Anagrams of nectaries
Word nectaries has
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that can be made by using the letters of nectaries.
- centiares
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noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- iterances
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noun,
iteration.
- 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.
- iterance
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noun,
iteration.
- secretin
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noun,
a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- arsenite
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- canister
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noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- centares
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noun,
centiare.
- centiare
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noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- cineaste
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noun,
any person, especially a director or producer, associated professionally with filmmaking.
- cisterna
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noun,
cistern (def 2).
- creatine
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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.
- sericate
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adjective,
sericeous; silky.
- arenites
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noun,
psammite.
- scienter
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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:
- sarcenet
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noun,
a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used especially for linings.
- Increase
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noun,
growth or augmentation in numbers, size, strength, quality, etc.:
- increate
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adjective,
not created; uncreated.
- resinate
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- carnies
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noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- centres
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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.
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- nectars
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noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- centare
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noun,
centiare.
- tanrecs
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noun,
tenrec.
- etesian
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adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- carnets
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noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- centri-
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- canters
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noun,
an easy gallop.
- Cairene
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noun,
a native or resident of Cairo, Egypt.
- tenaces
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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.
- Teniers
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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.
- tenrecs
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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.
- Nicetas
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noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- recites
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verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- recants
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verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- careens
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noun,
a careening.
- cetanes
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noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- cerates
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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.
- earnest
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noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- seriate
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adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- entries
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noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- entires
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- entices
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verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- enteric
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noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- ecartes
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noun,
a card game for two players.
- sincere
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adjective,
free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest:
- Eastern
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adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- certain
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Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- cretins
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- arenite
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noun,
psammite.
- Insecta
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noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- creates
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adjective,
Archaic. created.
- Steiner
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noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- cistern
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noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- crenate
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adjective,
having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.
- stearic
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adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- trainee
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noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- tierces
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noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- trienes
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- acetins
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noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- Sirena
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noun,
a female given name.
- trains
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noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- trance
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noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- trans.
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- Cretan
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- cretin
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- transe
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noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- C-star
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noun,
carbon star.
- stance
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noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- recti-
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- ratine
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- easier
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noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- create
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adjective,
Archaic. created.
- Easter
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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.
- ecarte
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noun,
a card game for two players.
- ecrase
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adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- enacts
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verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- enates
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noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- encase
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verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- serine
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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;
- treens
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noun,
treenware.
- sinter
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- crates
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noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- crease
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noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- cerise
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adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- Center
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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.
- centi-
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- tineas
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noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- centr-
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- centra
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noun,
a plural of centrum.
- Centre
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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.
- cerat-
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- cerate
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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.
- Raetic
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noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- cerias
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noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- certes
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adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- enters
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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:
- Cesena
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noun,
a city in E central Italy.
- Strine
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noun,
Australian English.
- cetane
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noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- Strain
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- racist
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noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- tisane
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noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- Racine
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noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- Sterne
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noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- steric
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adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- traces
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noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- enter-
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- actins
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noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- entice
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verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- intra-
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- incest
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noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- trices
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noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- triene
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- insect
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noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- insert
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- instar
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noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- instr.
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- satire
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noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- inter.
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- inters
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verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- sateen
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noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- trines
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- retain
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- acetin
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noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- santir
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noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Santee
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noun,
a city in SW California.
- Nereis
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noun,
clamworm.
- nectar
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noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- retina
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noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- nacres
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noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- triens
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noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- nastic
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adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- incase
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verb (used with object),
encase.
- screen
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noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- censer
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noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- niters
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- entire
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- actin-
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- rentes
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noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- erects
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adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- ericas
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noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- Serena
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noun,
a female given name.
- serein
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noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- nitres
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noun,
niter.
- Ernest
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noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- Seneca
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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.
- Senate
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noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- seance
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noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- escent
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- seiner
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noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- reseat
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verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- Estrin
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noun,
estrone.
- triacs
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noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- secret
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noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- secern
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verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- secant
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noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- resect
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verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- seater
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noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- resent
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verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- centas
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noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- Crista
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noun,
a crest or ridge.
- caners
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noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- caries
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noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- casein
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noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- cartes
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noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- arsen-
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- arsine
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noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- ascent
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noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- Teresa
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noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- terces
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noun,
tierce (def 3).
- carnet
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noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- terais
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noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Cairns
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noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- carets
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noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Caster
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noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- astern
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adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- re-act
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verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- tenrec
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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.
- tenias
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noun,
taenia.
- careen
-
noun,
a careening.
- recant
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verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- 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.
