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- antimeres
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noun,
a segment or division of the body having a corresponding segment or division that is opposite to it relative to the longitudinal axis of the body.
- Mertensia
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Mertensia, of the borage family, including the lungworts and the Virginia cowslip.
- forenames
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noun,
a name that precedes the family name or surname; first name.
- Freemason
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noun,
a member of a widely distributed secret order (Free and Accepted Masons) having for its object mutual assistance and the promotion of brotherly love among its members.
- man-eater
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noun,
an animal, especially a tiger or lion, that eats or is said to eat human flesh.
- Trasimeno
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noun,
a lake in central Italy, in Umbria near Perugia: Romans defeated by Hannibal 217 b.c. About 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).
- Firestone
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noun,
a fire-resisting stone, especially a kind of sandstone used in fireplaces, furnaces, etc.
- on-stream
-
adverb,
in or into regular operation, especially as part of a system, assembly line, or the like:
- reanimate
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verb (used with object),
to restore to life; resuscitate.
- anatomies
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noun,
the science dealing with the structure of animals and plants.
- marinates
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verb (used with object),
to steep (food) in a marinade.
- neoterism
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noun,
an innovation in language, as a new word, term, or expression.
- foretimes
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noun,
former or past time; the past.
- stiff-arm
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verb (used with object), noun,
straight-arm.
- manifesto
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noun,
a public declaration of intentions, opinions, objectives, or motives, as one issued by a government, sovereign, or organization.
- aforetime
-
adverb,
in time past; in a former time; previously.
- sea-front
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noun,
an area, including buildings, along the edge of the sea; waterfront.
- raffinate
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noun,
the part of a liquid, especially an oil, remaining after its more soluble components have been extracted by a solvent.
- raffinose
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noun,
a colorless, crystalline trisaccharide, C 18 H 32 O 16 ⋅5H 2 O, with little or no sweetness, occurring in the sugar beet, cottonseed, etc., and breaking down to fructose, glucose, and galactose on hydrolysis.
- osmeteria
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noun,
a glandular process on the first thoracic segment of many caterpillars that emits a noxious odor to ward off predators.
- stiffener
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noun,
a person or thing that stiffens.
- affirmant
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noun,
a person who affirms.
- sea-foam
-
noun,
the foam of the sea.
- Timorese
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Timor.
- Artesian
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adjective,
noting, pertaining to, or characteristic of an artesian well.
- martians
-
noun,
a supposed inhabitant of the planet Mars:
- Masonite
-
- Maronite
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noun,
a member of a body of Uniates living chiefly in Lebanon, who maintain a Syriac liturgy and a married clergy, and who are governed by the patriarch of Antioch.
- arenites
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noun,
psammite.
- arsenite
-
noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- Masorete
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noun,
one of the writers or compilers of the Masorah.
- matinees
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noun,
an entertainment, especially a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon.
- marinate
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verb (used with object),
to steep (food) in a marinade.
- fastener
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noun,
any of various devices for fastening.
- araneose
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adjective,
arachnoid, especially as a plant.
- Monstera
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noun,
any of various tropical American climbing plants belonging to the genus Monstera, of the arum family, especially M. deliciosa, having split or perforated leaves and often grown as a houseplant.
- romaines
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noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- amirates
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noun,
emirate.
- Romanies
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noun,
Gypsy (def 2).
- 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.
- moraines
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noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- Romanist
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noun,
Disparaging. a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
- Romanite
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noun,
a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- Monteria
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noun,
a city in N Colombia.
- animates
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adjective,
alive; possessing life:
- tiresome
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adjective,
causing or liable to cause a person to tire; wearisome:
- animator
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noun,
a person or thing that animates.
- minarets
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- Santarem
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noun,
a city in N Brazil, on the Amazon River.
- Ansermet
-
noun,
Ernest [er-nest] /ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1883–1969, Swiss symphony orchestra conductor.
- Santeria
-
noun,
(sometimes lowercase) a religion merging the worship of Yoruba deities with veneration of Roman Catholic saints: practiced in Cuba and spread to other parts of the Caribbean and to the U.S. by Cuban emigrés.
- antimere
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noun,
a segment or division of the body having a corresponding segment or division that is opposite to it relative to the longitudinal axis of the body.
- metanoia
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noun,
a profound, usually spiritual, transformation; conversion.
- sarmenta
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noun,
a slender running stem; runner.
- manifest
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noun,
a list of the cargo carried by a ship, made for the use of various agents and officials at the ports of destination.
- serenata
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noun,
a form of secular cantata, often of a dramatic or imaginative character.
- manatees
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noun,
any of several plant-eating aquatic mammals of the genus Trichechus, of West Indian, Floridian, and Gulf Coast waters, having two flippers in front and a broad, spoon-shaped tail: all species are endangered.
- staffmen
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noun,
staffer.
- tamarins
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noun,
any South American marmoset of the genera Saguinus and Leontopithecus (Leontideus), having silky fur and a nonprehensile tail: several species are threatened or endangered.
- softener
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noun,
Chemistry.
any admixture to a substance for promoting or increasing its softness, smoothness, or plasticity.
water softener.
- etamines
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noun,
a lightweight cotton or worsted fabric constructed in plain weave and loosely woven.
- firesafe
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adjective,
being so constructed or protected as to be safe from destruction by fire.
- finestra
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noun,
an aperture, especially a ventilator in the wall of a tomb.
- fifteens
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noun,
a cardinal number, ten plus five.
- staffman
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noun,
staffer.
- fermions
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noun,
any particle that obeys the exclusion principle and Fermi-Dirac statistics; fermions have spins that are half an odd integer: 1/2, 3/2, 5/2, ….
- foremast
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noun,
the mast nearest the bow in all vessels having two or more masts.
- ferments
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noun,
Also called organized ferment. any of a group of living organisms, as yeasts, molds, and certain bacteria, that cause fermentation.
- fermatas
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noun,
the sustaining of a note, chord, or rest for a duration longer than the indicated time value, with the length of the extension at the performer's discretion.
- Fairmont
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noun,
a city in W West Virginia.
- fanfares
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noun,
a flourish or short air played on trumpets or the like.
- fenestra
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a small opening or perforation, as in a bone, especially between the middle and inner ear.
- farinose
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adjective,
yielding farina.
- fearsome
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adjective,
causing fear:
- Stefanie
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noun,
a female given name.
- foramens
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noun,
an opening, orifice, or short passage, as in a bone or in the integument of the ovule of a plant.
- forename
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noun,
a name that precedes the family name or surname; first name.
- seatrain
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noun,
a ship for the transportation of loaded railroad cars.
- tear-off
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adjective,
designed to be easily removed by tearing, usually along a perforated line:
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- semitone
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noun,
a pitch interval halfway between two whole tones.
- senorita
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- amentias
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noun,
lack of intellectual development; imbecility; severe mental retardation.
- serotine
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- setiform
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adjective,
bristle-shaped; setaceous.
- tea-rose
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noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- emanates
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verb (used with object),
to send forth; emit.
- Erastian
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noun,
an advocate of Erastianism.
- emersion
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noun,
Also called egress. Astronomy. the emergence of a heavenly body from an eclipse, an occultation, or a transit.
