Anagrams of pneumodynamics
Word pneumodynamics has
2215 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of pneumodynamics.
- compendium
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noun,
a brief treatment or account of a subject, especially an extensive subject; concise treatise:
- union-made
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adjective,
produced by workers belonging to a labor union.
- dominances
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noun,
rule; control; authority; ascendancy.
- mendacious
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adjective,
telling lies, especially habitually; dishonest; lying; untruthful:
- Muscadine
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noun,
a grape, Vitis rotundifolia, of the southern U.S., having dull purple, thick-skinned musky fruit and being the origin of many grape varieties.
- Nicodemus
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noun,
a Pharisee and member of the Sanhedrin who became a secret follower of Jesus. John 3:1–21; 7:50–52; 19:39.
- picayunes
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noun,
(formerly, in Louisiana, Florida, etc.) a coin equal to half a Spanish real.
- pandemics
-
noun,
a pandemic disease.
- Samoyedic
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adjective,
of or relating to the Samoyed people or languages.
- dopamines
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noun,
Biochemistry. a catecholamine neurotransmitter in the central nervous system, retina, and sympathetic ganglia, acting within the brain to help regulate movement and emotion: its depletion may cause Parkinson's disease.
Compare dopa.
- pemmicans
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noun,
dried meat pounded into a powder and mixed with hot fat and dried fruits or berries, pressed into a loaf or into small cakes, originally prepared by North American Indians.
- sympodium
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noun,
an axis or stem that simulates a simple stem but is made up of the bases of a number of axes that arise successively as branches, one from another, as in the grapevine.
- compendia
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noun,
a brief treatment or account of a subject, especially an extensive subject; concise treatise:
- pin-money
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noun,
any small sum set aside for nonessential minor expenditures.
- moundsmen
-
noun,
pitcher2 (def 2).
- moundsman
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noun,
pitcher2 (def 2).
- pneumonic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or affecting the lungs; pulmonary.
- pneumonia
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noun,
inflammation of the lungs with congestion.
- campesino
-
noun,
(in Latin America) a peasant or farmer.
- pinaceous
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adjective,
belonging to the plant family Pinaceae.
- companies
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noun,
a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people.
- demoniacs
-
noun,
a person seemingly possessed by a demon or evil spirit.
- dominance
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noun,
rule; control; authority; ascendancy.
- neodymium
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noun,
a rare-earth, metallic, trivalent element occurring with cerium and other rare-earth metals, and having rose-colored to violet-colored salts. Symbol: Nd; atomic weight: 144.24; atomic number: 60; specific gravity: 6.9 at 20°C.
- pseudonym
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noun,
a fictitious name used by an author to conceal his or her identity; pen name.
Compare allonym (def 1).
- scammony
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noun,
a twining, Asian convolvulus, Convolvulus scammonia.
- moneyman
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noun,
an investor; angel; backer.
- canopies
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noun,
a covering, usually of fabric, supported on poles or suspended above a bed, throne, exalted personage, or sacred object.
- dynamics
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noun,
(used with a singular verb) Physics. the branch of mechanics that deals with the motion and equilibrium of systems under the action of forces, usually from outside the system.
- dynamism
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noun,
any of various theories or philosophical systems that seek to explain phenomena of nature by the action of force.
Compare mechanism (def 8), vitalism (def 1).
- dipnoans
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noun,
a dipnoan fish.
- scandium
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noun,
a rare, trivalent, metallic element obtained from thortveitite. Symbol: Sc; atomic weight: 44.956; atomic number: 21; specific gravity: 3.0.
- nuisance
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noun,
an obnoxious or annoying person, thing, condition, practice, etc.:
- Aidoneus
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noun,
a king of Thesprotia.
- diocesan
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noun,
one of the clergy or people of a diocese.
- cyaneous
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adjective,
deep blue; cerulean.
- spondaic
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adjective,
of or relating to a spondee.
- pemmican
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noun,
dried meat pounded into a powder and mixed with hot fat and dried fruits or berries, pressed into a loaf or into small cakes, originally prepared by North American Indians.
- minuends
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noun,
a number from which another is subtracted.
- campions
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noun,
any of several plants of the genera Lychnis and Silene, having white, pink, or reddish flowers.
- monadism
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noun,
the doctrine of monads as ultimate units of being.
- modicums
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noun,
a moderate or small amount:
- mnemonic
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noun,
something intended to assist the memory, as a verse or formula.
- Minyades
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plural noun,
the daughters of Minyas who were driven mad by Dionysus as a punishment for refusing to take part in his revels.
- monacids
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adjective, noun,
monoacid.
- one-many
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adjective,
(of a relation) having the property that an element may be assigned to several elements but that given an element, only one may be assigned to it.
- Asuncion
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Paraguay, in the S part.
- dopamine
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noun,
Biochemistry. a catecholamine neurotransmitter in the central nervous system, retina, and sympathetic ganglia, acting within the brain to help regulate movement and emotion: its depletion may cause Parkinson's disease.
Compare dopa.
- demonism
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noun,
belief in demons.
- demonian
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adjective,
demoniac (def 1).
- cyanides
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noun,
Also, cyanid, C10/C1079000 sahy-uh-nid, ˈsaɪ ə nɪd. Chemistry.
a salt of hydrocyanic acid, as potassium cyanide, KCN.
a nitrile, as methyl cyanide, C 2 H 3 N.
- Pandemic
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noun,
a pandemic disease.
- cadmiums
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noun,
a white, ductile divalent metallic element resembling tin, used in plating and in making certain alloys. Symbol: Cd; atomic weight: 112.41; atomic number: 48; specific gravity: 8.6 at 20°C.
- demoniac
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noun,
a person seemingly possessed by a demon or evil spirit.
- Amundsen
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noun,
Roald [roh-ahl] /ˈroʊ ɑl/ (Show IPA), 1872–1928, Norwegian explorer: discovered the South Pole in 1911.
- anodynes
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noun,
a medicine that relieves or allays pain.
- Memnonia
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noun,
an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a light region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
- sycamine
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noun,
a tree mentioned in the New Testament, probably the black mulberry.
- encomium
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noun,
a formal expression of high praise; eulogy:
- sympodia
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noun,
an axis or stem that simulates a simple stem but is made up of the bases of a number of axes that arise successively as branches, one from another, as in the grapevine.
- maundies
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noun,
the ceremony of washing the feet of the poor, especially commemorating Jesus' washing of His disciples' feet on Maundy Thursday.
- commends
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verb (used with object),
to present, mention, or praise as worthy of confidence, notice, kindness, etc.; recommend:
- semicoma
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noun,
a light coma from which a person can be roused.
- many-one
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adjective,
(of a relation) having the property that each element is assigned to one element only but that many elements may be assigned to the same element.
- manucode
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noun,
any of various birds of paradise of the New Guinea region, having dark, metallic plumage.
- condemns
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verb (used with object),
to express an unfavorable or adverse judgment on; indicate strong disapproval of; censure.
- Commines
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noun,
Philippe de [fee-leep duh] /fiˈlip də/ (Show IPA), Comines, Philippe de.
- comedian
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noun,
a professional entertainer who amuses by relating anecdotes, acting out comical situations, engaging in humorous repartee, etc.
- pi-meson
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noun,
pion.
- Comnenus
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noun,
a dynasty of Byzantine emperors that ruled at Constantinople, 1057?–1185, and at Trebizond in Asia Minor, 1204–1461?.
- pinnaces
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noun,
a light sailing ship, especially one formerly used in attendance on a larger ship.
- Comenius
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noun,
John Amos (Jan Amos Komenský) 1592–1670, Moravian educational reformer and bishop.
- edacious
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adjective,
devouring; voracious; consuming.
- muscadin
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noun,
a person with monarchical sympathies during the French Revolution, especially from 1794 to 1796.
- Picayune
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noun,
(formerly, in Louisiana, Florida, etc.) a coin equal to half a Spanish real.
- Endymion
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a young man kept forever youthful through eternal sleep and loved by Selene.
- syconium
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noun,
a multiple fruit developed from a hollow fleshy receptacle containing numerous flowers, as in the fig.
- cyanines
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noun,
any of several groups of dyes that make silver halide photographic plates sensitive to a wider color range.
- mu-meson
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noun,
(no longer in technical use) muon.
- auspice
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noun,
Usually, auspices. patronage; support; sponsorship:
- Commune
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noun,
interchange of ideas or sentiments.
- inscape
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noun,
the unique essence or inner nature of a person, place, thing, or event, especially depicted in poetry or a work of art.
- sideman
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noun,
an instrumentalist in a band or orchestra.
- side-on
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adverb,
with the side or sides foremost, especially in a collision:
- company
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noun,
a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people.
- mansion
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noun,
a very large, impressive, or stately residence.
- sonance
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noun,
the condition or quality of being sonant.
- decuman
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noun,
Also called decuman gate. (in ancient Rome) the main gate of a military camp, facing away from the enemy and near which the tenth cohort of the legion was usually stationed.
- cadmium
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noun,
a white, ductile divalent metallic element resembling tin, used in plating and in making certain alloys. Symbol: Cd; atomic weight: 112.41; atomic number: 48; specific gravity: 8.6 at 20°C.
- maniocs
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noun,
cassava.
- Samnium
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noun,
an ancient country in central Italy.
- demonic
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adjective,
inspired as if by a demon, indwelling spirit, or genius.
- cyanine
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noun,
any of several groups of dyes that make silver halide photographic plates sensitive to a wider color range.
- induces
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verb (used with object),
to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind:
- pumices
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noun,
Also called pumice stone. a porous or spongy form of volcanic glass, used as an abrasive.
- anonyms
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noun,
an assumed or false name.
- miscode
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verb (used with object),
to code mistakenly, as in data processing.
- spinode
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noun,
cusp (def 3).
- command
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noun,
the act of commanding or ordering.
- spinney
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noun,
a small wood or thicket.
- dynamos
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noun,
an electric generator, especially for direct current.
- dynamo-
-
- dynamic
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noun,
a basic or dynamic force, especially one that motivates, affects development or stability, etc.
- myopias
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noun,
Ophthalmology. a condition of the eye in which parallel rays are focused in front of the retina, objects being seen distinctly only when near to the eye; nearsightedness (opposed to hyperopia).
- impends
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verb (used without object),
to be imminent; be about to happen.
- Denison
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noun,
a city in NE Texas.
- commend
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verb (used with object),
to present, mention, or praise as worthy of confidence, notice, kindness, etc.; recommend:
- minuend
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noun,
a number from which another is subtracted.
- impones
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verb (used with object),
to wager; stake.
- impound
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noun,
money, property, etc., that has been impounded:
- Nemunas
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noun,
Lithuanian name of Neman.
- mannose
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noun,
a hexose, C 6 H 12 O 6 , obtained from the hydrolysis of the ivory nut and yielding mannitol upon reduction.
- minyans
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noun,
the number of persons required by Jewish law to be present to conduct a communal religious service, traditionally a minimum of 10 Jewish males over 13 years of age.
- someday
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adverb,
at an indefinite future time.
- incudes
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noun,
a plural of incus.
- syconia
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noun,
a multiple fruit developed from a hollow fleshy receptacle containing numerous flowers, as in the fig.
- incomes
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noun,
the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
- Samoyed
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noun,
a member of a Uralic people dwelling in W Siberia and the far NE parts of European Russia.
- Caedmon
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noun,
fl. a.d. c670, Anglo-Saxon religious poet.
- medico-
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- medusan
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noun,
a medusa or jellyfish.
- Oedipus
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noun,
a king of Thebes, the son of Laius and Jocasta, and the father by Jocasta of Eteocles, Polynices, Antigone, and Ismeme: as was prophesied at his birth, he unwittingly killed his father and married his mother and, in penance, blinded himself and went into exile.
- nomadic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads.
- yummies
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noun,
an item of food that is particularly delicious:
- Coueism
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noun,
a method of self-help stressing autosuggestion, popular especially in the U.S. c1920 and featuring the slogan “Day by day in every way I am getting better and better.”.
- Oceanus
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noun,
a Titan who was the son of Uranus and Gaea, the consort of Tethys, and the father of the river gods and Oceanids.
