Anagrams of necessitarianism
Word necessitarianism has
2422 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of necessitarianism.
- necessitarian
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noun,
a person who advocates or supports necessitarianism (distinguished from libertarian).
- insistencies
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noun,
insistence.
- renaissances
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noun,
the activity, spirit, or time of the great revival of art, literature, and learning in Europe beginning in the 14th century and extending to the 17th century, marking the transition from the medieval to the modern world.
- sectarianism
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noun,
sectarian spirit or tendencies; excessive devotion to a particular sect, especially in religion.
- necessarian
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noun, adjective,
necessitarian.
- seminarians
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noun,
a student in a theological seminary.
- inseminates
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verb (used with object),
to inject semen into (the female reproductive tract); impregnate.
- insectaries
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noun,
a laboratory for the study of live insects, their life histories, effects on plants, reaction to insecticides, etc.
- sincerities
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noun,
freedom from deceit, hypocrisy, or duplicity; probity in intention or in communicating; earnestness.
- resistances
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noun,
the act or power of resisting, opposing, or withstanding.
- Resistencia
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noun,
a city in NE Argentina, on the Paraná River.
- incinerates
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verb (used with object),
to burn or reduce to ashes; cremate.
- insistences
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noun,
the act or fact of insisting.
- Renaissance
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noun,
the activity, spirit, or time of the great revival of art, literature, and learning in Europe beginning in the 14th century and extending to the 17th century, marking the transition from the medieval to the modern world.
- Erastianism
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noun,
the doctrine, advocated by Thomas Erastus, of the supremacy of the state over the church in ecclesiastical matters.
- Americanist
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noun,
a student of America, especially of its history, culture, and geography.
- reminiscent
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adjective,
awakening memories of something similar; suggestive (usually followed by of):
- insanities
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noun,
the condition of being insane; a derangement of the mind. Synonyms: dementia, lunacy, madness, craziness, mania, aberration.
- catenaries
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noun,
Mathematics. the curve assumed approximately by a heavy uniform cord or chain hanging freely from two points not in the same vertical line. Equation: y = k cos h (x / k).
- intimacies
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noun,
the state of being intimate.
- narcissist
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noun,
a person who is overly self-involved, and often vain and selfish.
- incrassate
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adjective,
Also, incrassated. Botany, Entomology. thickened or swollen.
- ancestress
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noun,
a woman from whom a person is descended.
- narcissism
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noun,
inordinate fascination with oneself; excessive self-love; vanity. Synonyms: self-centeredness, smugness, egocentrism.
- seminarian
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noun,
a student in a theological seminary.
- Stannaries
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noun,
a tin-mining region or district.
- Resistance
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noun,
the act or power of resisting, opposing, or withstanding.
- sectarians
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noun,
a member of a sect.
- scenarists
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noun,
a writer of motion-picture or television scenarios.
- ancestries
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noun,
family or ancestral descent; lineage.
- airinesses
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noun,
openness to the air:
- semainiers
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noun,
a chest of the 18th century having seven long drawers: originally meant to hold a week's supply of clothing.
- Stresemann
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noun,
Gustav [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1878–1929, German statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1926.
- seminaries
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noun,
a special school providing education in theology, religious history, etc., primarily to prepare students for the priesthood, ministry, or rabbinate.
- incinerate
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verb (used with object),
to burn or reduce to ashes; cremate.
- reminisces
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verb (used without object),
to recall past experiences, events, etc.; indulge in reminiscence.
- ascertains
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verb (used with object),
to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine:
- Renaissant
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adjective,
renascent.
- reanimates
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verb (used with object),
to restore to life; resuscitate.
- transience
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noun,
transient state or quality.
- ministries
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noun,
the service, functions, or profession of a minister of religion.
- nectarines
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noun,
a variety or mutation of peach having a smooth, downless skin.
- insectaria
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noun,
a place in which a collection of living insects is kept, as in a zoo.
- inseminate
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verb (used with object),
to inject semen into (the female reproductive tract); impregnate.
- miscreants
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noun,
a vicious or depraved person; villain.
- sacristies
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noun,
an apartment in or a building connected with a church or a religious house, in which the sacred vessels, vestments, etc., are kept.
- incarnates
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adjective,
embodied in flesh; given a bodily, especially a human, form:
- sacristans
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noun,
Also called sacrist [sak-rist, sey-krist] /ˈsæk rɪst, ˈseɪ krɪst/ (Show IPA). an official in charge of the sacred vessels, vestments, etc., of a church or a religious house.
- instancies
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noun,
quality of being instant; urgency; pressing nature.
- assistance
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noun,
the act of assisting; help; aid; support.
- sacraments
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noun,
Ecclesiastical. a visible sign of an inward grace, especially one of the solemn Christian rites considered to have been instituted by Jesus Christ to symbolize or confer grace: the sacraments of the Protestant churches are baptism and the Lord's Supper; the sacraments of the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches are baptism, confirmation, the Eucharist, matrimony, penance, holy orders, and extreme unction.
- emissaries
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noun,
a representative sent on a mission or errand:
- armistices
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noun,
a temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement of the warring parties; truce:
- insistence
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noun,
the act or fact of insisting.
- miniseries
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noun,
a short series of events or presentations.
- creatinine
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noun,
a crystalline end product of creatine metabolism, C 4 H 7 N 3 O, occurring in urine, muscle, and blood.
- caseinate
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noun,
a metallic salt of casein.
- instances
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noun,
a case or occurrence of anything:
- reanimate
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verb (used with object),
to restore to life; resuscitate.
- Caesarism
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noun,
absolute government; imperialism.
- casimeres
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noun,
cassimere.
- inanimate
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adjective,
not animate; lifeless.
- inanities
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noun,
lack of sense, significance, or ideas; silliness.
- cassimere
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noun,
a twill-weave, worsted suiting fabric, often with a striped pattern.
- Anamnesis
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noun,
the recollection or remembrance of the past; reminiscence.
- reminisce
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verb (used without object),
to recall past experiences, events, etc.; indulge in reminiscence.
- amnesties
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noun,
a general pardon for offenses, especially political offenses, against a government, often granted before any trial or conviction.
- amnesiacs
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noun,
a person affected by amnesia.
- seamsters
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noun,
a person whose occupation is sewing; tailor.
- entrances
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noun,
an act of entering, as into a place or upon new duties.
- Mertensia
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noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Mertensia, of the borage family, including the lungworts and the Virginia cowslip.
- satanisms
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noun,
the worship of Satan or the powers of evil.
- centiares
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noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- renascent
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adjective,
being reborn; springing again into being or vigor:
- metrician
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noun,
a metrist.
- 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.
- iterances
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noun,
iteration.
- nectaries
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noun,
Botany. an organ or part that secretes nectar.
- nitramine
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noun,
any of a class of compounds containing the nitramino group.
- 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.
- smiercase
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noun,
smearcase.
- seatrains
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noun,
a ship for the transportation of loaded railroad cars.
- tenancies
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noun,
a holding, as of lands, by any kind of title; occupancy of land, a house, or the like, under a lease or on payment of rent; tenure.
- armenians
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noun,
a native of Armenia.
- asterisms
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noun,
Astronomy.
a group of stars.
a constellation.
- armistice
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noun,
a temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement of the warring parties; truce:
- nectarine
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noun,
a variety or mutation of peach having a smooth, downless skin.
- smearcase
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noun,
any soft cheese suitable for spreading or eating with a spoon, especially a sour cottage cheese.
- intrinsic
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adjective,
belonging to a thing by its very nature:
- arsenates
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenic acid.
- arsenites
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- Neisseria
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noun,
any of several spherical bacteria of the genus Neisseria, certain species of which, as N. gonorrhoeae, are pathogenic for humans.
- nimieties
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noun,
excess; overabundance:
- estancias
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noun,
(in Spanish America) a landed estate or a cattle ranch.
- Nierstein
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noun,
a village in SW central Germany, SSE of Mainz: noted for its wines.
- Artemisia
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noun,
any of several composite plants of the genus Artemisia, having aromatic foliage and small disk flowers, including the sagebrush, wormwood, and mugwort.
- sirenians
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noun,
an aquatic, herbivorous mammal of the order Sirenia, including the manatee and dugong.
- Teiresias
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noun,
Tiresias.
- secretins
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noun,
a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- Cartesian
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noun,
a follower of Cartesian thought.
- semainier
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noun,
a chest of the 18th century having seven long drawers: originally meant to hold a week's supply of clothing.
- carnitine
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noun,
a dipolar compound that occurs in muscle and liver and is involved in the transport of fatty acids across the inner mitochondrial membrane.
- miscreant
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noun,
a vicious or depraved person; villain.
- intarsias
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noun,
an art or technique of decorating a surface with inlaid patterns, especially of wood mosaic, developed during the Renaissance.
- miscreate
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adjective,
miscreated.
- anti-icer
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noun,
a device used to prevent the forming of ice, as on an airplane propeller.
- canneries
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noun,
a factory where foodstuffs, as meat, fish, or fruit are canned.
- antimeres
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noun,
a segment or division of the body having a corresponding segment or division that is opposite to it relative to the longitudinal axis of the body.
- canisters
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noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- smart-ass
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noun,
smart ass.
- narceines
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noun,
a narcotic alkaloid, C 23 H 27 NO 8 , occurring in opium and acting as a mild relaxant on smooth muscle.
- racemates
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noun,
a salt or ester of racemic acid.
- staircase
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noun,
a flight of stairs with its framework, banisters, etc., or a series of such flights.
- scenarist
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noun,
a writer of motion-picture or television scenarios.
- naissance
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noun,
a birth, an origination, or a growth, as that of a person, an organization, an idea, or a movement.
- sectaries
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noun,
a member of a particular sect, especially an adherent of a religious body regarded as heretical or schismatic.
- sectarian
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noun,
a member of a sect.
- scientism
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noun,
the style, assumptions, techniques, practices, etc., typifying or regarded as typifying scientists.
- Isenstein
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noun,
(in the Nibelungenlied) the home of Brunhild in Isenland.
- scimitars
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noun,
a curved, single-edged sword of Asian, especially Eastern origin.
- ameristic
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adjective,
not divided into parts; having no meristem.
- incarnate
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adjective,
embodied in flesh; given a bodily, especially a human, form:
- ceramists
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noun,
a person who makes ceramics.
- sarsenets
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noun,
sarcenet.
- sarcenets
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noun,
a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used especially for linings.
