Anagrams of miscreants
Word miscreants has
1243 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of miscreants.
- miscreant
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noun,
a vicious or depraved person; villain.
- ceramists
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noun,
a person who makes ceramics.
- near-miss
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noun,
a strike by a missile that is not a direct hit but is close enough to damage the target.
- semantics
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noun,
Linguistics.
the study of meaning.
the study of linguistic development by classifying and examining changes in meaning and form.
- canisters
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noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- scenarist
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noun,
a writer of motion-picture or television scenarios.
- semantic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols:
- carmines
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noun,
a crimson or purplish-red color.
- asterism
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noun,
Astronomy.
a group of stars.
a constellation.
- cerimans
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noun,
a climbing, tropical American plant, Monstera deliciosa, of the arum family, characterized by cordlike, aerial roots and large, perforated leaves.
- canister
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noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- stearins
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- cremains
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plural noun,
the ashes of a cremated corpse.
- smarties
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noun,
a smart aleck.
- smartens
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Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- ceramist
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noun,
a person who makes ceramics.
- minarets
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- scanties
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noun,
scanties, very brief underpants, especially for women.
- Castries
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noun,
a port in and the capital of the state of St. Lucia, on the NW coast.
- minsters
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noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- matrices
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noun,
something that constitutes the place or point from which something else originates, takes form, or develops:
- raiments
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- arsenics
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- cisterna
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noun,
cistern (def 2).
- retsinas
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- remains
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noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- smarten
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Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- marines
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noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Minster
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noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- 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.
- stearic
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adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- centri-
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- nasties
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noun,
Informal. a nasty person or thing.
- Matisse
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noun,
Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1869–1954, French painter.
- ascites
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noun,
accumulation of serous fluid in the peritoneal cavity; dropsy of the peritoneum.
- minaret
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- sinters
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- cistern
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noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- 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.
- cinemas
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noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- stances
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noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- ascents
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noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- certain
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Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- stamin-
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- cretins
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- santims
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noun,
a former coin of Latvia, the 100th part of a lat.
- mastics
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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.
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- santirs
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noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Massine
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noun,
Léonide [ley-aw-need] /leɪ ɔˈnid/ (Show IPA), 1896–1979, U.S. ballet dancer and choreographer, born in Russia.
- Staines
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noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, on the Thames River near Heathrow airport.
- tansies
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noun,
any of several composite plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially a strong-scented, weedy, Old World herb, T. vulgare, having flat-topped clusters of tubular yellow flowers.
- entasis
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noun,
a slight convexity given to a column or tower, as to correct an optical illusion.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- arsines
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noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- martins
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noun,
Peter, born 1946, U.S. choreographer and ballet master, born in Denmark.
- Martens
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noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- ceriman
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noun,
a climbing, tropical American plant, Monstera deliciosa, of the arum family, characterized by cordlike, aerial roots and large, perforated leaves.
- tanrecs
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noun,
tenrec.
- Riesman
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noun,
David, 1909–2002, U.S. sociologist.
- ARTEMIS
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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.
- misters
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noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- miscast
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verb (used with object),
to assign an unsuitable role to (an actor):
- Carmine
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noun,
a crimson or purplish-red color.
- recasts
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noun,
a recasting.
- inseams
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noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- caserns
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noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- screams
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noun,
a loud, sharp, piercing cry:
- canters
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noun,
an easy gallop.
- caseins
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noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- imarets
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- sematic
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adjective,
serving as a sign or warning of danger, as the conspicuous colors or markings of certain poisonous animals.
- actress
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noun,
a woman who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc., especially professionally.
- incases
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verb (used with object),
encase.
- incests
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noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- secants
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noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- Insecta
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noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- samisen
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noun,
a guitarlike Japanese musical instrument having an extremely long neck and three strings, played with a plectrum.
- Messina
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noun,
a seaport in NE Sicily.
- acetins
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noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- inserts
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- carnies
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noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- raiment
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- carnets
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noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- racists
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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.
- instars
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noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- tsarism
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noun,
czarism.
- racisms
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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.
- samites
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noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- Mercian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Mercia.
- seminar
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noun,
a small group of students, as in a university, engaged in advanced study and original research under a member of the faculty and meeting regularly to exchange information and hold discussions.
- nematic
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adjective,
noting a mesomorphic state in which the arrangement of the molecules is linear.
- casters
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noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- estamin
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noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- Mercast
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noun,
a broadcasting system used by U.S. agencies to deliver messages to government-operated ships.
