Anagrams of lacrimation
Word lacrimation has
967 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of lacrimation.
- mortician
-
noun,
funeral director.
- cantorial
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adjective,
of or relating to a cantor.
- trinomial
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adjective,
Algebra. consisting of or pertaining to three terms.
- Montclair
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noun,
a city in NE New Jersey.
- criminal
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noun,
a person guilty or convicted of a crime.
- trailman
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noun,
trailsman.
- mirliton
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noun,
kazoo.
- maiolica
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noun,
majolica.
- marocain
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noun,
a crepe fabric made of silk, wool, or rayon, or a combination of these fibers, and distinguished by a strong rib effect, used in the manufacture of dresses and women's suits; a heavy Canton crepe.
- ironical
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adjective,
pertaining to, of the nature of, exhibiting, or characterized by irony or mockery:
- macaroni
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noun,
small, tubular pasta prepared from wheat flour.
- amniotic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or having an amnion.
- romantic
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noun,
a romantic person.
- aromatic
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noun,
a plant, drug, or medicine yielding a fragrant aroma, as sage or certain spices and oils.
- coal-tar
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noun,
a thick, black, viscid liquid formed during the distillation of coal, that upon further distillation yields compounds, as benzene, anthracene, and phenol, from which are derived a large number of dyes, drugs, and other synthetic compounds, and that yields a final residuum (coal-tar pitch) which is used chiefly in making pavements.
- Anatolic
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adjective, noun,
Anatolian.
- raincoat
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noun,
a waterproof or water-repellent coat worn as protection against rain.
- cilantro
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noun,
the strong-scented leaves of the coriander plant, used in salads or to flavor and garnish food.
- rational
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noun,
Mathematics. rational number.
- Miltonia
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noun,
any of various epiphytic tropical American orchids of the genus Miltonia, having sprays of showy, flat, variously colored flowers.
- Miltonic
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adjective,
of or relating to the poet Milton or his writings.
- Clairton
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noun,
a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- contrail
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noun,
a visible condensation of water droplets or ice crystals from the atmosphere, occurring in the wake of an aircraft, rocket, or missile under certain conditions.
- claimant
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noun,
a person who makes a claim.
- Croatian
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noun,
a Croat.
- nitrolic
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adjective,
of or noting a series of acids of the type RC(=NOH)NO 2 , whose salts form deep-red solutions.
- Maritain
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noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1882–1973, French philosopher and diplomat.
- criminol
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- Carolina
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noun,
a former English colony on the Atlantic coast of North America: officially divided into North Carolina and South Carolina in 1729.
- crotalin
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noun,
a protein in the venom of pit vipers, used as an antigen in the preparation of snake antivenins.
- Marciano
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noun,
Rocky (Rocco Francis Marchegiano) 1924–69, U.S. boxer: world heavyweight champion 1952–56.
- calamint
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noun,
any of several aromatic plants belonging to the genus Calamintha (or Satureja) of the mint family, having simple, opposite leaves and drooping clusters of flowers.
- notarial
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a notary public.
- animator
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noun,
a person or thing that animates.
- Carniola
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noun,
a former duchy and crown land of Austria: now part of Slovenia.
- cortina
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noun,
a weblike, often evanescent veil covering the gills or hanging from the cap edge of certain mushrooms, particularly those of genus Cortinarius, and sometimes persisting as a ring or remnant of fibrils around the mushroom stalk.
- Monilia
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noun,
a fungus of the genus Monilia, of the class Fungi Imperfecti, having spherical or oval conidia in branched chains.
- laminar
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adjective,
composed of, or arranged in, laminae.
- climant
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adjective,
rampant, as a goat:
- Laotian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Laos.
- Clarion
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noun,
an ancient trumpet with a curved shape.
- Croatia
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noun,
a republic in SE Europe: includes the historical regions of Dalmatia, Istria, and Slavonia; formerly a part of Yugoslavia. 21,835 sq. mi. (56,555 sq. km) Capital: Zagreb.