- inertance
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noun,
the effect of inertia in an acoustic system, an impeding of the transmission of sound through the system.
- creatines
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noun,
an amino acid, C 4 H 9 N 3 O 2 , that is a constituent of the muscles of vertebrates and is phosphorylated to store energy used for muscular contraction.
- Masinissa
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noun,
238–149 b.c, king of Numidia c210–149.
- increment
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noun,
something added or gained; addition; increase.
- massacres
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noun,
the unnecessary, indiscriminate killing of a large number of human beings or animals, as in barbarous warfare or persecution or for revenge or plunder.
- encrinite
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- actinisms
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noun,
the property of radiation by which chemical effects are produced.
- masseters
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noun,
a short, thick, masticatory muscle, the action of which assists in closing the jaws by raising the mandible or lower jaw.
- increases
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noun,
growth or augmentation in numbers, size, strength, quality, etc.:
- craniates
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noun,
a craniate animal.
- Massinisa
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noun,
Masinissa.
- masteries
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noun,
command or grasp, as of a subject:
- macerates
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verb (used with object),
to soften or separate into parts by steeping in a liquid.
- insincere
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adjective,
not sincere; not honest in the expression of actual feeling; hypocritical.
- actresses
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noun,
a woman who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc., especially professionally.
- cretinism
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noun,
a congenital disease due to absence or deficiency of normal thyroid secretion, characterized by physical deformity, dwarfism, and mental retardation, and often by goiter.
- resinates
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- sacrament
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noun,
Ecclesiastical. a visible sign of an inward grace, especially one of the solemn Christian rites considered to have been instituted by Jesus Christ to symbolize or confer grace: the sacraments of the Protestant churches are baptism and the Lord's Supper; the sacraments of the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches are baptism, confirmation, the Eucharist, matrimony, penance, holy orders, and extreme unction.
- emaciates
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verb (used with object),
to make abnormally lean or thin by a gradual wasting away of flesh.
- man-eater
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noun,
an animal, especially a tiger or lion, that eats or is said to eat human flesh.
- steersman
-
noun,
a person who steers a ship; helmsman.
- ecstasies
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noun,
rapturous delight.
- ecarinate
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adjective,
having no carina or keel.
- sacristan
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noun,
Also called sacrist [sak-rist, sey-krist] /ˈsæk rɪst, ˈseɪ krɪst/ (Show IPA). an official in charge of the sacred vessels, vestments, etc., of a church or a religious house.
- acierates
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verb (used with object),
to convert (iron) into steel.
- actinians
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noun,
any sea anemone.
- Manassite
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noun,
a member of the tribe of Manasseh.
- marcasite
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noun,
Also called white iron pyrites. a common mineral, iron disulfide, FeS 2 , chemically similar to pyrite but crystallizing in the orthorhombic system.
- insensate
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adjective,
not endowed with sensation; inanimate:
- marinates
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verb (used with object),
to steep (food) in a marinade.
- taeniasis
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noun,
infestation with tapeworms.
- maintains
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verb (used with object),
to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain:
- criminate
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verb (used with object),
to charge with a crime.
- matrasses
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noun,
a rounded, long-necked glass container, formerly used for distilling and dissolving substances.
- ascertain
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verb (used with object),
to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine:
- cesareans
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noun,
Also called Cesarean section, C-section. an operation by which a fetus is taken from the uterus by cutting through the walls of the abdomen and uterus.
- amenities
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noun,
an agreeable way or manner; courtesy; civility:
- serenatas
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noun,
a form of secular cantata, often of a dramatic or imaginative character.
- tanneries
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noun,
a place where tanning is carried on.
- incessant
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adjective,
continuing without interruption; ceaseless; unending:
- cineastes
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noun,
any person, especially a director or producer, associated professionally with filmmaking.
- maintain
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verb (used with object),
to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain:
- centiare
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noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- maitrise
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noun,
mastery; skill.
- Marianne
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noun,
the French Republic, personified as a woman.
- atresias
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noun,
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
- marinate
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verb (used with object),
to steep (food) in a marinade.
- secretin
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noun,
a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- entrance
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noun,
an act of entering, as into a place or upon new duties.
- centesis
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noun,
a puncture or perforation.
- crinites
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- catenane
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noun,
any of the class of chemical compounds containing two or more rings that are interlocked without being bonded chemically.
- narceine
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noun,
a narcotic alkaloid, C 23 H 27 NO 8 , occurring in opium and acting as a mild relaxant on smooth muscle.
- Cesarean
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noun,
Also called Cesarean section, C-section. an operation by which a fetus is taken from the uterus by cutting through the walls of the abdomen and uterus.
- seriatim
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adverb, adjective,
in a series; one after another.
- Maritain
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noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1882–1973, French philosopher and diplomat.
- encaenia
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noun,
(used with a plural verb) festive ceremonies commemorating the founding of a city or the consecration of a church.
- sericate
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adjective,
sericeous; silky.
- camasses
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noun,
any of several plants of the genus Camassia, of the lily family, especially C. quamash, of western North America, having long clusters of blue to white flowers and edible bulbs.
- martians
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noun,
a supposed inhabitant of the planet Mars:
- centares
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noun,
centiare.
- cressets
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noun,
a metal cup or basket often mounted on a pole or suspended from above, containing oil, pitch, a rope steeped in rosin, etc., burned as a light or beacon.
- martinis
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noun,
a cocktail made with gin or vodka and dry vermouth, usually served with a green olive or a twist of lemon peel.
- cremates
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verb (used with object),
to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite.
- Canarese
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noun,
one of a Dravidian people living mainly in the state of Karnataka, in southwest India.
- criminis
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noun,
cremini.
- centimes
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noun,
a monetary unit of various nations and territories, as Lichtenstein, Martinique, Senegal, Switzerland, and Tahiti, the 100th part of a franc.
- sestinas
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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.
- teniasis
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noun,
taeniasis.
- emanates
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verb (used with object),
to send forth; emit.
- etamines
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noun,
a lightweight cotton or worsted fabric constructed in plain weave and loosely woven.
- aseismic
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adjective,
free from earthquakes.
- meristic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or divided into segments or somites.
- emaciate
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verb (used with object),
to make abnormally lean or thin by a gradual wasting away of flesh.
- sea-star
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noun,
starfish.
- Asnieres
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noun,
a city in N central France, near Paris.
- entrains
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verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- centners
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noun,
(in several European countries) a unit of weight of 50 kilograms, equivalent to 110.2 pounds avoirdupois.
- Einstein
-
noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1879–1955, German physicist, U.S. citizen from 1940: formulator of the theory of relativity; Nobel Prize 1921.
- cerastes
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noun,
any of several small vipers of the genus Cerastes, including the horned viper, that have a sideways looping motion like that of a sidewinder and inhabit deserts of northern Africa and southwestern Asia.
- Steinman
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noun,
David Barnard, 1886–1960, U.S. civil engineer: specialist in bridge design and construction.
- Estancia
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noun,
(in Spanish America) a landed estate or a cattle ranch.
- Canaries
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noun,
any of several Old World finches of the genus Serinus, especially S. canaria (common canary) native to the Canary Islands and often kept as a pet, in the wild being greenish with brown streaks above and yellow below and in domesticated varieties usually bright yellow or pale yellow.
- serenata
-
noun,
a form of secular cantata, often of a dramatic or imaginative character.
- steamers
-
noun,
something propelled or operated by steam, as a steamship.
- mannites
-
noun,
mannitol.
- emirates
-
noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- easiness
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noun,
the quality or condition of being easy.
- manatees
-
noun,
any of several plant-eating aquatic mammals of the genus Trichechus, of West Indian, Floridian, and Gulf Coast waters, having two flippers in front and a broad, spoon-shaped tail: all species are endangered.
- Mantinea
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noun,
an ancient city in S Greece, in Arcadia: battles 362 b.c., 223 b.c.
- cerimans
-
noun,
a climbing, tropical American plant, Monstera deliciosa, of the arum family, characterized by cordlike, aerial roots and large, perforated leaves.
- seatrain
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noun,
a ship for the transportation of loaded railroad cars.
- mantissa
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noun,
Mathematics. the decimal part of a common logarithm.
Compare characteristic (def 3a).
- asterism
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noun,
Astronomy.
a group of stars.
a constellation.
- earnests
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noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- sirenian
-
noun,
an aquatic, herbivorous mammal of the order Sirenia, including the manatee and dugong.
- cremains
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plural noun,
the ashes of a cremated corpse.
- M-series
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noun,
See under M-line.
- sinister
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adjective,
threatening or portending evil, harm, or trouble; ominous:
- casemate
-
noun,
an armored enclosure for guns in a warship.
- minsters
-
noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- cineaste
-
noun,
any person, especially a director or producer, associated professionally with filmmaking.
- craniate
-
noun,
a craniate animal.
- simitars
-
noun,
scimitar.
- Caterina
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Catherine.
- Maecenas
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noun,
Gaius Cilnius [sil-nee-uh s] /ˈsɪl ni əs/ (Show IPA), c70–8 b.c, Roman statesman: friend and patron of Horace and Vergil.
- caterans
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noun,
(formerly) a freebooter or marauder of the Scottish Highlands.
- enmities
-
noun,
a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; antagonism.
- caseates
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verb (used without object),
to undergo caseation.
- minister
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noun,
a person authorized to conduct religious worship; member of the clergy; pastor.
- citrines
-
noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- seriemas
-
noun,
either of two birds of the family Cariamidae, Cariama cristata, of southern Brazil, or Chunga burmeisteri, of Argentina, having long legs, an erectile crest, a short, broad bill, and limited ability to fly.
- Casement
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noun,
a window sash opening on hinges that are generally attached to the upright side of its frame.
- crannies
-
noun,
a small, narrow opening in a wall, rock, etc.; chink; crevice; fissure:
- Cinerama
-
- minicars
-
noun,
a very small car, especially a subcompact.
- casimere
-
noun,
cassimere.
- macerate
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verb (used with object),
to soften or separate into parts by steeping in a liquid.
- tamarins
-
noun,
any South American marmoset of the genera Saguinus and Leontopithecus (Leontideus), having silky fur and a nonprehensile tail: several species are threatened or endangered.
- matinees
-
noun,
an entertainment, especially a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon.
- cisterna
-
noun,
cistern (def 2).
- cassites
-
noun,
Kassite.
- minarets
-
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.
