Anagrams of insubordinations
Word insubordinations has
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- insubordination
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noun,
the quality or condition of being insubordinate, or of being disobedient to authority; defiance:
- subordination
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noun,
the act of placing in a lower rank or position:
- insinuations
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noun,
an indirect or covert suggestion or hint, especially of a derogatory nature:
- insinuation
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noun,
an indirect or covert suggestion or hint, especially of a derogatory nature:
- ordinations
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noun,
Ecclesiastical. the act or ceremony of ordaining.
- indurations
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noun,
the act of indurating.
- disunionist
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noun,
a person who advocates or causes disunion.
- soi-disant
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adjective,
calling oneself thus; self-styled.
- ordination
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noun,
Ecclesiastical. the act or ceremony of ordaining.
- annotinous
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adjective,
one year old.
- induration
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noun,
the act of indurating.
- obtrusions
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noun,
the act of obtruding.
- antibiosis
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noun,
an association between organisms that is injurious to one of them.
- inanitions
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noun,
exhaustion from lack of nourishment; starvation.
- in-and-out
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noun,
Manège. an obstacle consisting of two fences placed too far apart to be cleared in one jump and too close together to allow more than one or two strides between.
- Sorbonist
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noun,
a student or graduate of the Sorbonne.
- isandrous
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adjective,
having the stamens similar to each other and equal in number to the petals.
- saturniid
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noun,
any of several large, brightly colored moths of the family Saturniidae, comprising the giant silkworm moths.
- irisation
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noun,
the effect or quality of being iridescent; iridescence.
- dinosaurs
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noun,
any chiefly terrestrial, herbivorous or carnivorous reptile of the extinct orders Saurischia and Ornithischia, from the Mesozoic Era, certain species of which are the largest known land animals.
- ironbound
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adjective,
bound with iron.
- Bostonian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Boston, Mass.
- Antoninus
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noun,
Marcus Aurelius, Marcus Aurelius.
- antidoron
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noun,
Also called holy bread. Greek Orthodox Church. bread blessed and distributed to the congregation at the end of the liturgy.
- antiunion
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adjective,
opposed to trade unions or unionism.
- unionists
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noun,
a person whose activities or beliefs are characterized by unionism.
- air-bound
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adjective,
stopped up by air.
- sonorants
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noun,
a voiced sound that is less sonorous than a vowel but more sonorous than a stop or fricative and that may occur as either a sonant or a consonant, as (l, r, m, n, y, w).
- dissonant
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adjective,
disagreeing or harsh in sound; discordant.
- distrains
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verb (used with object),
to constrain by seizing and holding goods, etc., in pledge for rent, damages, etc., or in order to obtain satisfaction of a claim.
- sinuation
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noun,
a winding; sinuosity.
- stasidion
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noun,
a choir stall in an Orthodox church.
- sinistro-
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- obtrusion
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noun,
the act of obtruding.
- disunions
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noun,
a severance of union; separation; disjunction.
- obsidians
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noun,
a volcanic glass similar in composition to granite, usually dark but transparent in thin pieces, and having a good conchoidal fracture.
- outboards
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noun,
an outboard motor.
- donations
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noun,
an act or instance of presenting something as a gift, grant, or contribution.
- absurdist
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adjective,
of, relating to, or dealing with absurdism or the absurd.
- trunnions
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noun,
either of the two cylindrical projections on a cannon, one on each side for supporting the cannon on its carriage.
- santonins
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noun,
a crystalline compound, C 15 H 18 O 3 , the active principle of santonica.
- so-and-so
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noun,
someone or something not definitely named:
- insidious
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adjective,
intended to entrap or beguile:
- ruination
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noun,
the act or state of ruining or the state of being ruined.
- inanition
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noun,
exhaustion from lack of nourishment; starvation.
- urbanists
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noun,
a person who is a specialist in urban planning.
- insurants
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noun,
a person who takes out an insurance policy.
- intorsion
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noun,
a twisting about an axis or fixed point, as of the stem of a plant.
- in-and-in
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adverb,
repeatedly within the same family, strain, etc.:
- Nabonidus
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noun,
died 539? b.c, last king of Babylonia 556–539 (father of Belshazzar).
- intrusion
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noun,
an act or instance of intruding.
- taborins
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noun,
a small tabor.
- distains
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verb (used with object),
to discolor; stain; sully.
- distrain
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verb (used with object),
to constrain by seizing and holding goods, etc., in pledge for rent, damages, etc., or in order to obtain satisfaction of a claim.
- nitroso-
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- disturbs
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verb (used with object),
to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
- disunion
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noun,
a severance of union; separation; disjunction.
- Notornis
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noun,
a rare, flightless gallinulelike bird, Notornis mantelli, of New Zealand.
- astounds
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adjective,
Archaic. astonished; astounded.
- bursitis
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noun,
inflammation of a bursa.
- nonsuits
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noun,
a judgment given against a plaintiff who neglects to prosecute, or who fails to show a legal cause of action or to bring sufficient evidence.
- boudoirs
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noun,
a woman's bedroom or private sitting room.
- sub-rosa
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adverb,
confidentially; secretly; privately.
- santonin
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noun,
a crystalline compound, C 15 H 18 O 3 , the active principle of santonica.
- Anniston
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noun,
a city in E Alabama.
- bridoons
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noun,
a snaffle when used with a curb on a full bridle.
- bunodont
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adjective,
having molar teeth with crowns in the form of rounded or conical cusps.
- Nuristan
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noun,
a mountainous region in NE Afghanistan. 5000 sq. mi. (12,950 sq. km).
- trunnion
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noun,
either of the two cylindrical projections on a cannon, one on each side for supporting the cannon on its carriage.
- sadirons
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noun,
Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S. Older Use. a flatiron that is pointed at both ends and has a detachable handle.
- diarists
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noun,
a person who keeps a diary.
- dinosaur
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noun,
any chiefly terrestrial, herbivorous or carnivorous reptile of the extinct orders Saurischia and Ornithischia, from the Mesozoic Era, certain species of which are the largest known land animals.
- audition
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noun,
a trial hearing given to a singer, actor, or other performer to test suitability for employment, professional training or competition, etc.
- nunation
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noun,
the doubling, in writing, of the final vowel symbol to indicate the addition, in speech, of the indefinite suffix n to certain nouns.
- rotundas
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noun,
a round building, especially one with a dome.
- bourdons
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noun,
the drone pipe of a bagpipe.
the drone string of a stringed instrument.
- Antonius
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noun,
Marcus, Antony, Mark.
- nidation
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noun,
implantation of an embryo in the lining of the uterus.
- sunbirds
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noun,
any of various small, brilliantly colored Old World birds of the family Nectariniidae.
- outsoars
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verb (used with object),
to soar beyond.
- Rondonia
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noun,
a state in W Brazil. 93,815 sq. mi. (242,980 sq. km). Capital: Pôrto Velho.
- outboard
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noun,
an outboard motor.
- disroots
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verb (used with object),
to uproot; dislodge.
- Antinous
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noun,
the chief suitor of Penelope, killed by Odysseus upon his return from Troy.
- arsonist
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noun,
a person who commits arson.
- sautoirs
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noun,
a ribbon, chain, scarf, or the like, tied around the neck in such a manner that the ends cross over each other.
- inradius
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noun,
the radius of the circle inscribed in a triangle.
- obsidian
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noun,
a volcanic glass similar in composition to granite, usually dark but transparent in thin pieces, and having a good conchoidal fracture.
- baudrons
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noun,
a cat.
- tournois
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adjective,
(of coins) minted in Tours, France:
- odorants
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noun,
an odorous substance or product.
- duration
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noun,
the length of time something continues or exists (often used with the).
- bination
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noun,
celebration of Mass twice on the same day by the same priest.
- Robinson
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noun,
Bill ("Bojangles") 1878–1949, U.S. tap dancer.
- rainouts
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noun,
a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.
- inundant
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adjective,
flooding or overflowing.
- sonorant
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noun,
a voiced sound that is less sonorous than a vowel but more sonorous than a stop or fricative and that may occur as either a sonant or a consonant, as (l, r, m, n, y, w).
- tornados
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noun,
a localized, violently destructive windstorm occurring over land, especially in the Middle West, and characterized by a long, funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground and made visible by condensation and debris.
Compare waterspout (def 3).
- ironists
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noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- intrans.
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- Urbanist
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noun,
a person who is a specialist in urban planning.
- intrados
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noun,
the interior curve or surface of an arch or vault.
- insurant
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noun,
a person who takes out an insurance policy.
- abortion
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noun,
Also called voluntary abortion. the removal of an embryo or fetus from the uterus in order to end a pregnancy.
- inboards
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noun,
an inboard motor.
- inbounds
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adjective,
Sports. being within the boundaries of a court or field.
- Ratisbon
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noun,
Regensburg.
- torsions
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noun,
the act of twisting.
- iris-out
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noun,
the gradual disappearance of an image or scene through a contracting circle.
- dustbins
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noun,
an ashcan; garbage can.
- Tandoori
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noun,
a plural of tandoor.
- sinusoid
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noun,
a curve described by the equation y = a sin x, the ordinate being proportional to the sine of the abscissa.
- donation
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noun,
an act or instance of presenting something as a gift, grant, or contribution.
- Brindisi
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noun,
an Adriatic seaport in SE Apulia, in SE Italy: important Roman city and naval station.
- andirons
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noun,
one of a pair of metal stands, usually of iron or brass, for holding logs in a fireplace.
- isobront
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noun,
a line on a weather map or chart connecting various points where a given phase of thunderstorm activity occurred simultaneously.
- unbraids
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verb (used with object),
to separate (anything braided, as hair) into the several strands.
- stannous
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adjective,
containing tin, especially in the bivalent state.
- stand-in
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noun,
a substitute for a motion-picture star during the preparation of lighting, cameras, etc., or in dangerous scenes.
- Unionist
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noun,
a person whose activities or beliefs are characterized by unionism.
- Radisson
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noun,
Pierre Esprit [es-pree] /ɛs pri/ (Show IPA), 1636?–1710? French fur trader and explorer in Canada.
- unitards
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noun,
a one-piece leotard with full-length stockings; bodysuit.
- biotrons
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noun,
a controlled laboratory environment designed to provide uniform experimental conditions with the aim of producing uniform organisms for use in experiments.
- notions
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noun,
a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something:
- Sandron
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noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- Basutos
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noun,
Sotho (def 3).
- bonsoir
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interjection,
good evening; good night.
- sanious
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adjective,
characterized by the discharge of sanies.
- bradsot
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noun,
braxy (def 1).
