Anagrams of monarchianism
Word monarchianism has
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- anachronism
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noun,
something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, especially a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time:
- harmonicas
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noun,
Also called mouth organ. a musical wind instrument consisting of a small rectangular case containing a set of metal reeds connected to a row of holes, over which the player places the mouth and exhales and inhales to produce the tones.
- monarchism
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noun,
the principles of monarchy.
- Marcomanni
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noun,
an ancient Germanic people who lived in central Europe.
- Marcionism
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noun,
the doctrines and principles of the Marcionites.
- Cornishman
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Cornwall.
- anharmonic
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adjective,
of or relating to an oscillating system that is not undergoing simple harmonic motion.
- inharmonic
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adjective,
not harmonic; dissonant.
- maraschino
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noun,
a sweet cordial or liqueur distilled from marascas.
- monachism
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noun,
monasticism.
- harmonica
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noun,
Also called mouth organ. a musical wind instrument consisting of a small rectangular case containing a set of metal reeds connected to a row of holes, over which the player places the mouth and exhales and inhales to produce the tones.
- ammoniacs
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noun,
Also, ammoniacum [am-uh-nahy-uh-kuh m] /ˌæm əˈnaɪ ə kəm/ (Show IPA). gum ammoniac.
- mariachis
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noun,
a member of such a band.
- anarchism
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noun,
a doctrine urging the abolition of government or governmental restraint as the indispensable condition for full social and political liberty.
- chainsman
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noun,
a person who stands in the chains to take soundings; leadsman.
- macaronis
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noun,
small, tubular pasta prepared from wheat flour.
- harmonics
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noun,
(used with a singular verb) the science of musical sounds.
- anchorman
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noun,
Sports. anchor (def 11).
- aniconism
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noun,
opposition to the use of idols or images.
- insomniac
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noun,
a person who suffers from insomnia, the inability, especially when chronic, to obtain sufficient sleep, through difficulty in falling or staying asleep:
- chairmans
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noun,
the presiding officer of a meeting, committee, board, etc.
- macaroni
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noun,
small, tubular pasta prepared from wheat flour.
- Minorcan
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Minorca.
- monarchs
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noun,
a hereditary sovereign, as a king, queen, or emperor.
- minorcas
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noun,
Spanish Menorca. one of the Balearic Islands, in the W Mediterranean. 271 sq. mi. (700 sq. km).
- Noachian
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adjective,
of or relating to the patriarch Noah or his time.
- Harmonia
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noun,
the daughter of Ares and Aphrodite and wife of Cadmus.
- harmonic
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noun,
Music. overtone (def 1).
- minicars
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noun,
a very small car, especially a subcompact.
- machismo
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noun,
a strong or exaggerated sense of manliness; an assumptive attitude that virility, courage, strength, and entitlement to dominate are attributes or concomitants of masculinity.
- archaism
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noun,
something archaic, as a word or expression.
- narcomas
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noun,
stupor produced by narcotics.
- ammoniac
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noun,
Also, ammoniacum [am-uh-nahy-uh-kuh m] /ˌæm əˈnaɪ ə kəm/ (Show IPA). gum ammoniac.
- ammonias
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noun,
a colorless, pungent, suffocating, highly water-soluble, gaseous compound, NH 3 , usually produced by the direct combination of nitrogen and hydrogen gases: used chiefly for refrigeration and in the manufacture of commercial chemicals and laboratory reagents.
- Arianism
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noun,
the doctrine, taught by Arius, that Christ the Son was not consubstantial with God the Father.
- ocarinas
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noun,
a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
- Niarchos
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noun,
Stavros Spyros [stahv-raws spee-raws] /ˈstɑv rɔs ˈspi rɔs/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, Greek businessman and shipowner.
- iron-man
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noun,
a person, as a worker or athlete, of great physical endurance who can be depended upon to perform a given task or job tirelessly.
- mascaron
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noun,
mask (def 11).
- Irishman
-
noun,
a man born in Ireland or of Irish ancestry.
- marocain
-
noun,
a crepe fabric made of silk, wool, or rayon, or a combination of these fibers, and distinguished by a strong rib effect, used in the manufacture of dresses and women's suits; a heavy Canton crepe.
- iranians
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noun,
a subbranch of the Indo-European family of languages, including especially Persian, Pashto, Avestan, and Kurdish.
- nomarchs
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noun,
the governor of a nome or a nomarchy.
- insomnia
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noun,
inability to obtain sufficient sleep, especially when chronic; difficulty in falling or staying asleep; sleeplessness.
- MacMahon
-
noun,
Marie Edmé Patrice Maurice [ma-ree ed-mey pa-trees moh-rees] /maˈri ˈɛd meɪ paˈtris moʊˈris/ (Show IPA), Count de (Duke of Magenta) 1808–93, president of France 1873–79.
- charisma
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noun,
Theology. a divinely conferred gift or power.
- Sicanian
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adjective,
Sicilian.
- sonarman
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noun,
a petty officer who operates and maintains sonar.
- chainman
-
noun,
a person who holds and positions a chain in taking measurements.
- Romanian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Romania.
- Cimarosa
-
noun,
Domenico [daw-me-nee-kaw] /dɔˈmɛ ni kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1749–1801, Italian conductor and composer.
- Chinaman
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noun,
Older Use: Offensive. a term used to refer to a Chinese person or a person of Chinese descent.
- chairman
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noun,
the presiding officer of a meeting, committee, board, etc.
- Romanism
-
noun,
Roman Catholicism.
- Socinian
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noun,
a follower of Faustus and Laelius Socinus who rejected a number of traditional Christian doctrines, as the Trinity, the divinity of Christ, and original sin, and who held that Christ was miraculously begotten and that salvation will be granted to those who adopt Christ's virtues.
- mariachi
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noun,
a member of such a band.
- mahonias
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noun,
any of various evergreen shrubs belonging to the genus Mahonia, of the barberry family, including the Oregon grape.
- chrismon
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noun,
Chi-Rho.
- simoniac
-
noun,
a person who practices simony.
- Mahicans
-
noun,
a tribe or confederacy of Algonquian-speaking North American Indians, centralized formerly in the upper Hudson valley.
- Charmian
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noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “source of joy.”.
- Mohicans
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noun,
Mahican.
- Marciano
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noun,
Rocky (Rocco Francis Marchegiano) 1924–69, U.S. boxer: world heavyweight champion 1952–56.
- ranchman
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noun,
a rancher.
- incisor
-
noun,
any of the four anterior teeth in each jaw, used for cutting and gnawing.
- chanson
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noun,
any of several types of song with French lyrics, occurring from the Middle Ages to the present in a variety of musical styles.
