Anagrams of functionalist
Word functionalist has
1286 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of functionalist.
- functionals
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noun,
Mathematics. a function that has a domain whose elements are functions, sets, or the like, and that assumes numerical values.
- insultation
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noun,
insult.
- inflations
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noun,
Economics. a persistent, substantial rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency (opposed to deflation).
- insulation
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noun,
material used for insulating.
- functional
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noun,
Mathematics. a function that has a domain whose elements are functions, sets, or the like, and that assumes numerical values.
- insouciant
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adjective,
free from concern, worry, or anxiety; carefree; nonchalant.
- consultant
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noun,
a person who gives professional or expert advice:
- factitious
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adjective,
not spontaneous or natural; artificial; contrived:
- nutations
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noun,
an act or instance of nodding one's head, especially involuntarily or spasmodically.
- Tocantins
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noun,
a river in E Brazil, flowing N to the Pará River. 1700 miles (2735 km) long.
- lunations
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noun,
the period of time from one new moon to the next (about 29½ days); a lunar month.
- inoculant
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noun,
inoculum.
- sinuation
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noun,
a winding; sinuosity.
- situation
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noun,
manner of being situated; location or position with reference to environment:
- continual
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adjective,
of regular or frequent recurrence; often repeated; very frequent:
- fictional
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adjective,
invented as part of a work of fiction:
- inactions
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noun,
absence of action; idleness.
- inflation
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noun,
Economics. a persistent, substantial rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency (opposed to deflation).
- incaution
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noun,
lack of caution; heedlessness; carelessness.
- faunistic
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adjective,
of or relating to the geographical distribution of animal life.
- inclusion
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noun,
the act of including.
- Clintonia
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noun,
any plant of the genus Clintonia, of the lily family, comprising stemless plants with a few broad, ribbed, basal leaves, and white, greenish-yellow, or rose-colored flowers on a short stalk.
- Toscanini
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noun,
Arturo [ahr-too r-oh;; Italian ahr-too-raw] /ɑrˈtʊər oʊ;; Italian ɑrˈtu rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1867–1957, Italian orchestra conductor, in the U.S. after 1928.
- Anticosti
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noun,
an island at the head of the Gulf of St. Lawrence in E Canada, in E Quebec province. 135 miles (217 km) long; 3043 sq. mi. (7880 sq. km).
- fication
-
- lutanist
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noun,
lutenist.
- lunation
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noun,
the period of time from one new moon to the next (about 29½ days); a lunar month.
- instinct
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noun,
an inborn pattern of activity or tendency to action common to a given biological species.
- Fittonia
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noun,
either of two plants, Fittonia gigantea or F. verschaffeltii, of the acanthus family, native to South America, having conspicuously veined leaves and often cultivated as a houseplant.
- flat-out
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adjective,
moving or working at top speed or with maximum effort; all-out:
- oscitant
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adjective,
yawning, as with drowsiness; gaping.
- Socinian
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noun,
a follower of Faustus and Laelius Socinus who rejected a number of traditional Christian doctrines, as the Trinity, the divinity of Christ, and original sin, and who held that Christ was miraculously begotten and that salvation will be granted to those who adopt Christ's virtues.
- inflicts
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verb (used with object),
to impose as something that must be borne or suffered:
- canonist
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noun,
a person who is a specialist in canon law.
- insulant
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noun,
an insulating material, as used in building trades.
- tactions
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noun,
touch; contact.
- tonalist
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noun,
a person who works with or uses tonality, especially one who uses traditional tonality rather than atonality in composing music.
- lunatics
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noun,
(no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) an insane person.
- Antonius
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noun,
Marcus, Antony, Mark.
- auctions
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noun,
Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
- osculant
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adjective,
united by certain common characteristics.
- infusion
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noun,
the act or process of infusing.
- finalist
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noun,
a person entitled to participate in the final or decisive contest in a series, as in musical or athletic competition.
- factious
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adjective,
given to faction; dissentious:
- Antinous
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noun,
the chief suitor of Penelope, killed by Odysseus upon his return from Troy.
- inaction
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noun,
absence of action; idleness.
- flautist
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noun,
flutist.
- sulfonic
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adjective,
sulfo.
- nutation
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noun,
an act or instance of nodding one's head, especially involuntarily or spasmodically.
- linocuts
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noun,
a cut made from a design cut into linoleum mounted on a block of wood.
- tuitions
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noun,
the charge or fee for instruction, as at a private school or a college or university:
- Latinist
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noun,
a specialist in Latin.
- Asuncion
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Paraguay, in the S part.
- Citation
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noun,
Military. mention of a soldier or a unit in orders, usually for gallantry:
- colistin
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noun,
a toxic antibiotic polypeptide, C 45 H 85 O 10 N 13 , produced by the bacterium Bacillus colistinus, used in sulfate form against a broad spectrum of microorganisms and in the treatment of severe gastroenteritis.
- tinnitus
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noun,
a ringing or similar sensation of sound in the ears.
- unctions
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noun,
an act of anointing, especially as a medical treatment or religious rite.
- folacins
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noun,
folic acid.
- function
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noun,
the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
- sanction
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noun,
authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- Unionist
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noun,
a person whose activities or beliefs are characterized by unionism.
- cautions
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noun,
alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness:
- Staunton
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noun,
a city in N Virginia.
- fontinas
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noun,
a type of Italian cheese, semisoft to firm, made of cow's or sheep's milk.
- tinfoils
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noun,
tin, or an alloy of tin and lead, in the form of a thin sheet, much used as a wrapping for drugs, foods, tobacco, etc.
- nitinols
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noun,
a paramagnetic alloy of nickel and titanium that, after heating and deformation, resumes its original shape when reheated.
- sinfonia
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noun,
a symphony.
- contains
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verb (used with object),
to hold or include within its volume or area:
- fountain
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noun,
a spring or source of water; the source or head of a stream.
- Constant
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noun,
something that does not or cannot change or vary.
- no-fault
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noun,
Also called no-fault insurance. a form of automobile insurance designed to enable the policyholder in case of an accident to collect a certain basic compensation promptly for economic loss from his or her own insurance company without determination of liability.