- recants
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verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- estrins
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noun,
estrone.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- camises
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noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- Nicetas
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noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- nectars
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noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- Cassite
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noun,
Kassite.
- strains
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- tisanes
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noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- sestina
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noun,
a poem of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy, originally without rhyme, in which each stanza repeats the end words of the lines of the first stanza, but in different order, the envoy using the six words again, three in the middle of the lines and three at the end.
- sarsen
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noun,
any of numerous large sandstone blocks or fragments found in south-central England, probably remnants of eroded Tertiary beds.
- cinema
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noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- stares
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noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- centas
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noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- Mercia
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noun,
an early English kingdom in central Britain.
- castes
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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.
- Mersin
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noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- carnet
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noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- mensas
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noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- steins
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noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- sanies
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noun,
a thin, often greenish, serous fluid that is discharged from ulcers, wounds, etc.
- centi-
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- sterns
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noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- cestas
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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.
- steams
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noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- sansei
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noun,
a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. or Canada.
- cerias
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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.
- Cassie
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noun,
huisache.
- casern
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noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- caters
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verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- casein
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noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- steric
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adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- centr-
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- merits
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noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Caster
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noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- inter.
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- santir
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noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- cerat-
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- centra
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noun,
a plural of centrum.
- carses
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noun,
bottom land.
- McNair
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noun,
Lesley James, 1883–1944, U.S. army officer.
- miners
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noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- stanes
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noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- scenas
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noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- serais
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noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- serins
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noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- scarts
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verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- Estrin
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noun,
estrone.
- scares
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noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- macers
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noun,
macebearer.
- scents
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noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- scants
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adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- Racine
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noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- siesta
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noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- ericas
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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.
- Mainer
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- simars
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noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- seracs
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noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- scrams
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noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- enacts
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verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- inseam
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noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- instr.
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- instar
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noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- insets
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noun,
something inserted; insert.
- intra-
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- insert
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- insect
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noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- inmate
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noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- scream
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noun,
a loud, sharp, piercing cry:
- secant
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noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- incest
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noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- incase
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verb (used with object),
encase.
- scrims
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noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- imaret
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- iceman
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noun,
a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.
- scries
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verb (used without object),
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- maists
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adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- sinter
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- matri-
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- Mastic
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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.
- Crimea
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noun,
the, a peninsula in SE Ukraine, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
- masers
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noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- cretin
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- Cretan
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- Master
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noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- creams
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noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- crates
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noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Marten
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noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- crasis
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noun,
composition; constitution; makeup.
- maters
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noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- stains
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noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- cnemis
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noun,
the tibia or shin.
- stamen
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noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- matins
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- stance
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noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- Crista
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noun,
a crest or ridge.
- C-star
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noun,
carbon star.
- manses
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noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- Marcie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Marcia.
- mantic
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adjective,
of or relating to divination.
- mantis
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noun,
any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- Sirena
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noun,
a female given name.
- sirens
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- satire
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noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- satins
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noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- Sisera
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noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- snares
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noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- Sister
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noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- sitars
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noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- marine
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noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- smarts
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noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- Marist
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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.
- smears
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noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- smites
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Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- crests
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noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- cartes
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noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Carmen
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noun,
Ciudad del Carmen.
- antres
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noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Amiens
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- amines
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noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- recti-
-
- Tessin
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noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- nastic
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adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- Nasser
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noun,
Gamal Abdel [guh-mahl ab-doo l,, juh-] /gəˈmɑl ˈæb dʊl,, dʒə-/ (Show IPA), 1918–70, Egyptian military and political leader: prime minister of Egypt 1954–56; president of Egypt 1956–58; president of the United Arab Republic 1958–70.
- anemic
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adjective,
Pathology. suffering from anemia.
- animes
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noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- remain
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noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- anises
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noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- nacres
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noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- terais
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noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- remans
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verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- remits
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noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- Antrim
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noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- nectar
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noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- resist
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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.
- tensas
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noun,
a river in NE Louisiana, flowing S to the Ouachita River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- retain
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- arises
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- tenias
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noun,
taenia.
- retina
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noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- armets
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noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- armies
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noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- tenaim
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noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- arsen-
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- arsine
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noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- mitres
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noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- Tassie
-
noun,
tass.
- amices
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- rinses
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- 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.