- medinas
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noun,
the old Arab quarter of a North African city.
- snap-on
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adjective,
attached or fitting into place by means of a snap or with a pressing motion:
- medicos
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noun,
a physician or surgeon; doctor.
- Oceanid
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noun,
any of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys; a sea nymph.
- nuncios
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noun,
a diplomatic representative of the pope at a foreign court or capital: equal in status to an ambassador.
- immuno-
-
- mediacy
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noun,
the state of being mediate.
- Maidens
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noun,
a girl or young unmarried woman; maid.
- cymaise
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noun,
a pewter wine jar having a spout, a fixed handle on the side opposite the spout, and a bail for carrying.
- syncope
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noun,
Grammar. the contraction of a word by omitting one or more sounds from the middle, as in the reduction of never to ne'er.
- synodic
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adjective,
Astronomy. pertaining to a conjunction, or to two successive conjunctions of the same bodies.
- synnema
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noun,
a spore-bearing structure having very compact conidiophores.
- made-up
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adjective,
concocted; falsely fabricated or invented:
- nuances
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noun,
a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc.
- noyades
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noun,
destruction or execution by drowning, especially as practiced at Nantes, France, in 1793–94, during the Reign of Terror.
- Madison
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noun,
Dolly or Dolley [dol-ee] /ˈdɒl i/ (Show IPA), (Dorothea Payne) 1768–1849, wife of James Madison.
- Canopus
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noun,
Astronomy. a first-magnitude star in the constellation Carina: the second brightest star in the heavens.
- daimyos
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noun,
one of the great feudal lords who were vassals of the shogun.
- caesium
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noun,
cesium.
- Camoens
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noun,
Luis Vaz de [loo-eesh vahzh duh] /luˈiʃ vɑʒ də/ (Show IPA), 1524?–80, Portuguese poet.
- Decimus
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adjective,
(in prescriptions) tenth.
- decamps
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verb (used without object),
to depart from a camp; to pack up equipment and leave a camping ground:
- cyanide
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noun,
Also, cyanid, C10/C1079000 sahy-uh-nid, ˈsaɪ ə nɪd. Chemistry.
a salt of hydrocyanic acid, as potassium cyanide, KCN.
a nitrile, as methyl cyanide, C 2 H 3 N.
- Masonic
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adjective,
pertaining to or characteristic of Freemasons or Freemasonry.
- condemn
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verb (used with object),
to express an unfavorable or adverse judgment on; indicate strong disapproval of; censure.
- dapsone
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noun,
an antibacterial substance, C 12 H 12 N 2 O 2 S, used to treat leprosy and certain forms of dermatitis.
- sandmen
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noun,
the man who, in fairy tales or folklore, puts sand in the eyes of children to make them sleepy.
- camions
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noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- one-man
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adjective,
of or relating to, or operated, performed, or used by one person:
- oneidas
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noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- coniums
-
noun,
the poison hemlock, Conium maculatum.
- consume
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verb (used with object),
to destroy or expend by use; use up.
- Campion
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noun,
any of several plants of the genera Lychnis and Silene, having white, pink, or reddish flowers.
- onanism
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noun,
withdrawal of the penis in sexual intercourse so that ejaculation takes place outside the vagina; coitus interruptus.
- dampens
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verb (used with object),
to make damp; moisten:
- cinemas
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noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- Mencius
-
noun,
c380–289 b.c, Chinese philosopher.
- saponin
-
noun,
any of a group of amorphous glycosides of terpenes and steroids, occurring in many plants, characterized by an ability to form emulsions and to foam in aqueous solutions, and used as detergents.
- candies
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noun,
any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
- Ommiads
-
noun,
Omayyad.
- daysmen
-
noun,
an umpire; mediator.
- canines
-
noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- daimons
-
noun,
daemon.
- mudcaps
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verb (used with object),
to blast (a rock) with an explosive attached to it with a capping of clay.
- Comines
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noun,
Philippe de [fee-leep duh] /fiˈlip də/ (Show IPA), 1445?–1511? French historian and diplomat.
- miscopy
-
noun,
an incorrect copy.
- Dunsany
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noun,
Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett [mawr-tn draks pluhng-ket,, -kit,, mohr-] /ˈmɔr tn dræks ˈplʌŋ kɛt,, -kɪt,, ˈmoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 18th Baron ("Lord Dunsany") 1878–1957, Irish dramatist, poet, and essayist.
- domines
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noun,
lord; master (used as a title of address).
- ponceau
-
noun,
a vivid red to reddish-orange color.
- adipose
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noun,
animal fat stored in the fatty tissue of the body.
- pinyons
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noun,
piñon (def 1).
- monades
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noun,
plural of monas.
- modicum
-
noun,
a moderate or small amount:
- summand
-
noun,
a part of a sum.
- pneumo-
-
- Domenic
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noun,
a male given name.
- yaupons
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noun,
a holly shrub or small tree, Ilex vomitoria, of the southern U.S., having bitter leaves that are sometimes brewed as a tea.
- pommies
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noun,
a British person, especially one who is a recent immigrant.
- acumens
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noun,
keen insight; shrewdness:
- Eunomia
-
noun,
one of the Horae: the personification of order.
- eponyms
-
noun,
a person, real or imaginary, from whom something, as a tribe, nation, or place, takes or is said to take its name:
- immunes
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noun,
a person who is immune.
- Ampycus
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noun,
a son of Pelias, husband of Chloris, and father of Mopsus.
- Dominus
-
noun,
God; the Lord.
- unposed
-
adjective,
not posed; not done for effect; natural or candid:
- ammines
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noun,
a compound containing one or more ammonia molecules in coordinate linkage.
- muscone
-
noun,
an oily, very slightly water-soluble, large cyclic ketone containing a 15-membered ring, C 16 H 30 O, obtained from musk: used in the perfume industry.
- unipods
-
noun,
something that is formed with a single leg or foot, as a one-legged support for a camera.
- monacid
-
adjective, noun,
monoacid.
- pneumas
-
noun,
the vital spirit; the soul.
- douanes
-
noun,
a custom house; customs.
- pension
-
noun,
a fixed amount, other than wages, paid at regular intervals to a person or to the person's surviving dependents in consideration of past services, age, merit, poverty, injury or loss sustained, etc.:
- pinnace
-
noun,
a light sailing ship, especially one formerly used in attendance on a larger ship.
- nancies
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Meurthe-et-Moselle, in NE France: battles 1477, 1914, 1944.
- adnouns
-
noun,
an adjective used as a noun, as meek in Blessed are the meek; absolute adjective.
- pandies
-
noun,
a stroke on the palm of the hand with a cane or strap given as a punishment in school.
- ammonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to ammonia or ammonium.
- amnions
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the innermost of the embryonic or fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended.
- paynims
-
noun,
a pagan or heathen.
- dummies
-
noun,
a representation or copy of something, as for displaying to indicate appearance:
- unnamed
-
adjective,
without a name; nameless.
- pomades
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noun,
a scented ointment, especially one used for the scalp or for dressing the hair.
- pannose
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adjective,
having the texture of felt or woolen cloth.
- pyemias
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noun,
a diseased state in which pyogenic bacteria are circulating in the blood, characterized by the development of abscesses in various organs.
- encinas
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noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- misname
-
verb (used with object),
to name incorrectly or wrongly; miscall.
- dipnoan
-
noun,
a dipnoan fish.
- monesia
-
noun,
a preparation extracted from the bark of a South American tree, Pradosia lactescens, and used chiefly as an astringent and as an expectorant.
- encamps
-
verb (used with object),
to make into a camp.
- duennas
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noun,
(in Spain and Portugal) an older woman serving as escort or chaperon of a young lady.
- dyspnea
-
noun,
difficult or labored breathing.
- epinaos
-
noun,
a rear vestibule, as of a classical temple.
- annoyed
-
noun,
Archaic. an annoyance.
- pycnium
-
noun,
a flask-shaped or conical sporangium of a rust fungus, which develops below the epidermis of the host and bears pycniospores.
- pseudo-
-
- pudency
-
noun,
modesty; bashfulness; shamefacedness.
- mundane
-
adjective,
common; ordinary; banal; unimaginative.
- undines
-
noun,
any of a group of female water spirits described by Paracelsus.
- spumone
-
noun,
an Italian style of ice cream of a very fine and smooth texture, usually containing layers of various colors and flavors and chopped fruit or nuts.
- encomia
-
noun,
a formal expression of high praise; eulogy:
- yes-man
-
noun,
a person who, regardless of actual attitude, always expresses agreement with his or her supervisor, superior, etc.; sycophant.
- acinous
-
adjective,
consisting of acini.
- Sudanic
-
adjective,
(especially in former systems of classification) of or relating to a residual category of African languages including most of the non-Bantu and non-Hamitic languages of northern and central Africa: most now reclassified as part of the Niger-Congo subfamily.
- pounces
-
noun,
the claw or talon of a bird of prey.
- mucoids
-
noun,
Biochemistry. any of a group of substances resembling the mucins, occurring in connective tissue, cysts, etc.
- anodyne
-
noun,
a medicine that relieves or allays pain.
- piceous
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling pitch.
- pomaces
-
noun,
the pulpy residue from apples or similar fruit after crushing and pressing, as in cider making.
- Yaounde
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Cameroon, in the SW part.
- podiums
-
noun,
a small platform for the conductor of an orchestra, a public speaker, the recipient of a sports medal, etc.
- odiums
-
noun,
intense hatred or dislike, especially toward a person or thing regarded as contemptible, despicable, or repugnant.
- Pisano
-
noun,
Andrea [ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), c1270–c1348, Italian sculptor.
- pneuma
-
noun,
the vital spirit; the soul.
- Penman
-
noun,
a person who writes or copies; scribe; copyist.
- dupion
-
noun,
a cocoon formed jointly by two silkworms.
- macons
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- scummy
-
adjective,
consisting of or having scum.
- nuncio
-
noun,
a diplomatic representative of the pope at a foreign court or capital: equal in status to an ambassador.
- podium
-
noun,
a small platform for the conductor of an orchestra, a public speaker, the recipient of a sports medal, etc.
- nudism
-
noun,
the practice of going nude, especially in places that allow sexually mixed groups, in the belief that such practice benefits health.
- cuspid
-
noun,
(in humans) a tooth with a single projection point or elevation; canine.
- cusped
-
adjective,
having a cusp or cusps; cusplike.
- Maceio
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Alagoas, in E Brazil.
- Maced.
-
- Duncan
-
noun,
Isadora, 1878–1927, U.S. dancer: pioneer in modern dance.
- cupids
-
noun,
Also called Amor. the ancient Roman god of love and the son of either Mars or Mercury and Venus, identified with Eros and commonly represented as a winged, naked, infant boy with a bow and arrows.
- pedion
-
noun,
a crystal form having only a single face, without a symmetrical equivalent: unique to the triclinic system.
- Dunois
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Comte de ("Bastard of Orleans") 1403?–68, French military leader: relieved by Joan of Arc and her troops when besieged at Orleans.
- numina
-
noun,
plural of numen.
- yamens
-
noun,
(in the Chinese Empire) the residence or office of a public official.
- numis.
-
- cumins
-
noun,
a small plant, Cuminum cyminum, of the parsley family, bearing aromatic, seedlike fruit, used in cookery and medicine.
- COSINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- second
-
noun,
a second part.
- eonism
-
noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- eponym
-
noun,
a person, real or imaginary, from whom something, as a tribe, nation, or place, takes or is said to take its name:
- manioc
-
noun,
cassava.
- Pindus
-
noun,
a mountain range in central Greece: highest peak, 7665 feet (2335 meters).
- manned
-
noun,
an adult male person, as distinguished from a boy or a woman.
- pycnia
-
noun,
a flask-shaped or conical sporangium of a rust fungus, which develops below the epidermis of the host and bears pycniospores.
- Mannes
-
noun,
Leopold Damrosch, 1899–1964, U.S. composer and chemist.
- Emmaus
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania.
- eonian
-
adjective,
aeonian.