- Masorah
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noun,
a collection of critical and explanatory notes on the Hebrew text of the Old Testament, compiled from the 7th? to 10th centuries a.d. and traditionally accepted as an authoritative exegetic guide, chiefly in matters of pronunciation and grammar.
- Masonic
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adjective,
pertaining to or characteristic of Freemasons or Freemasonry.
- normans
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noun,
a member of that branch of the Northmen or Scandinavians who in the 10th century conquered Normandy.
- Romania
-
noun,
a republic in SE Europe, bordering on the Black Sea. 91,699 sq. mi. (237,500 sq. km). Capital: Bucharest.
- Icarian
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noun,
an inhabitant of Icaria.
- Romains
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noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Louis Farigoule) 1885–1972, French novelist, poet, and dramatist.
- Mashona
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noun,
Shona (def 1).
- oarsman
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noun,
a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.
- Ansonia
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noun,
a city in SW Connecticut.
- nomarch
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noun,
the governor of a nome or a nomarchy.
- chamiso
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noun,
a saltbush, Atriplex canescens, of the western U.S. and Mexico, having grayish, scurfy foliage.
- chiasma
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noun,
Anatomy. a crossing or decussation, as that of the optic nerves at the base of the brain.
- Monacan
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Monaco.
- chamois
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noun,
an agile, goatlike antelope, Rupicapra rupicapra, of high mountains of Europe: now rare in some areas.
- noncash
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adjective,
of or constituting financial sources other than cash:
- chimars
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noun,
chimere.
- anosmia
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noun,
absence or loss of the sense of smell.
- hosanna
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noun,
a cry of “hosanna.”.
- ocarina
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noun,
a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
- Romansh
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noun,
a group of three Rhaeto-Romanic dialects spoken in E Switzerland.
Compare Ladin (def 2).
- cranio-
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- craniom
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- minicam
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noun,
Television. a lightweight, handheld television camera.
- minicar
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noun,
a very small car, especially a subcompact.
- crimson
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noun,
a crimson color, pigment, or dye.
- Cornish
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noun,
the Celtic language of Cornwall, extinct since c1800.
- caimans
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noun,
any of several tropical American crocodilians of the genus Caiman and allied genera: some are endangered.
- rammish
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adjective,
resembling a ram.
- ranchos
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noun,
a ranch.
- camions
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noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- Samhain
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noun,
a festival of the ancient Celts, held around November 1 to celebrate the beginning of winter.
- ha-Nasi
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noun,
Judah, Judah ha-Nasi.
- microns
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noun,
Also called micrometer. the millionth part of a meter. Symbol: μ, mu.
- archons
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noun,
a higher magistrate in ancient Athens.
- monarch
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noun,
a hereditary sovereign, as a king, queen, or emperor.
- onanism
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noun,
withdrawal of the penis in sexual intercourse so that ejaculation takes place outside the vagina; coitus interruptus.
- arnicas
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noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- Romanic
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noun,
romance1 (def 9).
- chromas
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noun,
the purity of a color, or its freedom from white or gray.
- Honiara
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noun,
a city in and the capital of the Solomon Islands, N Guadalcanal.
- Sarcina
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noun,
any of several spherical, saprophytic bacteria of the genus Sarcina, having a cuboidal cell arrangement.
- sarcoma
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noun,
any of various malignant tumors composed of neoplastic cells resembling embryonic connective tissue.
- Roscian
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adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- chrisom
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noun,
chrism.
- minions
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noun,
a servile follower or subordinate of a person in power.
- carinas
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noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- scrinia
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noun,
a cylindrical container used in ancient Rome to hold papyrus rolls.
- Marconi
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noun,
Guglielmo [goo-lyel-maw] /guˈlyɛl mɔ/ (Show IPA), Marchese, 1874–1937, Italian electrical engineer and inventor, especially in the field of wireless telegraphy: Nobel Prize in physics 1909.
- Machaon
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noun,
a son of Asclepius who was famed as a healer and who served as physician of the Greeks in the Trojan War.
- marinas
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noun,
a boat basin offering dockage and other service for small craft.
- Amon-Ra
-
noun,
Amen-Ra.
- mansion
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noun,
a very large, impressive, or stately residence.
- amnions
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the innermost of the embryonic or fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended.
- macrons
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noun,
a horizontal line used as a diacritic over a vowel to indicate that it has a long sound or other specified pronunciation, as (ā) in fate (fāt).
- ammonic
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adjective,
of or relating to ammonia or ammonium.
- ammonia
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noun,
a colorless, pungent, suffocating, highly water-soluble, gaseous compound, NH 3 , usually produced by the direct combination of nitrogen and hydrogen gases: used chiefly for refrigeration and in the manufacture of commercial chemicals and laboratory reagents.
- narcoma
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noun,
stupor produced by narcotics.
- mannish
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adjective,
being typical or suggestive of a man rather than a woman:
- maniocs
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noun,
cassava.
- niacins
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noun,
nicotinic acid.
- acrasin
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noun,
a chemotactic substance, identical with cAMP, secreted by myxamebas of cellular slime molds and attracting other myxamebas to aggregate and form a pseudoplasmodium.
- Mohican
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noun,
Mahican.
- macaron
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noun,
a round, colored cookie consisting of a ganache or buttercream filling between two halves made from beaten egg whites mixed with sugar and ground almonds.
- Minorca
-
noun,
Spanish Menorca. one of the Balearic Islands, in the W Mediterranean. 271 sq. mi. (700 sq. km).
- Amharic
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noun,
the Semitic language that is the official language of Ethiopia.
- Nanaimo
-
noun,
a port in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada, on the SE part of Vancouver Island.
- Ahriman
-
noun,
Angra Mainyu.
- Mahonia
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noun,
any of various evergreen shrubs belonging to the genus Mahonia, of the barberry family, including the Oregon grape.
- Aaronic
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adjective,
of or relating to Aaron.
- Mahican
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noun,
a tribe or confederacy of Algonquian-speaking North American Indians, centralized formerly in the upper Hudson valley.
- anchors
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noun,
any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object, typically having broad, hooklike arms that bury themselves in the bottom to provide a firm hold.
- anarchs
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noun,
anarchist.
- Nicosia
-
noun,
a city on and the capital of Cyprus, in the central part.
- Mishima
-
noun,
Yukio [yoo-kee-oh;; Japanese yoo-kee-aw] /ˈyu kiˌoʊ;; Japanese ˈyu kiˌɔ/ (Show IPA), (Kimitake Hiraoka) 1925–70, Japanese novelist and playwright.
