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- finmarks
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noun,
the markka of Finland.
- organism
-
noun,
a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.
- markings
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noun,
a mark, or a number or pattern of marks:
- framings
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noun,
the act, process, or manner of constructing anything.
- gasiform
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adjective,
having the form of gas; gaseous.
- farmings
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noun,
the business of operating a farm.
- Finmark
-
noun,
the markka of Finland.
- masking
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noun,
backing (def 4).
- Signora
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noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a married woman, either used separately or prefixed to the name.
- marking
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noun,
a mark, or a number or pattern of marks:
- framing
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noun,
the act, process, or manner of constructing anything.
- isogram
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noun,
a line representing equality with respect to a given variable, used to relate points on maps, charts, etc.
- soaring
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noun,
the sport of flying a sailplane.
- insofar
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adverb,
to such an extent (usually followed by as):
- informs
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Verb phrases,
inform on, to furnish incriminating evidence about (someone) to an authority, prosecuting officer, etc.:
- makings
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that makes:
- Romains
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noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Louis Farigoule) 1885–1972, French novelist, poet, and dramatist.
- farming
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noun,
the business of operating a farm.
- firmans
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noun,
an edict or administrative order issued by or in the name of a Middle Eastern sovereign (formerly by an Ottoman Turkish sultan).
- frogman
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noun,
a swimmer specially equipped with air tanks, wet suit, diving mask, etc., for underwater demolition, salvage, military operations, scientific exploration, etc.
- origans
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noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- mikrons
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noun,
micron.
- Signor
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noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a man, either used separately or prefixed to the name. Abbreviation: Sig., sig.
- grani-
-
- gonifs
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noun,
ganef.
- Morgan
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noun,
one of a breed of light carriage and saddle horses descended from the stallion Justin Morgan.
- arsino
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adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- Forman
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noun,
Milos [mee-lawsh] /ˈmi lɔʃ/ (Show IPA), (Jan Tomas Forman) born 1932, U.S. film director, born in the former Czechoslovakia.
- mikron
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noun,
micron.
- grains
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noun,
an iron instrument with barbed prongs, for spearing or harpooning fish.
- sarong
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noun,
a loose-fitting skirtlike garment formed by wrapping a strip of cloth around the lower part of the body, worn by both men and women in the Malay Archipelago and certain islands of the Pacific Ocean.
- grano-
-
- mangos
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noun,
the oblong, sweet fruit of a tropical tree, Mangifera indica, of the cashew family, eaten ripe, or preserved or pickled.
- making
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that makes:
- argons
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noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- Grison
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noun,
a weasellike carnivore, Galictis vittata, ranging from southern Mexico to Peru, having a grayish-white upper body, a distinctive white stripe across the forehead and ears, and a dark brown face, chest, and legs.
- groans
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noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- groins
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noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- Romans
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noun,
an Epistle of the New Testament, written by Paul to the Christian community in Rome. Abbreviation: Rom.
- Rosina
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noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- margin
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noun,
the space around the printed or written matter on a page.
- Maoris
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noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- franks
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noun,
a signature or mark affixed by special privilege to a letter, package, or the like to ensure its transmission free of charge, as by mail.
- orangs
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noun,
orangutan.
- gamins
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noun,
a neglected boy left to run about the streets; street urchin.
- Sikang
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noun,
Older Spelling. Xikang.
- origan
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noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- Saigon
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noun,
former name of Ho Chi Minh City: capital of former South Vietnam 1954–76.
- orgasm
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noun,
the physical and emotional sensation experienced at the peak of sexual excitation, usually resulting from stimulation of the sexual organ and usually accompanied in the male by ejaculation.
- fogram
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noun,
an old-fashioned or overly conservative person; fogy.
- Franko
-
noun,
Ivan [ee-vahn] /iˈvɑn/ (Show IPA), 1856–1916, Ukrainian writer.
- fagins
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noun,
(in Dickens' Oliver Twist) a villainous old man who trains and uses young boys as thieves.
- Gaskin
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noun,
the part of the hind leg of a horse, or other hoofed mammal, between the stifle and the hock.
- Ransom
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noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- Marion
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noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- Fangio
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noun,
Juan Manuel [wahn man-wel;; Spanish hwahn mah-nwel] /ˈwɑn mænˈwɛl;; Spanish ˈʰwɑn mɑˈnwɛl/ (Show IPA), 1911–1995, Argentine racing-car driver.