- coneys
-
noun,
a serranid fish, Epinephelus fulvus, of tropical American waters.
- Empson
-
noun,
William, 1906–84, English critic and poet.
- pycno-
-
- encamp
-
verb (used with object),
to make into a camp.
- commis
-
noun,
an assistant, especially to a chef.
- ennuis
-
noun,
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
- commie
-
noun,
communist.
- Encina
-
noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- pyemia
-
noun,
a diseased state in which pyogenic bacteria are circulating in the blood, characterized by the development of abscesses in various organs.
- nonces
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- Edison
-
noun,
Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- secund
-
adjective,
arranged on one side only; unilateral.
- pinnas
-
noun,
Botany. one of the primary divisions of a pinnate leaf.
- pennis
-
- madmen
-
noun,
a person who is or behaves as if insane; lunatic; maniac.
- pinons
-
noun,
Also, pinyon. Also called pinyon pine, nut pine. any of several pines of southwestern North America, as Pinus monophylla or P. edulis, bearing edible, nutlike seeds.
- Cousin
-
noun,
Also called first cousin, full cousin. the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt.
See also second cousin, removed (def 2).
- nuance
-
noun,
a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc.
- Noumea
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of New Caledonia, on the SW coast.
- coupes
-
noun,
Also, coupé. a closed, two-door car shorter than a sedan of the same model.
- maiden
-
noun,
a girl or young unmarried woman; maid.
- Esmond
-
noun,
a male given name.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- Sendai
-
noun,
a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.
- copies
-
noun,
an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original:
- copens
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- mameys
-
noun,
mammee.
- Connie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Constance.
- pinyon
-
noun,
piñon (def 1).
- escudo
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Cape Verde, equal to 100 centavos.
- Conium
-
noun,
the poison hemlock, Conium maculatum.
- yapons
-
noun,
yaupon.
- sauced
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- scampi
-
noun,
a large shrimp or prawn.
- induce
-
verb (used with object),
to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind:
- yeoman
-
noun,
a petty officer in a navy, having chiefly clerical duties in the U.S. Navy.
- denom.
-
- Dennis
-
noun,
John, 1657–1734, English dramatist and critic.
- doyens
-
noun,
the senior member, as in age, rank, or experience, of a group, class, profession, etc.
- incuse
-
noun,
an incuse figure or impression.
- pained
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- denims
-
noun,
a heavy, Z-twist, twill cotton for jeans, overalls, and other work and leisure garments.
- induc.
-
- DOMAIN
-
noun,
a field of action, thought, influence, etc.:
- desman
-
noun,
either of two aquatic, insectivorous mammals, Myogale moschata, of southeastern Russia, or M. pyrenaica, of the Pyrenees, related to shrews.
- indues
-
verb (used with object),
endue.
- Ieyasu
-
noun,
Iyeyasu.
- paynim
-
noun,
a pagan or heathen.
- domine
-
noun,
lord; master (used as a title of address).
- induna
-
noun,
an official functionary of a king or chief in South African Bantu societies.
- opiums
-
noun,
the dried, condensed juice of a poppy, Papaver somniferum, that has a narcotic, soporific, analgesic, and astringent effect and contains morphine, codeine, papaverine, and other alkaloids used in medicine in their isolated or derived forms: a narcotic substance, poisonous in large doses.
- opines
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- insane
-
adjective,
not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- Deimos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek personification of terror, a son of Ares and Aphrodite.
- pounce
-
noun,
the claw or talon of a bird of prey.
- income
-
noun,
the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
- inseam
-
noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- Disney
-
noun,
Walt(er E.) 1901–66, U.S. creator and producer of animated cartoons, motion pictures, etc.
- immune
-
noun,
a person who is immune.
- immane
-
adjective,
vast in size; enormous.
- puisne
-
noun,
an associate judge as distinguished from a chief justice.
- ounces
-
noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- psocid
-
noun,
any of numerous minute winged insects of the family Psocidae (order Psocoptera), including most of the common barklice, having mouth parts adapted for chewing and feeding on fungi, lichens, algae, decaying plant material, etc., and occurring on the bark of trees and the leaves of plants.
- disco-
-
- dismay
-
noun,
sudden or complete loss of courage; utter disheartenment.
- impend
-
verb (used without object),
to be imminent; be about to happen.
- pumice
-
noun,
Also called pumice stone. a porous or spongy form of volcanic glass, used as an abrasive.
- impone
-
verb (used with object),
to wager; stake.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- Punans
-
noun,
a member of a food-gathering people living in the forests of interior Borneo.
- paedo-
-
- pseud.
-
- impose
-
Verb phrases,
impose on/upon,
to thrust oneself offensively upon others; intrude.
to take unfair advantage of; misuse (influence, friendship, etc.).
to defraud; cheat; deceive:
- Osmund
-
noun,
any fern of the genus Osmunda, especially the royal fern.
- paeons
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- pounds
-
noun,
the act of pounding.
- inanes
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- Sammie
-
noun,
a sandwich.
- Domnus
-
noun,
Donus.
- pecans
-
noun,
a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
- omasum
-
noun,
the third stomach of a ruminant, between the reticulum and the abomasum; the manyplies.
- doumas
-
noun,
duma.
- Ondine
-
noun,
undine.
- damson
-
noun,
Also called damson plum. the small, dark-blue or purple fruit of a plum, Prunus insititia, of the rose family, introduced into Europe from Asia Minor.
- Poncas
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of northern Nebraska, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
- dampen
-
verb (used with object),
to make damp; moisten:
- yaupon
-
noun,
a holly shrub or small tree, Ilex vomitoria, of the southern U.S., having bitter leaves that are sometimes brewed as a tea.
- Yaunde
-
noun,
Yaoundé.
- Damien
-
noun,
Father (Jo·seph de Veu·ster) [French zhaw-zef--duh-vœ-ster] /French ʒɔˈzɛf də vœˈstɛr/ (Show IPA), 1840–89, Belgian Roman Catholic missionary to the lepers of Molokai.
- Ommiad
-
noun,
Omayyad.
- pomade
-
noun,
a scented ointment, especially one used for the scalp or for dressing the hair.
- dances
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- daimon
-
noun,
daemon.
- pomace
-
noun,
the pulpy residue from apples or similar fruit after crushing and pressing, as in cider making.
- duenna
-
noun,
(in Spain and Portugal) an older woman serving as escort or chaperon of a young lady.
- daimyo
-
noun,
one of the great feudal lords who were vassals of the shogun.
- daimen
-
adjective,
rare; occasional.
- daemon
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
a god.
a subordinate deity, as the genius of a place or a person's attendant spirit.
- sauncy
-
adjective,
sonsy.
- poised
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- Yasmin
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “jasmine.”.
- iceman
-
noun,
a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.
- Oneida
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- ponies
-
noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- opacus
-
adjective,
(of a cloud) dense enough to obscure the sun or moon.
- Decius
-
noun,
(Gaius Messius Quintus Trajanus Decius) a.d. c201–251, emperor of Rome 249–251.
- donnas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: an Italian title of respect prefixed to the given name of a woman.
- decani
-
adjective,
of or relating to the epistle or liturgical south side of a church (opposed to cantoris).
- inspan
-
verb (used with object),
to yoke or harness.
- Decamp
-
verb (used without object),
to depart from a camp; to pack up equipment and leave a camping ground:
- decays
-
noun,
decomposition; rot:
- donsie
-
adjective,
Midland U.S. somewhat sick, weak, or lacking in vitality; not completely well.
- mudcap
-
verb (used with object),
to blast (a rock) with an explosive attached to it with a capping of clay.
- Deacon
-
noun,
(in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
- onside
-
adjective, adverb,
not offside; being within the prescribed line or area at the beginning of or during play or a play.
- douane
-
noun,
a custom house; customs.
- dauncy
-
adjective,
donsie.
- Sandie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- pannes
-
noun,
a soft, lustrous, lightweight velvet with flattened pile.
- one-up
-
adverb,
Printing. with only one reproduction of a form per sheet or on a given sheet:
- sannup
-
noun,
a married American Indian man, especially a younger one; husband.
- pannus
-
noun,
Pathology.
an abnormal vascular thickening of the cornea.
an ingrowth of synovial material into a joint, as in rheumatoid arthritis.
- ponces
-
noun,
a pimp.
- danios
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- Pascin
-
noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Julius Pincas) 1885–1930, French painter, born in Bulgaria.
- osmium
-
noun,
a hard, heavy, metallic element having the greatest density of the known elements and forming octavalent compounds, as OsO 4 and OsF 8 : used chiefly as a catalyst, in alloys, and in the manufacture of electric-light filaments. Symbol: Os; atomic weight: 190.2; atomic number: 76; specific gravity: 22.57.
- Mannie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Emanuel.
- Ennius
-
noun,
Quintus [kwin-tuh s] /ˈkwɪn təs/ (Show IPA), 239–169? b.c, Roman poet.
- Cadmus
-
noun,
Paul, 1904–1999, U.S. painter and etcher.
- Cayuse
-
noun,
Western U.S. a horse, especially an Indian pony.
- monied
-
adjective,
moneyed.
- Monica
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Nyeman
-
noun,
Russian name of Neman.
- uncase
-
verb (used with object),
to remove from a case; remove the case from.
- uncaps
-
verb (used with object),
to remove a cap or cover from (a bottle, container, etc.).
- moneys
-
noun,
any circulating medium of exchange, including coins, paper money, and demand deposits.
- sodium
-
noun,
Chemistry. a soft, silver-white, metallic element that oxidizes rapidly in moist air, occurring in nature only in the combined state, and used in the synthesis of sodium peroxide, sodium cyanide, and tetraethyllead: a necessary element in the body for the maintenance of normal fluid balance and other physiological functions. Symbol: Na; atomic weight: 22.9898; atomic number: 11; specific gravity: 0.97 at 20°C.
- mondes
-
noun,
the world; people; society.
- mid-on
-
noun,
the position of a fielder on the on side of the wicket.
- monies
-
noun,
a plural of money.
- somni-
-
- nicads
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- Monday
-
noun,
the second day of the week, following Sunday.
- amends
-
noun,
reparation or compensation for a loss, damage, or injury of any kind; recompense.
- monads
-
noun,
Biology.
any simple, single-celled organism.
any of various small, flagellate, colorless ameboids with one to three flagella, especially of the genus Monas.
- Niamey
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Niger, in the SW part, on the Niger River.
- supine
-
noun,
(in Latin) a noun form derived from verbs, appearing only in the accusative and the dative-ablative, as dictū in mirābile dictū, “wonderful to say.”.
- mimeos
-
noun,
mimeograph.
- Mimosa
-
noun,
any of numerous plants, shrubs, or trees belonging to the genus Mimosa, of the legume family, native to tropical or warm regions, having small flowers in globular heads or cylindrical spikes and often sensitive leaves.
- nepman
-
noun,
(in the Soviet Union) a person who engaged briefly in private enterprise during the New Economic Policy of the 1920s.
- socmen
-
noun,
sokeman.
- monism
-
noun,
Philosophy.
(in metaphysics) any of various theories holding that there is only one basic substance or principle as the ground of reality, or that reality consists of a single element. Compare dualism (def 2), pluralism (def 1a).
(in epistemology) a theory that the object and datum of cognition are identical. Compare pluralism (def 1b).
- Audion
-
noun,
an early type of triode.
- campus
-
noun,
the grounds, often including the buildings, of a college, university, or school.
- canned
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Canyon
-
noun,
a deep valley with steep sides, often with a stream flowing through it.
- canine
-
noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- canids
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- Menado
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Sulawesi, in NE Indonesia.
- menads
-
noun,
maenad.
- candys
-
noun,
any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
- aidmen
-
noun,
a military medical corpsman trained to provide initial emergency treatment.
- mopeds
-
noun,
a motorized bicycle that has pedals in addition to a low-powered gasoline engine designed for low-speed operation.
- UNESCO
-
noun,
an agency of the United Nations charged with instituting and administering programs for cooperative, coordinated action by member states in education, science, and the arts.
- uneasy
-
adjective,
not easy in body or mind; uncomfortable; restless; disturbed; perturbed.
