Anagrams of incombustible
Word incombustible has
1627 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of incombustible.
- combustible
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adjective,
capable of catching fire and burning; inflammable; flammable:
- columbines
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noun,
a plant, Aquilegia caerula, of the buttercup family, having showy flowers with white petals and white to blue sepals that form long, backward spurs: the state flower of Colorado.
- licentious
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adjective,
sexually unrestrained; lascivious; libertine; lewd.
- St-Emilion
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noun,
a dry claret wine from the parish of St.-Émilion in the Bordeaux region of France.
- monticule
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noun,
a subordinate volcanic cone.
- limonites
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noun,
an amorphous hydrated ferric oxide, varying in color from dark brown to yellow, used as an ore of iron.
- nobeliums
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noun,
a transuranic element in the actinium series. Symbol: No; atomic number: 102.
- bilection
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noun,
bolection.
- on-limits
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adjective,
open or not prohibited to certain persons, as military personnel:
- outclimbs
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verb (used with object),
to surpass or outdo in climbing; climb higher or better than:
- columnist
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noun,
the writer or editor of a newspaper or magazine column.
- columbite
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noun,
a black, crystalline mineral, iron niobate, (Fe, Mn)Nb 2 O 6 , the principal ore of niobium, an end member of a series of solid solutions in which manganese and tantalum combine to form tantalite.
- limousine
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noun,
any large, luxurious automobile, especially one driven by a chauffeur.
- miniscule
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adjective,
minuscule.
- Columbine
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noun,
a plant, Aquilegia caerula, of the buttercup family, having showy flowers with white petals and white to blue sepals that form long, backward spurs: the state flower of Colorado.
- buncombes
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noun,
bunkum.
- Limousin
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noun,
a former province in central France.
- bounties
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noun,
a premium or reward, especially one offered by a government:
- limonite
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noun,
an amorphous hydrated ferric oxide, varying in color from dark brown to yellow, used as an ore of iron.
- limnetic
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adjective,
pertaining to or living in the open water of a freshwater pond or lake.
- built-in
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noun,
a built-in piece of furniture or appliance.
- lections
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noun,
a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
- Buncombe
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noun,
bunkum.
- isocline
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noun,
a fold of strata so tightly compressed that both limbs dip in the same direction.
- subtonic
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noun,
the seventh tone of a scale, being the next below the upper tonic.
- binocles
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noun,
binocular (def 1).
- tunicles
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noun,
a vestment worn over the alb by subdeacons, as at the celebration of the Mass, and by bishops.
- botulins
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noun,
the toxin formed by botulinus and causing botulism.
- centimos
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noun,
the 100th part of the monetary units of various countries, as Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Paraguay, and Venezuela.
- outlines
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noun,
the line by which a figure or object is defined or bounded; contour.
- semiotic
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noun,
semiotics.
- emulsion
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noun,
Physical Chemistry. any colloidal suspension of a liquid in another liquid.
- bitumens
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noun,
any of various natural substances, as asphalt, maltha, or gilsonite, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons.
- emiction
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noun,
urination.
- silicone
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noun,
any of a number of polymers containing alternate silicon and oxygen atoms, as (–Si–O–Si–O–) n, whose properties are determined by the organic groups attached to the silicon atoms, and that are fluid, resinous, rubbery, extremely stable in high temperatures, and water-repellent: used as adhesives, lubricants, and hydraulic oils and in electrical insulation, cosmetics, etc.
- cutlines
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noun,
a caption or legend accompanying a cut or illustration in a publication.
- bibelots
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noun,
a small object of curiosity, beauty, or rarity.
- comities
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noun,
mutual courtesy; civility.
- Comenius
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noun,
John Amos (Jan Amos Komenský) 1592–1670, Moravian educational reformer and bishop.
- close-in
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adjective,
near, as to a common center; adjacent, especially to a city:
- combines
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noun,
a combination.
- Coliseum
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noun,
Also, colosseum. an amphitheater, stadium, large theater, or other special building for public meetings, sporting events, exhibitions, etc.
- ton-mile
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noun,
a unit of freight transportation measurement equivalent to a ton of freight transported one mile.
- 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.
- counties
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noun,
the largest administrative division of a U.S. state:
- outclimb
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verb (used with object),
to surpass or outdo in climbing; climb higher or better than:
- botulism
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noun,
a sometimes fatal disease of the nervous system acquired from spoiled foods in which botulin is present, especially improperly canned or marinated foods.
- Nobelist
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noun,
a person who is awarded a Nobel prize.
- nobelium
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noun,
a transuranic element in the actinium series. Symbol: No; atomic number: 102.
- Milicent
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noun,
a female given name.
- Milstein
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noun,
Cesar, 1927–2002, Argentinian immunologist: Nobel prize 1984.
- nelumbos
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noun,
lotus (def 3).
- Miltonic
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adjective,
of or relating to the poet Milton or his writings.
- niobiums
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noun,
a steel-gray metallic element resembling tantalum in its chemical properties; becomes a superconductor below 9 K; used chiefly in alloy steels. Symbol: Nb; atomic number: 41; atomic weight: 92.906; specific gravity: 8.4 at 20°C.
- mutinies
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noun,
revolt or rebellion against constituted authority, especially by sailors against their officers.
- noctules
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noun,
a large reddish insectivorous bat, Nyctalus noctula, common to Europe and Asia.
- line-out
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noun,
a procedure for putting an out-of-bounds ball back in play, whereby a player outside the touchline tosses the ball high and between two lines of opposing forwards lined up perpendicular to the touchline.
- linocuts
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noun,
a cut made from a design cut into linoleum mounted on a block of wood.
- miscount
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noun,
an erroneous counting; miscalculation.
- colitis
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noun,
inflammation of the colon.
- minuets
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noun,
a slow, stately dance in triple meter, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- minisub
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noun,
a small submarine, holding only one or a few persons, used in naval operations, underwater exploration, or conducting underwater experiments.
- minibus
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noun,
a small bus, seating about 15 passengers and typically transporting people short distances.
- minutes
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noun,
the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
- solicit
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verb (used with object),
to seek for (something) by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, formal application, etc.:
- combust
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verb (used with or without object),
to burn.
- combine
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noun,
a combination.
- Miletus
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a son of Apollo and Aria, and the founder of the city of Miletus.
- cobbles
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noun,
a cobblestone.
- muscone
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noun,
an oily, very slightly water-soluble, large cyclic ketone containing a 15-membered ring, C 16 H 30 O, obtained from musk: used in the perfume industry.
- Mencius
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noun,
c380–289 b.c, Chinese philosopher.
- Comines
-
noun,
Philippe de [fee-leep duh] /fiˈlip də/ (Show IPA), 1445?–1511? French historian and diplomat.
- meltons
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noun,
a heavily fulled cloth, often of wool, tightly constructed and finished with a smooth face concealing the weave, used for overcoats, hunting jackets, etc.
- coniums
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noun,
the poison hemlock, Conium maculatum.
- consult
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noun,
a consultation.
- consume
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verb (used with object),
to destroy or expend by use; use up.
- contuse
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verb (used with object),
to injure (tissue), especially without breaking the skin; bruise.
- costume
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noun,
a style of dress, including accessories and hairdos, especially that peculiar to a nation, region, group, or historical period.
- Coueism
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noun,
a method of self-help stressing autosuggestion, popular especially in the U.S. c1920 and featuring the slogan “Day by day in every way I am getting better and better.”.
- cobnuts
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noun,
the nut of certain cultivated varieties of hazel, Corylus avellana grandis.
- stibine
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noun,
a colorless, slightly water-soluble, poisonous gas, SbH 3 , usually produced by the reaction of dilute hydrochloric acid with an alloy of antimony and either zinc or magnesium.
- Soutine
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noun,
Chaim [khahy-im,, khahy-im] /xaɪˈɪm,, ˈxaɪ ɪm/ (Show IPA), 1894–1943, Lithuanian painter in France.
- suction
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noun,
the act, process, or condition of sucking.
- boucles
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noun,
yarn with loops producing a rough, nubby appearance on woven or knitted fabrics.
- bounces
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noun,
a bound or rebound:
- moisten
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become moist.
- timeous
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adjective,
timely; sufficiently early.
- bubonic
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adjective,
of or relating to a bubo.
- Moulins
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noun,
a nearly vertical shaft or cavity worn in a glacier by surface water falling through a crack in the ice.