- 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.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- raises
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- acmite
-
noun,
a rare pyroxene mineral, sodium-ferric iron silicate, NaFe(Si 2 O 6), found in feldspathoid rocks.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- Ramses
-
noun,
the name of several kings of ancient Egypt.
- actin-
-
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- nemat-
-
- trans.
-
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- tmesis
-
noun,
the interpolation of one or more words between the parts of a compound word, as be thou ware for beware.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- 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.
- remiss
-
adjective,
negligent, careless, or slow in performing one's duty, business, etc.:
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- minces
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- camise
-
noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- metric
-
noun,
Often, metrics. a standard for measuring or evaluating something, especially one that uses figures or statistics:
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- misers
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- assert
-
Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- assent
-
noun,
agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- stimes
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- saints
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- saices
-
noun,
syce.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- messin
-
noun,
messan.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- caress
-
noun,
an act or gesture expressing affection, as an embrace or kiss, especially a light stroking or touching.
- messan
-
noun,
a lap dog; small pet dog.
- 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.).
- scat-
-
- micra
-
noun,
a plural of micron.
- Recit
-
- scats
-
noun,
scat singing.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- nests
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- 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)
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- scans
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- macer
-
noun,
macebearer.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- maces
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- sanit
-
- sains
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- Merca
-
noun,
a city in S Somalia.
- SCRAM
-
noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- 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.
- 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.
- intr.
-
- 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.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- sanes
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- meta-
-
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- 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.
- Iran.
-
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- metic
-
noun,
an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Merci
-
interjection,
thank you.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Miass
-
noun,
a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia, near the Ural Mountains, W of Chelyabinsk.
- seams
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- scrim
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- nitr-
-
- metr-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- nears
-
- 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.
- scams
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- MSEnt
-
- 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.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- mises
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- mast-
-
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- misce
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) mix.
- sarc-
-
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- masse
-
noun,
a stroke made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held almost or quite perpendicular to the table.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- masc.
-
- misc.
-
- sasin
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- matr-
-
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- 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.
- Missa
-
noun,
Mass.
- McRae
-
noun,
Carmen, 1920–94, U.S. jazz singer and songwriter.
- 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.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- 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.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- 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).
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Miss.
-
- 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.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- MINCE
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- marcs
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- Names
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- rect.
-
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- reni-
-
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- 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.
- mesic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
- 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.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- Sans.
-
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- manic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affected by mania.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- assn.
-
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- 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.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- astr.
-
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- asst.
-
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- 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.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- tears
-
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- cames
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- 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.
- ster.
-
- cases
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- camis
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- Carme
-
noun,
a small natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- Cant.
-
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- inst.
-
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Armen
-
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- aeri-
-
- treas
-
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- 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.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- acmes
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- acet-
-
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- 30-30
-
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Amer.
-
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- 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.
- tera-
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- anti-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- ante-
-
- term.
-
- 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.
- anis-
-
- 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.
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- anim.
-
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- amiss
-
Idioms,
take amiss, to be offended at or resentful of (something not meant to cause offense or resentment); misunderstand:
- 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.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- amin-
-
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- AMICE
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- cent.
-
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Ceram
-
noun,
an island of the Moluccas in Indonesia, W of New Guinea. 7191 sq. mi. (18,625 sq. km).
- IATSE
-
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- semis
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, the half part of an as.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- semi-
-
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- crit.
-
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- crim.
-
- sines
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- 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.
- 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.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Sices
-
noun,
syce.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Sinas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- seti-
-
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- 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.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Seric
-
- 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.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cream
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- crams
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- crass
-
adjective,
without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity; gross; obtuse; stupid:
- seism
-
noun,
an earthquake.
- incr.
-
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Stans
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland.
- cists
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- sect.
-
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- 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.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- cert.
-
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- 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.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- cine-
-
- 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.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- Srta.
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- tri-
-
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- tRNA
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- 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.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- 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).
- 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.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- 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.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- Sem.
-
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- SCSI
-
noun,
a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- sec.
-
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- scr.
-
- 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)
- sci.
-
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- 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).
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- ten.
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- 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:
- RNAS
-
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Sacs
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- Sra.
-
- SRAM
-
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- 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.
- SMSA
-
- SASE
-
- Ste.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Sams
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Samuel.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- str.
-
- Sat.
-
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- Sam.
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- 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.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- Sims
-
noun,
William Sowden [soud-n] /ˈsaʊd n/ (Show IPA), 1858–1936, U.S. admiral, born in Canada.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- ter.
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- 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.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tasm
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- 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.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- 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.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- 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).
