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- armistices
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noun,
a temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement of the warring parties; truce:
- costmaries
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noun,
a composite plant, Chrysanthemum balsamita, that has silvery, fragrant leaves and is used in salads and as a flavoring.
- aerostatic
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adjective,
of or relating to aerostatics.
- isometrics
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noun,
isometrics, isometric exercise (def 1).
- atrocities
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noun,
the quality or state of being atrocious.
- microstate
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noun,
ministate.
- Metastasio
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noun,
(Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi) 1698–1782, Italian poet and dramatist.
- masticates
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verb (used with or without object),
to chew.
- cross-mate
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verb (used with or without object),
to crossbreed.
- cramoisies
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noun,
crimson cloth.
- isostatic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characterized by isostasy.
- isosteric
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adjective,
Chemistry. having the same number of valence electrons in the same configuration but differing in the kinds and numbers of atoms.
- masticate
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verb (used with or without object),
to chew.
- marcasite
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noun,
Also called white iron pyrites. a common mineral, iron disulfide, FeS 2 , chemically similar to pyrite but crystallizing in the orthorhombic system.
- Masoretic
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adjective,
of or relating to the Masorah or the Masoretes.
- Isocrates
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noun,
436–338 b.c, Athenian orator.
- ameristic
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adjective,
not divided into parts; having no meristem.
- microstat
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noun,
a negative of a microphotograph made directly from a negative by a copy camera.
- mosaicist
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noun,
a person who works in mosaic.
- triatomic
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adjective,
having three atoms in a molecule.
- isometric
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noun,
isometrics, isometric exercise (def 1).
- semiotics
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noun,
the study of signs and symbols as elements of communicative behavior; the analysis of systems of communication, as language, gestures, or clothing.
- staircase
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noun,
a flight of stairs with its framework, banisters, etc., or a series of such flights.
- castrates
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noun,
a castrated person or animal.
- Caesarism
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noun,
absolute government; imperialism.
- mistreats
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verb (used with object),
to treat badly or abusively.
- teratosis
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noun,
teratism (def 2).
- teratomas
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noun,
a tumor made up of different types of tissue.
- Timisoara
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noun,
a city in W Romania.
- teratisms
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noun,
love or worship of the monstrous.
- Castroism
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noun,
the political, social, and revolutionary theories and policies advocated by Fidel Castro.
- iotacisms
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noun,
the conversion of other vowel sounds, especially in Modern Greek, into (ē), the sound of iota.
- catamites
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noun,
a boy or youth who is in a sexual relationship with a man.
- ceramists
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noun,
a person who makes ceramics.
- associate
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noun,
a person who shares actively in anything as a business, enterprise, or undertaking; partner; colleague; fellow worker:
- eroticism
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noun,
the sexual or erotic quality or character of something.
- Artemisia
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noun,
any of several composite plants of the genus Artemisia, having aromatic foliage and small disk flowers, including the sagebrush, wormwood, and mugwort.
- aromatics
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noun,
a plant, drug, or medicine yielding a fragrant aroma, as sage or certain spices and oils.
- armistice
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noun,
a temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement of the warring parties; truce:
- aerostats
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noun,
any lighter-than-air aircraft, as a balloon or dirigible.
- atticisms
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noun,
the style or idiom of Attic Greek occurring in another dialect or language.
- ostracism
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noun,
exclusion, by general consent, from social acceptance, privileges, friendship, etc.
- ostiaries
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noun,
Also called doorkeeper, porter. Roman Catholic Church.
a member of the lowest-ranking of the four minor orders.
the order itself. Compare acolyte (def 2), exorcist (def 2), lector (def 2).
- acrotisms
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noun,
absence or weakness of the pulse.
- scimitars
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noun,
a curved, single-edged sword of Asian, especially Eastern origin.
- tsaristic
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adjective,
czarist.
- trisomies
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noun,
an abnormality characterized by the presence of an additional chromosome to the normal diploid number.
- somatist
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noun,
a psychiatrist who considers all mental illnesses to have physical origins.
- maitrise
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noun,
mastery; skill.
- satirist
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noun,
a writer of satires.
- citrates
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noun,
a salt or ester of citric acid.
- Socrates
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noun,
469?–399 b.c, Athenian philosopher.
- aortitis
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noun,
inflammation of the aorta.
- Cimarosa
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noun,
Domenico [daw-me-nee-kaw] /dɔˈmɛ ni kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1749–1801, Italian conductor and composer.
- maestros
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noun,
an eminent composer, teacher, or conductor of music:
- aoristic
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adjective,
Grammar. pertaining to the aorist.
- Marietta
-
noun,
a city in NW Georgia.
- osteitis
-
noun,
inflammation of the substance of bone.
- smatters
-
noun,
slight or superficial knowledge; smattering.
- isomeric
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adjective,
of, relating to, or displaying isomerism.
- teacarts
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noun,
tea wagon.
- smarties
-
noun,
a smart aleck.
- massacre
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noun,
the unnecessary, indiscriminate killing of a large number of human beings or animals, as in barbarous warfare or persecution or for revenge or plunder.
- massicot
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noun,
monoxide of lead, PbO, in the form of a yellow powder, used as a pigment and drier.
- ceramist
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noun,
a person who makes ceramics.
- acrotism
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noun,
absence or weakness of the pulse.
- amorists
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noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- mastitis
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noun,
Pathology. inflammation of the breast.
- tritomas
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noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Kniphofia, of the lily family, native to Africa, especially K. uvaria, having long, dense clusters of tubular red or yellow flowers.
- coasters
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noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- Iscariot
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noun,
the surname of Judas, the betrayer of Jesus. Mark 3:19; 14:10, 11.
- satiates
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adjective,
satiated.
- aromatic
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noun,
a plant, drug, or medicine yielding a fragrant aroma, as sage or certain spices and oils.
- eristics
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noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- artistic
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adjective,
conforming to the standards of art; satisfying aesthetic requirements:
- artistes
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noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- striates
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adjective,
striated.
- eastmost
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adjective,
easternmost.
- trisomic
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adjective,
having one chromosome in addition to the usual diploid number.
- stomatic
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adjective,
pertaining to the mouth.
- stomates
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noun,
stoma (def 1).
- crosstie
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noun,
Railroads. a tie.