- Camden
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- Campos
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil, near Rio de Janeiro.
- undone
-
verb,
past participle of undo.
- Cammie
-
noun,
camouflage.
- camise
-
noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- Nadine
-
noun,
a female given name.
- camion
-
noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- Undine
-
noun,
any of a group of female water spirits described by Paracelsus.
- undies
-
plural noun,
women's or children's underwear.
- cameos
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- socman
-
noun,
sokeman.
- audios
-
noun,
Television.
the audio elements of television (distinguished from video).
the circuits in a receiver for reproducing sound.
the audio part of a television broadcast.
- audio-
-
- Memnon
-
noun,
Colossus of, (in ancient Egypt) a colossal statue near Thebes said to produce a musical sound when the rays of the early morning sun struck it.
Compare Vocal Memnon.
- amused
-
adjective,
pleasurably entertained, occupied, or diverted.
- anomie
-
noun,
a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.
- anodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to an anode or the phenomena in its vicinity.
- miscue
-
noun,
Sports. a failure to execute a play, stroke, or maneuver properly; an error.
- annoys
-
noun,
Archaic. an annoyance.
- Miseno
-
noun,
a cape in SW Italy, on the N shore of the Bay of Naples: ruins of ancient Misenum, a Roman naval station and resort.
- Moesia
-
noun,
an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.
- Annecy
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Haute-Savoie, in SE France.
- Sunday
-
noun,
the first day of the week, observed as the Sabbath by most Christian sects.
- sundae
-
noun,
ice cream served with syrup poured over it, and often other toppings, as whipped cream, chopped nuts, or fruit.
- aniso-
-
- summon
-
verb (used with object),
to call upon to do something specified.
- amnios
-
- Modena
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, NW of Bologna.
- anyone
-
pronoun,
any person at all; anybody:
- nasion
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- modems
-
noun,
an electronic device that makes possible the transmission of data to or from a computer via telephone or other communication lines.
- animus
-
noun,
strong dislike or enmity; hostile attitude; animosity.
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- nanism
-
noun,
the condition of being unusually or abnormally small in size or stature; dwarfism.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- anemo-
-
- anemic
-
adjective,
Pathology. suffering from anemia.
- anonym
-
noun,
an assumed or false name.
- amnion
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the innermost of the embryonic or fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended.
- amices
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- amicus
-
noun,
a philanthropist.
- Amycus
-
noun,
a son of Poseidon and one of the Meliae, known for his ruthlessness and his skill at boxing.
- spacey
-
adjective,
spaced-out (def 2).
- amides
-
noun,
a metallic derivative of ammonia in which the −NH 2 group is retained, as potassium amide, KNH 2 .
- amido-
-
- minces
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- Minden
-
noun,
a city in NW Louisiana.
- Minyan
-
noun,
the number of persons required by Jewish law to be present to conduct a communal religious service, traditionally a minimum of 10 Jewish males over 13 years of age.
- Minyas
-
noun,
a king of Orchomenus, famed for his wealth.
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- amino-
-
- nances
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- Minoan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of ancient Crete.
- ammine
-
noun,
a compound containing one or more ammonia molecules in coordinate linkage.
- ascend
-
verb (used with object),
to go or move upward upon or along; climb; mount:
- ammino
-
adjective,
Chemistry. containing or pertaining to an ammine.
- myomas
-
noun,
a tumor composed of muscular tissue.
- spicey
-
adjective,
spicy.
- myopia
-
noun,
Ophthalmology. a condition of the eye in which parallel rays are focused in front of the retina, objects being seen distinctly only when near to the eye; nearsightedness (opposed to hyperopia).
- apices
-
noun,
a plural of apex.
- myopic
-
adjective,
Ophthalmology. pertaining to or having myopia; nearsighted.
- myosin
-
noun,
the principal contractile protein of muscle.
- Cannes
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean Sea: resort; annual film festival.
- undoes
-
verb (used with object),
to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done:
- nanoid
-
adjective,
dwarfish.
- cesium
-
noun,
a rare, highly reactive, soft, metallic element of the alkali metal group, used chiefly in photoelectric cells. Symbol: Cs; atomic weight: 132.905; atomic number: 55; specific gravity: 1.9 at 20°C; melts at 28.5°C.
- Muncie
-
noun,
a city in E Indiana.
- mousey
-
adjective,
mousy.
- maunds
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India and other parts of Asia, varying greatly according to locality: in India, from about 25 to 82.286 pounds (11 to 37.4 kilograms) (the latter being the government maund).
- upside
-
noun,
the upper side or part.
- nomads
-
noun,
a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply.
- adnoun
-
noun,
an adjective used as a noun, as meek in Blessed are the meek; absolute adjective.
- Munsey
-
noun,
Frank Andrew, 1854–1925, U.S. publisher.
- cnemis
-
noun,
the tibia or shin.
- Cnidus
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Asia Minor, in Caria: the Athenians defeated the Spartans in a naval battle near here 394 b.c.
- unmans
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive of courage or fortitude; break down the manly spirit of:
- Simeon
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
- Adonic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Adonic verse or line.
- MScMed
-
- usance
-
noun,
Commerce. a length of time, exclusive of days of grace and varying in different places, allowed by custom or usage for the payment of foreign bills of exchange.
- Adonis
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a youth slain by a wild boar but permitted by Zeus to pass four months every year in the lower world with Persephone, four with Aphrodite, and four wherever he chose.
- cymose
-
adjective,
bearing a cyme or cymes.
- noyade
-
noun,
destruction or execution by drowning, especially as practiced at Nantes, France, in 1793–94, during the Reign of Terror.
- synop.
-
- Cydnus
-
noun,
a river in SE Asia Minor, in Cilicia.
- Mosaic
-
noun,
a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc.
- Syncom
-
noun,
one of a series of experimental communications satellites that were the first to be placed in geostationary orbit.
- unpens
-
verb (used with object),
to release from confinement.
- maundy
-
noun,
the ceremony of washing the feet of the poor, especially commemorating Jesus' washing of His disciples' feet on Maundy Thursday.
- cymoid
-
adjective,
resembling a cyma.
- unpins
-
verb (used with object),
to remove pins from.
- syndic
-
noun,
a person chosen to represent and transact business for a corporation, as a university.
- adeno-
-
- unsnap
-
verb (used with object),
to undo by or as if by opening snap fasteners:
- sindon
-
noun,
cloth of fine linen or silk, used especially for shrouds.
- meacon
-
verb (used with object),
to give false signals to (electronic navigational equipment), as by means of a radio transmitter.
- upends
-
verb (used with object),
to set on end, as a barrel or ship.
- muscid
-
noun,
any muscid fly.
- cyano-
-
- simony
-
noun,
the making of profit out of sacred things.
- Mounds
-
noun,
a natural elevation of earth; a hillock or knoll.
- mascon
-
noun,
a massive concentration of high-density material beneath the surface of the moon.
- acumen
-
noun,
keen insight; shrewdness:
- mucosa
-
noun,
mucous membrane.
- unseam
-
verb (used with object),
to open the seam or seams of; undo; rip apart:
- Capone
-
noun,
Al(phonse) ("Scarface") 1899–1947, U.S. gangster and Prohibition-era bootlegger, probably born in Italy.
- medius
-
noun,
the middle finger.
- mucoid
-
noun,
Biochemistry. any of a group of substances resembling the mucins, occurring in connective tissue, cysts, etc.
- unison
-
noun,
coincidence in pitch of two or more musical tones, voices, etc.
- aecium
-
noun,
the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
- Sicyon
-
noun,
an ancient city in S Greece, near Corinth.
- mucins
-
noun,
any of a class of glycoproteins found in saliva, gastric juice, etc., that form viscous solutions and act as lubricants or protectants on external and internal surfaces of the body.
- acinus
-
noun,
Botany. one of the small drupelets or berries of an aggregate, baccate fruit, as the blackberry.
- Medusa
-
noun,
a saucer-shaped or dome-shaped, free-swimming jellyfish or hydra.
- comedy
-
noun,
a play, movie, etc., of light and humorous character with a happy or cheerful ending; a dramatic work in which the central motif is the triumph over adverse circumstance, resulting in a successful or happy conclusion.
- acious
-
- unipod
-
noun,
something that is formed with a single leg or foot, as a one-legged support for a camera.
- canopy
-
noun,
a covering, usually of fabric, supported on poles or suspended above a bed, throne, exalted personage, or sacred object.
- capons
-
noun,
a cockerel castrated to improve the flesh for use as food.
- unsaid
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of unsay.
- Median
-
noun,
Arithmetic, Statistics. the middle number in a given sequence of numbers, taken as the average of the two middle numbers when the sequence has an even number of numbers:
- medium
-
noun,
a middle state or condition; mean.
- Siouan
-
noun,
an American Indian language family formerly widespread from Saskatchewan to the lower Mississippi, also found in the Virginia and Carolina piedmont, and including Catawba, Crow, Dakota, Hidatsa, Mandan, Osage, and Winnebago.
- sienna
-
noun,
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- medias
-
noun,
a plural of medium.
- Causey
-
noun,
British Dialect. a causeway.
- unmade
-
adjective,
not made.
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- Medina
-
noun,
the old Arab quarter of a North African city.
- capsid
-
noun,
the coiled or polyhedral structure, composed of proteins, that encloses the nucleic acid of a virus.
- nomism
-
noun,
religious conduct based on law.
- Maoism
-
noun,
the political, social, economic, and military theories and policies advocated by Mao Zedong, as those concerning revolutionary movements and guerrilla warfare.
- cinema
-
noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- Sidney
-
noun,
Sir Philip, 1554–86, English poet, writer, statesman, and soldier.
- aceous
-
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- paned
-
adjective,
having panes (usually used in combination):
- ideo-
-
- Nancy
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Meurthe-et-Moselle, in NE France: battles 1477, 1914, 1944.
- Munin
-
noun,
one of the two ravens of Odin that brought him news from the whole world.
- modes
-
noun,
a manner of acting or doing; method; way:
- nano-
-
- ennui
-
noun,
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
- MODEM
-
noun,
an electronic device that makes possible the transmission of data to or from a computer via telephone or other communication lines.
- muco-
-
- mucin
-
noun,
any of a class of glycoproteins found in saliva, gastric juice, etc., that form viscous solutions and act as lubricants or protectants on external and internal surfaces of the body.
- mucid
-
adjective,
moldy; musty.
- MUMPS
-
noun,
an infectious disease characterized by inflammatory swelling of the parotid and usually other salivary glands, and sometimes by inflammation of the testes or ovaries, caused by a paramyxovirus.
- Nandi
-
noun,
a member of an agricultural people of southwestern Kenya.
- Nance
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- Panic
-
noun,
a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals.
- yeans
-
verb (used without object),
(of a sheep or goat) to bring forth young.
- pains
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- pico-
-
- Munda
-
noun,
a small family of languages spoken in east-central India.
- munic
-
- pandy
-
noun,
a stroke on the palm of the hand with a cane or strap given as a punishment in school.
- momes
-
noun,
a fool; blockhead.
- music
-
noun,
an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.
- panne
-
noun,
a soft, lustrous, lightweight velvet with flattened pile.
- Yamis
-
noun,
a member of an Indonesian people of Hungtow Island, off the southeastern coast of Taiwan.
- monic
-
adjective,
(of a polynomial) having the coefficient of the term of highest degree equal to 1.
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- pecan
-
noun,
a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
- Mound
-
noun,
a natural elevation of earth; a hillock or knoll.
- yapon
-
noun,
yaupon.
- Pecos
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N New Mexico through W Texas to the Rio Grande. 735 miles (1183 km) long.
- moues
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- moped
-
noun,
a motorized bicycle that has pedals in addition to a low-powered gasoline engine designed for low-speed operation.
- pedi-
-
- Yenan
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Yanan.
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- Penny
-
noun,
a bronze coin, the 100th part of the dollars of various nations, as Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States; one cent.
- Penna
-
noun,
a contour feather, as distinguished from a down feather, plume, etc.
- yamen
-
noun,
(in the Chinese Empire) the residence or office of a public official.
- Penn.