- cinerins
-
noun,
either of two oily, liquid compounds, C 20 H 28 O 3 or C 21 H 28 O 5 , used as insecticides.
- ensnares
-
verb (used with object),
to capture in, or involve as in, a snare:
- Castries
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of the state of St. Lucia, on the NW coast.
- matrices
-
noun,
something that constitutes the place or point from which something else originates, takes form, or develops:
- iterance
-
noun,
iteration.
- miscasts
-
verb (used with object),
to assign an unsuitable role to (an actor):
- sentries
-
noun,
a soldier stationed at a place to stand guard and prevent the passage of unauthorized persons, watch for fires, etc., especially a sentinel stationed at a pass, gate, opening in a defense work, or the like.
- Massenet
-
noun,
Jules Émile Frédéric [zhyl ey-meel frey-dey-reek] /ʒül eɪˈmil freɪ deɪˈrik/ (Show IPA), 1842–1912, French composer.
- Messenia
-
noun,
a division of ancient Greece, in the SW Peloponnesus: an important center of Mycenaean culture.
- Sicanian
-
adjective,
Sicilian.
- canister
-
noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- Messiaen
-
noun,
Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles [aw-lee-vyey œ-zhen praw-sper sharl] /ɔ liˈvyeɪ œˈʒɛn prɔˈspɛr ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1908–92, French composer and organist.
- semantic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols:
- Messines
-
noun,
a village in W Belgium, near Ypres: battles 1914, 1917.
- creatine
-
noun,
an amino acid, C 4 H 9 N 3 O 2 , that is a constituent of the muscles of vertebrates and is phosphorylated to store energy used for muscular contraction.
- meanness
-
noun,
the state or quality of being mean.
- Erasmian
-
noun,
a follower of Erasmus.
- Sinicism
-
noun,
something characteristic of or peculiar to the Chinese; a Chinese method, custom, or usage.
- massacre
-
noun,
the unnecessary, indiscriminate killing of a large number of human beings or animals, as in barbarous warfare or persecution or for revenge or plunder.
- Macanese
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Macao.
- canteens
-
noun,
a small container used especially by soldiers and hikers for carrying water or other liquids.
- cantinas
-
noun,
a saloon; bar.
- miscites
-
verb (used with or without object),
to misquote.
- Semitics
-
noun,
the study of Semitic languages, literature, etc.
- staminas
-
noun,
strength of physical constitution; power to endure disease, fatigue, privation, etc.
- Mistress
-
noun,
a woman who has authority, control, or power, especially the female head of a household, institution, or other establishment.
- ceramist
-
noun,
a person who makes ceramics.
- sericins
-
noun,
a gelatinous organic compound that holds the two strands of natural silk together.
- eristics
-
noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- miseases
-
noun,
Archaic. discomfort; distress; suffering.
- carinate
-
adjective,
Zoology, Botany. formed with a carina; keellike.
- sericite
-
noun,
a fine-grained variety of muscovite produced by the alteration of feldspar.
- masseter
-
noun,
a short, thick, masticatory muscle, the action of which assists in closing the jaws by raising the mandible or lower jaw.
- Erastian
-
noun,
an advocate of Erastianism.
- McIntire
-
noun,
Samuel, 1757–1811, U.S. architect and woodcarver.
- carmines
-
noun,
a crimson or purplish-red color.
- caresses
-
noun,
an act or gesture expressing affection, as an embrace or kiss, especially a light stroking or touching.
- stearins
-
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.
- internes
-
noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- smartens
-
Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- scienter
-
noun,
a mental state in which one has knowledge that one’s action, statement, etc., is wrong, deceptive, or illegal: often used as a standard of guilt:
- actinism
-
noun,
the property of radiation by which chemical effects are produced.
- arenites
-
noun,
psammite.
- actinias
-
noun,
a sea anemone, especially of the genus Actinia.
- scimitar
-
noun,
a curved, single-edged sword of Asian, especially Eastern origin.
- actinian
-
noun,
any sea anemone.
- saracens
-
noun,
History/Historical. a member of any of the nomadic tribes on the Syrian borders of the Roman Empire.
- instance
-
noun,
a case or occurrence of anything:
- insnares
-
verb (used with object),
ensnare.
- smarties
-
noun,
a smart aleck.
- inertias
-
noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- Arianism
-
noun,
the doctrine, taught by Arius, that Christ the Son was not consubstantial with God the Father.
- amentias
-
noun,
lack of intellectual development; imbecility; severe mental retardation.
- incenter
-
noun,
the center of an inscribed circle; that point where the bisectors of the angles of a triangle or of a regular polygon intersect.
- incenses
-
noun,
an aromatic gum or other substance producing a sweet odor when burned, used in religious ceremonies, to enhance a mood, etc.
- Santeria
-
noun,
(sometimes lowercase) a religion merging the worship of Yoruba deities with veneration of Roman Catholic saints: practiced in Cuba and spread to other parts of the Caribbean and to the U.S. by Cuban emigrés.
- Triassic
-
noun,
Also, Trias [trahy-uh s] /ˈtraɪ əs/ (Show IPA). the Triassic Period or System.
- reinsman
-
noun,
a person who rides or drives horses, especially a skillful one, as a jockey or harness driver.
- Santarem
-
noun,
a city in N Brazil, on the Amazon River.
- Armenian
-
noun,
a native of Armenia.
- niteries
-
noun,
a nightclub.
- animates
-
adjective,
alive; possessing life:
- siriasis
-
noun,
sunstroke.
- Saarinen
-
noun,
Eero [air-oh] /ˈɛər oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1910–61, U.S. architect, born in Finland.
- scanties
-
noun,
scanties, very brief underpants, especially for women.
- trainman
-
noun,
a member of the crew that operates a railroad train, usually an assistant to the conductor, such as a brakeman or flagman.
- interims
-
noun,
an intervening time; interval; meantime:
- Ansermet
-
noun,
Ernest [er-nest] /ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1883–1969, Swiss symphony orchestra conductor.
- trainmen
-
noun,
a member of the crew that operates a railroad train, usually an assistant to the conductor, such as a brakeman or flagman.
- anserine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the subfamily Anserinae, of the family Anatidae, comprising the true geese.
- retsinas
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- Increase
-
noun,
growth or augmentation in numbers, size, strength, quality, etc.:
- airtimes
-
noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- resinate
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- sarsenet
-
noun,
sarcenet.
- raiments
-
noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- Tiresias
-
noun,
a blind prophet, usually said to have been blinded because he saw Athena bathing, and then to have been awarded the gift of prophecy as a consolation for his blindness.
- antimere
-
noun,
a segment or division of the body having a corresponding segment or division that is opposite to it relative to the longitudinal axis of the body.
- increate
-
adjective,
not created; uncreated.
- rascasse
-
noun,
any of several scorpionfishes, as Scorpaena scrofa or S. porcus, of the Mediterranean Sea, used in making bouillabaisse.
- Annamese
-
noun,
a native of Annam.
- sarmenta
-
noun,
a slender running stem; runner.
- intarsia
-
noun,
an art or technique of decorating a surface with inlaid patterns, especially of wood mosaic, developed during the Renaissance.
- sarcinas
-
noun,
any of several spherical, saprophytic bacteria of the genus Sarcina, having a cuboidal cell arrangement.
- sarcenet
-
noun,
a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used especially for linings.
- arcanist
-
noun,
a person professing special secret knowledge concerning ceramics, especially concerning the making of porcelain.
- racemate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of racemic acid.
- ancients
-
noun,
a person who lived in ancient times.
- acrasins
-
noun,
a chemotactic substance, identical with cAMP, secreted by myxamebas of cellular slime molds and attracting other myxamebas to aggregate and form a pseudoplasmodium.
- airiness
-
noun,
openness to the air:
- triennia
-
noun,
a period of three years.
- tsarinas
-
noun,
czarina.
- American
-
noun,
a citizen of the United States of America.
- arsenics
-
- arsenite
-
noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- iranians
-
noun,
a subbranch of the Indo-European family of languages, including especially Persian, Pashto, Avestan, and Kurdish.
- Artesian
-
adjective,
noting, pertaining to, or characteristic of an artesian well.
- amnesiac
-
noun,
a person affected by amnesia.
- arsenate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of arsenic acid.
- Satanism
-
noun,
the worship of Satan or the powers of evil.
- seamster
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sewing; tailor.
- sameness
-
noun,
the state or quality of being the same; identity; uniformity.
- amnesias
-
noun,
loss of a large block of interrelated memories; complete or partial loss of memory caused by brain injury, shock, etc.
- sanities
-
noun,
the state of being sane; soundness of mind.
- amesaces
-
noun,
ambsace.
- reinsmen
-
noun,
a person who rides or drives horses, especially a skillful one, as a jockey or harness driver.
- acarines
-
noun,
any of numerous arachnids of the order Acarina, comprising the mites and ticks.
- tsarisms
-
noun,
czarism.
- Teresian
-
noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- acierate
-
verb (used with object),
to convert (iron) into steel.
- Teresina
-
noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- intrans.
-
- samisens
-
noun,
a guitarlike Japanese musical instrument having an extremely long neck and three strings, played with a plectrum.
- niceties
-
noun,
a delicate or fine point; punctilio:
- nineties
-
noun,
a cardinal number, ten times nine.
- amirates
-
noun,
emirate.
- remanent
-
adjective,
remaining; left behind.
- aminate
-
verb (used with object),
to introduce an amino group into (a compound).
- remnant
-
noun,
a remaining, usually small part, quantity, number, or the like.
- samites
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- resects
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- tinners
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- matrass
-
noun,
a rounded, long-necked glass container, formerly used for distilling and dissolving substances.
- amasses
-
verb (used with object),
to gather for oneself; collect as one's own:
- centner
-
noun,
(in several European countries) a unit of weight of 50 kilograms, equivalent to 110.2 pounds avoirdupois.
- Matisse
-
noun,
Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1869–1954, French painter.
- tamaris
-
noun,
a rich, naturally fermented soybean sauce containing little or no wheat and thicker than soy sauce.
- resents
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- seriema
-
noun,
either of two birds of the family Cariamidae, Cariama cristata, of southern Brazil, or Chunga burmeisteri, of Argentina, having long legs, an erectile crest, a short, broad bill, and limited ability to fly.
- incises
-
verb (used with object),
to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
- cistern
-
noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- cinemas
-
noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- tisanes
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- resists
-
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.
