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Word iridectomies has
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- dime-store
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noun,
five-and-ten (def 1).
- iridectome
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noun,
a slender cutting instrument used in performing an iridectomy.
- eroticism
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noun,
the sexual or erotic quality or character of something.
- dosimeter
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noun,
a device carried on the person for measuring the quantity of ionizing radiation, as gamma rays, to which one has been exposed.
- mediocris
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adjective,
(of a cumulus cloud) of medium height and often lacking a distinctive summit.
- semeiotic
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adjective,
semiotic.
- isometric
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noun,
isometrics, isometric exercise (def 1).
- miticides
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noun,
a substance or preparation for killing mites.
- ectoderms
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noun,
the outer germ layer in the embryo of a metazoan.
- isotimic
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adjective,
(of a line or surface in space) having an equal value of some quantity at a given time.
- diorites
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting essentially of plagioclase feldspar and hornblende.
- dimeters
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noun,
a verse or line of two measures or feet, as He is gone on the mountain,/He is lost to the forest.
- demi-sec
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adjective,
(of wines) semidry; sweeter than sec but drier than doux.
- meristic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or divided into segments or somites.
- dimities
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noun,
a thin cotton fabric, white, dyed, or printed, woven with a stripe or check of heavier yarn.
- demotics
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noun,
demotic script.
- comities
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noun,
mutual courtesy; civility.
- do-re-mi
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noun,
money.
- siderite
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noun,
Also called chalybite. a common mineral, iron carbonate, FeCO 3 , usually occurring in yellowish to deep-brown cleavable masses: a minor ore of iron.
- mortices
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- domestic
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noun,
a hired household servant.
- Docetism
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noun,
an early Christian doctrine that the sufferings of Christ were apparent and not real and that after the crucifixion he appeared in a spiritual body.
- comedist
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noun,
a writer of comedies.
- discrete
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adjective,
apart or detached from others; separate; distinct:
- demerits
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noun,
a mark against a person for misconduct or deficiency:
- comedies
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noun,
a play, movie, etc., of light and humorous character with a happy or cheerful ending; a dramatic work in which the central motif is the triumph over adverse circumstance, resulting in a successful or happy conclusion.
- esoteric
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adjective,
understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite:
- tiresome
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adjective,
causing or liable to cause a person to tire; wearisome:
- meteoric
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adjective,
of, relating to, or consisting of meteors.
- isomeric
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adjective,
of, relating to, or displaying isomerism.
- discreet
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adjective,
judicious in one's conduct or speech, especially with regard to respecting privacy or maintaining silence about something of a delicate nature; prudent; circumspect.
- cordites
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noun,
a smokeless, slow-burning powder composed of 30 to 58 percent nitroglycerin, 37 to 65 percent cellulose nitrate, and 5 to 6 percent mineral jelly.
- idiocies
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noun,
utterly senseless or foolish behavior; a stupid or foolish act, statement, etc.:
- ectoderm
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noun,
the outer germ layer in the embryo of a metazoan.
- miticide
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noun,
a substance or preparation for killing mites.
- trisomic
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adjective,
having one chromosome in addition to the usual diploid number.
- mediocre
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adjective,
of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate:
Synonyms: undistinguished, commonplace, pedestrian, everyday; run-of-the-mill.
Antonyms: extraordinary, superior, uncommon, incomparable.
- idiotism
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noun,
idiotic conduct or action.
- semiotic
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noun,
semiotics.
- moieties
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noun,
a half.
- Timorese
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Timor.
- sericite
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noun,
a fine-grained variety of muscovite produced by the alteration of feldspar.
- oersted
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noun,
the centimeter-gram-second unit of magnetic intensity, equal to the magnetic pole of unit strength when undergoing a force of one dyne in a vacuum. Abbreviation: Oe.
- coterie
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noun,
a group of people who associate closely.
- coesite
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noun,
a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.
- dereism
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noun,
autism.
- dirties
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Idioms,
do (someone) dirty, Slang. to treat unfairly or reprehensibly, as by cheating or slandering.
- credits
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noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- directs
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adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- idiotic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of an idiot.
- demotes
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verb (used with object),
to reduce to a lower grade, rank, class, or position (opposed to promote):
- remotes
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noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- mercies
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noun,
compassionate or kindly forbearance shown toward an offender, an enemy, or other person in one's power; compassion, pity, or benevolence:
- diester
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noun,
an organic compound that contains two ester groups.