-
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- mopey
-
adjective,
languishing, listless, droopy, or glum.
- mopes
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- pends
-
verb (used without object),
to remain undecided or unsettled.
- pedo-
-
- mosey
-
verb (used without object),
to wander or shuffle about leisurely; stroll; saunter (often followed by along, about, etc.).
- Peony
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs of the genus Paeonia, having large, showy flowers, as the widely cultivated species P. lactiflora: the state flower of Indiana.
- money
-
noun,
any circulating medium of exchange, including coins, paper money, and demand deposits.
- picas
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- Epsom
-
noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, S of London: site of a famous racetrack (Epsom Downs) where the annual Derby is held.
- Nammu
-
noun,
a Sumerian goddess personifying the primeval sea: the mother of the gods and of heaven and earth.
- Momus
-
noun,
Also, Momos [moh-mos] /ˈmoʊ mɒs/ (Show IPA). Classical Mythology. the god of ridicule.
- muons
-
noun,
a lepton similar in most respects to the electron except that it is unstable, it may be positively charged, and its mass is approximately 207 times greater; the positively charged muon is the antiparticle of the negatively charged muon. Symbol: μ.
- icons
-
- Pansy
-
noun,
a violet, Viola tricolor hortensis, cultivated in many varieties, having richly and variously colored flowers.
- Epis.
-
- Names
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- Musca
-
noun,
the Fly, a small southern constellation between Crux and Chamaeleon.
- Episc
-
- Pasco
-
noun,
a city in S Washington, on the Columbia River.
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- Yauco
-
noun,
a city in SW Puerto Rico.
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- piano
-
noun,
a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
- pause
-
noun,
a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action:
- yaups
-
noun,
a harsh cry.
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- yauds
-
noun,
a mare, especially an old, worn-out one.
- mousy
-
adjective,
resembling or suggesting a mouse, as in color or odor.
- Peano
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- monde
-
noun,
the world; people; society.
- MOUSE
-
noun,
any of numerous small Old World rodents of the family Muridae, especially of the genus Mus, introduced widely in other parts of the world.
- monad
-
noun,
Biology.
any simple, single-celled organism.
any of various small, flagellate, colorless ameboids with one to three flagella, especially of the genus Monas.
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- Medic
-
noun,
a member of a military medical corps; corpsman.
- numen
-
noun,
divine power or spirit; a deity, especially one presiding locally or believed to inhabit a particular object.
- Media
-
noun,
a plural of medium.
- Medan
-
noun,
a city in NE Sumatra, in W Indonesia.
- maces
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- nudie
-
noun,
a film, performance, or magazine featuring nude performers or photographs.
- odium
-
noun,
intense hatred or dislike, especially toward a person or thing regarded as contemptible, despicable, or repugnant.
- Macon
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- nudi-
-
- nudes
-
noun,
a sculpture, painting, etc., of a nude human figure.
- Meany
-
noun,
a small-minded, petty, or malicious person:
- nuci-
-
- odeum
-
noun,
a hall, theater, or other structure for musical or dramatic performances.
- Yumas
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of Arizona.
- Noyes
-
noun,
Alfred, 1880–1958, English poet.
- isnad
-
noun,
the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
- mends
-
noun,
the act of mending; repair or improvement.
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- Menam
-
noun,
a former name of Chao Phraya.
- YPSCE
-
- omni-
-
- menad
-
noun,
maenad.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- Medoc
-
noun,
a wine-growing region in Gironde, in SW France.
- nodus
-
noun,
a difficult or intricate point, situation, plot, etc.
- yuans
-
noun,
Also called yuan dollar. a copper coin of the Republic of China, equal to 100 cents; dollar.
- meiny
-
noun,
Archaic. a group or suite of attendants, followers, dependents, etc.
- oidea
-
- oecus
-
noun,
(in an ancient Roman house) an apartment, especially a dining room, decorated with columns.
- Medon
-
noun,
(in the Odyssey) a herald who warned Penelope that her suitors were conspiring against Telemachus.
- Yuman
-
noun,
a family of languages including the language shared by the Yuma and Mohave Indians and several other languages of the lower valley of the Colorado River.
- Meads
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- meno-
-
- masc.
-
- mauds
-
noun,
a gray woolen plaid worn by shepherds and others in S Scotland.
- Mande
-
noun,
a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, spoken in western Africa and including Mende, Malinke, Bambara, and Kpelle.
- nomes
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- nonce
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- manic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affected by mania.
- Mason
-
noun,
a person whose trade is building with units of various natural or artificial mineral products, as stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or tiles, usually with the use of mortar or cement as a bonding agent.
- Manus
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the distal segment of the forelimb of a vertebrate, including the carpus and the forefoot or hand.
- nomen
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the second name of a citizen, indicating his gens, as “Gaius Julius Caesar.”.
- Manny
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Emanuel.
- Manue
-
noun,
Manoah.
- nona-
-
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Manon
-
noun,
an opera (1884) by Jules Massenet.
- mancy
-
- maund
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India and other parts of Asia, varying greatly according to locality: in India, from about 25 to 82.286 pounds (11 to 37.4 kilograms) (the latter being the government maund).
- noisy
-
adjective,
making much noise:
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- nomad
-
noun,
a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply.
- maids
-
noun,
a female servant.
- M-day
-
noun,
mobilization day: a day assumed by the Department of Defense as the first day of mobilization, used by the military for planning purposes.
- Maidu
-
noun,
a member of a tribe of North American Indians of northeastern California.
- nosey
-
adjective,
nosy.
- maims
-
noun,
a physical injury, especially a loss of a limb.
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- Mamie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- Mayon
-
noun,
an active volcano in the Philippines, on SE Luzon Island. 7926 feet (2415 meters).
- mayos
-
noun,
mayonnaise.
- non-U
-
adjective,
not characteristic of or appropriate to the upper class, especially of Great Britain:
- nones
-
noun,
the fifth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the ninth hour of the day (or 3 p.m.).
- mamey
-
noun,
mammee.
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- myoma
-
noun,
a tumor composed of muscular tissue.
- minus
-
noun,
minus sign.
- nemos
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- Minos
-
noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- Minny
-
noun,
minnow.
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- Minna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Minn.
-
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- minds
-
noun,
(in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.:
- Neman
-
noun,
a river rising in central Byelorussia (Belarus), flowing W through Lithuania into the Baltic. 582 miles (937 km) long.
- misc.
-
- MINCE
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- paces
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- naso-
-
- Padus
-
noun,
ancient name of Po.
- miso-
-
- mysid
-
noun,
any member of the malacostracan order Mysidacea, the opossum shrimps, especially of the genus Mysis.
- Ouida
-
noun,
pen name of Louise de la Ramée.
- paced
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- imams
-
noun,
the officiating priest of a mosque.
- Mysia
-
noun,
an ancient country in NW Asia Minor.
- ounce
-
noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- misdo
-
verb (used with object),
to do badly or wrongly; botch.
- misce
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) mix.
- incus
-
noun,
Anatomy. the middle one of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals.
Compare malleus, stapes.
- mynas
-
noun,
any of several Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae, especially those of the genera Acridotheres and Gracula, certain species of which have the ability to mimic speech and are kept as pets.
- youse
-
pronoun,
you (usually used in addressing two or more people).
- meson
-
noun,
Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- Nydia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- nidus
-
noun,
a nest, especially one in which insects, spiders, etc., deposit their eggs.
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- onium
-
- insp.
-
- yonis
-
noun,
(in Shaktism) the external female genitals regarded as the symbol of Shakti.
Compare lingam (def 2).
- Yonne
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2881 sq. mi. (7460 sq. km). Capital: Auxerre.
- meso-
-
- mesic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Ninus
-
noun,
the legendary husband of Semiramis and founder of Nineveh.
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- micas
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- mimeo
-
noun,
mimeograph.
- Indo-
-
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- neons
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- indue
-
verb (used with object),
endue.
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- mimes
-
noun,
the art or technique of portraying a character, mood, idea, or narration by gestures and bodily movements; pantomime.
- Indus
-
noun,
a river in S Asia, flowing from W Tibet through Kashmir and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea. 1900 miles (3060 km) long.
- myco-
-
- opium
-
noun,
the dried, condensed juice of a poppy, Papaver somniferum, that has a narcotic, soporific, analgesic, and astringent effect and contains morphine, codeine, papaverine, and other alkaloids used in medicine in their isolated or derived forms: a narcotic substance, poisonous in large doses.
- Inonu
-
noun,
Ismet [is-met] /ɪsˈmɛt/ (Show IPA), (Ismet Paşa) 1884–1973, president of Turkey 1938–50; prime minister 1923–24, 1925–37, 1961–65.
- Mimas
-
noun,
Astronomy. one of the moons of Saturn.
- nicad
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- MIDAS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Phrygian king, son of Gordius, who was given by Dionysus the power of turning whatever he touched into gold.
- insep
-
- osmic
-
adjective,
of or containing osmium in its higher valences, especially the tetravalent state.
- Donus
-
noun,
died a.d. 678, pope 676–678.
- cause
-
noun,
a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect:
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- canny
-
adverb,
in a canny manner.
- Cunas
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- anim.
-
- Cupid
-
noun,
Also called Amor. the ancient Roman god of love and the son of either Mars or Mercury and Venus, identified with Eros and commonly represented as a winged, naked, infant boy with a bow and arrows.
- scend
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- ASPEN
-
noun,
any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- cumin
-
noun,
a small plant, Cuminum cyminum, of the parsley family, bearing aromatic, seedlike fruit, used in cookery and medicine.
- Sudan
-
noun,
a region in N Africa, S of the Sahara and Libyan deserts, extending from the Atlantic to the Red Sea.
- scaup
-
noun,
any of several diving ducks of the genus Aythya, especially A. marila (greater scaup) of the Northern Hemisphere, having a bluish-gray bill.
- scape
-
noun,
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- Sumac
-
noun,
any of several shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Rhus of the cashew family, having milky sap, compound leaves, and small, fleshy fruit.
- Scand
-
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- SCAMP
-
noun,
an unscrupulous and often mischievous person; rascal; rogue; scalawag.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- Cumae
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Italy, on the coast of Campania: believed to be the earliest Greek colony in Italy or in Sicily.
- Andes
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- Canon
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical rule or law enacted by a council or other competent authority and, in the Roman Catholic Church, approved by the pope.
- anode
-
noun,
the electrode or terminal by which current enters an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
- Cousy
-
noun,
Robert Joseph ("Bob") born 1928, U.S. basketball player.
- Sedum
-
noun,
any fleshy plant belonging to the genus Sedum, of the stonecrop family, usually having small, overlapping leaves and yellow, white, or pink flowers.
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- annoy
-
noun,
Archaic. an annoyance.
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- seamy
-
adjective,
unpleasant or sordid; low; disagreeable:
- 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.
- spume
-
noun,
foam, froth, or scum.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- anis-
-
- scudo
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver coins, of various Italian states, issued from the late 16th through the early 19th centuries.
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- scopy
-
- scope
-
noun,
extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.:
- scopa
-
noun,
pollen brush.
- canid
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- anon.
-
- ammos
-
- aspic
-
noun,
a savory jelly usually made with meat or fish stock and gelatin, chilled and used as a garnish and coating for meats, seafoods, eggs, etc.
- Sunna
-
noun,
the traditional portion of Muslim law, based on the words and acts of Muhammad, and preserved in the traditional literature.
- Sandy
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- Sunni
-
noun,
Also called Sunnite. a member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam, regarding the first four caliphs as legitimate successors of Muhammad and stressing the importance of Sunna as a basis for law.
Compare Shiʿite.
- Sampo
-
noun,
a magical object or substance that was stolen by Ilmarinen, Vainamoinen, and Lemminkainen from Louhi because of its powers.
- Sunny
-
adjective,
abounding in sunshine:
- Ammon
-
noun,
the classical name of the Egyptian divinity Amen, whom the Greeks identified with Zeus, the Romans with Jupiter.
- danio
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- Suomi
-
noun,
Finnish name of Finland.
- deca-
-
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- amin-
-
- Decay
-
noun,
decomposition; rot:
- decan
-
noun,
any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.