Compare immersion (def 5).
- emirates
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noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- ensiform
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adjective,
sword-shaped; xiphoid.
- formates
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noun,
a salt or ester of formic acid.
- formants
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noun,
Music. the range and number of partials present in a tone of a specific instrument, representing its timbre.
- forfeits
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noun,
a fine; penalty.
- foretime
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noun,
former or past time; the past.
- Erasmian
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noun,
a follower of Erasmus.
- rimstone
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noun,
a calcareous deposit forming a dam at the edge or outlet of an overflowing pool of water, as in a cavern.
- arsenate
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenic acid.
- Aaronite
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noun,
one of the priestly descendants of Aaron.
- raftsman
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noun,
a person who manages or is employed on a raft.
- affiants
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noun,
a person who makes an affidavit.
- raiments
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- resinate
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- one-time
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adjective,
having been as specified at one time; former:
- Oresteia
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noun,
a trilogy of tragic dramas (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus, consisting of the Agamemnon, the Choëphori, and the Eumenides.
- afforest
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verb (used with object),
to convert (bare or cultivated land) into forest, originally for the purpose of providing hunting grounds.
- resonate
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verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- affronts
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noun,
a personally offensive act or word; deliberate act or display of disrespect; intentional slight; insult:
- afferent
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noun,
a nerve carrying a message toward the central nervous system.
- raftsmen
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noun,
a person who manages or is employed on a raft.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- emanate
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verb (used with object),
to send forth; emit.
- Emerson
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noun,
Ralph Waldo [wawl-doh,, wol-] /ˈwɔl doʊ,, ˈwɒl-/ (Show IPA), 1803–82, U.S. essayist and poet.
- seriema
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noun,
either of two birds of the family Cariamidae, Cariama cristata, of southern Brazil, or Chunga burmeisteri, of Argentina, having long legs, an erectile crest, a short, broad bill, and limited ability to fly.
- Teniers
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noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- sniffer
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noun,
a person or thing that sniffs.
- emirate
-
noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- frontis
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noun,
the front wall of a cancha or jai alai court.
Compare rebote (def 1).
- Setaria
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noun,
any grass of the genus Setaria, having a dense panicle, grown for forage.
- Smetana
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noun,
Bedřich [Czech be-drzhikh] /Czech ˈbɛ drʒɪx/ (Show IPA), 1824–84, Czech composer.
- Smeaton
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noun,
John, 1724–92, English engineer.
- affiant
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noun,
a person who makes an affidavit.
- smarten
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Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- earnest
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noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- imarets
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- insofar
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adverb,
to such an extent (usually followed by as):
- Eastern
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adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- Eastman
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noun,
George, 1854–1932, U.S. philanthropist and inventor in the field of photography.
- rations
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noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- informs
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Verb phrases,
inform on, to furnish incriminating evidence about (someone) to an authority, prosecuting officer, etc.:
- infares
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noun,
a party or reception for a newly married couple.
- seriate
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adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- Emerita
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noun,
a woman with such status.
- oarsman
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noun,
a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.
- Sinatra
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noun,
Frank (Francis Albert) 1915–98, U.S. singer and actor.
- oarsmen
-
noun,
a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.
- Torenia
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- Amen-Ra
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noun,
a god in whom Amen and Ra were combined: the god of the universe and the supreme Egyptian god during the period of Theban political supremacy.
- atresia
-
noun,
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
- Mansart
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noun,
Jules Hardouin [zhyl ar-dwan] /ʒül arˈdwɛ̃/ (Show IPA), (Jules Hardouin) 1646–1708, French architect: chief architectural director for Louis XIV.
- Maritsa
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noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing from S Bulgaria along the boundary between Greece and European Turkey and into the Aegean. 300 miles (485 km) long.
- marines
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noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- norites
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- arseno-
-
- afreets
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noun,
a powerful evil demon or monster.
- marinas
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noun,
a boat basin offering dockage and other service for small craft.
- ARTEMIS
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noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- Artesia
-
noun,
a city in S California.
- refines
-
Verb phrases,
refine on/upon, to improve by inserting finer distinctions, superior elements, etc.:
- artisan
-
noun,
a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
- A-frame
-
noun,
any upright, rigid supporting frame in the form of a triangle or an inverted V , as V .
- mantras
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noun,
Hinduism. a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.
- treason
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noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- affines
-
noun,
a person related to one by marriage.
- manifer
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noun,
a gauntlet for protecting the left hand when holding the reins of a horse.
- manatee
-
noun,
any of several plant-eating aquatic mammals of the genus Trichechus, of West Indian, Floridian, and Gulf Coast waters, having two flippers in front and a broad, spoon-shaped tail: all species are endangered.
- Astaire
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noun,
Fred, 1899–1987, U.S. dancer and actor.
- maftirs
-
noun,
the concluding section of the portion of the Torah chanted or read in a Jewish service on the Sabbath and festivals.
- maestro
-
noun,
an eminent composer, teacher, or conductor of music:
- seminar
-
noun,
a small group of students, as in a university, engaged in advanced study and original research under a member of the faculty and meeting regularly to exchange information and hold discussions.
- affront
-
noun,
a personally offensive act or word; deliberate act or display of disrespect; intentional slight; insult:
- affirms
-
verb (used with object),
to state or assert positively; maintain as true:
- Aterian
-
adjective,
of or indicating a Middle Paleolithic industry of northwestern Africa and the Sahara, characterized by the production of tanged points and bifacially worked leaf-shaped points of varying sizes.
- senator
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noun,
a member of a senate.
- frenate
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adjective,
having a frenum or frenulum.
- atomies
-
noun,
an atom; mote.
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- snifter
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noun,
Also called inhaler. a pear-shaped glass, narrowing at the top to intensify the aroma of brandy, liqueur, etc.
- forties
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noun,
a cardinal number, ten times four.
- Fremont
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noun,
a city in W California, near San Francisco Bay.
- stiffen
-
verb (used with object),
to make stiff.
- fireman
-
noun,
a person employed to extinguish or prevent fires; firefighter.
- fifteen
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noun,
a cardinal number, ten plus five.
- staffer
-
noun,
a member of a staff of employees or coworkers.
- raiment
-
noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- fermion
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noun,
any particle that obeys the exclusion principle and Fermi-Dirac statistics; fermions have spins that are half an odd integer: 1/2, 3/2, 5/2, ….
- ferment
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noun,
Also called organized ferment. any of a group of living organisms, as yeasts, molds, and certain bacteria, that cause fermentation.
- trisome
-
noun,
a trisomic individual.
- Oriente
-
noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- fermata
-
noun,
the sustaining of a note, chord, or rest for a duration longer than the indicated time value, with the length of the extension at the performer's discretion.
- stamin-
-
- orients
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- stamina
-
noun,
strength of physical constitution; power to endure disease, fatigue, privation, etc.
- Fanfare
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noun,
a flourish or short air played on trumpets or the like.
- fenster
-
noun,
an erosional break in an overthrust rock sheet, exposing the rocks that underlie the sheet.
- etesian
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adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- fantasm
-
noun,
phantasm.
- fantoms
-
noun,
an apparition or specter.