- bulimic
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noun,
a person suffering from bulimia.
- bumbles
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noun,
an awkward blunder.
- Moebius
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noun,
August Ferdinand, Möbius, August Ferdinand.
- mobiles
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noun,
a piece of sculpture having delicately balanced units constructed of rods and sheets of metal or other material suspended in midair by wire or twine so that the individual parts can move independently, as when stirred by a breeze.
Compare stabile (def 3).
- Sunbelt
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noun,
the southern and southwestern region of the U.S.
- Mountie
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noun,
a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
- miotics
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noun,
a miotic drug.
- subtile
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adjective,
subtle.
- centimo
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noun,
the 100th part of the monetary units of various countries, as Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Paraguay, and Venezuela.
- centums
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noun,
one hundred.
- Sublime
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noun,
the sublime.
the realm of things that are sublime:
the quality of being sublime:
the greatest or supreme degree.
- stumble
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noun,
the act of stumbling.
- stubble
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noun,
Usually, stubbles. the stumps of grain and other stalks left in the ground when the crop is cut.
- citoles
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noun,
cittern.
- stimuli
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noun,
something that incites to action or exertion or quickens action, feeling, thought, etc.:
- miscite
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verb (used with or without object),
to misquote.
- stibium
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noun,
antimony.
- stencil
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noun,
a device for applying a pattern, design, words, etc., to a surface, consisting of a thin sheet of cardboard, metal, or other material from which figures or letters have been cut out, a coloring substance, ink, etc., being rubbed, brushed, or pressed over the sheet, passing through the perforations and onto the surface.
- clubmen
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noun,
a man who belongs to a club, especially a fashionable club, and is active in club life.
- counsel
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noun,
advice; opinion or instruction given in directing the judgment or conduct of another.
- nombles
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plural noun,
numbles.
- cubbies
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noun,
a cubbyhole.
- oculist
-
noun,
ophthalmologist.
- incluse
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noun,
recluse (def 2).
- incomes
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noun,
the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
- loments
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noun,
a pod that is contracted in the spaces between the seeds and that breaks at maturity into one-seeded indehiscent joints.
- intombs
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verb (used with object),
entomb.
- inutile
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adjective,
of no use or service.
- iolites
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noun,
cordierite.
- ioniums
-
noun,
a naturally occurring radioactive isotope of thorium. Symbol: Io; atomic number: 90; atomic weight: 230.
- nobbles
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verb (used with object),
to drug or disable (a race horse) to prevent its winning a race.
- onliest
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Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- omnibus
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noun,
bus1 (def 1).
- isoline
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noun,
isogram.
- lectins
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noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- incites
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verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- lection
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noun,
a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
- lobbies
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noun,
an entrance hall, corridor, or vestibule, as in a public building, often serving as an anteroom; foyer.
- numbles
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plural noun,
certain of the inward parts of an animal, especially of a deer, used as food.
- lenitic
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adjective,
lentic.
- nucleo-
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- nubbles
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noun,
a small lump or piece.
- notices
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noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- noctule
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noun,
a large reddish insectivorous bat, Nyctalus noctula, common to Europe and Asia.
- limites
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noun,
plural of limes.
- noetics
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noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- linocut
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noun,
a cut made from a design cut into linoleum mounted on a block of wood.
- inclose
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verb (used with object),
enclose.
- inbuilt
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adjective,
built-in (def 2).
- cuisine
-
noun,
a style or quality of cooking; cookery:
- Nicolet
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1598–1642, French explorer in America.
- cultism
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noun,
the practices and devotions of a cult.
- Nelumbo
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noun,
lotus (def 3).
- ebonist
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noun,
a worker in ebony.
- elicits
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verb (used with object),
to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke:
- elision
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noun,
the omission of a vowel, consonant, or syllable in pronunciation.
- elusion
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noun,
the act of eluding; evasion.
- embolic
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adjective,
Pathology. pertaining to an embolus or to embolism.
- embolus
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noun,
undissolved material carried by the blood and impacted in some part of the vascular system, as thrombi or fragments of thrombi, tissue fragments, clumps of bacteria, protozoan parasites, fat globules, or gas bubbles.
- luteins
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noun,
Also called xanthophyll. a yellow-red, water-insoluble, crystalline, carotenoid alcohol, C 40 H 56 O 2 , found in the petals of marigold and certain other flowers, egg yolk, algae, and corpora lutea: used chiefly in the biochemical study of the carotenoids.
- nibbles
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noun,
a small morsel or bit:
- 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.
- entoils
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verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- imbibes
-
verb (used with object),
to consume (liquids) by drinking; drink:
- entombs
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verb (used with object),
to place in a tomb; bury; inter.
- Semitic
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noun,
a subfamily of Afroasiatic languages that includes Akkadian, Arabic, Aramaic, Ethiopic, Hebrew, and Phoenician.
- Nilotes
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- section
-
noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- esculin
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noun,
a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble glucoside, C 15 H 16 O 9 , obtained from the bark of the common horse chestnut and used chiefly in skin preparations as a protective against sunburn.
- scumble
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noun,
the act or technique of scumbling.
- 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.
- outline
-
noun,
the line by which a figure or object is defined or bounded; contour.
- 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.
- niobium
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noun,
a steel-gray metallic element resembling tantalum in its chemical properties; becomes a superconductor below 9 K; used chiefly in alloy steels. Symbol: Nb; atomic number: 41; atomic weight: 92.906; specific gravity: 8.4 at 20°C.
- Iconium
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noun,
ancient name of Konya.
- Ictinus
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noun,
flourished mid-5th century b.c, Greek architect, a designer of the Parthenon.
- cutline
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noun,
a caption or legend accompanying a cut or illustration in a publication.
- elitism
-
noun,
practice of or belief in rule by an elite.
- botulin
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noun,
the toxin formed by botulinus and causing botulism.
- bionics
-
noun,
the study of how humans and animals perform certain tasks and solve certain problems, and of the application of the findings to the design of electronic devices and mechanical parts.
- bitumen
-
noun,
any of various natural substances, as asphalt, maltha, or gilsonite, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons.
- utensil
-
noun,
any of the instruments or vessels commonly used in a kitchen, dairy, etc.:
- benumbs
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verb (used with object),
to make numb; deprive of sensation:
- binocle
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noun,
binocular (def 1).
- unities
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noun,
the state of being one; oneness.
- unbelts
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verb (used with object),
to remove the belt from.
- bilboes
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noun,
a finely tempered sword.
- Bisitun
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noun,
Behistun.
- biblio-
-
- unbolts
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verb (used with object),
to open (a door, window, etc.) by or as if by removing a bolt; unlock; unfasten.
- bimboes
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noun,
a foolish, stupid, or inept person.
- biscuit
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noun,
a kind of bread in small, soft cakes, raised with baking powder or soda, or sometimes with yeast; scone.
- uncoils
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verb (used with or without object),
to unwind from a coiled position.
- bilious
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adjective,
Physiology, Pathology. pertaining to bile or to an excess secretion of bile.
- biotins
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-soluble vitamin, C 10 H 16 O 3 N 2 S, of the vitamin B complex, that is present in all living cells and functions as a growth factor and as a catalyst in carboxylation reactions.
- Boletus
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noun,
any mushroomlike fungus of the genus Boletus, having an easily separable layer of tubes on the underside of the cap or pileus.
- Belmont
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noun,
Alva Ertskin Smith Vanderbilt [urt-skin] /ˈɜrt skɪn/ (Show IPA), 1853–1933, U.S. women's-rights activist and socialite.
- bibelot
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noun,
a small object of curiosity, beauty, or rarity.
- bilbies
-
noun,
rabbit-eared bandicoot.
- Biblist
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noun,
a person who regards the Bible as the only rule of faith.
- tunicle
-
noun,
a vestment worn over the alb by subdeacons, as at the celebration of the Mass, and by bishops.
- unclose
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verb (used with or without object),
to bring or come out of a closed state; open.
- bicone
-
noun,
an object shaped like two cones with their bases together.
- nimble
-
adjective,
quick and light in movement; moving with ease; agile; active; rapid:
- lucent
-
adjective,
shining.
- Nicole
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noun,
a female given name: from Greek words meaning “victory” and “people.”.
- Bicols
-
noun,
Bikol.
- Belton
-
noun,
a town in W Missouri.