- Sainfoin
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noun,
a Eurasian plant, Onobrychis viciifolia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and clusters of pink flowers, used for forage.
- actinons
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noun,
a chemically inert, gaseous, short-lived isotope of radon that is a member of the actinium series. Symbol: An; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 219.
- Alcinous
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noun,
king of the Phaeacians and father of Nausicaä and Laodamas.
- titanous
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adjective,
containing trivalent titanium.
- inulins
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noun,
a polysaccharide, (C 6 H 10 O 5) n , obtained from the roots of certain plants, especially elecampane, dahlia, and Jerusalem artichoke, that undergoes hydrolysis to the dextrorotatory form of fructose: used chiefly as an ingredient in diabetic bread, in processed foods to increase their fiber content, and as a reagent in diagnosing kidney function.
- auction
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noun,
Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
- Clifton
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noun,
a city in NE New Jersey.
- italics
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noun,
Often, italics. italic type.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- Clinton
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noun,
De Witt [duh wit] /də ˈwɪt/ (Show IPA), 1769–1828, U.S. political leader and statesman: governor of New York 1817–21, 1825–28 (son of James Clinton).
- conatus
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noun,
an effort or striving.
- tinfoil
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noun,
tin, or an alloy of tin and lead, in the form of a thin sheet, much used as a wrapping for drugs, foods, tobacco, etc.
- atonics
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noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- falcons
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noun,
any of several birds of prey of the family Falconidae, especially of the genus Falco, usually distinguished by long, pointed wings, a hooked beak with a toothlike notch on each side of the upper bill, and swift, agile flight, typically diving to seize prey: some falcon species are close to extinction.
- tincals
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noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- colitis
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noun,
inflammation of the colon.
- fanions
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noun,
a small flag, originally carried by military brigades, used by soldiers and surveyors as a positional marker.
- taction
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noun,
touch; contact.
- cofinal
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adjective,
of or relating to a subset of a set with a partial order relation, as “greater than” or “equal to,” in which corresponding to each element in the set is an element in the subset that is in relation to the given element.
- oilcans
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noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- silicon
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noun,
a nonmetallic element, having amorphous and crystalline forms, occurring in a combined state in minerals and rocks and constituting more than one fourth of the earth's crust: used in steelmaking, alloys, etc. Symbol: Si; atomic weight: 28.086; atomic number: 14; specific gravity: 2.4 at 20°C.
- Taunton
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noun,
a city in SE Massachusetts.
- Titanic
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noun,
a British luxury liner that sank after colliding with an iceberg in the North Atlantic on its maiden voyage in April, 1912, with a loss of 1517 lives.
- consult
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noun,
a consultation.
- outsail
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verb (used with object),
to outdo in sailing; sail farther, more skillfully, or faster than.
- insulin
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noun,
Biochemistry. a polypeptide hormone, produced by the beta cells of the islets of Langerhans of the pancreas, that regulates the metabolism of glucose and other nutrients.
- latinos
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noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- toucans
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noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, fruit-eating birds of the family Ramphastidae, of tropical America, having a very large bill.
- canfuls
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noun,
the amount that a can will hold.
- talions
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noun,
lex talionis.
- cations
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noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- Latinus
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noun,
the father of Lavinia and king of Latium at the time of the arrival of Aeneas.
- salicin
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noun,
a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble glucoside, C 13 H 18 O 7 , obtained from the bark of the American aspen: used in medicine chiefly as an antipyretic and analgesic.
- caution
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noun,
alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness:
- instant
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noun,
an infinitesimal or very short space of time; a moment:
- Caitlin
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noun,
a female given name, Irish form of Cathleen, Kathleen.
- contain
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verb (used with object),
to hold or include within its volume or area:
- titians
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noun,
(Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.
- outlast
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verb (used with object),
to endure or last longer than:
- liaison
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noun,
the contact or connection maintained by communications between units of the armed forces or of any other organization in order to ensure concerted action, cooperation, etc.
- outcast
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noun,
a person who is rejected or cast out, as from home or society:
- Costain
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noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- outacts
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verb (used with object),
to outdo in acting.
- autoist
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noun,
motorist.
- faction
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noun,
a group or clique within a larger group, party, government, organization, or the like:
- Latinic
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adjective,
of or relating to the Latin language or the ancient Latin-speaking peoples.
- intuits
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verb (used with or without object),
to know or receive by intuition.
- linocut
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noun,
a cut made from a design cut into linoleum mounted on a block of wood.
- cannoli
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plural noun,
tubular pastry shells stuffed with a sweetened filling of whipped ricotta and often containing nuts, citron, or bits of chocolate.
- isation
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- tactful
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adjective,
having or manifesting tact:
- fustian
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noun,
a stout fabric of cotton and flax.
- flutist
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noun,
a flute player.
- unction
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noun,
an act of anointing, especially as a medical treatment or religious rite.
- Funston
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noun,
Frederick, 1865–1917, U.S. general.
- uncoils
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verb (used with or without object),
to unwind from a coiled position.
- Stilton
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- inflict
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verb (used with object),
to impose as something that must be borne or suffered:
- flaunts
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noun,
the act of flaunting.
- station
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noun,
a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- nonsuit
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noun,
a judgment given against a plaintiff who neglects to prosecute, or who fails to show a legal cause of action or to bring sufficient evidence.
- stoical
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adjective,
impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics:
- flacons
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noun,
a small bottle or flask with a stopper, especially one used for perfume.
- Sno-Cat
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- fistula
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noun,
Pathology. a narrow passage or duct formed by disease or injury, as one leading from an abscess to a free surface, or from one cavity to another.
- altoist
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noun,
a performer on the alto saxophone.
- AFL-CIO
-
- Stanton
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noun,
Edwin McMasters [muh k-mas-terz,, -mah-sterz] /məkˈmæs tərz,, -ˈmɑ stərz/ (Show IPA), 1814–69, U.S. statesman: Secretary of War 1862–67.
- suction
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noun,
the act, process, or condition of sucking.
- acinous
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adjective,
consisting of acini.
- Nilotic
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noun,
a group of languages belonging to the Eastern Sudanic branch of Nilo-Saharan, and including Dinka, Luo, Masai, and Nandi.