- Ontario
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noun,
a province in S Canada, bordering on the Great Lakes. 412,582 sq. mi. (1,068,585 sq. km). Capital: Toronto.
- Brandon
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noun,
a city in SW Manitoba, in S central Canada.
- Borodin
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noun,
Aleksandr Porfirevich [al-ig-zan-der pawr-feer-uh-vich,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahndr puhr-fyee-ryi-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər pɔrˈfɪər ə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑndr pʌrˈfyi ryɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1833–87, Russian composer and chemist.
- tannins
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noun,
Chemistry. any of a group of astringent vegetable principles or compounds, chiefly complex glucosides of catechol and pyrogallol, as the reddish compound that gives the tanning properties to oak bark or the whitish compound that occurs in large quantities in nutgalls (common tannin, tannic acid)
- bon-ton
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noun,
good or elegant form or style.
- obtains
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verb (used with object),
to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request:
- santirs
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noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- bassoon
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noun,
a large woodwind instrument of low range, with a doubled tube and a curved metal crook to which a double reed is attached.
- toroids
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noun,
a surface generated by the revolution of any closed plane curve or contour about an axis lying in its plane.
- bridoon
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noun,
a snaffle when used with a curb on a full bridle.
- oboists
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noun,
a player of the oboe.
- rubatos
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noun,
a rubato phrase or passage.
- bastion
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noun,
Fortification. a projecting portion of a rampart or fortification that forms an irregular pentagon attached at the base to the main work.
- biotins
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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.
- sadiron
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noun,
Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S. Older Use. a flatiron that is pointed at both ends and has a detachable handle.
- bausond
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adjective,
(of animals) having white spots on a black or bay background; piebald.
- obtunds
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verb (used with object),
to blunt; dull; deaden.
- nutrias
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noun,
the coypu.
- onboard
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adjective,
provided, occurring, etc., on a vehicle:
- tornado
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noun,
a localized, violently destructive windstorm occurring over land, especially in the Middle West, and characterized by a long, funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground and made visible by condensation and debris.
Compare waterspout (def 3).
- odorant
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noun,
an odorous substance or product.
- bostons
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Massachusetts, in the E part.
- bonitos
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noun,
any mackerellike fish of the genus Sarda, as S. sarda, of the Atlantic Ocean.
- boudoir
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noun,
a woman's bedroom or private sitting room.
- Bisitun
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noun,
Behistun.
- bonitas
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noun,
a female given name.
- bistros
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noun,
a small, modest, European-style restaurant or café.
- Sanborn
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noun,
a male given name.
- Bonnard
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noun,
Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), 1867–1947, French painter.
- sandbur
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noun,
any of various grasses of the genus Cenchrus, having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs.
- bourdon
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noun,
the drone pipe of a bagpipe.
the drone string of a stringed instrument.
- Russian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Russia.
- Boiardo
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noun,
Matteo Maria [mah-tey-oh muh-ree-uh;; Italian maht-te-aw mah-ree-ah] /mɑˈteɪ oʊ məˈri ə;; Italian mɑtˈtɛ ɔ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1434–94, Italian poet.
- biotron
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noun,
a controlled laboratory environment designed to provide uniform experimental conditions with the aim of producing uniform organisms for use in experiments.
- nanduti
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noun,
a fine, intricate lace made in Paraguay, usually of cotton, and resembling a spiderweb.
- Britain
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noun,
Great Britain.
- sordino
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noun,
mute (def 10).
- dobsons
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noun,
dobsonfly.
- Dobuans
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noun,
Dobu.
- Donatus
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noun,
early-4th-century bishop of Casae Nigrae in northern Africa: leader of a heretical Christian group.
Compare Donatist.
- issuant
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adjective,
Heraldry. (of a beast) represented with the body erect and only the forepart visible:
- isobars
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noun,
Meteorology. a line drawn on a weather map or chart that connects points at which the barometric pressure is the same.
- Isidora
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noun,
a female given name.
- isation
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- isatins
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noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- Ironton
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noun,
a city in S Ohio, on the Ohio River.
- ironist
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noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- iris-in
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noun,
the gradual appearance of an image or scene through an expanding circle.
- iridous
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adjective,
containing trivalent iridium.
- Dunstan
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noun,
Saint, a.d. c925–988, English statesman: archbishop of Canterbury 961–978.
- soroban
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noun,
a Japanese abacus of Chinese derivation.
- durians
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noun,
the edible fruit of a tree, Durio zibethinus, of the bombax family, of southeastern Asia, having a hard, prickly rind, a highly flavored, pulpy flesh, and an unpleasant odor.
- diurons
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noun,
a white crystalline substance, C 9 H 10 Cl 2 N 2 O, used as a weed-killer.
- dustbin
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noun,
an ashcan; garbage can.
- dustoor
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noun,
dastur.
- Sorbian
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noun,
Also called Lusatian, Wendish. a Slavic language spoken by an isolated group in E Germany.
- inturns
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noun,
an inward turn or curve around an axis or fixed point.
- introns
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noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- sonants
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noun,
a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant).
- inboard
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noun,
an inboard motor.
- inbound
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adjective,
inward bound:
- instars
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noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- indoors
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adverb,
in or into a house or building:
- indusia
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noun,
Botany, Mycology. any of several structures having a netlike or skirtlike shape, as the membranous overgrowth covering the sori in ferns.
- innards
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noun,
the internal parts of the body; entrails or viscera.
- inroads
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noun,
a damaging or serious encroachment:
- inradii
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noun,
the radius of the circle inscribed in a triangle.
- stounds
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noun,
Archaic. a short time; short while.
- disturb
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verb (used with object),
to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
- tandoor
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noun,
a cylindrical clay oven, fired to a high heat by wood or charcoal, in which foods, especially meats, are cooked and bread is baked.
- bustard
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noun,
any of several large, chiefly terrestrial and ground-running birds of the family Otididae, of the Old World and Australia, related to the cranes.
- Broadus
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noun,
something given as a bonus; lagniappe.
- nonsuit
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noun,
a judgment given against a plaintiff who neglects to prosecute, or who fails to show a legal cause of action or to bring sufficient evidence.
- noniron
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adjective,
drip-dry.
- taborin
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noun,
a small tabor.
- sardius
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noun,
sard.
- BSTrans
-
- Buisson
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noun,
Ferdinand Édouard [fer-dee-nahn ey-dwar] /fɛr diˈnɑ̃ eɪˈdwær/ (Show IPA), 1841–1932, French statesman and educator: Nobel Peace Prize 1927.
- sustain
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verb (used with object),
to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure.
- nitrous
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adjective,
pertaining to compounds obtained from niter, usually containing less oxygen than the corresponding nitric compounds.
- 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.
- niobous
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adjective,
Chemistry. containing trivalent niobium, as niobous chloride, NbCl 3 .
- burtons
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noun,
any of various small tackles for use on shipboard.
- Ninurta
-
noun,
a Sumerian and Babylonian hero god.
- suntans
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noun,
a tan military uniform for summer wear.
- sunbird
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noun,
any of various small, brilliantly colored Old World birds of the family Nectariniidae.
- distain
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verb (used with object),
to discolor; stain; sully.
- strouds
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noun,
a coarse woolen cloth, blanket, or garment formerly used by the British in bartering with the North American Indians.
- Nairobi
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Kenya, in the SW part.
- disroot
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verb (used with object),
to uproot; dislodge.
- disbars
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verb (used with object),
to expel from the legal profession or from the bar of a particular court.
- strains
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- sautoir
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noun,
a ribbon, chain, scarf, or the like, tied around the neck in such a manner that the ends cross over each other.
- strands
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noun,
the land bordering the sea, a lake, or a river; shore; beach.
- diarist
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noun,
a person who keeps a diary.
- Nidaros
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noun,
former name of Trondheim.
- nasions
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noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- suasion
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noun,
the act of advising, urging, or attempting to persuade; persuasion.
- subarid
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adjective,
moderately arid.
- suborns
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verb (used with object),
to bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime.
- satoris
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noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- natrons
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noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- basions
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noun,
the midpoint of the anterior margin of the foramen magnum.
- ribosos
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noun,
rebozo.
- Ouranos
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noun,
Uranus (def 2).
- unitard
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noun,
a one-piece leotard with full-length stockings; bodysuit.
- andiron
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noun,
one of a pair of metal stands, usually of iron or brass, for holding logs in a fireplace.
- auditor
-
noun,
a person appointed and authorized to examine accounts and accounting records, compare the charges with the vouchers, verify balance sheet and income items, and state the result.
- aurists
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noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- orotund
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adjective,
(of the voice or speech) characterized by strength, fullness, richness, and clearness.
- unisons
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noun,
coincidence in pitch of two or more musical tones, voices, etc.
- Orosius
-
noun,
Paulus [paw-luh s] /ˈpɔ ləs/ (Show IPA), flourished 5th century a.d, Spanish theologian and historian.
- robands
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noun,
a short piece of spun yarn or other material, used to secure a sail to a yard, gaff, or the like.
- androus
-
- adsorbs
-
verb (used with object),
to gather (a gas, liquid, or dissolved substance) on a surface in a condensed layer:
- Austro-
-
- adornos
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noun,
relief ornament applied to a piece.
- orisons
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noun,
a prayer.
- unroots
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verb (used with object),
to uproot.
- adnouns
-
noun,
an adjective used as a noun, as meek in Blessed are the meek; absolute adjective.
- Rostand
-
noun,
Edmond [ed-mawn] /ɛdˈmɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1868–1918, French dramatist and poet.
- Rossini
-
noun,
Gioacchino Antonio [jaw-ahk-kee-naw ahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌdʒɔ ɑkˈki nɔ ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1792–1868, Italian composer.
- absurds
-
noun,
the quality or condition of existing in a meaningless and irrational world.
- Ariosto
-
noun,
Ludovico [loo-daw-vee-kaw] /ˌlu dɔˈvi kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1474–1533, Italian poet: author of Orlando Furioso.
- ronions
-
noun,
ronyon.
- tundras
-
noun,
one of the vast, nearly level, treeless plains of the arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America.
- Tunisia
-
noun,
a republic in N Africa, on the Mediterranean: a French protectorate until 1956. 48,330 sq. mi. (125,175 sq. km). Capital: Tunis.
- outbids
-
verb (used with object),
to outdo in bidding; make a higher bid than (another bidder).
- aristos
-
noun,
aristocrat.
- aristo-
-
- ariosos
-
noun,
an arioso composition or section.
- unbinds
-
verb (used with object),
to release from bonds or restraint, as a prisoner; free.
- outbond
-
adjective,
composed mainly or entirely of stretchers (opposed to inbond).
- aorists
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- astound
-
adjective,
Archaic. astonished; astounded.