- Marino
-
noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- fakirs
-
noun,
a Muslim or Hindu religious ascetic or mendicant monk commonly considered a wonder-worker.
- Firman
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noun,
an edict or administrative order issued by or in the name of a Middle Eastern sovereign (formerly by an Ottoman Turkish sultan).
- aniso-
-
- forams
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noun,
foraminifer.
- Ingmar
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noun,
a male given name.
- Songka
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noun,
a river in SE Asia, flowing SE from SW China through Indochina to the Gulf of Tonkin. 500 miles (800 km) long.
- amnios
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- amino-
-
- Kafirs
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noun,
Also called Nuristani. a member of an Indo-European people of Nuristan.
- infra-
-
- inform
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adjective,
without form; formless.
- somni-
-
- Kirman
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noun,
a Persian rug marked by ornate flowing designs and light, muted colors.
- amigos
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noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- inorg.
-
- Ingram
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noun,
a male given name.
- angio-
-
- agron.
-
- kiangs
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noun,
a wild ass, Equus kiang, of Tibet and Mongolia.
- norias
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noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- ramson
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noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- Angkor
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noun,
a vast assemblage of ruins of the Khmer empire, near the modern city of Siem Reap in NW Cambodia: many elaborately carved and decorated temples, stone statues, gateways, and towers.
- kisan
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noun,
(in India) a peasant.
- ornis
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noun,
an avifauna.
- frons
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noun,
the upper anterior portion of the head of an insect, above or behind the clypeus.
- Osman
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noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- Kioga
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noun,
Lake. Kyoga, Lake.
- Irons
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noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- Mason
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noun,
a person whose trade is building with units of various natural or artificial mineral products, as stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or tiles, usually with the use of mortar or cement as a bonding agent.
- Sango
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noun,
a Niger-Congo language of the Adamawa-Eastern branch, used as a lingua franca in the Central African Republic.
- Gamin
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noun,
a neglected boy left to run about the streets; street urchin.
- Marks
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noun,
a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise:
- gamo-
-
- Rimas
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noun,
a female given name.
- kirns
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noun,
a churn.
- gains
-
- Maros
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noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- ragis
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noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- kinos
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noun,
(in Europe) a motion-picture theater; cinema.
- rason
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noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- forms
-
- karos
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noun,
a shrub or small tree, Pittosporum crassifolium, of New Zealand, having shiny leaves with a white, felty underside, red flowers, and densely hairy fruit.
- kiang
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noun,
a wild ass, Equus kiang, of Tibet and Mongolia.
- kaons
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noun,
a meson with strangeness +1 and either positive or zero electric charge, or its antiparticle, with strangeness −1 and either negative or zero electric charge. Symbol: K.
- frags
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noun,
fragmentation grenade.
- Frank
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noun,
a signature or mark affixed by special privilege to a letter, package, or the like to ensure its transmission free of charge, as by mail.
- Kans.
-
- ranis
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noun,
ranee.
- Frans
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noun,
a male given name, form of Francis.
- kains
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noun,
cain.
- Kings
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noun,
either of two books of the Bible, I Kings or II Kings, which contain the history of the kings of Israel and Judah. Abbreviation: Ki.
- orig.
-
- kagos
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noun,
(in Japan) a small basketwork palanquin strung from a pole each end of which rests on the shoulder of a bearer.
- frigs
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noun,
refrigerator.
- Fris.
-
- frisk
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noun,
a leap, skip, or caper.
- sargo
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noun,
a silvery grunt, Anisotremus davidsonii, inhabiting waters off the coasts of California and Mexico, having blackish markings and yellowish fins.
- knars
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noun,
a knot on a tree or in wood.
- Kafir
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noun,
Also called Nuristani. a member of an Indo-European people of Nuristan.
- kinas
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noun,
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, equal to 100 toea.
- Ramos
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noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- koans
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noun,
a nonsensical or paradoxical question to a student for which an answer is demanded, the stress of meditation on the question often being illuminating.
- Ramon
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noun,
any of several tropical American trees belonging to the genus Brosimum, of the mulberry family, the leaves of which are used as forage, especially B. alicastrum, which bears the breadnut.