- Marcian
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noun,
a.d. 392?–457, emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire 450–457.
- Maranon
-
noun,
a river in Peru, flowing N and then E, joining the Ucayali to form the Amazon. 1000 miles (1600 km) long.
- anconas
-
noun,
an altarpiece, usually consisting of a painted panel or panels, reliefs, or statues set in an elaborate frame.
- mohairs
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noun,
the coat or fleece of an Angora goat.
- Iranian
-
noun,
a subbranch of the Indo-European family of languages, including especially Persian, Pashto, Avestan, and Kurdish.
- animism
-
noun,
the belief that natural objects, natural phenomena, and the universe itself possess souls.
- Marcion
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noun,
a.d. c100–c160, Christian Gnostic.
- Shammai
-
noun,
flourished 1st century b.c, Hebrew rabbi: founder of Beth Shammai, school of hermeneutics.
- Namhoi
-
noun,
Nanhai.
- ricins
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- Ranchi
-
noun,
a city in and capital of Jharkhand state, in E India.
- manini
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adjective,
small; insignificant.
- Marcos
-
noun,
Ferdinand E(dralin) [ed-ruh-lin] /ˈɛd rə lɪn/ (Show IPA), 1917–1989, Philippine political leader: president 1965–86.
- manias
-
noun,
excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
- maniac
-
noun,
a raving or violently insane person; lunatic.
- Charon
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the ferryman who conveyed the souls of the dead across the Styx.
- micro-
-
- Marian
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noun,
a person who has a particular devotion to the Virgin Mary.
- micron
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noun,
Also called micrometer. the millionth part of a meter. Symbol: μ, mu.
- Ransom
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noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- rhinos
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noun,
a rhinoceros.
- rhino-
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- charms
-
noun,
a power of pleasing or attracting, as through personality or beauty:
- commis
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noun,
an assistant, especially to a chef.
- rancho
-
noun,
a ranch.
- Maoism
-
noun,
the political, social, economic, and military theories and policies advocated by Mao Zedong, as those concerning revolutionary movements and guerrilla warfare.
- Manisa
-
noun,
a city in W Turkey, near the Aegean: Roman defeat of Antiochus the Great 190 b.c.
- manioc
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noun,
cassava.
- chori-
-
- Chinan
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noun,
Jinan.
- chinas
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noun,
a translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature.
- Chino-
-
- chinos
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noun,
a tough, twilled cotton cloth used for uniforms, sports clothes, etc.
- chiro-
-
- marais
-
noun,
a swamp or bayou.
- Chiron
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a wise and beneficent centaur, teacher of Achilles, Asclepius, and others.
- chiros
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noun,
the ladyfish, Elops saurus.
- Mimosa
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noun,
any of numerous plants, shrubs, or trees belonging to the genus Mimosa, of the legume family, native to tropical or warm regions, having small flowers in globular heads or cylindrical spikes and often sensitive leaves.
- mimics
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noun,
a person who mimics, especially a performer skilled in mimicking others.
- chrism
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noun,
a consecrated oil, usually mixed with balsam or balsam and spices, used by certainchurches in various rites, as in baptism, confirmation, and the like.
- Maoris
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noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- chimar
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noun,
chimere.
- MSArch
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- nachos
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noun,
a snack or appetizer consisting of a small piece of tortilla topped with cheese, hot peppers, etc., and broiled.
- Marcan
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of St. Mark or of the second Gospel.
- Marcia
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “warlike.”.
- mannas
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noun,
the food miraculously supplied to the Israelites in the wilderness. Ex. 16:14–36.
- chrom-
-
- chroma
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noun,
the purity of a color, or its freedom from white or gray.
- Mannar
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noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Indian Ocean, bounded by W Sri Lanka, the chain of shoals that comprise Adam's Bridge, and S India.
- Chron.
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- Manoah
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noun,
the father of Samson. Judges 13.
- Marsha
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ramson
-
noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- niacin
-
noun,
nicotinic acid.
- Moriah
-
noun,
a mountainous region in S Palestine, where Abraham prepared to sacrifice Isaac. Gen. 22:3.
- March.
-
- Morini
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noun,
Erika, 1906–1995, U.S. violinist, born in Austria.
- Omahas
-
noun,
a city in E Nebraska, on the Missouri River.
- Marino
-
noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- McNair
-
noun,
Lesley James, 1883–1944, U.S. army officer.
- NASCAR
-
noun,
National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.
- Marion
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noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- nasion
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- Ischia
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noun,
an Italian island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, W of Naples: earthquake 1883. 18 sq. mi. (47 sq. km).
- Isaian
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of Isaiah or of the book of the Bible bearing his name.
- Isaiah
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noun,
Also called Isaiah of Jerusalem. a Major Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- Norman
-
noun,
a member of that branch of the Northmen or Scandinavians who in the 10th century conquered Normandy.
- honans
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Henan.
- Icaria
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noun,
Also, Ikaria. a Greek island in the Aegean Sea: a part of the Southern Sporades group. 99 sq. mi. (256 sq. km).
- ichors
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noun,
Classical Mythology. an ethereal fluid flowing in the veins of the gods.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Nicias
-
noun,
died 413 b.c, Athenian statesman and general.
- ihrams
-
noun,
the dress worn by male Muslims on their pilgrimage to Mecca, consisting of two white cotton cloths, one worn round the waist, the other over the left shoulder.
- Mosaic
-
noun,
a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc.
- Charis
-
noun,
one of the Graces, married to Hephaestus.
- ironic
-
adjective,
using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; containing or exemplifying irony:
- inarch
-
verb (used with object),
to graft by uniting a growing branch to a stock without separating the branch from its parent stock.
- nomism
-
noun,
religious conduct based on law.
- Inchon
-
noun,
a seaport in W South Korea.
- marish
-
noun,
a marsh.
- ionics
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- monism
-
noun,
Philosophy.
(in metaphysics) any of various theories holding that there is only one basic substance or principle as the ground of reality, or that reality consists of a single element. Compare dualism (def 2), pluralism (def 1a).
(in epistemology) a theory that the object and datum of cognition are identical. Compare pluralism (def 1b).
- macron
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noun,
a horizontal line used as a diacritic over a vowel to indicate that it has a long sound or other specified pronunciation, as (ā) in fate (fāt).
- Hammon
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noun,
Jupiter, c1720–c1800, American poet.
- Crania
-
noun,
the skull of a vertebrate.
- macro-
-
- macons
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- macoma
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noun,
any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Macoma, having a glossy, thin, usually white shell.
- Machos
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noun,
Also, machoism. assertive or aggressive manliness; machismo.