- outsoar
-
verb (used with object),
to soar beyond.
- astroid
-
noun,
a hypocycloid with four cusps.
- antbird
-
noun,
any of numerous passerine birds of the family Formicariidae, of the New World tropics, many species of which follow army ant swarms to feed on insects disturbed by the ants.
- anoints
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- rainout
-
noun,
a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.
- unbraid
-
verb (used with object),
to separate (anything braided, as hair) into the several strands.
- Tournai
-
noun,
a city in W Belgium, on the Scheldt River.
- raisins
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- oration
-
noun,
a formal public speech, especially one delivered on a special occasion, as on an anniversary, at a funeral, or at academic exercises.
- torsion
-
noun,
the act of twisting.
- rotunda
-
noun,
a round building, especially one with a dome.
- abiosis
-
noun,
the absence or lack of life; a nonviable state.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- riotous
-
adjective,
(of an act) characterized by or of the nature of rioting or a disturbance of the peace.
- ratoons
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- abounds
-
verb (used without object),
to occur or exist in great quantities or numbers:
- ribands
-
noun,
a decorative ribbon.
- ordains
-
verb (used with object),
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- abortus
-
noun,
immature placental or fetal tissue prematurely passed or curetted.
- bursts
-
noun,
an act or instance of bursting.
- Stroud
-
noun,
a coarse woolen cloth, blanket, or garment formerly used by the British in bartering with the North American Indians.
- turion
-
noun,
a small shoot, as of asparagus or certain aquatic plants, from which a new plant can develop.
- disbar
-
verb (used with object),
to expel from the legal profession or from the bar of a particular court.
- nitons
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- Anubis
-
noun,
the god of tombs and weigher of the hearts of the dead: represented as having the head of a jackal.
- Strand
-
noun,
the land bordering the sea, a lake, or a river; shore; beach.
- Straus
-
noun,
Isidor, 1845–1912, U.S. retail merchant and politician, born in Bavaria: congressman 1894–95 (brother of Nathan and Oscar Solomon Straus).
- outran
-
verb,
simple past tense of outrun.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- robust
-
adjective,
strong and healthy; hardy; vigorous:
- induna
-
noun,
an official functionary of a king or chief in South African Bantu societies.
- burans
-
noun,
a strong Asian wind of the Asian steppes accompanying dust storms in summer and blizzards in winter.
- turbos
-
noun,
turbine.
- dinars
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- nanoid
-
adjective,
dwarfish.
- saudis
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Saudi Arabia.
- studio
-
noun,
the workroom or atelier of an artist, as a painter or sculptor.
- tundra
-
noun,
one of the vast, nearly level, treeless plains of the arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America.
- Antons
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- Indris
-
noun,
a short-tailed lemur, Indri indri, of Madagascar, about 2 feet (60 cm) in length: an endangered species.
- turbo-
-
- diuron
-
noun,
a white crystalline substance, C 9 H 10 Cl 2 N 2 O, used as a weed-killer.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- indoor
-
adjective,
occurring, used, etc., in a house or building, rather than out of doors:
- nadirs
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- stound
-
noun,
Archaic. a short time; short while.
- aniso-
-
- stours
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- unbind
-
verb (used with object),
to release from bonds or restraint, as a prisoner; free.
- Strabo
-
noun,
63? b.c.–a.d. 21? Greek geographer and historian.
- insist
-
verb (used with object),
to assert or maintain firmly:
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- unbars
-
verb (used with object),
to remove a bar or bars from; open; unlock; unbolt:
- anoint
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- Robson
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in SW Canada, in E British Columbia: highest peak in the Canadian Rockies, 12,972 feet (3954 meters).
- bunton
-
noun,
one of a number of struts reinforcing the walls of a shaft and dividing it into vertical compartments.
- distr.
-
- U-boat
-
noun,
a German submarine.
- nasion
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- turbid
-
adjective,
not clear or transparent because of stirred-up sediment or the like; clouded; opaque; obscured:
- Burton
-
noun,
any of various small tackles for use on shipboard.
- sunnas
-
noun,
the traditional portion of Muslim law, based on the words and acts of Muhammad, and preserved in the traditional literature.
- Danton
-
noun,
Georges Jacques [zhawrzh zhahk] /ʒɔrʒ ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1759–94, French Revolutionary leader.
- danios
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- outbid
-
verb (used with object),
to outdo in bidding; make a higher bid than (another bidder).
- suints
-
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.
- suitor
-
noun,
a man who courts or woos a woman.
- aroids
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- ninons
-
noun,
a sturdy chiffon or voile constructed in either plain or novelty weaves and generally used in the manufacture of women's garments, curtains, and drapery.
- bursas
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a pouch, sac, or vesicle, especially a sac containing synovia, to facilitate motion, as between a tendon and a bone.
- suntan
-
noun,
a browning or a brown color of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or a sunlamp; tan.
- around
-
Idioms,
been around, having had much worldly experience:
- inroad
-
noun,
a damaging or serious encroachment:
- riboso
-
noun,
rebozo.
- Busoni
-
noun,
Ferruccio (Benvenuto) [fer-root-chaw ben-ve-noo-taw] /fɛrˈrut tʃɔ ˌbɛn vɛˈnu tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1924, Italian composer and pianist.
- Niobid
-
noun,
any of the children of Niobe.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- arsons
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- Innuit
-
noun,
Inuit.
- satins
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- turban
-
noun,
a man's headdress worn chiefly by Muslims in southern Asia, consisting of a long cloth of silk, linen, cotton, etc., wound either about a cap or directly around the head.
- nation
-
noun,
a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own:
- Buriat
-
noun,
Buryat.
- subito
-
adverb,
(as a musical direction) suddenly; abruptly:
- arioso
-
noun,
an arioso composition or section.
- Nistru
-
noun,
Romanian name of Dniester.
- Dobson
-
noun,
dobsonfly.
- daunts
-
verb (used with object),
to overcome with fear; intimidate:
- Saturn
-
noun,
an ancient Roman god of agriculture, the consort of Ops, believed to have ruled the earth during an age of happiness and virtue, identified with the Greek god Cronus.
- suborn
-
verb (used with object),
to bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- ratoon
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- burins
-
noun,
a tempered steel rod, with a lozenge-shaped point and a rounded handle, used for engraving furrows in metal.
- riband
-
noun,
a decorative ribbon.
- natron
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- dastur
-
noun,
a Parsee chief priest.
- Nissan
-
noun,
Nisan.
- Dassin
-
noun,
Jules [joolz;; French zhyl] /dʒulz;; French ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1911–2008, French motion-picture director, born in the U.S.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- dobras
-
noun,
any of various former Portuguese coins, especially a gold coin of John V equal to two johannes.
- Sidras
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- unborn
-
adjective,
not yet born; yet to come; future:
- Dunbar
-
noun,
Paul Laurence, 1872–1906, U.S. poet.
- intra-
-
- Ionian
-
noun,
a member of one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks who invaded the Greek mainland and, after the Dorian invasions, emigrated to the Aegean islands and the coast of Asia Minor.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Aeolian2 (def 2), Dorian1 (def 2).
- Durant
-
noun,
Ariel, 1898–1981, U.S. author and historian (wife of Will).
- durain
-
noun,
the coal forming the dull layers in banded bituminous coal.
- Adonis
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a youth slain by a wild boar but permitted by Zeus to pass four months every year in the lower world with Persephone, four with Aphrodite, and four wherever he chose.
- roband
-
noun,
a short piece of spun yarn or other material, used to secure a sail to a yard, gaff, or the like.
- adorno
-
noun,
relief ornament applied to a piece.
- Dunois
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Comte de ("Bastard of Orleans") 1403?–68, French military leader: relieved by Joan of Arc and her troops when besieged at Orleans.
- Dunant
-
noun,
Jean Henri [French zhahn ahn-ree] /French ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1828–1910, Swiss banker and philanthropist: founder of the Red Cross; Nobel Peace Prize 1901.
- durian
-
noun,
the edible fruit of a tree, Durio zibethinus, of the bombax family, of southeastern Asia, having a hard, prickly rind, a highly flavored, pulpy flesh, and an unpleasant odor.
- irido-
-
- DuBois
-
noun,
(Marie) Eugène (François Thomas) [ma-ree œ-zhen frahn-swa taw-mah] /maˈri œˈʒɛn frɑ̃ˈswa tɔˈmɑ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1941, Dutch physical anthropologist and anatomist.
- sounds
-
noun,
the sensation produced by stimulation of the organs of hearing by vibrations transmitted through the air or other medium.
- adorns
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- adroit
-
adjective,
expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body.
- snorts
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- unroot
-
verb (used with object),
to uproot.
- iritis
-
noun,
inflammation of the iris of the eye.
- adsorb
-
verb (used with object),
to gather (a gas, liquid, or dissolved substance) on a surface in a condensed layer:
- Durban
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Natal, in the E Republic of South Africa.
- sodio-
-
- droits
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- absurd
-
noun,
the quality or condition of existing in a meaningless and irrational world.
- intro.
-
- sonars
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- intron
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- Sondra
-
noun,
a female given name.
- urano-
-
- iatro-
-
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- Sonora
-
noun,
a state in NW Mexico. 70,484 sq. mi. (182,555 sq. km). Capital: Hermosillo.
- sonant
-
noun,
a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant).
- snoods
-
noun,
the distinctive headband formerly worn by young unmarried women in Scotland and northern England.
- inturn
-
noun,
an inward turn or curve around an axis or fixed point.
- untrod
-
adjective,
not trod; not traversed:
- inurns
-
verb (used with object),
to put into an urn, especially ashes after cremation.
- snoots
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- roasts
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- Dustin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- unsaid
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of unsay.
- adnoun
-
noun,
an adjective used as a noun, as meek in Blessed are the meek; absolute adjective.
- iodous
-
adjective,
containing iodine, especially in the trivalent state.
- abound
-
verb (used without object),
to occur or exist in great quantities or numbers:
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- Dobuan
-
noun,
Dobu.
- donors
-
noun,
a person who gives or donates.
- Dorian
-
noun,
a member of a people who entered Greece about the 12th century b.c., conquered the Peloponnesus, and destroyed the Mycenaean culture: one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Aeolian (def 2), Ionian (def 3).
- Dorati
-
noun,
Antal [ahn-tahl;; Hungarian on-tol] /ˈɑn tɑl;; Hungarian ˈɒn tɒl/ (Show IPA), 1906–1988, Hungarian conductor, in the U.S.
- urino-
-
- radio-
-
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- instr.
-
- donuts
-
noun,
doughnut.
