun,
a primeval god who by himself begot Shu and Tefnut: the original god of the Ennead.
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- ance
-
- amt.
-
- Aus.
-
- AIME
-
- acc.
-
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- 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.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- 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.
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- aet.
-
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- AISI
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- aut-
-
- coot
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- Coco
-
noun,
coconut palm.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cit.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Cmon
-
- CMOS
-
noun,
complementary metal oxide semiconductor.
- Cnut
-
noun,
Canute.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- coax
-
noun,
coaxial cable.
- coca
-
noun,
a shrub, Erythroxylon coca, native to the Andes, having simple, alternate leaves and small yellowish flowers.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- cis-
-
- Com.
-
- coma
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- come
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. semen.
- Como
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N Italy, in Lombardy. 35 miles (56 km) long; 56 sq. mi. (145 sq. km).
- COMS
-
noun,
Trademark. Comedy Central: a cable television channel.
- Con.
-
- 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.
- coom
-
noun,
soot; coal dust; smut.
- coon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- Coos
-
noun,
a language of a group of American Indians indigenous to the coast of Oregon.
- CISC
-
noun,
complex instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively large number of instructions.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- aux.
-
- cams
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- Auxo
-
noun,
one of the Graces worshiped at Athens.
- axes
-
noun,
plural of axis1 .
- Axis
-
noun,
the line about which a rotating body, such as the earth, turns.
- axon
-
noun,
Cell Biology. the appendage of the neuron that transmits impulses away from the cell body.
- Axum
-
noun,
Aksum.
- cac-
-
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- Can.
-
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- cat.
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- 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.
- cen.
-
- cet-
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Ceto
-
- Mic.
-
- exam
-
noun,
an examination, as in school.
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- moms
-
noun,
mother1 .
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- moot
-
noun,
an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
- moos
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- mun.
-
- neo-
-
- neon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Nexo
-
noun,
Martin Andersen [mahr-ten-ah-nuh r-suh n] /ˈmɑr tɛnˈɑ nər sən/ (Show IPA), 1869–1954, Danish novelist.
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mon.
-
- momo
-
noun,
a steamed or fried dumpling, typical of South Asian cuisine.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- mome
-
noun,
a fool; blockhead.
- NEXT
-
Idioms,
get next to (someone), Informal. to get into the favor or good graces of; become a good friend of.
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- moas
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Muni
-
noun,
a municipal bond.
- muon
-
noun,
a lepton similar in most respects to the electron except that it is unstable, it may be positively charged, and its mass is approximately 207 times greater; the positively charged muon is the antiparticle of the negatively charged muon. Symbol: μ.
- mus.
-
- Muse
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of a number of sister goddesses, originally given as Aoede (song), Melete (meditation), and Mneme (memory), but latterly and more commonly as the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne who presided over various arts: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (lyric poetry), Euterpe (music), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (religious music), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy); identified by the Romans with the Camenae.
any goddess presiding over a particular art.
- MusM
-
- muc-
-
- must
-
noun,
something necessary, vital, or required:
- mute
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- muts
-
noun,
mutt.
- 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.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- MSME
-
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- moue
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- MSIE
-
- 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.
- MSEM
-
- msec
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- MSCE
-
- MSAM
-
- NCTE
-
- MSAE
-
- moxa
-
noun,
a flammable substance or material obtained from the leaves of certain Chinese and Japanese wormwood plants, especially Artemisia moxa.
- mout
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Moon
-
noun,
the earth's natural satellite, orbiting the earth at a mean distance of 238,857 miles (384,393 km) and having a diameter of 2160 miles (3476 km).
- mums
-
noun,
chrysanthemum.
- Mimi
-
noun,
a female given name.
- mixt
-
noun,
an act or instance of mixing.
- min.
-
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Mims
-
noun,
Fort. Fort Mims.
- MMus
-
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- mis-
-
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- nom.
-
- MINX
-
noun,
a pert, impudent, or flirtatious girl.
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- MIME
-
noun,
the art or technique of portraying a character, mood, idea, or narration by gestures and bodily movements; pantomime.
- MNAS
-
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- AUC
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- TMO
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- xat
-
noun,
a carved totem pole of various North American Indian peoples.
- NCC
-
- cc.
-
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- OCC
-
- 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.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- CAI
-
- OAU
-
- ct.
-
- 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.
- cs.
-
- Co.
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- ca.
-
- OCS
-
- CEA
-
- CCA
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- OIt
-
- CNC
-
- CNM
-
- CNN
-
- CNO
-
- CNS
-
- Om.
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- an.
-
- CMA
-
- mut
-
noun,
mutt.
- 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.
- TCS
-
- TCA
-
- xis
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ξ, ξ).
- Xn.
-
- ac-
-
- Am.
-
- Xt.
-
- CMC
-
- oic
-
- CCS
-
verb (used with object),
to send a duplicate of a document, email, or the like to:
- CIA
-
- CCU
-
- ax.
-
- CEC
-
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- CEO
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- 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.