- clarino
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noun,
a valveless trumpet used in the 17th and 18th centuries for playing rapid passages in the high register.
- clarain
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noun,
the coal forming the bright layers in banded bituminous coal.
- Latinic
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adjective,
of or relating to the Latin language or the ancient Latin-speaking peoples.
- clamant
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adjective,
clamorous; noisy.
- ocarina
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noun,
a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
- craniol
-
- craniom
-
- Icarian
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noun,
an inhabitant of Icaria.
- contra-
-
- Nilotic
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noun,
a group of languages belonging to the Eastern Sudanic branch of Nilo-Saharan, and including Dinka, Luo, Masai, and Nandi.
- Nicolai
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noun,
(Carl) Otto (Ehrenfried) [kahrl awt-oh ey-ruh n-freet] /kɑrl ˈɔt oʊ ˈeɪ rənˌfrit/ (Show IPA), 1810–49, German composer.
- narcoma
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noun,
stupor produced by narcotics.
- tamarin
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noun,
any South American marmoset of the genera Saguinus and Leontopithecus (Leontideus), having silky fur and a nonprehensile tail: several species are threatened or endangered.
- Comtian
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noun,
a follower of the philosophy of Auguste Comte.
- animato
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adjective,
animated; lively. Abbreviation: anim.
- Laconia
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noun,
an ancient country in the S part of Greece. Capital: Sparta.
- comitia
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noun,
an assembly of the people convened to pass on laws, nominate magistrates, etc.
- Italian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Italy, or a person of Italian descent.
- Amon-Ra
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noun,
Amen-Ra.
- cranial
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adjective,
of or relating to the cranium or skull.
- cranio-
-
- lacinia
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noun,
Botany. a jagged or irregular part of a leaf or petal.
- Conrail
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noun,
a government-supported corporation that combined six bankrupt railroads to provide freight and commuter service in 17 states from Boston to St. Louis.
- Marconi
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noun,
Guglielmo [goo-lyel-maw] /guˈlyɛl mɔ/ (Show IPA), Marchese, 1874–1937, Italian electrical engineer and inventor, especially in the field of wireless telegraphy: Nobel Prize in physics 1909.
- limacon
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noun,
a plane curve generated by the locus of a point on a line at a fixed distance from the point of intersection of the line with a fixed circle, as the line revolves about a point on the circumference of the circle. Equation: r = a cosθ + b.
- malonic
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adjective,
of or derived from malonic acid; propanedioic.
- Martial
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noun,
(Marcus Valerius Martialis) a.d. 43?–104? Roman epigrammatist, born in Spain.
- macaron
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noun,
a round, colored cookie consisting of a ganache or buttercream filling between two halves made from beaten egg whites mixed with sugar and ground almonds.
- Catalin
-
- actino-
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- Actinia
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noun,
a sea anemone, especially of the genus Actinia.
- actinal
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adjective,
having tentacles or rays.
- Mai-Tai
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noun,
a cocktail of rum, curaçao, lemon and pineapple juice, grenadine, and orgeat syrup, poured over crushed ice.
- carotin
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noun,
carotene.
- malaco-
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- Acrilan
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- airmail
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noun,
the system, especially a government postal system, of sending mail by airplane.
- marital
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- Aaronic
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adjective,
of or relating to Aaron.
- Caitlin
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noun,
a female given name, Irish form of Cathleen, Kathleen.
- Carlton
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noun,
Stephen Norman ("Steve"; "Lefty") born 1944, U.S. baseball player.
- Carlota
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noun,
1840–1927, wife of Maximillian: empress of Mexico 1864–67 (daughter of Leopold I of Belgium).
- Carlita
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noun,
a female given name.
- marcato
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adjective,
(of notes or chords in a musical score) strongly accented.
- Marcian
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noun,
a.d. 392?–457, emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire 450–457.
- Marcion
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noun,
a.d. c100–c160, Christian Gnostic.