- Cronin
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noun,
A(rchibald) J(oseph) 1896–1981, Scottish novelist and physician in the U.S.
- Ionian
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noun,
a member of one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks who invaded the Greek mainland and, after the Dorian invasions, emigrated to the Aegean islands and the coast of Asia Minor.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Aeolian2 (def 2), Dorian1 (def 2).
- Ramona
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noun,
a female given name.
- miasma
-
noun,
noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter; poisonous effluvia or germs polluting the atmosphere.
- Hainan
-
noun,
Pinyin, Wade-Giles. an island in the South China Sea, separated from the mainland by the Hainan Strait: a part of Guangdong province. 13,200 sq. mi. (34,200 sq. km).
- Rahman
-
noun,
Prince Abdul [ahb-dool] /ˈɑb dul/ (Show IPA), 1903–90, Malayan political leader: prime minister of Malaya 1957–63; premier of Malaysia 1963–70.
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- Nanhai
-
noun,
former name of Foshan.
- monish
-
verb (used with object),
to admonish.
- 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.
- MAArch
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- rachis
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noun,
Botany.
the axis of an inflorescence when somewhat elongated, as in a raceme.
(in a pinnately compound leaf or frond) the prolongation of the petiole along which the leaflets are disposed.
any of various axial structures.
- hansom
-
noun,
a low-hung, two-wheeled, covered vehicle drawn by one horse, for two passengers, with the driver being mounted on an elevated seat behind and the reins running over the roof.
- Hanson
-
noun,
Duane, 1925–1996, U.S. artist and sculptor.
- haoris
-
noun,
a loose, knee-length, Japanese garment resembling a coat.
- nanism
-
noun,
the condition of being unusually or abnormally small in size or stature; dwarfism.
- Marina
-
noun,
a boat basin offering dockage and other service for small craft.
- Marini
-
noun,
Giambattista [jahm-baht-tees-tah] /ˌdʒɑm bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), Also, Marino [muh-ree-noh;; Italian mah-ree-naw] /məˈri noʊ;; Italian mɑˈri nɔ/ (Show IPA), ("il Cavalier Marino") 1569–1625, Italian poet.
- narco-
-
- Miamis
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian tribe of the Algonquian family, formerly located in northern Indiana, southern Michigan, and possibly Illinois, now extinct as a tribe.
- Monica
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Orchis
-
noun,
any orchid.
- mascon
-
noun,
a massive concentration of high-density material beneath the surface of the moon.
- raisin
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- micros
-
noun,
anything extremely small in scope or capability.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- Anomia
-
noun,
the inability to name objects or to recognize the written or spoken names of objects.
- Minnis
-
noun,
an ancient people of Asia Minor.
- Anshan
-
noun,
a city in E Liaoning province, in NE China.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- minish
-
verb (used with or without object),
to diminish or lessen.
- charas
-
noun,
hashish.
- archon
-
noun,
a higher magistrate in ancient Athens.
- Sarnia
-
noun,
a port in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on the S shore of Lake Huron, on the St. Clair River, across from Port Huron, Michigan.
- sarco-
-
- arnica
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- Aromas
-
noun,
an odor arising from spices, plants, cooking, etc., especially an agreeable odor; fragrance.
- arshin
-
noun,
a Russian unit of length equal to 28 inches (71 cm).
- minion
-
noun,
a servile follower or subordinate of a person in power.
- Animas
-
noun,
soul; life.
- Samoan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Samoa.
- Ascham
-
noun,
Roger, 1515–68, English scholar and writer: tutor of Queen Elizabeth I.
- Samian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Samos.
- ascoma
-
noun,
a fruiting body that bears asci.
- minims
-
noun,
the smallest unit of liquid measure, 1/60 (0.0167) of a fluid dram, roughly equivalent to one drop. Symbol: ♍, ♏. Abbreviation: min, min.;
- ashcan
-
noun,
a large metal barrel, can, or similar receptacle for ashes, garbage, or refuse.
- Ashman
-
noun,
a person who collects and disposes of ashes, garbage, and refuse.
- ashram
-
noun,
a secluded building, often the residence of a guru, used for religious retreat or instruction in Hinduism.
- Samain
-
noun,
Samhain.
- minima
-
noun,
a plural of minimum.
- asonia
-
noun,
tone deafness.
- sacro-
-
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- aniso-
-
- Ancona
-
noun,
an altarpiece, usually consisting of a painted panel or panels, reliefs, or statues set in an elaborate frame.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- airman
-
noun,
an aviator.
- mochas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter). Also, Mukha. a seaport in the Republic of Yemen on the Red Sea.
- mohair
-
noun,
the coat or fleece of an Angora goat.
- somni-
-
- socman
-
noun,
sokeman.
- smirch
-
noun,
a dirty mark or smear, as of soot, dust, dirt, etc.
- Sirach
-
noun,
Son of, Jesus (def 2).
- Moham.
-
- acoasm
-
noun,
acouasm.
- ahimsa
-
noun,
the principle of noninjury to living beings.
- Miriam
-
noun,
the sister of Moses and Aaron. Num. 26:59.
- simian
-
noun,
an ape or monkey.
- Mohism
-
noun,
the doctrine of Mo-Tze, stressing universal love, not limited by special affections or obligations, and opposition to Confucianism and traditionalism.
- airish
-
adjective,
given to putting on airs.
- shoran
-
noun,
a system for aircraft navigation in which two signals sent from an aircraft are received and answered by two fixed transponders, the round-trip times of the signals enabling the navigator to determine the aircraft's position.
- anchor
-
noun,
any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object, typically having broad, hooklike arms that bury themselves in the bottom to provide a firm hold.
- Shinar
-
noun,
a land mentioned in the Bible, often identified with Sumer.
- amimia
-
noun,
the inability to express ideas by means of gestures or signs.
- amino-
-
- Sharon
-
noun,
Ariel, 1928–2014, Israeli military and political leader; prime minister 2001–06.
- ammino
-
adjective,
Chemistry. containing or pertaining to an ammine.
- amnion
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the innermost of the embryonic or fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended.
- amnios
-
- Sharia
-
noun,
law, seen as deriving from the Koran, hadith, ijmaʿ, and qiyas.
- Shanna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Minoan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of ancient Crete.
- anarch
-
noun,
anarchist.
- shamir
-
noun,
Yitzhak [yits-hahk] /yɪtsˈhɑk/ (Show IPA), 1915–2012, Israeli political leader: prime minister 1986–92.
- shaman
-
noun,
(especially among certain tribal peoples) a person who acts as intermediary between the natural and supernatural worlds, using magic to cure illness, foretell the future, control spiritual forces, etc.