- diocese
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noun,
an ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
- steroid
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noun,
any of a large group of fat-soluble organic compounds, as the sterols, bile acids, and sex hormones, most of which have specific physiological action.
- 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.
- dimeter
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noun,
a verse or line of two measures or feet, as He is gone on the mountain,/He is lost to the forest.
- tierced
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adjective,
(of an escutcheon) divided vertically or horizontally into three equal parts.
- diorite
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting essentially of plagioclase feldspar and hornblende.
- Demotic
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noun,
demotic script.
- oreides
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noun,
oroide.
- tierces
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noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- stereo-
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- cordite
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noun,
a smokeless, slow-burning powder composed of 30 to 58 percent nitroglycerin, 37 to 65 percent cellulose nitrate, and 5 to 6 percent mineral jelly.
- medicos
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noun,
a physician or surgeon; doctor.
- coedits
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verb (used with object),
to edit jointly with another.
- miotics
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noun,
a miotic drug.
- deceits
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noun,
the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating:
- Iricism
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noun,
Irishism.
- eidetic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or constituting visual imagery vividly experienced and readily reproducible with great accuracy and in great detail.
- miscode
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verb (used with object),
to code mistakenly, as in data processing.
- cermets
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noun,
a durable, heat-resistant alloy formed by compacting and sintering a metal and a ceramic substance, used under conditions of high temperature and stress.
- miscite
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verb (used with or without object),
to misquote.
- deicers
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noun,
a device or a chemical substance for preventing or removing ice.
- emetics
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noun,
an emetic medicine or agent.
- Semitic
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noun,
a subfamily of Afroasiatic languages that includes Akkadian, Arabic, Aramaic, Ethiopic, Hebrew, and Phoenician.
- modiste
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noun,
Older Use. a female maker of or dealer in women's fashionable attire.
- cestode
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noun,
a parasitic platyhelminth or flatworm of the class Cestoda, which comprises the tapeworms.
- cestoid
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noun,
cestode.
- mitered
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noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- dormice
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noun,
any small, furry-tailed, Old World rodent of the family Gliridae, resembling small squirrels in appearance and habits.
- deities
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noun,
a god or goddess.
- recites
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verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- storied
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noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- trisome
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noun,
a trisomic individual.
- decries
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verb (used with object),
to speak disparagingly of; denounce as faulty or worthless; express censure of:
- metiers
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noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- triodes
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noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- medico-
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- erotics
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- teredos
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noun,
a shipworm of the genus Teredo.
- mortise
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- eristic
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noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- mortice
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- demerit
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noun,
a mark against a person for misconduct or deficiency:
- sidero-
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- Edomite
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noun,
a descendant of Esau or Edom. Num. 20:14–21.
- irides
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noun,
a plural of iris.
- stride
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noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- dermo-
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- deices
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verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- deicer
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noun,
a device or a chemical substance for preventing or removing ice.
- dermis
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the dense inner layer of skin beneath the epidermis, composed of connective tissue, blood and lymph vessels, sweat glands, hair follicles, and an elaborate sensory nerve network.
- dermic
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adjective,
dermal.
- demits
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noun,
Also, dimit. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
- Deimos
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noun,
an ancient Greek personification of terror, a son of Ares and Aphrodite.
- redoes
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noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- iodism
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noun,
poisoning caused by sensitivity to or overuse of iodine or its compounds.
- demote
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verb (used with object),
to reduce to a lower grade, rank, class, or position (opposed to promote):
- demies
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noun,
a foundation scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford: so called because such a scholar originally received half the allowance of a fellow.
- imides
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noun,
a compound derived from ammonia by replacement of two hydrogen atoms by acidic groups, characterized by the =NH group.
- demise
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noun,
death or decease.
- modest
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adjective,
having or showing a moderate or humble estimate of one's merits, importance, etc.; free from vanity, egotism, boastfulness, or great pretensions.
- reside
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noun,
a piece or section of siding:
- desert
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noun,
a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all:
Synonyms: waste, wasteland, barren wilderness.
- emetic
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noun,
an emetic medicine or agent.
- sitcom
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noun,
situation comedy.
- erodes
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verb (used with object),
to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration:
Synonyms: corrode, waste, ravage, spoil.
Antonyms: strengthen, reinforce.
- erects
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adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- dories
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noun,
a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides.