- Martian
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noun,
a supposed inhabitant of the planet Mars:
- Linaria
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noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Linaria, of the figwort family, especially of the cultivated species, as L. maroccana or L. aeruginea, having slender clusters of spurred flowers in a variety of colors.
- Martina
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noun,
a female given name.
- Alarcon
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noun,
Pedro Antonio [pe-th raw ahn-taw-nyaw] /ˈpɛ ðrɔ ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Pedro Antonio Alarcón y Ariza) 1833–91, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and diplomat.
- Minorca
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noun,
Spanish Menorca. one of the Balearic Islands, in the W Mediterranean. 271 sq. mi. (700 sq. km).
- alinota
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noun,
the plate to which the wings are attached on the notum of an insect.
- minicar
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noun,
a very small car, especially a subcompact.
- Alcoran
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noun,
Alkoran.
- Martini
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noun,
a cocktail made with gin or vodka and dry vermouth, usually served with a green olive or a twist of lemon peel.
- Ciliata
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noun,
the class comprising the ciliate protozoans, considered as belonging in the kingdom Animalia.
- 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.
- Romanic
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noun,
romance1 (def 9).
- Romania
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noun,
a republic in SE Europe, bordering on the Black Sea. 91,699 sq. mi. (237,500 sq. km). Capital: Bucharest.
- Ramona
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noun,
a female given name.
- Carnot
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noun,
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
- Citron
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noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- citral
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noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- oilcan
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noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- Carian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Caria.
- Carina
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noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- racial
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adjective,
of or relating to the social construct of race:
- clamor
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noun,
a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people:
- Carman
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noun,
one of the crew of a streetcar or the like, as the motorman.
- carnal
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adjective,
pertaining to or characterized by the flesh or the body, its passions and appetites; sensual:
- Colima
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noun,
a state in SW Mexico, on the Pacific Coast. 2010 sq. mi. (5205 sq. km).
- Catlin
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noun,
George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.
- Crania
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noun,
the skull of a vertebrate.
- Carola
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Carol.
- ration
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noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- oilman
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noun,
a person who owns or operates oil wells or an executive in the petroleum industry.
- citrin
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noun,
bioflavonoid.
- cation
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noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- corita
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noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- carton
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noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- clino-
-
- ramtil
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noun,
Niger seed.
- Rialto
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noun,
an exchange or mart.
- contr.
-
- Catano
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noun,
a city in NE Puerto Rico, SW of San Juan.
- Namtar
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noun,
the Sumerian and Akkadian demon personifying death.
- craton
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noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- Marlin
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noun,
any large, saltwater game fish of the genera Makaira and Tetrapterus, having the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike structure.
- Milton
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noun,
John, 1608–74, English poet.
- Lomita
-
noun,
a town in SW California.
- milit.
-
- Lorain
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noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- lorica
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noun,
Zoology. a hard protective case or sheath, as the protective coverings secreted by certain protists.
- micron
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noun,
Also called micrometer. the millionth part of a meter. Symbol: μ, mu.
- micro-
-
- McNair
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noun,
Lesley James, 1883–1944, U.S. army officer.
- matron
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noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- matri-
-
- macro-
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- macron
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noun,
a horizontal line used as a diacritic over a vowel to indicate that it has a long sound or other specified pronunciation, as (ā) in fate (fāt).
- Marlon
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noun,
a male given name.
- maloti
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noun,
plural of loti.
- lictor
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noun,
(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- Marion
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noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- Manati
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noun,
a city in N Puerto Rico.
- maniac
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noun,
a raving or violently insane person; lunatic.
- Manila
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of the Philippines, on W central Luzon. Abbreviation: Man.
Compare Quezon City.
- manioc
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noun,
cassava.
- Marino
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noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- mantic
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adjective,
of or relating to divination.
- mantra
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noun,
Hinduism. a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.