- centime
-
noun,
a monetary unit of various nations and territories, as Lichtenstein, Martinique, Senegal, Switzerland, and Tahiti, the 100th part of a franc.
- ensnare
-
verb (used with object),
to capture in, or involve as in, a snare:
- cinerin
-
noun,
either of two oily, liquid compounds, C 20 H 28 O 3 or C 21 H 28 O 5 , used as insecticides.
- cimaise
-
noun,
cymaise.
- aminase
-
noun,
any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of amino compounds, releasing the amino group and liberating nitrogen.
- airtime
-
noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- amirate
-
noun,
emirate.
- remises
-
verb (used with object),
to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.
- cerates
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- entasis
-
noun,
a slight convexity given to a column or tower, as to correct an optical illusion.
- cermets
-
noun,
a durable, heat-resistant alloy formed by compacting and sintering a metal and a ceramic substance, used under conditions of high temperature and stress.
- mercies
-
noun,
compassionate or kindly forbearance shown toward an offender, an enemy, or other person in one's power; compassion, pity, or benevolence:
- Meitner
-
noun,
Lise [lee-zuh] /ˈli zə/ (Show IPA), 1878–1968, Austrian nuclear physicist.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- America
-
noun,
United States.
- certain
-
Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- Siemens
-
noun,
Electricity. the standard unit of electrical conductance in the International System of Units (SI), equal to the reciprocal of the ohm and replacing the equivalent MKS unit (mho) Abbreviation: S.
- menaces
-
noun,
something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat:
- cerises
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- Meissen
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany, on the Elbe River: famous for fine porcelain.
- siennas
-
noun,
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- Mercian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Mercia.
- entires
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- incense
-
noun,
an aromatic gum or other substance producing a sweet odor when burned, used in religious ceremonies, to enhance a mood, etc.
- ceriman
-
noun,
a climbing, tropical American plant, Monstera deliciosa, of the arum family, characterized by cordlike, aerial roots and large, perforated leaves.
- amerces
-
verb (used with object),
to punish by imposing a fine not fixed by statute.
- entices
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- amentia
-
noun,
lack of intellectual development; imbecility; severe mental retardation.
- incases
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- entrain
-
verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- centri-
-
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- reseats
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- incests
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- satanic
-
adjective,
of Satan.
- Mercast
-
noun,
a broadcasting system used by U.S. agencies to deliver messages to government-operated ships.
- amesace
-
noun,
ambsace.
- centres
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- sericin
-
noun,
a gelatinous organic compound that holds the two strands of natural silk together.
- meinies
-
noun,
Archaic. a group or suite of attendants, followers, dependents, etc.
- merisis
-
noun,
growth, especially growth resulting from cell division.
- Amen-Ra
-
noun,
a god in whom Amen and Ra were combined: the god of the universe and the supreme Egyptian god during the period of Theban political supremacy.
- rennets
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- tanrecs
-
noun,
tenrec.
- enteric
-
noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- sereins
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- seriate
-
adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- cetanes
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- Nicetas
-
noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- matinee
-
noun,
an entertainment, especially a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon.
- stimies
-
noun,
stymie.
- trienes
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- acerate
-
adjective,
acerose1 .
- acetins
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- steamer
-
noun,
something propelled or operated by steam, as a steamship.
- mantras
-
noun,
Hinduism. a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- sestina
-
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.
- manatee
-
noun,
any of several plant-eating aquatic mammals of the genus Trichechus, of West Indian, Floridian, and Gulf Coast waters, having two flippers in front and a broad, spoon-shaped tail: all species are endangered.
- Stinnes
-
noun,
Hugo [hoo-gaw;; English hyoo-goh] /ˈhu gɔ;; English ˈhyu goʊ/ (Show IPA), 1870–1924, German industrialist.
- easiest
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- sesames
-
noun,
a tropical, herbaceous plant, Sesamum indicum, whose small oval seeds are edible and yield an oil.
- sanseis
-
noun,
a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. or Canada.
- strains
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- Marcian
-
noun,
a.d. 392?–457, emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire 450–457.
- Stassen
-
noun,
Harold Edward, 1907–2001, U.S. politician and university president.
- streams
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- acnemia
-
noun,
a condition characterized by atrophy of the muscles of the calf of the leg.
- Mai-Tai
-
noun,
a cocktail of rum, curaçao, lemon and pineapple juice, grenadine, and orgeat syrup, poured over crushed ice.
- marinas
-
noun,
a boat basin offering dockage and other service for small craft.
- Manteca
-
noun,
a town in central California.
- acarine
-
noun,
any of numerous arachnids of the order Acarina, comprising the mites and ticks.
- acrasin
-
noun,
a chemotactic substance, identical with cAMP, secreted by myxamebas of cellular slime molds and attracting other myxamebas to aggregate and form a pseudoplasmodium.
- emetics
-
noun,
an emetic medicine or agent.
- emanate
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth; emit.
- emanant
-
adjective,
emanating or issuing from or as if from a source.
- samisen
-
noun,
a guitarlike Japanese musical instrument having an extremely long neck and three strings, played with a plectrum.
- tsarism
-
noun,
czarism.
- stearin
-
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.
- tsarina
-
noun,
czarina.
- Setaria
-
noun,
any grass of the genus Setaria, having a dense panicle, grown for forage.
- Steiner
-
noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- inseams
-
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.
- stearic
-
adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- emirate
-
noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- ecartes
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- Manners
-
noun,
a way of doing, being done, or happening; mode of action, occurrence, etc.:
- eminent
-
adjective,
high in station, rank, or repute; prominent; distinguished:
- Insecta
-
noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- mannite
-
noun,
mannitol.
- Mansart
-
noun,
Jules Hardouin [zhyl ar-dwan] /ʒül arˈdwɛ̃/ (Show IPA), (Jules Hardouin) 1646–1708, French architect: chief architectural director for Louis XIV.
- Eastman
-
noun,
George, 1854–1932, U.S. philanthropist and inventor in the field of photography.
- easters
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- Eastern
-
adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- santims
-
noun,
a former coin of Latvia, the 100th part of a lat.
- marines
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Sassari
-
noun,
a city in NW Sardinia.
- Riesman
-
noun,
David, 1909–2002, U.S. sociologist.
- creates
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- Sisters
-
noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- creases
-
noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- aerates
-
verb (used with object),
to expose to the action or effect of air or to cause air to circulate through:
- entries
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- encinas
-
noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- Massena
-
noun,
a city in N New York, on the St. Lawrence River.
- trasses
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- Riemann
-
noun,
Georg Friedrich Bernhard [gey-awrk free-drikh bern-hahrt] /geɪˈɔrk ˈfri drɪx ˈbɛrn hɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1826–66, German mathematician.
- inertia
-
noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- sarsens
-
noun,
any of numerous large sandstone blocks or fragments found in south-central England, probably remnants of eroded Tertiary beds.
- Massine
-
noun,
Léonide [ley-aw-need] /leɪ ɔˈnid/ (Show IPA), 1896–1979, U.S. ballet dancer and choreographer, born in Russia.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- incites
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- mastics
-
noun,
Also called mastic tree, lentisk. a small Mediterranean tree, Pistacia lentiscus, of the cashew family, that is the source of an aromatic resin used in making varnish and adhesives.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- tamarin
-
noun,
any South American marmoset of the genera Saguinus and Leontopithecus (Leontideus), having silky fur and a nonprehensile tail: several species are threatened or endangered.
- citrins
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- citrine
-
noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- inserts
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- Siamese
-
noun,
a native of Siam.
- santirs
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Martina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- crinite
-
noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- tresses
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- Saracen
-
noun,
History/Historical. a member of any of the nomadic tribes on the Syrian borders of the Roman Empire.
- crimini
-
noun,
cremini.
- Actinia
-
noun,
a sea anemone, especially of the genus Actinia.
- Maritsa
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing from S Bulgaria along the boundary between Greece and European Turkey and into the Aegean. 300 miles (485 km) long.
- cretins
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- Martens
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- Martian
-
noun,
a supposed inhabitant of the planet Mars:
- Martini
-
noun,
a cocktail made with gin or vodka and dry vermouth, usually served with a green olive or a twist of lemon peel.
- cremate
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite.
- cresset
-
noun,
a metal cup or basket often mounted on a pole or suspended from above, containing oil, pitch, a rope steeped in rosin, etc., burned as a light or beacon.
- cresses
-
noun,
any of various plants of the mustard family, especially the watercress, having pungent-tasting leaves often used for salad and as a garnish.
- sarcasm
-
noun,
harsh or bitter derision or irony.
- martins
-
noun,
Peter, born 1946, U.S. choreographer and ballet master, born in Denmark.
- crenate
-
adjective,
having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.
- Cremini
-
noun,
a cultivated, meaty, tan or brown mushroom, Agaricus bisporus.
- serines
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- encases
-
verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- actress
-
noun,
a woman who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc., especially professionally.
- centare
-
noun,
centiare.
- metiers
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- messans
-
noun,
a lap dog; small pet dog.
- caimans
-
noun,
any of several tropical American crocodilians of the genus Caiman and allied genera: some are endangered.
- Camenae
-
plural noun,
four wise and prophetic deities or fountain nymphs: Carmenta, Egeria, Antevorta, and Postvorta; later identified with the Greek Muses.
- namaste
-
noun,
a conventional Hindu expression on meeting or parting, used by the speaker usually while holding the palms together vertically in front of the bosom.
- smarten
-
Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- Staines
-
noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, on the Thames River near Heathrow airport.
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- Cairene
-
noun,
a native or resident of Cairo, Egypt.
- Cainite
-
noun,
a member of a Gnostic sect that exalted Cain and regarded the God of the Old Testament as responsible for evil.
- nancies
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Meurthe-et-Moselle, in NE France: battles 1477, 1914, 1944.
- nanisms
-
noun,
the condition of being unusually or abnormally small in size or stature; dwarfism.
- Sinitic
-
noun,
a branch of Sino-Tibetan consisting of the various local languages and dialects whose speakers share literary Chinese as their standard language.
- sinters
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- caesars
-
noun,
Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (or Caius) [key-uh s] /ˈkeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), Julius, c100–44 b.c, Roman general, statesman, and historian.
- Emerita
-
noun,
a woman with such status.
- secrets
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- teasers
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- screams
-
noun,
a loud, sharp, piercing cry:
- Screens
-
noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- isatins
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- nascent
-
adjective,
beginning to exist or develop:
- Raamses
-
noun,
a city that was built for the Pharaoh by the Israelites and from which the Exodus began. Ex. 1:11.