- Nicosia
-
noun,
a city on and the capital of Cyprus, in the central part.
- Nicolai
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noun,
(Carl) Otto (Ehrenfried) [kahrl awt-oh ey-ruh n-freet] /kɑrl ˈɔt oʊ ˈeɪ rənˌfrit/ (Show IPA), 1810–49, German composer.
- Fontina
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noun,
a type of Italian cheese, semisoft to firm, made of cow's or sheep's milk.
- niacins
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noun,
nicotinic acid.
- nitinol
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noun,
a paramagnetic alloy of nickel and titanium that, after heating and deformation, resumes its original shape when reheated.
- Stalino
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noun,
a former name of Donetsk.
- stannic
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adjective,
of or containing tin, especially in the tetravalent state.
- unnails
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verb (used with object),
to take out the nails from.
- folacin
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noun,
folic acid.
- solicit
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verb (used with object),
to seek for (something) by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, formal application, etc.:
- actino-
-
- actinon
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noun,
a chemically inert, gaseous, short-lived isotope of radon that is a member of the actinium series. Symbol: An; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 219.
- Fulanis
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noun,
Also, Fulah. a member of a pastoral and nomadic people of mixed African and Mediterranean ancestry, scattered through W Africa from Senegal to Cameroon.
- lunatic
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noun,
(no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) an insane person.
- uncials
-
noun,
an uncial letter.
- Ictinus
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noun,
flourished mid-5th century b.c, Greek architect, a designer of the Parthenon.
- oculist
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noun,
ophthalmologist.
- tuition
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noun,
the charge or fee for instruction, as at a private school or a college or university:
- octants
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noun,
the eighth part of a circle.
- fiction
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noun,
the class of literature comprising works of imaginative narration, especially in prose form.
- Tacitus
-
noun,
Publius Cornelius [puhb-lee-uh s] /ˈpʌb li əs/ (Show IPA), a.d. c55–c120, Roman historian.
- finials
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noun,
Architecture. a relatively small, ornamental, terminal feature at the top of a gable, pinnacle, etc.
- finical
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adjective,
finicky.
- nuncios
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noun,
a diplomatic representative of the pope at a foreign court or capital: equal in status to an ambassador.
- Tunisia
-
noun,
a republic in N Africa, on the Mediterranean: a French protectorate until 1956. 48,330 sq. mi. (125,175 sq. km). Capital: Tunis.
- anoints
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verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- sol-fa
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noun,
Music. the set of syllables, do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, and ti, sung to the respective tones of the scale. All but do and ti are attributed to Guido d'Arezzo.
- intuit
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verb (used with or without object),
to know or receive by intuition.
- sit-in
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noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- inulin
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noun,
a polysaccharide, (C 6 H 10 O 5) n , obtained from the roots of certain plants, especially elecampane, dahlia, and Jerusalem artichoke, that undergoes hydrolysis to the dextrorotatory form of fructose: used chiefly as an ingredient in diabetic bread, in processed foods to increase their fiber content, and as a reagent in diagnosing kidney function.
- incult
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adjective,
wild; rude; unrefined.
- consul
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noun,
an official appointed by the government of one country to look after its commercial interests and the welfare of its citizens in another country.
- Fulani
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noun,
Also, Fulah. a member of a pastoral and nomadic people of mixed African and Mediterranean ancestry, scattered through W Africa from Senegal to Cameroon.
- Falcon
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noun,
any of several birds of prey of the family Falconidae, especially of the genus Falco, usually distinguished by long, pointed wings, a hooked beak with a toothlike notch on each side of the upper bill, and swift, agile flight, typically diving to seize prey: some falcon species are close to extinction.
- Sutton
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noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- Fulton
-
noun,
Robert, 1765–1815, U.S. engineer and inventor: builder of the first profitable steamboat.
- faints
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noun,
the impure spirit produced in the first and last stages of the distillation of whiskey.
- static
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noun,
Electricity.
static or atmospheric electricity.
interference due to such electricity.
- Tatius
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noun,
a Sabine king who, following the rape of the Sabine women, attacked Rome and eventually ruled with Romulus.
- contin
-
- infula
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noun,
one of the two embroidered lappets of the miter of a bishop.
- Stalin
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noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- confit
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noun,
duck or goose cooked in its own fat and preserved.
- infin.
-
- Ticino
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noun,
a canton in S Switzerland. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Bellinzona.
- isatin
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noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- ticals
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noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- coitus
-
noun,
sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- tauto-
-
- silica
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noun,
the dioxide form of silicon, SiO 2 , occurring especially as quartz sand, flint, and agate: used usually in the form of its prepared white powder chiefly in the manufacture of glass, water glass, ceramics, and abrasives.
- ionics
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noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- colins
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- taunts
-
noun,
an insulting gibe or sarcasm; scornful reproach or challenge.
- sonant
-
noun,
a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant).
- Siouan
-
noun,
an American Indian language family formerly widespread from Saskatchewan to the lower Mississippi, also found in the Virginia and Carolina piedmont, and including Catawba, Crow, Dakota, Hidatsa, Mandan, Osage, and Winnebago.
- fanons
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noun,
a maniple.
- Ionian
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noun,
a member of one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks who invaded the Greek mainland and, after the Dorian invasions, emigrated to the Aegean islands and the coast of Asia Minor.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Aeolian2 (def 2), Dorian1 (def 2).
- Conant
-
noun,
James Bryant, 1893–1978, U.S. chemist and educator: president of Harvard University 1933–53.
- fontal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or coming from a fountain or spring.
- infant
-
noun,
a child during the earliest period of its life, especially before he or she can walk; baby.
- faults
-
noun,
a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing:
- fiasco
-
noun,
a complete and ignominious failure.
- fanion
-
noun,
a small flag, originally carried by military brigades, used by soldiers and surveyors as a positional marker.
- suntan
-
noun,
a browning or a brown color of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or a sunlamp; tan.
- sunlit
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adjective,
lighted by the sun.
- tactus
-
noun,
the basic metrical unit in medieval music.
- social
-
noun,
a social gathering or party, especially of or as given by an organized group:
- futons
-
noun,
a thin mattress, usually filled with layers of cotton batting and encased in cotton fabric, placed on a floor for sleeping, especially in traditional Japanese interiors, and folded and stored during the day.