- deci-
-
- decoy
-
noun,
a person who entices or lures another person or thing, as into danger, a trap, or the like.
- Danny
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Daniel.
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- daces
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- dames
-
noun,
(initial capital letter)
the official title of a female member of the Order of the British Empire, equivalent to that of a knight.
the official title of the wife of a knight or baronet.
- snipe
-
noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- Saudi
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Saudi Arabia.
- Ancon
-
noun,
the elbow.
- summa
-
noun,
a comprehensive work or series of works covering, synthesizing, or summarizing a particular field or subject.
- Daisy
-
noun,
any of various composite plants the flowers of which have a yellow disk and white rays, as the English daisy and the oxeye daisy.
- Saucy
-
adjective,
impertinent; insolent:
- amuse
-
verb (used with object),
to hold the attention of (someone) pleasantly; entertain or divert in an enjoyable or cheerful manner:
- sauce
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- damns
-
noun,
the utterance of “damn” in swearing or for emphasis.
- Damon
-
noun,
a male given name.
- damps
-
noun,
moisture; humidity; moist air:
- sonde
-
noun,
a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
- Candy
-
noun,
any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
- sapid
-
adjective,
having taste or flavor.
- dance
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- dancy
-
adjective,
suitable for or conducive to dancing; danceable.
- coups
-
noun,
a highly successful, unexpected stroke, act, or move; a clever action or accomplishment.
- coupe
-
noun,
Also, coupé. a closed, two-door car shorter than a sedan of the same model.
- caus.
-
- spec.
-
- Cindy
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cynthia.
- cine-
-
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- asco-
-
- caps.
-
- cymes
-
noun,
an inflorescence in which the primary axis bears a single central or terminal flower that blooms first.
- spend
-
verb (used with object),
to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.):
- cnida
-
noun,
a nematocyst.
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- capos
-
noun,
any of various devices for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string a corresponding number of half tones.
- Spica
-
noun,
spike2 .
- codas
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- Capon
-
noun,
a cockerel castrated to improve the flesh for use as food.
- Cimon
-
noun,
507–499 b.c, Athenian military leader, naval commander, and statesman (son of Miltiades).
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- codes
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- Sino-
-
- Casey
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “brave.”.
- span-
-
- cedis
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- synod
-
noun,
an assembly of ecclesiastics or other church delegates, convoked pursuant to the law of the church, for the discussion and decision of ecclesiastical affairs; ecclesiastical council.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- cyan-
-
- ASDIC
-
noun,
sonar.
- 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.
- cyans
-
noun,
cyan blue.
- Payne
-
noun,
John Howard, 1791–1852, U.S. actor and dramatist.
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- synd.
-
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- cymas
-
noun,
Architecture. either of two moldings having a partly convex and partly concave curve for an outline: used especially in classical architecture.
Compare cyma recta, cyma reversa.
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- spice
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- Spode
-
noun,
Josiah, 1733–97, and his son, Josiah, 1754–1827, English potters.
- Copan
-
noun,
Santa Rosa de Copán.
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- Conn.
-
- conns
-
noun,
responsibility for the steering of a ship.
- Cons.
-
- CONUS
-
noun,
the most anterior part of the simple tubular heart of lower vertebrates and embryos of higher vertebrates, leading into the artery that leaves the heart; in mammals it forms a part of the upper wall of the right ventricle, in which the pulmonary artery originates.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- spiny
-
adjective,
abounding in or having spines; thorny, as a plant.
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- Coney
-
noun,
a serranid fish, Epinephelus fulvus, of tropical American waters.
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- copen
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- copes
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- 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.
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- copse
-
noun,
a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- semi-
-
- Sepoy
-
noun,
(formerly, in India) a native soldier, usually an infantryman, in the service of Europeans, especially of the British.
- Picus
-
noun,
an ancient Italian god of agriculture.
- Sidon
-
noun,
a city of ancient Phoenicia: site of modern Saida.
- comes
-
noun,
Astronomy. companion1 (def 6).
- coeds
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- Apoc.
-
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coypu
-
noun,
a large, South American, aquatic rodent, Myocastor (or Myopotamus) coypus, yielding the fur nutria.
- Sycon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having a thick body wall that is folded to form many short canals leading to the spongocoel.
- COMAS
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- spicy
-
adjective,
seasoned with or containing spice:
- comm.
-
- Conde
-
noun,
Louis II de Bourbon [lwee,, duh boor-bawn] /lwi,, də burˈbɔ̃/ (Show IPA), Prince de (Duc d'Enghien"the Great Condé") 1621–86, French general.
- comma
-
noun,
the sign (,), a mark of punctuation used for indicating a division in a sentence, as in setting off a word, phrase, or clause, especially when such a division is accompanied by a slight pause or is to be noted in order to give order to the sequential elements of the sentence. It is also used to separate items in a list, to mark off thousands in numerals, to separate types or levels of information in bibliographic and other data, and, in Europe, as a decimal point.
- comp.
-
- compd
-
- comps
-
noun,
a compositor.
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- Comus
-
noun,
an ancient Greek and Roman god of drinking and revelry.
- Conan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- capes
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- decos
-
noun,
art deco.
- Sammy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Samuel.
- Camus
-
noun,
Albert [al-ber] /alˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1913–60, French novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and essayist: Nobel Prize 1957.
- Dunne
-
noun,
Finley Peter [fin-lee] /ˈfɪn li/ (Show IPA), 1867–1936, U.S. humorist.
- aden-
-
- dumpy
-
adjective,
dumpish; dejected; sulky.
- dumps
-
noun,
a depressed state of mind (usually preceded by in the):
- dunce
-
noun,
a dull-witted, stupid, or ignorant person; dolt.
- unpin
-
verb (used with object),
to remove pins from.
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- podia
-
noun,
a small platform for the conductor of an orchestra, a public speaker, the recipient of a sports medal, etc.
- dunny
-
noun,
an outside privy; outhouse.
- Dumas
-
noun,
Alexandre [a-lek-sahn-druh] /a lɛkˈsɑ̃ drə/ (Show IPA), ("Dumas père") 1802–70, and his son, Alexandre, (“Dumas fils”), 1824–95, French dramatists and novelists.
- dunno
-
- unsay
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw (something said), as if it had never been said; retract.
- dupes
-
noun,
a person who is easily deceived or fooled; gull.
- Audie
-
noun,
a female or male given name.
- acmes
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- space
-
noun,
the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- acids
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- acidy
-
adjective,
of the nature of or resembling acid; sharp; sour:
- dummy
-
noun,
a representation or copy of something, as for displaying to indicate appearance:
- poesy
-
noun,
the work or the art of poetic composition.
- pisay
-
noun,
pisé.
- douse
-
noun,
British Dialect. a stroke or blow.
- dopey
-
adjective,
stupid; inane:
- dopes
-
noun,
any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- admin
-
noun,
administration; administrative work.
- Douai
-
noun,
a city in N France, SE of Calais.
- douce
-
adjective,
sedate; modest; quiet.
- douma
-
noun,
duma.
- admen
-
noun,
Also called advertising man. one whose profession is writing, designing, or selling advertisements.
- Ponce
-
noun,
a pimp.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- Ponca
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of northern Nebraska, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
- adios
-
interjection,
goodbye; farewell.
- pommy
-
noun,
a British person, especially one who is a recent immigrant.
- adieu
-
noun,
the act of leaving or departing; farewell.
- pomes
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.
- unpen
-
verb (used with object),
to release from confinement.
- Duane
-
noun,
a male given name.
- duces
-
noun,
a leader or dictator.
- pisco
-
noun,
a brandy made in the district near Pisco, a seaport in Peru.
- soupy
-
adjective,
resembling soup in consistency:
- dopas
-
noun,
an amino acid, C 9 H 11 NO 4 , formed from tyrosine in the liver during melanin and epinephrine biosynthesis: the L-dopa isomer is converted in the brain to dopamine.
- Piman
-
noun,
any of various groupings of Uto-Aztecan languages, of varying degrees of inclusiveness, comprising Pima and its closest relatives.
- educ.
-
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- Sonya
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- cadis
-
noun,
qadi.
- eidos
-
noun,
the formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas, criteria for interpreting experience, etc.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- Pimas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- Somme
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW to the English Channel: battles, World War I, 1916, 1918; World War II, 1944. 150 miles (241 km) long.
- Sonny
-
noun,
little son (often used as a familiar term of address to a boy).
- pyins
-
noun,
an albuminous constituent of pus.
- Cades
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- 30-30
-
- Usnea
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- piend
-
noun,
arris.
- ency.
-
- endo-
-
- Pydna
-
noun,
a town in ancient Macedonia, W of the Gulf of Salonika: decisive Roman victory over the Macedonians 186 b.c.
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- pious
-
adjective,
having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations.
- Pinna
-
noun,
Botany. one of the primary divisions of a pinnate leaf.
- pions
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- pyoid
-
adjective,
pertaining to pus; puslike.
- SOUND
-
noun,
the sensation produced by stimulation of the organs of hearing by vibrations transmitted through the air or other medium.
- updos
-
noun,
a hairdo that is combed or brushed up, away from the face.
- Pinon
-
noun,
Also, pinyon. Also called pinyon pine, nut pine. any of several pines of southwestern North America, as Pinus monophylla or P. edulis, bearing edible, nutlike seeds.
- upend
-
verb (used with object),
to set on end, as a barrel or ship.
- econ.
-
- Ecua.
-
- piney
-
adjective,
piny.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- sodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or containing sodium:
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- Edman
-
noun,
Irwin, 1896–1954, U.S. philosopher and essayist.
- Cayes
-
noun,
Les. Les Cayes.
- caids
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- ponds
-
noun,
a body of water smaller than a lake, sometimes artificially formed, as by damming a stream.
- unman
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive of courage or fortitude; break down the manly spirit of:
- deism
-
noun,
belief in the existence of a God on the evidence of reason and nature only, with rejection of supernatural revelation (distinguished from theism).
- Punic
-
noun,
the language of ancient Carthage, a form of late Phoenician.
- Amend
-
verb (used with object),
to alter, modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from (a motion, bill, constitution, etc.) by formal procedure:
- Dyaus
-
noun,
the Vedic god of the sky.
- Pusey
-
noun,
Edward Bouverie [boo-vuh-ree] /ˈbu və ri/ (Show IPA), 1800–82, English clergyman.
- Pusan
-
noun,
a seaport in SE South Korea.
- dicey
-
adjective,
unpredictable; risky; uncertain.
- dices
-
Idioms,
no dice, Informal. of no use or help; ineffective.
- punny
-
adjective,
having, involving, or characteristic of a pun.
- Campy
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characterized by camp:
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- AMEDS
-
- Unami
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people, one of the Delaware group.
- punas
-
noun,
a high, cold, arid plateau, as in the Peruvian Andes.
- Punan
-
noun,
a member of a food-gathering people living in the forests of interior Borneo.
- uncap
-
verb (used with object),
to remove a cap or cover from (a bottle, container, etc.).
- pumas
-
noun,
cougar.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- diam.
-
- Campo
-
noun,
(in South America) an extensive, nearly level grassland plain.
- Pu-yi
-
noun,
Henry, 1906–67, as Hsüan T'ung, last emperor of China 1908–12; as K'ang Tê, puppet emperor of Manchukuo 1934–45.
- AMICE
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- demi-
-
- amide
-
noun,
a metallic derivative of ammonia in which the −NH 2 group is retained, as potassium amide, KNH 2 .
- amid-
-
- demo-
-
- Demon
-
noun,
an evil spirit; devil or fiend.
- Demos
-
noun,
the common people of an ancient Greek state.
- Udine
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy.
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- denim
-
noun,
a heavy, Z-twist, twill cotton for jeans, overalls, and other work and leisure garments.
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Denys
-
noun,
Saint, Denîs, Saint.
- camps
-
noun,
a place where an army or other group of persons or an individual is lodged in a tent or tents or other temporary means of shelter.
- Denny
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Dennis.
- Sadoc
-
noun,
Zadok.
- desc.