- aseismic
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adjective,
free from earthquakes.
- trisomes
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noun,
a trisomic individual.
- etatisms
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noun,
state socialism.
- trisects
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verb (used with object),
to divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts.
- Stoicism
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noun,
a systematic philosophy, dating from around 300 b.c., that held the principles of logical thought to reflect a cosmic reason instantiated in nature.
- toasters
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noun,
an instrument or appliance for toasting bread, muffins, etc.
- cristate
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adjective,
having a crest; crested.
- sarcomas
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noun,
any of various malignant tumors composed of neoplastic cells resembling embryonic connective tissue.
- aristate
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adjective,
Botany. having aristae; awned.
- imitates
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verb (used with object),
to follow or endeavor to follow as a model or example:
- iotacism
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noun,
the conversion of other vowel sounds, especially in Modern Greek, into (ē), the sound of iota.
- ariettas
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noun,
a short aria.
- statices
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noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Limonium, of the leadwort family, having clusters of variously colored flowers that retain their color when dried.
- comities
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noun,
mutual courtesy; civility.
- matrices
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noun,
something that constitutes the place or point from which something else originates, takes form, or develops:
- catamite
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noun,
a boy or youth who is in a sexual relationship with a man.
- asterism
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noun,
Astronomy.
a group of stars.
a constellation.
- amitosis
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noun,
the direct method of cell division, characterized by simple cleavage of the nucleus without the formation of chromosomes.
- scatters
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noun,
the act of scattering.
- termitic
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adjective,
of, pertaining to, produced by, or infested with termites.
- semiotic
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noun,
semiotics.
- miscites
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verb (used with or without object),
to misquote.
- scimitar
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noun,
a curved, single-edged sword of Asian, especially Eastern origin.
- misstate
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verb (used with object),
to state wrongly or misleadingly; make a wrong statement about.
- amaretto
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noun,
an Italian liqueur with a slightly bitter almond flavor.
- Triassic
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noun,
Also, Trias [trahy-uh s] /ˈtraɪ əs/ (Show IPA). the Triassic Period or System.
- mistcoat
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noun,
(in house painting or interior decoration) a coat of thinner, sometimes pigmented, applied to a finish coat of paint to increase its luster.
- teratoma
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noun,
a tumor made up of different types of tissue.
- ameiosis
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noun,
aberrant meiosis in which only an equational division occurs, as in parthenogenesis.
- mistreat
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verb (used with object),
to treat badly or abusively.
- teratism
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noun,
love or worship of the monstrous.
- Semitics
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noun,
the study of Semitic languages, literature, etc.
- mortises
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- airtimes
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noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- atresias
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noun,
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
- mortices
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- seriatim
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adverb, adjective,
in a series; one after another.
- Semitist
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noun,
an authority on Semitic languages, literature, etc.
- scatomas
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noun,
a tumorlike mass of feces in the colon or rectum.
- aerostat
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noun,
any lighter-than-air aircraft, as a balloon or dirigible.
- ricottas
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noun,
a soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.
- amirates
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noun,
emirate.
- castrato
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noun,
a male singer, especially in the 18th century, castrated before puberty to prevent his soprano or contralto voice range from changing.
- meristic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or divided into segments or somites.
- seacoast
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noun,
the land immediately adjacent to the sea.
- Rossetti
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noun,
Christina Georgina, 1830–94, English poet.
- sea-star
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noun,
starfish.
- metrists
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noun,
a person who is skilled in the use of poetic meters.
- metritis
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noun,
inflammation of the uterus.
- simitars
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noun,
scimitar.
- Atticism
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noun,
the style or idiom of Attic Greek occurring in another dialect or language.
- astricts
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verb (used with object),
to bind fast; constrain.
- castrate
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noun,
a castrated person or animal.
- Tiresias
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noun,
a blind prophet, usually said to have been blinded because he saw Athena bathing, and then to have been awarded the gift of prophecy as a consolation for his blindness.
- mattress
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noun,
a large pad for supporting the reclining body, used as or on a bed, consisting of a quilted or similarly fastened case, usually of heavy cloth, that contains hair, straw, cotton, foam rubber, etc., or a framework of metal springs.
- mattrass
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noun,
matrass.
- Castries
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noun,
a port in and the capital of the state of St. Lucia, on the NW coast.
- 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.
- cotters
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noun,
a pin, wedge, key, or the like, fitted or driven into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.
- sarcoma
-
noun,
any of various malignant tumors composed of neoplastic cells resembling embryonic connective tissue.
- caritas
-
noun,
charity.
- Rosetta
-
noun,
a town in N Egypt, at a mouth of the Nile.
- striate
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adjective,
striated.
- caesars
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noun,
Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (or Caius) [key-uh s] /ˈkeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), Julius, c100–44 b.c, Roman general, statesman, and historian.
- rotates
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adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- tarmacs
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noun,
(lowercase) a road, airport runway, parking area, etc., paved with Tarmac, tarmacadam, or a layer of tar.
- Tarasco
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noun,
Tarascan.
- costers
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noun,
costermonger.
- tamaris
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noun,
a rich, naturally fermented soybean sauce containing little or no wheat and thicker than soy sauce.
- streams
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noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- comates
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noun,
a mate or companion.
- costate
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adjective,
Anatomy. having ribs.
- citrate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of citric acid.
- catties
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noun,
(in China and southeast Asia) a weight equal to about 1½ pounds (680 grams) avoirdupois.
- Samoset
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noun,
died 1653? North American Indian leader: aided Pilgrims during early years in New England.
- ratites
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noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- strati-
-
- samites
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noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- cerato-
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- teacart
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noun,
tea wagon.
- castors
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noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- cimaise
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noun,
cymaise.
- casters
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noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- recasts
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noun,
a recasting.
- Cassite
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noun,
Kassite.
- costars
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- tatamis
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noun,
(in Japanese houses) any of a number of thick, woven straw mats of uniform dimensions, about three feet by six feet (91 cm by 183 cm), the placing of which determines the dimensions of an interior.
- sarcasm
-
noun,
harsh or bitter derision or irony.
- ricotta
-
noun,
a soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.
- coaster
-
noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- Cassatt
-
noun,
Mary, 1845–1926, U.S. painter.
- tasters
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noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- comitia
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noun,
an assembly of the people convened to pass on laws, nominate magistrates, etc.