- Secs
-
noun,
second2 (def 2).
- 1080
-
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- enc.
-
- Ens.
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- est.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- etc.
-
- 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.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emia
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- crat
-
- 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).
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- Cres
-
- ect-
-
- ctr.
-
- cts.
-
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- 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.
- Ice.
-
- inae
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- MARC
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Man.
-
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Mar.
-
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- 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.
- Mass
-
noun,
a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size:
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- Inc.
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- isms
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- Mac-
-
- ISSN
-
- 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.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- cir.
-
- cet-
-
- meas
-
- amt.
-
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- ance
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ANSI
-
- ant.
-
- 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.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- ARIS
-
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- 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.
- aer-
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- aet.
-
- AIME
-
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Aire
-
- Arm.
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- cess
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- 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.
- Can.
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Cass
-
noun,
Lewis, 1782–1866, U.S. statesman.
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- cat.
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cen.
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- CERN
-
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- ASME
-
- art.
-
- asc-
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- asis
-
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- atic
-
- ASSR
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ASTM
-
- atm.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- ESIS
-
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- MSIE
-
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- 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.
- MSTS
-
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- NTIA
-
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- NCTE
-
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- MNAS
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NIRA
-
- min.
-
- MSSc
-
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- mis-
-
- men-
-
- MSCE
-
- ment
-
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- 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-
-
- 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.
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- 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.
- 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.
- mess
-
noun,
a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition:
- met.
-
- msec
-
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- mRNA
-
- 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.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Mic.
-
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- 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.
- MSAE
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ATC
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NEC
-
- ASN
-
- at.
-
- ast
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- NEA
-
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- ASR
-
- ne-
-
- STM
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- MTI
-
- CNS
-
- CNM
-
- CMA
-
- MSE
-
- 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.
- MSI
-
- CIM
-
- CIE
-
- CIA
-
- MSN
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- MST
-
- CEA
-
- Mt.
-
- mtn
-
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- CAI
-
- ca.
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- cr.
-
- cs.
-
- ct.
-
- 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.
- MTS
-
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- STI
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- ASM
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NES
-
- tr.
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- AIC
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- tra
-
- NSC
-
- ae.
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- NSA
-
- NRC
-
- NRA
-
- 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.
- AEC
-
- RCS
-
- AMC
-
- Ar.
-
- 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-
-
- an.
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- RMA
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Re.
-
- ACS
-
- nr.
-
- AME
-
- ASI
-
- NIA
-
- 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.
- RCA
-
- RCN
-
- RCT
-
- REA
-
- ARS
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- ase
-
- 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.
- TCS
-
- TCA
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NMR
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- NMI
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- AMS
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TIA
-
- ANC
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- 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.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- MSA
-
- SSR
-
- Sta
-
- RSE
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- Rs.
-
- ier
-
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- RSA
-
- RSS
-
- IAS
-
- ine
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- Ir.
-
- RTS
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IRS
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- Esc
-
- ESR
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- St.
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- RMC
-
- Ia.
-
- RNA
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- ics
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- 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).
- IRC
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- 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).
- sc.
-
- 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.
- MIE
-
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- mi.
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- 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.
- MCI
-
- MCR
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- MSC
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- ISA
-
- ISR
-
- ise
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- SCS
-
- ist
-
- Me.
-
- ITA
-
- ITC
-
- ite
-
- SAE
-
- SCM
-
- Mc-
-
- ESA
-
- TSS
-
- ERT
-
- CSR
-
- MRE
-
- 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.
- SMA
-
- ean
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ea.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- MRI
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- SMS
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- cte
-
- CTA
-
- CST
-
- Sr.
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- CSA
-
- CRT
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- CRS
-
- SRS
-
- ss.
-
- SSA
-
- SSC
-
- SSE
-
- SSI
-
- SSM
-
- SSN
-
- SAR
-
- SST
-
- MRA
-
- EAM
-
- eir
-
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- MNE
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- ECM
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- MNA
-
- ECA
-
- EMR
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- EMT
-
- en-
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- EIS
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- MIT
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- eat
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noun,
eats, Informal. food.
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- ec-
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- ic
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- i.
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- TC
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- MN
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- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
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- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- RN
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- AI
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- RC
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- MA
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noun,
mother1 .
- NI
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- t.
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- NM
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- S.
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- SA
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- CM
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- CE
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- SM
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
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- NC
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- TM
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- TN
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- N.
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- T1
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- SN
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- M.
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.