- inlaut
-
noun,
medial position in a word, especially as a conditioning environment in sound change.
- talons
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noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- fincas
-
noun,
a ranch or large farm in a Spanish-speaking country, especially a plantation in tropical Spanish America.
- Innuit
-
noun,
Inuit.
- insula
-
noun,
a group of convolutions situated at the base of the lateral fissure of the brain.
- flacon
-
noun,
a small bottle or flask with a stopper, especially one used for perfume.
- talion
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- Culion
-
noun,
an island of the Philippines, in the W part of the group, N of Palawan. 150 sq. mi. (389 sq. km).
- flaunt
-
noun,
the act of flaunting.
- instil
-
verb (used with object),
instill.
- fistic
-
adjective,
of boxing; pugilistic:
- fiscal
-
noun,
(in some countries) a prosecuting attorney.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- Finnic
-
noun,
a subdivision of the Finno-Ugric branch of the Uralic language family that includes Finnish, Estonian, Lapp, Mordvin, Udmurt, Mari, and Komi.
- taints
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- insoul
-
verb (used with object),
ensoul.
- flatus
-
noun,
intestinal gas produced by bacterial action on waste matter in the intestines and composed primarily of hydrogen sulfide and varying amounts of methane.
- finals
-
noun,
that which is last; that which forms an end or termination.
- costal
-
adjective,
Anatomy. pertaining to the ribs or the upper sides of the body:
- floats
-
noun,
something that floats, as a raft.
- flouts
-
noun,
a disdainful, scornful, or contemptuous remark or act; insult; gibe.
- cut-in
-
noun,
Movies. a still, as of a scene or an object, inserted in a film and interrupting the action or continuity:
- sultan
-
noun,
the sovereign of an Islamic country.
- sinful
-
adjective,
characterized by, guilty of, or full of sin; wicked:
- intact
-
adjective,
not altered, broken, or impaired; remaining uninjured, sound, or whole; untouched; unblemished:
- cottas
-
noun,
a surplice.
- cotula
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a measure.
- coulis
-
noun,
a sauce made with puréed vegetables or fruit and used as a base or garnish.
- fusain
-
noun,
a fine charcoal used in drawing, made from the wood of the spindle tree.
- fustic
-
noun,
the wood of a large, tropical American tree, Chlorophora tinctoria, of the mulberry family, yielding a light-yellow dye.
- counts
-
noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- Cousin
-
noun,
Also called first cousin, full cousin. the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt.
See also second cousin, removed (def 2).
- coutil
-
noun,
a sturdy fabric constructed of a compactly woven herringbone twill.
- insult
-
noun,
an insolent or contemptuously rude action or remark; affront.
- tannic
-
adjective,
Chemistry. of, relating to, or derived from tan or tannin.
- fusion
-
noun,
the act or process of fusing; the state of being fused.
- tanist
-
noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- flints
-
noun,
a hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony but more opaque, less pure, and less lustrous.
- situla
-
noun,
a deep urn, vase, or bucket-shaped vessel, especially one made in the ancient world.
- finial
-
noun,
Architecture. a relatively small, ornamental, terminal feature at the top of a gable, pinnacle, etc.
- clints
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- coatis
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- toucan
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, fruit-eating birds of the family Ramphastidae, of tropical America, having a very large bill.
- Lucian
-
noun,
a.d. 117–c180, Greek rhetorician and satirist.
- Tunica
-
noun,
a tunic.
- nuncio
-
noun,
a diplomatic representative of the pope at a foreign court or capital: equal in status to an ambassador.
- aniso-
-
- nutant
-
adjective,
drooping; nodding.
- annuls
-
verb (used with object),
(especially of laws or other established rules, usages, etc.) to make void or null; abolish; cancel; invalidate:
- anoint
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- Antons
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- Tuinal
-
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- octant
-
noun,
the eighth part of a circle.
- locust
-
noun,
Also called acridid, short-horned grasshopper. any of several grasshoppers of the family Acrididae, having short antennae and commonly migrating in swarms that strip the vegetation from large areas.
- oilcan
-
noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- totals
-
noun,
the total amount; sum; aggregate:
- Tuscan
-
noun,
the standard literary form of the Italian language.
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- Linton
-
noun,
Ralph, 1893–1953, U.S. anthropologist.
- Attius
-
noun,
Lucius, Accius, Lucius.
- tonsil
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- linacs
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- Austin
-
noun,
Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
- otitis
-
noun,
inflammation of the ear.
- outact
-
verb (used with object),
to outdo in acting.
- toluic
-
adjective,
of or derived from toluic acid.
- Toluca
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Mexico state, in S central Mexico.
- tolans
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- outfit
-
noun,
an assemblage of articles that equip a person for a particular task, role, trade, etc.:
- outsat
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of outsit.
- Lucias
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- Tustin
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- Calif.
-
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- Uticas
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- Nicias
-
noun,
died 413 b.c, Athenian statesman and general.
- niacin
-
noun,
nicotinic acid.
- acinus
-
noun,
Botany. one of the small drupelets or berries of an aggregate, baccate fruit, as the blackberry.
- acious
-
- nitons
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- unnail
-
verb (used with object),
to take out the nails from.
- actin-
-
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- nation
-
noun,
a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own:
- unison
-
noun,
coincidence in pitch of two or more musical tones, voices, etc.
- unific
-
adjective,
unifying; uniting:
- nocti-
-
- Alston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- unfits
-
adjective,
not fit; not adapted or suited; unsuitable:
- unfact
-
noun,
a fabrication that is disseminated as fact.
- nasion
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- uncoil
-
verb (used with or without object),
to unwind from a coiled position.
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- aiolis
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- uncial
-
noun,
an uncial letter.
- Alcott
-
noun,
(Amos) Bronson [bron-suh n] /ˈbrɒn sən/ (Show IPA), 1799–1888, U.S. educator and philosopher.
- Alcuin
-
noun,
(Ealhwine Flaccus) a.d. 735–804, English theologian and scholar: teacher and adviser of Charlemagne.