- casitas
-
noun,
a small crude dwelling forming part of a shantytown inhabited by Mexican laborers in the southwestern U.S.
- coremia
-
noun,
the fruiting bodies of certain fungi, consisting of a loosely bound bundle of conidiophores.
- Caserta
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noun,
a city in S Italy, near Naples.
- corsets
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noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- tarsias
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noun,
intarsia.
- strato-
-
- scotias
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noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- stratas
-
noun,
a plural of stratum.
- sitcoms
-
noun,
situation comedy.
- simitar
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noun,
scimitar.
- osmatic
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adjective,
of or relating to the sense of smell.
- metrist
-
noun,
a person who is skilled in the use of poetic meters.
- merisis
-
noun,
growth, especially growth resulting from cell division.
- Mercast
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noun,
a broadcasting system used by U.S. agencies to deliver messages to government-operated ships.
- meiosis
-
noun,
Cell Biology. part of the process of gamete formation, consisting of chromosome conjugation and two cell divisions, in the course of which the diploid chromosome number becomes reduced to the haploid.
Compare mitosis.
- matters
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noun,
the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed:
- scatter
-
noun,
the act of scattering.
- matrass
-
noun,
a rounded, long-necked glass container, formerly used for distilling and dissolving substances.
- Matisse
-
noun,
Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1869–1954, French painter.
- mastics
-
noun,
Also called mastic tree, lentisk. a small Mediterranean tree, Pistacia lentiscus, of the cashew family, that is the source of an aromatic resin used in making varnish and adhesives.
- Ossetia
-
noun,
a region in Caucasia: divided between North Ossetia of the Russian Federation and the South Ossetian Autonomous Region of the Georgian Republic.
- Ossetic
-
noun,
the Indo-European, Iranian language of the Ossets.
- mascots
-
noun,
an animal, person, or thing adopted by a group as its representative symbol and supposed to bring good luck:
- scatoma
-
noun,
a tumorlike mass of feces in the colon or rectum.
- miotics
-
noun,
a miotic drug.
- Maritsa
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing from S Bulgaria along the boundary between Greece and European Turkey and into the Aegean. 300 miles (485 km) long.
- mostest
-
adjective, noun,
most.
- Scottie
-
noun,
Scottish terrier.
- screams
-
noun,
a loud, sharp, piercing cry:
- seismic
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adjective,
pertaining to, of the nature of, or caused by an earthquake or vibration of the earth, whether due to natural or artificial causes.
- seismo-
-
- sematic
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adjective,
serving as a sign or warning of danger, as the conspicuous colors or markings of certain poisonous animals.
- scoters
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noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Semitic
-
noun,
a subfamily of Afroasiatic languages that includes Akkadian, Arabic, Aramaic, Ethiopic, Hebrew, and Phoenician.
- miscast
-
verb (used with object),
to assign an unsuitable role to (an actor):
- mortise
-
noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- mortice
-
noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- 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.
- mitosis
-
noun,
the usual method of cell division, characterized typically by the resolving of the chromatin of the nucleus into a threadlike form, which condenses into chromosomes, each of which separates longitudinally into two parts, one part of each chromosome being retained in each of two new cells resulting from the original cell.
- misters
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- Setaria
-
noun,
any grass of the genus Setaria, having a dense panicle, grown for forage.
- miscite
-
verb (used with or without object),
to misquote.
- smatter
-
noun,
slight or superficial knowledge; smattering.
- marcato
-
adjective,
(of notes or chords in a musical score) strongly accented.
- straits
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- stomat-
-
- steato-
-
- iatrics
-
- Raamses
-
noun,
a city that was built for the Pharaoh by the Israelites and from which the Exodus began. Ex. 1:11.
- racisms
-
noun,
a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- stimies
-
noun,
stymie.
- etatism
-
noun,
state socialism.
- stomata
-
noun,
a plural of stoma.
- stearic
-
adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- stomate
-
noun,
stoma (def 1).
- escorts
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- stories
-
noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- erotics
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- racists
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- erotica
-
noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- eristic
-
noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- stearo-
-
- imarets
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- Mai-Tai
-
noun,
a cocktail of rum, curaçao, lemon and pineapple juice, grenadine, and orgeat syrup, poured over crushed ice.
- isomers
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- maestro
-
noun,
an eminent composer, teacher, or conductor of music:
- somatic
-
adjective,
of the body; bodily; physical.
- caeomas
-
noun,
(in fungi) an aecium in which the spores are formed in chains and not enclosed in a peridium.
- somites
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- sorites
-
noun,
a form of argument having several premises and one conclusion, capable of being resolved into a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each of which is a premise of the next.
- satoris
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- stactes
-
noun,
one of the sweet spices used in the holy incense of the ancient Hebrews. Ex. 30:34.
- imitate
-
verb (used with object),
to follow or endeavor to follow as a model or example:
- starets
-
noun,
a religious teacher or counselor.
- staters
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- Statice
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Limonium, of the leadwort family, having clusters of variously colored flowers that retain their color when dried.
- statics
-
noun,
the branch of mechanics that deals with bodies at rest or forces in equilibrium.
- satiate
-
adjective,
satiated.
- Scotism
-
noun,
the set of doctrines of Duns Scotus.
- stators
-
noun,
Electricity, Machinery. a portion of a machine that remains fixed with respect to rotating parts, especially the collection of stationary parts in the magnetic circuits of a machine.
Compare rotor (def 1).
- statism
-
noun,
the principle or policy of concentrating extensive economic, political, and related controls in the state at the cost of individual liberty.
- camises
-
noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- attires
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- America
-
noun,
United States.
- Amittai
-
noun,
the father of Jonah. II Kings 14:25.
- amities
-
noun,
friendship; peaceful harmony.
- amitate
-
noun,
a close social relationship between a paternal aunt and her niece.
- Astaire
-
noun,
Fred, 1899–1987, U.S. dancer and actor.
- Astarte
-
noun,
an ancient Semitic deity, goddess of fertility and reproduction worshiped by the Phoenicians and Canaanites.
- amirate
-
noun,
emirate.
- airtime
-
noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- Amorite
-
noun,
a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. II Sam. 12:26–31.
- astrict
-
verb (used with object),
to bind fast; constrain.