- seiners
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- Smetana
-
noun,
Bedřich [Czech be-drzhikh] /Czech ˈbɛ drʒɪx/ (Show IPA), 1824–84, Czech composer.
- semaise
-
noun,
cymaise.
- canters
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- Icarian
-
noun,
an inhabitant of Icaria.
- canteen
-
noun,
a small container used especially by soldiers and hikers for carrying water or other liquids.
- interne
-
noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- antiars
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- seminar
-
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.
- sematic
-
adjective,
serving as a sign or warning of danger, as the conspicuous colors or markings of certain poisonous animals.
- censers
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- racists
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- camises
-
noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- interns
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- canines
-
noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- racisms
-
noun,
a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- tessera
-
noun,
one of the small pieces used in mosaic work.
- iatrics
-
- seismic
-
adjective,
pertaining to, of the nature of, or caused by an earthquake or vibration of the earth, whether due to natural or artificial causes.
- seisins
-
noun,
seizin.
- racemes
-
noun,
a simple indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are borne on short pedicels lying along a common axis, as in the lily of the valley.
- stamin-
-
- atresia
-
noun,
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
- Aterian
-
adjective,
of or indicating a Middle Paleolithic industry of northwestern Africa and the Sahara, characterized by the production of tanged points and bifacially worked leaf-shaped points of varying sizes.
- raisins
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- estrins
-
noun,
estrone.
- tenrecs
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- asinine
-
adjective,
foolish, unintelligent, or silly; stupid:
- neritic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the region of water lying directly above the sublittoral zone of the sea bottom.
- Asiatic
-
noun,
an Asian person.
- Artesia
-
noun,
a city in S California.
- Iricism
-
noun,
Irishism.
- irenics
-
noun,
the branch of theology dealing with the promotion of peace and conciliation among Christian churches.
Compare polemics (def 2).
- seances
-
noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- etamine
-
noun,
a lightweight cotton or worsted fabric constructed in plain weave and loosely woven.
- tenners
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- niacins
-
noun,
nicotinic acid.
- ascites
-
noun,
accumulation of serous fluid in the peritoneal cavity; dropsy of the peritoneum.
- sirenic
-
adjective,
of or characteristic of a siren; melodious, tempting, or alluring.
- Nicaean
-
adjective,
Nicene.
- ascesis
-
noun,
askesis.
- artisan
-
noun,
a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
- etesian
-
adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- ascents
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- Ascaris
-
noun,
any parasitic roundworm of the genus Ascaris, found in the human small intestine and causing colic and diarrhea.
- ARTEMIS
-
noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- iris-in
-
noun,
the gradual appearance of an image or scene through an expanding circle.
- nasties
-
noun,
Informal. a nasty person or thing.
- scrinia
-
noun,
a cylindrical container used in ancient Rome to hold papyrus rolls.
- secerns
-
verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- secants
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- tenaces
-
noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- termini
-
noun,
the end or extremity of anything.
- Armenia
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Asia: now divided between Armenia, Turkey, and Iran.
- intines
-
noun,
the inner coat of a spore, especially a pollen grain.
- neatens
-
verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- Astaire
-
noun,
Fred, 1899–1987, U.S. dancer and actor.
- arnicas
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- Nemesis
-
noun,
something that a person cannot conquer, achieve, etc.:
- nectars
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- asserts
-
Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- seaters
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- estamin
-
noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- assents
-
noun,
agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
- Iranian
-
noun,
a subbranch of the Indo-European family of languages, including especially Persian, Pashto, Avestan, and Kurdish.
- arsines
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- nematic
-
adjective,
noting a mesomorphic state in which the arrangement of the molecules is linear.
- Teniers
-
noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- cantina
-
noun,
a saloon; bar.
- raiment
-
noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- Sarcina
-
noun,
any of several spherical, saprophytic bacteria of the genus Sarcina, having a cuboidal cell arrangement.
- recants
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- caserns
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- insists
-
verb (used with object),
to assert or maintain firmly:
- remains
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- anaemic
-
adjective,
anemic.
- recasts
-
noun,
a recasting.
- caseins
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- cateran
-
noun,
(formerly) a freebooter or marauder of the Scottish Highlands.
- amtracs
-
noun,
amphibian (def 4).
- anatine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the family Anatidae, comprising the swans, geese, and ducks.
- Sistine
-
adjective,
of or relating to any pope named Sixtus.
- animate
-
adjective,
alive; possessing life:
- caseate
-
verb (used without object),
to undergo caseation.
- instars
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- metisse
-
noun,
a woman of mixed ancestry.
- Minster
-
noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- Caserta
-
noun,
a city in S Italy, near Naples.
- insnare
-
verb (used with object),
ensnare.
- imarets
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- cassias
-
noun,
Also called cassia bark, Chinese cinnamon. a variety of cinnamon derived from the cassia-bark tree.
- minaret
-
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.
- Cassite
-
noun,
Kassite.
- sennets
-
noun,
any of several small barracudas, as Sphyraena borealis (northern sennet) ranging along the eastern coast of North and Central America.
- Cassini
-
noun,
Oleg [oh-leg] /ˈoʊ lɛg/ (Show IPA), (Oleg Cassini-Loiewski) 1913–2006, U.S. fashion designer and businessman, born in France.
- cassina
-
noun,
dahoon.
- simitar
-
noun,
scimitar.
- casters
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- miniate
-
verb (used with object),
to illuminate (a manuscript) in red; rubricate.
- anemias
-
noun,
Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
- sennits
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- cassena
-
noun,
dahoon.
- tarmacs
-
noun,
(lowercase) a road, airport runway, parking area, etc., paved with Tarmac, tarmacadam, or a layer of tar.
- casitas
-
noun,
a small crude dwelling forming part of a shantytown inhabited by Mexican laborers in the southwestern U.S.
- sensate
-
adjective,
perceiving or perceived through the senses.
- minicar
-
noun,
a very small car, especially a subcompact.
- recites
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- sateens
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- ancient
-
noun,
a person who lived in ancient times.
- tierces
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- simians
-
noun,
an ape or monkey.
- Antares
-
noun,
a red supergiant star of the first magnitude in the constellation Scorpius.
- misease
-
noun,
Archaic. discomfort; distress; suffering.
- eristic
-
noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- missies
-
noun,
young miss; girl.
- sincere
-
adjective,
free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest:
- Interim
-
noun,
an intervening time; interval; meantime:
- Rameses
-
noun,
Ramses (def 1).
- misters
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- ramenta
-
noun,
a scraping, shaving, or particle.
- careens
-
noun,
a careening.
- stances
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- tarsias
-
noun,
intarsia.
- Mitanni
-
noun,
the Hurrian kingdom in NW Mesopotamia in the 15th and 14th centuries b.c.
- Semitic
-
noun,
a subfamily of Afroasiatic languages that includes Akkadian, Arabic, Aramaic, Ethiopic, Hebrew, and Phoenician.
- stamina
-
noun,
strength of physical constitution; power to endure disease, fatigue, privation, etc.
- amnesia
-
noun,
loss of a large block of interrelated memories; complete or partial loss of memory caused by brain injury, shock, etc.
- stannic
-
adjective,
of or containing tin, especially in the tetravalent state.
- amities
-
noun,
friendship; peaceful harmony.
- semites
-
noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- Messier
-
noun,
Charles [sharl] /ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1730–1817, French astronomer.
- tansies
-
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.
- carinas
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- cements
-
noun,
any of various calcined mixtures of clay and limestone, usually mixed with water and sand, gravel, etc., to form concrete, that are used as a building material.
- Sinatra
-
noun,
Frank (Francis Albert) 1915–98, U.S. singer and actor.
- senecas
-
noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- miscast
-
verb (used with object),
to assign an unsuitable role to (an actor):
- carnies
-
noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- carnets
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- miscite
-
verb (used with or without object),
to misquote.
- scanner
-
noun,
a person or thing that scans.
- amritas
-
noun,
the beverage of immortality.
- Carmine
-
noun,
a crimson or purplish-red color.
- Messina
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Sicily.
- intens.
-
- intense
-
adjective,
existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree:
- siestas
-
noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- caritas
-
noun,
charity.
- simars
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- simian
-
noun,
an ape or monkey.
- Manati
-
noun,
a city in N Puerto Rico.
- insect
-
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.
- irises
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- irenic
-
adjective,
tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory.
- sirens
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- insets
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- siesta
-
noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- instr.
-
- macers
-
noun,
macebearer.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- intern
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- Itasca
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N Minnesota: one of the sources of the Mississippi River.
- inter.
-
- Ismene
-
noun,
a daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta who did not join Antigone in her forbidden burial of their brother Polynices.
- insist
-
verb (used with object),
to assert or maintain firmly:
- sinner
-
noun,
a person who sins; transgressor.
- intima
-
noun,
the innermost membrane or lining of some organ or part, especially that of an artery, vein, or lymphatic.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- iritis
-
noun,
inflammation of the iris of the eye.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- Maisie
-
noun,
a female given name, Scottish form of Margaret.
- intime
-
adjective,
intimate; cozy.
- intine
-
noun,
the inner coat of a spore, especially a pollen grain.
- isseis
-
noun,
a Japanese person who immigrated to the U.S. or Canada after 1907 and was not eligible until 1952 for citizenship.
- isatin
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- Isaian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of Isaiah or of the book of the Bible bearing his name.
- Isaacs
-
noun,
Sir Isaac Alfred, 1855–1948, Australian jurist: governor general of Australia 1931–36.
- sirees
-
noun,
sirree.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- intra-
-
- sienna
-
noun,
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- maists
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- Minnie
-
noun,
mother; mom.
- maniac
-
noun,
a raving or violently insane person; lunatic.
- raisin
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- scents
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- scenas
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- raceme
-
noun,
a simple indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are borne on short pedicels lying along a common axis, as in the lily of the valley.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- 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.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- scarts
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- raises
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- ramate
-
adjective,
having branches; branching out or off.
- scream
-
noun,
a loud, sharp, piercing cry:
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- scares
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- Ramses
-
noun,
the name of several kings of ancient Egypt.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- scants
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- ratans
-
noun,
rattan.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- scrams
-
noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- screen
-
noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- reatas
-
noun,
riata.
- Nicias
-
noun,
died 413 b.c, Athenian statesman and general.
- Nernst
-
noun,
Walther Herman [vahl-tuh r her-mahn] /ˈvɑl tər ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1941, German physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1920.
