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Word nitrobacteria has
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- ratiocinate
-
verb (used without object),
to reason; carry on a process of reasoning.
- air-to-air
-
adverb,
from one aircraft, missile, or the like, to another while in flight:
- abreaction
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noun,
release of emotional tension achieved through recalling a repressed traumatic experience.
- retraction
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noun,
the act of retracting or the state of being retracted.
- aberration
-
noun,
the act of departing from the right, normal, or usual course.
- recitation
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noun,
an act of reciting.
- carabinero
-
noun,
an officer of the revenue service.
- Trinacria
-
noun,
an ancient name of Sicily.
- anaerobic
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adjective,
(of an organism or tissue) living in the absence of air or free oxygen.
- tricotine
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noun,
cavalry twill.
- inerratic
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adjective,
not erratic or wandering; fixed:
- cinerator
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noun,
an incinerator.
- torbanite
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noun,
Petrology. a dark-brown oil shale containing a large amount of carbonaceous matter.
- Cineraria
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noun,
any of several horticultural varieties of a composite plant, Senecio hybridus, of the Canary Islands, having clusters of flowers with white, blue, purple, red, or variegated rays.
- trinitro-
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- aerobatic
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noun,
(used with a plural verb) stunts performed in flight by an airplane, glider, or the like.
- tarriance
-
noun,
delay.
- criterion
-
noun,
a standard of judgment or criticism; a rule or principle for evaluating or testing something.
- cat-train
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noun,
a train of sleds and other vehicles mounted on runners, the whole procession drawn by a tractor with caterpillar treads.
- intricate
-
adjective,
having many interrelated parts or facets; entangled or involved:
- Carbonari
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plural noun,
the members of a secret political society in the early part of the 19th century, active in Italy, France, and Spain.
- Canrobert
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noun,
François Certain [frahn-swa ser-tan] /frɑ̃ˈswa sɛrˈtɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1809–95, French marshal.
- one-a-cat
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noun,
one old cat.
- carbonate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of carbonic acid.
- carabiner
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noun,
a D -shaped ring with a spring catch on one side, used for fastening ropes in mountaineering.
- iteration
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noun,
the act of repeating; a repetition.
- carnotite
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noun,
a yellow, earthy, hydrous potassium uranium vanadate: an ore of uranium.
- arbitrate
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verb (used with object),
to decide as arbitrator or arbiter; determine.
- anti-icer
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noun,
a device used to prevent the forming of ice, as on an airplane propeller.
- boracite
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noun,
a strongly pyroelectric mineral, a borate and chloride of magnesium, Mg 6 Cl 2 B 14 O 26 , occurring in white or colorless cubic crystals or fine-grained masses.
- contrite
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adjective,
caused by or showing sincere remorse.
- Brattain
-
noun,
Walter Houser [hou-zer] /ˈhaʊ zər/ (Show IPA), 1902–1987, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1956.
- contrib.
-
- contrate
-
adjective,
(of a gear) having teeth at right angles to the plane of rotation.
- retroact
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verb (used without object),
to act in opposition; react.
- botanica
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noun,
a shop specializing in herbs, spiritual items, etc.
- anterior
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adjective,
situated before or at the front of; fore (opposed to posterior).
- canotier
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noun,
a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- Canberra
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Australia, in the SE part, in the Australian Capital Territory.
- Citation
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noun,
Military. mention of a soldier or a unit in orders, usually for gallantry:
- catbrier
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noun,
any prickly vine of the genus Smilax, especially S. rotundifolia, of eastern North America, growing in tangled masses.
- traction
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noun,
the adhesive friction of a body on some surface, as a wheel on a rail or a tire on a road.
- brattice
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noun,
a partition or lining, as of planks or cloth, forming an air passage in a mine.
- tornaria
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noun,
the ciliated, free-swimming larva of certain hemichordates.
- carinate
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adjective,
Zoology, Botany. formed with a carina; keellike.
- airborne
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adjective,
carried by the air, as pollen or dust.
- Torrance
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noun,
a city in SW California, SW of Los Angeles.
- air-core
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adjective,
having a nonmagnetic core, as one of fiber or plastic, encircled by a coil (air-core coil) or containing one or more such coils:
- Taconite
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noun,
a low-grade iron ore, containing about 27 percent iron and 51 percent silica, found as a hard rock formation in the Lake Superior region.
- centibar
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noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of pressure, equal to 1/100 (0.01) bar or 10,000 dynes per square centimeter.
- Tacitean
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of Publius Cornelius Tacitus.
- craniate
-
noun,
a craniate animal.
- Taborite
-
noun,
(in the 15th century) a member of the militant body of Hussites maintaining a strict literal interpretation of the Scriptures.
- Rotarian
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noun,
a member of a Rotary Club.
- arboreta
-
noun,
a plot of land on which many different trees or shrubs are grown for study or display.
- Caterina
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Catherine.
- Tartaric
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adjective,
pertaining to or derived from tartar.
- retirant
-
noun,
retiree.
- Creation
-
noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- Aaronite
-
noun,
one of the priestly descendants of Aaron.
- raincoat
-
noun,
a waterproof or water-repellent coat worn as protection against rain.
- Bernicia
-
noun,
a 6th- and 7th- century Anglian kingdom, merged with Deira to form the kingdom of Northumbria, in present-day NE England and SE Scotland.
- Interior
-
noun,
the internal or inner part; inside.
- Atabrine
-
- aberrant
-
noun,
an aberrant person, thing, group, etc.
- abattoir
-
noun,
a slaughterhouse.
- irritant
-
noun,
anything that irritates.
- irritate
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verb (used with object),
to excite to impatience or anger; annoy.
- betatron
-
noun,
an accelerator in which electrons are accelerated to high energies by an electric field produced by a changing magnetic field.
- Triratna
-
noun,
the three components of Buddhism, which are the Buddha, or teacher, the dharma, or teaching, and the Sangha, or priesthood.
- baritone
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noun,
a male voice or voice part intermediate between tenor and bass.
- Tiberian
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adjective,
of or relating to the emperor Tiberius.
- bacterin
-
noun,
a vaccine prepared from killed bacteria.