- bisect
-
noun,
Also called split. Philately. a portion of a stamp, usually half, used for payment of a proportionate amount of the face value of the whole stamp.
- column
-
noun,
Architecture.
a rigid, relatively slender, upright support, composed of relatively few pieces.
a decorative pillar, most often composed of stone and typically having a cylindrical or polygonal shaft with a capital and usually a base.
- tonsil
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- limbos
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) Roman Catholic Theology. a region on the border of hell or heaven, serving as the abode after death of unbaptized infants (limbo of infants) and of the righteous who died before the coming of Christ (limbo of the fathers or limbo of the patriarchs)
- Nilote
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noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- numis.
-
- limbus
-
noun,
limbo1 .
- Combes
-
noun,
a narrow valley or deep hollow, especially one enclosed on all but one side.
- blunts
-
noun,
something blunt, as a small-game arrow, a short sewing needle, or a short, thick cigar.
- lectin
-
noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- Lucite
-
- Nimbus
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a shining cloud sometimes surrounding a deity when on earth.
- Solent
-
noun,
The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- bluets
-
noun,
Usually, bluets. Also called innocence, Quaker-ladies. any of several North American plants of the genus Houstonia (or Hedyotis), of the madder family, especially H. caerulea, a low-growing plant having four-petaled blue and white flowers.
- Louise
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noun,
Lake, a glacial lake in W Canada, in SW Alberta in the Canadian Rockies: resort. 5670 feet (1728 meters) above sea level.
- Elmont
-
noun,
a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- limens
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- louies
-
noun,
looie.
- unbolt
-
verb (used with object),
to open (a door, window, etc.) by or as if by removing a bolt; unlock; unfasten.
- solemn
-
adjective,
grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person, the face, speech, tone, or mood:
- eonism
-
noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- comtes
-
noun,
count2 .
- sitcom
-
noun,
situation comedy.
- niobic
-
adjective,
of or relating to niobium; columbic.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- obelus
-
noun,
a mark (− or ÷) used in ancient manuscripts to point out spurious, corrupt, doubtful, or superfluous words or passages.
- luetic
-
adjective,
syphilitic.
- entomb
-
verb (used with object),
to place in a tomb; bury; inter.
- nibble
-
noun,
a small morsel or bit:
- oilmen
-
noun,
a person who owns or operates oil wells or an executive in the petroleum industry.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- cnemis
-
noun,
the tibia or shin.
- elints
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- Nesbit
-
noun,
E(dith) 1858–1924, English children's author, novelist, and poet.
- lutose
-
adjective,
covered with a powdery substance resembling mud, as certain insects.
- elicit
-
verb (used with object),
to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke:
- simile
-
noun,
a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.”.
Compare metaphor.
- luteo-
-
- cobble
-
noun,
a cobblestone.
- lutein
-
noun,
Also called xanthophyll. a yellow-red, water-insoluble, crystalline, carotenoid alcohol, C 40 H 56 O 2 , found in the petals of marigold and certain other flowers, egg yolk, algae, and corpora lutea: used chiefly in the biochemical study of the carotenoids.
- cobles
-
noun,
a flat-bottomed fishing boat with a lugsail, used mainly in northern England and Scotland for salmon.
- cobnut
-
noun,
the nut of certain cultivated varieties of hazel, Corylus avellana grandis.
- somni-
-
- lumbo-
-
- Seboim
-
noun,
Zeboim.
- somite
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- lunies
-
noun,
a lunatic.
- Lieut.
-
- coitus
-
noun,
sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- obtuse
-
adjective,
not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull.
- solute
-
noun,
the substance dissolved in a given solution.
- colent
-
- lumine
-
verb (used with object),
to illumine.
- lumens
-
noun,
Optics. the unit of luminous flux, equal to the luminous flux emitted in a unit solid angle by a point source of one candle intensity. Abbreviation: lm.
- Coleus
-
noun,
any of several tropical Asian or African plants belonging to the genus Coleus, of the mint family, certain species of which are cultivated for their showy, colored foliage and blue flowers.
- limbic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of a limbus or border; marginal.
- colies
-
noun,
any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
- colins
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- Conium
-
noun,
the poison hemlock, Conium maculatum.
- Benoit
-
noun,
Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), (or Peter) Léonard Léopold [ley-aw-nar ley-aw-pawld] /leɪ ɔˈnar leɪ ɔˈpɔld/ (Show IPA), 1834–1901, Belgian composer.
- Tumbes
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Peru.
- Leucon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having a thick body wall with a highly branched canal system leading into the spongocoel.
- litmus
-
noun,
a blue coloring matter obtained from certain lichens, especially Roccella tinctoria. In alkaline solution litmus turns blue, in acid solution, red: widely used as a chemical indicator.
- ultimo
-
adverb,
in or of the month preceding the current one:
Abbreviation: ult., ulto.
Compare instant (def 11), proximo.
- cubebs
-
noun,
the spicy fruit or drupe of an East Indian climbing shrub, Piper cubeba, of the pepper family.
- Cubism
-
noun,
a style of painting and sculpture developed in the early 20th century, characterized chiefly by an emphasis on formal structure, the reduction of natural forms to their geometrical equivalents, and the organization of the planes of a represented object independently of representational requirements.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- cubits
-
noun,
an ancient linear unit based on the length of the forearm, from elbow to the tip of the middle finger, usually from 17 to 21 inches (43 to 53 cm).
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- cueist
-
noun,
a billiard player.
- nuclei
-
noun,
plural of nucleus.
- Lisbon
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Portugal, in the SW part, on the Tagus estuary.
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- sluice
-
noun,
an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- lionet
-
noun,
a young or small lion.
- culets
-
noun,
Jewelry. a small face forming the bottom of a faceted gem.
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- Culion
-
noun,
an island of the Philippines, in the W part of the group, N of Palawan. 150 sq. mi. (389 sq. km).
- lentic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in still water.
- linums
-
noun,
any of numerous plants of the genus Linum, including flax, L. usitatissimum, and various other species grown as ornamentals.
- blites
-
noun,
sea blite.
- cumins
-
noun,
a small plant, Cuminum cyminum, of the parsley family, bearing aromatic, seedlike fruit, used in cookery and medicine.
- nubile
-
adjective,
(of a young woman) suitable for marriage, especially in regard to age or physical development; marriageable.
- umbles
-
plural noun,
numbles.
- custom
-
noun,
a habitual practice; the usual way of acting in given circumstances.
- Slocum
-
noun,
Joshua, 1844–c1910, U.S. mariner, author, and lecturer, born in Nova Scotia.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- limits
-
noun,
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
- umbels
-
noun,
an inflorescence in which a number of flower stalks or pedicels, nearly equal in length, spread from a common center.
- leuco-
-
- cut-in
-
noun,
Movies. a still, as of a scene or an object, inserted in a film and interrupting the action or continuity:
- Tucson
-
noun,
a city in S Arizona: health resort.
- nocti-
-
- nubble
-
noun,
a small lump or piece.
- sobeit
-
conjunction,
if it be so that; provided that.
- tousle
-
noun,
a disheveled or rumpled mass, especially of hair.
- Silone
-
noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- loment
-
noun,
a pod that is contracted in the spaces between the seeds and that breaks at maturity into one-seeded indehiscent joints.
- nobble
-
verb (used with object),
to drug or disable (a race horse) to prevent its winning a race.
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- lesion
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- unbelt
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the belt from.
- entoil
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- 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.
- socmen
-
noun,
sokeman.
- Nebiim
-
noun,
Neviim.
- COSINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- locums
-
noun,
locum tenens.
- blouse
-
noun,
a usually lightweight, loose-fitting garment for women and children, covering the body from the neck or shoulders more or less to the waistline, with or without a collar and sleeves, worn inside or outside a skirt, slacks, etc.
- blinis
-
plural noun,
pancakes made with yeast and either white or buckwheat flour and traditionally served during Shrovetide with caviar and sour cream.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- ensoul
-
verb (used with object),
to endow with a soul.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- Lemnos
-
noun,
a Greek island in the NE Aegean. 186 sq. mi. (480 sq. km). Capital: Myrina.
- coulis
-
noun,
a sauce made with puréed vegetables or fruit and used as a base or garnish.
- benumb
-
verb (used with object),
to make numb; deprive of sensation:
- Nobile
-
noun,
Umberto [oo m-ber-taw] /ʊmˈbɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1885–1978, Italian aeronautical engineer and arctic explorer.