- emotes
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verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- dormie
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adjective,
(of a player or side in match play) being in the lead by as many holes as are still to be played.
- Dorset
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noun,
1st Earl of, Thomas Sackville.
- dorsi-
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- eiders
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noun,
eider duck.
- erotic
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- driest
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noun,
a prohibitionist.
- Scoter
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noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- droits
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noun,
a legal right or claim.
- Semite
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noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- editor
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noun,
a person having managerial and sometimes policy-making responsibility related to the writing, compilation, and revision of content for a publishing firm or for a newspaper, magazine, or other publication:
- screed
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noun,
a long discourse or essay, especially a diatribe.
- sector
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noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- Ecorse
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noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- rimose
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adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- Smriti
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noun,
writings containing traditions concerning law, rituals, teachings of the sages, the epics, and the Puranas.
- desire
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noun,
a longing or craving, as for something that brings satisfaction or enjoyment:
- resect
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verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- idioms
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noun,
an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket or hang one's head, or from the general grammatical rules of a language, as the table round for the round table, and that is not a constituent of a larger expression of like characteristics.
- deters
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verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- dicots
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noun,
a dicotyledon.
- steric
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adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- remise
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verb (used with object),
to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.
- remits
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noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- remote
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noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- dimers
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noun,
a molecule composed of two identical, simpler molecules.
- diotic
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adjective,
pertaining to or affecting both ears; binaural.
- soiree
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noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- strode
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noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- sortie
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noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- direct
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adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- sorted
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noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- disco-
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- retems
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noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- distr.
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- somite
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noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- escort
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noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- iridic
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adjective,
of or containing iridium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- rectos
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- irido-
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- comers
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noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- coders
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noun,
a person or device that translates information into a code.
- meters
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noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- coedit
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verb (used with object),
to edit jointly with another.
- todies
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noun,
any of several small West Indian birds of the family Todidae, related to the motmots and kingfishers, having brightly colored green and red plumage.
- meteor
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noun,
Astronomy.
a meteoroid that has entered the earth's atmosphere.
a transient fiery streak in the sky produced by a meteoroid passing through the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or bolide.
- Comdr.
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- Comdt.
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- merits
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noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- metric
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noun,
Often, metrics. a standard for measuring or evaluating something, especially one that uses figures or statistics:
- comtes
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noun,
count2 .
- cordis
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adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the heart.
- merdes
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noun,
excrement.
- corset
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noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- Merced
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noun,
a city in central California.
- Cortes
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noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- timers
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noun,
a person or thing that times.
- Coster
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noun,
costermonger.
- metier
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noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- cities
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noun,
a large or important town.
- credit
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noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- CERMET
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noun,
a durable, heat-resistant alloy formed by compacting and sintering a metal and a ceramic substance, used under conditions of high temperature and stress.
- mitres
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noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- triose
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noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- triode
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noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- miters
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noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- Mister
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noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- trices
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noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- tremie
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noun,
a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.
- cerise
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adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- certes
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adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- citied
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adjective,
occupied by a city or cities.
- moires
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noun,
any moiré fabric.
- miotic
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noun,
a miotic drug.
- ciders
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noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- Tories
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noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- micros
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noun,
anything extremely small in scope or capability.
- micro-
-
- metros
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noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- metro-
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- Medit.
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- secret
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noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- terces
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noun,
tierce (def 3).
- recti-
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- teredo
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noun,
a shipworm of the genus Teredo.
- credos
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed.
- isomer
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noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- teiids
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noun,
any of a large group of chiefly tropical New World lizards of the family Teiidae, as the racerunner, caiman lizard, or whiptail, characterized by large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
- recite
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verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- tidies
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noun,
any of various articles for keeping things tidy, as a box having small drawers and compartments.
- Isidor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- tierce
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noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- Osetic
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adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- deceit
-
noun,
the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating:
- decime
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noun,
a former copper or bronze coin of France issued from 1795 to 1801 and from 1814 to 1815, the 10th part of a franc, equal in value to 10 centimes.
- oreide
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noun,
oroide.
- iritis
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noun,
inflammation of the iris of the eye.
- tiered
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noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- cremes
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noun,
cream.
- Medici
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noun,
Catherine de', Catherine de Médicis.
- decors
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noun,
style or mode of decoration, as of a room, building, or the like:
- edit.
-
- emote
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verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- misc.
-
- redes
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noun,
counsel; advice.