- andro-
-
- itious
-
- dorsi-
-
- donnas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: an Italian title of respect prefixed to the given name of a woman.
- sindon
-
noun,
cloth of fine linen or silk, used especially for shrouds.
- Iturbi
-
noun,
José, 1895–1980, U.S. pianist, conductor, and composer; born in Spain.
- Andron
-
noun,
(in an ancient Greek house) an apartment for men, especially one for banqueting.
- Andros
-
noun,
Sir Edmund, 1637–1714, British governor in the American colonies, 1686–89, 1692–98.
- Indian
-
noun,
Also called American Indian, Amerind, Amerindian, Native American. a member of the aboriginal people of America or of any of the aboriginal North or South American stocks, usually excluding the Eskimos.
- Sinbad
-
noun,
Sindbad the Sailor.
- raisin
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- Andrus
-
noun,
Andron.
- nitro-
-
- dorso-
-
- sitars
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- stains
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- aborts
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- isatin
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- ranids
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- radons
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- drains
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- inbond
-
adjective,
composed mainly or entirely of headers (opposed to outbond).
- inborn
-
adjective,
naturally present at birth; innate.
- Sirius
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Dog Star, the brightest-appearing star in the heavens, located in the constellation Canis Major.
- douras
-
noun,
durra.
- radios
-
noun,
wireless telegraphy or telephony:
- isidia
-
noun,
a coralloid outgrowth from the thallus in certain lichens.
- Isidor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- doubts
-
noun,
a feeling of uncertainty about the truth, reality, or nature of something.
- unison
-
noun,
coincidence in pitch of two or more musical tones, voices, etc.
- Siouan
-
noun,
an American Indian language family formerly widespread from Saskatchewan to the lower Mississippi, also found in the Virginia and Carolina piedmont, and including Catawba, Crow, Dakota, Hidatsa, Mandan, Osage, and Winnebago.
- airbus
-
noun,
a short-range or medium-range commercial passenger airplane, especially one that is part of a frequent shuttlelike service between two popular destinations.
- isobar
-
noun,
Meteorology. a line drawn on a weather map or chart that connects points at which the barometric pressure is the same.
- stands
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- radius
-
noun,
a straight line extending from the center of a circle or sphere to the circumference or surface:
- Bardot
-
noun,
Brigitte (Camille Javal) born 1934, French film actress and animal rights activist.
- Sandro
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- Osborn
-
noun,
Henry Fairfield [fair-feeld] /ˈfɛərˌfild/ (Show IPA), 1857–1935, U.S. paleontologist and author.
- bourns
-
noun,
burn2 .
- Sandor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Osiris
-
noun,
the king and judge of the dead, the husband and brother of Isis, and father (or brother) of Horus, killed by Set but later resurrected (after Horus killed Set): usually depicted as a man, partly wrapped as a mummy, having a beard and wearing the atef-crown.
- trans.
-
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- Bounds
-
noun,
a leap onward or upward; jump.
- Russo-
-
- birota
-
noun,
a two-wheeled cart, usually drawn by three mules, used for transporting commercial goods and one or two passengers.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- audio-
-
- boudin
-
noun,
a blood sausage (boudin noir) or sometimes a white sausage (boudin blanc) made of chicken, pork, or veal.
- saints
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- oribis
-
noun,
a small tan-colored antelope, Ourebia ourebi , of south and east Africa, with spikelike horns.
- Orinda
-
noun,
a town in W California.
- Nubian
-
noun,
a member of any of the various peoples inhabiting Nubia.
- Bissau
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Guinea-Bissau, in the W part.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- rosins
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- obtund
-
verb (used with object),
to blunt; dull; deaden.
- brands
-
noun,
kind, grade, or make, as indicated by a stamp, trademark, or the like:
- Brasso
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Braşov.
- odours
-
noun,
odor.
- notion
-
noun,
a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something:
- brants
-
noun,
any of several species of small, dark-colored geese of the genus Branta, especially B. bernicla, breeding in high northern latitudes and migrating south in the autumn.
- Astrid
-
noun,
a female given name: from Scandinavian, meaning “divine strength.”.
- bairns
-
noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- Brandt
-
noun,
Willy [wil-ee;; German vil-ee] /ˈwɪl i;; German ˈvɪl i/ (Show IPA), (Karl Herbert Frahm) 1913–1992, West German political leader: chancellor 1969–74; Nobel Peace Prize 1971.
- astro-
-
- astron
-
- Bodoni
-
noun,
Giambattista [jahm-baht-tees-tah] /ˌdʒɑm bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1740–1813, Italian painter and printer.
- brains
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- biosis
-
- braids
-
noun,
a braided length or plait, especially of hair.
- odious
-
adjective,
deserving or causing hatred; hateful; detestable.
- biotas
-
noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- 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.
- nubias
-
noun,
a light, knitted woolen head scarf for women.
- bosuns
-
noun,
boatswain.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- bonsai
-
noun,
a tree or shrub that has been dwarfed, as by pruning the roots and pinching, and is grown in a pot or other container and trained to produce a desired shape or effect.
- boosts
-
noun,
an upward shove or raise; lift.
- boards
-
noun,
a piece of wood sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth compared with the thickness.
- sabirs
-
noun,
lingua franca (def 2).
- obtain
-
verb (used with object),
to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request:
- tibias
-
noun,
Anatomy. the inner of the two bones of the leg, that extend from the knee to the ankle and articulate with the femur and the talus; shinbone.
- boarts
-
noun,
bort.
- sabins
-
noun,
Physics. a unit of sound absorption, equal to one square foot (929 square centimeters) of a perfectly absorptive surface.
- Rustin
-
noun,
Bayard [bey-erd] /ˈbeɪ ərd/ (Show IPA), 1910–1987, U.S. civil rights leader.
- aurist
-
noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- rutins
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- Austin
-
noun,
Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
- bonito
-
noun,
any mackerellike fish of the genus Sarda, as S. sarda, of the Atlantic Ocean.
- austr-
-
- Bonita
-
noun,
a female given name.
- boasts
-
noun,
a thing boasted of; a cause for pride:
- oboist
-
noun,
a player of the oboe.
- sabots
-
noun,
a shoe made of a single block of wood hollowed out, worn especially by farmers and workers in the Netherlands, France, Belgium, etc.
- tauro-
-
- Audion
-
noun,
an early type of triode.
- Bosnia
-
noun,
a historic region in SE Europe: a former Turkish province; a part of Austria-Hungary (1879–1918) now part of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- audios
-
noun,
Television.
the audio elements of television (distinguished from video).
the circuits in a receiver for reproducing sound.
the audio part of a television broadcast.
- Boston
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Massachusetts, in the E part.
- tarso-
-
- bosons
-
noun,
any particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistics: bosons have integral spins: 0, 1, 2, ….
- bistro
-
noun,
a small, modest, European-style restaurant or café.
- triads
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- to-dos
-
noun,
bustle; fuss:
- Tarsus
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the bones of the proximal segment of the foot; the bones between the tibia and the metatarsus, contributing to the construction of the ankle joint.
- orison
-
noun,
a prayer.
- tobira
-
noun,
a shrub, Pittosporum tobira, of China and Japan, having leathery leaves, fragrant, greenish-white flower clusters, densely hairy fruit, and lemon-scented foliage.
- rondos
-
noun,
a work or movement, often the last movement of a sonata, having one principal subject that is stated at least three times in the same key and to which return is made after the introduction of each subordinate theme.
- borons
-
noun,
a nonmetallic element occurring naturally only in combination, as in borax or boric acid, and obtained in either an amorphous or a crystalline form when reduced from its compounds. Symbol: B; atomic weight: 10.811; atomic number: 5.
- tribo-
-
- audits
-
noun,
an official examination and verification of accounts and records, especially of financial accounts.
- nutria
-
noun,
the coypu.
- Tobias
-
noun,
the son of Tobit.
- sadist
-
noun,
Psychiatry. a person who has the condition of sadism, in which one receives sexual gratification from causing pain and degradation to another.
- Russia
-
noun,
Also called Russian Empire. Russian Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Capital: St. Petersburg (1703–1917).
- Brando
-
noun,
Marlon, 1924–2004, U.S. actor.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- tabors
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- bauson
-
noun,
a badger (applied contemptuously to people).
- Sanusi
-
noun,
a member of an Islamic brotherhood established among the anticolonial Bedouins of North Africa.
- brunts
-
noun,
the main force or impact, as of an attack or blow:
- Sardis
-
noun,
an ancient city in W Asia Minor: the capital of ancient Lydia.
- bandit
-
noun,
a robber, especially a member of a gang or marauding band.
- Briand
-
noun,
Aristide [ar-uh-steed;; French a-ree-steed] /ˈær əˌstid;; French a riˈstid/ (Show IPA), 1862–1932, French statesman: minister of France 11 times; Nobel Peace Prize 1926.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- orbits
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- Assiut
-
noun,
Asyut.
- Onions
-
noun,
Charles Talbut [tawl-buh t,, tal-] /ˈtɔl bət,, ˈtæl-/ (Show IPA), 1873–1965, English lexicographer and philologist.
- Basuto
-
noun,
Sotho (def 3).
- tsuris
-
noun,
trouble; woe.
- rotund
-
adjective,
round in shape; rounded:
- torsos
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- toroid
-
noun,
a surface generated by the revolution of any closed plane curve or contour about an axis lying in its plane.
- Santos
-
noun,
a seaport in S Brazil: world's largest coffee-exporting port.
- Susian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Susa or Susiana.
- bunion
-
noun,
inflammation of the synovial bursa of the great toe, usually resulting in enlargement of the joint and lateral displacement of the toe.
- barit.
-
- sarods
-
noun,
a lute of northern India, played with a bow.
- ootids
-
noun,
the cell that results from the meiotic divisions of an oocyte and matures into an ovum.
- bundts
-
adjective,
of or noting a cake baked in such a pan, or the ring-shaped form of such a cake.
- rounds
-
noun,
any round shape, as a circle, ring or sphere.
- Barton
-
noun,
Clara, 1821–1912, U.S. philanthropist who organized the American Red Cross in 1881.
- ronion
-
noun,
ronyon.
- rousts
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- sutras
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- basion
-
noun,
the midpoint of the anterior margin of the foramen magnum.
- rubato
-
noun,
a rubato phrase or passage.
- Sardou
-
noun,
Victorien [veek-taw-ryen] /vik tɔˈryɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1831–1908, French dramatist.
- tuboid
-
adjective,
having or approximating a tubular form.
- bruits
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. any generally abnormal sound or murmur heard on auscultation.
- Ruston
-
noun,
a city in N Louisiana.
- bruins
-
noun,
a bear, especially a European brown bear.