- tubmen
-
noun,
a barrister in the Court of Exchequer who had precedence in motions over every other barrister except the postman.
- 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.
- numble
-
plural noun,
certain of the inward parts of an animal, especially of a deer, used as food.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- nobles
-
noun,
a person of noble birth or rank; nobleman or noblewoman. Synonyms: peer; aristocrat, blue blood, patrician.
Antonyms: commoner, serf, peasant.
- cteno-
-
- consul
-
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.
- Beloit
-
noun,
a city in S Wisconsin.
- N-bomb
-
noun,
neutron bomb.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- bustle
-
noun,
thriving or energetic activity; stir; ferment.
- Miseno
-
noun,
a cape in SW Italy, on the N shore of the Bay of Naples: ruins of ancient Misenum, a Roman naval station and resort.
- Busoni
-
noun,
Ferruccio (Benvenuto) [fer-root-chaw ben-ve-noo-taw] /fɛrˈrut tʃɔ ˌbɛn vɛˈnu tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1924, Italian composer and pianist.
- busmen
-
noun,
a person who operates a bus.
- telium
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- imbues
-
verb (used with object),
to impregnate or inspire, as with feelings, opinions, etc.:
- buncos
-
noun,
bunko.
- intime
-
adjective,
intimate; cozy.
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- insult
-
noun,
an insolent or contemptuously rude action or remark; affront.
- imines
-
noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- M-line
-
noun,
one of a series of lines (M-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (M-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the M-shell.
- instil
-
verb (used with object),
instill.
- bumble
-
noun,
an awkward blunder.
- miscue
-
noun,
Sports. a failure to execute a play, stroke, or maneuver properly; an error.
- buteos
-
noun,
any of several buzzards or hawks of the genus Buteo.
- telson
-
noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- mucins
-
noun,
any of a class of glycoproteins found in saliva, gastric juice, etc., that form viscous solutions and act as lubricants or protectants on external and internal surfaces of the body.
- celto-
-
- subnet
-
noun,
the abstraction, in topology, of a subsequence.
- celoms
-
noun,
coelom.
- Iletin
-
- iolite
-
noun,
cordierite.
- boites
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- minuet
-
noun,
a slow, stately dance in triple meter, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- imbibe
-
verb (used with object),
to consume (liquids) by drinking; drink:
- intomb
-
verb (used with object),
entomb.
- Minuit
-
noun,
Peter, 1580–1638, Dutch colonial administrator in America: director general of the New Netherlands 1626–31.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- minute
-
noun,
the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
- sunlit
-
adjective,
lighted by the sun.
- ounces
-
noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- miotic
-
noun,
a miotic drug.
- mounts
-
noun,
the act or a manner of mounting.
- Mobile
-
noun,
a piece of sculpture having delicately balanced units constructed of rods and sheets of metal or other material suspended in midair by wire or twine so that the individual parts can move independently, as when stirred by a breeze.
Compare stabile (def 3).
- submit
-
verb (used with object),
to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- incult
-
adjective,
wild; rude; unrefined.
- Moline
-
noun,
a city in NW Illinois, on the Mississippi.
- motile
-
adjective,
Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously:
- insect
-
noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- molten
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- boutel
-
noun,
boltel (def 1).
- income
-
noun,
the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
- botels
-
noun,
boatel.
- molies
-
noun,
an herb given to Odysseus by Hermes to counteract the spells of Circe.
- bounce
-
noun,
a bound or rebound:
- Tobies
-
noun,
Also, Toby, Toby jug. a mug in the form of a stout old man wearing a three-cornered hat.
- monies
-
noun,
a plural of money.
- boules
-
noun,
Also called birne. a cylindrical lump of material for synthetic gems, made by the Verneuil process.
- inmost
-
adjective,
situated farthest within:
- incuse
-
noun,
an incuse figure or impression.
- boucle
-
noun,
yarn with loops producing a rough, nubby appearance on woven or knitted fabrics.
- tinsel
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- molest
-
verb (used with object),
to bother, interfere with, or annoy.
- Mobius
-
noun,
August Ferdinand [ou-goo st fer-di-nahnt] /ˈaʊ gʊst ˈfɛr dɪˌnɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1790–1868, German mathematician.
- tenuis
-
noun,
an unaspirated, voiceless plosive.
- Temuco
-
noun,
a city in S Chile.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- buboes
-
noun,
an inflammatory swelling of a lymphatic gland, especially in the groin or armpit.
- insoul
-
verb (used with object),
ensoul.
- moults
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- insole
-
noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- Ticino
-
noun,
a canton in S Switzerland. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Bellinzona.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- biomes
-
noun,
a complex biotic community characterized by distinctive plant and animal species and maintained under the climatic conditions of the region, especially such a community that has developed to climax.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- moulin
-
noun,
a nearly vertical shaft or cavity worn in a glacier by surface water falling through a crack in the ice.
- ostium
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a small opening or orifice, as at the end of the oviduct.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- incise
-
verb (used with object),
to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
- incite
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- unites
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- subtle
-
adjective,
thin, tenuous, or rarefied, as a fluid or an odor.
- Simeon
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
- clino-
-
- Muncie
-
noun,
a city in E Indiana.
- munite
-
verb (used with object),
to fortify.
- cities
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- citole
-
noun,
cittern.
- biotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to life.
- stolen
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- muscle
-
noun,
a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body.
- Iseult
-
noun,
Also, Yseult. German Isolde. Arthurian Romance.
the daughter of a king of Ireland who became the wife of King Mark of Cornwall: she was the beloved of Tristram.
daughter of the king of Brittany, and wife of Tristram.
- Cletus
-
noun,
Anacletus.
- client
-
noun,
a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- climbs
-
noun,
a climbing; an ascent by climbing:
- oleums
-
noun,
Pharmacology. oil.
- clines
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- clints
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- UNESCO
-
noun,
an agency of the United Nations charged with instituting and administering programs for cooperative, coordinated action by member states in education, science, and the arts.
- toluic
-
adjective,
of or derived from toluic acid.
- clites
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- muslin
-
noun,
a cotton fabric made in various degrees of fineness and often printed, woven, or embroidered in patterns, especially a cotton fabric of plain weave, used for sheets and for a variety of other purposes.
- uncoil
-
verb (used with or without object),
to unwind from a coiled position.
- clones
-
noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- clonus
-
noun,
a rapid succession of flexions and extensions of a group of muscles, usually signifying an affection of the brain or spinal cord.
- sclent
-
noun,
any slanting surface, as a slope.
- Melton
-
noun,
a heavily fulled cloth, often of wool, tightly constructed and finished with a smooth face concealing the weave, used for overcoats, hunting jackets, etc.
- closet
-
noun,
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
- oleins
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- itious
-
- clouts
-
noun,
a blow, especially with the hand; cuff:
- steno-
-
- multi-
-
- biotin
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-soluble vitamin, C 10 H 16 O 3 N 2 S, of the vitamin B complex, that is present in all living cells and functions as a growth factor and as a catalyst in carboxylation reactions.
- milieu
-
noun,
surroundings, especially of a social or cultural nature:
- Milton
-
noun,
John, 1608–74, English poet.
- centum
-
noun,
one hundred.
- bombes
-
noun,
a round or melon-shaped frozen mold made from a combination of ice creams, mousses, or ices.
- bionic
-
adjective,
utilizing electronic devices and mechanical parts to assist humans in performing difficult, dangerous, or intricate tasks, as by supplementing or duplicating parts of the body:
- cesium
-
noun,
a rare, highly reactive, soft, metallic element of the alkali metal group, used chiefly in photoelectric cells. Symbol: Cs; atomic weight: 132.905; atomic number: 55; specific gravity: 1.9 at 20°C; melts at 28.5°C.
- sublet
-
noun,
a sublease.
- minces
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- muesli
-
noun,
a breakfast cereal similar to granola, usually consisting of rolled oats and dried fruit.
- ionium
-
noun,
a naturally occurring radioactive isotope of thorium. Symbol: Io; atomic number: 90; atomic weight: 230.
- subito
-
adverb,
(as a musical direction) suddenly; abruptly:
- mulcts
-
noun,
a fine, especially for a misdemeanor.
- centi-
-
- cilium
-
noun,
singular of cilia.
- milit.
-
- bimbos
-
noun,
a foolish, stupid, or inept person.