- caiman
-
noun,
any of several tropical American crocodilians of the genus Caiman and allied genera: some are endangered.
- archi-
-
- Romish
-
adjective,
of or relating to Rome as the center of the Roman Catholic Church.
- caroms
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- Carian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Caria.
- Carina
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- Chamos
-
noun,
Chemosh.
- Carman
-
noun,
one of the crew of a streetcar or the like, as the motorman.
- Romans
-
noun,
an Epistle of the New Testament, written by Paul to the Christian community in Rome. Abbreviation: Rom.
- camion
-
noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- cannas
-
noun,
any of various tropical plants of the genus Canna, cultivated for their large, usually brightly colored leaves and showy flowers.
- Romaic
-
noun,
demotic (def 5).
- chains
-
noun,
a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- chairs
-
noun,
a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
- Chaoan
-
noun,
former name of Chaozhou.
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- Isaac
-
noun,
a son of Abraham and Sarah, and father of Jacob. Gen. 21:1–4.
- China
-
noun,
a translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature.
- Chios
-
noun,
a Greek island in the Aegean, near the W coast of Turkey. 322 sq. mi. (834 sq. km).
- Amram
-
noun,
the father of Aaron and Moses. Ex. 6:20.
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- Shara
-
noun,
Sharra.
- nano-
-
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- AMORC
-
- naso-
-
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- Isiac
-
adjective,
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
- Ammon
-
noun,
the classical name of the Egyptian divinity Amen, whom the Greeks identified with Zeus, the Romans with Jupiter.
- chair
-
noun,
a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
- Amora
-
noun,
one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in the rabbinical academies of Palestine and Babylonia from the 3rd to the 6th centuries a.d., whose commentaries on and interpretations of the Mishnah comprise the Palestinian and Babylonian Gemaras.
- Shari
-
noun,
Also, Chari. a river in N central Africa, flowing NW from the Central African Republic into Lake Chad. 1400 miles (2254 km) long.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Amish
-
noun,
the Amish people.
- minah
-
noun,
myna.
- Chain
-
noun,
a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- ammos
-
- Amman
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Jordan, in the W part.
- Nasca
-
adjective,
Nazca.
- rhin-
-
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- Masai
-
noun,
a member of an African people inhabiting the highlands of Kenya and Tanzania and having a largely pastoral economy and a society based on the patrilineal clan.
- Ionic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- anis-
-
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- Annam
-
noun,
a former kingdom and French protectorate along the E coast of French Indochina: now part of Vietnam.
- annas
-
noun,
a former cupronickel coin of Pakistan, the 16th part of a rupee: last issued in 1960.
- Moshi
-
noun,
a city in N Tanzania.
- Masan
-
noun,
a seaport in SE South Korea.
- Marsh
-
noun,
a tract of low wet land, often treeless and periodically inundated, generally characterized by a growth of grasses, sedges, cattails, and rushes.
- scrim
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- SCRAM
-
noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- inion
-
noun,
a point at the external occipital protuberance of the skull.
- anoas
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- incr.
-
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- Irish
-
noun,
the inhabitants of Ireland and their descendants elsewhere.
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- amin-
-
- Ancon
-
noun,
the elbow.
- Nihon
-
noun,
a Japanese name of Japan.
- Roach
-
noun,
a cockroach.
- Shama
-
noun,
a slender long-tailed thrush, Copsychus malabaricus, of southern Asia and introduced into Hawaii, having black plumage with a white rump and tail sides and a chestnut belly.
- Maroc
-
noun,
French name of Morocco.
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- anim.
-
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- anima
-
noun,
soul; life.
- choir
-
noun,
a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.
- Iran.
-
- maars
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- Shona
-
noun,
Also called Mashona. a member of a group of peoples constituting more than two thirds of the population of Zimbabwe.
- nanas
-
noun,
Chiefly Northeastern U.S. grandmother; grandma.
- manna
-
noun,
the food miraculously supplied to the Israelites in the wilderness. Ex. 16:14–36.
- manor
-
noun,
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- Manon
-
noun,
an opera (1884) by Jules Massenet.
- acari
-
noun,
plural of acarus.
- chars
-
noun,
a charred material or surface.
- Achan
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Judah who, with his family, was stoned to death for stealing forbidden spoils. Josh. 7:19–26.
- chasm
-
noun,
a yawning fissure or deep cleft in the earth's surface; gorge.
- Acoma
-
noun,
a Pueblo Indian village near Albuquerque, New Mexico, built on a sandstone mesa: oldest continuously inhabited location in the U.S.
- smarm
-
noun,
behavior or speech that is smarmy.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- acro-
-
- manic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affected by mania.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- Sino-
-
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- nacho
-
noun,
a snack or appetizer consisting of a small piece of tortilla topped with cheese, hot peppers, etc., and broiled.
- Maria
-
noun,
calaba.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Mocha
-
noun,
(initial capital letter). Also, Mukha. a seaport in the Republic of Yemen on the Red Sea.
- char-
-
- charm
-
noun,
a power of pleasing or attracting, as through personality or beauty:
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- miso-
-
- chaos
-
noun,
a state of utter confusion or disorder; a total lack of organization or order.
- Aaron
-
noun,
the older brother of Moses, usually regarded as the first high priest of the Hebrews. Ex. 28; 40:13–16.
- maras
-
noun,
a city in S Turkey, NE of Adana.
- Sochi
-
noun,
a seaport in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Black Sea: resort.
- misc.
-
- marcs
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- chams
-
noun,
khan1 .
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- mania
-
noun,
excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
- manas
-
noun,
the rational faculty of the mind.
- Macao
-
noun,
a Portuguese overseas territory in S China, in the delta of the Zhu Jiang River and including two small adjacent islands. 6 sq. mi. (16 sq. km).
- machs
-
noun,
a number indicating the ratio of the speed of an object to the speed of sound in the medium through which the object is moving. Abbreviation: M.
- chias
-
noun,
a plant, Salvia columbariae, of the mint family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having mostly basal, oblong leaves and small blue flowers: the seeds are used as food and as the source of a beverage.
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- Macon
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- Minos
-
noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- Aisha
-
noun,
a.d. 613?–678, favorite wife of Muhammad (daughter of Abu-Bekr).
- shorn
-
noun,
Usually, shears. (sometimes used with a singular verb)
scissors of large size (usually used with pair of).
any of various other cutting implements or machines having two blades that resemble or suggest those of scissors.
- chais
-
noun,
a shed or other aboveground building where a winemaker stores wine in casks.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- macho
-
noun,
Also, machoism. assertive or aggressive manliness; machismo.