- bacteria
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plural noun,
ubiquitous one-celled organisms, spherical, spiral, or rod-shaped and appearing singly or in chains, comprising the Schizomycota, a phylum of the kingdom Monera (in some classification systems the plant class Schizomycetes), various species of which are involved in fermentation, putrefaction, infectious diseases, or nitrogen fixation.
- bacteri-
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- Niobrara
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noun,
a river flowing E from E Wyoming through Nebraska to the Missouri. 431 miles (692 km) long.
- arterio-
-
- interact
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verb (used without object),
to act one upon another.
- cabretta
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noun,
a leather made from the skins of sheep that grow hair rather than wool, tougher than other sheepskins and used chiefly for gloves and shoes.
- reaction
-
noun,
a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- birretta
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noun,
biretta.
- criteria
-
noun,
a standard of judgment or criticism; a rule or principle for evaluating or testing something.
- Croatian
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noun,
a Croat.
- tentoria
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noun,
Anatomy. an extension of one of the membranes covering the cerebrum which, with the transverse fissure, separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum.
- reactant
-
noun,
a person or thing that reacts.
- Cabrini
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noun,
Saint Frances Xavier ("Mother Cabrini") 1850–1917, U.S. nun, born in Italy; founder of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
- Cabrera
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noun,
Manuel Estrada [Spanish mahn-wel es-trah-th ah] /Spanish mɑnˈwɛl ɛsˈtrɑ ðɑ/ (Show IPA), Estrada Cabrera, Manuel.
- biretta
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noun,
a stiff square cap with three or four upright projecting pieces extending from the center of the top to the edge, worn by ecclesiastics.
- tabetic
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noun,
a person affected with tabes.
- baronet
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noun,
a member of a British hereditary order of honor, ranking below the barons and made up of commoners, designated by Sir before the name and Baronet, usually abbreviated Bart., after:
- Bonaire
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noun,
an island in the E Netherlands Antilles, in the S West Indies. 95 sq. mi. (245 sq. km).
- Barnett
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noun,
a male given name.
- Tibetan
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noun,
a member of the people native to or inhabiting Tibet.
- Tartini
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noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1692–1770, Italian violinist and composer.
- cabaret
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noun,
a restaurant providing food, drink, music, a dance floor, and often a floor show.
- bainite
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noun,
an aggregate of iron carbide and ferrite, formed from austenite below the temperature at which pearlite forms and above that at which martensite forms.
- bittern
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noun,
any of several tawny brown herons that inhabit reedy marshes, as Botaurus lentiginosus (American bittern) of North America, and B. stellaris, of Europe.
- Bactria
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noun,
an ancient country in W Asia, between the Oxus River and the Hindu Kush Mountains. Capital: Bactra.
- tartare
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adjective,
(especially of fish) finely chopped and served raw (used postpositively):
- Titania
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noun,
synthetic rutile, TiO 2 , used as a gem.
- cabinet
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noun,
a piece of furniture with shelves, drawers, etc., for holding or displaying items:
- Bettina
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noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- tabinet
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noun,
a fabric resembling poplin, made of silk and wool and usually given a watered finish.
- terrain
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noun,
a tract of land, especially as considered with reference to its natural features, military advantages, etc.
- bracero
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noun,
a Mexican laborer admitted legally into the U.S. for a short period to perform seasonal, usually agricultural, labor.
- Britain
-
noun,
Great Britain.
- Britten
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noun,
(Edward) Benjamin, 1913–76, English composer and pianist.
- Britton
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noun,
Nathaniel Lord, 1859–1934, U.S. botanist.
- taction
-
noun,
touch; contact.
- Benicia
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noun,
a town in W California.
- bearcat
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noun,
Informal. a person or thing that fights or acts with force or fierceness.
- tartine
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noun,
a fancy French open-faced sandwich topped with spreadable ingredients.
- taboret
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noun,
a low seat without back or arms, for one person; stool.
- Taranto
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noun,
Ancient Tarentum. a fortified seaport in SE Italy, on the Gulf of Taranto: founded by the Greeks in the 8th century b.c.; naval base.
- bicorne
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noun,
a two-cornered cocked hat worn especially in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
- tertian
-
noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- tetanic
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adjective,
Pathology. pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by tetanus.
- bornite
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noun,
a common mineral and important ore of copper, copper iron sulfide, Cu 5 FeS 4 , occurring in masses, of brownish color when first exposed to the air; peacock ore.
- Barrett
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noun,
Elizabeth, Browning, Elizabeth Barrett.
- taborin
-
noun,
a small tabor.
- teacart
-
noun,
tea wagon.
- biotite
-
noun,
a very common mineral of the mica group, occurring in black, dark-brown, or dark-green sheets and flakes: an important constituent of igneous and metamorphic rocks.
- Niteroi
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in SE Brazil.
- cabrito
-
noun,
the meat of a young goat.
- intreat
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verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- Croatia
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noun,
a republic in SE Europe: includes the historical regions of Dalmatia, Istria, and Slavonia; formerly a part of Yugoslavia. 21,835 sq. mi. (56,555 sq. km) Capital: Zagreb.
- reboant
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adjective,
resounding or reverberating loudly.
- 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.
- reactor
-
noun,
a person or thing that reacts or undergoes reaction.
- erotica
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noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- erratic
-
noun,
an erratic or eccentric person.
- rarebit
-
noun,
Welsh rabbit.
- Rainier
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic peak in W Washington, in the Cascade Range. 14,408 feet (4392 meters).
- Iberian
-
noun,
one of the ancient inhabitants of Iberia in Europe, from whom the Basques are supposed to be descended.
- Icarian
-
noun,
an inhabitant of Icaria.
- iceboat
-
noun,
a vehicle for rapid movement on ice, usually consisting of a T -shaped frame on three runners driven by a fore-and-aft sailing rig or, sometimes, by an engine operating a propeller.
- inertia
-
noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- Introit
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noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a part of a psalm with antiphon recited by the celebrant of the Mass at the foot of the altar and, at High Mass, sung by the choir when the priest begins the Mass.
- crinite
-
noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- orbiter
-
noun,
Also called space shuttle orbiter. the crew- and payload-carrying component of the space shuttle.