- ionics
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Notus
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
- leuc-
-
- Biles
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- Binet
-
noun,
Alfred [al-frid;; French al-fred] /ˈæl frɪd;; French alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1857–1911, French psychologist: co-deviser of the Binet-Simon scale.
- numbs
-
adjective,
deprived of physical sensation or the ability to move:
- Bicol
-
noun,
Bikol.
- bilbo
-
noun,
a long iron bar or bolt with sliding shackles and a lock, formerly attached to the ankles of prisoners.
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- oecus
-
noun,
(in an ancient Roman house) an apartment, especially a dining room, decorated with columns.
- ition
-
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- osmic
-
adjective,
of or containing osmium in its higher valences, especially the tetravalent state.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- notum
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- OIcel
-
- istic
-
- ulent
-
- ocul-
-
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- lenos
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- lect.
-
- omni-
-
- onium
-
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- inst.
-
- Ionic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- obiit
-
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- insol
-
- obits
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- nuci-
-
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- TUNIS
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- Lemon
-
noun,
the yellowish, acid fruit of a subtropical citrus tree, Citrus limon.
- bimbo
-
noun,
a foolish, stupid, or inept person.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- oleum
-
noun,
Pharmacology. oil.
- Inuit
-
noun,
a member of the Eskimo peoples inhabiting northernmost North America from northern Alaska to eastern Canada and Greenland.
- bines
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- Niobe
-
noun,
the daughter of Tantalus and wife of Amphion of Thebes. She provoked Apollo and Artemis to vengeance by taunting their mother, Leto, with the number and beauty of her own children; Niobe's children were slain and Zeus turned her into stone, in which state she continued to weep over her loss.
- licet
-
- Milne
-
noun,
A(lan) A(lexander) 1882–1956, English novelist, playwright, and author of prose and verse for children.
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- Minos
-
noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- muco-
-
- minis
-
noun,
miniskirt.
- unite
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- mini-
-
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- MINCE
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- mulct
-
noun,
a fine, especially for a misdemeanor.
- milts
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- Unit.
-
- Milos
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- uncos
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- Minto
-
noun,
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond [el-ee-uh t-mur-ee-ki-nin-muh nd,, -muhr-ee-,, el-yuh t-] /ˈɛl i ətˈmɜr i kɪˈnɪn mənd,, -ˈmʌr i-,, ˈɛl yət-/ (Show IPA), 4th Earl of, 1845–1914, British colonial administrator: governor general of Canada 1898–1904; viceroy of India 1905–10.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- munic
-
- muons
-
noun,
a lepton similar in most respects to the electron except that it is unstable, it may be positively charged, and its mass is approximately 207 times greater; the positively charged muon is the antiparticle of the negatively charged muon. Symbol: μ.
- Metol
-
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- metic
-
noun,
an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.
- meson
-
noun,
Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- meso-
-
- mesic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
- music
-
noun,
an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.
- Musil
-
noun,
Robert, 1880–1942, Austrian writer.
- meno-
-
- mucin
-
noun,
any of a class of glycoproteins found in saliva, gastric juice, etc., that form viscous solutions and act as lubricants or protectants on external and internal surfaces of the body.
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- melts
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- moils
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- Monte
-
noun,
Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
- Mont.
-
- monic
-
adjective,
(of a polynomial) having the coefficient of the term of highest degree equal to 1.
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- motel
-
noun,
a hotel providing travelers with lodging and free parking facilities, typically a roadside hotel having rooms adjacent to an outside parking area or an urban hotel offering parking within the building.
- molts
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- molet
-
noun,
mullet2 .
- moles
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- moues
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- 30-30
-
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- utile
-
adjective,
useful.
- unset
-
adjective,
not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- moult
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- moble
-
verb (used with object),
to wrap the head of, as in a hood.
- Mount
-
noun,
the act or a manner of mounting.
- MOUSE
-
noun,
any of numerous small Old World rodents of the family Muridae, especially of the genus Mus, introduced widely in other parts of the world.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Misti
-
noun,
El Misti.
- MSEnt
-
- miso-
-
- misce
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) mix.
- misc.
-
- until
-
conjunction,
up to the time that or when; till:
- untie
-
verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- minus
-
noun,
minus sign.
- Melun
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-et-Marne, in N France.
- mutes
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- licit
-
adjective,
legal; lawful; legitimate; permissible.
- umble
-
plural noun,
numbles.
- Noble
-
noun,
a person of noble birth or rank; nobleman or noblewoman. Synonyms: peer; aristocrat, blue blood, patrician.
Antonyms: commoner, serf, peasant.
- noct-
-
- besom
-
noun,
a broom, especially one of brush or twigs.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- besot
-
verb (used with object),
to intoxicate or stupefy with drink.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- Linus
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 76? pope 67?–76?.
- Linum
-
noun,
any of numerous plants of the genus Linum, including flax, L. usitatissimum, and various other species grown as ornamentals.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- umbos
-
noun,
a boss on a shield, as one at the center of a circular shield.
- Bibl.
-
- Bible
-
noun,
the collection of sacred writings of the Christian religion, comprising the Old and New Testaments.
- limos
-
noun,
a limousine.
- Limon
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1908–72, Mexican dancer and choreographer in the U.S.
- limns
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- umbel
-
noun,
an inflorescence in which a number of flower stalks or pedicels, nearly equal in length, spread from a common center.
- nomes
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- bices
-
noun,
either of two colors, bice blue or bice green.
- limit
-
noun,
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
- limen
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- limbs
-
noun,
a part or member of an animal body distinct from the head and trunk, as a leg, arm, or wing:
- limbo
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) Roman Catholic Theology. a region on the border of hell or heaven, serving as the abode after death of unbaptized infants (limbo of infants) and of the righteous who died before the coming of Christ (limbo of the fathers or limbo of the patriarchs)
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- lobus
-
noun,
a lobe.
- bents
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- Melos
-
noun,
the succession of musical tones constituting a melody.
- luces
-
noun,
plural of lux.
- melon
-
noun,
the fruit of any of various plants of the gourd family, as the muskmelon or watermelon.
- melic
-
adjective,
intended to be sung.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- nemos
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- Luton
-
noun,
a city in Bedfordshire, S central England, NW of London.
- UNCLE
-
noun,
a brother of one's father or mother.
- neut.
-
- lunts
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- UNCIO
-
- lunes
-
noun,
Archaic. fits of madness.
- Lumen
-
noun,
Optics. the unit of luminous flux, equal to the luminous flux emitted in a unit solid angle by a point source of one candle intensity. Abbreviation: lm.
- lumb-
-
- lubes
-
noun,
lubricant.
- locum
-
noun,
locum tenens.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- belts
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- louts
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- louse
-
noun,
any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
- Louis
-
noun,
louis d'or.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- 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.
- lotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- in-lb
-
- Benis
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- Nobel
-
noun,
Alfred Bernhard [ahl-fred ber-nahrd] /ˈɑl frɛd ˈbɛr nɑrd/ (Show IPA), 1833–96, Swedish engineer, manufacturer, and philanthropist.
- locus
-
noun,
a place; locality.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- ileo-
-
- init.
-
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- Blunt
-
noun,
something blunt, as a small-game arrow, a short sewing needle, or a short, thick cigar.
- Combe
-
noun,
a narrow valley or deep hollow, especially one enclosed on all but one side.
- comb.
-
- tonus
-
noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Colum
-
noun,
Padraic [paw-drik] /ˈpɔ drɪk/ (Show IPA), 1881–1972, Irish poet and dramatist, in the U.S. from 1914.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- solum
-
noun,
the upper part of the soil profile, which is influenced by plant roots; the A horizon and the B horizon.
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- Colin
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- Colet
-
noun,
John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
- Coles
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coel-
-
- blume
-
noun,
Judy, born 1938, U.S. novelist.
- coble
-
noun,
a flat-bottomed fishing boat with a lugsail, used mainly in northern England and Scotland for salmon.
- boils
-
noun,
the act or an instance of boiling.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- 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.
- Boise
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Idaho, in the SW part: built on the site of an army post on the Oregon Trail.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- boite
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- tombe
-
noun,
a step in which a dancer falls from one leg to the other, landing with all the weight on the foot that has just moved, while flexing the knee.
- clout
-
noun,
a blow, especially with the hand; cuff:
- clots
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- Boles
-
noun,
the stem or trunk of a tree.
- Close
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- stilb
-
noun,
a unit of luminance, equal to one candle per square centimeter.