- sterno-
-
- steamer
-
noun,
something propelled or operated by steam, as a steamship.
- stearin
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- farinas
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noun,
flour or meal made from cereal grains and cooked as cereal, used in puddings, soups, etc.
- raffias
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from the leaves of the raffia palm, used for tying plants and other objects and for making mats, baskets, hats, and the like.
- stearo-
-
- tsarina
-
noun,
czarina.
- Farnese
-
noun,
Alessandro [ah-les-sahn-draw] /ˌɑ lɛsˈsɑn drɔ/ (Show IPA), Duke of Parma, 1545–92, Italian general, statesman, and diplomat.
- Faroese
-
noun,
Faeroese.
- stereo-
-
- Steiner
-
noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- firemen
-
noun,
a person employed to extinguish or prevent fires; firefighter.
- etamine
-
noun,
a lightweight cotton or worsted fabric constructed in plain weave and loosely woven.
- Freesia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Freesia, of the iris family, native to southern Africa, having fragrant white, yellow, or sometimes rose-colored, tubular flowers.
- forfeit
-
noun,
a fine; penalty.
- Freeman
-
noun,
a person who is free; a person who enjoys personal, civil, or political liberty.
- enamors
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- Martens
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- Forseti
-
noun,
the god of justice, the son of Balder and Nanna.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- formats
-
noun,
the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves.
Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
- entero-
-
- formate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of formic acid.
- entires
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- entries
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- formant
-
noun,
Music. the range and number of partials present in a tone of a specific instrument, representing its timbre.
- forints
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and the monetary unit of Hungary, equal to 100 fillér. Abbreviation: F., Ft.
- offense
-
noun,
a violation or breaking of a social or moral rule; transgression; sin.
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- taffies
-
noun,
a chewy candy made of sugar or molasses boiled down, often with butter, nuts, etc.
- aerates
-
verb (used with object),
to expose to the action or effect of air or to cause air to circulate through:
- foremen
-
noun,
a person in charge of a particular department, group of workers, etc., as in a factory or the like.
- Foreman
-
noun,
a person in charge of a particular department, group of workers, etc., as in a factory or the like.
- trienes
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- tamaris
-
noun,
a rich, naturally fermented soybean sauce containing little or no wheat and thicker than soy sauce.
- foramen
-
noun,
an opening, orifice, or short passage, as in a bone or in the integument of the ovule of a plant.
- foments
-
verb (used with object),
to instigate or foster (discord, rebellion, etc.); promote the growth or development of:
- tamarin
-
noun,
any South American marmoset of the genera Saguinus and Leontopithecus (Leontideus), having silky fur and a nonprehensile tail: several species are threatened or endangered.
- estamin
-
noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- firmans
-
noun,
an edict or administrative order issued by or in the name of a Middle Eastern sovereign (formerly by an Ottoman Turkish sultan).
- 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.
- ramenta
-
noun,
a scraping, shaving, or particle.
- estrone
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- Marston
-
noun,
John, c1575–1634, English dramatist and satirical poet.
- Minster
-
noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- Martian
-
noun,
a supposed inhabitant of the planet Mars:
- transom
-
noun,
a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it.
- anemias
-
noun,
Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
- moisten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become moist.
- roseate
-
adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- animate
-
adjective,
alive; possessing life:
- animato
-
adjective,
animated; lively. Abbreviation: anim.
- Saffian
-
noun,
a leather made of goatskin or sheepskin, usually dyed in bright colors.
- saffron
-
noun,
Also called vegetable gold. a crocus, Crocus sativus, having showy purple flowers.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- toffees
-
noun,
taffy.
- minaret
-
noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- anosmia
-
noun,
absence or loss of the sense of smell.
- nemato-
-
- Antares
-
noun,
a red supergiant star of the first magnitude in the constellation Scorpius.
- metiers
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- antero-
-
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- antiars
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- remotes
-
noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- merinos
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- Meitner
-
noun,
Lise [lee-zuh] /ˈli zə/ (Show IPA), 1878–1968, Austrian nuclear physicist.
- Sarnoff
-
noun,
David, 1891–1971, U.S. businessman and broadcasting executive, born in Russia.
- 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.
- monster
-
noun,
a legendary animal combining features of animal and human form or having the forms of various animals in combination, as a centaur, griffin, or sphinx.
- transf.
-
- amirate
-
noun,
emirate.
- namaste
-
noun,
a conventional Hindu expression on meeting or parting, used by the speaker usually while holding the palms together vertically in front of the bosom.
- amentia
-
noun,
lack of intellectual development; imbecility; severe mental retardation.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- Riesman
-
noun,
David, 1909–2002, U.S. sociologist.
- Romaine
-
noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- aminase
-
noun,
any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of amino compounds, releasing the amino group and liberating nitrogen.
- aminate
-
verb (used with object),
to introduce an amino group into (a compound).
- Romains
-
noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Louis Farigoule) 1885–1972, French novelist, poet, and dramatist.
- mortise
-
noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- Romania
-
noun,
a republic in SE Europe, bordering on the Black Sea. 91,699 sq. mi. (237,500 sq. km). Capital: Bucharest.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- to-name
-
noun,
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
- moreens
-
noun,
a heavy fabric of wool, or wool and cotton, with a ribbed face and a moiré finish, used for curtains, petticoats, etc.
- amnesia
-
noun,
loss of a large block of interrelated memories; complete or partial loss of memory caused by brain injury, shock, etc.
- amniote
-
noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- Amon-Ra
-
noun,
Amen-Ra.
- moraine
-
noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- amorist
-
noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- Amorite
-
noun,
a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. II Sam. 12:26–31.
- tonemes
-
noun,
a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language:
- amosite
-
noun,
an asbestine variety of anthophyllite, rich in iron, formerly used as a heat-resistant material.
- amritas
-
noun,
the beverage of immortality.
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- anomite
-
noun,
a variety of mica, similar to biotite but differing in optical orientation.
- aristo-
-
- matrons
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- martins
-
noun,
Peter, born 1946, U.S. choreographer and ballet master, born in Denmark.
- remains
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- Martina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Armenia
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Asia: now divided between Armenia, Turkey, and Iran.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- matinee
-
noun,
an entertainment, especially a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon.
- arenose
-
adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- mastiff
-
noun,
one of a breed of large, powerful, short-haired dogs having an apricot, fawn, or brindled coat.
- nemat-
-
- softie
-
noun,
softy.
- foemen
-
noun,
an enemy in war.
- foeman
-
noun,
an enemy in war.
- ramate
-
adjective,
having branches; branching out or off.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- somat-
-
- somite
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- Romans
-
noun,
an Epistle of the New Testament, written by Paul to the Christian community in Rome. Abbreviation: Rom.
- somni-
-
- monies
-
noun,
a plural of money.
- sonata
-
noun,
a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys.
- marais
-
noun,
a swamp or bayou.
- 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.
- foment
-
verb (used with object),
to instigate or foster (discord, rebellion, etc.); promote the growth or development of:
- Firman
-
noun,
an edict or administrative order issued by or in the name of a Middle Eastern sovereign (formerly by an Ottoman Turkish sultan).