- Marini
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noun,
Giambattista [jahm-baht-tees-tah] /ˌdʒɑm bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), Also, Marino [muh-ree-noh;; Italian mah-ree-naw] /məˈri noʊ;; Italian mɑˈri nɔ/ (Show IPA), ("il Cavalier Marino") 1569–1625, Italian poet.
- Marina
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noun,
a boat basin offering dockage and other service for small craft.
- Marian
-
noun,
a person who has a particular devotion to the Virgin Mary.
- Marcan
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of St. Mark or of the second Gospel.
- Marcia
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “warlike.”.
- miotic
-
noun,
a miotic drug.
- mitral
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adjective,
of or resembling a miter.
- normal
-
noun,
the average or mean:
- cantar
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noun,
a poem consisting of four-line stanzas, each line having eight syllables.
- iatric
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adjective,
of or relating to a physician or medicine; medical.
- iatro-
-
- Icaria
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noun,
Also, Ikaria. a Greek island in the Aegean Sea: a part of the Southern Sporades group. 99 sq. mi. (256 sq. km).
- Ilorin
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noun,
a town in W central Nigeria.
- nocti-
-
- nitro-
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- nitric
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adjective,
containing nitrogen, usually in the pentavalent state.
- intima
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noun,
the innermost membrane or lining of some organ or part, especially that of an artery, vein, or lymphatic.
- intra-
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- intro.
-
- narial
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adjective,
of or relating to the nares or nostrils.
- narco-
-
- ironic
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adjective,
using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; containing or exemplifying irony:
- Italia
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noun,
Italian name of Italy.
- latria
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noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- Italic
-
noun,
Often, italics. italic type.
- mortal
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noun,
a human being.
- Morini
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noun,
Erika, 1906–1995, U.S. violinist, born in Austria.
- lactam
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noun,
any of a group of cyclic amides characterized by the NHCO group, derived from aminocarboxylic acids by the intramolecular elimination of water from the amino and carboxylic groups.
- lacto-
-
- Monica
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noun,
a female given name.
- lamina
-
noun,
a thin plate, scale, or layer.
- Lamont
-
noun,
a male given name.
- monial
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noun,
a mullion.
- Molina
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noun,
Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1535–1600, Spanish Jesuit theologian.
- lariat
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noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- Latina
-
noun,
a woman of Latin-American descent.
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- Latona
-
noun,
the goddess Leto as identified in Roman mythology.
- Cantor
-
noun,
the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
- Colmar
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Haut-Rhin, in NE France.
- Cantal
-
noun,
a department in S central France. 2231 sq. mi. (5780 sq. km). Capital: Aurillac.
- Antlia
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Air Pump, a small southern constellation between Vela and Hydra.
- Ticino
-
noun,
a canton in S Switzerland. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Bellinzona.
- animal
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noun,
any member of the kingdom Animalia, comprising multicellular organisms that have a well-defined shape and usually limited growth, can move voluntarily, actively acquire food and digest it internally, and have sensory and nervous systems that allow them to respond rapidly to stimuli: some classification schemes also include protozoa and certain other single-celled eukaryotes that have motility and animallike nutritional modes.
- Anomia
-
noun,
the inability to name objects or to recognize the written or spoken names of objects.
- Tarmac
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noun,
(lowercase) a road, airport runway, parking area, etc., paved with Tarmac, tarmacadam, or a layer of tar.
- Tarlac
-
noun,
a city on N central Luzon, in the N Philippines.
- antiar
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noun,
the upas tree.
- Antrim
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noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- Amrita
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noun,
the beverage of immortality.
- tamari
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noun,
a rich, naturally fermented soybean sauce containing little or no wheat and thicker than soy sauce.
- talion
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- arnica
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- Tailor
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noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- Tacoma
-
noun,
a seaport in W Washington, on Puget Sound.
- atomic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resulting from, or using atoms, atomic energy, or atomic bombs:
- Anatol
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “sunrise.”.
- amoral
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adjective,
not involving questions of right or wrong; without moral quality; neither moral nor immoral.