- Combs
-
noun,
a toothed strip of plastic, hard rubber, bone, wood, or metal, used for arranging the hair, untangling it, or holding it in place.
- comes
-
noun,
Astronomy. companion1 (def 6).
- clomb
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of climb.
- tubi-
-
- cunts
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- cumin
-
noun,
a small plant, Cuminum cyminum, of the parsley family, bearing aromatic, seedlike fruit, used in cookery and medicine.
- culms
-
noun,
coal dust; slack.
- culet
-
noun,
Jewelry. a small face forming the bottom of a faceted gem.
- sluit
-
noun,
(in South Africa) a deep, dry gulch or channel formed by erosion due to heavy rains.
- cubit
-
noun,
an ancient linear unit based on the length of the forearm, from elbow to the tip of the middle finger, usually from 17 to 21 inches (43 to 53 cm).
- cubes
-
noun,
a solid bounded by six equal squares, the angle between any two adjacent faces being a right angle.
- cubeb
-
noun,
the spicy fruit or drupe of an East Indian climbing shrub, Piper cubeba, of the pepper family.
- smile
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- smolt
-
noun,
a young, silvery salmon in the stage of its first migration to the sea.
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- Count
-
noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- Blois
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Loire-et-Cher, in central France, on the Loire River: historic castle.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- comet
-
noun,
a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and gas that may form a tail that streams away from the sun.
- Const
-
- Bluet
-
noun,
Usually, bluets. Also called innocence, Quaker-ladies. any of several North American plants of the genus Houstonia (or Hedyotis), of the madder family, especially H. caerulea, a low-growing plant having four-petaled blue and white flowers.
- blues
-
noun,
the blues, (used with a plural verb) depressed spirits; despondency; melancholy:
- Comte
-
noun,
count2 .
- Comus
-
noun,
an ancient Greek and Roman god of drinking and revelry.
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- oste-
-
- cont.
-
- snout
-
noun,
the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- tubes
-
noun,
a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
- 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.
- oleic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- socle
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- clone
-
noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- cutie
-
noun,
Informal. a charmingly attractive or cute person, especially a girl or a young woman (often used as a form of address):
- built
-
noun,
the physical structure, especially of a person; physique; figure:
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- bones
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- Suomi
-
noun,
Finnish name of Finland.
- Butes
-
noun,
phenylbutazone.
- Buteo
-
noun,
any of several buzzards or hawks of the genus Buteo.
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- bunts
-
noun,
a push with the head or horns; butt.
- telo-
-
- bonus
-
noun,
something given or paid over and above what is due.
- bunco
-
noun,
bunko.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- bosun
-
noun,
boatswain.
- Bueno
-
interjection,
good; all right.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- teno-
-
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- BSMet
-
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tious
-
- BSCom
-
- to-be
-
adjective,
future; soon to be the thing specified (usually used in combination):
- Bouse
-
noun,
liquor or drink.
- botel
-
noun,
boatel.
- Boult
-
noun,
Sir Adrian Cedric, 1889–1983, English conductor.
- Boule
-
noun,
Also called birne. a cylindrical lump of material for synthetic gems, made by the Verneuil process.
- Botes
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- 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.
- bonce
-
noun,
head; skull.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- clime
-
noun,
climate.
- climb
-
noun,
a climbing; an ascent by climbing:
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- Cleon
-
noun,
died 422 b.c, Athenian general and political opponent of Pericles.
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- bolts
-
noun,
a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- stome
-
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- bolus
-
noun,
Pharmacology, Veterinary Medicine. a round mass of medicinal material, larger than an ordinary pill. Abbreviation: bol.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cine-
-
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- bombs
-
noun,
Military. a projectile, formerly usually spherical, filled with a bursting charge and exploded by means of a fuze, by impact, or otherwise, now generally designed to be dropped from an aircraft.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- celom
-
noun,
coelom.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- cent.
-
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- Cimon
-
noun,
507–499 b.c, Athenian military leader, naval commander, and statesman (son of Miltiades).
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- bombe
-
noun,
a round or melon-shaped frozen mold made from a combination of ice creams, mousses, or ices.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- Cetus
-
noun,
the Whale, a constellation lying above the equator, containing the variable star Mira.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- cutes
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- Cons.
-
- Louie
-
noun,
looie.
- ictus
-
noun,
Prosody. rhythmical or metrical stress.
- Icel.
-
- seti-
-
- Iceni
-
noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- bites
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- emuls
-
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- Sibiu
-
noun,
a city in central Romania.
- biont
-
- icons
-
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Seoul
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of South Korea, in the W part.
- tules
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- Scout
-
noun,
a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- blebs
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a blister or vesicle.
- blent
-
noun,
an act or manner of blending:
- blest
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of bless.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Tobin
-
noun,
James, 1918–2002, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1981.
- Mosul
-
noun,
a city in N Iraq, on the Tigris, opposite the ruins of Nineveh.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- ileum
-
noun,
Anatomy. the third and lowest division of the small intestine, extending from the jejunum to the cecum.
- encl.
-
- tunes
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- cutin
-
noun,
a transparent, waxy substance constituting, together with cellulose, the cuticle of plants.
- Scot.
-
- scute
-
noun,
a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- sebi-
-
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- sebum
-
noun,
the fatty secretion of the sebaceous glands.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- eusol
-
noun,
an antiseptic solution prepared from chlorinated lime and boric acid, formerly used in treating wounds.
- sect.
-
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- semi-
-
- bison
-
noun,
Also called American bison, American buffalo. a North American, oxlike ruminant, Bison bison, having a large head and high, humped shoulders: formerly common in North America, its small remaining population in isolated western areas of the U.S. and Canada is now protected.
- Eolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- ento-
-
- Iblis
-
noun,
an evil spirit or devil, the chief of the wicked jinn.
- Ibsen
-
noun,
Henrik [hen-rik] /ˈhɛn rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1828–1906, Norwegian dramatist and poet.
- outen
-
verb (used with object),
to turn off (a light) or extinguish (a fire).
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- ileus
-
noun,
intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
- embus
-
verb (used with or without object),
to get or put on a bus.
- blini
-
plural noun,
pancakes made with yeast and either white or buckwheat flour and traditionally served during Shrovetide with caviar and sour cream.
- slime
-
noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- tunic
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a coat worn as part of a military or other uniform.
- Sino-
-
- imit.
-
- imino
-
adjective,
containing the imino group.
- sito-
-
- ecol.
-
- econ.
-
- imbue
-
verb (used with object),
to impregnate or inspire, as with feelings, opinions, etc.:
- biome
-
noun,
a complex biotic community characterized by distinctive plant and animal species and maintained under the climatic conditions of the region, especially such a community that has developed to climax.
- incl.
-
- ecto-
-
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- biol.
-
- cutis
-
noun,
the true skin, consisting of the dermis and the epidermis.
- ilio-
-
- Ilium
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- simul
-
adverb,
(in prescriptions) together.
- bints
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- blite
-
noun,
sea blite.
- Ilion
-
noun,
Greek name of ancient Troy.
- 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.
- ousel
-
noun,
ouzel.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- ounce
-
noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- imine
-
noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- scil
-
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ScBE
-
- tion
-
- sci.
-
- SBLI
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Tob.
-
- ole-
-
- Muni
-
noun,
a municipal bond.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- stub
-
noun,
a short projecting part.
- mun.
-
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- stum
-
noun,
unfermented or partly fermented grape juice.
- mult
-
- sub-
-
- SBIC
-
- mule
-
noun,
the sterile offspring of a female horse and a male donkey, valued as a work animal, having strong muscles, a body shaped like a horse, and donkeylike long ears, small feet, and sure-footedness.
Compare hinny.
- uni-
-
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- Tobe
-
noun,
the principal outer garment in some parts of north and central Africa, consisting of a length of cloth that is sewn into a long loose skirt or is draped around the body and fastened over one shoulder.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- moue
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- out-
-
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- USMC
-
- tel-
-
- MSIE
-
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- ten.
-
- Ont.
-
- USTC
-
- msec
-
- MSCE
-
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- MSBC
-
- mout
-
- muc-
-
- TCBM
-
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- sumi
-
noun,
black ink made from a mixture of plant soot and glue solidified into sticks or cakes the ends of which are scraped or ground into water on an ink slab, much used by calligraphers and painters.