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- mafias
-
noun,
a hierarchically structured secret organization allegedly engaged in smuggling, racketeering, trafficking in narcotics, and other criminal activities in the U.S., Italy, and elsewhere.
- Monera
-
noun,
a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and have a nutritional mode of absorption, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.
- ramson
-
noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- forint
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and the monetary unit of Hungary, equal to 100 fillér. Abbreviation: F., Ft.
- remans
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- offers
-
noun,
an act or instance of offering:
- offset
-
noun,
something that counterbalances, counteracts, or compensates for something else; compensating equivalent.
- Forest
-
noun,
a large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush; woodland.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- Ransom
-
noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- Seaman
-
noun,
a person skilled in seamanship.
- refine
-
Verb phrases,
refine on/upon, to improve by inserting finer distinctions, superior elements, etc.:
- ramose
-
adjective,
having many branches.
- Moerae
-
plural noun,
the Fates.
- forams
-
noun,
foraminifer.
- omenta
-
noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- Moesia
-
noun,
an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.
- moires
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- Ramona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Maoris
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- soffit
-
noun,
the underside of an architectural feature, as a beam, arch, ceiling, vault, or cornice.
- soften
-
verb (used with object),
to make soft or softer.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- Marian
-
noun,
a person who has a particular devotion to the Virgin Mary.
- finest
-
noun,
the police:
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- Marino
-
noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- Marion
-
noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- MOSFET
-
noun,
Electronics. metal oxide semiconducter field-effect transistor.
- femto-
-
- Marist
-
noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- feints
-
noun,
a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack:
- retems
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- Moreen
-
noun,
a heavy fabric of wool, or wool and cotton, with a ribbed face and a moiré finish, used for curtains, petticoats, etc.
- rimose
-
adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- riatas
-
noun,
a lariat.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- raffia
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from the leaves of the raffia palm, used for tying plants and other objects and for making mats, baskets, hats, and the like.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- fatsia
-
noun,
a shrub or small tree, Fatsia japonica, of the ginseng family, having large, glossy, palmately compound leaves and often grown as a houseplant.
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- Fatima
-
noun,
a.d. 606?–632, daughter of Muhammad and wife of Ali.
- Namtar
-
noun,
the Sumerian and Akkadian demon personifying death.
- fasten
-
verb (used with object),
to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.
- stamen
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- Matane
-
noun,
a city in E Quebec, in SE Canada, on the St. Lawrence River.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- Sorata
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Bolivia, in the Andes, near Lake Titicaca: two peaks, Ancohuma, 21,490 feet (6550 meters), and Illampu, 21,276 feet (6485 meters).
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Forman
-
noun,
Milos [mee-lawsh] /ˈmi lɔʃ/ (Show IPA), (Jan Tomas Forman) born 1932, U.S. film director, born in the former Czechoslovakia.
- masto-
-
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- fiesta
-
noun,
any festival or festive celebration.
- Staffa
-
noun,
an island in W Scotland, in the Hebrides: site of Fingal's Cave.
- fetors
-
noun,
a strong, offensive smell; stench.
- Marina
-
noun,
a boat basin offering dockage and other service for small craft.
- Moraea
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genera Moraea and Dietes, of the iris family, native to tropical Africa.
- ferias
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
- fester
-
noun,
an ulcer; a rankling sore.
- fermis
-
noun,
a unit of length, 10− 15 m, used in measuring nuclear distances. Symbol: F.
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- refits
-
noun,
an act of refitting.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- Fermat
-
noun,
Pierre de [pyer duh] /pyɛr də/ (Show IPA), 1601–65, French mathematician.
- ferine
-
adjective,
feral1 .
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- ratans
-
noun,
rattan.
- mantra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.
- inter.
-
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Merton
-
noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- setoff
-
noun,
something that counterbalances or makes up for something else, as compensation for a loss.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- intro.
-
- intra-
-
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- remits
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- instr.
-
- Mersin
-
noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- remote
-
noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- 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.
- inmost
-
adjective,
situated farthest within:
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- infra-
-
- reatas
-
noun,
riata.
- inform
-
adjective,
without form; formless.
- sermon
-
noun,
a discourse for the purpose of religious instruction or exhortation, especially one based on a text of Scripture and delivered by a member of the clergy as part of a religious service.
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- infest
-
verb (used with object),
to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner, especially as predatory animals or vermin do:
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- MAeroE
-
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- meanie
-
noun,
Informal. meany.
- Semite
-
noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- Sarnia
-
noun,
a port in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on the S shore of Lake Huron, on the St. Clair River, across from Port Huron, Michigan.
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- remise
-
verb (used with object),
to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.
- nitro-
-
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- isomer
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- Ismene
-
noun,
a daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta who did not join Antigone in her forbidden burial of their brother Polynices.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mentes
-
noun,
(in the Odyssey) a captain of the Taphians. Athena assumed his form when she urged Telemachus to search for Odysseus.
- Mentor
-
noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- Merino
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- sifter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sifts.
- infers
-
verb (used with object),
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- Fortas
-
noun,
Abe, 1910–1982, U.S. lawyer, government official, and jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1965–69.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- miners
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- frames
-
noun,
a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.
- seamen
-
noun,
a person skilled in seamanship.
- fraise
-
noun,
Fortification. a defense consisting of pointed stakes projecting from the ramparts in a horizontal or an inclined position.
- Foster
-
noun,
Stephen (Collins) 1826–64, U.S. songwriter.
- fortis
-
noun,
a fortis consonant.
- 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.
- fortes
-
noun,
a person's strong suit, or most highly developed characteristic, talent, or skill; something that one excels in:
Synonyms: talent, skill, excellence, strength, strong point, specialty, proficiency; knack, bent.
- mantas
-
noun,
(in Spain and Spanish America) a cloak or wrap.
- Manisa
-
noun,
a city in W Turkey, near the Aegean: Roman defeat of Antiochus the Great 190 b.c.
- formes
-
noun,
form (def 30).
- 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.
- formee
-
adjective,
paty.
- safari
-
noun,
a journey or expedition, for hunting, exploration, or investigation, especially in eastern Africa.
- 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.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- Mister
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- format
-
noun,
the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves.
Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
- miters
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- maftir
-
noun,
the concluding section of the portion of the Torah chanted or read in a Jewish service on the Sabbath and festivals.
- freest
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- Samain
-
noun,
Samhain.
- meteor
-
noun,
Astronomy.
a meteoroid that has entered the earth's atmosphere.
a transient fiery streak in the sky produced by a meteoroid passing through the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or bolide.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- infare
-
noun,
a party or reception for a newly married couple.
- Simeon
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
- meters
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- Manati
-
noun,
a city in N Puerto Rico.
- matron
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- metier
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- iatro-
-
- manias
-
noun,
excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
- metro-
-
- Fresno
-
noun,
a city in central California.
- metros
-
noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- Remsen
-
noun,
Ira, 1846–1927, U.S. chemist and educator.
- Renata
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Samoan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Samoa.
- fronts
-
noun,
the foremost part or surface of anything.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- Samian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Samos.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- matri-
-
- reffos
-
noun,
an immigrant, especially one who has been in Australia only a short time.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- raffee
-
noun,
a triangular sail set in the manner of a square sail above the uppermost yard of a topsail schooner.