- ikons
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noun,
icon (defs 1, 2).
- Gorki
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noun,
Also, Gorky. Maxim [mak-sim;; Russian muh-ksyeem] /ˈmæk sɪm;; Russian mʌˈksyim/ (Show IPA), (Aleksey Maksimovich Pyeshkov) 1868–1936, Russian novelist, short-story writer, and dramatist.
- makos
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noun,
a powerful mackerel shark, Isurus oxyrinchus, of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
- infos
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noun,
information.
- gram.
-
- grams
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noun,
a metric unit of mass or weight equal to 15.432 grains; one thousandth of a kilogram. Abbreviation: g.
- 30-30
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- krans
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noun,
a former silver coin of Iran.
- grans
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noun,
grandmother.
- imago
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noun,
Entomology. an adult insect.
- krona
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noun,
a silver and cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Sweden, equal to 100 öre. Abbreviation: Kr., kr.
- gonif
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noun,
ganef.
- mairs
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adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- grins
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noun,
a broad smile.
- mains
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noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- roams
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noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- groan
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noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- Rains
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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).
- groin
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noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- groma
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noun,
an instrument having a cruciform wooden frame with a plumb line at the end of each arm, used for laying out lines at right angles to existing lines.
- roans
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noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- rosin
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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.
- Mango
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noun,
the oblong, sweet fruit of a tropical tree, Mangifera indica, of the cashew family, eaten ripe, or preserved or pickled.
- Gaons
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noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- rakis
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noun,
a spirituous liquor distilled from grain, grapes, plums, etc., in southeastern Europe and the Near East.
- garni
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adjective,
garnished.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- Iran.
-
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- rings
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- rinks
-
noun,
a smooth expanse of ice for ice-skating, often artificially prepared and inside a building or arena.
- Konia
-
noun,
Konya.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- ginks
-
noun,
a person; fellow.
- Goias
-
noun,
a state in central Brazil. 247,826 sq. mi. (641,870 sq. km). Capital: Goiânia.
- girns
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noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- marg.
-
- giros
-
noun,
autogiro.
- Koran
-
noun,
the sacred text of Islam, divided into 114 chapters, or suras: revered as the word of God, dictated to Muhammad by the archangel Gabriel, and accepted as the foundation of Islamic law, religion, culture, and politics.
- gismo
-
noun,
a gadget or device:
- G-man
-
noun,
an agent for the FBI.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- gnars
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- manor
-
noun,
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- grain
-
noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- ranks
-
noun,
a number of persons forming a separate class in a social hierarchy or in any graded body.
- Forks
-
noun,
an instrument having two or more prongs or tines, for holding, lifting, etc., as an implement for handling food or any of various agricultural tools.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- angor
-
noun,
extreme distress or mental anguish, usually of physical origin.
- anim.
-
- anis-
-
- oinks
-
noun,
the squealing or grunting sound made by a pig.
- okras
-
noun,
a shrub, Abelmoschus esculentus, of the mallow family, bearing beaked pods.
- smirk
-
noun,
the facial expression of a person who smirks.
- Msgr.
-
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- argon
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- Argos
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis: a powerful rival of Sparta, Athens, and Corinth.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- Snark
-
noun,
a mysterious, imaginary animal.
- omni-
-
- morns
-
noun,
morning.
- 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.
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- Sino-
-
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- sing.
-
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- Fagin
-
noun,
(in Dickens' Oliver Twist) a villainous old man who trains and uses young boys as thieves.
- Moira
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noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- angi-
-
- naifs
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- fakir
-
noun,
a Muslim or Hindu religious ascetic or mendicant monk commonly considered a wonder-worker.
- SOFIA
-
noun,
Also, Sofiya [Bulgarian saw-fee-yuh] /Bulgarian ˈsɔ fi yə/ (Show IPA). a city in and the capital of Bulgaria, in the W part.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- Afro-
-
- afros
-
noun,
a hair style originating with black persons, in which the hair is allowed to grow naturally and to acquire a bushy appearance.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- agios
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- Nogai
-
noun,
a member of a people living in the Caucasus region.
- agro-
-
- sofar
-
noun,
a system for determining a position at sea by exploding a charge under water and measuring the time the shock waves take to reach three widely separated shore stations at known distances from each other.