- Sumo
-
noun,
a form of wrestling in Japan in which a contestant wins by forcing his opponent out of the ring or by causing him to touch the ground with any part of his body other than the soles of his feet, contestants usually being men of great height and weight.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- 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.
- nom.
-
- muon
-
noun,
a lepton similar in most respects to the electron except that it is unstable, it may be positively charged, and its mass is approximately 207 times greater; the positively charged muon is the antiparticle of the negatively charged muon. Symbol: μ.
- tube
-
noun,
a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- nos-
-
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- not-
-
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- 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):
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- Sol.
-
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- tule
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- Toul
-
noun,
a fortress town in NE France, on the Moselle: siege 1870. 16,832.
- snob
-
noun,
a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others.
- snib
-
noun,
a bolt, catch, lock, or fastening on a door or window.
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- Tues
-
- slob
-
noun,
a slovenly or boorish person.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- 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.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- 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.
- slub
-
noun,
the fibers produced by slubbing.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- umbo
-
noun,
a boss on a shield, as one at the center of a circular shield.
- SLIM
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- nobs
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- slum
-
noun,
Often, slums. a thickly populated, run-down, squalid part of a city, inhabited by poor people.
- slut
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- SLIC
-
- SLBM
-
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- smut
-
noun,
a particle of soot; sooty matter.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NTSB
-
- scum
-
noun,
a film or layer of foul or extraneous matter that forms on the surface of a liquid.
- sec.
-
- NCTE
-
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- muts
-
noun,
mutt.
- tomb
-
noun,
an excavation in earth or rock for the burial of a corpse; grave.
- mute
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- Sem.
-
- obb.
-
- must
-
noun,
something necessary, vital, or required:
- Obie
-
noun,
one of a group of awards given annually, beginning in 1956, by New York City's The Village Voice newspaper for achievement in the off-Broadway theater.
- obis
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- Nebo
-
noun,
Mt. See under Pisgah.
- obit
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- stob
-
noun,
a post, stump, or stake.
- Muse
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of a number of sister goddesses, originally given as Aoede (song), Melete (meditation), and Mneme (memory), but latterly and more commonly as the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne who presided over various arts: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (lyric poetry), Euterpe (music), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (religious music), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy); identified by the Romans with the Camenae.
any goddess presiding over a particular art.
- obs.
-
- Oct.
-
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- scut
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- MusB
-
- mus.
-
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- NEBS
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- ulto
-
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- soln
-
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- nubs
-
noun,
the point, gist, or heart of something.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- nibs
-
noun,
his/her nibs, Informal: Often Facetious. a person in authority, especially one who is demanding and tyrannical:
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- numb
-
adjective,
deprived of physical sensation or the ability to move:
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- Soni
-
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- 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.
- neo-
-
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- Ste.
-
- Tums
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- unco
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- 1080
-
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- cule
-
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Coue
-
noun,
Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1857–1926, French psychotherapist.
- cts.
-
- cube
-
noun,
a solid bounded by six equal squares, the angle between any two adjacent faces being a right angle.
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- Culm
-
noun,
coal dust; slack.
- Con.
-
- cult
-
noun,
a particular system of religious worship, especially with reference to its rites and ceremonies.
- cunt
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- cute
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- ebbs
-
noun,
the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow).
- ebon
-
adjective,
ebony (def 6).
- eco-
-
- ect-
-
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- COMS
-
noun,
Trademark. Comedy Central: a cable television channel.
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- cobs
-
noun,
a corncob.
- clou
-
noun,
a major point of interest or attention.
- club
-
noun,
a heavy stick, usually thicker at one end than at the other, suitable for use as a weapon; a cudgel.
- clue
-
noun,
anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem, mystery, etc.
- cml.
-
- Cmon
-
- CMOS
-
noun,
complementary metal oxide semiconductor.
- Cnut
-
noun,
Canute.
- Cobb
-
noun,
Howell [hou-uh l] /ˈhaʊ əl/ (Show IPA), 1815–68, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1849–51.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- coml
-
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Col.
-
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- Com.
-
- come
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. semen.
- elms
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- intl
-
- 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.
- 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 = .
- ious
-
- ISBN
-
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- iso-
-
- IMCO
-
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- itis
-
- itol
-
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- Inc.
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- etc.
-
- enc.
-
- enl.
-
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Ens.
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- eous
-
- eso-
-
- est.
-
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- ile-
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- ibis
-
noun,
any of several large wading birds of the family Threskiornithidae, of warm temperate and tropical regions, related to the herons and storks, and characterized by a long, thin, downward-curved bill.
Compare sacred ibis.
- ible
-
- Ibos
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- ICBM
-
- Ice.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Blue
-
noun,
the pure color of a clear sky; the primary color between green and violet in the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 450 and 500 nm.
- bleb
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a blister or vesicle.
- blin
-
noun,
singular of blini.
- BLit
-
- blob
-
noun,
a globule of liquid; bubble.
- bloc
-
noun,
a group of persons, businesses, etc., united for a particular purpose.
- blot
-
noun,
a spot or stain, especially of ink on paper.
- blub
-
noun,
a swelling of fresh plasterwork.
- Blum
-
noun,
Léon [lee-on;; French ley-awn] /ˈli ɒn;; French leɪˈɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1872–1950, French statesman, journalist, and Socialist Party leader: premier of France 1936–37, 1938, 1946–47.
- BIOS
-
noun,
computer firmware that directs many basic functions of the operating system, as booting and keyboard control.
- BMet
-
- BMOC
-
- boil
-
noun,
the act or an instance of boiling.
- Bol.
-
- bole
-
noun,
the stem or trunk of a tree.
- Bolt
-
noun,
a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- bomb
-
noun,
Military. a projectile, formerly usually spherical, filled with a bursting charge and exploded by means of a fuze, by impact, or otherwise, now generally designed to be dropped from an aircraft.
- Bomu
-
noun,
a river in central Africa, forming part of the boundary between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic, flowing N and W into the Uele River to form the Ubangi River. About 500 miles (805 km) long.
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- Bion
-
noun,
flourished c100 b.c, Greek pastoral poet.
- bons
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- Benu
-
noun,
the sacred bird of ancient Egypt, corresponding to the phoenix.
- BMus
-
- bbl.
-
plural,
barrel.
- bbls
-
plural,
barrel.
- bels
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- belt
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- Beni
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- bens
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- Bent
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- BEST
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- bio-
-
- bet.
-
- Bib.
-
- Bice
-
noun,
either of two colors, bice blue or bice green.
- Biel
-
noun,
Lake. Bienne, Lake of.
- bile
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- bin-
-
- bine
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- bint
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- Bone
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- Bosc
-
noun,
a large, greenish-yellow variety of pear.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- cet-
-
- but-
-
- Bute
-
noun,
phenylbutazone.
- buts
-
noun,
buts, reservations or objections:
- CBEL
-
- Cebu
-
noun,
an island in the S central Philippines. 1703 sq. mi. (4411 sq. km).
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Cels
-
- cen.
-
- Ceto
-
- bus.
-
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cis-
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cit.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Clem
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clement.
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- Bust
-
noun,
a sculptured, painted, drawn, or engraved representation of the upper part of the human figure, especially a portrait sculpture showing only the head and shoulders of the subject.
- bunt
-
noun,
a push with the head or horns; butt.
- Bose
-
noun,
Sir Jagadis Chandre [juh-guh-dees chuhn-druh] /dʒə gəˈdis ˈtʃʌn drə/ (Show IPA), 1858–1937, Indian physicist and plant physiologist.
- BSIE
-
- bot.
-
- bote
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- bots
-
noun,
a disease affecting various mammals, especially horses, caused by the attachment of the parasitic larvae of botflies to the stomach of the host.
- boun
-
verb (used with or without object),
to prepare; make ready.
- bout
-
noun,
a contest or trial of strength, as of boxing.
- BSCE
-
- BSEc
-
- BSEM
-
- BSIT
-
- bulb
-
noun,
Botany.
a usually subterranean and often globular bud having fleshy leaves emergent at the top and a stem reduced to a flat disk, rooting from the underside, as in the onion and lily.
a plant growing from such a bud.
- BSLM
-
- BSME
-
- BSMT
-
- BSOT
-
- btl.
-
- Bubo
-
noun,
an inflammatory swelling of a lymphatic gland, especially in the groin or armpit.
- bubs
-
noun,
(used as an often insolent term of address) brother; buddy.