- steno-
-
- Anomia
-
noun,
the inability to name objects or to recognize the written or spoken names of objects.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- enamor
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- Animas
-
noun,
soul; life.
- tariff
-
noun,
an official list or table showing the duties or customs imposed by a government on imports or exports.
- emotes
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- tremie
-
noun,
a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.
- aniso-
-
- tarsia
-
noun,
intarsia.
- affirm
-
verb (used with object),
to state or assert positively; maintain as true:
- afreet
-
noun,
a powerful evil demon or monster.
- tarso-
-
- 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.
- affine
-
noun,
a person related to one by marriage.
- Tasman
-
noun,
Abel Janszoon [ah-buh l yahn-sohn] /ˈɑ bəl ˈyɑn soʊn/ (Show IPA), 1602?–59, Dutch navigator and explorer.
- affair
-
noun,
anything done or to be done; anything requiring action or effort; business; concern:
- toffee
-
noun,
taffy.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- teamer
-
noun,
a teamster.
- anemo-
-
- enserf
-
verb (used with object),
to make a serf of; place in bondage.
- ansate
-
adjective,
having a handle or handlelike part.
- Ermine
-
noun,
an Old World weasel, Mustela erminea, having in its winter color phase a white coat with black at the tip of the tail.
Compare stoat.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- tamari
-
noun,
a rich, naturally fermented soybean sauce containing little or no wheat and thicker than soy sauce.
- amino-
-
- afrits
-
noun,
afreet.
- amnios
-
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- toneme
-
noun,
a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language:
- enter-
-
- Amrita
-
noun,
the beverage of immortality.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- eonism
-
noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- 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.
- Anemia
-
noun,
Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- effort
-
noun,
exertion of physical or mental power:
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- tafias
-
noun,
a type of rum made in Haiti from lower grades of molasses, refuse sugar, or the like.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- astro-
-
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- Arista
-
noun,
Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- aeron.
-
- asonia
-
noun,
tone deafness.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- astron
-
- Aromas
-
noun,
an odor arising from spices, plants, cooking, etc., especially an agreeable odor; fragrance.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- arsen-
-
- tiaras
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- asemia
-
noun,
inability to comprehend or use communicative symbols, as words or gestures.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- Asante
-
noun,
Ashanti.
- Ariane
-
noun,
Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- antiar
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- Aeneas
-
noun,
a Trojan hero, the reputed ancestor of the Romans: protagonist of the Aeneid.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- 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.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- aerate
-
verb (used with object),
to expose to the action or effect of air or to cause air to circulate through:
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- aortas
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- faints
-
noun,
the impure spirit produced in the first and last stages of the distillation of whiskey.
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- strafe
-
noun,
a strafing attack.
- afters
-
- aftosa
-
noun,
foot-and-mouth disease.
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- ameers
-
noun,
emir.
- faenas
-
noun,
the final third of a bullfight in which the matador uses a muleta and the sword in making the final series of passes preparatory to the kill.
- faerie
-
noun,
the imaginary land of the fairies; fairyland.
- famine
-
noun,
extreme and general scarcity of food, as in a country or a large geographical area.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- trans.
-
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- fantom
-
noun,
an apparition or specter.
- farina
-
noun,
flour or meal made from cereal grains and cooked as cereal, used in puddings, soups, etc.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- airman
-
noun,
an aviator.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- strife
-
noun,
vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism:
- Fafnir
-
noun,
a dragon, a son of Hreidmar and the brother of Otter and Regin: he killed Hreidmar for the cursed treasure of Andvari and was killed in turn by Sigurd at the instigation of Regin.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- taenia
-
noun,
Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
- stroma
-
noun,
Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- mense
-
noun,
propriety; discretion.
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- meno-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- Menes
-
noun,
flourished c3200 b.c, traditionally the unifier and 1st king of Egypt: founder of the 1st dynasty.
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- afars
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic Muslim people living in Eritrea, Djibouti, and northern Ethiopia.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- Meier
-
noun,
Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
- meets
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- Aimee
-
noun,
a female given name.
- matr-
-
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- areo-
-
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- amain
-
adverb,
with full force.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- amate
-
verb (used with object),
to dismay; daunt.
- Amato
-
noun,
Pasquale [puh-skwah-lee,, -ley;; Italian pahs-kwah-le] /pəˈskwɑ li,, -leɪ;; Italian pɑsˈkwɑ lɛ/ (Show IPA), 1879–1942, Italian operatic baritone.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- meta-
-
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- 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.
- meso-
-
- mesne
-
adjective,
intermediate or intervening.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- Amati
-
noun,
Nicolò [nee-kaw-law] /ˌni kɔˈlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1596–1684, Italian violinmaker, one of a famous family of 16th- and 17th-century violinmakers: teacher of Antonio Stradivari.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- Meroe
-
noun,
a ruined city in Sudan, on the Nile, NE of Khartoum: a capital of ancient Ethiopia that was destroyed a.d. c350.
- mero-
-
- 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.
- motif
-
noun,
a recurring subject, theme, idea, etc., especially in a literary, artistic, or musical work.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- afros
-
noun,
a hair style originating with black persons, in which the hair is allowed to grow naturally and to acquire a bushy appearance.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- nears
-
- meres
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- Saran
-
noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- aorta
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- Nemea
-
noun,
a valley in SE Greece, in ancient Argolis.
- naso-
-
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- aroma
-
noun,
an odor arising from spices, plants, cooking, etc., especially an agreeable odor; fragrance.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- reni-
-
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- nitr-
-
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- nomes
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- reifs
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- Maria
-
noun,
calaba.
- Marta
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- 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.
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- nemos
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- 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.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- farts
-
noun,
a flatus expelled through the anus.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- mast-
-
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- 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.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- Masan
-
noun,
a seaport in SE South Korea.
- Masai
-
noun,
a member of an African people inhabiting the highlands of Kenya and Tanzania and having a largely pastoral economy and a society based on the patrilineal clan.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- 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.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Armen
-
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- 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.
- Afro-
-
- anti-
-
- afire
-
adjective,
on fire:
- refit
-
noun,
an act of refitting.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- NAAFI
-
noun,
Navy, Army, and Air Force Institutes: an organization that provides social facilities, stores, etc., to British military personnel.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- treas
-
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- afore
-
adverb, preposition, conjunction,
before.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- Amer.
-
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- Riffs
-
noun,
a melodic phrase, often constantly repeated, forming an accompaniment or part of an accompaniment for a soloist.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- anim.
-
- anima
-
noun,
soul; life.
- reffo
-
noun,
an immigrant, especially one who has been in Australia only a short time.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- naifs
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- Naima
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “benevolent.”.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- 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.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- morns
-
noun,
morning.
- tonia
-
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Amora
-
noun,
one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in the rabbinical academies of Palestine and Babylonia from the 3rd to the 6th centuries a.d., whose commentaries on and interpretations of the Mishnah comprise the Palestinian and Babylonian Gemaras.
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- 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.
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mont.
-
- afrit
-
noun,
afreet.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- anat.