- oneiric
-
adjective,
of or relating to dreams.
- iterant
-
adjective,
characterized by repetition; repeating.
- Oceania
-
noun,
the islands of the central and S Pacific, including Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and traditionally Australasia. About 3,450,000 sq. mi. (8,935,500 sq. km).
- ocarina
-
noun,
a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
- Nairobi
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Kenya, in the SW part.
- narrate
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verb (used with object),
to give an account or tell the story of (events, experiences, etc.).
- natator
-
noun,
a swimmer.
- Norbert
-
noun,
a male given name.
- neritic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the region of water lying directly above the sublittoral zone of the sea bottom.
- nitrite
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitrous acid.
- nitrate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- niobate
-
noun,
any salt of niobic acid; columbate.
- critter
-
noun,
a domesticated animal.
- Creator
-
noun,
a person or thing that creates.
- tabaret
-
noun,
a durable silk or acetate fabric having alternating stripes of satin and moiré, for drapery and upholstery.
- cerato-
-
- Cainite
-
noun,
a member of a Gnostic sect that exalted Cain and regarded the God of the Old Testament as responsible for evil.
- carbarn
-
noun,
a large building for the housing and maintenance of streetcars, railroad cars, or buses.
- carbine
-
noun,
a light, gas-operated semiautomatic rifle.
- carotin
-
noun,
carotene.
- carreta
-
noun,
a simple two-wheeled oxcart.
- carrion
-
noun,
dead and putrefying flesh.
- Cartier
-
noun,
Sir George Étienne [zhawrzh ey-tyen] /ʒɔrʒ eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1814–73, Canadian political leader: prime minister 1857–62, defense minister 1867–73.
- catboat
-
noun,
a boat having one mast set well forward with a single large sail.
- cateran
-
noun,
(formerly) a freebooter or marauder of the Scottish Highlands.
- Roberta
-
noun,
a female given name: derived from Robert.
- attrib.
-
- centri-
-
- centro-
-
- certain
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Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- cranio-
-
- cibaria
-
noun,
Entomology. a food pouch in front of the mouth in certain insects.
- ciboria
-
noun,
a permanent canopy placed over an altar; baldachin.
- ricotta
-
noun,
a soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.
- cirrate
-
adjective,
having cirri.
- citrate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of citric acid.
- citrine
-
noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- cittern
-
noun,
an old musical instrument related to the guitar, having a flat, pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.
- contra-
-
- retrain
-
verb (used with object),
to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
- Corbett
-
noun,
James John ("Gentleman Jim") 1866–1933, U.S. boxer: world heavyweight champion 1892–97.
- corbina
-
noun,
a game fish, Menticirrhus undulatus, of the croaker family, inhabiting Pacific coastal waters of North America.
- retract
-
verb (used with object),
to draw back or in:
- cortina
-
noun,
a weblike, often evanescent veil covering the gills or hanging from the cap edge of certain mushrooms, particularly those of genus Cortinarius, and sometimes persisting as a ring or remnant of fibrils around the mushroom stalk.
- Titanic
-
noun,
a British luxury liner that sank after colliding with an iceberg in the North Atlantic on its maiden voyage in April, 1912, with a loss of 1517 lives.
- Cabeiri
-
noun,
Cabiri.
- antero-
-
- abiotic
-
adjective,
of or characterized by the absence of life or living organisms.
- Aaronic
-
adjective,
of or relating to Aaron.
- acrobat
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noun,
a skilled performer of gymnastic feats, as walking on a tightrope or swinging on a trapeze.
- Trainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that trains.
- abettor
-
noun,
a person who abets.
- acetoin
-
noun,
a yellowish, pleasant-smelling liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , obtained from various carbohydrates, as glucose, by fermentation: used chiefly in the manufacture of flavors and essences.
- arietta
-
noun,
a short aria.
- torrent
-
noun,
a stream of water flowing with great rapidity and violence.
- arnatto
-
noun,
annatto (def 2).
- abreact
-
verb (used with object),
to remove by abreaction.
- aconite
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- aerobia
-
noun,
aerobe.
- tonetic
-
noun,
the phonetic study of tone in language.
- Trianta
-
noun,
Trianda.
- aerobic
-
adjective,
(of an organism or tissue) requiring the presence of air or free oxygen for life.
- aerator
-
noun,
an apparatus for aerating water or other fluids.
- traitor
-
noun,
a person who betrays another, a cause, or any trust.
- tractor
-
noun,
a powerful motor-driven vehicle with large, heavy treads, used for pulling farm machinery, other vehicles, etc.
- tranter
-
noun,
a peddler, hawker, or carrier using a horse and cart.
- Arecibo
-
noun,
a seaport in N Puerto Rico.
- airboat
-
noun,
Also called swamp boat. a small open boat having a very shallow draft and driven by a caged airplane propeller mounted above the rear transom, capable of traveling at relatively high speeds through shallow water, swamps, etc.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- actino-
-
- Actinia
-
noun,
a sea anemone, especially of the genus Actinia.
- arteri-
-
- acarine
-
noun,
any of numerous arachnids of the order Acarina, comprising the mites and ticks.
- 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.
- arbiter
-
noun,
a person empowered to decide matters at issue; judge; umpire.
- Actaeon
-
noun,
a hunter who, for having seen Diana bathing, was changed by her into a stag and was torn to pieces by his own hounds.
- tritone
-
noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- Torenia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- tricorn
-
noun,
Also, tricorne. a hat with the brim turned up on three sides.
- cerat-
-
- Robert
-
noun,
Henry Martyn [mahr-tn] /ˈmɑr tn/ (Show IPA), 1837–1923, U.S. engineer and authority on parliamentary procedure: author of Robert's Rules of Order (1876, revised 1915).
- aeron.
-
- Aintab
-
noun,
former name of Gaziantep.
- Ritter
-
noun,
a knight.
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- cirro-
-
- citrin
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- Citron
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- centr-
-
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- Ribera
-
noun,
José de [hoh-zey duh;; Spanish haw-se th e] /hoʊˈzeɪ də;; Spanish hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), (Jusepe de Ribera"Lo Spagnoletto") 1588–1652, Spanish printmaker and painter active in Naples.