- tricots
-
noun,
a warp-knit fabric of various natural or synthetic fibers, as wool, silk, or nylon, having fine vertical ribs on the face and horizontal ribs on the back, used especially for making garments.
- atomics
-
noun,
the branch of physics that deals with atoms, especially atomic energy.
- atomies
-
noun,
an atom; mote.
- actress
-
noun,
a woman who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc., especially professionally.
- atresia
-
noun,
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
- amorist
-
noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- amosite
-
noun,
an asbestine variety of anthophyllite, rich in iron, formerly used as a heat-resistant material.
- trisect
-
verb (used with object),
to divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts.
- ARTEMIS
-
noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- toaster
-
noun,
an instrument or appliance for toasting bread, muffins, etc.
- ascites
-
noun,
accumulation of serous fluid in the peritoneal cavity; dropsy of the peritoneum.
- Ascaris
-
noun,
any parasitic roundworm of the genus Ascaris, found in the human small intestine and causing colic and diarrhea.
- tomcats
-
noun,
a male cat.
- artiste
-
noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- Artesia
-
noun,
a city in S California.
- Asiatic
-
noun,
an Asian person.
- amritas
-
noun,
the beverage of immortality.
- aristos
-
noun,
aristocrat.
- aristo-
-
- Titoism
-
noun,
a form of communism associated with Tito, characterized by the assertion by a satellite state of its national interests in opposition to Soviet rule.
- arietta
-
noun,
a short aria.
- titmice
-
noun,
any of numerous, widely distributed, small songbirds of the family Paridae, especially of the genus Parus, having soft, thick plumage and a short, stout, conical bill.
- aorists
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- amtracs
-
noun,
amphibian (def 4).
- trioses
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- astatic
-
adjective,
unstable; unsteady.
- trisome
-
noun,
a trisomic individual.
- tsarist
-
noun,
an adherent of a czar or of czarism.
- tsarism
-
noun,
czarism.
- Tritoma
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Kniphofia, of the lily family, native to Africa, especially K. uvaria, having long, dense clusters of tubular red or yellow flowers.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- macers
-
noun,
macebearer.
- Maceio
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Alagoas, in E Brazil.
- somat-
-
- Somers
-
- somite
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- torses
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- Sorata
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Bolivia, in the Andes, near Lake Titicaca: two peaks, Ancohuma, 21,490 feet (6550 meters), and Illampu, 21,276 feet (6485 meters).
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- Itasca
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N Minnesota: one of the sources of the Mississippi River.
- Soares
-
noun,
Mário [mah-ryoo] /ˈmɑ ryʊ/ (Show IPA), born 1924, Portuguese statesman: prime minister 1976–78, 1983–85; president 1986–96.
- Stacia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- stacte
-
noun,
one of the sweet spices used in the holy incense of the ancient Hebrews. Ex. 30:34.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- isomer
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- arecas
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- stares
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Isaacs
-
noun,
Sir Isaac Alfred, 1855–1948, Australian jurist: governor general of Australia 1931–36.
- starts
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- macro-
-
- Smriti
-
noun,
writings containing traditions concerning law, rituals, teachings of the sages, the epics, and the Puranas.
- aortas
-
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.
- Marcie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marcia.
- Amrita
-
noun,
the beverage of immortality.
- Mascot
-
noun,
an animal, person, or thing adopted by a group as its representative symbol and supposed to bring good luck:
- masais
-
noun,
a member of an African people inhabiting the highlands of Kenya and Tanzania and having a largely pastoral economy and a society based on the patrilineal clan.
- rectos
-
- smarts
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- Marist
-
noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- amtrac
-
noun,
amphibian (def 4).
- remiss
-
adjective,
negligent, careless, or slow in performing one's duty, business, etc.:
- Marcos
-
noun,
Ferdinand E(dralin) [ed-ruh-lin] /ˈɛd rə lɪn/ (Show IPA), 1917–1989, Philippine political leader: president 1965–86.
- Marcia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “warlike.”.
- irises
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- tortes
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- smears
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- smites
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- Maoris
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- remits
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- maists
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- resist
-
noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- Maisie
-
noun,
a female given name, Scottish form of Margaret.
- stater
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- saices
-
noun,
syce.
- static
-
noun,
Electricity.
static or atmospheric electricity.
interference due to such electricity.
- tomcat
-
noun,
a male cat.
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- rotate
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- storms
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- Strait
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- strata
-
noun,
a plural of stratum.
- roasts
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- rimose
-
adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- rosets
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- strict
-
adjective,
characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles:
- stroma
-
noun,
Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- ascoma
-
noun,
a fruiting body that bears asci.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- Tacoma
-
noun,
a seaport in W Washington, on Puget Sound.
- tamari
-
noun,
a rich, naturally fermented soybean sauce containing little or no wheat and thicker than soy sauce.
- Taoism
-
noun,
the philosophical system evolved by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu, advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to attain a happy existence in harmony with the Tao.
- stores
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- Sitter
-
noun,
a person who sits.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- riatas
-
noun,
a lariat.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- stator
-
noun,
Electricity, Machinery. a portion of a machine that remains fixed with respect to rotating parts, especially the collection of stationary parts in the magnetic circuits of a machine.
Compare rotor (def 1).
- arises
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Arista
-
noun,
Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
- sacro-
-
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- steams
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- Icaria
-
noun,
Also, Ikaria. a Greek island in the Aegean Sea: a part of the Southern Sporades group. 99 sq. mi. (256 sq. km).
- iatro-
-
- stomas
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- iatric
-
adjective,
of or relating to a physician or medicine; medical.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- stimes
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- stoats
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- Aromas
-
noun,
an odor arising from spices, plants, cooking, etc., especially an agreeable odor; fragrance.
- stoics
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- estocs
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- rottes
-
noun,
rote2 .
- masers
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- recti-
-
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- scream
-
noun,
a loud, sharp, piercing cry:
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- octets
-
noun,
a company of eight singers or musicians.
- Scotti
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1936, Italian baritone.
- ramate
-
adjective,
having branches; branching out or off.