- emirs
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noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emits
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verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- mires
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noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- Recit
-
- mores
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noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- misce
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verb,
(in prescriptions) mix.
- Morse
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noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- Midis
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noun,
a skirt, dress, or coat, of mid-calf length.
- redos
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- Mitre
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noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- riots
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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.
- scrod
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noun,
a young Atlantic codfish or haddock, especially one split for cooking.
- roset
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noun,
resin; rosin.
- irid-
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- score
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noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- miter
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noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- Misti
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noun,
El Misti.
- rect.
-
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- miso-
-
- miser
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noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- Scot.
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- moire
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noun,
any moiré fabric.
- eider
-
noun,
eider duck.
- scrim
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noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- scree
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noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- misdo
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verb (used with object),
to do badly or wrongly; botch.
- eidos
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noun,
the formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas, criteria for interpreting experience, etc.
- erode
-
verb (used with object),
to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration:
Synonyms: corrode, waste, ravage, spoil.
Antonyms: strengthen, reinforce.
- edict
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noun,
a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
- Isere
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noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Rosie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- idiot
-
noun,
Informal. an utterly foolish or senseless person:
- iodic
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adjective,
containing iodine, especially in the pentavalent state.
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- merde
-
noun,
excrement.
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- Meroe
-
noun,
a ruined city in Sudan, on the Nile, NE of Khartoum: a capital of ancient Ethiopia that was destroyed a.d. c350.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- mero-
-
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- meres
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- Merci
-
interjection,
thank you.
- imide
-
noun,
a compound derived from ammonia by replacement of two hydrogen atoms by acidic groups, characterized by the =NH group.
- Odets
-
noun,
Clifford, 1906–63, U.S. dramatist.
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- ideo-
-
- Medic
-
noun,
a member of a military medical corps; corpsman.
- Meier
-
noun,
Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
- meets
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- idio-
-
- meeds
-
noun,
a reward or recompense.
- idiom
-
noun,
an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket or hang one's head, or from the general grammatical rules of a language, as the table round for the round table, and that is not a constituent of a larger expression of like characteristics.
- mesic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
- meso-
-
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- istic
-
- oste-
-
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- osmic
-
adjective,
of or containing osmium in its higher valences, especially the tetravalent state.
- metr-
-
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- imit.
-
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- metic
-
noun,
an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- metes
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- imido
-
adjective,
containing the imido group.
- meter
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- retem
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- retd.
-
- irids
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the Iridaceae, the iris family.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Medoc
-
noun,
a wine-growing region in Gironde, in SW France.
- ecto-
-
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- tides
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- crit.
-
- crime
-
noun,
an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited.
- crim.
-
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- cried
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- creme
-
noun,
cream.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- creed
-
noun,
any system, doctrine, or formula of religious belief, as of a denomination.
- Credo
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the Apostles' Creed or the Nicene Creed.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- term.
-
- teiid
-
noun,
any of a large group of chiefly tropical New World lizards of the family Teiidae, as the racerunner, caiman lizard, or whiptail, characterized by large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
- timid
-
adjective,
lacking in self-assurance, courage, or bravery; easily alarmed; timorous; shy.
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- derm-
-
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- stome
-
- Demos
-
noun,
the common people of an ancient Greek state.
- demo-
-
- demit
-
noun,
Also, dimit. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
- demi-
-
- demes
-
noun,
one of the administrative divisions of ancient Attica and of modern Greece.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- deism
-
noun,
belief in the existence of a God on the evidence of reason and nature only, with rejection of supernatural revelation (distinguished from theism).
- Teide
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) a volcanic peak in the Canary Islands, on Tenerife. 12,190 feet (3716 meters).
- deice
-
verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- Storm
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- deets
-
plural noun,
details:
- deers
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- Deems
-
verb (used with object),
to hold as an opinion; think; regard:
- decos
-
noun,
art deco.
- decor
-
noun,
style or mode of decoration, as of a room, building, or the like:
- sect.
-
- teems
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- desc.
-
- treed
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- 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.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- cert.
-
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- cero-
-
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- cedis
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- cedes
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- 30-30
-
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- 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.
- cider
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- corms
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- Comer
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- cores
-
- cords
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) clothing, especially trousers, of corded fabric; corduroys.
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Comte
-
noun,
count2 .
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Comr.
-
- comet
-
noun,
a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and gas that may form a tail that streams away from the sun.
- comes
-
noun,
Astronomy. companion1 (def 6).