- assort
-
verb (used with object),
to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
- Broads
-
noun,
The, (used with a plural verb) a low-lying region in E England, in Norfolk and Suffolk: bogs and marshy lakes.
- roosts
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- run-on
-
noun,
run-on matter.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- broods
-
noun,
a number of young produced or hatched at one time; a family of offspring or young.
- tannin
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of a group of astringent vegetable principles or compounds, chiefly complex glucosides of catechol and pyrogallol, as the reddish compound that gives the tanning properties to oak bark or the whitish compound that occurs in large quantities in nutgalls (common tannin, tannic acid)
- ordain
-
verb (used with object),
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- Ossian
-
noun,
a legendary hero and poet and son of Finn, who is supposed to have lived during the 3rd century a.d., represented in Gaelic poems and in imitations of them written by James Macpherson in the 18th century.
- run-in
-
noun,
a quarrel; argument.
- Norton
-
noun,
Charles Eliot, 1827–1908, U.S. scholar.
- tanbur
-
noun,
tambura.
- Briton
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Great Britain, especially of England.
- tsadis
-
noun,
sadhe.
- Bruant
-
noun,
Libéral [lee-bey-ral] /li beɪˈral/ (Show IPA), c1635–1697, French architect.
- Nordau
-
noun,
Max Simon [mahks zee-mawn] /mɑks ˈzi mɔn/ (Show IPA), 1849–1923, Hungarian author, physician, and leader in the Zionist movement.
- Torino
-
noun,
Turin.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- snibs
-
noun,
a bolt, catch, lock, or fastening on a door or window.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Iran.
-
- situs
-
noun,
position; situation.
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- oidia
-
noun,
one of the conidia that are borne in chains by certain fungi.
- ribat
-
noun,
a building housing a community of Sufis.
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- ootid
-
noun,
the cell that results from the meiotic divisions of an oocyte and matures into an ovum.
- Irbid
-
noun,
a town in NW Jordan.
- odour
-
noun,
odor.
- irid-
-
- runts
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- OBrit
-
- irids
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the Iridaceae, the iris family.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Russ.
-
abbreviation,
Russia.
- ordn.
-
- rands
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Obuda
-
noun,
See under Budapest.
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- onion
-
noun,
a plant, Allium cepa, of the amaryllis family, having an edible, succulent, pungent bulb.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- raids
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- iodo-
-
- snoot
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- inurn
-
verb (used with object),
to put into an urn, especially ashes after cremation.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- Inuit
-
noun,
a member of the Eskimo peoples inhabiting northernmost North America from northern Alaska to eastern Canada and Greenland.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- orbit
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- snobs
-
noun,
a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others.
- ruins
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- Orion
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.
- intr.
-
- Rundi
-
noun,
a member of a people constituting virtually the entire population of Burundi.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- inst.
-
- snood
-
noun,
the distinctive headband formerly worn by young unmarried women in Scotland and northern England.
- oribi
-
noun,
a small tan-colored antelope, Ourebia ourebi , of south and east Africa, with spikelike horns.
- ordos
-
noun,
a desert plateau in the S Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region in N China. About 35,000 sq. mi. (90,650 sq. km).
- onto-
-
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- nurds
-
noun,
nerd.
- obits
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- non-U
-
adjective,
not characteristic of or appropriate to the upper class, especially of Great Britain:
- noons
-
noun,
midday.
- donut
-
noun,
doughnut.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- NORAD
-
noun,
a joint U.S.-Canadian air force command responsible for detecting aircraft and space vehicles deemed a threat to the continental airspace.
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- naut.
-
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Otaru
-
noun,
a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- naso-
-
- outdo
-
verb (used with object),
to surpass in execution or performance:
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- noso-
-
- Saudi
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Saudi Arabia.
- nards
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- ossia
-
conjunction,
(indicating an alternative, usually easier, version of a passage in a musical score) or; or else.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- nano-
-
- Nandi
-
noun,
a member of an agricultural people of southwestern Kenya.
- nidus
-
noun,
a nest, especially one in which insects, spiders, etc., deposit their eggs.
- Ninib
-
noun,
Ninurta.
- noto-
-
- Ouida
-
noun,
pen name of Louise de la Ramée.
- nitr-
-
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- sarod
-
noun,
a lute of northern India, played with a bow.
- Saros
-
noun,
the period of 223 synodic months, equaling 6585.32 days or 18 years, 11.32 days (or 10.32 days if 5 leap years occur in the interval), after which eclipses repeat but are shifted 120° west.
- nisus
-
noun,
an effort or striving toward a particular goal or attainment; impulse.
- saris
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- sards
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- nodus
-
noun,
a difficult or intricate point, situation, plot, etc.
- round
-
noun,
any round shape, as a circle, ring or sphere.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- NoibN
-
- ousts
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- nona-
-
- Ninus
-
noun,
the legendary husband of Semiramis and founder of Nineveh.
- roods
-
noun,
a crucifix, especially a large one at the entrance to the choir or chancel of a medieval church, often supported on a rood beam or rood screen.
- rondo
-
noun,
a work or movement, often the last movement of a sonata, having one principal subject that is stated at least three times in the same key and to which return is made after the introduction of each subordinate theme.
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- Ninon
-
noun,
a sturdy chiffon or voile constructed in either plain or novelty weaves and generally used in the manufacture of women's garments, curtains, and drapery.
- no-no
-
noun,
anything that is forbidden or not advisable, as because of being improper or unsafe:
- Ronan
-
noun,
a king who killed his son, Mael Fothartaigh, after his wife had falsely accused the boy of attempting to seduce her, and who was himself killed by the children of Mael Fothartaigh.
- Rodin
-
noun,
(François) Auguste (René) [frahn-swa oh-gyst ruh-ney] /frɑ̃ˈswa oʊˈgüst rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1840–1917, French sculptor.
- rusts
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- siris
-
noun,
lebbek (def 1).
- Sinus
-
noun,
a curve; bend.
- saids
-
noun,
sayyid.
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- sadis
-
noun,
sadhe.
- Orson
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- radon
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- isnad
-
noun,
the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
- sabot
-
noun,
a shoe made of a single block of wood hollowed out, worn especially by farmers and workers in the Netherlands, France, Belgium, etc.
- Sabir
-
noun,
lingua franca (def 2).
- oasis
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- isbas
-
noun,
izba.
- radii
-
noun,
a plural of radius.
- oasts
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Sabin
-
noun,
Physics. a unit of sound absorption, equal to one square foot (929 square centimeters) of a perfectly absorptive surface.
- Obad.
-
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Robin
-
noun,
any of several small Old World birds having a red or reddish breast, especially Erithacus rubecula, of Europe.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- obdt.
-
- rutin
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- obiit
-
- sito-
-
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- Sino-
-
- Sans.
-
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- Robus
-
noun,
Hugo, 1885–1963, U.S. sculptor.
- Notus
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
- robot
-
noun,
a machine that resembles a human and does mechanical, routine tasks on command.
- rabid
-
adjective,
irrationally extreme in opinion or practice:
- sanit
-
- Rabin
-
noun,
Yitzhak [yits-khahk] /yɪtsˈxɑk/ (Show IPA), 1922–95, Israeli military and political leader: prime minister 1974–77 and 1992–95: Nobel Peace Prize 1994.
- Sands
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- snots
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- rabot
-
noun,
a hardwood block used for rubbing marble before polishing.
- Sibiu
-
noun,
a city in central Romania.
- sains
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- ORuss
-
- Nabis
-
- Nubia
-
noun,
a light, knitted woolen head scarf for women.
- Sidon
-
noun,
a city of ancient Phoenicia: site of modern Saida.
- Sidra
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- Sinas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- nudi-
-
- ition
-
- sasin
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- nitid
-
adjective,
bright; lustrous.
- snout
-
noun,
the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- brain
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Bound
-
noun,
a leap onward or upward; jump.
- Bourn
-
noun,
burn2 .
- tardo
-
adjective,
slow (used as a musical direction).
- brads
-
noun,
a slender wire nail having either a small, deep head or a projection to one side of the head end.
- braid
-
noun,
a braided length or plait, especially of hair.
- turds
-
noun,
a piece of excrement.
- Bouar
-
noun,
a city in the W Central African Republic.
- Brand
-
noun,
kind, grade, or make, as indicated by a stamp, trademark, or the like:
- Brans
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- Brant
-
noun,
any of several species of small, dark-colored geese of the genus Branta, especially B. bernicla, breeding in high northern latitudes and migrating south in the autumn.
- Brass
-
noun,
any of various metal alloys consisting mainly of copper and zinc.
- Braun
-
noun,
Eva [ee-vuh;; German ey-vah] /ˈi və;; German ˈeɪ vɑ/ (Show IPA), 1912–45, mistress of Adolf Hitler.
- Brian
-
noun,
a male given name.
- brios
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- Inonu
-
noun,
Ismet [is-met] /ɪsˈmɛt/ (Show IPA), (Ismet Paşa) 1884–1973, president of Turkey 1938–50; prime minister 1923–24, 1925–37, 1961–65.
- botas
-
noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- Brit.
-
- Bornu
-
noun,
a former sultanate in Africa, SW of Lake Chad: now largely a province in Nigeria.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- Boots
-
noun,
a servant, as at a hotel, who blacks or polishes shoes and boots.
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- boras
-
noun,
a city in S Sweden, near Göteborg.
- Boris
-
noun,
a male given name.
- TUNIS
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- Tasso
-
noun,
Torquato [tawr-kwah-taw] /tɔrˈkwɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1544–95, Italian poet.
- boro-
-
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- boron
-
noun,
a nonmetallic element occurring naturally only in combination, as in borax or boric acid, and obtained in either an amorphous or a crystalline form when reduced from its compounds. Symbol: B; atomic weight: 10.811; atomic number: 5.
- aroid
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- Arndt
-
noun,
Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
- borts
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- boson
-
noun,
any particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistics: bosons have integral spins: 0, 1, 2, ….
- bosun
-
noun,
boatswain.
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- brits
-
noun,
the group of small marine animals forming the food of whalebone whales.
- boost
-
noun,
an upward shove or raise; lift.
- Buran
-
noun,
a strong Asian wind of the Asian steppes accompanying dust storms in summer and blizzards in winter.
- bunds
-
noun,
an embankment or an embanked quay, often providing a promenade.
- bundt
-
adjective,
of or noting a cake baked in such a pan, or the ring-shaped form of such a cake.
- Bunin
-
noun,
Ivan Alekseevich [ee-vahn uh-lyi-ksye-yi-vyich] /iˈvɑn ʌ lyɪˈksyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1870–1953, Russian poet and novelist: Nobel Prize 1933.