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- OFris
-
noun,
the Frisian language before c1500. Abbreviation: OFris.
- ogams
-
noun,
ogham.
- Akins
-
noun,
Zoë [zoh-ee] /ˈzoʊ i/ (Show IPA), 1886–1958, U.S. playwright.
- Akron
-
noun,
a city in NE Ohio.
- amigo
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- amin-
-
- naso-
-
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- narks
-
noun,
British Slang. a stool pigeon or informer.
- amoks
-
noun,
(among members of certain Southeast Asian cultures) a psychic disturbance characterized by depression followed by a manic urge to murder.
- among
-
preposition,
in, into, or through the midst of; in association or connection with; surrounded by:
- fairs
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- MSFor
-
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- mirks
-
noun,
darkness; gloom:
- Foism
-
noun,
Chinese Buddhism.
- Farsi
-
noun,
the modern Iranian language of Iran and western Afghanistan, written in the Arabic alphabet; modern Persian.
- Orang
-
noun,
orangutan.
- firns
-
noun,
névé.
- foins
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- finks
-
noun,
a strikebreaker.
- finos
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- farms
-
noun,
a tract of land, usually with a house, barn, silo, etc., on which crops and often livestock are raised for livelihood.
- foams
-
noun,
a collection of minute bubbles formed on the surface of a liquid by agitation, fermentation, etc.:
- Fiona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- signa
-
verb,
(used imperatively, in prescriptions) mark; write; label.
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- Minos
-
noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- Sigma
-
noun,
the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet: Σ, σ, ς.
- Minsk
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Byelorussia (Belarus), in the central part, on a tributary of the Berezina.
- firms
-
noun,
a partnership or association for carrying on a business.
- faros
-
noun,
a gambling game in which players place bets on a special board or layout, betting on each series of two cards as they are drawn from a box containing the dealer's or banker's pack.
- miso-
-
- sikra
-
noun,
sikhara.
- Fargo
-
noun,
William George, 1818–81, U.S. businessman: pioneered in express shipping and banking.
- fango
-
noun,
clay or mud, especially a clay obtained from certain hot springs in Battaglio, Italy, used as a hot application in the treatment of certain diseases.
- foram
-
noun,
foraminifer.
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- fanos
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea: cathedral; Roman ruins.
- KIAS
-
- migs
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- mink
-
noun,
a semiaquatic weasellike animal of the genus Mustela, especially the North American M. vison.
- ogam
-
noun,
ogham.
- koas
-
noun,
a Hawaiian acacia, Acacia koa, of the legume family, characterized by spreading branches and gray bark.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- Komi
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people of northeastern European Russia.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- Kona
-
noun,
a southwesterly winter wind in Hawaii, often strong and bringing rain.
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- Ogma
-
noun,
a god of poetry and eloquence and the inventor of the ogham letters: one of the Tuatha De Danann.
- nos-
-
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- kors
-
noun,
homer2 .
- raki
-
noun,
a spirituous liquor distilled from grain, grapes, plums, etc., in southeastern Europe and the Near East.
- Rank
-
noun,
a number of persons forming a separate class in a social hierarchy or in any graded body.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- koan
-
noun,
a nonsensical or paradoxical question to a student for which an answer is demanded, the stress of meditation on the question often being illuminating.
- kina
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, equal to 100 toea.
- NIRA
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- min.
-
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- King
-
noun,
a male sovereign or monarch; a man who holds by life tenure, and usually by hereditary right, the chief authority over a country and people.
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- kino
-
noun,
(in Europe) a motion-picture theater; cinema.
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- kins
-
noun,
a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk.
- nom.
-
- nogs
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Nor.
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- kirn
-
noun,
a churn.
- org.
-
- kirs
-
noun,
an apéritif of white wine or sometimes champagne (Kir Royale) flavored with cassis.
- kifs
-
noun,
kef.
- oafs
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Oaks
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Quercus, of the beech family, bearing the acorn as fruit.
- Ming
-
noun,
a dynasty in China, 1368–1644, marked by the restoration of traditional institutions and the development of the arts, especially in porcelain, textiles, and painting.