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- Tolima
-
noun,
a volcano in W Colombia, in the Andes. 18,438 feet (5620 meters).
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- tra-la
-
noun,
nonsense syllables sung as a refrain, expressing gaiety.
- actin-
-
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- airman
-
noun,
an aviator.
- Alaric
-
noun,
a.d. c370–410, king of the Visigoths: captured Rome 410.
- Alicia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- tincal
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- Alnico
-
noun,
a permanent-magnet alloy having aluminum, nickel, and cobalt as its principal ingredients.
- Altaic
-
noun,
the Turkic, Mongolian, and Tungusic language families collectively, spoken over a broad expanse of Eurasia, from southeastern Europe to the Pacific: variously considered to be a single, genetically related family, with Japanese and Korean sometimes also included, or a group of languages with shared typologies and histories, but not genetically akin.
- Altair
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noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Aquila.
- Altman
-
noun,
Robert, 1925–2006, U.S. film director, producer, and screenwriter.
- Altona
-
noun,
a metropolitan district of Hamburg, Germany: formerly an independent city.
- amatol
-
noun,
an explosive mixture of ammonium nitrate and TNT.
- amino-
-
- atonal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or marked by atonality.
- amtrac
-
noun,
amphibian (def 4).
- camail
-
noun,
aventail (def 1).
- Romaic
-
noun,
demotic (def 5).
- caiman
-
noun,
any of several tropical American crocodilians of the genus Caiman and allied genera: some are endangered.
- camion
-
noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- atria
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- alto-
-
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- alti-
-
- molar
-
noun,
Also called molar tooth. a tooth having a broad biting surface adapted for grinding, being one of twelve in humans, with three on each side of the upper and lower jaws.
- monic
-
adjective,
(of a polynomial) having the coefficient of the term of highest degree equal to 1.
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- Lanai
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- Carla
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- amain
-
adverb,
with full force.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- lamia
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a class of fabulous monsters, commonly represented with the head and breast of a woman and the body of a serpent, said to allure youths and children in order to suck their blood.
- altar
-
noun,
an elevated place or structure, as a mound or platform, at which religious rites are performed or on which sacrifices are offered to gods, ancestors, etc.
- Altai
-
noun,
a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Capital: Barnaul.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- Alta.
-
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- Liana
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- licit
-
adjective,
legal; lawful; legitimate; permissible.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- Liman
-
noun,
a muddy lagoon, marsh, or lake near the mouth of a river behind part of the delta and more or less protected from open water by a barrier or spit.
- limit
-
noun,
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
- Almon
-
noun,
a Philippine, dipterocarpaceous tree, Shorea eximia.
- Limon
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1908–72, Mexican dancer and choreographer in the U.S.
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- Minto
-
noun,
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond [el-ee-uh t-mur-ee-ki-nin-muh nd,, -muhr-ee-,, el-yuh t-] /ˈɛl i ətˈmɜr i kɪˈnɪn mənd,, -ˈmʌr i-,, ˈɛl yət-/ (Show IPA), 4th Earl of, 1845–1914, British colonial administrator: governor general of Canada 1898–1904; viceroy of India 1905–10.
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- Lamar
-
noun,
Joseph R. 1857–1916, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1911–16.
- Amati
-
noun,
Nicolò [nee-kaw-law] /ˌni kɔˈlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1596–1684, Italian violinmaker, one of a famous family of 16th- and 17th-century violinmakers: teacher of Antonio Stradivari.
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- Iran.
-
- Carol
-
noun,
a song, especially of joy.
- nitr-
-
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- intr.
-
- anat.
-
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- anal.
-
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- Ionic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- natl.
-
- Natal
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- 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).
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mont.
-
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- AMORC
-
- cilia
-
plural noun,
Biology. minute hairlike organelles, identical in structure to flagella, that line the surfaces of certain cells and beat in rhythmic waves, providing locomotion to ciliate protozoans and moving liquids along internal epithelial tissue in animals.