- contr.
-
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- retro-
-
- corban
-
noun,
a sacrifice or offering made to God, especially among the ancient Hebrews in fulfillment of a vow.
- Corbie
-
noun,
a raven or crow.
- Corbin
-
noun,
Margaret (Cochran) 1751–1800, American Revolutionary military heroine.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- centi-
-
- cabane
-
noun,
a mastlike structure on some early airplanes, used for supporting the wing.
- cantar
-
noun,
a poem consisting of four-line stanzas, each line having eight syllables.
- Cantab
-
- rotten
-
adjective,
decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
- rotter
-
noun,
a thoroughly bad, worthless, or objectionable person.
- Arabic
-
noun,
a Semitic language that developed out of the language of the Arabians of the time of Muhammad, now spoken in countries of the Middle East and North Africa. Abbreviation: Ar.
- Cabiri
-
noun,
a group of gods, probably of Eastern origin, worshiped in mysteries in various parts of ancient Greece, the cult centers being at Samothrace and Thebes.
- arbtrn
-
- Cantor
-
noun,
the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
- tabret
-
noun,
a small tabor.
- arcane
-
adjective,
known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric:
- Arcaro
-
noun,
Edward ("Eddie") 1916–97, U.S. jockey.
- Bronte
-
noun,
Anne ("Acton Bell") 1820–49, English novelist.
- Briton
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Great Britain, especially of England.
- taenia
-
noun,
Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
- Breton
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1966, French poet, essayist, and critic.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- antiar
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- Catton
-
noun,
(Charles) Bruce, 1899–1978, U.S. journalist and historian.
- carrot
-
noun,
a plant, Daucus carota, of the parsley family, having pinnately decompound leaves and umbels of small white or yellow flowers, in its wild form a widespread, familiar weed, and in cultivation valued for its edible root.
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- anatto
-
noun,
annatto.
- catena
-
noun,
a chain or connected series, especially of extracts from the writings of the fathers of the Christian church.
- Catano
-
noun,
a city in NE Puerto Rico, SW of San Juan.
- Corner
-
noun,
the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
- Carter
-
noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- Carrie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- carbo-
-
- rotate
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- Carnot
-
noun,
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- Carina
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- caribe
-
noun,
piranha.
- Carian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Caria.
- carbon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a widely distributed element that forms organic compounds in combination with hydrogen, oxygen, etc., and that occurs in a pure state as diamond and graphite, and in an impure state as charcoal. Symbol: C; atomic weight: 12.011; atomic number: 6; specific gravity: (of diamond) 3.51 at 20°C; (of graphite) 2.26 at 20°C.
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- tricot
-
noun,
a warp-knit fabric of various natural or synthetic fibers, as wool, silk, or nylon, having fine vertical ribs on the face and horizontal ribs on the back, used especially for making garments.
- ironer
-
noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- irenic
-
adjective,
tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory.
- intro.
-
- abient
-
adjective,
tending to move away from a stimulus or situation.
- intra-
-
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- inter.
-
- octant
-
noun,
the eighth part of a circle.
- intact
-
adjective,
not altered, broken, or impaired; remaining uninjured, sound, or whole; untouched; unblemished:
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- incorr
-
- incite
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- Icaria
-
noun,
Also, Ikaria. a Greek island in the Aegean Sea: a part of the Southern Sporades group. 99 sq. mi. (256 sq. km).
- rabato
-
noun,
a wide, stiff collar of the 17th century, worn flat over the shoulders or open in front and standing at the back.
- ironic
-
adjective,
using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; containing or exemplifying irony:
- octane
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- iatro-
-
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- niobic
-
adjective,
of or relating to niobium; columbic.
- Nicaea
-
noun,
an ancient city in NW Asia Minor: Nicene Creed formulated here a.d.
- nitric
-
adjective,
containing nitrogen, usually in the pentavalent state.
- nitro-
-
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- necro-
-
- nocti-
-
- trocar
-
noun,
a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
- obtect
-
adjective,
(of a pupa) having the antennae, legs, and wings glued to the surface of the body.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- natter
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- notate
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- narco-
-
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- Triton
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- obtain
-
verb (used with object),
to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request:
- Iberia
-
noun,
Also called Iberian Peninsula. a peninsula in SW Europe, comprising Spain and Portugal.
- iatric
-
adjective,
of or relating to a physician or medicine; medical.
- Corrie
-
noun,
a circular hollow in the side of a hill or mountain.
- Trento
-
noun,
Italian name of Trent.
- Rector
-
noun,
a member of the clergy in charge of a parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
- cteno-
-
- Renata
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Renoir
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1894–1979, French film director and writer.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- Crater
-
noun,
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- actin-
-
- Crania
-
noun,
the skull of a vertebrate.
- bracer
-
noun,
a person or thing that braces, binds, or makes firm.
- Cotter
-
noun,
a pin, wedge, key, or the like, fitted or driven into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.
- 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.
- retort
-
noun,
a severe, incisive, or witty reply, especially one that counters a first speaker's statement, argument, etc.
- recti-
-
- reborn
-
adjective,
having undergone rebirth.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- tribo-
-
- rancor
-
noun,
bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- errata
-
noun,
plural of erratum.
- errant
-
adjective,
deviating from the regular or proper course; erring; straying.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- ratite
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- rebato
-
noun,
rabato.
- Rattan
-
noun,
Also called rattan palm. any of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus or allied genera.
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- ratter
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that catches rats, as a terrier or a cat.
- ratton
-
noun,
a rat.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- aceto-
-
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- tracer
-
noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- terbia
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- batten
-
noun,
a small board or strip of wood used for various building purposes, as to cover joints between boards, reinforce certain doors, or supply a foundation for lathing.
- Titian
-
noun,
(Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.
- Bonita
-
noun,
a female given name.
- biotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to life.
- banter
-
noun,
an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
- bionic
-
adjective,
utilizing electronic devices and mechanical parts to assist humans in performing difficult, dangerous, or intricate tasks, as by supplementing or duplicating parts of the body:
- Ticino
-
noun,
a canton in S Switzerland. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Bellinzona.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- batter
-
noun,
Printing.
a damaged area on the face of type or plate.
the resulting defect in print.