- knar
-
noun,
a knot on a tree or in wood.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Krio
-
noun,
an English-based creole of Sierra Leone, a first language of the residents of Freetown and its environs, and a lingua franca elsewhere in the country.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- mako
-
noun,
a powerful mackerel shark, Isurus oxyrinchus, of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
- mRNA
-
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- Omsk
-
noun,
a city in the SW Russian Federation in Asia on the Irtysh River.
- MNAS
-
- Man.
-
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- Mngr
-
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- Monk
-
noun,
(in Christianity) a man who has withdrawn from the world for religious reasons, especially as a member of an order of cenobites living according to a particular rule and under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- mong
-
noun,
mongrel, especially a mongrel dog.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Mark
-
noun,
a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise:
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mon.
-
- moki
-
noun,
Hopi (def 1).
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- Mar.
-
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- mogs
-
noun,
moggy.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- mis-
-
- nark
-
noun,
British Slang. a stool pigeon or informer.
- naif
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- kran
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Iran.
- mirk
-
noun,
darkness; gloom:
- kras
-
noun,
Isthmus of, the narrowest part of the Malay Peninsula, between the Bay of Bengal and the Gulf of Siam. 35 miles (56 km) wide.
- moas
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- oiks
-
noun,
oaf; lout.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Kris
-
noun,
creese.
- Orsk
-
noun,
a city in the S Russian Federation in Europe, on the Ural River.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- 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).
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- 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.
- 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.
- mag.
-
- oink
-
noun,
the squealing or grunting sound made by a pig.
- Magi
-
noun,
(sometimes lowercase) one of the Magi.
- mags
-
noun,
magazine.
- okas
-
noun,
Also called old oka. a former measure of weight in Turkey and neighboring countries, equal to about 2.75 pounds (1.25 kilograms).
Also called new oka. a modern measure of weight in Turkey and neighboring countries, standarized as equal to the kilogram.
- okra
-
noun,
a shrub, Abelmoschus esculentus, of the mallow family, bearing beaked pods.
- mask
-
noun,
a covering for all or part of the face, worn to conceal one's identity.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- 1080
-
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- kg-m
-
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- fora
-
noun,
a plural of forum.
- for.
-
- Fons
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- Fong
-
noun,
Hiram L(eong) [lee-awng,, -ong] /liˈɔŋ,, -ˈɒŋ/ (Show IPA), 1907–2004, U.S. lawyer and senator from Hawaii 1959–77.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- foin
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- FOIA
-
- foam
-
noun,
a collection of minute bubbles formed on the surface of a liquid by agitation, fermentation, etc.:
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- FNMA
-
- Sig.
-
- sign
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- Fisk
-
noun,
James, 1834–72, U.S. financier and stock speculator.
- firs
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- firn
-
noun,
névé.
- firm
-
noun,
a partnership or association for carrying on a business.
- Fino
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- fork
-
noun,
an instrument having two or more prongs or tines, for holding, lifting, etc., as an implement for handling food or any of various agricultural tools.
- Sark
-
noun,
any long, shirtlike garment worn next to the skin, as a chemise, nightshirt, or the like.
- Fin.
-
- sank
-
noun,
a basin or receptacle, as in a kitchen or laundry, usually connected with a water supply and drainage system, for washing dishes, clothing, etc.
- Gaon
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- gams
-
noun,
a person's leg, especially an attractive female leg.
- Saki
-
noun,
any of several monkeys of the genus Pithecia, of tropical South America, having a golden-brown to black, thick, shaggy coat and a long, bushy, nonprehensile tail.
- Sam.
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- Sang
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- Akin
-
adjective,
of kin; related by blood (usually used predicatively):
- frag
-
noun,
fragmentation grenade.
- Frs.
-
- from
-
preposition,
(used to specify a starting point in spatial movement):
- FROG
-
noun,
any tailless, stout-bodied amphibian of the order Anura, including the smooth, moist-skinned frog species that live in a damp or semiaquatic habitat and the warty, drier-skinned toad species that are mostly terrestrial as adults.
- frig
-
noun,
refrigerator.
- Fri.
-
- FRGS
-
- 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.
- Fran
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Francis.
- Fink
-
noun,
a strikebreaker.
- fig.
-
- ANSI
-
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- snog
-
verb (used without object),
to kiss and cuddle.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- skim
-
noun,
an act or instance of skimming.