- Susan
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- Bunns
-
noun,
bun1 (def 1).
- bunts
-
noun,
a push with the head or horns; butt.
- unbar
-
verb (used with object),
to remove a bar or bars from; open; unlock; unbolt:
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- burds
-
noun,
a young lady; maiden.
- anon.
-
- burin
-
noun,
a tempered steel rod, with a lozenge-shaped point and a rounded handle, used for engraving furrows in metal.
- Burns
-
noun,
Arthur F(rank) 1904–1987, U.S. economist, born in Austria: chairman of the Federal Reserve Board 1970–78.
- burnt
-
noun,
a burned place or area:
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- Bursa
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a pouch, sac, or vesicle, especially a sac containing synovia, to facilitate motion, as between a tendon and a bone.
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- anti-
-
- Broad
-
noun,
the broad part of anything.
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- brood
-
noun,
a number of young produced or hatched at one time; a family of offspring or young.
- bros.
-
noun,
a brother.
- Broun
-
noun,
(Matthew) Heywood (Campbell) 1888–1939, U.S. journalist, essayist, and novelist.
- Bruin
-
noun,
a bear, especially a European brown bear.
- bruit
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. any generally abnormal sound or murmur heard on auscultation.
- Brunn
-
noun,
German name of Brno.
- Bruno
-
noun,
Giordano [jawr-dah-naw] /dʒɔrˈdɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1548?–1600, Italian philosopher.
- brunt
-
noun,
the main force or impact, as of an attack or blow:
- tabis
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- Brusa
-
noun,
Bursa.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- Tabor
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- taboo
-
noun,
a prohibition or interdiction of anything; exclusion from use or practice:
Synonyms: ban, proscription, embargo, interdiction; no-no.
- T-bar
-
noun,
a rolled metal bar or beam with a cross section resembling a T .
- Tunas
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- suras
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- basin
-
noun,
a circular container with a greater width than depth, becoming smaller toward the bottom, used chiefly to hold water or other liquid, especially for washing.
- baris
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- ation
-
- baro-
-
- Baron
-
noun,
a member of the lowest grade of nobility.
- Bart.
-
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- truss
-
noun,
Civil Engineering, Building Trades.
any of various structural frames based on the geometric rigidity of the triangle and composed of straight members subject only to longitudinal compression, tension, or both: functions as a beam or cantilever to support bridges, roofs, etc. Compare complete (def 8), incomplete (def 3), redundant (def 5c).
any of various structural frames constructed on principles other than the geometric rigidity of the triangle or deriving stability from other factors, as the rigidity of joints, the abutment of masonry, or the stiffness of beams.
- basis
-
noun,
the bottom or base of anything; the part on which something stands or rests.
- Bardo
-
noun,
(in Lamaism) the state of the soul between death and rebirth.
- bason
-
noun,
a basin.
- Basso
-
noun,
a person who sings bass; a bass.
- basts
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- tsadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- astr.
-
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- Baton
-
noun,
Music. a wand used by a conductor.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- audit
-
noun,
an official examination and verification of accounts and records, especially of financial accounts.
- Aust.
-
- Troad
-
noun,
The, a region in NW Asia Minor surrounding ancient Troy.
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Tours
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.
- bairn
-
noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- baits
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- Bantu
-
noun,
a member of any of several peoples forming a linguistically and in some respects culturally interrelated family in central and southern Africa.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- torus
-
noun,
Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
- bands
-
noun,
a company of persons or, sometimes, animals or things, joined, acting, or functioning together; aggregation; party; troop:
- Torun
-
noun,
a city in N Poland, on the Vistula.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- banns
-
noun,
notice of an intended marriage, given three times in the parish church of each of the betrothed.
- Banon
-
noun,
a small, round goat cheese from Provence, France, that is dipped in brandy before being wrapped in chestnut leaves.
- bauds
-
noun,
a unit used to measure the speed of signaling or data transfer, equal to the number of pulses or bits per second:
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- tibia
-
noun,
Anatomy. the inner of the two bones of the leg, that extend from the knee to the ankle and articulate with the femur and the talus; shinbone.
- tious
-
- boart
-
noun,
bort.
- boast
-
noun,
a thing boasted of; a cause for pride:
- boats
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- tubas
-
noun,
Music.
a valved, brass wind instrument having a low range.
an organ reed stop of large scale with tones of exceptional power.
an ancient Roman trumpet.
- Boito
-
noun,
Arrigo [uh-ree-goh;; Italian ahr-ree-gaw] /əˈri goʊ;; Italian ɑrˈri gɔ/ (Show IPA), 1842–1918, Italian opera composer, poet, and novelist.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- tubi-
-
- board
-
noun,
a piece of wood sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth compared with the thickness.
- bonds
-
noun,
something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- Bonns
-
noun,
a city in W Germany, on the Rhine: seat of the government; former capital of West Germany.
- Tudor
-
noun,
Antony, 1909–87, English choreographer and dancer.
- bonus
-
noun,
something given or paid over and above what is due.
- Tibur
-
noun,
ancient name of Tivoli.
- boons
-
noun,
something to be thankful for; blessing; benefit.
- boars
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- Tobin
-
noun,
James, 1918–2002, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1981.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- bints
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- toons
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- Assur
-
noun,
the god of war and supreme national god of Assyria.
- tonus
-
noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- asst.
-
- binds
-
noun,
the act or process of binding; the state or instance of being bound.
- tono-
-
- tonia
-
- to-do
-
noun,
bustle; fuss:
- biont
-
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- Biota
-
noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- tondo
-
noun,
a round painting or relief.
- assn.
-
- 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.
- bisso
-
noun,
bis2 .
- burst
-
noun,
an act or instance of bursting.
- surds
-
noun,
Phonetics. a voiceless consonant (opposed to sonant).
- annot
-
- Abdon
-
noun,
one of the minor judges of Israel. Judges 12:13–15.
- Drina
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing N along the part of the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Sava River at Belgrade, Serbia. 285 miles (459 km) long.
- droit
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- dross
-
noun,
waste matter; refuse.
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- drubs
-
noun,
a blow with a stick or the like.
- Srta.
-
- Sousa
-
noun,
John Philip, 1854–1932, U.S. band conductor and composer.
- stabs
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- sours
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- Dubai
-
noun,
an emirate in the NE United Arab Emirates, on the Persian Gulf.
- SOUND
-
noun,
the sensation produced by stimulation of the organs of hearing by vibrations transmitted through the air or other medium.
- Ursid
-
noun,
any plantigrade carnivore of the family Ursidae, comprising the spectacled bear, the black, brown, and sun bears, and various extinct species that also gave rise to the giant panda of the family Ailuropodidae.
- so-so
-
adverb,
in an indifferent or passable manner; indifferently; tolerably.
- duits
-
noun,
doit (def 1).
- dribs
-
noun,
a small or minute quantity; bit.
- drats
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Doubs
-
noun,
a river in E France, flowing into the Saône River. About 260 miles (420 km) long.
- DORAN
-
noun,
an electronic device for determining range and assisting navigation, employing the principle of the Doppler effect.
- Doris
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids.
- dorts
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- stand
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- aboon
-
adverb, preposition,
above.
- Douai
-
noun,
a city in N France, SE of Calais.
- doubt
-
noun,
a feeling of uncertainty about the truth, reality, or nature of something.
- staid
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- doura
-
noun,
durra.
- Douro
-
noun,
a river in SW Europe, flowing W from N Spain through N Portugal to the Atlantic. About 475 miles (765 km) long.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- drabs
-
noun,
dull gray; dull brownish or yellowish gray.
- Busra
-
noun,
Basra.
- sorus
-
noun,
Botany. one of the clusters of sporangia on the back of the fronds of ferns.
- dunno
-
- Stans
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland.
- Indo-
-
- 30-30
-
- Sobor
-
noun,
a council, synod, or convention.
- soars
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- India
-
noun,
Hindi Bharat [buh-ruht] /ˈbʌ rʌt/ (Show IPA). a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950. 1,246,880 sq. mi. (3,229,419 sq. km). Capital: New Delhi.
- Indio
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- Indra
-
noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- idion
-
- indri
-
noun,
a short-tailed lemur, Indri indri, of Madagascar, about 2 feet (60 cm) in length: an endangered species.
- Indus
-
noun,
a river in S Asia, flowing from W Tibet through Kashmir and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea. 1900 miles (3060 km) long.
- inion
-
noun,
a point at the external occipital protuberance of the skull.
- init.
-
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- snubs
-
noun,
an act or instance of snubbing.
- idiot
-
noun,
Informal. an utterly foolish or senseless person:
- idio-
-
- dunts
-
noun,
a hard blow or hit, especially one that makes a dull sound; thump.
- Durst
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- sords
-
noun,
a flight or flock of mallards.
- Duran
-
noun,
Roberto [ruh-bair-toh;; Spanish raw-ber-taw] /rəˈbɛər toʊ;; Spanish rɔˈbɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), born 1951, Panamanian boxer.
- duras
-
noun,
dura mater.
- durns
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object), noun,
darn2 .
- sorbs
-
noun,
a European tree, Sorbus domestica.
- duros
-
noun,
a peso of Spain or Spanish America.
- dusts
-
noun,
earth or other matter in fine, dry particles.
- sodas
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- soras
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- soots
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- iasis
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- ibid.
-
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- dorab
-
noun,
wolf herring.
- Drain
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- abort
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- adust
-
adjective,
dried or darkened as by heat.
- daubs
-
noun,
material, especially of an inferior kind, for daubing walls.
- daunt
-
verb (used with object),
to overcome with fear; intimidate:
- dauts
-
verb (used with object),
to caress.
- Unit.
-
- stuns
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- Aidos
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of modesty, respect, and shame.
- Dibai
-
noun,
Dubai.
- Union
-
noun,
the act of uniting two or more things.
- adorn
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- adits
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- adios
-
interjection,
goodbye; farewell.
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- dints
-
noun,
force; power:
- Dioon
-
noun,
any of several Mexican and Central American palmlike plants belonging to the genus Dioon, of the cycad family, having a crown of stiff, pinnate leaves.
- datos
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- subst
-
- dist.
-
- andr-
-
- anis-
-
- busts
-
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.
- sunns
-
noun,
a tall East Indian shrub, Crotalaria juncea, of the legume family, having slender branches and yellow flowers, and an inner bark that yields a hemplike fiber used for making ropes, sacking, etc.
- Sunni
-
noun,
Also called Sunnite. a member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam, regarding the first four caliphs as legitimate successors of Muhammad and stressing the importance of Sunna as a basis for law.
Compare Shiʿite.