- nesses
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- Nessie
-
noun,
Loch Ness monster.
- netman
-
noun,
a tennis player.
- netmen
-
noun,
a tennis player.
- seance
-
noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- niacin
-
noun,
nicotinic acid.
- Nicaea
-
noun,
an ancient city in NW Asia Minor: Nicene Creed formulated here a.d.
- Nicene
-
adjective,
of or relating to Nicaea.
- Niemen
-
noun,
a river in the W Soviet Union in Europe, flowing into the Baltic: called Memel in its lower course. 565 miles (910 km) long.
- screes
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- seamen
-
noun,
a person skilled in seamanship.
- Seaman
-
noun,
a person skilled in seamanship.
- niseis
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- Nissan
-
noun,
Nisan.
- scrims
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- nitric
-
adjective,
containing nitrogen, usually in the pentavalent state.
- scries
-
verb (used without object),
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- satins
-
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.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- sarees
-
noun,
sari.
- retina
-
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.
- sasins
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- riatas
-
noun,
a lariat.
- ricins
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- sarsen
-
noun,
any of numerous large sandstone blocks or fragments found in south-central England, probably remnants of eroded Tertiary beds.
- 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.
- Sarnen
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Obwalden, in central Switzerland, E of Bern.
- Rimini
-
noun,
Francesca da, Francesca da Rimini.
- rinses
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- sarans
-
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.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- sansei
-
noun,
a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. or Canada.
- saices
-
noun,
syce.
- saints
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- sanies
-
noun,
a thin, often greenish, serous fluid that is discharged from ulcers, wounds, etc.
- Samain
-
noun,
Samhain.
- sancta
-
noun,
a sacred or holy place.
- Samian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Samos.
- retems
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- resist
-
noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- remiss
-
adjective,
negligent, careless, or slow in performing one's duty, business, etc.:
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- recess
-
noun,
temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity.
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- recti-
-
- reests
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- remans
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- remise
-
verb (used with object),
to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.
- remits
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- resets
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- Remsen
-
noun,
Ira, 1846–1927, U.S. chemist and educator.
- Renata
-
noun,
a female given name.
- renins
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- Rennes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Ille-et-Vilaine, in NW France: former capital of Brittany; scene of trial of Alfred Dreyfus, 1899.
- rennet
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- Rennie
-
noun,
John, 1761–1821, Scottish engineer.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- resect
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- Nerine
-
noun,
any of several bulbous plants belonging to the genus Nerine, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having funnel-shaped red, pink, or white flowers.
- nemat-
-
- manias
-
noun,
excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
- matins
-
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.
- masais
-
noun,
a member of an African people inhabiting the highlands of Kenya and Tanzania and having a largely pastoral economy and a society based on the patrilineal clan.
- masers
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- massas
-
noun,
marse.
- masses
-
noun,
a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size:
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- Mastic
-
noun,
Also called mastic tree, lentisk. a small Mediterranean tree, Pistacia lentiscus, of the cashew family, that is the source of an aromatic resin used in making varnish and adhesives.
- series
-
noun,
a group or a number of related or similar things, events, etc., arranged or occurring in temporal, spatial, or other order or succession; sequence.
- Matane
-
noun,
a city in E Quebec, in SE Canada, on the St. Lawrence River.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- matri-
-
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- McNair
-
noun,
Lesley James, 1883–1944, U.S. army officer.
- meanie
-
noun,
Informal. meany.
- mecate
-
noun,
Southwestern U.S. a rope made of horsehair or sometimes maguey.
- menace
-
noun,
something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat:
- mensas
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- menses
-
noun,
the periodic flow of blood and mucosal tissue from the uterus; menstrual flow.
- Mentes
-
noun,
(in the Odyssey) a captain of the Taphians. Athena assumed his form when she urged Telemachus to search for Odysseus.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mercia
-
noun,
an early English kingdom in central Britain.
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- serins
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- mantic
-
adjective,
of or relating to divination.
- manini
-
adjective,
small; insignificant.
- Manisa
-
noun,
a city in W Turkey, near the Aegean: Roman defeat of Antiochus the Great 190 b.c.
- Mannar
-
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.
- mannas
-
noun,
the food miraculously supplied to the Israelites in the wilderness. Ex. 16:14–36.
- manner
-
noun,
a way of doing, being done, or happening; mode of action, occurrence, etc.:
- Mannes
-
noun,
Leopold Damrosch, 1899–1964, U.S. composer and chemist.
- Mannie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Emanuel.
- manses
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- mantas
-
noun,
(in Spain and Spanish America) a cloak or wrap.
- mantis
-
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.
- Marist
-
noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- mantra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.
- marais
-
noun,
a swamp or bayou.
- Marcan
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of St. Mark or of the second Gospel.
- Marcia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “warlike.”.
- Marcie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marcia.
- sesame
-
noun,
a tropical, herbaceous plant, Sesamum indicum, whose small oval seeds are edible and yield an oil.
- Marian
-
noun,
a person who has a particular devotion to the Virgin Mary.
- Marina
-
noun,
a boat basin offering dockage and other service for small craft.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- 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.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Mersin
-
noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- Neisse
-
noun,
a river in N Europe, flowing N from the NW Czech Republic along part of the boundary between Germany and Poland to the Oder River. 145 miles (233 km) long.
- nanism
-
noun,
the condition of being unusually or abnormally small in size or stature; dwarfism.
- semens
-
noun,
the viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa.
- seisms
-
noun,
an earthquake.
- seisin
-
noun,
seizin.
- seises
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- seines
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- Namtar
-
noun,
the Sumerian and Akkadian demon personifying death.
- nances
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- Nantes
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- NASCAR
-
noun,
National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.
- Nasser
-
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.
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- nastic
-
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.
- secern
-
verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- neaten
-
verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- Semite
-
noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- 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.
- serais
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- minces
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- messan
-
noun,
a lap dog; small pet dog.
- messes
-
noun,
a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition:
- messin
-
noun,
messan.
- seracs
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- meters
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- metier
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- metric
-
noun,
Often, metrics. a standard for measuring or evaluating something, especially one that uses figures or statistics:
- senses
-
noun,
any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body:
- sennit
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- miners
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- Minnis
-
noun,
an ancient people of Asia Minor.
- sennet
-
noun,
any of several small barracudas, as Sphyraena borealis (northern sennet) ranging along the eastern coast of North and Central America.
- sennas
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- Sennar
-
noun,
a region in the E Sudan between the White and Blue Nile rivers, S of Khartoum: a former kingdom.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- Seneca
-
noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- misers
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- misses
-
noun,
a failure to hit something.
- missis
-
noun,
Older Use. wife:
- 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.).
- inseam
-
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.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- insane
-
adjective,
not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- casita
-
noun,
a small crude dwelling forming part of a shantytown inhabited by Mexican laborers in the southwestern U.S.
- Cassia
-
noun,
Also called cassia bark, Chinese cinnamon. a variety of cinnamon derived from the cassia-bark tree.
- Cassie
-
noun,
huisache.
- CASSIS
-
noun,
crème de cassis.
- Tarmac
-
noun,
(lowercase) a road, airport runway, parking area, etc., paved with Tarmac, tarmacadam, or a layer of tar.
- castes
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- catena
-
noun,
a chain or connected series, especially of extracts from the writings of the fathers of the Christian church.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- ceases
-
noun,
cessation:
- cement
-
noun,
any of various calcined mixtures of clay and limestone, usually mixed with water and sand, gravel, etc., to form concrete, that are used as a building material.
- censer
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- censes
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- Center
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- carses
-
noun,
bottom land.
- tarsia
-
noun,
intarsia.
- centr-
-
- Cannes
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean Sea: resort; annual film festival.
- camise
-
noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- Tassie
-
noun,
tass.
- tasses
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- canine
-
noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- Cannae
-
noun,
an ancient town in SE Italy: Hannibal defeated the Romans here 216 b.c.
- cannas
-
noun,
any of various tropical plants of the genus Canna, cultivated for their large, usually brightly colored leaves and showy flowers.
- canner
-
noun,
a person who cans meat, fruit, etc., for preservation.
- cantar
-
noun,
a poem consisting of four-line stanzas, each line having eight syllables.
- Carmen
-
noun,
Ciudad del Carmen.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- Tasman
-
noun,
Abel Janszoon [ah-buh l yahn-sohn] /ˈɑ bəl ˈyɑn soʊn/ (Show IPA), 1602?–59, Dutch navigator and explorer.
- carats
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- careen
-
noun,
a careening.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Carian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Caria.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- Carina
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- Carman
-
noun,
one of the crew of a streetcar or the like, as the motorman.
- centi-
-
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- camera
-
noun,
a device for capturing a photographic image or recording a video, using film or digital memory.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- create
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- Tainan
-
noun,
a city in SW Taiwan.
- cremes
-
noun,
cream.
- crests
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- Crimea
-
noun,
the, a peninsula in SE Ukraine, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
- crisis
-
noun,
a stage in a sequence of events at which the trend of all future events, especially for better or for worse, is determined; turning point.
- taenia
-
noun,
Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
- creams
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- stress
-
noun,
importance attached to a thing:
Synonyms: significance, meaning, emphasis, consequence; weight, value, worth.
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- strass
-
noun,
a flint glass with a high lead content, used to imitate gemstones.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- stimes
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- sterns
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- crease
-
noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Centre
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- Cesena
-
noun,
a city in E central Italy.
- cerat-
-
- cerate
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- CERMET
-
noun,
a durable, heat-resistant alloy formed by compacting and sintering a metal and a ceramic substance, used under conditions of high temperature and stress.
- tannic
-
adjective,
Chemistry. of, relating to, or derived from tan or tannin.
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- cesses
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- crasis
-
noun,
composition; constitution; makeup.
- cestas
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- Tanner
-
noun,
a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.
- cetane
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- cinema
-
noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- cities
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- citrin
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- cnemis
-
noun,
the tibia or shin.
- tamari
-
noun,
a rich, naturally fermented soybean sauce containing little or no wheat and thicker than soy sauce.
- Crania
-
noun,
the skull of a vertebrate.
- teamer
-
noun,
a teamster.
- camass
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Camassia, of the lily family, especially C. quamash, of western North America, having long clusters of blue to white flowers and edible bulbs.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- Amrita
-
noun,
the beverage of immortality.
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- amerce
-
verb (used with object),
to punish by imposing a fine not fixed by statute.