- skin
-
noun,
the external covering or integument of an animal body, especially when soft and flexible.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- snag
-
noun,
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Arm.
-
- soak
-
noun,
the act or state of soaking or the state of being soaked.
- arks
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter). Also called Noah's Ark. the large boat built by Noah in which he saved himself, his family, and a pair of every kind of creature during the Flood. Gen. 6–9.
- Ark.
-
- ARIS
-
- Argo
-
noun,
Astronomy. a very large southern constellation, now divided into Vela, Carina, Puppis, and Pyxis, four separate constellations lying largely south of Canis Major.
- Arg.
-
- ano-
-
- smog
-
noun,
smoke or other atmospheric pollutants combined with fog in an unhealthy or irritating mixture.
- Aoki
-
noun,
Shuzo [shoo-zaw] /ˈʃu zɔ/ (Show IPA), 1844–1914, first Japanese ambassador to U.S., 1905–09.
- skag
-
noun,
scag.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- Sika
-
noun,
a small, reddish deer, Cervus nippon, native to eastern Asia: most populations are endangered.
- Fang
-
noun,
one of the long, sharp, hollow or grooved teeth of a venomous snake by which poison is injected.
- Fars
-
noun,
a province in SW Iran. 51,466 sq. mi. (133,297 sq. km).
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Faro
-
noun,
a gambling game in which players place bets on a special board or layout, betting on each series of two cards as they are drawn from a box containing the dealer's or banker's pack.
- farm
-
noun,
a tract of land, usually with a house, barn, silo, etc., on which crops and often livestock are raised for livelihood.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- amok
-
noun,
(among members of certain Southeast Asian cultures) a psychic disturbance characterized by depression followed by a manic urge to murder.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- Fano
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea: cathedral; Roman ruins.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- Fair
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- fain
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- fags
-
noun,
Slang. a cigarette.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sink
-
noun,
a basin or receptacle, as in a kitchen or laundry, usually connected with a water supply and drainage system, for washing dishes, clothing, etc.
- fam.
-
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- gars
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- sago
-
noun,
a starchy foodstuff derived from the soft interior of the trunk of various palms and cycads, used in making puddings.
- A-OK
-
adjective, adverb,
Informal. OK; perfect:
- 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 = .
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- irks
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate, annoy, or exasperate:
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Irak
-
noun,
Iraq.
- Ring
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- rink
-
noun,
a smooth expanse of ice for ice-skating, often artificially prepared and inside a building or arena.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- 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.
- risk
-
noun,
exposure to the chance of injury or loss; a hazard or dangerous chance:
- ins.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- inks
-
noun,
a fluid or viscous substance used for writing or printing.
- Song
-
noun,
a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.
- afr-
-
- info
-
noun,
information.
- Inf.
-
- Soni
-
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- kago
-
noun,
(in Japan) a small basketwork palanquin strung from a pole each end of which rests on the shoulder of a bearer.
- Kars
-
noun,
a city in NE Turkey.
- karo
-
noun,
a shrub or small tree, Pittosporum crassifolium, of New Zealand, having shiny leaves with a white, felty underside, red flowers, and densely hairy fruit.
- kaon
-
noun,
a meson with strangeness +1 and either positive or zero electric charge, or its antiparticle, with strangeness −1 and either negative or zero electric charge. Symbol: K.
- Kano
-
noun,
a city in N Nigeria.
- kang
-
noun,
(especially in northern Chinese houses) a masonry or earthen platform at one end of a room, heated in winter by fires underneath and spread with mats for sleeping.
- Rask
-
noun,
Rasmus Christian [ras-muh s kris-chuh n;; Danish rahs-moo s krees-tyahn] /ˈræs məs ˈkrɪs tʃən;; Danish ˈrɑs mʊs ˈkris tyɑn/ (Show IPA), 1787–1832, Danish philologist.
- Kain
-
noun,
cain.
- kafs
-
noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Arabic alphabet, representing a velar stop consonant sound.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- SRAM
-
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Sra.
-
- rifs
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- iso-
-
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Safi
-
noun,
a seaport in W central Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean coast.
- RNAS
-
- agio
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- GNMA
-
- gras
-
- ikon
-
noun,
icon (defs 1, 2).