- Scotts
-
noun,
Barbara Ann, 1928–2012, Canadian figure skater.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- scrams
-
noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- scries
-
verb (used without object),
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- raises
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- scrims
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- tricot
-
noun,
a warp-knit fabric of various natural or synthetic fibers, as wool, silk, or nylon, having fine vertical ribs on the face and horizontal ribs on the back, used especially for making garments.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- mottes
-
noun,
a grove or clump of trees in prairie land or open country.
- motets
-
noun,
a vocal composition in polyphonic style, on a Biblical or similar prose text, intended for use in a church service.
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- triste
-
adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- scores
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- treats
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- ottars
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- acmite
-
noun,
a rare pyroxene mineral, sodium-ferric iron silicate, NaFe(Si 2 O 6), found in feldspathoid rocks.
- otitis
-
noun,
inflammation of the ear.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- acoasm
-
noun,
acouasm.
- aceto-
-
- racism
-
noun,
a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- across
-
adverb,
from one side to another.
- osmics
-
noun,
the science dealing with the sense of smell.
- Osiris
-
noun,
the king and judge of the dead, the husband and brother of Isis, and father (or brother) of Horus, killed by Set but later resurrected (after Horus killed Set): usually depicted as a man, partly wrapped as a mummy, having a beard and wearing the atef-crown.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- osiers
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- scares
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- oscars
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- scarts
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- scato-
-
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- scatts
-
noun,
scat5 .
- Mosaic
-
noun,
a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc.
- morass
-
noun,
a tract of low, soft, wet ground.
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- samosa
-
noun,
an Indian fried turnover filled with minced meat or vegetables and spices:
- Mercia
-
noun,
an early English kingdom in central Britain.
- sarco-
-
- Sisera
-
noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- ascots
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- ratite
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- Sister
-
noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- sitars
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- sitcom
-
noun,
situation comedy.
- totems
-
noun,
a natural object or an animate being, as an animal or bird, assumed as the emblem of a clan, family, or group.
- mattes
-
noun,
a dull or dead surface, often slightly roughened, as on metals, paint, paper, or glass.
- amices
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- matter
-
noun,
the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed:
- reatas
-
noun,
riata.
- matri-
-
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- masto-
-
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- Mastic
-
noun,
Also called mastic tree, lentisk. a small Mediterranean tree, Pistacia lentiscus, of the cashew family, that is the source of an aromatic resin used in making varnish and adhesives.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- metric
-
noun,
Often, metrics. a standard for measuring or evaluating something, especially one that uses figures or statistics:
- Moraea
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genera Moraea and Dietes, of the iris family, native to tropical Africa.
- Mister
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- seracs
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- moires
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- serais
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Moesia
-
noun,
an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.
- serosa
-
noun,
Embryology, Zoology.
the chorion.
a similar membrane in insects and other lower invertebrates.
- ramose
-
adjective,
having many branches.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- miters
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- Romaic
-
noun,
demotic (def 5).
- misers
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- metro-
-
- set-to
-
noun,
a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
- miotic
-
noun,
a miotic drug.
- miosis
-
noun,
excessive constriction of the pupil of the eye, as a result of drugs, disease, or the like.
- micros
-
noun,
anything extremely small in scope or capability.
- micro-
-
- siesta
-
noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- simars
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Ramses
-
noun,
the name of several kings of ancient Egypt.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- metros
-
noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- marais
-
noun,
a swamp or bayou.
- Tarmac
-
noun,
(lowercase) a road, airport runway, parking area, etc., paved with Tarmac, tarmacadam, or a layer of tar.
- cosset
-
noun,
a lamb brought up without its dam; pet lamb.
- atomic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resulting from, or using atoms, atomic energy, or atomic bombs:
- casita
-
noun,
a small crude dwelling forming part of a shantytown inhabited by Mexican laborers in the southwestern U.S.
- corses
-
noun,
corpse.
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- carses
-
noun,
bottom land.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- caroms
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- tarso-
-
- cosets
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- cosies
-
noun,
a padded covering for a teapot, chocolate pot, etc., to retain the heat.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- cossie
-
noun,
a bathing suit; bathers.
- Cassie
-
noun,
huisache.
- tarsia
-
noun,
intarsia.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- caress
-
noun,
an act or gesture expressing affection, as an embrace or kiss, especially a light stroking or touching.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- titres
-
noun,
titer.
- carats
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- tarots
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- camote
-
noun,
batata.
- cottas
-
noun,
a surplice.
- attars
-
noun,
Also, atar, athar, ottar, otto. a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
- camise
-
noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- Cotter
-
noun,
a pin, wedge, key, or the like, fitted or driven into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.
- Cassia
-
noun,
Also called cassia bark, Chinese cinnamon. a variety of cinnamon derived from the cassia-bark tree.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- testis
-
noun,
the male gonad or reproductive gland, either of two oval glands located in the scrotum.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- cerat-
-
- titers
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- taters
-
noun,
potato.
- tatars
-
noun,
a member of a modern Turkic people living in the Tatar Autonomous Republic and adjacent regions of eastern European Russia and in widely scattered communities in western Siberia and central Asia.
- cities
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- assort
-
verb (used with object),
to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
- tatami
-
noun,
(in Japanese houses) any of a number of thick, woven straw mats of uniform dimensions, about three feet by six feet (91 cm by 183 cm), the placing of which determines the dimensions of an interior.
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- assoc.
-
- coasts
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- terat-
-
- tasset
-
noun,
either of two pieces of plate armor hanging from the fauld to protect the upper parts of the thighs.
- coatis
-
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.
- tastes
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- assert
-
Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- taster
-
noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- comate
-
noun,
a mate or companion.
- astro-
-
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- comers
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- Tissot
-
noun,
James Joseph Jacques [zham zhaw-zef zhahk,, zheymz] /ʒam ʒɔˈzɛf ʒɑk,, ʒeɪmz/ (Show IPA), 1836–1902, French painter.
- COMSAT
-
noun,
(often lowercase) a communications satellite.
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- castes
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- comtes
-
noun,
count2 .
- Tassie
-
noun,
tass.
- tmesis
-
noun,
the interpolation of one or more words between the parts of a compound word, as be thou ware for beware.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- crasis
-
noun,
composition; constitution; makeup.
- Caesar
-
noun,
Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (or Caius) [key-uh s] /ˈkeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), Julius, c100–44 b.c, Roman general, statesman, and historian.