- amahs
-
noun,
a baby's nurse, especially a wet nurse.
- amain
-
adverb,
with full force.
- mach.
-
- anoia
-
noun,
extreme mental deficiency.
- Chin.
-
- chiao
-
noun,
jiao.
- Mahan
-
noun,
Alfred Thayer [they-er] /ˈθeɪ ər/ (Show IPA), 1840–1914, U.S. naval officer and writer on naval history.
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- 30-30
-
- mamas
-
noun,
Informal. mother1 .
- Naima
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “benevolent.”.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- maims
-
noun,
a physical injury, especially a loss of a limb.
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- Ahira
-
noun,
a Naphtalite who assisted Moses with the census in the wilderness. Num. 1:15; 2:29.
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- Mahon
-
noun,
a seaport on E Minorca, in the Balearic Islands.
- Chian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Chios.
- incor
-
- anon.
-
- carom
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- Haman
-
noun,
a powerful prince at the court of Ahasuerus, who was hanged upon exposure of his plan to destroy the Jews of Persia. Esther 3–6.
- camis
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- monic
-
adjective,
(of a polynomial) having the coefficient of the term of highest degree equal to 1.
- Samar
-
noun,
an island in the E central Philippines. 5309 sq. mi. (13,750 sq. km).
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- haars
-
noun,
a thick, wet fog along the seacoast.
- 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).
- Canna
-
noun,
any of various tropical plants of the genus Canna, cultivated for their large, usually brightly colored leaves and showy flowers.
- Saman
-
noun,
a Persian noble who lived in the 8th century a.d., progenitor of the Samanid dynasty.
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- Raman
-
noun,
Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata [chuhn-druh-shey-ker-uh veng-kuh-tuh] /ˈtʃʌn drəˈʃeɪ kər ə ˈvɛŋ kə tə/ (Show IPA), 1888–1970, Indian physicist: Nobel prize 1930.
- ricin
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- Ramon
-
noun,
any of several tropical American trees belonging to the genus Brosimum, of the mulberry family, the leaves of which are used as forage, especially B. alicastrum, which bears the breadnut.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- micra
-
noun,
a plural of micron.
- haoma
-
noun,
a leafless vine, Sarcostemma acidum, of eastern India, yielding a sour, milky juice.
- Canon
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical rule or law enacted by a council or other competent authority and, in the Roman Catholic Church, approved by the pope.
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- Harim
-
noun,
harem.
- haram
-
noun,
harem.
- Cimon
-
noun,
507–499 b.c, Athenian military leader, naval commander, and statesman (son of Miltiades).
- haori
-
noun,
a loose, knee-length, Japanese garment resembling a coat.
- osmic
-
adjective,
of or containing osmium in its higher valences, especially the tetravalent state.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- ASCII
-
noun,
a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
- asco-
-
- Hansa
-
noun,
a company or guild of merchants in a northern European medieval town.
- Hanoi
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Vietnam, in the N part, on the Songka River.
- Hanno
-
noun,
Carthaginian statesman, fl. 3rd century b.c.
- Hanna
-
noun,
Marcus Alonzo ("Mark") 1837–1904, U.S. merchant and politician: senator 1897–1904.
- minim
-
noun,
the smallest unit of liquid measure, 1/60 (0.0167) of a fluid dram, roughly equivalent to one drop. Symbol: ♍, ♏. Abbreviation: min, min.;
- crim.
-
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- comma
-
noun,
the sign (,), a mark of punctuation used for indicating a division in a sentence, as in setting off a word, phrase, or clause, especially when such a division is accompanied by a slight pause or is to be noted in order to give order to the sequential elements of the sentence. It is also used to separate items in a list, to mark off thousands in numerals, to separate types or levels of information in bibliographic and other data, and, in Europe, as a decimal point.
- Conn.
-
- Conan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- Comr.
-
- Cohan
-
noun,
George M(ichael) 1878–1942, U.S. actor, playwright, and producer.
- comm.
-
- Cons.
-
- COMAS
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- 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.
- Mich.
-
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Rashi
-
noun,
(Solomon ben Isaac) 1040–1105, French Hebrew scholar.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- conns
-
noun,
responsibility for the steering of a ship.
- Micah
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- crash
-
noun,
a sudden loud noise, as of something being violently smashed or struck:
- ranch
-
noun,
an establishment maintained for raising livestock under range conditions.
- Minch
-
noun,
a sea channel between mainland Scotland and the Outer Hebrides islands. 25–45 miles (40–70 km) wide.
See also Little Minch.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- roshi
-
noun,
the religious leader of a group of Zen Buddhists.
- crams
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- mini-
-
- corns
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- Cahan
-
noun,
Abraham ("Abe") 1860–1951, U.S. novelist and journalist, born in Russia.
- Ronan
-
noun,
a king who killed his son, Mael Fothartaigh, after his wife had falsely accused the boy of attempting to seduce her, and who was himself killed by the children of Mael Fothartaigh.
- corms
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- Minho
-
noun,
a river in SW Europe, flowing SSW from NW Spain along the N boundary of Portugal into the Atlantic. 171 miles (275 km) long.
- Samoa
-
noun,
a group of islands in the S Pacific, the islands W of 170° W longitude constituting an independent state and the rest belonging to the U.S.
- Mimas
-
noun,
Astronomy. one of the moons of Saturn.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- icons
-
- morns
-
noun,
morning.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Arch.
-
- Arcas
-
noun,
a son of Zeus and Callisto, the ancestor of the Arcadians who was set among the stars with his mother as the Little Bear and the Great Bear respectively.
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- Mason
-
noun,
a person whose trade is building with units of various natural or artificial mineral products, as stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or tiles, usually with the use of mortar or cement as a bonding agent.
- minis
-
noun,
miniskirt.
- Minn.
-
- Minna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- ichor
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an ethereal fluid flowing in the veins of the gods.
- schmo
-
noun,
a foolish, boring, or stupid person; a jerk.
- Minni
-
noun,
an ancient people of Asia Minor.
- ician
-
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- Omaha
-
noun,
a city in E Nebraska, on the Missouri River.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- 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.
- masc.
-
- nona-
-
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- rishi
-
noun,
an inspired sage or poet.
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- imino
-
adjective,
containing the imino group.
- ihram
-
noun,
the dress worn by male Muslims on their pilgrimage to Mecca, consisting of two white cotton cloths, one worn round the waist, the other over the left shoulder.
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- Chris
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Christopher.
- imams
-
noun,
the officiating priest of a mosque.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- Sarah
-
noun,
the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac. Gen. 17:15–22.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- mimic
-
noun,
a person who mimics, especially a performer skilled in mimicking others.