- Graf
-
noun,
Stephanie Maria ("Steffi") born 1969, German tennis player.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- gon-
-
- goas
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- goaf
-
noun,
gob1 (def 3).
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- Grim
-
adjective,
stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise:
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- sofa
-
noun,
a long, upholstered couch with a back and two arms or raised ends.
- giro
-
noun,
autogiro.
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- Gino
-
noun,
a male given name.
- gink
-
noun,
a person; fellow.
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- RONA
-
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- Agon
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece) a contest in which prizes were awarded in any of a number of events, as athletics, drama, music, poetry, and painting.
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- Gris
-
noun,
Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), (José Vittoriano Gonzáles) 1887–1927, Spanish painter in France.
- agr.
-
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Iago
-
noun,
the villain in Shakespeare's Othello.
- ign.
-
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Rom.
-
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- Gros
-
noun,
Antoine Jean [ahn-twan zhahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1771–1835, French painter.
- gro.
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- oik
-
noun,
oaf; lout.
- OIr
-
- OAS
-
- of-
-
- SOF
-
- OSF
-
- oaf
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- 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.
- Sr.
-
- OAK
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Quercus, of the beech family, bearing the acorn as fruit.
- OFr
-
- sfm
-
- Oka
-
noun,
Also called old oka. a former measure of weight in Turkey and neighboring countries, equal to about 2.75 pounds (1.25 kilograms).
Also called new oka. a modern measure of weight in Turkey and neighboring countries, standarized as equal to the kilogram.
- ROA
-
- ROK
-
noun,
a soldier in the army of the Republic of Korea.
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- RAF
-
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- ROI
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- ROG
-
- OFM
-
- RNA
-
- RMA
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- RIF
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- RFI
-
- RFA
-
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- Om.
-
- ONF
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- SMA
-
- 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.
- ski
-
noun,
one of a pair of long, slender runners made of wood, plastic, or metal used in gliding over snow.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- ska
-
noun,
a modern style of vocalized Jamaican popular music, which emerged in the 1950s as a blend of African-Jamaican folk music, calypso, and American rhythm and blues, notable for its shuffling, scratchlike tempo and jazzlike horn riffs on the offbeat.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ONI
-
- So.
-
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SAR
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- SAG
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- SRO
-
- OSA
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- Kra
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noun,
Isthmus of, the narrowest part of the Malay Peninsula, between the Bay of Bengal and the Gulf of Siam. 35 miles (56 km) wide.
- SRI
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noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- GIF
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noun,
a set of standards and file format for storage of digital color images and short animations.
- GSA
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- grf
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- Gr.
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- Gor
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interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- goi
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noun,
goy.
- Goa
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noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- GIs
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noun,
a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt.
- GIN
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noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- GAS
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noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- IFS
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noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- GAO
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noun,
a city in E Mali.
- GAN
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noun,
cotton gin.
- gi.
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- GAR
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noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- Ga.
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- FSR
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- FSA
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- fro
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Idioms,
to and fro, alternating from one place to another; back and forth:
- FRG
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- GSR
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- IRA
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noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Fr.
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abbreviation,
Father.
- ior
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- ism
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noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ISA
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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).
- IRS
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- IRO
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- irk
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verb (used with object),
to irritate, annoy, or exasperate:
- Ir.
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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.
- IOF
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- io-
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- ink
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noun,
a fluid or viscous substance used for writing or printing.
- ing
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- ina
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noun,
a female given name.
- in.
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- IMF
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- IGM
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- IAS
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- ian
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noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- Ia.
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- Fra
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noun,
a title of address for a friar or brother.
- FOS
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- kg.
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- AIM
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noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ANI
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noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ANG
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- ANF
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- AMS
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- AMI
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noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- AIS
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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.
- AIR
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noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Ain
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noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AGS
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adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- aor
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- ago
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adverb,
in past time; in the past:
- AGM
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- AFS
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- AFM
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- Ar.
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- an.
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- ag-
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- Af.
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- Am.
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- ans
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noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ARF
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interjection,
(used to imitate the bark of a dog).
- FON
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noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- FAO
-
- fog
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noun,
a cloudlike mass or layer of minute water droplets or ice crystals near the surface of the earth, appreciably reducing visibility.
Compare ice fog, mist, smog.
- FMk
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- fm.