- Amora
-
noun,
one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in the rabbinical academies of Palestine and Babylonia from the 3rd to the 6th centuries a.d., whose commentaries on and interpretations of the Mishnah comprise the Palestinian and Babylonian Gemaras.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- ition
-
- Naima
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “benevolent.”.
- amin-
-
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- lact-
-
- moral
-
noun,
the moral teaching or practical lesson contained in a fable, tale, experience, etc.
- Amato
-
noun,
Pasquale [puh-skwah-lee,, -ley;; Italian pahs-kwah-le] /pəˈskwɑ li,, -leɪ;; Italian pɑsˈkwɑ lɛ/ (Show IPA), 1879–1942, Italian operatic baritone.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- init.
-
- canal
-
noun,
an artificial waterway for navigation, irrigation, etc.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- Malan
-
noun,
Daniel François [frahn-swah] /frɑnˈswɑ/ (Show IPA), 1874–1959, South African editor and political leader: prime minister 1948–54.
- Malar
-
noun,
Also, malar bone. zygomatic bone.
- malic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from apples.
- acro-
-
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- Malta
-
noun,
an island in the Mediterranean between Sicily and Africa. 95 sq. mi. (246 sq. km).
- Acoma
-
noun,
a Pueblo Indian village near Albuquerque, New Mexico, built on a sandstone mesa: oldest continuously inhabited location in the U.S.
- acari
-
noun,
plural of acarus.
- Manat
-
noun,
a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess personifying fortune, sometimes considered a daughter of Allah.
- Aaron
-
noun,
the older brother of Moses, usually regarded as the first high priest of the Hebrews. Ex. 28; 40:13–16.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- mania
-
noun,
excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
- manic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affected by mania.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- Aalto
-
noun,
Alvar [ahl-vahr] /ˈɑl vɑr/ (Show IPA), 1898–1976, Finnish architect and furniture designer.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- aalii
-
noun,
a bushy shrub, Dodonaea viscosa, of Australia, Hawaii, Africa, and tropical America, having sticky foliage.
- 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.
- Manta
-
noun,
(in Spain and Spanish America) a cloak or wrap.
- trama
-
noun,
a specialized hyphal tissue constituting the internal structure of mushroom gills, pore tubes, or spines.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- Marat
-
noun,
Jean Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1743–93, French politician and journalist: leader in the French Revolution; assassinated by Charlotte Corday d'Armont.
- Cant.
-
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- 30-30
-
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Maroc
-
noun,
French name of Morocco.
- mini-
-
- lotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- Alcor
-
- Alcon
-
noun,
a noted archer who helped Hercules abduct the cattle of Geryon.
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- alarm
-
noun,
a sudden fear or distressing suspense caused by an awareness of danger; apprehension; fright.
- Caria
-
noun,
an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- Lorca
-
noun,
García Lorca.
- alani
-
plural noun,
a nomadic Iranian people who flourished in the 2nd–4th centuries a.d. and are ancestors of the present-day Ossets.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- milia
-
noun,
a small white or yellowish nodule resembling a millet seed, produced in the skin by the retention of sebaceous secretion.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Milan
-
noun,
an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- Alamo
-
noun,
a poplar.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- micra
-
noun,
a plural of micron.
- tonia
-
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- matr-
-
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- carat
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- aioli
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- Macao
-
noun,
a Portuguese overseas territory in S China, in the delta of the Zhu Jiang River and including two small adjacent islands. 6 sq. mi. (16 sq. km).
- 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.
- Marta
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Macon
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- 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.
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- Ital.
-
- incr.
-
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- comal
-
noun,
a griddle made from sandstone or earthenware.
- Talca
-
noun,
a city in central Chile.
- Comr.
-
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- cont.
-
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- Arica
-
noun,
a seaport in N Chile.
- omni-
-
- Coral
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- incor
-
- Maria
-
noun,
calaba.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- Tamar
-
noun,
the daughter of David and half-sister of Absalom. II Sam. 13.