- tinct.
-
- beacon
-
noun,
a guiding or warning signal, as a light or fire, especially one in an elevated position.
- Ariane
-
noun,
Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
- borane
-
noun,
any of the compounds, both neutral and anionic, of boron and hydrogen with formulas ranging from B 2 H 6 to B 20 H 16 .
- borate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of boric acid.
- tobira
-
noun,
a shrub, Pittosporum tobira, of China and Japan, having leathery leaves, fragrant, greenish-white flower clusters, densely hairy fruit, and lemon-scented foliage.
- biotin
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-soluble vitamin, C 10 H 16 O 3 N 2 S, of the vitamin B complex, that is present in all living cells and functions as a growth factor and as a catalyst in carboxylation reactions.
- Barton
-
noun,
Clara, 1821–1912, U.S. philanthropist who organized the American Red Cross in 1881.
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- Tartar
-
noun,
Dentistry. calculus (def 3).
- Barren
-
noun,
Usually, barrens. level or slightly rolling land, usually with a sandy soil and few trees, and relatively infertile.
- bitten
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- arnica
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- Barnet
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- Barret
-
noun,
a small cap, akin to the biretta, worn in the Middle Ages by soldiers and ecclesiastics.
- barite
-
noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- barit.
-
- bonaci
-
noun,
any of several edible serranid fishes, as Mycteroperca bonaci.
- Barrie
-
noun,
Sir James M(atthew) 1860–1937, Scottish novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.
- boater
-
noun,
a person who boats, especially for pleasure.
- Tartan
-
noun,
a woolen or worsted cloth woven with stripes of different colors and widths crossing at right angles, worn chiefly by the Scottish Highlanders, each clan having its own distinctive plaid.
- birota
-
noun,
a two-wheeled cart, usually drawn by three mules, used for transporting commercial goods and one or two passengers.
- barrio
-
noun,
(in Spain and countries colonized by Spain) one of the divisions into which a town or city, together with the contiguous rural territory, is divided.
- Barron
-
noun,
Clarence Walker, 1855–1928, U.S. financial publisher.
- barter
-
noun,
the act or practice of bartering.
- Beaton
-
noun,
Sir Cecil (Walter Hardy) 1904–80, English photographer, writer, and theatrical designer.
- tetra-
-
- binate
-
adjective,
produced or borne in pairs; double.
- Benita
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tantra
-
noun,
(italics) Hinduism. any of several books of esoteric doctrine regarding rituals, disciplines, meditation, etc., composed in the form of dialogues between Shiva and his Shakti; Agama.
- Bactra
-
noun,
ancient name of Balkh.
- tinter
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- Benoit
-
noun,
Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), (or Peter) Léonard Léopold [ley-aw-nar ley-aw-pawld] /leɪ ɔˈnar leɪ ɔˈpɔld/ (Show IPA), 1834–1901, Belgian composer.
- Bianco
-
noun,
Mon·te [mawn-te] /ˈmɔn tɛ/ (Show IPA). Italian name of Mont Blanc.
- Bianca
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “white.”.
- Attica
-
noun,
a region in SE Greece, surrounding Athens: under Athenian rule in ancient times.
- arrant
-
adjective,
downright; thorough; unmitigated; notorious:
- attorn
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- bicone
-
noun,
an object shaped like two cones with their bases together.
- terat-
-
- Bicorn
-
noun,
bicorne.
- arroba
-
noun,
a Spanish and Portuguese unit of weight of varying value, equal to 25.37 pounds avoirdupois (9.5 kilograms) in Mexico and to 32.38 pounds avoirdupois (12 kilograms) in Brazil.
- bettor
-
noun,
a person who bet.
- attain
-
verb (used with object),
to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain:
- econ.
-
- acet-
-
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- ecto-
-
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Teton
-
noun,
the westernmost branch of the Dakota Indians.
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- Bart.
-
- corr.
-
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Berra
-
noun,
Lawrence Peter ("Yogi") born 1925, U.S. baseball player and manager.
- ento-
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- 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.
- tera-
-
- Betta
-
noun,
fighting fish.
- acerb
-
adjective,
acerbic.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- Barre
-
noun,
a handrail placed at hip height, used by a dancer to maintain balance during practice.
- rebar
-
noun,
a steel bar or rod used to reinforce concrete.
- Berar
-
noun,
a former division of the Central Provinces and Berar, in central India: now part of Maharashtra state.
- Beria
-
noun,
Lavrenti Pavlovich [luh v-ren-tee pav-loh-vich;; Russian luh-vryen-tyee puh-vlaw-vyich] /ləvˈrɛn ti pævˈloʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian lʌˈvryɛn tyi pʌˈvlɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1953, Soviet secret-police chief: executed for treason.
- Terra
-
noun,
earth; land.
- crore
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- acro-
-
- crit.
-
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- crier
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- Beira
-
noun,
a seaport in central Mozambique.
- terr.
-
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- reni-
-
- Batna
-
noun,
a city in NE Algeria.
- areo-
-
- berat
-
noun,
a city in S central Albania.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- Baton
-
noun,
Music. a wand used by a conductor.
- to-be
-
adjective,
future; soon to be the thing specified (usually used in combination):
- cotta
-
noun,
a surplice.
- Recit
-
- Tobit
-
noun,
a book of the Apocrypha.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- rect.
-
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Tobin
-
noun,
James, 1918–2002, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1981.
- tribe
-
noun,
any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- beano
-
noun,
bingo.
- racer
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- erron
-
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- OBrit
-
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- ition
-
- Aaron
-
noun,
the older brother of Moses, usually regarded as the first high priest of the Hebrews. Ex. 28; 40:13–16.
- octa-
-
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- octet
-
noun,
a company of eight singers or musicians.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Abaco
-
noun,
two islands (Great Abaco and Little Abaco) in the N Bahamas. 776 sq. mi. (2010 sq. km).
- Baiae
-
noun,
an ancient resort city in SW Italy, near Naples: villas of Caesar, Nero, and Pompey.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Abate
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish:
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- bairn
-
noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- obiit
-
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- Iran.