- bul.
-
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- met.
-
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- LitB
-
- lit.
-
- 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:
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- 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.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- lin.
-
- men-
-
- limo
-
noun,
a limousine.
- limn
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lobs
-
- Lome
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Togo, on the Gulf of Guinea.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- lime
-
noun,
Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- limb
-
noun,
a part or member of an animal body distinct from the head and trunk, as a leg, arm, or wing:
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- mis-
-
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- lobi
-
noun,
plural of lobus.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- lobe
-
noun,
a roundish projection or division, as of an organ or a leaf.
- mes-
-
- menu
-
noun,
a list of the dishes served at a meal; bill of fare:
- Loeb
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, German physiologist and experimental biologist in the U.S.
- mibs
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- Mic.
-
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- 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.
- ment
-
- litu
-
noun,
a plural of litas.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- mil.
-
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- Mile
-
noun,
Also called statute mile. a unit of distance on land in English-speaking countries equal to 5280 feet, or 1760 yards (1.609 kilometers).
- Milo
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- Lust
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- min.
-
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- lout
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- mol.
-
- Mole
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- mols
-
noun,
mole4 .
- loun
-
noun,
loon2 .
- Mon.
-
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- lube
-
noun,
lubricant.
- Luce
-
noun,
a pike, especially when fully grown.
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- Lune
-
noun,
anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.
- Lib.
-
- Lunt
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- moil
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- molt
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- libs
-
noun,
liberation (def 2):
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- NbE
-
- MCI
-
- STL
-
- STM
-
- SUM
-
noun,
the aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars as determined by or as if by the mathematical process of addition:
- NBC
-
- CEO
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- CLI
-
- MSL
-
- MSC
-
- cle
-
- NBS
-
- Clo
-
- Mo.
-
- cl.
-
- Me.
-
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- BSO
-
- BSN
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- Mc-
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- BSM
-
- MBE
-
- NES
-
- 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.
- STI
-
- CLU
-
- BST
-
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- NEC
-
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- 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.
- Co.
-
- CIM
-
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- NEB
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- CBE
-
- Tbi
-
- TBO
-
- TCS
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- NCO
-
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- bun
-
noun,
any of a wide variety of variously shaped bread rolls, usually leavened and slightly sweetened or plain, sometimes containing spices, dried currants, etc.
- CIB
-
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- cs.
-
- mut
-
noun,
mutt.
- ct.
-
- CBS
-
- ne-
-
- Bub
-
noun,
(used as an often insolent term of address) brother; buddy.
- MBO
-
- bu.
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- BTE
-
- Bt.
-
- CIE
-
- nub
-
noun,
the point, gist, or heart of something.
- Bon
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- mi.
-
- bi-
-
- bec
-
- Bel
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- unc
-
- Ben
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- UMT
-
- Ume
-
noun,
a river in N Sweden, flowing SE from the W border to the Gulf of Bothnia. Aabout 285 miles (460 km) long.
- MOI
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- bbs
-
noun,
a size of shot, 0.18 inches (0.46 cm) in diameter, fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
- mob
-
noun,
a disorderly or riotous crowd of people.
- BIE
-
- MNS
-
- ult
-
- Ulm
-
noun,
a city in E Baden-Württemberg, in S Germany, on the Danube.
- MNE
-
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- UIT
-
- BCS
-
- Une
-
- MLS
-
- USM
-
- uti
-
- BBC
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- UTC
-
- BCE
-
- USO
-
- USN
-
- BCL
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- BTU
-
noun,
the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 pound (0.4 kg) of water 1°F. Abbreviation: Btu, BTU, B.t.u., B.T.U., B.th.u.
- USC
-
- USB
-
- be-
-
- BEM
-
- bl.
-
- uns
-
- UNO
-
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- BSC
-
- Ube
-
noun,
a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan.
- ml.
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- BMI
-
- BMS
-
- BMT
-
- Bn.
-
- 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.
- BNS
-
- Bob
-
noun,
a short, jerky motion:
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- MIE
-
- MTS
-
- BSL
-
- MIB
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- TNB
-
- TMO
-
- tlo
-
- TLC
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- BSE
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- BME
-
- MTO
-
- MSE
-
- BLM
-
- MIT
-
- BIT
-
noun,
Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- ble
-
- tum
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- MSI
-
- MSN
-
- 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.
- tue
-
- mtn
-
- MST
-
- Mt.
-
- MTI
-
- BLS
-
- BLT
-
plural,
a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich.
- tub
-
noun,
a bathtub.
- Tu.
-
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- CNS
-
- nib
-
noun,
the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
- ot-
-
- ILO
-
- ILS
-
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- OTS
-
- imu
-
noun,
a usually large, covered cooking pit in which food is cooked by means of heated stones.
- in.
-
- ote
-
- OTB
-
- ine
-
- il-
-
- ose
-
- IOC
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- ons
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IOT
-
- IOU
-
- ONI
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Ibo
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- SCM
-
- Esc
-
- ESL
-
- NOC
-
- ESU
-
- se-
-
- LMT
-
- ETO
-
- ETS
-
- STB
-
- ics
-
- IBN
-
- ITU
-
- io-
-
- ib.
-
- SCB
-
- sc.
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- SBE
-
- sb.
-
- So.
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ise
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- obi
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- LCM
-
- OBE
-
- LCT
-
- OTC
-
- OSB
-
- Oc.
-
- ob.
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- LBS
-
plural,
pound.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- NUM
-
- NUL
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- NSC
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- LEO
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noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- NSU
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- let
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noun,
British. a lease.
- Les
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- LCI
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- LBO
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- LIM
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- OIt
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- Isl
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- OMB
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- Om.
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- ism
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noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ist
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- ITC
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- ite
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- COS
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noun,
romaine.
- Lie
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noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- ITO
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noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- lb.
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plural,
pound.
- oil
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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.
- ium
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- oic
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- OES
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noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OEM
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- IUS
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- OCS
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- Lt.
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- obl
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- SEI
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noun,
sei whale.
- eu-
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- uts
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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.
- lub
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- LSC
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- LSI
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- LSM
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- SLE
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- ebb
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noun,
the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow).
- LST
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- EbN
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- Lou
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noun,
a male given name, form of Louis.
- Nil
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noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NIC
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noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- cte
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- EBS
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- ec-
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- SIT
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verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- NIM
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noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- EOM
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- NMI
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- Cui
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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.
- Lot
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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.
- CST
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- Cub
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noun,
the young of certain animals, as the bear, lion, or tiger.
- CSO
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- SMB
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- cue
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noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- LON
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- eo-
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- nit
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noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- cum
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noun,
come (def 24).
- SNU
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- SOB
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noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- Cut
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noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- COT
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noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- SOC
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noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- ECM
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- ctn
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plural,
carton.
- Son
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noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- St.
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- CNO
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- NMU
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- SIC
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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).
- EMT
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- Sib
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noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- CNM
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- EMU
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noun,
a large, flightless, ratite bird, Emu (Dromaius) novaehollandiae, of Australia, resembling the ostrich but smaller and having a feathered head and neck and rudimentary wings.
- els
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- en-
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- LOC
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- MOS
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noun,
moment (def 1).
- SEN
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- eon
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noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOS
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noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- LOE
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noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- EMS
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noun,
the letter M, m.
- Sou
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noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- sot
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noun,
a drunkard.
- ELM
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noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- ECU
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noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- Eli
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noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- nob
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noun,
Slang. the head.
- COB
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noun,
a corncob.
- EIS
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- Sin
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noun,
transgression of divine law:
- Luo
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noun,
a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
- L.
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- BB
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noun,
a size of shot, 0.18 inches (0.46 cm) in diameter, fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
- MB
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- M.
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- B-
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- le
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- LC
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- SU
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- LI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- BC
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- BM
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- L1
-
- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- L2
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- LU
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noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- BO
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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).
- O.
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- LO
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adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- SN
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- NB
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- N.
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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.
- MU
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noun,
the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).
- S.
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- SL
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- SM
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- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- NM
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- ic
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- i.
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- LM
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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.
- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- ln
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- TN
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- TM
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- NC
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- CU
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- TL
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- ol
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- UL
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- UI
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- UB
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- UC
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- U.
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- MN
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- EI
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- NL
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- CM
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- CE
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- Eb
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- CB
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- t.
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- TB
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- T1
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- TC
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- NI
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.