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- coeds
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- codes
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- coder
-
noun,
a person or device that translates information into a code.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- Cmdr.
-
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- derms
-
noun,
a navigational device for making a nearby object conspicuous on a radarscope.
- deci-
-
- doits
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- doest
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- deter
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- seti-
-
- dries
-
noun,
a plural of dry.
- drest
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- disc.
-
- disme
-
noun,
a former coin of the U.S., equal to 10 cents, issued in 1792: early form of the dime.
- drees
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- dist.
-
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- doers
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- semi-
-
- sito-
-
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- dorse
-
noun,
the back of a book or folded document.
- Seric
-
- dotes
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- sero-
-
- dorts
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- sodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or containing sodium:
- drome
-
noun,
a department in SE France. 2533 sq. mi. (6560 sq. km). Capital: Valence.
- droit
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- dirts
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- domes
-
noun,
Architecture.
a vault, having a circular plan and usually in the form of a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions.
a domical roof or ceiling.
a polygonal vault, ceiling, or roof.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- Doric
-
noun,
a dialect of ancient Greek spoken on Rhodes and other islands of the Dodecanese, in Crete, in Syracuse, and in all of the Peloponnesus except Arcadia.
- dices
-
Idioms,
no dice, Informal. of no use or help; ineffective.
- Seder
-
noun,
a ceremonial dinner that commemorates the Exodus from Egypt and includes the reading of the Haggadah and the eating of symbolic foods, generally held on the first night of Passover by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel and on both the first and second nights by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside of Israel.
- dicot
-
noun,
a dicotyledon.
- dict.
-
- ster.
-
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- dorms
-
noun,
dormitory.
- modes
-
noun,
a manner of acting or doing; method; way:
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- steed
-
noun,
a horse, especially a high-spirited one.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- dimer
-
noun,
a molecule composed of two identical, simpler molecules.
- Doris
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Rodi
-
noun,
Italian name of Rhodes.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- Rom.
-
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- TODS
-
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- rode
-
noun,
a rope by which a boat is anchored.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- sci.
-
- sec.
-
- Seed
-
noun,
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- trod
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- Seem
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Sem.
-
- Mods
-
noun,
a person who is in the vanguard in style, dress, etc.
- seme
-
adjective,
covered with many small, identical figures.
- trid
-
- scr.
-
- tri-
-
- std.
-
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- rit.
-
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- OSRD
-
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- rcd.
-
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- ter.
-
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- TDRS
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- str.
-
- Ste.
-
- rede
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- redo
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- reds
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- Reed
-
noun,
the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- MScD
-
- odic
-
adjective,
of an ode.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- MSCE
-
- msec
-
- MSEE
-
- 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.
- MSIE
-
- OCDM
-
- Oct.
-
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Oder
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the NE Czech Republic, N through SW Poland and along the border between Germany and Poland into the Baltic. 562 miles (905 km) long.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- OECD
-
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- OEEC
-
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- ord.
-
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- sord
-
noun,
a flight or flock of mallards.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- 1080
-
- Mode
-
noun,
a manner of acting or doing; method; way:
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- idem
-
noun,
another exactly the same.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ice.
-
- Dice
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- dim.
-
- IMCO
-
- dime
-
noun,
a cupronickel-clad coin of the U.S. and Canada, the 10th part of a dollar, equal to 10 cents.
- DIMS
-
Idioms,
take a dim view of, to regard with disapproval, skepticism, or dismay:
- dioc
-
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- etc.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- est.
-
- dere
-
adjective,
dear2 .
- der.
-
- eso-
-
- Dec.
-
- Cres
-
- itis
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- ctr.
-
- cts.
-
- Dom.
-
- iso-
-
- iod-
-
- deem
-
verb (used with object),
to hold as an opinion; think; regard:
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Ire.
-
- Deer
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- dees
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- deet
-
plural noun,
details:
- Dem.
-
- deme
-
noun,
one of the administrative divisions of ancient Attica and of modern Greece.
- Dior
-
noun,
Christian [kris-chuh n;; French krees-tyahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; French krisˈtyɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1905–57, French fashion designer.
- dir.
-
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Dort
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- dome
-
noun,
Architecture.
a vault, having a circular plan and usually in the form of a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions.
a domical roof or ceiling.
a polygonal vault, ceiling, or roof.
- EEOC
-
- doms
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) a title of a monk in the Benedictine, Carthusian, Cistercian, and certain other monastic orders.