-
- Nitti
-
noun,
Francesco Saverio [frahn-ches-kaw sah-ve-ryaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ sɑˈvɛ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1868–1953, Italian lawyer, statesman, and economist.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- 30-30
-
- atto-
-
- Niobe
-
noun,
the daughter of Tantalus and wife of Amphion of Thebes. She provoked Apollo and Artemis to vengeance by taunting their mother, Leto, with the number and beauty of her own children; Niobe's children were slain and Zeus turned her into stone, in which state she continued to weep over her loss.
- nitr-
-
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- Attic
-
noun,
the part of a building, especially of a house, directly under a roof; garret.
- noct-
-
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- attar
-
noun,
Also, atar, athar, ottar, otto. a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
- Nebr.
-
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Natta
-
noun,
Giulio [joo-lyaw] /ˈdʒu lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1903–79, Italian chemist and engineer: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1963.
- Bacon
-
noun,
the back and sides of the hog, salted and dried or smoked, usually sliced thin and fried for food.
- bact.
-
- 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.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- abrin
-
noun,
a highly poisonous protein found in the seeds of the rosary pea: inhibits protein synthesis, causing symptoms such as internal bleeding, intestinal upset, and irritation of mucous membranes.
- Iceni
-
noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- ation
-
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Barea
-
noun,
Arturo [ahr-too r-oh;; Spanish ahr-too-raw] /ɑrˈtʊər oʊ;; Spanish ɑrˈtu rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1897–1957, Spanish author, critic, lecturer, and broadcaster: in England after 1939.
- Rabat
-
noun,
a sleeveless, backless, vestlike garment extending to the waist, worn by a cleric beneath the clerical collar, especially in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches.
- Tiber
-
noun,
a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 miles (395 km) long.
- Rabin
-
noun,
Yitzhak [yits-khahk] /yɪtsˈxɑk/ (Show IPA), 1922–95, Israeli military and political leader: prime minister 1974–77 and 1992–95: Nobel Peace Prize 1994.
- Ibert
-
noun,
Jacques François Antoine [zhahk frahn-swa ahn-twan] /ʒɑk frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1890–1962, French composer.
- baric
-
adjective,
of or containing barium.
- Otter
-
noun,
any of several aquatic, furbearing, weasellike mammals of the genus Lutra and related genera, having webbed feet and a long, slightly flattened tail.
- rabot
-
noun,
a hardwood block used for rubbing marble before polishing.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- acari
-
noun,
plural of acarus.
- baro-
-
- Baron
-
noun,
a member of the lowest grade of nobility.
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- rater
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- ician
-
- ottar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- bania
-
noun,
banyan (def 2).
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Ionic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- orbit
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- Banat
-
noun,
a fertile low-lying region extending through parts of Hungary, Romania, and Serbia.
- Banco
-
noun,
a declaration made by a bettor in certain gambling games, as baccarat and chemin de fer, indicating a bet matching the full amount in the bank, to the exclusion of all previous lower bets: often used as an interjection.
- intr.
-
- Abner
-
noun,
the commander of the Israelite army and a cousin of Saul. I Sam. 14:50; 26:5.
- oribi
-
noun,
a small tan-colored antelope, Ourebia ourebi , of south and east Africa, with spikelike horns.
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- tibia
-
noun,
Anatomy. the inner of the two bones of the leg, that extend from the knee to the ankle and articulate with the femur and the talus; shinbone.
- init.
-
- abort
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- incr.
-
- Tibet
-
noun,
Also, Thibet. Also called Sitsang, Xizang. Official name Tibet Autonomous Region. an administrative division of China, N of the Himalayas: prior to 1950 a theocracy under the Dalai Lama; the highest country in the world, average elevation about 16,000 feet (4877 meters). 471,660 sq. mi. (1,221,599 sq. km). Capital: Lhasa.
- incor
-
- Barca
-
noun,
an ancient Carthaginian family to which Hamilcar, Hasdrubal, and Hannibal belonged.
- Orrin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- corer
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- Brace
-
noun,
something that holds parts together or in place, as a clasp or clamp.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- anti-
-
- Arica
-
noun,
a seaport in N Chile.
- rotte
-
noun,
rote2 .
- bonce
-
noun,
head; skull.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- tarot
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- boner
-
noun,
a person or thing that bones.
- Cant.
-
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- carb-
-
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Canea
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Crete, on the W part.
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- carat
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- ante-
-
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- boart
-
noun,
bort.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- ta-ta
-
interjection,
goodbye.
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- carob
-
noun,
a Mediterranean tree, Ceratonia siliqua, of the legume family, bearing long, leathery pods containing hard seeds and sweet, edible pulp.
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- boite
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Carib
-
noun,
a member of a group of Indian peoples formerly dominant through the Lesser Antilles, now found in small numbers in a few areas of the West Indies and in parts of Central America and northeastern South America.
- Caria
-
noun,
an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- anoia
-
noun,
extreme mental deficiency.
- Betti
-
noun,
Ugo [oo-gaw] /ˈu gɔ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1953, Italian poet and dramatist.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- Taber
-
noun,
tabor.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Brit.
-
- Brine
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- Brier
-
noun,
a prickly plant or shrub, especially the sweetbrier or a greenbrier.
- Brice
-
noun,
Fanny (Fannie Borach) 1891–1951, U.S. singer and comedian.
- briar
-
noun,
brier1 .
- Brian
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Brett
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Brent
-
noun,
brant.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- tanto
-
adverb,
(of a musical direction) too much; so much.
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- Brant
-
noun,
any of several species of small, dark-colored geese of the genus Branta, especially B. bernicla, breeding in high northern latitudes and migrating south in the autumn.
- brain
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- Tanta
-
noun,
a city in N Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- bract
-
noun,
a specialized leaf or leaflike part, usually situated at the base of a flower or inflorescence.
- Areca
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- Britt
-
noun,
a turbot of northeastern Atlantic seas.
- aorta
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- arbor
-
noun,
a leafy, shady recess formed by tree branches, shrubs, etc.
- Arab.