- tetra-
-
- crests
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Crimea
-
noun,
the, a peninsula in SE Ukraine, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
- tetras
-
noun,
any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
- crisis
-
noun,
a stage in a sequence of events at which the trend of all future events, especially for better or for worse, is determined; turning point.
- Attica
-
noun,
a region in SE Greece, surrounding Athens: under Athenian rule in ancient times.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- creams
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- caeoma
-
noun,
(in fungi) an aecium in which the spores are formed in chains and not enclosed in a peridium.
- Tiamat
-
noun,
an Akkadian goddess, the consort of Apsu and mother of the gods.
- cross-
-
- Crosse
-
noun,
a long-handled racket used in the game of lacrosse.
- tiaras
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- asemia
-
noun,
inability to comprehend or use communicative symbols, as words or gestures.
- toasts
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- camass
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Camassia, of the lily family, especially C. quamash, of western North America, having long clusters of blue to white flowers and edible bulbs.
- cestas
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- cameos
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- camera
-
noun,
a device for capturing a photographic image or recording a video, using film or digital memory.
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- cames
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- Seric
-
- motet
-
noun,
a vocal composition in polyphonic style, on a Biblical or similar prose text, intended for use in a church service.
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- sect.
-
- seism
-
noun,
an earthquake.
- aeri-
-
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- rotte
-
noun,
rote2 .
- motte
-
noun,
a grove or clump of trees in prairie land or open country.
- aero-
-
- semi-
-
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- cata-
-
- mosts
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- semis
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, the half part of an as.
- Mossi
-
noun,
an agricultural people of Africa living mainly in Burkina Faso.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Moses
-
noun,
the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites out of Egypt and delivered the Law during their years of wandering in the wilderness.
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- astr.
-
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- tera-
-
- sero-
-
- Tract
-
noun,
an expanse or area of land, water, etc.; region; stretch.
- misce
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) mix.
- 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.
- misc.
-
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- setts
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- Amato
-
noun,
Pasquale [puh-skwah-lee,, -ley;; Italian pahs-kwah-le] /pəˈskwɑ li,, -leɪ;; Italian pɑsˈkwɑ lɛ/ (Show IPA), 1879–1942, Italian operatic baritone.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- Sices
-
noun,
syce.
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- Amer.
-
- amass
-
verb (used with object),
to gather for oneself; collect as one's own:
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- micra
-
noun,
a plural of micron.
- micas
-
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.
- cero-
-
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- simas
-
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.
- cert.
-
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- amate
-
verb (used with object),
to dismay; daunt.
- seti-
-
- seats
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- mitts
-
noun,
Baseball.
a rounded glove with one internal section for the four fingers and another for the thumb and having the side next to the palm of the hand protected by a thick padding, used by catchers.
a somewhat similar glove but with less padding and having sections for the thumb and one or two fingers, used by first basemen. Compare baseball glove.
- Ceara
-
noun,
Fortaleza.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- tecta
-
noun,
a rooflike structure.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- Mists
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- Ceram
-
noun,
an island of the Moluccas in Indonesia, W of New Guinea. 7191 sq. mi. (18,625 sq. km).
- treas
-
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- Misti
-
noun,
El Misti.
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- trama
-
noun,
a specialized hyphal tissue constituting the internal structure of mushroom gills, pore tubes, or spines.
- Missa
-
noun,
Mass.
- Miss.
-
- misos
-
noun,
a fermented seasoning paste of soybeans, often with rice or barley added, used to flavor soups and sauces.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- miso-
-
- mises
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- 30-30
-
- secos
-
noun,
sekos.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- acro-
-
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- Acoma
-
noun,
a Pueblo Indian village near Albuquerque, New Mexico, built on a sandstone mesa: oldest continuously inhabited location in the U.S.
- attar
-
noun,
Also, atar, athar, ottar, otto. a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- Carme
-
noun,
a small natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
- oste-
-
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- ossia
-
conjunction,
(indicating an alternative, usually easier, version of a passage in a musical score) or; or else.
- carom
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- scams
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- Samas
-
noun,
the Sufi practice of gathering to listen to religious poetry that is sung, often accompanied by ecstatic dance or other ritual.
- osmic
-
adjective,
of or containing osmium in its higher valences, especially the tetravalent state.
- Samar
-
noun,
an island in the E central Philippines. 5309 sq. mi. (13,750 sq. km).
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- reams
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- saris
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- Saros
-
noun,
the period of 223 synodic months, equaling 6585.32 days or 18 years, 11.32 days (or 10.32 days if 5 leap years occur in the interval), after which eclipses repeat but are shifted 120° west.
- Caras
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- acari
-
noun,
plural of acarus.
- carat
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- acet-
-
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- rect.
-
- sates
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Cameo
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- acmes
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- tests
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Otter
-
noun,
any of several aquatic, furbearing, weasellike mammals of the genus Lutra and related genera, having webbed feet and a long, slightly flattened tail.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- trots
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- ottar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Recit
-
- Caria
-
noun,
an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- Attic
-
noun,
the part of a building, especially of a house, directly under a roof; garret.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- oasts
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- SCOTS
-
noun,
Also called Scottish. the English language as spoken in Scotland.
Compare Scots Gaelic.
- Scott
-
noun,
Barbara Ann, 1928–2012, Canadian figure skater.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- 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).
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- SAMOS
-
noun,
a Greek island in the E Aegean. 194 sq. mi. (502 sq. km).
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- SCRAM
-
noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- octet
-
noun,
a company of eight singers or musicians.
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- oasis
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- sarc-
-
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- aecia
-
noun,
the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- scrim
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- aemia
-
- seams
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- octa-
-
- atmo-
-
- term.
-
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- scat-
-
- 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.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- scats
-
noun,
scat singing.
- scatt
-
noun,
scat5 .
- casas
-
noun,
Bartolomé de las [bahr-taw-law-me th e lahs] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ ðɛ lɑs/ (Show IPA), Las Casas, Bartolomé de.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- actos
-
- cases
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- Samoa
-
noun,
a group of islands in the S Pacific, the islands W of 170° W longitude constituting an independent state and the rest belonging to the U.S.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Scot.
-
- camis
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- oases
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- Miass
-
noun,
a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia, near the Ural Mountains, W of Chelyabinsk.
- stoas
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- crime
-
noun,
an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- crim.