- Saran
-
noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- Hiram
-
noun,
a king of Tyre in the 10th century b.c. I Kings 5.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- orch.
-
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- hoars
-
noun,
hoarfrost; rime.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- Miami
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian tribe of the Algonquian family, formerly located in northern Indiana, southern Michigan, and possibly Illinois, now extinct as a tribe.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- Hasan
-
noun,
(al-Hasan) a.d. 624?–669? Arabian caliph: son of Ali and Fatima (brother of Hussein).
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- Harms
-
noun,
physical injury or mental damage; hurt:
- Arica
-
noun,
a seaport in N Chile.
- Chari
-
noun,
Shari.
- orach
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Atriplex, especially A. hortensis, of the amaranth family, cultivated for use like spinach.
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Horsa
-
noun,
died a.d. 455, Jutish chief (brother of Hengist).
- horns
-
noun,
one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- horas
-
noun,
a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
- Caria
-
noun,
an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.
- omni-
-
- Caras
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- sarc-
-
- Honan
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Henan.
- aroma
-
noun,
an odor arising from spices, plants, cooking, etc., especially an agreeable odor; fragrance.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- mRNA
-
- MSAM
-
- moms
-
noun,
mother1 .
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mon.
-
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- 1080
-
- MSHA
-
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- SAMA
-
noun,
the Sufi practice of gathering to listen to religious poetry that is sung, often accompanied by ecstatic dance or other ritual.
- Sam.
-
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- Saar
-
noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- RONA
-
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- Rom.
-
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- RNAS
-
- 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.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- RIIA
-
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- 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.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- 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.
- SRAM
-
- Sra.
-
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Soni
-
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- sinh
-
noun,
hyperbolic sine.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- shr.
-
- Shoa
-
noun,
the Holocaust.
- shmo
-
noun,
schmo.
- Shin
-
noun,
the front part of the leg from the knee to the ankle.
- shim
-
noun,
a thin slip or wedge of metal, wood, etc., for driving into crevices, as between machine parts to compensate for wear, or beneath bedplates, large stones, etc., to level them.
- Shan
-
noun,
a group of Mongoloid tribes in the hills of Burma.
- Sham
-
noun,
something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
- scr.
-
- sci.
-
- sch.
-
- Rich
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) rich persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- rhos
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- NACA
-
- NIMH
-
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- nom.
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Noah
-
noun,
the patriarch who built a ship (Noah's Ark) in which he, his family, and animals of every species survived the Flood. Gen. 5–9.
- NOAA
-
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- NIRA
-
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- 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.
- NCAA
-
- Nor.
-
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nash
-
noun,
John, 1752–1835, English architect and city planner.
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Nana
-
noun,
Chiefly Northeastern U.S. grandmother; grandma.
- Nama
-
noun,
a member of a Khoikhoi people of Namaqualand, in SW Africa.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Naha
-
noun,
a port on SW Okinawa, in S Japan.
- Nah.
-
- non-
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- rash
-
noun,
an eruption or efflorescence on the skin.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- Rama
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) any of the three avatars of Vishnu: Balarama, Parashurama, or Ramachandra.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- 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).
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- OSHA
-
noun,
the division of the Department of Labor that sets and enforces occupational health and safety rules.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- OHMS
-
noun,
the standard unit of electrical resistance in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the electrical resistance between two points of a conductor when a constant potential difference applied between these points produces in this conductor a current of one ampere. The resistance in ohms is numerically equal to the magnitude of the potential difference. Symbol: Ω.
- Ochs
-
noun,
Adolph Simon, 1858–1935, U.S. newspaper publisher.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- nosh
-
noun,
a snack.
- nos-
-
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- moas
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- Man.
-
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- Asch
-
noun,
Sholom [shaw-luh m] /ˈʃɔ ləm/ (Show IPA), or Sholem [shaw-luh m,, -lem] /ˈʃɔ ləm,, -lɛm/ (Show IPA), 1880–1957, U.S. author, born in Poland.
- IMCO
-
- imam
-
noun,
the officiating priest of a mosque.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ICSH
-
- ichs
-
noun,
a disease of tropical fishes, characterized by small, white nodules on the fins, skin, and eyes, caused by a ciliate protozoan, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis.
- ICAO
-
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- iana
-
- asc-
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Asha
-
noun,
the cosmic principle of order, justice, righteousness, and truth.
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Hsia
-
noun,
a legendary dynasty in China, the traditional dates of which are 2205–1766 b.c.
- Hos.
-
- Horn
-
noun,
one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- hora
-
noun,
a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
- hor.
-
- Hons
-
noun,
honey (def 6).
- IMHO
-
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- 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.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- anoa
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- ANSI
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Aram
-
noun,
Biblical name of ancient Syria.
- Aras
-
noun,
Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
- arca
-
noun,
a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
- Inc.
-
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- ins.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- INRI
-
- Cohn
-
noun,
Edwin Joseph, 1892–1953, U.S. chemist and researcher on blood proteins.
- ARIS
-
- Arm.
-
- inch
-
noun,
a unit of length, 1/12 (0.0833) foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters.
- 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.
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- Can.
-
- ano-
-
- cosh
-
noun,
a blackjack; bludgeon.
- hair
-
noun,
any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
- Haas
-
noun,
Mary Rosamond, 1910–96, U.S. linguist.
- haar
-
noun,
a thick, wet fog along the seacoast.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cir.
-
- cis-
-
- Cmon
-
- CMOS
-
noun,
complementary metal oxide semiconductor.
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Hama
-
noun,
a city in W Syria, on the Orontes River.
- corm
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Cor.
-
- Con.
-
- COMS
-
noun,
Trademark. Comedy Central: a cable television channel.
- coma
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- Com.
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- Hamm
-
noun,
a city in North Rhine–Westphalia, in W Germany.
- Homs
-
noun,
a city in W Syria.
- chai
-
noun,
a shed or other aboveground building where a winemaker stores wine in casks.
- Cana
-
noun,
an ancient town in N Israel, in Galilee: scene of Jesus' first miracle. John 2:1, 11.
- Cara
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- hom-
-
- hoar
-
noun,
hoarfrost; rime.
- HMAS
-
- Casa
-
noun,
a house.
- Cash
-
noun,
money in the form of coins or banknotes, especially that issued by a government.
- hins
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about one and one half gallons (5.7 liters).
- Hims
-
noun,
Informal. a male:
- Cham
-
noun,
khan1 .
- chs.
-
- Chas
-
noun,
tea.
- Hasa
-
noun,
a region in E Saudi Arabia, on the Persian Gulf.