- craal
-
noun,
kraal.
- cata-
-
- Tamil
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- aorta
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- ricin
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- crim.
-
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- crit.
-
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- Colin
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- anti-
-
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- Cimon
-
noun,
507–499 b.c, Athenian military leader, naval commander, and statesman (son of Miltiades).
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- claim
-
noun,
a demand for something as due; an assertion of a right or an alleged right:
- atmo-
-
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- Atman
-
noun,
the principle of life.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- ation
-
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- ratal
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- Clara
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “clear, bright.”.
- claro
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- colat
-
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- artal
-
noun,
plural of rotl.
- Ramon
-
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.
- Raman
-
noun,
Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata [chuhn-druh-shey-ker-uh veng-kuh-tuh] /ˈtʃʌn drəˈʃeɪ kər ə ˈvɛŋ kə tə/ (Show IPA), 1888–1970, Indian physicist: Nobel prize 1930.
- ramal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a ramus.
- coala
-
noun,
koala.
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- aroma
-
noun,
an odor arising from spices, plants, cooking, etc., especially an agreeable odor; fragrance.
- orial
-
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- anima
-
noun,
soul; life.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- ician
-
- Iliac
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or situated near the ilium.
- ilio-
-
- Ilion
-
noun,
Greek name of ancient Troy.
- imino
-
adjective,
containing the imino group.
- anoia
-
noun,
extreme mental deficiency.
- imit.
-
- anim.
-
- noct-
-
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- incl.
-
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- Ocala
-
noun,
a city in central Florida.
- carom
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- octal
-
noun,
octonary (def 6).
- octa-
-
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Marl
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- MOLA
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- nom.
-
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- 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.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- Rama
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) any of the three avatars of Vishnu: Balarama, Parashurama, or Ramachandra.
- Tala
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- 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).
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- Nor.
-
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- tri-
-
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- tron
-
- tRNA
-
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- 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.
- 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.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- NOAA
-
- Taal
-
noun,
Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- NIRA
-
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mon.
-
- Oct.
-
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- molt
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- NCAA
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- NTIA
-
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- mol.
-
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- 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.
- 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.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- tion
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- not-
-
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- moil
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- mRNA
-
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- RIIA
-
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- 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.
- Mic.
-
- mica
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- RONA
-
- Nama
-
noun,
a member of a Khoikhoi people of Namaqualand, in SW Africa.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- mil.
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- Ont.
-
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- Milo
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- MILR
-
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- rit.
-
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- NACA
-
- min.
-
- Rom.
-
- 1080
-
- 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.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- coml
-
- coma
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- Com.
-
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- Col.
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- Cor.
-
- Cmon
-
- cml.
-
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- clar
-
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- clam
-
noun,
any of various bivalve mollusks, especially certain edible species.
Compare quahog, soft-shell clam.
- cit.
-
- cir.
-
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Con.
-
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- IMCO
-
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- intl
-
- int.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- INRI
-
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Inc.
-
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- 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.
- ICAO
-
- ical
-
- IATA
-
- iana
-
- ctr.
-
- crat
-
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- Cort
-
- MARC
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- corm
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- cat.
-
- itol
-
- Aman
-
noun,
Haman.
- anoa
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- ano-
-
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Anam
-
noun,
Annam.
- amt.
-
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- Amal
-
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- alt.
-
- Alma
-
noun,
a town in SE Quebec, in SE Canada.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Alco
-
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- Alan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- Alai
-
noun,
a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- Ala.
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Acta
-
plural noun,
official records, as of acts, deeds, proceedings, transactions, or the like.
- acr-
-
- ant.
-
- Aram
-
noun,
Biblical name of ancient Syria.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Cara
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- Cana
-
noun,
an ancient town in N Israel, in Galilee: scene of Jesus' first miracle. John 2:1, 11.
- Can.
-
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- calm
-
noun,
freedom from motion or disturbance; stillness.
- Cal.
-
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- ator
-
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- arca
-
noun,
a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- atic
-
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- atm.