-
- dynes
-
noun,
the standard centimeter-gram-second unit of force, equal to the force that produces an acceleration of one centimeter per second per second on a mass of one gram. Abbreviation: dyn.
- ayous
-
noun,
the wood of the obeche.
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- cames
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- Dione
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- doyen
-
noun,
the senior member, as in age, rank, or experience, of a group, class, profession, etc.
- Doisy
-
noun,
Edward Adelbert [ad-l-bert,, uh-del-] /ˈæd l bərt,, əˈdɛl-/ (Show IPA), 1893–1986, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1943.
- posey
-
adjective,
characteristic of or being a poser, especially in being trendy or fashionable in a superficial way.
- domes
-
noun,
Architecture.
a vault, having a circular plan and usually in the form of a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions.
a domical roof or ceiling.
a polygonal vault, ceiling, or roof.
- Union
-
noun,
the act of uniting two or more things.
- ayins
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Cameo
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- Caius
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 296, pope 283–296.
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- aeons
-
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.
- Aedon
-
noun,
a daughter of Pandareus who mistakenly killed her son. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a nightingale.
- donas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- Donau
-
noun,
German name of Danube.
- Aidos
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of modesty, respect, and shame.
- soapy
-
adjective,
containing or impregnated with soap:
- Donna
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: an Italian title of respect prefixed to the given name of a woman.
- spade
-
noun,
a tool for digging, having an iron blade adapted for pressing into the ground with the foot and a long handle commonly with a grip or crosspiece at the top, and with the blade usually narrower and flatter than that of a shovel.
- puces
-
noun,
a dark or brownish purple.
- spado
-
noun,
Civil Law. an impotent person; someone unable to procreate.
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- dipso
-
noun,
a dipsomaniac; habitual drunk.
- uncia
-
noun,
a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the 12th part of an as.
- UNCIO
-
- disc.
-
- Donne
-
noun,
John, 1573–1631, English poet and clergyman.
- uncos
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- disme
-
noun,
a former coin of the U.S., equal to 10 cents, issued in 1792: early form of the dime.
- Auden
-
noun,
W(ystan) H(ugh) [wis-tuh n] /ˈwɪs tən/ (Show IPA), 1907–73, English poet in the U.S.
- adsum
-
interjection,
I am present.
- adunc
-
adjective,
curved inward; hooked.
- camis
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- Pound
-
noun,
the act of pounding.
- donec
-
conjunction,
(in prescriptions) until.
- neo-
-
- spay
-
noun,
a three-year-old male red deer.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- neon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- soup
-
noun,
a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, or vegetables with various added ingredients.
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- Sumo
-
noun,
a form of wrestling in Japan in which a contestant wins by forcing his opponent out of the ring or by causing him to touch the ground with any part of his body other than the soles of his feet, contestants usually being men of great height and weight.
- Spam
-
noun,
(lowercase) Digital Technology. disruptive online messages, especially commercial messages posted on a computer network or sent as email (often used attributively):
- Muni
-
noun,
a municipal bond.
- NADP
-
- undo
-
verb (used with object),
to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done:
- MusM
-
- uni-
-
- Muse
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of a number of sister goddesses, originally given as Aoede (song), Melete (meditation), and Mneme (memory), but latterly and more commonly as the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne who presided over various arts: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (lyric poetry), Euterpe (music), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (religious music), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy); identified by the Romans with the Camenae.
any goddess presiding over a particular art.
- MusD
-
- mus.
-
- muon
-
noun,
a lepton similar in most respects to the electron except that it is unstable, it may be positively charged, and its mass is approximately 207 times greater; the positively charged muon is the antiparticle of the negatively charged muon. Symbol: μ.
- upas
-
noun,
the poisonous milky sap of a large tree, Antiaris toxicaria, of the mulberry family, native to tropical Asia, Africa, and the Philippine Islands, used for arrow poison.
- updo
-
noun,
a hairdo that is combed or brushed up, away from the face.
- upon
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- unco
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- mun.
-
- mums
-
noun,
chrysanthemum.
- USCA
-
- mump
-
verb (used with object),
to mumble; mutter.
- USDA
-
- muds
-
noun,
wet, soft earth or earthy matter, as on the ground after rain, at the bottom of a pond, or along the banks of a river; mire.
- used
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- USIA
-
- USMA
-
- USMC
-
- USNA
-
- undy
-
plural noun,
women's or children's underwear.
- nays
-
noun,
a denial or refusal.
- SPCA
-
- NASD
-
- SpEd
-
noun,
rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity:
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- SPIM
-
noun,
a type of spam that is sent by means of instant messaging.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- SPUD
-
noun,
Informal. a potato.
- NDAC
-
- spue
-
noun,
something that is spewed; vomit.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- umps
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
umpire.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- spun
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- sumi
-
noun,
black ink made from a mixture of plant soot and glue solidified into sticks or cakes the ends of which are scraped or ground into water on an ink slab, much used by calligraphers and painters.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- Sumy
-
noun,
a city in NE Ukraine, NW of Kharkov.
- sump
-
noun,
a pit, well, or the like in which water or other liquid is collected.
- sunn
-
noun,
a tall East Indian shrub, Crotalaria juncea, of the legume family, having slender branches and yellow flowers, and an inner bark that yields a hemplike fiber used for making ropes, sacking, etc.
- supe
-
noun,
a supernumerary.
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- udos
-
noun,
a plant, Aralia cordata, of the ginseng family, cultivated, especially in Japan and China, for its edible shoots.
- Umea
-
noun,
a city in NE Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- Soni
-
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- psia
-
- puds
-
noun,
pudding.
- puce
-
noun,
a dark or brownish purple.
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- puca
-
noun,
(in folklore) an Irish spirit, mischievous but not malevolent, corresponding to the English Puck.
- pacs
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- psid
-
- psec
-
- puna
-
noun,
a high, cold, arid plateau, as in the Peruvian Andes.
- PAYE
-
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- posy
-
noun,
a flower, nosegay, or bouquet.
- USPO
-
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- pos.
-
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- puma
-
noun,
cougar.
- Pune
-
noun,
a city in W Maharashtra, W India, SE of Mumbai.
- pam.
-
- Sam.
-
- Samp
-
noun,
coarsely ground corn.
- OPEC
-
noun,
an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- opia
-
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- opsy
-
- puny
-
adjective,
of less than normal size and strength; weak.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- opus
-
noun,
a musical composition.
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- ouds
-
noun,
a musical instrument of the Middle East and northern Africa belonging to the lute family.
- pays
-
- pams
-
noun,
the jack of clubs, especially in a form of loo in which it is the best trump.
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- PINE
-
noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, having long, needle-shaped leaves, certain species of which yield timber, turpentine, tar, pitch, etc.
Compare pine family.
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- piny
-
adjective,
abounding in or covered with pine trees:
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pyas
-
noun,
an aluminum coin of Burma, the 100th part of a kyat.
- Pica
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- pion
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- PIMS
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- Pima
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- pyin
-
noun,
an albuminous constituent of pus.
- pyes
-
noun,
pie4 .
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- pyo-
-
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- Pan.
-
- pome
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- pony
-
noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- Pond
-
noun,
a body of water smaller than a lake, sometimes artificially formed, as by damming a stream.
- pase
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- poms
-
noun,
pommy.
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- poem
-
noun,
a composition in verse, especially one that is characterized by a highly developed artistic form and by the use of heightened language and rhythm to express an intensely imaginative interpretation of the subject.
- pend
-
verb (used without object),
to remain undecided or unsettled.
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- ped.
-
- poda
-
- peds
-
- pnea
-
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- Pen.
-
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- onym
-
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- Sind
-
noun,
a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
- nom.
-
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- sync
-
noun,
synchronization:
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- snye
-
noun,
a backwater.
- syn-
-
- simp
-
noun,
a fool; simpleton.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- sym.
-
- nomy
-
- non-
-
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- soda
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- SOAP
-
noun,
a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- Nysa
-
noun,
the mountain where Zeus sent the infant Dionysus to protect him from the vindictive wrath of Hera.
- snod
-
adjective,
smooth; sleek.
- NYSE
-
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- syce
-
noun,
(in India) a groom; stable attendant.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- OECD
-
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OCDM
-
- sci.
-
- odic
-
adjective,
of an ode.
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- Odus
-
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- nunc
-
adverb,
now.
- SCAD
-
noun,
any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- Saud
-
noun,
(Saud ibn Abdul-Aziz), 1901?–69, king of Saudi Arabia 1953–64 (son of ibn-Saud and brother of Faisal).
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- OAPC
-
- scop
-
noun,
an Old English bard or poet.
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- noun
-
noun,
any member of a class of words that can function as the main or only elements of subjects of verbs (A dog just barked), or of objects of verbs or prepositions (to send money from home), and that in English can take plural forms and possessive endings (Three of his buddies want to borrow John's laptop). Nouns are often described as referring to persons, places, things, states, or qualities, and the word noun is itself often used as an attributive modifier, as in noun compound; noun group.
See also noun adjunct, noun clause, noun phrase.
Synonyms: substantive, name.
- sepn
-
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- nos-
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- Sem.
-
- nosy
-
adjective,
unduly curious about the affairs of others; prying; meddlesome.
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- SCUD
-
noun,
the act of scudding.
- secy
-
- sec.
-
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- nude
-
noun,
a sculpture, painting, etc., of a nude human figure.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- scup
-
noun,
a sparid food fish, Stenotomus chrysops, found along the Atlantic coast of the U.S., having a compressed body and high back.
- scum
-
noun,
a film or layer of foul or extraneous matter that forms on the surface of a liquid.
- syne
-
adverb, preposition, conjunction,
since.
- deco
-
noun,
art deco.
- Dice
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- Cmon
-
- Ice.
-
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- coda
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- idae
-
- Idas
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- idem
-
noun,
another exactly the same.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- CMOS
-
noun,
complementary metal oxide semiconductor.
- Idun
-
noun,
a goddess, keeper of the apples of youth and wife of Bragi; abducted by the giant Thjazi, from whom she was rescued.
- code
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- cis-
-
- yean
-
verb (used without object),
(of a sheep or goat) to bring forth young.
- yeas
-
noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- Yedo
-
noun,
a former name of Tokyo.
- yens
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cyme
-
noun,
an inflorescence in which the primary axis bears a single central or terminal flower that blooms first.
- Cyma
-
noun,
Architecture. either of two moldings having a partly convex and partly concave curve for an outline: used especially in classical architecture.
Compare cyma recta, cyma reversa.
- yids
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Jew.
- yins
-
noun,
See under yin and yang.
- ICAO
-
- Cody
-
noun,
William Frederick ("Buffalo Bill") 1846–1917, U.S. Army scout and showman.
- yipe
-
interjection,
(an expression or exclamation of fright, surprise, pain, etc.)
- come
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. semen.
- Espy
-
noun,
James Pollard [pol-erd] /ˈpɒl ərd/ (Show IPA), 1785–1860, U.S. meteorologist.
- copy
-
noun,
an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original:
- Cope
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- Cony
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- 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.
- YMCA
-
- Ind.
-
- Cond
-
- Con.
-
- COMS
-
noun,
Trademark. Comedy Central: a cable television channel.
- Yami
-
noun,
a member of an Indonesian people of Hungtow Island, off the southeastern coast of Taiwan.
- cods
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- yams
-
noun,
the starchy, tuberous root of any of various climbing vines of the genus Dioscorea, cultivated for food in warm regions.
- comd
-
- coma
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- Com.
-
- yaps
-
noun,
a sharp, shrill, or snappish bark; yelp.
- coys
-
adjective,
artfully or affectedly shy or reserved; slyly hesitant; coquettish.
- yaud
-
noun,
a mare, especially an old, worn-out one.
- yaup
-
noun,
a harsh cry.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coed
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- cide
-
- yips
-
noun,
a sharp bark; yelp.
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- cade
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- yond
-
adverb, adjective,
yonder.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- yoni
-
noun,
(in Shaktism) the external female genitals regarded as the symbol of Shakti.
Compare lingam (def 2).
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- caid
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- ious
-
- yous
-
noun,
plural of you.