-
- Cabot
-
noun,
John (Giovanni Caboto) c1450–98? Italian navigator in the service of England: discoverer of North American mainland 1497.
- cabin
-
noun,
a small house or cottage, usually of simple design and construction:
- Cabet
-
noun,
Étienne [ey-tyen] /eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1788–1856, French socialist who established a utopian community in the U.S. (in Illinois) called Icaria: became U.S. citizen 1854.
- caber
-
noun,
a pole or beam, especially one thrown as a trial of strength.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Arber
-
noun,
Werner, born 1929, Swiss microbiologist: shared Nobel Prize 1978.
- Borer
-
noun,
a person or thing that bores or pierces.
- Tabor
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- tonia
-
- boric
-
adjective,
of or containing boron; boracic.
- tacet
-
verb (imperative),
be silent (directing an instrument or voice not to play or sing).
- tacit
-
adjective,
understood without being openly expressed; implied:
- borne
-
noun,
a circular sofa having a conical or cylindrical back piece at the center.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- bronc
-
noun,
bronco:
- Broca
-
noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1824–80, French surgeon and anthropologist.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- Tatar
-
noun,
a member of a modern Turkic people living in the Tatar Autonomous Republic and adjacent regions of eastern European Russia and in widely scattered communities in western Siberia and central Asia.
- biter
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- Cirri
-
noun,
a plural of cirrus.
- aeri-
-
- cent.
-
- cobia
-
noun,
a large, fusiform fish, Rachycentron canadum, found off the eastern coast of temperate and tropical America, in the East Indies, and in Japan.
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- Tract
-
noun,
an expanse or area of land, water, etc.; region; stretch.
- biont
-
- 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.
- cero-
-
- Cerro
-
noun,
a hill or peak.
- cert.
-
- Arran
-
noun,
an island in SW Scotland, in the Firth of Clyde. 166 sq. mi. (430 sq. km).
- ricer
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- teno-
-
- Ceiba
-
noun,
the silk-cotton tree, Ceiba pentandra.
- 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.
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- aero-
-
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- tecta
-
noun,
a rooflike structure.
- ricin
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- cine-
-
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- Binet
-
noun,
Alfred [al-frid;; French al-fred] /ˈæl frɪd;; French alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1857–1911, French psychologist: co-deviser of the Binet-Simon scale.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Biota
-
noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Cobra
-
noun,
any of several highly venomous, Old World elapid snakes of the genera Naja and Ophiophagus, characterized by the ability to flatten the neck into a hoodlike form when disturbed.
- toti-
-
- birne
-
noun,
boule1 (def 1).
- cont.
-
- aecia
-
noun,
the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- Torte
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- ribat
-
noun,
a building housing a community of Sufis.
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- T-bar
-
noun,
a rolled metal bar or beam with a cross section resembling a T .
- cata-
-
- anat.
-
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- Robin
-
noun,
any of several small Old World birds having a red or reddish breast, especially Erithacus rubecula, of Europe.
- Ceara
-
noun,
Fortaleza.
- ter.
-
- obit
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- tact
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- titi
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- trit
-
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Oct.
-
- tent
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- NRAB
-
- Obie
-
noun,
one of a group of awards given annually, beginning in 1956, by New York City's The Village Voice newspaper for achievement in the off-Broadway theater.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Nor.
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Tit.
-
- tion
-
- not-
-
- ten.
-
- NOAA
-
- 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.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- tron
-
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- tRNA
-
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- NTIA
-
- 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.
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- tri-
-
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- RIBA
-
- Tobe
-
noun,
the principal outer garment in some parts of north and central Africa, consisting of a length of cloth that is sewn into a long loose skirt or is draped around the body and fastened over one shoulder.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- Raab
-
noun,
broccoli rabe.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Rabi
-
noun,
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1944.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- RONA
-
- Torr
-
noun,
a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- robe
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- 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).
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- raob
-
noun,
Meteorology. a radiosonde or rawinsonde observation.
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- Tob.
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- tort
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- orra
-
adjective,
not regular or scheduled; odd:
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- rit.
-
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- RIIA
-
- tabi
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Ont.
-
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- TRIB
-
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- roar
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- 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:
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- 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.
- tab.
-
- 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.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- Ebro
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N Spain to the Mediterranean. About 470 miles (755 km) long.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- bant
-
verb (used without object),
to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- bait
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- 1080
-
- banc
-
noun,
the seat on which judges sit in court.
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- bane
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- bani
-
noun,
plural of ban4 .
- brio
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- bitt
-
noun,
Also called bollard. a strong post of wood or iron projecting, usually in pairs, above the deck of a ship, used for securing cables, lines for towing, etc.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- 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.
- etc.
-
- Ceto
-
- bar.
-
- Bara
-
noun,
Theda [thee-duh] /ˈθi də/ (Show IPA), (Theodosia Goodman) 1890–1955, U.S. actress.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- IAEA
-
- cet-
-
- Bari
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Boer
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- att.
-
- inae
-
- Catt
-
noun,
Carrie Chapman Lane, 1859–1947, U.S. leader in women's suffrage movements.
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- boat
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- Boar
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- cen.
-
- atic
-
- iana
-
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- Ice.
-
- ator
-
- ICAO
-
- attn
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Iban
-
noun,
Also called Sea Dayak. a member of any of several Dayak tribes of Sarawak.
- CERN
-
- IATA
-
- Bare
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- enc.
-
- arr.
-
- Crab
-
noun,
any decapod crustacean of the suborder Brachyura, having the eyes on short stalks and a short, broad, more or less flattened body, the abdomen being small and folded under the thorax.
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- ctr.
-
- bin-
-
- bine
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- bint
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- crib
-
noun,
a child's bed with enclosed sides.
- crat
-
- bio-
-
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Bice
-
noun,
either of two colors, bice blue or bice green.
- Bion
-
noun,
flourished c100 b.c, Greek pastoral poet.
- Cort
-
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Cor.
-
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- Con.
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- cit.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Barn
-
noun,
a building for storing hay, grain, etc., and often for housing livestock.
- ebon
-
adjective,
ebony (def 6).
- Barr
-
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- Bate
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- birr
-
noun,
force; energy; vigor.