- DORE
-
noun,
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
- dorm
-
noun,
dormitory.
- mod.
-
- EMet
-
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- dost
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- dree
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- Edom
-
noun,
Esau, the brother of Jacob.
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- EDES
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- ect-
-
- emes
-
noun,
friend.
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- Esd.
-
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- dis-
-
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- 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.
- DMSO
-
- doc.
-
plural,
document.
- DOCS
-
noun,
doctor.
- doer
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- deco
-
noun,
art deco.
- eco-
-
- CMOS
-
noun,
complementary metal oxide semiconductor.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cit.
-
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- meed
-
noun,
a reward or recompense.
- Mid.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- MIDI
-
noun,
a skirt, dress, or coat, of mid-calf length.
- Mede
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Media.
- mids
-
noun,
Archaic. the middle.
- code
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- cods
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- mdse
-
- MDES
-
- cis-
-
- Mic.
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- mes-
-
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- mere
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- met.
-
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- cir.
-
- cet-
-
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Ceto
-
- cide
-
- Cdr.
-
- coed
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- cede
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- Com.
-
- mis-
-
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- corm
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- Cort
-
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- Cor.
-
- Cord
-
noun,
a string or thin rope made of several strands braided, twisted, or woven together.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- comd
-
- med.
-
- come
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. semen.
- COMS
-
noun,
Trademark. Comedy Central: a cable television channel.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- ETD
-
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- ec-
-
- EOM
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- TSE
-
- SMD
-
- eo-
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- TSI
-
- CED
-
- Tro
-
- CDT
-
- Dr.
-
- COD
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- sod
-
noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- cr.
-
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- DST
-
- DRE
-
- Doi
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Co.
-
- DSR
-
- cs.
-
- ct.
-
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- DMT
-
- do.
-
- Dee
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- SED
-
- de-
-
- DCS
-
- d-c
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- DSO
-
- DSM
-
- DSC
-
- DCM
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TID
-
- cte
-
- CST
-
- CSR
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- CSO
-
- CRT
-
- CRS
-
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- TCS
-
- DMS
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- dit
-
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.
- CEO
-
- tr.
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- Sr.
-
- CIM
-
- St.
-
- TMO
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- CMD
-
- STI
-
- di.
-
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- DET
-
- STM
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- CIE
-
- 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.
- ECM
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- ose
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Mc-
-
- Md.
-
- Me.
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- Mo.
-
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- ite
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- MSC
-
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- Om.
-
- OIt
-
- MCI
-
- OIr
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ITC
-
- oic
-
- RCT
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ise
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ed.
-
- RDS
-
- RDC
-
- ISR
-
- ot-
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- Re.
-
- RCS
-
- Rd.
-
- OTS
-
- ist
-
- ote
-
- oid
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- MSD
-
- MRI
-
- MRE
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- mi.
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- MIE
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- MOR
-
- MOI
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MIT
-
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- MSE
-
- MSI
-
- MCR
-
- OCR
-
- OEM
-
- ODT
-
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- MDT
-
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- OCS
-
- OCD
-
- MST
-
- OTC
-
- OSD
-
- OED
-
- Oc.
-
- MTS
-
- MTO
-
- MTI
-
- Mt.
-
- IRO
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- So.
-
- RMC
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- EMT
-
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- EOE
-
- EdM
-
abbreviation,
electronic dance music: a range of genres of electronic music often played in nightclubs and characterized by a strong danceable beat:
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- ERT
-
- EMR
-
- ROI
-
- ese
-
- EDT
-
- EEC
-
- sd.
-
- sc.
-
- RTS
-
- ScD
-
- rte
-
- SCM
-
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- Rs.
-
- EEO
-
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Esc
-
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- SRO
-
- io-
-
- IOC
-
- ier
-
- IDS
-
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.
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- ide
-
- IOT
-
- ESR
-
- SDI
-
- Ir.
-
- id.
-
- ior
-
- EDC
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Ede
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- ics
-
- IRC
-
- ETS
-
- ETR
-
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- SDR
-
- ETO
-
- se-
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- CE
-
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- CM
-
- EI
-
- ee
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- 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.
- T1
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- RO
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- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- TD
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- t.
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- RI
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- RC
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- R.
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- DC
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noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- D.
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- ic
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- S.
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- i.
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- M.
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- DM
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- TC
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- TM
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- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- 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.
- O.
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- SM
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