- HARM
-
noun,
physical injury or mental damage; hurt:
- chia
-
noun,
a plant, Salvia columbariae, of the mint family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having mostly basal, oblong leaves and small blue flowers: the seeds are used as food and as the source of a beverage.
- chis
-
noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
- chm.
-
- chmn
-
- Chon
-
noun,
Also, jun. a monetary unit of North Korea, the hundredth part of a won.
- Chr.
-
- Hans
-
noun,
a male given name, Germanic form of John.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- Anna
-
noun,
a former cupronickel coin of Pakistan, the 16th part of a rupee: last issued in 1960.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- 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.
- MARC
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- Ahir
-
noun,
a member of the caste of cowherds and milkmen in India.
- Mara
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of death, sometimes seen as one aspect of a god whose other aspect is Kama, or erotic desire.
- Ahom
-
noun,
an extinct Thai language of Assam.
- AHSA
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Mana
-
noun,
a generalized, supernatural force or power, which may be concentrated in objects or persons.
- Mama
-
noun,
Informal. mother1 .
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- acr-
-
- masa
-
noun,
flour or dough made of dried, ground corn, used especially for tortillas.
- Maia
-
noun,
the eldest of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes by Zeus.
- min.
-
- MNAS
-
- mis-
-
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- 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.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Mims
-
noun,
Fort. Fort Mims.
- MASH
-
noun,
a soft, pulpy mass.
- Mimi
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Mic.
-
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- aahs
-
noun,
the exclamation “aah.”.
- mhos
-
noun,
See under siemens.
- maim
-
noun,
a physical injury, especially a loss of a limb.
- Mar.
-
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- Aman
-
noun,
Haman.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- amas
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- 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.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- Anam
-
noun,
Annam.
- Anas
-
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- 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.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- AISI
-
- maar
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- iso-
-
- Maas
-
noun,
Dutch name of the Meuse.
- ann.
-
- Mac-
-
- amah
-
noun,
a baby's nurse, especially a wet nurse.
- maco
-
noun,
an Egyptian cotton, used especially in the manufacture of hosiery and undergarments.
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- Aar
-
- SMM
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- CIA
-
- aah
-
noun,
the exclamation “aah.”.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- AAM
-
- ROA
-
- RMC
-
- RNA
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- AOA
-
- aor
-
- an.
-
- CNO
-
- Am.
-
- Sr.
-
- ac-
-
- rho
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- AIA
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- AMA
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- ANC
-
- CIM
-
- CNN
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Ar.
-
- CNM
-
- AMS
-
- CMA
-
- SCM
-
- SMA
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- ARS
-
- CHI
-
noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- cr.
-
- Co.
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- So.
-
- SRO
-
- SAA
-
- ch.
-
- ca.
-
- CAA
-
- ASR
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASN
-
- ASM
-
- ASI
-
- Ash
-
noun,
the powdery residue of matter that remains after burning.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- 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.
- SAR
-
- cs.
-
- CAI
-
- ACH
-
interjection,
alas; oh.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- sc.
-
- ROI
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- CHA
-
noun,
tea.
- ACS
-
- AHA
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of triumphant discovery, mockery, contempt, irony, surprise, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
- ahi
-
noun,
yellowfin tuna, widely used in sashimi.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- AMC
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- sho
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- 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.
- 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).
- SHA
-
- 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.
- CNS
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- RCN
-
- NIA
-
- IRO
-
- NIH
-
- IRS
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- NHS
-
- IRC
-
- NHI
-
- NHA
-
- ish
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ISR
-
- Mc-
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- 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.
- Ir.
-
- Mo.
-
- RCA
-
- IAS
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ich
-
noun,
a disease of tropical fishes, characterized by small, white nodules on the fins, skin, and eyes, caused by a ciliate protozoan, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis.
- IHS
-
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- Noh
-
noun,
Nō.
- NOC
-
- IOC
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- NMR
-
- NMI
-
- ior
-
- MM.
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- nr.
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MCR
-
- MHA
-
- mho
-
noun,
See under siemens.
- MOR
-
- MHR
-
- mi.
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- MIM
-
noun,
the twenty-fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- mom
-
noun,
mother1 .
- MOI
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- MNA
-
- MNS
-
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- MCI
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MSC
-
- NAA
-
- 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.
- MAA
-
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- Mam
-
noun,
British Informal. mother.
- Mao
-
- NCO
-
- MRA
-
- MSN
-
- MSM
-
- MSI
-
- MSH
-
- MSA
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- MRI
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- INH
-
- NRA
-
- HIM
-
noun,
Informal. a male:
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- HAO
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Vietnam, the tenth part of a dong.
- has
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- HCM
-
- HCR
-
- HIC
-
interjection,
(an onomatopoeic word used to imitate or represent a hiccup.)
- NRC
-
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- HIS
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ons
-
- ONR
-
- ONI
-
- RCS
-
- RMA
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- CSR
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- CRS
-
- CSA
-
- CSO
-
- HMS
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- hr.
-
- HSM
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- HAM
-
noun,
a cut of meat from the heavy-muscled part of a hog's rear quarter, between hip and hock, usually cured.
- rah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of encouragement to a player or team.)
- Han
-
noun,
a dynasty in China, 206 b.c.–a.d. 220, with an interregnum, a.d. 9–25: characterized by consolidation of the centralized imperial state and territorial expansion.
Compare Earlier Han, Later Han.
- Hon
-
noun,
honey (def 6).
- hin
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about one and one half gallons (5.7 liters).
- OCR
-
- Ohm
-
noun,
the standard unit of electrical resistance in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the electrical resistance between two points of a conductor when a constant potential difference applied between these points produces in this conductor a current of one ampere. The resistance in ohms is numerically equal to the magnitude of the potential difference. Symbol: Ω.
- OAS
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OSA
-
- ics
-
- OCS
-
- Oc.
-
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- io-
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- oic
-
- NSC
-
- OIr
-
- Om.
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- NSA
-
- och
-
interjection,
(used as an expression of surprise, disapproval, regret, etc.)
- hrs
-
- Ia.
-
- HI
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of high:
- SN
-
- NH
-
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- AO
-
- h.
-
- OA
-
- MN
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- AH
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of pain, surprise, pity, complaint, dislike, joy, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
- O.
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- MH
-
- RH
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- NI
-
- M.
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- HO
-
noun,
a sexually promiscuous woman.
- sh
-
interjection,
(used to urge silence.)
- i.
-
- CM
-
- OH
-
noun,
the exclamation “oh.”.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- S.
-
- R.
-
- RN
-
- NC
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SA
-
- RC
-
- SM
-
- RO
-
- NM
-
- ic
-
- RI
-