- tinner
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- amices
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- tinmen
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- tinman
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- amtrac
-
noun,
amphibian (def 4).
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- Anemia
-
noun,
Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
- anemic
-
adjective,
Pathology. suffering from anemia.
- anenst
-
preposition,
anent (def 2).
- Animas
-
noun,
soul; life.
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- anises
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- ameers
-
noun,
emir.
- tmesis
-
noun,
the interpolation of one or more words between the parts of a compound word, as be thou ware for beware.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- acmite
-
noun,
a rare pyroxene mineral, sodium-ferric iron silicate, NaFe(Si 2 O 6), found in feldspathoid rocks.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- actin-
-
- tremie
-
noun,
a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- Aeneas
-
noun,
a Trojan hero, the reputed ancestor of the Romans: protagonist of the Aeneid.
- aerate
-
verb (used with object),
to expose to the action or effect of air or to cause air to circulate through:
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- trans.
-
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- airman
-
noun,
an aviator.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- ansate
-
adjective,
having a handle or handlelike part.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- assert
-
Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- asemia
-
noun,
inability to comprehend or use communicative symbols, as words or gestures.
- tensas
-
noun,
a river in NE Louisiana, flowing S to the Ouachita River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- asians
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- tenrec
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- tennis
-
noun,
a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with rackets, in which a ball is driven back and forth over a low net that divides the court in half.
- Tenner
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- assais
-
noun,
any of several slender Brazilian palms of the genus Euterpe, especially E. edulis, a species bearing a purple fruit from which a beverage is made by infusion.
- assent
-
noun,
agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
- Assisi
-
noun,
a town in E Umbria, in central Italy: birthplace of St. Francis of Assisi.
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- assist
-
noun,
Sports.
Baseball. a play that helps to put out a batter or base runner.
Basketball, Ice Hockey. a play that helps a teammate in gaining a goal.
the official credit scored for such plays.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- tenaim
-
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.
- tenace
-
noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- teases
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- Caesar
-
noun,
Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (or Caius) [key-uh s] /ˈkeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), Julius, c100–44 b.c, Roman general, statesman, and historian.
- caiman
-
noun,
any of several tropical American crocodilians of the genus Caiman and allied genera: some are endangered.
- tenses
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tiaras
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Tessin
-
noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- antiar
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- Tessie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- arcane
-
adjective,
known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric:
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- arecas
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- Ariane
-
noun,
Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
- Asante
-
noun,
Ashanti.
- arises
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Arista
-
noun,
Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- arnica
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- arsen-
-
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- caress
-
noun,
an act or gesture expressing affection, as an embrace or kiss, especially a light stroking or touching.
- easies
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- snares
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- imines
-
noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- stanes
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- sitars
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- sneers
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- esters
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- inanes
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- stasis
-
noun,
the state of equilibrium or inactivity caused by opposing equal forces.
- steams
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- emetic
-
noun,
an emetic medicine or agent.
- emesis
-
noun,
vomitus.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- incise
-
verb (used with object),
to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
- incite
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- erases
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- steers
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Icaria
-
noun,
Also, Ikaria. a Greek island in the Aegean Sea: a part of the Southern Sporades group. 99 sq. mi. (256 sq. km).
- smears
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- smarts
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- smites
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- enter-
-
- iatric
-
adjective,
of or relating to a physician or medicine; medical.
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- Smriti
-
noun,
writings containing traditions concerning law, rituals, teachings of the sages, the epics, and the Puranas.
- entice
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Encina
-
noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- encase
-
verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- stares
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- iceman
-
noun,
a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.
- icemen
-
noun,
a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- Ermine
-
noun,
an Old World weasel, Mustela erminea, having in its winter color phase a white coat with black at the tip of the tail.
Compare stoat.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- steins
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- stains
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- steres
-
- ecarte
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- Sister
-
noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- Esenin
-
noun,
Sergey Aleksandrovich [Russian syir-gyey uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Yesenin, Sergey Aleksandrovich.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- stamen
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- Stacia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Inness
-
noun,
George, 1825–94, and his son George, 1854–1926, U.S. painters.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- ecrase
-
adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- escent
-
- Sisera
-
noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- ecesis
-
noun,
the establishment of an immigrant plant in a new environment.
- innate
-
adjective,
existing in one from birth; inborn; native:
- astr.
-
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- 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.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- 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.
- Iran.
-
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- Neman
-
noun,
a river rising in central Byelorussia (Belarus), flowing W through Lithuania into the Baltic. 582 miles (937 km) long.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- nears
-
- 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.
- 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.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- 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.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Areca
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- 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.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- intr.
-
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Ramee
-
noun,
Louise de la ("Ouida") 1839–1908, English novelist.
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- scats
-
noun,
scat singing.
- atria
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- ante-
-
- Atman
-
noun,
the principle of life.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- anti-
-
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- 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).
- scat-
-
- Temne
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Sierra Leone.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- SCRAM
-
noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- asses
-
noun,
plural of ass1 .
- esses
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Essen
-
noun,
a city in W Germany: the chief city of the Ruhr River valley.
- tera-
-
- ASCII
-
noun,
a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
- ASEAN
-
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- Isaac
-
noun,
a son of Abraham and Sarah, and father of Jacob. Gen. 21:1–4.
- 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.
- 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.
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- Assam
-
noun,
a state in NE India. 30,285 sq. mi. (78,438 sq. km). Capital: Dispur.
- Tenn.
-
- Nemea
-
noun,
a valley in SE Greece, in ancient Argolis.
- assai
-
noun,
any of several slender Brazilian palms of the genus Euterpe, especially E. edulis, a species bearing a purple fruit from which a beverage is made by infusion.
- seams
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Srta.
-
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- asst.
-
- Isiac
-
adjective,
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- Arica
-
noun,
a seaport in N Chile.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- 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.
- scrim
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- nitr-
-
- Armen
-
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- assn.
-
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- term.
-
- Estes
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- ricin
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- aeri-
-
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- treas
-
- 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).
- aemia
-
- 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.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- inst.
-
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- sasin
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- retem
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- trama
-
noun,
a specialized hyphal tissue constituting the internal structure of mushroom gills, pore tubes, or spines.
- Aimee
-
noun,
a female given name.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- aecia
-
noun,
the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- 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.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- sanit
-
- sains
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- 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.
- sanes
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Sans.
-
- Saman
-
noun,
a Persian noble who lived in the 8th century a.d., progenitor of the Samanid dynasty.
- Samar
-
noun,
an island in the E central Philippines. 5309 sq. mi. (13,750 sq. km).
- Samas
-
noun,
the Sufi practice of gathering to listen to religious poetry that is sung, often accompanied by ecstatic dance or other ritual.
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- 30-30
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- acari
-
noun,
plural of acarus.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- init.
-
- incr.
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- 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.
- sarc-
-
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- 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.
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- aceae
-
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- 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:
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- acet-
-
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- amain
-
adverb,
with full force.
- scans
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- anim.
-
- 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.
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- IATSE
-
- Recit
-
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- rect.
-
- 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.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- 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.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- anima
-
noun,
soul; life.
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- 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.
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- annas
-
noun,
a former cupronickel coin of Pakistan, the 16th part of a rupee: last issued in 1960.
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- Annam
-
noun,
a former kingdom and French protectorate along the E coast of French Indochina: now part of Vietnam.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- scams
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- anis-
-
- 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)
- iasis
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- 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.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- reni-
-
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- Amer.
-
- imit.
-
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- 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.
- imine
-
noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- ameer
-
noun,
emir.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Amati
-
noun,
Nicolò [nee-kaw-law] /ˌni kɔˈlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1596–1684, Italian violinmaker, one of a famous family of 16th- and 17th-century violinmakers: teacher of Antonio Stradivari.
- amate
-
verb (used with object),
to dismay; daunt.
- amass
-
verb (used with object),
to gather for oneself; collect as one's own:
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- 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.
- amiss
-
Idioms,
take amiss, to be offended at or resentful of (something not meant to cause offense or resentment); misunderstand:
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- anat.
-
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Iceni
-
noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- AMICE
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- 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.
- ician
-
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- amin-
-
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- Nasca
-
adjective,
Nazca.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- mense
-
noun,
propriety; discretion.
- cert.
-
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- Menes
-
noun,
flourished c3200 b.c, traditionally the unifier and 1st king of Egypt: founder of the 1st dynasty.
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Seres
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- 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.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- Merca
-
noun,
a city in S Somalia.
- Merci
-
interjection,
thank you.
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- 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.
- Ceram
-
noun,
an island of the Moluccas in Indonesia, W of New Guinea. 7191 sq. mi. (18,625 sq. km).
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- cine-
-
- McRae
-
noun,
Carmen, 1920–94, U.S. jazz singer and songwriter.
- 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.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- Meier
-
noun,
Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
- manas
-
noun,
the rational faculty of the mind.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- tanna
-
noun,
one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in Palestine during the 1st and 2nd centuries a.d., whose teachings are found chiefly in the Mishnah.
- Seric
-
- seti-
-
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- meets
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- meres
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- metic
-
noun,
an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.
- Ceara
-
noun,
Fortaleza.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- metr-
-
- enema
-
noun,
the injection of a fluid into the rectum to cause a bowel movement.
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- meter
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Miass
-
noun,
a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia, near the Ural Mountains, W of Chelyabinsk.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- 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.
- sense
-
noun,
any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body:
- metes
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- 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: ¢.
- mesne
-
adjective,
intermediate or intervening.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- 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.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Maera
-
noun,
Hecuba, after being changed into a dog for blinding Polymestor.
- 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.
- mesic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- 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.
- cent.
-
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- Sices
-
noun,
syce.
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- maces
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- meta-
-
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- cata-
-
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- crit.
-
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- manna
-
noun,
the food miraculously supplied to the Israelites in the wilderness. Ex. 16:14–36.
- 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.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- crim.
-
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- Marta
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- 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.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- eases
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Manta
-
noun,
(in Spain and Spanish America) a cloak or wrap.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- maras
-
noun,
a city in S Turkey, NE of Adana.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Marat
-
noun,
Jean Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1743–93, French politician and journalist: leader in the French Revolution; assassinated by Charlotte Corday d'Armont.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- marcs
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- ster.
-
- Maria
-
noun,
calaba.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- crams
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- Tamar
-
noun,
the daughter of David and half-sister of Absalom. II Sam. 13.