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- FIR
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noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- FIO
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- Fia
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- fgn
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- FAR
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Idioms,
a far cry (from). cry (def 27).
- Fan
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noun,
any device for producing a current of air by the movement of a broad surface or a number of such surfaces.
- ARS
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- FAG
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noun,
Slang. a cigarette.
- fo.
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- FAS
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noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- ASR
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- Aso
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noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASN
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- ASM
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- ASK
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noun,
the first man, made by the gods from an ash tree.
- ASI
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- ISR
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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 = .
- MI5
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noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MFA
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- MGr
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- MGk
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- MFS
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- MFR
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- NSF
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- MFG
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- NAG
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noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- MI6
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noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- NAM
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noun,
Vietnam.
- NFS
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- mas
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noun,
mother1 .
- NGk
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- NGO
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noun,
1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
- MSF
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- NIG
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verb (used with object),
nidge.
- mi.
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- Mig
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noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- NIM
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noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- MSI
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- MSG
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noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 5 H 8 NNaO 4 ⋅H 2 O, used to intensify the flavor of foods.
- MRI
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- MRA
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- Mr.
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plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MOS
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noun,
moment (def 1).
- MOR
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- MOI
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- MIR
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noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- MOG
-
noun,
moggy.
- MOA
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noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- MNS
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- MNA
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- MSN
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- MKS
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- mk.
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- nik
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- NIA
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- Mao
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- KIA
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- M-1
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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.
- kn.
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- km.
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- kir
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noun,
an apéritif of white wine or sometimes champagne (Kir Royale) flavored with cassis.
- kin
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noun,
a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk.
- Kim
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noun,
a male or female given name.
- KIF
-
noun,
kef.
- kgf
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- Koa
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noun,
a Hawaiian acacia, Acacia koa, of the legume family, characterized by spreading branches and gray bark.
- Kas
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noun,
(in the Netherlands and in Dutch colonies) a large cabinet of the 17th and 18th centuries, having two doors and often a number of drawers at the bottom, and usually having an elaborately painted or carved decoration with a heavy cornice.
- Kan
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- Kam
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noun,
a Kam-Tai language spoken in southern China.
- NRA
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- Kaf
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noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Arabic alphabet, representing a velar stop consonant sound.
- NSA
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- ka-
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- nr.
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- MSA
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- koi
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noun,
any of various colorful cultivated forms of the common carp, Cyprinus carpio, apparently originating in Japan and other parts of eastern temperate Asia.
- kr.
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- MS.
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plural,
manuscript.
- Mo.
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- MIA
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plural,
missing in action.
- NMI
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- NMR
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- ksi
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- krs
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- kor
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noun,
homer2 .
- Kos
-
noun,
a unit of land distance of various lengths from 1 to 3 miles (1.6 to 4.8 km).
- nog
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- AK
-
- 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.
- NM
-
- sk
-
- NI
-
- SN
-
- 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.
- NF
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- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- OA
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- AO
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- OK
-
noun,
an approval, agreement, or endorsement:
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- NG
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- rg
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- f.
-
noun,
(Paul) Felix (Edler von Münzberg) [poul fey-liks eyd-luh r fuh n mynts-berk] /paʊl ˈfeɪ lɪks ˈeɪd lər fən ˈmüntsˌbɛrk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1942, Austrian composer, conductor, and writer.
- IF
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- GN
-
- RI
-
- RN
-
- i.
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- M.
-
- IG
-
- SA
-
- RO
-
- OG
-
- KI
-
noun,
the Sumerian goddess personifying earth: the counterpart of the Akkadian Aruru.
- RF
-
- K.
-
- KO
-
noun,
a knockout in boxing.
- S.
-
- SG
-
- FI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- K2
-
noun,
Also called Godwin Austen [god-win aw-stin] /ˈgɒd wɪn ˈɔ stɪn/ (Show IPA), Dapsang [duh p-suhng] /dəpˈsʌŋ/ (Show IPA). a mountain in N Kashmir, in the Karakoram range: second highest peak in the world. 28,250 feet (8611 meters).
- FA
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- fg
-
- MN
-
- fn
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- SF
-
- G.
-
- SM
-
- MG
-
- GM
-
- GO
-
noun,
the act of going:
- MF
-
- R.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Gk
-
- O.
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