- batt
-
noun,
a sheet of matted cotton, wool, or synthetic fibers.
- ect-
-
- eco-
-
- Bean
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- Bear
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- beat
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- cir.
-
- biri
-
noun,
bidi.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Beni
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Bent
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- Bern
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- bet.
-
- Beta
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- art.
-
- NIRA
-
- Inc.
-
- Acta
-
plural noun,
official records, as of acts, deeds, proceedings, transactions, or the like.
- abri
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- acea
-
- 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.
- bota
-
noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- bot.
-
- abr.
-
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Can.
-
- NACA
-
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- aer-
-
- aet.
-
- nabe
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- 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.
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- Bore
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- neo-
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Brno
-
noun,
a city in S Moravia, in the SE Czech Republic: former capital of Moravia.
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- BRCA
-
noun,
either of two genes (BRCA1 or BRCA2) that, if inherited in a mutated form, may predispose some carriers to develop breast or ovarian cancer.
- BRAT
-
noun,
a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation).
- bote
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- Bran
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- Nebo
-
noun,
Mt. See under Pisgah.
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- abet
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- NCTE
-
- NCAA
-
- Abie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- bott
-
noun,
bot2 .
- Born
-
noun,
Max, 1882–1970, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- bort
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- Aire
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- Ire.
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- cat.
-
- 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.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- int.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- INRI
-
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- Carr
-
noun,
John Dickson, 1906–77, U.S. mystery writer.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- Bona
-
noun,
Bône, the former name of Annaba.
- Bora
-
noun,
(on the Adriatic coasts) a violent, dry, cold wind blowing from the north or northeast.
- bor.
-
- Bone
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- anba
-
noun,
father: a title of a clergyman or saint in the Coptic Church.
- Cana
-
noun,
an ancient town in N Israel, in Galilee: scene of Jesus' first miracle. John 2:1, 11.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- 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.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- ance
-
- ant.
-
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- ano-
-
- anoa
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- Irra
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of pestilence.
- Cara
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- BIT
-
noun,
Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Tbi
-
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- Bon
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- Bn.
-
- BRE
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- boa
-
noun,
any of several nonvenomous, chiefly tropical constrictors of the family Boidae, having vestigial hind limbs at the base of the tail.
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- TBA
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- TBO
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- AOA
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- ANC
-
- tr.
-
- tra
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- 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.
- AIC
-
- AEC
-
- AEA
-
- ae.
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- abt
-
- Abo
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- abn
-
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- ABC
-
noun,
ABC's (defs 1, 3).
- Aar
-
- AAE
-
- Ar.
-
- an.
-
- AIA
-
- Tro
-
- ac-
-
- ABA
-
noun,
a coarse, felted fabric woven of camel's or goat's hair.
- ab-
-
- aor
-
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- TCA
-
- Ban
-
noun,
the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
- 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.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- BIE
-
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- bi-
-
- Ben
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- bec
-
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- Bat
-
noun,
Sports.
the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball.
a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis.
a whip used by a jockey.
the act of using a club or racket in a game.
the right or turn to use a club or racket.
- TIA
-
- BAO
-
noun,
an African board game usually played by moving pebbles along two rows of holes.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- 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.
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ATB
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- 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.
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- at.
-
- ATA
-
- ATC
-
- Bac
-
- TNT
-
- TNB
-
- BAA
-
noun,
the bleating cry of a sheep.
- BCE
-
- be-
-
- Br.
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ROI
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ORB
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- ine
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- IOC
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- ior
-
- OTA
-
- IOT
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Ir.
-
- IRC
-
- ONR
-
- ONI
-
- IRO
-
- ot-
-
- OTB
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Bro
-
noun,
a brother.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- 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.
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IBN
-
- ote
-
- Ibo
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- Rab
-
noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- ier
-
- Re.
-
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- OIt
-
- ETO
-
- NEB
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- nr.
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NBA
-
- NBC
-
- NbE
-
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NRC
-
- NEC
-
- NOC
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- nob
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noun,
Slang. the head.
- NET
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noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NIA
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- nib
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noun,
the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
- NIC
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noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NRA
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- ob.
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- OIr
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- NCO
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- oic
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- ITA
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- ITC
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- ite
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- ITO
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noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- OCR
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- Oca
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noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- NAA
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- Oc.
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- NAB
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verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- obi
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noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- OBE
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- Oba
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noun,
a hereditary tribal ruler among various peoples in the Benin region of western Africa.
- nae
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adverb,
no1 ; not.
- OAT
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noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- oar
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noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OTC
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- ETR
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- ib.
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- rat
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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.
- CIE
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- CEO
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- ROB
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noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- ROA
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- RNR
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- RNA
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- CIA
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- CIB
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- rin
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ROC
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noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- CNO
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- rib
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noun,
one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- Ria
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noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- COT
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noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- ret
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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.
- CRT
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- CTA
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- CEA
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- ROE
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noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ctn
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plural,
carton.
- Co.
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- brr
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interjection,
(used to express sensations of cold).
- BRT
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- Bt.
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- BTE
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- ca.
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- CBE
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- CIO
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noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- cr.
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- ROT
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noun,
the process of rotting.
- ct.
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- CAA
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- CAB
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noun,
a taxicab.
- CAI
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- rte
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- rt.
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- CAR
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noun,
an automobile.
- cte
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- COB
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noun,
a corncob.
- eo-
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- Reb
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noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- ERT
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- err
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verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- ERA
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noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- eon
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noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- en-
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- RBC
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- RBI
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- RCA
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- RCN
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- RCT
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- eir
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- ECA
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- ec-
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- REA
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- EbN
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- ea.
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- REC
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noun,
recreation.
- ear
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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.
- eat
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noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ETA
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noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ean
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- EAA
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- BC
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- BO
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- CE
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- AA
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noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- TB
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- AO
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- CB
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- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- AI
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ic
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- i.
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- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- T1
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- O.
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- NI
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- Eb
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- R.
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- N.
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- NB
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- RC
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- NC
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- RO
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- t.
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- TN
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- RI
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- TC
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- RN
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- EI
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- B-
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- OA
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- BA
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noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- TT
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