-
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- rifts
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- sanit
-
- Saman
-
noun,
a Persian noble who lived in the 8th century a.d., progenitor of the Samanid dynasty.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Samar
-
noun,
an island in the E central Philippines. 5309 sq. mi. (13,750 sq. km).
- 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.
- amin-
-
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- ameer
-
noun,
emir.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- reams
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- Samoa
-
noun,
a group of islands in the S Pacific, the islands W of 170° W longitude constituting an independent state and the rest belonging to the U.S.
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- 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.
- MSEnt
-
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- metr-
-
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- retem
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- ante-
-
- metes
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- meter
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- AFTRA
-
- miffs
-
noun,
petulant displeasure; ill humor.
- MSFor
-
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- 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.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- miso-
-
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- anis-
-
- Safar
-
noun,
the second month of the Muslim calendar.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- reefs
-
noun,
a ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- toffs
-
noun,
a stylishly dressed, fashionable person, especially one who is or wants to be considered a member of the upper class.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- 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.
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- anoas
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- anoia
-
noun,
extreme mental deficiency.
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- trama
-
noun,
a specialized hyphal tissue constituting the internal structure of mushroom gills, pore tubes, or spines.
- Marat
-
noun,
Jean Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1743–93, French politician and journalist: leader in the French Revolution; assassinated by Charlotte Corday d'Armont.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Tamas
-
noun,
See under guna.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- fore-
-
- 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.
- fores
-
noun,
the forepart of anything; front.
- SOFIA
-
noun,
Also, Sofiya [Bulgarian saw-fee-yuh] /Bulgarian ˈsɔ fi yə/ (Show IPA). a city in and the capital of Bulgaria, in the W part.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- 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.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- ento-
-
- foram
-
noun,
foraminifer.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- forme
-
noun,
form (def 30).
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- foams
-
noun,
a collection of minute bubbles formed on the surface of a liquid by agitation, fermentation, etc.:
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Tamar
-
noun,
the daughter of David and half-sister of Absalom. II Sam. 13.
- softa
-
noun,
a Turkish Muslim theological student.
- foins
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- Foism
-
noun,
Chinese Buddhism.
- Foist
-
verb (used with object),
to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably (usually followed by on or upon):
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- fomes
-
noun,
any agent, as clothing or bedding, that is capable of absorbing and transmitting the infecting organism of a disease.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- frees
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- emote
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- Freon
-
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- frets
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- maras
-
noun,
a city in S Turkey, NE of Adana.
- Fris.
-
- frise
-
noun,
a rug or upholstery fabric having the pile in uncut loops or in a combination of cut and uncut loops.
- sniff
-
noun,
an act of sniffing; a single, short, audible inhalation.
- Frits
-
noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- frats
-
noun,
fraternity (def 1).
- forms
-
- Sofer
-
noun,
scribe1 (def 3).
- fort.
-
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- forte
-
noun,
a person's strong suit, or most highly developed characteristic, talent, or skill; something that one excels in:
Synonyms: talent, skill, excellence, strength, strong point, specialty, proficiency; knack, bent.
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- enema
-
noun,
the injection of a fluid into the rectum to cause a bowel movement.
- Aaron
-
noun,
the older brother of Moses, usually regarded as the first high priest of the Hebrews. Ex. 28; 40:13–16.
- sofar
-
noun,
a system for determining a position at sea by exploding a charge under water and measuring the time the shock waves take to reach three widely separated shore stations at known distances from each other.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- Frame
-
noun,
a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- Frans
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Francis.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- first
-
noun,
the person or thing that is first in time, order, rank, etc.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- femes
-
noun,
a woman or wife.
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Fanti
-
noun,
a Kwa language spoken in Ghana that is mutually intelligible with Twi.
- fanos
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea: cathedral; Roman ruins.
- fanes
-
noun,
a temple.
- raffs
-
noun,
riffraff; rabble.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- feres
-
noun,
a companion; mate.
- feria
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
- fames
-
noun,
widespread reputation, especially of a favorable character; renown; public eminence:
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- fairs
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- 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.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- feist
-
noun,
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a small mongrel dog, especially one that is ill-tempered; cur; mutt.
- Fermi
-
noun,
a unit of length, 10− 15 m, used in measuring nuclear distances. Symbol: F.
- fatso
-
noun,
a fat person (used as a term of address).
- 30-30
-
- ster.
-
- Fates
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- Farsi
-
noun,
the modern Iranian language of Iran and western Afghanistan, written in the Arabic alphabet; modern Persian.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- faros
-
noun,
a gambling game in which players place bets on a special board or layout, betting on each series of two cards as they are drawn from a box containing the dealer's or banker's pack.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- stiff
-
noun,
Slang.
a dead body; corpse.
a formal or priggish person.
a poor tipper; tightwad.
a drunk.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- fears
-
noun,
a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm.
Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- farms
-
noun,
a tract of land, usually with a house, barn, silo, etc., on which crops and often livestock are raised for livelihood.
- Feast
-
noun,
any rich or abundant meal:
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- fares
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- feint
-
noun,
a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack:
- faint
-
noun,
a temporary loss of consciousness resulting from a decreased flow of blood to the brain; a swoon:
- stome
-
- firns
-
noun,
névé.
- finos
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- fifes
-
noun,
a high-pitched transverse flute used commonly in military and marching musical groups.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Finer
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- fines
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- rafts
-
noun,
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:
- Fiona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- fires
-
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- tafia
-
noun,
a type of rum made in Haiti from lower grades of molasses, refuse sugar, or the like.
- firms
-
noun,
a partnership or association for carrying on a business.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- fiefs
-
noun,
a fee or feud held of a feudal lord; a tenure of land subject to feudal obligations.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- feti-
-
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Festa
-
noun,
a feast, festival, or holiday.
- faena
-
noun,
the final third of a bullfight in which the matador uses a muleta and the sword in making the final series of passes preparatory to the kill.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- fetas
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- fetes
-
noun,
a day of celebration; holiday:
- fetor
-
noun,
a strong, offensive smell; stench.
- 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.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Storm
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- staff
-
noun,
a group of persons, as employees, charged with carrying out the work of an establishment or executing some undertaking.
- Srta.
-
- oste-
-
- fiats
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- Fries
-
noun,
plural of fry1 .
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- OFris
-
noun,
the Frisian language before c1500. Abbreviation: OFris.
- ation
-
- often
-
adverb,
many times; frequently:
- tera-
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- semi-
-
- semen
-
noun,
the viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa.
- maars
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- Maera
-
noun,
Hecuba, after being changed into a dog for blinding Polymestor.
- astr.
-
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Atman
-
noun,
the principle of life.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- aeri-
-
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- serif
-
noun,
a smaller line used to finish off a main stroke of a letter, as at the top and bottom of M.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- atria
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- atmo-
-
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Mafia
-
noun,
a hierarchically structured secret organization allegedly engaged in smuggling, racketeering, trafficking in narcotics, and other criminal activities in the U.S., Italy, and elsewhere.
- term.
-
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- manor
-
noun,
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Manta
-
noun,
(in Spain and Spanish America) a cloak or wrap.
- ASEAN
-
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- tiffs
-
noun,
a slight or petty quarrel.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- mania
-
noun,
excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- aero-
-
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- 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.