- Sunna
-
noun,
the traditional portion of Muslim law, based on the words and acts of Muhammad, and preserved in the traditional literature.
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- andor
-
conjunction,
(used to imply that either or both of the things mentioned may be affected or involved):
- darts
-
- danio
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- 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.
- Sudra
-
noun,
Shudra.
- Dario
-
noun,
Rubén [roo-ven] /ruˈvɛn/ (Show IPA), (Félix Rubén García Sarmiento) 1867–1916, Nicaraguan poet and diplomat.
- Sudan
-
noun,
a region in N Africa, S of the Sahara and Libyan deserts, extending from the Atlantic to the Red Sea.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- darns
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- dirts
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- auto.
-
- stoas
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Urban
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 222–230.
- abris
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- abrin
-
noun,
a highly poisonous protein found in the seeds of the rosary pea: inhibits protein synthesis, causing symptoms such as internal bleeding, intestinal upset, and irritation of mucous membranes.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- abstr
-
- Donar
-
noun,
the god of thunder, corresponding to Thor.
- uran-
-
- Dobro
-
noun,
(lowercase) any guitar of this type.
- doits
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- Donau
-
noun,
German name of Danube.
- dobra
-
noun,
any of various former Portuguese coins, especially a gold coin of John V equal to two johannes.
- donas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- Donna
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: an Italian title of respect prefixed to the given name of a woman.
- about
-
adverb,
near in time, number, degree, etc.; approximately:
- abuts
-
verb (used with object),
to be adjacent to; border on; end at.
- doats
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- stood
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- Donus
-
noun,
died a.d. 678, pope 676–678.
- stobs
-
noun,
a post, stump, or stake.
- donor
-
noun,
a person who gives or donates.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- turd
-
noun,
a piece of excrement.
- tRNA
-
- udos
-
noun,
a plant, Aralia cordata, of the ginseng family, cultivated, especially in Japan and China, for its edible shoots.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- uni-
-
- USSR
-
noun,
a former federal union of 15 constituent republics, in E Europe and W and N Asia, comprising the larger part of the former Russian Empire: dissolved in December 1991. 8,650,069 sq. mi. (22,402,200 sq. km). Capital: Moscow.
Abbreviation: U.S.S.R., USSR.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- robs
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- undo
-
verb (used with object),
to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done:
- tron
-
- trod
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- urbs
-
noun,
an urban area.
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- uro-
-
- uria
-
- Tuba
-
noun,
Music.
a valved, brass wind instrument having a low range.
an organ reed stop of large scale with tones of exceptional power.
an ancient Roman trumpet.
- rood
-
noun,
a crucifix, especially a large one at the entrance to the choir or chancel of a medieval church, often supported on a rood beam or rood screen.
- rit.
-
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- USAR
-
- road
-
noun,
a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
- USIA
-
- USIS
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- RIIA
-
- USNA
-
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- urds
-
noun,
a plant, Vigna mungo, of the legume family, widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its edible seeds and for forage.
- RONA
-
- RNAS
-
- Rodi
-
noun,
Italian name of Rhodes.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- tuna
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- USSB
-
- USDA
-
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- saur
-
- stbd
-
- Rida
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Sind
-
noun,
a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- stob
-
noun,
a post, stump, or stake.
- sibs
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- str.
-
- stub
-
noun,
a short projecting part.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- stud
-
noun,
a boss, knob, nailhead, or other protuberance projecting from a surface or part, especially as an ornament.
- Saud
-
noun,
(Saud ibn Abdul-Aziz), 1901?–69, king of Saudi Arabia 1953–64 (son of ibn-Saud and brother of Faisal).
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- sub-
-
- subs
-
noun,
a submarine.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- suds
-
noun,
soapy water.
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- Sat.
-
- sunn
-
noun,
a tall East Indian shrub, Crotalaria juncea, of the legume family, having slender branches and yellow flowers, and an inner bark that yields a hemplike fiber used for making ropes, sacking, etc.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- snob
-
noun,
a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- sobs
-
noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- soda
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- Soni
-
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Sorb
-
noun,
a European tree, Sorbus domestica.
- sord
-
noun,
a flight or flock of mallards.
- snod
-
adjective,
smooth; sleek.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- snib
-
noun,
a bolt, catch, lock, or fastening on a door or window.
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- Sra.
-
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- stab
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- sur-
-
- surd
-
noun,
Phonetics. a voiceless consonant (opposed to sonant).
- trid
-
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- TODS
-
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- tonn
-
- Rus.
-
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- toad
-
noun,
any of various tailless amphibians that are close relatives of the frogs in the order Anura and that typically have dry, warty skin and are terrestrial or semiterrestrial in habit.
Compare frog1 (def 1).
- rubs
-
noun,
an act or instance of rubbing:
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- tri-
-
- TRIB
-
- Tob.
-
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Susa
-
noun,
a ruined city in W Iran: the capital of ancient Elam; palaces of Darius and Artaxerxes I; stele containing the Code of Hammurabi discovered here.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- tab.
-
- tabi
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- tabs
-
noun,
a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
- tabu
-
noun,
a prohibition or interdiction of anything; exclusion from use or practice:
Synonyms: ban, proscription, embargo, interdiction; no-no.
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- tion
-
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- taur
-
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- TDRS
-
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sab.
-
- std.
-
- SATB
-
- 1080
-
- Bunn
-
noun,
bun1 (def 1).
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- BIOS
-
noun,
computer firmware that directs many basic functions of the operating system, as booting and keyboard control.
- Bion
-
noun,
flourished c100 b.c, Greek pastoral poet.
- bio-
-
- Idun
-
noun,
a goddess, keeper of the apples of youth and wife of Bragi; abducted by the giant Thjazi, from whom she was rescued.
- bint
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- BIND
-
noun,
the act or process of binding; the state or instance of being bound.
- bin-
-
- bidi
-
noun,
(in India) an inexpensive cigarette, locally produced usually from cut tobacco rolled in leaf.
- Idas
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- INRI
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- iod-
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Bird
-
noun,
any warm-blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard-shelled egg.
- biri
-
noun,
bidi.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- bods
-
noun,
body:
- Duns
-
noun,
a person, especially a creditor, who duns another.
- dunt
-
noun,
a hard blow or hit, especially one that makes a dull sound; thump.
- duo-
-
- duos
-
noun,
Music. duet.
- dura
-
noun,
dura mater.
- durn
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object), noun,
darn2 .
- duro
-
noun,
a peso of Spain or Spanish America.
- Dust
-
noun,
earth or other matter in fine, dry particles.
- Ind.
-
- Ibos
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- Bodo
-
noun,
a seaport in W Norway.
- boat
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- Boas
-
noun,
Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1858–1942, U.S. anthropologist, born in Germany.
- IADB
-
- Boar
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- Iban
-
noun,
Also called Sea Dayak. a member of any of several Dayak tribes of Sarawak.
- 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.
- Bias
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- ious
-
- Bona
-
noun,
Bône, the former name of Annaba.
- aur-
-
- bait
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- Bais
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- Bund
-
noun,
an embankment or an embanked quay, often providing a promenade.
- Badr
-
noun,
Battle of, Islam. a decisive battle in the early days of Islam (a.d. 624), in which Muhammad with about 300 men overcame a force of about 1000 Meccans.
- nabs
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- aut-
-
- Aus.
-
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- bani
-
noun,
plural of ban4 .
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- NASD
-
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- aud.
-
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- band
-
noun,
a company of persons or, sometimes, animals or things, joined, acting, or functioning together; aggregation; party; troop:
- itis
-
- BDSA
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- baud
-
noun,
a unit used to measure the speed of signaling or data transfer, equal to the number of pulses or bits per second:
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- Bast
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- Bass
-
noun,
the bass part.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- Barn
-
noun,
a building for storing hay, grain, etc., and often for housing livestock.
- isba
-
noun,
izba.
- bant
-
verb (used without object),
to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
- ISBN
-
- Bari
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- ISIS
-
noun,
a goddess of fertility, the sister and wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, and usually represented as a woman with a cow's horns with the solar disk between them: later worshiped in the Greek and Roman empires.
- iso-
-
- Bard
-
noun,
(formerly) a person who composed and recited epic or heroic poems, often while playing the harp, lyre, or the like.
- ISSN
-
- bar.
-
- Duna
-
noun,
Hungarian name of the Danube.
- Bond
-
noun,
something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together.
- ator
-
- dia-
-
- dat.
-
- dato
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- BSNA
-
- Daub
-
noun,
material, especially of an inferior kind, for daubing walls.
- daut
-
verb (used with object),
to caress.
- BSIT
-
- BSIR
-
- DIAS
-
noun,
Bartholomeu [bahr-too-loo-me-oo] /ˌbɑr tʊ lʊˈmɛ ʊ/ (Show IPA), c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- dibs
-
noun,
money in small amounts.
- Din.
-
- Dino
-
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- Dior
-
noun,
Christian [kris-chuh n;; French krees-tyahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; French krisˈtyɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1905–57, French fashion designer.
- dir.
-
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- BSOT
-
- Brut
-
noun,
any of a number of partly legendary, partly historical chronicles dealing with early English history, written during the Middle Ages and usually beginning with Brutus, the mythic and eponymous ancestor of the country.
- buss
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
kiss.
- bunt
-
noun,
a push with the head or horns; butt.
- Buna
-
- Bur.
-
- Burd
-
noun,
a young lady; maiden.
- Buri
-
noun,
the first of the gods, revealed when the cow Audhumla licked away the salty ice that covered him.
- burs
-
noun,
a rough, prickly case around the seeds of certain plants, as the chestnut or burdock.
- Burt
-
noun,
William Austin, 1792–1858, U.S. surveyor and inventor.
- bus.
-
- 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.
- BSRT
-
- but-
-
- buts
-
noun,
buts, reservations or objections:
- Buda
-
noun,
See under Budapest.
- BSSA
-
- dabs
-
noun,
a quick or light blow; a pat, as with the hand or something soft.
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- Danu
-
noun,
the mother of the Tuatha De Danann: identified with the Welsh Don.
- dis-
-
- dits
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- Duit
-
noun,
doit (def 1).
- Bora
-
noun,
(on the Adriatic coasts) a violent, dry, cold wind blowing from the north or northeast.
- 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.
- bota
-
noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- bot.
-
- BOSS
-
noun,
a person who employs or superintends workers; manager.
- bort
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- Bors
-
noun,
Sir Arthurian Romance.. Also, Sir Bors de Ganis [duh gan-is] /də ˈgæn ɪs/ (Show IPA). a knight of the Round Table, cousin of Lancelot.
- Born
-
noun,
Max, 1882–1970, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- bor.