-
- art.
-
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Arm.
-
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- 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.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- Lam.
-
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- Lani
-
- Lana
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- 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.
- LAMA
-
noun,
a priest or monk in Lamaism.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- 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.
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- maar
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- Maat
-
noun,
the goddess personifying law and righteousness.
- Mac-
-
- maco
-
noun,
an Egyptian cotton, used especially in the manufacture of hosiery and undergarments.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lin.
-
- limo
-
noun,
a limousine.
- limn
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- lit.
-
- loam
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- Lat.
-
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- Loma
-
noun,
a hill or ridge having a broad top.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Maia
-
noun,
the eldest of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes by Zeus.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Mara
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of death, sometimes seen as one aspect of a god whose other aspect is Kama, or erotic desire.
- Man.
-
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Mar.
-
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- mal-
-
- Mana
-
noun,
a generalized, supernatural force or power, which may be concentrated in objects or persons.
- Mali
-
noun,
Republic of, a republic in W Africa: formerly a territory of France; gained independence 1960. 463,500 sq. mi. (120,000 sq. km). Capital: Bamako.
- malt
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- tlr
-
- ROI
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- CAM
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- LOC
-
- ROA
-
- CAI
-
- tra
-
- CAA
-
- cl.
-
- ct.
-
- cr.
-
- Co.
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- 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.
- ca.
-
- LON
-
- tr.
-
- rt.
-
- RNA
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- RMC
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- Tro
-
- RCA
-
- Am.
-
- RCN
-
- RCT
-
- ac-
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- AIA
-
- CIM
-
- CIA
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- al.
-
- AMA
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- an.
-
- LMT
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- Ar.
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- AIC
-
- AAM
-
- Aar
-
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ANC
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Mo.
-
- 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.
- TCA
-
- TIA
-
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- ALC
-
- aor
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- MAA
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- ALM
-
- TMO
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- AMC
-
- TLC
-
- AOA
-
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ltr
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- tlo
-
- Mao
-
- ATC
-
- ATA
-
- LTA
-
- at.
-
- TAL
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- mi.
-
- MCR
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Mc-
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- MCI
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- MTI
-
- mtn
-
- Ia.
-
- NMR
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- NOC
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- in.
-
- ILO
-
- MOR
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ial
-
- io-
-
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- NRC
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- OTC
-
- 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.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OCR
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- CTA
-
- NMI
-
- Lt.
-
- oic
-
- IRC
-
- MTO
-
- NCO
-
- NAA
-
- La.
-
- Mt.
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ITC
-
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- ITA
-
- IRO
-
- MRI
-
- IRL
-
- Ir.
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- MRA
-
- IOT
-
- ior
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- NIA
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- IOC
-
- NIM
-
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.
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- CRT
-
- Oc.
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- MLA
-
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- MOA
-
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.
- MNA
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ot-
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- OTA
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- RAM
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noun,
a male sheep.
- RMA
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- MLR
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- Rai
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noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- MOI
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- ml.
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- CNO
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- CNM
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- LIM
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- CMA
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- CLR
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- MIT
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- Clo
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- RAN
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noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- CLI
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- rat
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noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- Ora
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noun,
plural of os2 .
- Om.
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- LCT
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- LCI
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- LAO
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noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- OIr
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- OIt
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- COT
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noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- Ola
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- LAR
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- LCA
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- oma
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plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- LCM
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- ONA
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noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- ONR
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- ONI
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- AA
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noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- LC
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- LM
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- ol
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- ic
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- i.
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- L.
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- TL
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- AO
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- OA
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- NI
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- NC
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- AI
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- N.
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- M.
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- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- LR
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- ln
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- NL
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- R.
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- L2
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- TM
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- MA
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noun,
mother1 .
- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TN
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- TC
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- LI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- MN
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- NM
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- RC
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- RO
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- RI
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- T1
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- RN
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- CM
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- O.
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- t.
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- LO
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adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- L1
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