- 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.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- offer
-
noun,
an act or instance of offering:
- manas
-
noun,
the rational faculty of the mind.
- Manat
-
noun,
a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess personifying fortune, sometimes considered a daughter of Allah.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- teno-
-
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Sino-
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- IATSE
-
- aemia
-
- Effie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tears
-
- infer
-
verb (used with object),
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- infos
-
noun,
information.
- Ramee
-
noun,
Louise de la ("Ouida") 1839–1908, English novelist.
- Raman
-
noun,
Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata [chuhn-druh-shey-ker-uh veng-kuh-tuh] /ˈtʃʌn drəˈʃeɪ kər ə ˈvɛŋ kə tə/ (Show IPA), 1888–1970, Indian physicist: Nobel prize 1930.
- Ramon
-
noun,
any of several tropical American trees belonging to the genus Brosimum, of the mulberry family, the leaves of which are used as forage, especially B. alicastrum, which bears the breadnut.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- frons
-
noun,
the upper anterior portion of the head of an insect, above or behind the clypeus.
- front
-
noun,
the foremost part or surface of anything.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Frost
-
noun,
a degree or state of coldness sufficient to cause the freezing of water.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- sito-
-
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- sero-
-
- Iran.
-
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- seti-
-
- 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.
- Temne
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Sierra Leone.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- intr.
-
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- teffs
-
noun,
a grass, Eragrostis tef, native to northern Africa, where it is cultivated for its edible seeds.
- teems
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- omni-
-
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- inst.
-
- raft
-
noun,
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:
- Rama
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) any of the three avatars of Vishnu: Balarama, Parashurama, or Ramachandra.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Reef
-
noun,
a ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water.
- tron
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- refs
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
referee.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- ref.
-
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- reft
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of reave1 .
- tRNA
-
- reif
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- tref
-
adjective,
Judaism. unfit to be eaten or used, according to religious laws; not kosher.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- tri-
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- 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.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- sift
-
verb (used with object),
to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- 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.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- teff
-
noun,
a grass, Eragrostis tef, native to northern Africa, where it is cultivated for its edible seeds.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Tasm
-
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- ten.
-
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Seif
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- Sem.
-
- seme
-
adjective,
covered with many small, identical figures.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- ter.
-
- serf
-
noun,
a person in a condition of servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land and transferred with it from one owner to another.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Seem
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- Sra.
-
- Soni
-
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- str.
-
- SRAM
-
- Taif
-
noun,
a city in W Saudi Arabia.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Ste.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Raff
-
noun,
riffraff; rabble.
- sofa
-
noun,
a long, upholstered couch with a back and two arms or raised ends.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- soft
-
noun,
something that is soft or yielding; the soft part.
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- 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.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rit.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RNAS
-
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Rom.
-
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- RONA
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- rift
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- rife
-
adjective,
of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use:
- RIFF
-
noun,
a melodic phrase, often constantly repeated, forming an accompaniment or part of an accompaniment for a soloist.
- rifs
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Sat.
-
- 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.
- tion
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- 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.
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- 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.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- TIFF
-
noun,
a slight or petty quarrel.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- safe
-
noun,
a steel or iron box or repository for money, jewels, papers, etc.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Saar
-
noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- Safi
-
noun,
a seaport in W central Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean coast.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Sam.
-
- SAMA
-
noun,
the Sufi practice of gathering to listen to religious poetry that is sung, often accompanied by ecstatic dance or other ritual.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- toff
-
noun,
a stylishly dressed, fashionable person, especially one who is or wants to be considered a member of the upper class.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- fats
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) cattle fattened and ready for market.
- RAAF
-
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Mar.
-
- Mara
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of death, sometimes seen as one aspect of a god whose other aspect is Kama, or erotic desire.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- efts
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- EFTA
-
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- masa
-
noun,
flour or dough made of dried, ground corn, used especially for tortillas.
- 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.
- effs
-
noun,
the word “fuck”; the f-word:
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- meas
-
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Mana
-
noun,
a generalized, supernatural force or power, which may be concentrated in objects or persons.
- ment
-
- emes
-
noun,
friend.
- Ens.
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- 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:
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emia
-
- EMet
-
- 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.
- Man.
-
- 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.
- maar
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- Maas
-
noun,
Dutch name of the Meuse.
- Maat
-
noun,
the goddess personifying law and righteousness.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Maia
-
noun,
the eldest of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes by Zeus.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- men-
-
- mere
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- 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.
- fem.
-
- ator
-
- 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.
- 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:
- ates
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- atm.
-
- 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.
- mis-
-
- ASTM
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- MNAS
-
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- 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.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- ASME
-
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- Mon.
-
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- 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.
- 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.
-
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- miff
-
noun,
petulant displeasure; ill humor.
- 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.
- 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.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- iso-
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- Fano
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea: cathedral; Roman ruins.
- FINE
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- Fino
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- farm
-
noun,
a tract of land, usually with a house, barn, silo, etc., on which crops and often livestock are raised for livelihood.
- fare
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- firm
-
noun,
a partnership or association for carrying on a business.
- firn
-
noun,
névé.
- firs
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- fist
-
noun,
the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
- FITS
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- FNMA
-
- FIFO
-
noun,
first-in, first-out.
- foam
-
noun,
a collection of minute bubbles formed on the surface of a liquid by agitation, fermentation, etc.:
- fane
-
noun,
a temple.
- FOIA
-
- foin
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- fana
-
noun,
the ecstatic union of the Sufi with the Divine.
- Fons
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- font
-
noun,
a receptacle, usually of stone, as in a baptistery or church, containing the water used in baptism.
- for.
-
- fora
-
noun,
a plural of forum.
- Fin.
-
- Faro
-
noun,
a gambling game in which players place bets on a special board or layout, betting on each series of two cards as they are drawn from a box containing the dealer's or banker's pack.
- Fair
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- feta
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- Feme
-
noun,
a woman or wife.
- fems
-
noun,
a woman.
- feet
-
noun,
a plural of foot.
- Fens
-
noun,
Also called Fenland. a marshy lowland region in E England, S of the Wash: partly drained and channeled since the 17th century.
- fees
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- FERA
-
- fere
-
noun,
a companion; mate.
- Fern
-
noun,
any seedless, nonflowering vascular plant of the class Filicinae, of tropical to temperate regions, characterized by true roots produced from a rhizome, triangular fronds that uncoil upward and have a branching vein system, and reproduction by spores contained in sporangia that appear as brown dots on the underside of the fronds.
- fest
-
noun,
an assembly of people engaged in a common activity (often used in combination):
- fete
-
noun,
a day of celebration; holiday:
- Fife
-
noun,
a high-pitched transverse flute used commonly in military and marching musical groups.
- feat
-
noun,
a noteworthy or extraordinary act or achievement, usually displaying boldness, skill, etc.:
- Fear
-
noun,
a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm.
Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- 1080
-
- fate
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- FAST
-
noun,
a fastening for a door, window, or the like.
- fiat
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- fart
-
noun,
a flatus expelled through the anus.
- Fars
-
noun,
a province in SW Iran. 51,466 sq. mi. (133,297 sq. km).