-
- drib
-
noun,
a small or minute quantity; bit.
- drub
-
noun,
a blow with a stick or the like.
- Boot
-
noun,
a covering of leather, rubber, or the like, for the foot and all or part of the leg.
- boos
-
noun,
an exclamation of contempt or disapproval:
- Boor
-
noun,
a churlish, rude, or unmannerly person.
- boon
-
noun,
something to be thankful for; blessing; benefit.
- dubs
-
noun,
an awkward, unskillful person.
- bons
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- Bonn
-
noun,
a city in W Germany, on the Rhine: seat of the government; former capital of West Germany.
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- Brno
-
noun,
a city in S Moravia, in the SE Czech Republic: former capital of Moravia.
- Doon
-
noun,
a river in SW Scotland, flowing NW from Ayr County to the Firth of Clyde. About 30 miles (48 km) long.
- bris
-
noun,
Brith.
- doat
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- brio
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- BRAT
-
noun,
a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation).
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- Bran
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- Dona
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- dons
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- Brad
-
noun,
a slender wire nail having either a small, deep head or a projection to one side of the head end.
- drab
-
noun,
dull gray; dull brownish or yellowish gray.
- door
-
noun,
a movable, usually solid, barrier for opening and closing an entranceway, cupboard, cabinet, or the like, commonly turning on hinges or sliding in grooves.
- Dora
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift.”.
- Dort
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- Doss
-
noun,
a place to sleep, especially in a cheap lodging house.
- dost
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- bout
-
noun,
a contest or trial of strength, as of boxing.
- dour
-
adjective,
sullen; gloomy:
- boun
-
verb (used with or without object),
to prepare; make ready.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- bads
-
noun,
that which is bad:
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- out-
-
- ANSI
-
- ant.
-
- Odus
-
- ouds
-
noun,
a musical instrument of the Middle East and northern Africa belonging to the lute family.
- abs-
-
- odor
-
noun,
the property of a substance that activates the sense of smell:
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- obs.
-
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- obit
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- obis
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- ANTU
-
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- abri
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- abr.
-
- abos
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- arbs
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ARIS
-
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- AIDS
-
noun,
a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi's sarcoma, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, especially by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- art.
-
- RIBA
-
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- abut
-
verb (used with object),
to be adjacent to; border on; end at.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- ordo
-
noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a booklet containing short and abbreviated directions for the contents of the office and Mass of each day in the year.
- ord.
-
- orbs
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- orad
-
adverb,
toward the mouth or the oral region.
- AInd
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- Oona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- oto-
-
- osis
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- OSRD
-
- AISI
-
- OSSA
-
noun,
plural of os1 .
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ands
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- Ont.
-
- ann.
-
- ano-
-
- Abiu
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Abihu.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Rabi
-
noun,
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1944.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- not-
-
- nos-
-
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- asis
-
- Nord
-
noun,
a department in N France. 2229 sq. mi. (5770 sq. km). Capital: Lille.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- ASSR
-
- Nor.
-
- noon
-
noun,
midday.
- non-
-
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- noun
-
noun,
any member of a class of words that can function as the main or only elements of subjects of verbs (A dog just barked), or of objects of verbs or prepositions (to send money from home), and that in English can take plural forms and possessive endings (Three of his buddies want to borrow John's laptop). Nouns are often described as referring to persons, places, things, states, or qualities, and the word noun is itself often used as an attributive modifier, as in noun compound; noun group.
See also noun adjunct, noun clause, noun phrase.
Synonyms: substantive, name.
- raob
-
noun,
Meteorology. a radiosonde or rawinsonde observation.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- nobs
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- 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):
- NIRA
-
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- nibs
-
noun,
his/her nibs, Informal: Often Facetious. a person in authority, especially one who is demanding and tyrannical:
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- oro-
-
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- rad.
-
- nubs
-
noun,
the point, gist, or heart of something.
- NRAB
-
- nurd
-
noun,
nerd.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- NTIA
-
- NTSB
-
- USO
-
- ab-
-
- Urd
-
noun,
a plant, Vigna mungo, of the legume family, widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its edible seeds and for forage.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- BSO
-
- abd
-
- USR
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- abn
-
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- UNO
-
- BSN
-
- uti
-
- USN
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- urb
-
noun,
an urban area.
- an.
-
- Ar.
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- BRT
-
- Bt.
-
- Bro
-
noun,
a brother.
- BSA
-
- ur-
-
- bu.
-
- ad-
-
- Abo
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- Bud
-
noun,
Botany.
a small axillary or terminal protuberance on a plant, containing rudimentary foliage (leaf bud) the rudimentary inflorescence (flower bud) or both (mixed bud)
an undeveloped or rudimentary stem or branch of a plant.
- BSD
-
- USB
-
- 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.
- ADB
-
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- BST
-
- uns
-
- abt
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- ASR
-
- TSS
-
- BAS
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- Bat
-
noun,
Sports.
the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball.
a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis.
a whip used by a jockey.
the act of using a club or racket in a game.
the right or turn to use a club or racket.
- Tu.
-
- tub
-
noun,
a bathtub.
- BDA
-
- TSI
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- bi-
-
- ASN
-
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- BID
-
noun,
an act or instance of bidding.
- 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.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- BAO
-
noun,
an African board game usually played by moving pebbles along two rows of holes.
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- BOD
-
noun,
body:
- at.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ASU
-
- Tro
-
- bd.
-
plural,
board.
- BDS
-
plural,
board.
- BSS
-
- Ban
-
noun,
the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
- 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.
- ast
-
- Br.
-
- bad
-
noun,
that which is bad:
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- ASI
-
- asb
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- ATB
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- 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.
- TID
-
- boo
-
noun,
an exclamation of contempt or disapproval:
- TIA
-
- udo
-
noun,
a plant, Aralia cordata, of the ginseng family, cultivated, especially in Japan and China, for its edible shoots.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- TBO
-
- Tbi
-
- TBD
-
- TBA
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- UIT
-
- Bon
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- ARU
-
- ANU
-
noun,
a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
- ARS
-
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- ard
-
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- AOU
-
- aor
-
- 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.
- 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.
- USS
-
- Bn.
-
- BNS
-
- boa
-
noun,
any of several nonvenomous, chiefly tropical constrictors of the family Boidae, having vestigial hind limbs at the base of the tail.
- UAR
-
- TNB
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- USA
-
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Dou
-
noun,
Gerard [gey-rahrt] /ˈgeɪ rɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1613–75, Dutch painter: pupil of Rembrandt.
- Sus
-
- OSB
-
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- NSA
-
- NSU
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- nub
-
noun,
the point, gist, or heart of something.
- Nun
-
noun,
a woman member of a religious order, especially one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- ob.
-
- OSA
-
- OSD
-
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- OAO
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAS
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OAU
-
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- sd.
-
- Oba
-
noun,
a hereditary tribal ruler among various peoples in the Benin region of western Africa.
- SAR
-
- nob
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- SDR
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- IUD
-
- IUS
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- NAB
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- Sib
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- NAD
-
- SDS
-
- SDI
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- SDA
-
- SBA
-
- sb.
-
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NBA
-
- NBS
-
- NIA
-
- nib
-
noun,
the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
- obi
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- ist
-
- ROB
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- OTB
-
- OTS
-
- oud
-
noun,
a musical instrument of the Middle East and northern Africa belonging to the lute family.
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Rd.
-
- ROI
-
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- Rab
-
noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- ot-
-
- ROA
-
- rnd
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- RNA
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- RAS
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- rat
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noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- RBI
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- RDA
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- RDS
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- rin
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- Ria
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noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- OTA
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- OSS
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- ODS
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noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- rub
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noun,
an act or instance of rubbing:
- ODT
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- oid
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- OIr
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- OIt
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- ONA
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noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- run
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noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- ONI
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- ONR
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- ons
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- oo-
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- RTS
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- OSO
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- rt.
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- RSS
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- RSA
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- Rs.
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- o-o
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noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- oon
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- OOT
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- Ora
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noun,
plural of os2 .
- ORB
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noun,
a sphere or globe:
- ORT
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noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ROT
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noun,
the process of rotting.
- ITA
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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.
- ISR
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- DAR
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- SSA
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- ss.
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- DSA
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- SRS
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- DSR
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- SRI
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noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- DAS
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noun,
hyrax.
- SRB
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- DSS
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- Sui
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noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- SSB
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- Sr.
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- DST
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- Du.
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- dub
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noun,
an awkward, unskillful person.
- Sou
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noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- DUI
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- sot
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noun,
a drunkard.
- SUN
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- DBS
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- Dun
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noun,
a person, especially a creditor, who duns another.
- dau
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noun,
dhow.
- SSD
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- id.
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- Don
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- DBA
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- DIB
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verb (used without object),
to fish by letting the bait bob lightly on the water.
- Stu
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noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- dit
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noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- DIU
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noun,
part of the union territory of Daman and Diu (Goa, Daman, and Diu in 1961–87) in W India: a former Portuguese colony, comprising a small island and seaport at the extremity of Kathiawar peninsula.
- DNA
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- DNB
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- DNR
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- DOB
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- Doi
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- STI
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- SSI
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- STB
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- Dor
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noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- DOT
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noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- rib
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noun,
one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- Dr.
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- Sta
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- St.
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- SST
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- SSR
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- SSN
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- DAB
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noun,
a quick or light blow; a pat, as with the hand or something soft.
- SOS
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noun,
any call for help:
- di.
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- IOT
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- in.
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- ina
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noun,
a female given name.
- IRA
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noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- SNU
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- ion
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noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- ior
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- Ios
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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.
- IOU
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- IDS
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noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- Ir.
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- IRO
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- IRS
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- Is.
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
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- SIT
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verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- sis
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noun,
sister.
- SIR
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noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- SOB
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noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- INN
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noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- sod
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noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- IBN
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- Soo
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noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- ian
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noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
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- io-
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- ib.
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- DOA
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- ITU
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- Ibo
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noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- Son
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noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- do.
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- IDA
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noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- IDB
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- DSO
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- Ido
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noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- Ia.
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- DB
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- AI
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- DA
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noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- R.
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- 2D
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noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- t.
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- AU
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plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- 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.
- 3D
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noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- RN
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- TB
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- TD
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- AO
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- RI
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- RO
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- U.
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- SU
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- TN
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- N.
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- NB
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- ND
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- NI
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- SN
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- D.
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- BO
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- BA
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noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- B-
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- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- NU
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noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- O.
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- OU
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noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- OD
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noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- i.
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- OA
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- DT
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noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- SA
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- S.
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- 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.
- UB
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- Ud
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- UI
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- RU
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- DN
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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.