-
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- cores
-
- AMICE
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- Srta.
-
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- istic
-
- corms
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- Issei
-
noun,
a Japanese person who immigrated to the U.S. or Canada after 1907 and was not eligible until 1952 for citizenship.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Arcas
-
noun,
a son of Zeus and Callisto, the ancestor of the Arcadians who was set among the stars with his mother as the Little Bear and the Great Bear respectively.
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- 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.
- soras
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- assai
-
noun,
any of several slender Brazilian palms of the genus Euterpe, especially E. edulis, a species bearing a purple fruit from which a beverage is made by infusion.
- Areca
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- Maera
-
noun,
Hecuba, after being changed into a dog for blinding Polymestor.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- tacit
-
adjective,
understood without being openly expressed; implied:
- Assam
-
noun,
a state in NE India. 30,285 sq. mi. (78,438 sq. km). Capital: Dispur.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- Comr.
-
- crit.
-
- 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.
- toast
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- Tasso
-
noun,
Torquato [tawr-kwah-taw] /tɔrˈkwɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1544–95, Italian poet.
- soars
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- Comte
-
noun,
count2 .
- Torte
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- maces
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- macer
-
noun,
macebearer.
- ecto-
-
- 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).
- asco-
-
- somas
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- ASCII
-
noun,
a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
- maars
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- 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.
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- comes
-
noun,
Astronomy. companion1 (def 6).
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- stome
-
- crass
-
adjective,
without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity; gross; obtuse; stupid:
- IATSE
-
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- costs
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- ster.
-
- iasis
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Stets
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- cotta
-
noun,
a surplice.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- crams
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- tarot
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- stoma
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- Stoat
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- areo-
-
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Isiac
-
adjective,
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- cress
-
noun,
any of various plants of the mustard family, especially the watercress, having pungent-tasting leaves often used for salad and as a garnish.
- Isaac
-
noun,
a son of Abraham and Sarah, and father of Jacob. Gen. 21:1–4.
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- stat.
-
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- Titos
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- Arica
-
noun,
a seaport in N Chile.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Storm
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- cream
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- stats
-
noun,
Also, 'stat. thermostat.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- imit.
-
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- comet
-
noun,
a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and gas that may form a tail that streams away from the sun.
- tacet
-
verb (imperative),
be silent (directing an instrument or voice not to play or sing).
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- Tamas
-
noun,
See under guna.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- McRae
-
noun,
Carmen, 1920–94, U.S. jazz singer and songwriter.
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- matts
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Matthew.
- amiss
-
Idioms,
take amiss, to be offended at or resentful of (something not meant to cause offense or resentment); misunderstand:
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- cists
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- matte
-
noun,
a dull or dead surface, often slightly roughened, as on metals, paint, paper, or glass.
- Matt.
-
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Tatar
-
noun,
a member of a modern Turkic people living in the Tatar Autonomous Republic and adjacent regions of eastern European Russia and in widely scattered communities in western Siberia and central Asia.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- totem
-
noun,
a natural object or an animate being, as an animal or bird, assumed as the emblem of a clan, family, or group.
- matr-
-
- 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.
- sito-
-
- Tamar
-
noun,
the daughter of David and half-sister of Absalom. II Sam. 13.
- masts
-
noun,
Nautical.
a spar or structure rising above the hull and upper portions of a ship or boat to hold sails, spars, rigging, booms, signals, etc., at some point on the fore-and-aft line, as a foremast or mainmast.
any of a number of individual spars composing such a structure, as a topmast supported on trestletrees at the head of a lower mast.
any of various portions of a single spar that are beside particular sails, as a top-gallant mast and royal mast formed as a single spar.
- asst.
-
- AMORC
-
- titis
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- metr-
-
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- metic
-
noun,
an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- meta-
-
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- meso-
-
- mesic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
- mesas
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- siris
-
noun,
lebbek (def 1).
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- mero-
-
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- toti-
-
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- totes
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- tears
-
- Merci
-
interjection,
thank you.
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Merca
-
noun,
a city in S Somalia.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- mast-
-
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- Maroc
-
noun,
French name of Morocco.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- Maria
-
noun,
calaba.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- marcs
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- COMAS
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- torts
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- Asser
-
noun,
Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- 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.
- maras
-
noun,
a city in S Turkey, NE of Adana.
- atto-
-
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- Comer
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- aroma
-
noun,
an odor arising from spices, plants, cooking, etc., especially an agreeable odor; fragrance.
- masse
-
noun,
a stroke made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held almost or quite perpendicular to the table.
- Marta
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ta-ta
-
interjection,
goodbye.
- Massa
-
noun,
marse.
- masc.
-
- Masai
-
noun,
a member of an African people inhabiting the highlands of Kenya and Tanzania and having a largely pastoral economy and a society based on the patrilineal clan.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- 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.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- tacts
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Sacs
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- tact
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- Sams
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Samuel.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Saar
-
noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- str.
-
- 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.
- SAMA
-
noun,
the Sufi practice of gathering to listen to religious poetry that is sung, often accompanied by ecstatic dance or other ritual.
- Sam.
-
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- 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.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- 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.
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- Sem.
-
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- tri-
-
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- mitt
-
noun,
Baseball.
a rounded glove with one internal section for the four fingers and another for the thumb and having the side next to the palm of the hand protected by a thick padding, used by catchers.
a somewhat similar glove but with less padding and having sections for the thumb and one or two fingers, used by first basemen. Compare baseball glove.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ter.
-
- Tit.
-
- Secs
-
noun,
second2 (def 2).
- sec.
-
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- SMSA
-
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- sers
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- Sims
-
noun,
William Sowden [soud-n] /ˈsaʊd n/ (Show IPA), 1858–1936, U.S. admiral, born in Canada.
- 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.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sics
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- titi
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- SCSI
-
noun,
a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- trit
-
- Sat.
-
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- Ste.
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- SASE
-
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- 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.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- scr.
-
- tort
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- sci.
-
- Sra.
-
- SRAM
-
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Tasm
-
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- 1080
-
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- etc.
-
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- ESIS
-
- eso-
-
- est.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- IAEA
-
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- IATA
-
- ICAO
-
- Ice.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- IMCO
-
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Ire.
-
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- Cor.
-
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- 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.