- fief
-
noun,
a fee or feud held of a feudal lord; a tenure of land subject to feudal obligations.
- fame
-
noun,
widespread reputation, especially of a favorable character; renown; public eminence:
- fain
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- inae
-
- Inf.
-
- info
-
noun,
information.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- 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.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- 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 = .
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- frae
-
preposition, adverb,
from.
- Frs.
-
- Fran
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Francis.
- frat
-
noun,
fraternity (def 1).
- free
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- Frei
-
noun,
Eduardo [e-dwahr-th aw] /ɛˈdwɑr ðɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–82, Chilean statesman: president 1964–70.
- fret
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- Fri.
-
- frit
-
noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- froe
-
noun,
frow.
- from
-
preposition,
(used to specify a starting point in spatial movement):
- frt.
-
- eso-
-
- fam.
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- IAEA
-
- est.
-
- iana
-
- IATA
-
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- FEMA
-
noun,
Federal Emergency Management Agency: a federal agency that coordinates the response to disasters in the U.S.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Afar
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic Muslim people living in Eritrea, Djibouti, and northern Ethiopia.
- 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.
- amt.
-
- 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.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- 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.
- NIRA
-
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- afft
-
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- neo-
-
- 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.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- aet.
-
- Aire
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- neem
-
- Anas
-
- NEFS
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- Anam
-
noun,
Annam.
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- amas
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- AIME
-
- NTIA
-
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- not-
-
- Aman
-
noun,
Haman.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- 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.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- afr-
-
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- NOAA
-
- offs
-
noun,
the state or fact of being off.
- Offa
-
noun,
died 796, king of Mercia 757–96.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- nom.
-
- nos-
-
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- off.
-
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Nor.
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- 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.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- AAEE
-
- ARIS
-
- Arm.
-
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- MSIE
-
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- MSEE
-
- MSAE
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- art.
-
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- mRNA
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- AFAM
-
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Orff
-
noun,
Carl, 1895–1982, German composer, conductor, and music educator.
- Ont.
-
- 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.
- Nama
-
noun,
a member of a Khoikhoi people of Namaqualand, in SW Africa.
- ano-
-
- anoa
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- ANSI
-
- ant.
-
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- naif
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- aer-
-
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- 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.
- oafs
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- Aram
-
noun,
Biblical name of ancient Syria.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- Aras
-
noun,
Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- FAO
-
- STM
-
- AMA
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- AIA
-
- trf
-
- Af.
-
- Am.
-
- ETS
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- FAS
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- TSE
-
- ETR
-
- TSI
-
- ETO
-
- aff
-
preposition, adverb,
off.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- AFA
-
- Ar.
-
- an.
-
- AAF
-
- AFS
-
- AFT
-
adverb,
at, close to, or toward the stern or tail:
- AEF
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- AAM
-
- FAT
-
noun,
any of several white or yellowish greasy substances, forming the chief part of adipose tissue of animals and also occurring in plants, that when pure are colorless, odorless, and tasteless and are either solid or liquid esters of glycerol with fatty acids; fats are insoluble in water or cold alcohol but soluble in ether, chloroform, or benzene: used in the manufacture of soap, paints, and other protective coatings and in cooking.
- FAA
-
- Aar
-
- AFM
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- AAE
-
- Fan
-
noun,
any device for producing a current of air by the movement of a broad surface or a number of such surfaces.
- STI
-
- FAR
-
Idioms,
a far cry (from). cry (def 27).
- Tro
-
- ae.
-
- Fee
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- AEA
-
- fo.
-
- EOE
-
- tra
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- EAM
-
- 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.
- ean
-
- ARF
-
interjection,
(used to imitate the bark of a dog).
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EAA
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- aor
-
- AOA
-
- TMO
-
- EEO
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ARS
-
- ea.
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- TIA
-
- ASM
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- tfr
-
- ASN
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASR
-
- ast
-
- ASI
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- at.
-
- ATA
-
- ase
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- eo-
-
- EOM
-
- ef-
-
- eff
-
noun,
the word “fuck”; the f-word:
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- AME
-
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- EOF
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- ese
-
- 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.
- ESR
-
- tr.
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- eft
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- 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.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- ANF
-
- eir
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- 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.
- EIS
-
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- AMS
-
- EMF
-
- EMR
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- EMT
-
- en-
-
- ene
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- Fen
-
noun,
low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh.
- NSF
-
- MSI
-
- MSN
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- MST
-
- Mt.
-
- MTF
-
- MTI
-
- mtn
-
- MTO
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- MTS
-
- RIF
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- MSE
-
- NAA
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- RFI
-
- RFE
-
- RFA
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- MSF
-
- MSA
-
- nef
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- 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.
- RTF
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- fer
-
preposition, conjunction,
for.
- MNA
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- MNE
-
- MNS
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- MOI
-
- MOR
-
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MRA
-
- MRE
-
- MRI
-
- ROA
-
- RNA
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- So.
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- OIt
-
- Om.
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- OMS
-
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.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONF
-
- ONI
-
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- ose
-
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- OTS
-
- RAF
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- RMA
-
- Re.
-
- OIr
-
- oft
-
adverb,
often.
- NES
-
- NSA
-
- 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:
- NFS
-
- NIA
-
- 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.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NMI
-
- NMR
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- OFr
-
- OFM
-
- OSA
-
- OSF
-
- oaf
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- REA
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAS
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OEM
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- of-
-
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- RTS
-
- MIT
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- FIO
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ine
-
- FIT
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- sfm
-
- FIR
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- IOF
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- ior
-
- 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
-
- IMF
-
- Ir.
-
- IRO
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- ise
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- Sr.
-
- ISR
-
- in.
-
- IFF
-
- Fia
-
- io-
-
- FSR
-
- ft.
-
- fro
-
Idioms,
to and fro, alternating from one place to another; back and forth:
- SMA
-
- IFS
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Fra
-
noun,
a title of address for a friar or brother.
- SOF
-
- Fr.
-
abbreviation,
Father.
- FOT
-
- Ia.
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- FOS
-
- FON
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- FOE
-
noun,
a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another; enemy:
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ier
-
- fm.
-
- Ife
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- fie
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- FSA
-
- mi.
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- SAR
-
- MFA
-
- MFR
-
- MFS
-
- MFT
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- se-
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MIE
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- SAE
-
- SAA
-
- SRO
-
- FFI
-
- FFA
-
- FET
-
- 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.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- 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.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- St.
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Me.
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Mao
-
- Mo.
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- MAA
-
- ITA
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Sta
-
- ist
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- ite
-
- AO
-
- 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.
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- FA
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noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
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- 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.
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
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- AA
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noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- FI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
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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.
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- MA
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noun,
mother1 .
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
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- MN
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
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- EI
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- NI
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- f.
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noun,
(Paul) Felix (Edler von Münzberg) [poul fey-liks eyd-luh r fuh n mynts-berk] /paʊl ˈfeɪ lɪks ˈeɪd lər fən ˈmüntsˌbɛrk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1942, Austrian composer, conductor, and writer.
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- OA
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
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noun,
oy2 .
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
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- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- IF
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noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- NM
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- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
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- RF
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