- masts
-
noun,
Nautical.
a spar or structure rising above the hull and upper portions of a ship or boat to hold sails, spars, rigging, booms, signals, etc., at some point on the fore-and-aft line, as a foremast or mainmast.
any of a number of individual spars composing such a structure, as a topmast supported on trestletrees at the head of a lower mast.
any of various portions of a single spar that are beside particular sails, as a top-gallant mast and royal mast formed as a single spar.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- Manat
-
noun,
a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess personifying fortune, sometimes considered a daughter of Allah.
- 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.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cists
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- Tamas
-
noun,
See under guna.
- matr-
-
- mast-
-
- crass
-
adjective,
without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity; gross; obtuse; stupid:
- manic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affected by mania.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- creme
-
noun,
cream.
- 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.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Masan
-
noun,
a seaport in SE South Korea.
- masc.
-
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Massa
-
noun,
marse.
- mania
-
noun,
excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
- cream
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- masse
-
noun,
a stroke made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held almost or quite perpendicular to the table.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- micra
-
noun,
a plural of micron.
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- Canna
-
noun,
any of various tropical plants of the genus Canna, cultivated for their large, usually brightly colored leaves and showy flowers.
- Sinas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- semen
-
noun,
the viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa.
- 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.
- semi-
-
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Cant.
-
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- semis
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, the half part of an as.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- 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.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Caras
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- 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.
- carat
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Misti
-
noun,
El Misti.
- siris
-
noun,
lebbek (def 1).
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- 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.
- Caria
-
noun,
an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.
- Missa
-
noun,
Mass.
- Miss.
-
- mises
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- MSEnt
-
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- teems
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- 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.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- Issei
-
noun,
a Japanese person who immigrated to the U.S. or Canada after 1907 and was not eligible until 1952 for citizenship.
- sect.
-
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Nance
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- nanas
-
noun,
Chiefly Northeastern U.S. grandmother; grandma.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- tears
-
- 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.
- 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.
- cames
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- seems
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- Naima
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “benevolent.”.
- istic
-
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- seers
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- camis
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- seise
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- seism
-
noun,
an earthquake.
- Canea
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Crete, on the W part.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- misce
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) mix.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- MINCE
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- mini-
-
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- 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.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- cases
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- casas
-
noun,
Bartolomé de las [bahr-taw-law-me th e lahs] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ ðɛ lɑs/ (Show IPA), Las Casas, Bartolomé de.
- Minni
-
noun,
an ancient people of Asia Minor.
- minis
-
noun,
miniskirt.
- maars
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- Minna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Minn.
-
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- macer
-
noun,
macebearer.
- misc.
-
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- Carme
-
noun,
a small natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
- 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.
- Stans
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- 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.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- tRNA
-
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- 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).
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- 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.
- Sams
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Samuel.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- 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.
- tri-
-
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- 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.
- str.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- sec.
-
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Seem
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- 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.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- 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).
- 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.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- Secs
-
noun,
second2 (def 2).
- ten.
-
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- 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.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- SMSA
-
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- SCSI
-
noun,
a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Tasm
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- 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.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sims
-
noun,
William Sowden [soud-n] /ˈsaʊd n/ (Show IPA), 1858–1936, U.S. admiral, born in Canada.
- Ste.
-
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- sci.
-
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- 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.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- 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.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- SASE
-
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- SRAM
-
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- scr.
-
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- Sra.
-
- Sem.
-
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- ter.
-
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Sass
-
noun,
stewed fruit; fruit sauce.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- 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.
- Sat.
-
- seme
-
adjective,
covered with many small, identical figures.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- 1080
-
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- ESIS
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- etc.
-
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- 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).
- IAEA
-
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- IATA
-
- Ice.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- inae
-
- Inc.
-
- 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.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- INRI
-
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- crat
-
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Cres
-
- 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.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- ect-
-
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- emes
-
noun,
friend.
- EMet
-
- emia
-
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- enc.
-
- ence
-
- Ens.
-
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- ins.
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- masa
-
noun,
flour or dough made of dried, ground corn, used especially for tortillas.
- Mana
-
noun,
a generalized, supernatural force or power, which may be concentrated in objects or persons.
- 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.
-
- Mara
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of death, sometimes seen as one aspect of a god whose other aspect is Kama, or erotic desire.
- MARC
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Mass
-
noun,
a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size:
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- 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:
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- meas
-
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- 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.
- men-
-
- ment
-
- Man.
-
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- int.
-
- 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.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- ISIS
-
noun,
a goddess of fertility, the sister and wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, and usually represented as a woman with a cow's horns with the solar disk between them: later worshiped in the Greek and Roman empires.
- isms
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ISSN
-
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- Maia
-
noun,
the eldest of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes by Zeus.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- itis
-
- 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.
- maar
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- Maas
-
noun,
Dutch name of the Meuse.
- Maat
-
noun,
the goddess personifying law and righteousness.
- Mac-
-
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- cit.
-
- cis-
-
- mere
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- Anna
-
noun,
a former cupronickel coin of Pakistan, the 16th part of a rupee: last issued in 1960.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- amt.
-
- Anam
-
noun,
Annam.
- Anas
-
- ance
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ann.
-
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- ANSI
-
- ant.
-
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- 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.
- 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.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- ARIS
-
- aer-
-
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- AAEE
-
- acea
-
- 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.
- Acta
-
plural noun,
official records, as of acts, deeds, proceedings, transactions, or the like.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- amas
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- aet.
-
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- AIME
-
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Aire
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- AISI
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Aman
-
noun,
Haman.
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- Arm.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Cara
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- 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.
- Casa
-
noun,
a house.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- Cass
-
noun,
Lewis, 1782–1866, U.S. statesman.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- cat.
-
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- Can.
-
- cen.
-
- cene
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- CERN
-
- cess
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- cet-
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- cir.
-
- Cana
-
noun,
an ancient town in N Israel, in Galilee: scene of Jesus' first miracle. John 2:1, 11.
- 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.
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- asis
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- asc-
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- 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.
- ASME
-
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- ASSR
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ASTM
-
- atm.
-
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- atic
-
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- iana
-
- 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.
- Nama
-
noun,
a member of a Khoikhoi people of Namaqualand, in SW Africa.
- 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):
- NACA
-
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- 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.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- 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.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- 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.
- 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.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- 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)
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Nana
-
noun,
Chiefly Northeastern U.S. grandmother; grandma.
- rit.
-
- MSEE
-
- MSIE
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- MSSc
-
- MSTS
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- 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.
- 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).
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- RIIA
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- msec
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- 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.
- 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.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- NTIA
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- mes-
-
- 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.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NIRA
-
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Rama
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) any of the three avatars of Vishnu: Balarama, Parashurama, or Ramachandra.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- NCAA
-
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- NCTE
-
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- neem
-
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- RNAS
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- SAMA
-
noun,
the Sufi practice of gathering to listen to religious poetry that is sung, often accompanied by ecstatic dance or other ritual.
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- mRNA
-
- 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.
- min.
-
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- 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.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- 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.
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- MNAS
-
- Sacs
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- 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.
- Sam.
-
- Mic.
-
- mess
-
noun,
a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition:
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- mis-
-
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- MSCE
-
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- 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.
- met.
-
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- 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.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- MSAE
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- an.
-
- cr.
-
- cs.
-
- at.
-
- ca.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ATA
-
- Ar.
-
- ATC
-
- ast
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- AAE
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- tr.
-
- ct.
-
- NRA
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- TSI
-
- NSC
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- NSA
-
- NRC
-
- nr.
-
- TSE
-
- 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.
- NNE
-
- NMR
-
- NMI
-
- CIA
-
- CIE
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- CEA
-
- SCM
-
- CAA
-
- TCA
-
- CAI
-
- AMA
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- 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.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- 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
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- RMA
-
- Re.
-
- ac-
-
- Am.
-
- RCS
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- AIA
-
- Aar
-
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- AIC
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- RTS
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- rte
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- rt.
-
- ANC
-
- 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.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- AMS
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- tra
-
- RNA
-
- RMC
-
- AMC
-
- Rs.
-
- AME
-
- 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
-
- RSA
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- RSE
-
- RSS
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- TIA
-
- ASR
-
- RCA
-
- REA
-
- ase
-
- RCT
-
- sc.
-
- ASI
-
- RCN
-
- ASM
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- 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.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- ASN
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AAM
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- AEC
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- 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.
- AEA
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ae.
-
- SAA
-
- ARS
-
- 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.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ACS
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- SAE
-
- CIM
-
- CSR
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- ine
-
- ier
-
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- MTS
-
- mtn
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- MTI
-
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- Mt.
-
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- MST
-
- Ir.
-
- MSN
-
- IRC
-
- MSI
-
- IRS
-
- SMA
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ISA
-
- SCS
-
- SRS
-
- ESR
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- Sr.
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- NAA
-
- IAS
-
- SMS
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- ics
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ia.
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- MSE
-
- SSA
-
- MIE
-
- MNA
-
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- 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).
- MIT
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- MAA
-
- 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
-
- 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.
- 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).
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- mi.
-
- MNE
-
- MNS
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- MRI
-
- ise
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- MSA
-
- ISR
-
- ist
-
- ITA
-
- ITC
-
- ite
-
- MRE
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MRA
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- Mc-
-
- Me.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- MSC
-
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- ss.
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- SSC
-
- STI
-
- EAA
-
- EAM
-
- ean
-
- 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.
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- SSE
-
- NIA
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- 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:
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ec-
-
- ECA
-
- ECM
-
- NES
-
- ea.
-
- STM
-
- eir
-
- 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.
- se-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- CMA
-
- CNM
-
- CNN
-
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- CNS
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- CRS
-
- CRT
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- CSA
-
- CST
-
- CTA
-
- cte
-
- EEC
-
- TSS
-
- EIS
-
- ene
-
- Esc
-
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- ese
-
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- Sta
-
- ERT
-
- St.
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- SST
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- SSS
-
- ne-
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- SSI
-
- SSM
-
- NEC
-
- EMR
-
- NEA
-
- SSN
-
- EMT
-
- en-
-
- ESA
-
- SSR
-
- NM
-
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- SN
-
- R.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
-
- MN
-
- t.
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- SM
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RN
-
- CE
-
- CM
-
- N.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- TM
-
- NC
-
- NI
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- TC
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- i.
-
- EI
-
- M.
-
- S.
-
- SA
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- ee
-
- RI
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ic
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- RC
-
- TN
-