- corm
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- Cort
-
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- coss
-
noun,
kos.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- crat
-
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- Cres
-
- ctr.
-
- cts.
-
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- eco-
-
- ect-
-
- emia
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- come
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. semen.
- meas
-
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- 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.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- masa
-
noun,
flour or dough made of dried, ground corn, used especially for tortillas.
- Mass
-
noun,
a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size:
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- Mara
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of death, sometimes seen as one aspect of a god whose other aspect is Kama, or erotic desire.
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- mes-
-
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- mess
-
noun,
a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition:
- met.
-
- 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.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- MARC
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- Mar.
-
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- 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.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- ISIS
-
noun,
a goddess of fertility, the sister and wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, and usually represented as a woman with a cow's horns with the solar disk between them: later worshiped in the Greek and Roman empires.
- isms
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- iso-
-
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- itis
-
- 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.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- maar
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- Maas
-
noun,
Dutch name of the Meuse.
- Maat
-
noun,
the goddess personifying law and righteousness.
- Mac-
-
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- maco
-
noun,
an Egyptian cotton, used especially in the manufacture of hosiery and undergarments.
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Maia
-
noun,
the eldest of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes by Zeus.
- COMS
-
noun,
Trademark. Comedy Central: a cable television channel.
- coma
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- 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.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- amt.
-
- Aram
-
noun,
Biblical name of ancient Syria.
- Aras
-
noun,
Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
- arca
-
noun,
a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- ARIS
-
- Arm.
-
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- acea
-
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- acr-
-
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- Acta
-
plural noun,
official records, as of acts, deeds, proceedings, transactions, or the like.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- aer-
-
- aet.
-
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- AIME
-
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Aire
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- AISI
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- amas
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- asc-
-
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- Com.
-
- Ceto
-
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- cat.
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- 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.
- Catt
-
noun,
Carrie Chapman Lane, 1859–1947, U.S. leader in women's suffrage movements.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- cess
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- cet-
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- cir.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cis-
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cit.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- CMOS
-
noun,
complementary metal oxide semiconductor.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Cass
-
noun,
Lewis, 1782–1866, U.S. statesman.
- Casa
-
noun,
a house.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- atm.
-
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- asis
-
- ASME
-
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- ASSR
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ASTM
-
- att.
-
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- ates
-
- atic
-
- 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:
- ator
-
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- cams
-
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.
- Cara
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Mic.
-
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- Rama
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) any of the three avatars of Vishnu: Balarama, Parashurama, or Ramachandra.
- Oct.
-
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- MSCE
-
- 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.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rit.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Mott
-
noun,
John Raleigh, 1865–1955, U.S. religious leader: Nobel Peace Prize 1946.
- MSAE
-
- RIIA
-
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- MSTS
-
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- MSSc
-
- MSIE
-
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- msec
-
- 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.
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- 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.
- OSSA
-
noun,
plural of os1 .
- osis
-
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Rom.
-
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- mis-
-
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- 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.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- Moss
-
noun,
any tiny, leafy-stemmed, flowerless plant of the class Musci, reproducing by spores and growing in tufts, sods, or mats on moist ground, tree trunks, rocks, etc.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- OTA
-
- OTS
-
- cr.
-
- ote
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Co.
-
- 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.
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- TCA
-
- CIA
-
- TCS
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- rat
-
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.
- SAR
-
- ATC
-
- CIM
-
- ATA
-
- cs.
-
- ct.
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RMA
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Re.
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- RCS
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- ot-
-
- CEA
-
- OSS
-
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- CIE
-
- CAI
-
- CAA
-
- CMA
-
- sc.
-
- ose
-
- CEO
-
- RCA
-
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- TIA
-
- 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.
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- at.
-
- AIC
-
- ROA
-
- ae.
-
- AEA
-
- AEC
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- RMC
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- ACS
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AMC
-
- AME
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- tra
-
- AMA
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- TSS
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- Am.
-
- ac-
-
- AIA
-
- Ar.
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- Tro
-
- AAE
-
- AAM
-
- Aar
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ROI
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- tr.
-
- RCT
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- ase
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ASI
-
- TMO
-
- ARS
-
- ASM
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASR
-
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- ast
-
- REA
-
- SAE
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Rs.
-
- RTS
-
- RSA
-
- RSE
-
- RSS
-
- rt.
-
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- rte
-
- AMS
-
- AOA
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- aor
-
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- So.
-
- SRO
-
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- SAA
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- SSA
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- SST
-
- SSR
-
- SSM
-
- SSI
-
- SSE
-
- SSC
-
- ss.
-
- ISR
-
- SRS
-
- ITA
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ITC
-
- ite
-
- Sr.
-
- MSA
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ist
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- IOT
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- MTS
-
- MTO
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- MTI
-
- IOC
-
- ior
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- Mt.
-
- MSE
-
- Ir.
-
- IRC
-
- MST
-
- IRO
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- MSI
-
- ise
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- MRI
-
- se-
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SMA
-
- 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.
- 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.
- MCI
-
- MCR
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- MIT
-
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- mi.
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- MRA
-
- Mc-
-
- Me.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Mo.
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- MSC
-
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- MRE
-
- MAA
-
- MOI
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- SMS
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Mao
-
- MOR
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- ier
-
- IAS
-
- OIr
-
- EAM
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- OIt
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ec-
-
- EAA
-
- ECA
-
- ECM
-
- Oc.
-
- oic
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- OEM
-
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- ea.
-
- OCR
-
- CSO
-
- 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.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- SCM
-
- MIE
-
- CRS
-
- CRT
-
- CSA
-
- CSR
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- CST
-
- CTA
-
- cte
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Om.
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- eo-
-
- EOM
-
- OCS
-
- TTS
-
- EMR
-
- ERT
-
- ETO
-
- OTC
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- SCS
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ESR
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAS
-
- STM
-
- Esc
-
- ESA
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ics
-
- OSA
-
- STI
-
- io-
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- EMT
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- Ia.
-
- 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.
- TT
-
- TM
-
- AI
-
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.
- O.
-
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- A.
-
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.
- i.
-
- ic
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- AO
-
- OA
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- RC
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- t.
-
- T1
-
- M.
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- S.
-
- RI
-
- SA
-
- SM
-
- EI
-
- CM
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- RO
-
- CE
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- TC
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.