- nonfat
-
adjective,
without fat or fat solids; having the fat solids removed, as skim milk:
- Alison
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- Alnico
-
noun,
a permanent-magnet alloy having aluminum, nickel, and cobalt as its principal ingredients.
- lutist
-
noun,
a lute player; lutenist.
- aloins
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- outsit
-
verb (used with object),
to sit longer than; outwait:
- Tucson
-
noun,
a city in S Arizona: health resort.
- califs
-
noun,
caliph.
- clino-
-
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- Catlin
-
noun,
George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.
- clifts
-
noun,
cliff.
- Catton
-
noun,
(Charles) Bruce, 1899–1978, U.S. journalist and historian.
- clouts
-
noun,
a blow, especially with the hand; cuff:
- tincal
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- Tifton
-
noun,
a town in central Georgia.
- Italic
-
noun,
Often, italics. italic type.
- tinct.
-
- Titian
-
noun,
(Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.
- titans
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus.
Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia.
any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- clonus
-
noun,
a rapid succession of flexions and extensions of a group of muscles, usually signifying an affection of the brain or spinal cord.
- lacto-
-
- latins
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- Tilsit
-
noun,
former name of Sovetsk.
- Caslon
-
noun,
William, 1692–1766, English type founder and designer.
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- canful
-
noun,
the amount that a can will hold.
- Scotti
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1936, Italian baritone.
- cannot
-
verb,
a form of ·can not.
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- Canton
-
noun,
a small territorial district, especially one of the states of the Swiss confederation.
- scato-
-
- Tiflis
-
noun,
former name of Tbilisi.
- tincts
-
noun,
tint; tinge; coloring.
- sci-fi
-
noun,
science fiction.
- itious
-
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- cantus
-
noun,
cantus firmus.
- SNAFU
-
noun,
a badly confused or ridiculously muddled situation:
Synonyms: snarl, bedlam, tumult, disarray, disorder, confusion, mess; foul-up.
Antonyms: order, efficiency, calm.
- naifs
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- fouls
-
noun,
foot rot.
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- Notus
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
- nona-
-
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- snout
-
noun,
the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- futon
-
noun,
a thin mattress, usually filled with layers of cotton batting and encased in cotton fabric, placed on a floor for sleeping, especially in traditional Japanese interiors, and folded and stored during the day.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- softa
-
noun,
a Turkish Muslim theological student.
- lunts
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- non-U
-
adjective,
not characteristic of or appropriate to the upper class, especially of Great Britain:
- Luton
-
noun,
a city in Bedfordshire, S central England, NW of London.
- ition
-
- 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.
- naso-
-
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- natl.
-
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- Isiac
-
adjective,
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
- FSLIC
-
- Scott
-
noun,
Barbara Ann, 1928–2012, Canadian figure skater.
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- scuta
-
noun,
plural of scutum.
- naut.
-
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Fulas
-
noun,
Fulani.
- Nitti
-
noun,
Francesco Saverio [frahn-ches-kaw sah-ve-ryaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ sɑˈvɛ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1868–1953, Italian lawyer, statesman, and economist.
- istic
-
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Scot.
-
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- noct-
-
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- Ital.
-
- icons
-
- Ionic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- Fusan
-
noun,
Pusan.
- fusil
-
noun,
a light flintlock musket.
- nano-
-
- ician
-
- ilio-
-
- scatt
-
noun,
scat5 .
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- locus
-
noun,
a place; locality.
- ocul-
-
- Scout
-
noun,
a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- loafs
-
verb (used with object),
to pass idly (usually followed by away):
- Laius
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the husband of Jocasta and father of Oedipus: unwittingly killed by Oedipus.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- infos
-
noun,
information.
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- Linus
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 76? pope 67?–76?.
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- sanit
-
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- inion
-
noun,
a point at the external occipital protuberance of the skull.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- linns
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- init.
-
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- lifts
-
noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- Inonu
-
noun,
Ismet [is-met] /ɪsˈmɛt/ (Show IPA), (Ismet Paşa) 1884–1973, president of Turkey 1938–50; prime minister 1923–24, 1925–37, 1961–65.
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- insol
-
- licit
-
adjective,
legal; lawful; legitimate; permissible.
- inst.
-
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- incus
-
noun,
Anatomy. the middle one of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals.
Compare malleus, stapes.
- lunas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- ictus
-
noun,
Prosody. rhythmical or metrical stress.
- sluit
-
noun,
(in South Africa) a deep, dry gulch or channel formed by erosion due to heavy rains.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- Iliac
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or situated near the ilium.
- Inuit
-
noun,
a member of the Eskimo peoples inhabiting northernmost North America from northern Alaska to eastern Canada and Greenland.
- Lucia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- Ilion
-
noun,
Greek name of ancient Troy.
- scat-
-
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- Lucas
-
noun,
George, born 1944, U.S. film director.
- Lucan
-
noun,
(Marcus Annaeus Lucanus) a.d. 39–65, Roman poet, born in Spain.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- nuci-
-
- Sault
-
noun,
a waterfall or rapid.
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- 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.
- louts
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- sito-
-
- lact-
-
- Louis
-
noun,
louis d'or.
- Lotus
-
noun,
a plant believed to be a jujube or elm, referred to in Greek legend as yielding a fruit that induced a state of dreamy and contented forgetfulness in those who ate it.
- Lotta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Charlotte.
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- lotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- incl.
-
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- octa-
-
- octal
-
noun,
octonary (def 6).
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- Fount
-
noun,
a spring of water; fountain.
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- Caius
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 296, pope 283–296.
- cauls
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- Titos
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- Titus
-
noun,
a disciple and companion of the apostle Paul, to whom Paul is supposed to have addressed an Epistle.
- toast
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Cant.
-
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- Canon
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical rule or law enacted by a council or other competent authority and, in the Roman Catholic Church, approved by the pope.
- tofts
-
noun,
the site of a house and outbuildings.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- titis
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- auto.
-
- tonia
-
- Aust.
-
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- aulos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek wind instrument, a double pipe played with a double reed.
- Aulis
-
noun,
a port in ancient Boeotia, in E central Greece: the Greek fleet set out from here for Troy during the Trojan War.
- aulic
-
adjective,
of or relating to a royal court.