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- NCO
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- CIC
-
- CIE
-
- CIM
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TIA
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- OEM
-
- OEO
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- UNO
-
- ne-
-
- Ume
-
noun,
a river in N Sweden, flowing SE from the W border to the Gulf of Bothnia. Aabout 285 miles (460 km) long.
- NSC
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- unc
-
- NSU
-
- NNE
-
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- UMT
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- UIT
-
- NSA
-
- UCC
-
- UAM
-
- UAE
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- USA
-
- USM
-
- tux
-
noun,
tuxedo.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ANC
-
- ae.
-
- NMI
-
- uns
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- AMC
-
- AME
-
- nix
-
noun,
nothing.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- NIA
-
- AIC
-
- NMU
-
- 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.
- USC
-
- Une
-
- AMS
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- AMU
-
- AEC
-
- USN
-
- OAS
-
- ATC
-
- TSI
-
- UTC
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- TSE
-
- ASU
-
- at.
-
- uti
-
- NEC
-
- NEA
-
- Tu.
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- Oc.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- AUM
-
noun,
Om.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- OTC
-
- OAO
-
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- Nun
-
noun,
a woman member of a religious order, especially one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- ACS
-
- NOC
-
- ASI
-
- 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:
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- ANU
-
noun,
a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
- NES
-
- USO
-
- AOU
-
- NUM
-
- ase
-
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- tue
-
- ASM
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- ASN
-
- tum
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- ast
-
- OSA
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- COO
-
noun,
a cooing sound.
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Six
-
noun,
a cardinal number, five plus one.
- ine
-
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- OTS
-
- 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 = .
- mom
-
noun,
mother1 .
- imu
-
noun,
a usually large, covered cooking pit in which food is cooked by means of heated stones.
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IOT
-
- IOU
-
- MOI
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- ise
-
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- SMA
-
- ote
-
- ist
-
- ITU
-
- ETO
-
- ETS
-
- eu-
-
- Ex.
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- OSO
-
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- ics
-
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- SMM
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- Ia.
-
- SNU
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- moo
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- ICC
-
- ot-
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- MCI
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- mix
-
noun,
an act or instance of mixing.
- SAE
-
- Mao
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- 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.
- MIT
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- Mam
-
noun,
British Informal. mother.
- SCM
-
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- sc.
-
- MEX
-
- mi.
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MIM
-
noun,
the twenty-fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- So.
-
- MME
-
- ITA
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- ITC
-
- ite
-
- 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.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ium
-
- IUS
-
- MNS
-
- Mc-
-
- Me.
-
- MM.
-
- MMT
-
- Mo.
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- MSC
-
- 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.
- ox-
-
- MNE
-
- MNA
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- ose
-
- io-
-
- OTA
-
- MSA
-
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- MTI
-
- Cui
-
noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- cum
-
noun,
come (def 24).
- Mt.
-
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- ONI
-
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- eo-
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- EOM
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- SUM
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noun,
the aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars as determined by or as if by the mathematical process of addition:
- ea.
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- EAM
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- ean
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- EAS
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noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- Sui
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noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- MSN
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- one
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noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- cte
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- eat
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noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- MTO
-
- OMS
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noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- mum
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noun,
chrysanthemum.
- TAO
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noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- ONA
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noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- MIE
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- Tan
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noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- COT
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noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- MTS
-
- Cox
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noun,
coxswain.
- CTC
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- mtn
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- TAM
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noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- CSA
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- CSC
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- CSO
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- CST
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- CTA
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- Tai
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noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAE
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preposition,
to.
- Sue
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noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- MST
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- ec-
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- EOS
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noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- EMS
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noun,
the letter M, m.
- EMT
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- EMU
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noun,
a large, flightless, ratite bird, Emu (Dromaius) novaehollandiae, of Australia, resembling the ostrich but smaller and having a feathered head and neck and rudimentary wings.
- en-
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- MSE
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- o-o
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noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- eon
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noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- oon
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- ESA
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- STM
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- Esc
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- Sta
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- St.
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- sox
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noun,
a plural of sock1 .
- OOT
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- ESU
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- Sou
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noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- sot
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noun,
a drunkard.
- STI
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- oo-
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- MSI
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- ons
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- MSM
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- Stu
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noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- ECM
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- ECA
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- EIS
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- ECU
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noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- Xe
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- UC
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- xu
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noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Vietnam, the 100th part of a dong.
- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- ic
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- i.
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- O.
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- OU
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noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- ux
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- xc
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- TM
-
- XO
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- UI
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- U.
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- MU
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noun,
the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).
- AU
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plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- xi
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noun,
the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ξ, ξ).
- TC
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- TN
-
- AI
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- OA
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- AO
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- UT
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noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- MX
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- T1
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- NI
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- M.
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- MA
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noun,
mother1 .
- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- EI
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- NC
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- CU
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- NM
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- t.
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TX
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- SN
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- MN
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- SU
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- N.
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- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- CM
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- S.
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- SA
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- SM
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- CE
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- NU
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noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- OE
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noun,
oy2 .