- Recent
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noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- recast
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noun,
a recasting.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- tierce
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noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- casern
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noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- ranees
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noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- ternes
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noun,
terne metal.
- aretes
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noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- tanrec
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noun,
tenrec.
- antres
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noun,
a cavern; cave.
- caters
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verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- recite
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verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- teaser
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noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- sanit
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- ante-
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- nitr-
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- 30-30
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- nares
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plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- narcs
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noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- terns
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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.
- tenia
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noun,
taenia.
- sarc-
-
- Seine
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noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- Niter
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- sect.
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- Ester
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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 .
- nears
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- antes
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noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- astr.
-
- astir
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adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- trice
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noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Isere
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noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- aster
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noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- senti
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noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Ernst
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noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- niece
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noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- 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.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- cains
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noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Seric
-
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- caine
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noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- rents
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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.
- ranis
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noun,
ranee.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- 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.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- riant
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adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- serai
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noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- acet-
-
- anti-
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- inst.
-
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- intr.
-
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- 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.
- Iran.
-
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- tera-
-
- scat-
-
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- 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.
- IATSE
-
- 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.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- 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.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- incr.
-
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Recit
-
- cine-
-
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- ster.
-
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- 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.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- 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.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- 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).
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- 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: ¢.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- 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.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- cert.
-
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- 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.
- 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.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- rect.
-
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- reni-
-
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- anis-
-
- tears
-
- treas
-
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- seti-
-
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- Cant.
-
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- cent.
-
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- 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.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- crit.
-
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Srta.
-
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- 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.
- 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.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- aeri-
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- 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.
- 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.
- tRNA
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- 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.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Sra.
-
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Ste.
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- str.
-
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- 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.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- 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.
- ten.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- 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.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- ter.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sci.
-
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rit.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RNAS
-
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- 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.
- Sat.
-
- 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.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- scr.
-
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- 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.
- sec.
-
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- tri-
-
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- 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.
- 1080
-
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- 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.
- ates
-
- ins.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- int.
-
- enc.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- cene
-
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- 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.
- inae
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- asc-
-
- art.
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- 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.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- ARIS
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- ect-
-
- 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.
- CERN
-
- Inc.
-
- atic
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- cat.
-
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- etc.
-
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- ence
-
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Can.
-
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- 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).
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- Ens.
-
- Ice.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- cen.
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- cet-
-
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- 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.
- ant.
-
- cis-
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- aet.
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- cit.
-
- aer-
-
- NTIA
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- crat
-
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- acr-
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- 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.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- Cres
-
- 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).
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- cts.
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- ctr.
-
- NIRA
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ANSI
-
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- ance
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- NCTE
-
- 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.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Aire
-
- 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.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- cir.
-
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- CIE
-
- CEA
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- CRS
-
- CIA
-
- CNS
-
- CRT
-
- STI
-
- CSA
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- RCA
-
- ATC
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- AIC
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- 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.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ANC
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- 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.
- tr.
-
- tra
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- AEC
-
- ae.
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ACS
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- Ar.
-
- an.
-
- ac-
-
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- ca.
-
- TCA
-
- TCS
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- CAI
-
- ct.
-
- cs.
-
- cr.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- TIA
-
- CST
-
- at.
-
- ast
-
- ASR
-
- ASN
-
- ASI
-
- ase
-
- 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.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- CSR
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- CTA
-
- ITC
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- RNA
-
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- RSE
-
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- RTS
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- SAE
-
- ite
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- ITA
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ist
-
- SAR
-
- ISR
-
- ise
-
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- cte
-
- IRC
-
- Ir.
-
- sc.
-
- ine
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ne-
-
- ier
-
- NSA
-
- RCT
-
- REA
-
- 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.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- 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.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Re.
-
- RCS
-
- NSC
-
- NRC
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NIA
-
- 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:
- 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.
- NES
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- NEC
-
- NEA
-
- in.
-
- IRS
-
- 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.
- RCN
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ene
-
- en-
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- eir
-
- 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).
- EEC
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ECA
-
- ec-
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- 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).
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- 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.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ean
-
- ea.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Sr.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- St.
-
- Sta
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- EIS
-
- ERT
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- IAS
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- Ia.
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- se-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- ics
-
- ETS
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- ESR
-
- ETR
-
- ESA
-
- ese
-
- Esc
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- N.
-
- ee
-
- RI
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- RN
-
- EI
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- NC
-
- NI
-
- S.
-
- 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.
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- 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.
- SN
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RC
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- R.
-
- SA
-
- ic
-
- i.
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- 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.
- t.
-
- T1
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TN
-
- TC
-
- CE
-