- caus.
-
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- tonus
-
noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- Conan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- taunt
-
noun,
an insulting gibe or sarcasm; scornful reproach or challenge.
- Colin
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- colat
-
- Colas
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- coifs
-
noun,
a hood-shaped cap, usually of white cloth and with extended sides, worn beneath a veil, as by nuns.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- coals
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- cilia
-
plural noun,
Biology. minute hairlike organelles, identical in structure to flagella, that line the surfaces of certain cells and beat in rhythmic waves, providing locomotion to ciliate protozoans and moving liquids along internal epithelial tissue in animals.
- tilts
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- clout
-
noun,
a blow, especially with the hand; cuff:
- clots
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- Clift
-
noun,
cliff.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- clast
-
noun,
a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
- clans
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- tious
-
- atto-
-
- Attic
-
noun,
the part of a building, especially of a house, directly under a roof; garret.
- Conn.
-
- UNCIO
-
- alto-
-
- alti-
-
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- aloft
-
adverb,
high up; far above the ground.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- ulans
-
noun,
uhlan.
- alifs
-
noun,
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ulnas
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- Alcon
-
noun,
a noted archer who helped Hercules abduct the cattle of Geryon.
- uncia
-
noun,
a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the 12th part of an as.
- aioli
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- Altus
-
noun,
a city in SW Oklahoma.
- uncos
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- unfit
-
adjective,
not fit; not adapted or suited; unsuitable:
- afoul
-
Idioms,
run / come / fall afoul of,
to become entangled with:
to come into conflict with:
- Union
-
noun,
the act of uniting two or more things.
- actos
-
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- Unit.
-
- until
-
conjunction,
up to the time that or when; till:
- USLTA
-
- Utica
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- 30-30
-
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- Ancon
-
noun,
the elbow.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- ation
-
- atilt
-
adjective, adverb,
with a tilt or inclination; tilted:
- total
-
noun,
the total amount; sum; aggregate:
- toti-
-
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- touts
-
noun,
a person who solicits business, employment, support, or the like, importunately.
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- asco-
-
- ASCII
-
noun,
a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
- tufas
-
noun,
Also called calcareous tufa, calc-tufa, calc-tuff. a porous limestone formed from calcium carbonate deposited by springs or the like.
Compare travertine.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- TUNIS
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- anti-
-
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Tulsa
-
noun,
a city in NE Oklahoma: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- anon.
-
- annul
-
verb (used with object),
(especially of laws or other established rules, usages, etc.) to make void or null; abolish; cancel; invalidate:
- annot
-
- Tunas
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- anis-
-
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- tunic
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a coat worn as part of a military or other uniform.
- conf.
-
- Ninus
-
noun,
the legendary husband of Semiramis and founder of Nineveh.
- conns
-
noun,
responsibility for the steering of a ship.
- Ficus
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical trees, shrubs, and vines belonging to the genus Ficus, of the mulberry family, having milky sap and large, thick or stiff leaves, including the edible fig, the banyan, and many species grown as ornamentals.
- finos
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- finns
-
noun,
Irish Legend. a leader of the Fenian warriors and the father of Ossian: the subject of many legends.
- suint
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- finis
-
noun,
end; conclusion.
- Cons.
-
- finca
-
noun,
a ranch or large farm in a Spanish-speaking country, especially a plantation in tropical Spanish America.
- final
-
noun,
that which is last; that which forms an end or termination.
- sulf-
-
- sulfa
-
noun,
sulfa drug.
- sulfo
-
adjective,
containing the sulfo group; sulfonic.
- filos
-
- Sunna
-
noun,
the traditional portion of Muslim law, based on the words and acts of Muhammad, and preserved in the traditional literature.
- Fionn
-
noun,
Finn.
- fiats
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- Sunni
-
noun,
Also called Sunnite. a member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam, regarding the first four caliphs as legitimate successors of Muhammad and stressing the importance of Sunna as a basis for law.
Compare Shiʿite.
- tacit
-
adjective,
understood without being openly expressed; implied:
- Faust
-
noun,
Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), c1480–c1538, German magician, alchemist, and astrologer.
- fauns
-
noun,
one of a class of rural deities represented as men with the ears, horns, tail, and later also the hind legs of a goat.
- fault
-
noun,
a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing:
- fatso
-
noun,
a fat person (used as a term of address).
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- 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.
- fanon
-
noun,
a maniple.
- Fiona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- stunt
-
noun,
a stop or hindrance in growth or development.
- tacts
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- stilt
-
noun,
one of two poles, each with a support for the foot at some distance above the bottom end, enabling the wearer to walk with his or her feet above the ground.
- Soult
-
noun,
Nicolas Jean de Dieu [nee-kaw-lah zhahn duh dyœ] /ni kɔˈlɑ ʒɑ̃ də dyœ/ (Show IPA), (Duke of Dalmatia) 1769–1851, French marshal.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- folic
-
adjective,
of or derived from folic acid.
- folia
-
noun,
plural of folium.
- Foist
-
verb (used with object),
to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably (usually followed by on or upon):
- foins
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- foils
-
noun,
Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
- stat.
-
- focus
-
noun,
a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity:
- focal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a focus.
- foals
-
noun,
a young horse, mule, or related animal, especially one that is not yet one year of age.
- flout
-
noun,
a disdainful, scornful, or contemptuous remark or act; insult; gibe.
- Stout
-
noun,
a dark, sweet brew made of roasted malt and having a higher percentage of hops than porter.
- flocs
-
noun,
Also, flock. a tuftlike mass, as in a chemical precipitate.
- float
-
noun,
something that floats, as a raft.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- flits
-
noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- Flint
-
noun,
a hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony but more opaque, less pure, and less lustrous.
- flics
-
noun,
a police officer; cop.
- Stoat
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- flats
-
noun,
something flat.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- flans
-
noun,
Spanish Cookery. a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- faint
-
noun,
a temporary loss of consciousness resulting from a decreased flow of blood to the brain; a swoon:
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- talcs
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- cutin
-
noun,
a transparent, waxy substance constituting, together with cellulose, the cuticle of plants.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- tanto
-
adverb,
(of a musical direction) too much; so much.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- cotta
-
noun,
a surplice.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- cutis
-
noun,
the true skin, consisting of the dermis and the epidermis.
- cunts
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- CONUS
-
noun,
the most anterior part of the simple tubular heart of lower vertebrates and embryos of higher vertebrates, leading into the artery that leaves the heart; in mammals it forms a part of the upper wall of the right ventricle, in which the pulmonary artery originates.
- Count
-
noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Sino-
-
- Cunas
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- talus
-
noun,
the uppermost bone of the proximal row of bones of the tarsus; anklebone.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- cont.
-
- fails
-
noun,
Slang.
an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance:
the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way:
a person who fails in this way.
- Const
-
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- USTC
-
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- noun
-
noun,
any member of a class of words that can function as the main or only elements of subjects of verbs (A dog just barked), or of objects of verbs or prepositions (to send money from home), and that in English can take plural forms and possessive endings (Three of his buddies want to borrow John's laptop). Nouns are often described as referring to persons, places, things, states, or qualities, and the word noun is itself often used as an attributive modifier, as in noun compound; noun group.
See also noun adjunct, noun clause, noun phrase.
Synonyms: substantive, name.
- ufos
-
noun,
any unexplained moving object observed in the sky, especially one assumed by some observers to be of extraterrestrial origin.
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- tuts
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tut.”.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Sol.
-
- USNA
-
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- NTIA
-
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- Ulan
-
noun,
uhlan.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- soft
-
noun,
something that is soft or yielding; the soft part.
- Soul
-
noun,
the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.
- nunc
-
adverb,
now.
- sofa
-
noun,
a long, upholstered couch with a back and two arms or raised ends.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- tuna
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- scut
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- soln
-
- sift
-
verb (used with object),
to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- uni-
-
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- unco
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- ulto
-
- non-
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- ulna
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- tilt
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- USAF
-
noun,
the permanent or regular military air force of the United States, established in 1947 as a separate service under the authority of the Department of Defense: a branch of the U.S. Army before 1947. Abbreviation: USAF.
- cunt
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- USCA
-
- nos-
-
- not-
-
- USIA
-
- Soni
-
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- oafs
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- sunn
-
noun,
a tall East Indian shrub, Crotalaria juncea, of the legume family, having slender branches and yellow flowers, and an inner bark that yields a hemplike fiber used for making ropes, sacking, etc.
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- out-
-
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- 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.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Sat.
-
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- tofu
-
noun,
a soft, bland, white cheeselike food, high in protein content, made from curdled soybean milk: used in Asian and vegetarian cookery.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- Safi
-
noun,
a seaport in W central Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean coast.
- Tit.
-
- Toft
-
noun,
the site of a house and outbuildings.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- tact
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- titi
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Taif
-
noun,
a city in W Saudi Arabia.
- Taft
-
noun,
Helen Herron [her-uh n] /ˈhɛr ən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1943, U.S. First Lady 1909–13 (wife of William Howard Taft).
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- tonn
-
- tion
-
- Tula
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- Oct.
-
- slut
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- tuft
-
noun,
a bunch or cluster of small, usually soft and flexible parts, as feathers or hairs, attached or fixed closely together at the base and loose at the upper ends.
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- tufa
-
noun,
Also called calcareous tufa, calc-tufa, calc-tuff. a porous limestone formed from calcium carbonate deposited by springs or the like.
Compare travertine.
- Sufi
-
noun,
a member of an ascetic, mystical Muslim sect.
- scil
-
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- Ont.
-
- sci.
-
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- SLIC
-
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- tout
-
noun,
a person who solicits business, employment, support, or the like, importunately.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- Toul
-
noun,
a fortress town in NE France, on the Moselle: siege 1870. 16,832.
- Saul
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- 1080
-
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- infl
-
- 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 = .
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- cat.
-
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- 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.
- intl
-
- int.
-
- ins.
-
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- Catt
-
noun,
Carrie Chapman Lane, 1859–1947, U.S. leader in women's suffrage movements.
- info
-
noun,
information.
- caul
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- Inf.
-
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Inc.
-
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- Ifni
-
noun,
a former Spanish enclave on the W coast of Morocco, ceded to Morocco 1969.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- ICAO
-
- cis-
-
- ical
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- cit.
-
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- ious
-
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- attn
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- att.
-
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- Lani
-
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- atic
-
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- 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.
- Attu
-
noun,
the westernmost of the Aleutian Islands: Japanese occupation 1942–43.
- CanF
-
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- Aus.
-
- aut-
-
- itol
-
- itis
-
- iso-
-
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- Cal.
-
- calf
-
noun,
the young of the domestic cow or other bovine animal.
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- Can.
-
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- fict
-
- Flan
-
noun,
Spanish Cookery. a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.
- Fla.
-
- FITS
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- fist
-
noun,
the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
- fisc
-
noun,
a royal or state treasury; exchequer.
- Fino
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- Finn
-
noun,
Irish Legend. a leader of the Fenian warriors and the father of Ossian: the subject of many legends.
- Fini
-
adjective,
finished; done.
- Fin.
-
- filt
-
- fils
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, the 100th part of a dinar.
- fico
-
noun,
fig1 (def 4).
- flic
-
noun,
a police officer; cop.
- FICA
-
- fiat
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- cts.
-
- cult
-
noun,
a particular system of religious worship, especially with reference to its rites and ceremonies.
- Faun
-
noun,
one of a class of rural deities represented as men with the ears, horns, tail, and later also the hind legs of a goat.
- fats
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) cattle fattened and ready for market.
- Cuna
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- FAST
-
noun,
a fastening for a door, window, or the like.
- Fano
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea: cathedral; Roman ruins.
- fain
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- fail
-
noun,
Slang.
an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance:
the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way:
a person who fails in this way.
- fact
-
noun,
something that actually exists; reality; truth:
- FACS
-
- flat
-
noun,
something flat.
- flit
-
noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- Col.
-
- clou
-
noun,
a major point of interest or attention.
- fut.
-
- funs
-
noun,
something that provides mirth or amusement:
- Fuls
-
noun,
Fulani.
- Fula
-
noun,
Fulani.
- Cnut
-
noun,
Canute.
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- coif
-
noun,
a hood-shaped cap, usually of white cloth and with extended sides, worn beneath a veil, as by nuns.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- foul
-
noun,
something that is foul.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- Con.
-
- font
-
noun,
a receptacle, usually of stone, as in a baptistery or church, containing the water used in baptism.
- Fons
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- fol.
-
- foin
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- foil
-
noun,
Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
- FOIA
-
- foci
-
noun,
a plural of focus.
- foal
-
noun,
a young horse, mule, or related animal, especially one that is not yet one year of age.
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- floc
-
noun,
Also, flock. a tuftlike mass, as in a chemical precipitate.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- Lat.
-
- fac.
-
- AISI
-
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- ACLU
-
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- Nafl
-
noun,
a prayer, charitable act, etc., that goes beyond the requirements of one's religion.
- alt.
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- loaf
-
noun,
a portion of bread or cake baked in a mass, usually oblong with a rounded top.
- LOFT
-
noun,
a room, storage area, or the like within a sloping roof; attic; garret.
- naif
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- litu
-
noun,
a plural of litas.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- ano-
-
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- ACLS
-
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Lofn
-
noun,
a goddess who aids those having trouble winning the affections of their beloveds.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- lit.
-
- Alis
-
- lout
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- loun
-
noun,
loon2 .
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Alco
-
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- alif
-
noun,
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Luna
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- AFSC
-
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Lunt
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- Lust
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- ann.
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- 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.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- lin.
-
- lift
-
noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- asc-
-
- Linn
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- ANTU
-
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- ant.
-
- LIFO
-
noun,
last-in, first-out (def 1).
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- ANSI
-
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- USO
-
- AFS
-
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- CSO
-
- AFT
-
adverb,
at, close to, or toward the stern or tail:
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- TAL
-
- AIC
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Af.
-
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- UTC
-
- uti
-
- ac-
-
- FAS
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- 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.
- al.
-
- USN
-
- AFL
-
- uns
-
- CSF
-
- TCA
-
- CSA
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- CST
-
- USC
-
- AUC
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- UNO
-
- AFC
-
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- an.
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- ACS
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- CTA
-
- ctf
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- Cui
-
noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- ASU
-
- UIT
-
- TCS
-
- cf.
-
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- tlo
-
- TNT
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- CAI
-
- cl.
-
- ct.
-
- cs.
-
- Co.
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- ANU
-
noun,
a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
- fo.
-
- CAF
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- ca.
-
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- AOU
-
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- ASI
-
- Tu.
-
- TTS
-
- ATC
-
- TSI
-
- ASN
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- at.
-
- ast
-
- TLC
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- TIA
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ALC
-
- unc
-
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- ult
-
- Alf
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- CNS
-
- CNO
-
- CNN
-
- 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.
- CLU
-
- Clo
-
- CLI
-
- ANF
-
- UFO
-
noun,
any unexplained moving object observed in the sky, especially one assumed by some observers to be of extraterrestrial origin.
- UFC
-
- Ufa
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of the Bashkir Autonomous Republic, in the Russian Federation in Europe.
- CIF
-
- CIA
-
- USA
-
- cfs
-
- CFO
-
- CFL
-
- CFI
-
- CFA
-
- Tut
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tut.”.
- ALU
-
- ANC
-
- 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.
- Flo
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Florence.
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- NCO
-
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- LaF
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- Lt.
-
- LCA
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- So.
-
- Luo
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
- NSA
-
- LCF
-
- LCI
-
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- sc.
-
- NSC
-
- Isl
-
- LSC
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Sfc
-
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- ISA
-
- ist
-
- La.
-
- NSF
-
- ITA
-
- ITC
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- SCF
-
- IUS
-
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- LCT
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- IOT
-
- LSI
-
- LON
-
- OCS
-
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- LST
-
- OAU
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- LTA
-
- OAS
-
- Lou
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Louis.
- oaf
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- OTC
-
- OSF
-
- OSA
-
- LOC
-
- Nun
-
noun,
a woman member of a religious order, especially one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- Lif
-
- ONI
-
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- NSU
-
- OTS
-
- OTA
-
- ot-
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- ons
-
- ONF
-
- of-
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Ola
-
- OIt
-
- NUL
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- oic
-
- oft
-
adverb,
often.
- IOU
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- Oc.
-
- St.
-
- Fl.
-
- STL
-
- flu
-
noun,
influenza.
- STI
-
- FON
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- Sta
-
- NFL
-
- FOS
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- NFC
-
- FOT
-
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- fou
-
adjective,
drunk.
- FSA
-
- 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.
- FIT
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- FIO
-
- FTC
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Fan
-
noun,
any device for producing a current of air by the movement of a broad surface or a number of such surfaces.
- FAO
-
- 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.
- FCA
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- NIC
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noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NIA
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- suf
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- NFS
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- FCS
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- Fia
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- fic
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- SUN
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- fil
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noun,
fils.
- Sui
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noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- Son
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noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- ft.
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- ful
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noun,
Fulani.
- in.
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- IFC
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- il-
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- ILA
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noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ILO
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- ILS
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- SLA
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- ina
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noun,
a female given name.
- IAS
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- SIT
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verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- INN
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noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- IOC
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- IOF
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- ion
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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 = .
- NOC
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- Sin
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noun,
transgression of divine law:
- fun
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noun,
something that provides mirth or amusement:
- ICA
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noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ian
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noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- SNU
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- NLF
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- ics
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- IFS
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noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- ITU
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- SOF
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- io-
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- Ia.
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- SOC
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noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- ial
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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.
- NC
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- LU
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noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- AU
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plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- NI
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- UT
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noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- NU
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noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- NF
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- NL
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- N.
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- 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.
- AO
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- FA
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noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- O.
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- TC
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- TN
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- TL
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- IF
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noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- SN
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- ic
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- i.
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- fn
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- SF
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- SU
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- t.
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- T1
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- CU
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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.
- FC
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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.
- 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.
- OA
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- OU
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noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- UL
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- UI
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- UC
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- U.
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- LO
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adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- ln
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- ol
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- LF
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- L.
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- TT
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- S.
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- SA
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- SL
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- L2
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- FI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- LI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LC
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- L1
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