- cads
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- cadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- iso-
-
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- Yuan
-
noun,
Also called yuan dollar. a copper coin of the Republic of China, equal to 100 cents; dollar.
- Aus.
-
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- yuca
-
noun,
cassava.
- Aude
-
noun,
a department in S France. 2449 sq. mi. (6345 sq. km). Capital: Carcassonne.
- aud.
-
- ASME
-
- Yuma
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of Arizona.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- asc-
-
- cays
-
noun,
a small low island; key.
- yods
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- inae
-
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- cen.
-
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- imam
-
noun,
the officiating priest of a mosque.
- IMCO
-
- Imp.
-
- imps
-
noun,
a little devil or demon; an evil spirit.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- capo
-
noun,
any of various devices for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string a corresponding number of half tones.
- Cape
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- cap.
-
- iod-
-
- Inc.
-
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- IndE
-
- Indy
-
noun,
Indianapolis, Ind.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Can.
-
- cams
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- ins.
-
- CAMP
-
noun,
a place where an army or other group of persons or an individual is lodged in a tent or tents or other temporary means of shelter.
- Dyce
-
noun,
Alexander, 1798–1869, Scottish editor.
- esp.
-
- eso-
-
- Apsu
-
noun,
an Akkadian god: the consort of Tiamat and the father of the gods.
- dopa
-
noun,
an amino acid, C 9 H 11 NO 4 , formed from tyrosine in the liver during melanin and epinephrine biosynthesis: the L-dopa isomer is converted in the brain to dopamine.
- DOCS
-
noun,
doctor.
- 1080
-
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- Dec.
-
- dome
-
noun,
Architecture.
a vault, having a circular plan and usually in the form of a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions.
a domical roof or ceiling.
a polygonal vault, ceiling, or roof.
- doms
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) a title of a monk in the Benedictine, Carthusian, Cistercian, and certain other monastic orders.
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- Dona
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- dons
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- dope
-
noun,
any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- deys
-
noun,
the title of the governor of Algiers before the French conquest in 1830.
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- doup
-
noun,
the bottom, end, or butt of something.
- daps
-
noun,
Carpentry. a notch in a timber for receiving part of another timber.
- Danu
-
noun,
the mother of the Tuatha De Danann: identified with the Welsh Don.
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Duce
-
noun,
a leader or dictator.
- ducs
-
noun,
duke.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- dues
-
noun,
something that is due, owed, or naturally belongs to someone.
- damp
-
noun,
moisture; humidity; moist air:
- doc.
-
plural,
document.
- Dem.
-
- dump
-
noun,
an accumulation of discarded garbage, refuse, etc.
- Dino
-
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- dyes
-
noun,
a coloring material or matter.
- dim.
-
- dime
-
noun,
a cupronickel-clad coin of the U.S. and Canada, the 10th part of a dollar, equal to 10 cents.
- DIMS
-
Idioms,
take a dim view of, to regard with disapproval, skepticism, or dismay:
- Din.
-
- DIAS
-
noun,
Bartholomeu [bahr-too-loo-me-oo] /ˌbɑr tʊ lʊˈmɛ ʊ/ (Show IPA), c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.
- Dyna
-
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- dyne
-
noun,
the standard centimeter-gram-second unit of force, equal to the force that produces an acceleration of one centimeter per second per second on a mass of one gram. Abbreviation: dyn.
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- Demy
-
noun,
a foundation scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford: so called because such a scholar originally received half the allowance of a fellow.
- dioc
-
- dia-
-
- dips
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- dis-
-
- Deus
-
noun,
God. Abbreviation: D.
- dys-
-
- dep.
-
- Deny
-
Idioms,
deny oneself, to refrain from satisfying one's desires or needs; practice self-denial.
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- Den.
-
- DMSO
-
- Duma
-
noun,
(in Russia prior to 1917) a council or official assembly.
- damn
-
noun,
the utterance of “damn” in swearing or for emphasis.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Ens.
-
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- Emma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Emmy
-
noun,
(sometimes lowercase) any of several statuettes awarded annually by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for excellence in television programming, production, or performance.
- Emp.
-
- enc.
-
- end-
-
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- Enyo
-
noun,
an ancient Greek war goddess.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- eyas
-
noun,
a nestling, usually a hawk.
- eous
-
- epi-
-
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- cpd.
-
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- coup
-
noun,
a highly successful, unexpected stroke, act, or move; a clever action or accomplishment.
- Coue
-
noun,
Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1857–1926, French psychotherapist.
- cosy
-
noun,
a padded covering for a teapot, chocolate pot, etc., to retain the heat.
- Esd.
-
- emia
-
- Cuda
-
noun,
a barracuda.
- Dame
-
noun,
(initial capital letter)
the official title of a female member of the Order of the British Empire, equivalent to that of a knight.
the official title of the wife of a knight or baronet.
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- Duna
-
noun,
Hungarian name of the Danube.
- dune
-
noun,
a sand hill or sand ridge formed by the wind, usually in desert regions or near lakes and oceans.
- Duns
-
noun,
a person, especially a creditor, who duns another.
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- duo-
-
- duos
-
noun,
Music. duet.
- dup.
-
- dupe
-
noun,
a person who is easily deceived or fooled; gull.
- dups
-
verb (used with object),
to open.
- Duse
-
noun,
Eleonora [el-ee-uh-nawr-uh;; Italian e-le-aw-naw-rah] /ˌɛl i əˈnɔr ə;; Italian ˌɛ lɛ ɔˈnɔ rɑ/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, Italian actress.
- Dom.
-
- cuds
-
noun,
the portion of food that a ruminant returns from the first stomach to the mouth to chew a second time.
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- muc-
-
- easy
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- Cusp
-
noun,
a point or pointed end.
- eco-
-
- Cuna
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- Edam
-
noun,
a mild, hard, yellow cheese, produced in a round shape and coated with red wax.
- Cuyp
-
noun,
Aelbert [ahl-buh rt] /ˈɑl bərt/ (Show IPA), 1620–91, Dutch painter.
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- Edom
-
noun,
Esau, the brother of Jacob.
- Apus
-
noun,
the Bird of Paradise, a southern constellation between Octans and Triangulum Australe.
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- APSE
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- mica
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- Manu
-
noun,
the progenitor and lawgiver of the human race.
- Amoy
-
noun,
Xiamen.
- myo-
-
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- Maud
-
noun,
a gray woolen plaid worn by shepherds and others in S Scotland.
- Maui
-
noun,
an island in central Hawaii. 728 sq. mi. (1886 sq. km).
- Mon.
-
- Maun
-
auxiliary verb,
must1 .
- moms
-
noun,
mother1 .
- myc-
-
- 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.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- MCPO
-
- Mayo
-
noun,
mayonnaise.
- maid
-
noun,
a female servant.
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- 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.
- maim
-
noun,
a physical injury, especially a loss of a limb.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- mids
-
noun,
Archaic. the middle.
- mony
-
adjective, noun,
many.
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- Mays
-
noun,
Willie (Howard) born 1931, U.S. baseball player.
- midn
-
- Mid.
-
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- Mame
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Man.
-
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- MDAP
-
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- men-
-
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- Adm.
-
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- mems
-
noun,
the thirteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Mend
-
noun,
the act of mending; repair or improvement.
- moas
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- menu
-
noun,
a list of the dishes served at a meal; bill of fare:
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- MNAS
-
- MEPA
-
- MMus
-
- mes-
-
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- AInd
-
- MDES
-
- mdse
-
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- Mdme
-
plural,
Madame.
- Mdms
-
plural,
Madam.
- mome
-
noun,
a fool; blockhead.
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- Mic.
-
- Mead
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- mod.
-
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- meas
-
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mods
-
noun,
a person who is in the vanguard in style, dress, etc.
- mem.
-
- memo
-
noun,
memorandum.
- Mode
-
noun,
a manner of acting or doing; method; way:
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- amp.
-
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- MIPS
-
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- ayes
-
noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- MSCP
-
- min.
-
- MSCE
-
- MScD
-
- MSAM
-
- msec
-
- MSAE
-
- ano-
-
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- ann.
-
- Mims
-
noun,
Fort. Fort Mims.
- MAEd
-
- ANSI
-
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- moue
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- apes
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- apo-
-
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- med.
-
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- MSPE
-
- MSEM
-
- Mind
-
noun,
(in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.:
- MSME
-
- Myna
-
noun,
any of several Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae, especially those of the genera Acridotheres and Gracula, certain species of which have the ability to mimic speech and are kept as pets.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- MSIE
-
- AIDS
-
noun,
a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi's sarcoma, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, especially by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
- mis-
-
- ayin
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Madm
-
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- Ayme
-
noun,
Marcel [mar-sel] /marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1902–67, French novelist and short-story writer.
- maco
-
noun,
an Egyptian cotton, used especially in the manufacture of hosiery and undergarments.
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- made
-
noun,
the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
- mads
-
noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- Mac-
-
- amus
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- AMPS
-
noun,
ampere.
- acid
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- ance
-
- Macy
-
noun,
R(owland) H(ussey) [roh-luh nd huhs-ee] /ˈroʊ lənd ˈhʌs i/ (Show IPA), 1823–77, U.S. retail merchant.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- AIME
-
- mops
-
noun,
a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
- mopy
-
adjective,
mopey.
- mope
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- Andy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Andrew.
- ands
-
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- MIME
-
noun,
the art or technique of portraying a character, mood, idea, or narration by gestures and bodily movements; pantomime.
- ancy
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- cum
-
noun,
come (def 24).
- DSO
-
- do.
-
- aye
-
noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- cup
-
noun,
a small, open container made of china, glass, metal, etc., usually having a handle and used chiefly as a receptable from which to drink tea, soup, etc.
- DCM
-
- SCM
-
- AIC
-
- Cui
-
noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- DOA
-
- DSM
-
- DSC
-
- ScD
-
- sc.
-
- DAP
-
noun,
Carpentry. a notch in a timber for receiving part of another timber.
- DAE
-
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- UPS
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- Dey
-
noun,
the title of the governor of Algiers before the French conquest in 1830.
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- USC
-
- ADC
-
- SAE
-
- ad-
-
- di.
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- ac-
-
- UPI
-
- ap-
-
- USM
-
- Am.
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- USN
-
- Sp.
-
- USO
-
- USP
-
- So.
-
- sd.
-
- an.
-
- AUC
-
- DAY
-
noun,
the interval of light between two successive nights; the time between sunrise and sunset:
- ACS
-
- AEC
-
- ae.
-
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- UNO
-
- Dam
-
noun,
a barrier to obstruct the flow of water, especially one of earth, masonry, etc., built across a stream or river.
- unp
-
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- ACP
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- dau
-
noun,
dhow.
- d-c
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- DCS
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- de-
-
- uns
-
- DEA
-
- up-
-
- acy
-
- UPC
-
- Une
-
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- SCP
-
- ANC
-
- cay
-
noun,
a small low island; key.
- soy
-
noun,
soy sauce.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- SUM
-
noun,
the aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars as determined by or as if by the mathematical process of addition:
- sod
-
noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- CAM
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- SNU
-
- AMU
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- AMS
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- SMM
-
- SMD
-
- SMA
-
- CEA
-
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- CED
-
- CEO
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- CAI
-
- Any
-
Idioms,
any which way, in any manner whatever; indifferently or carelessly:
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- ase
-
- ASI
-
- ASM
-
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- ASN
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- ASU
-
- APE
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- APC
-
- AUM
-
noun,
Om.
- AOU
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- ANU
-
noun,
a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
- ca.
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- Co.
-
- COD
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- cp.
-
- cs.
-
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- CIA
-
- Cyd
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- Sep
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- ays
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- APS
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- Ayn
-
noun,
ʿain.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- CPA
-
- SED
-
- CPI
-
- CPM
-
- unc
-
- CPO
-
- CPS
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- CPU
-
- CSA
-
- CSO
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- SDI
-
- SDA
-
- cud
-
noun,
the portion of food that a ruminant returns from the first stomach to the mouth to chew a second time.
- AMC
-
- AME
-
- CIE
-
- CNS
-
- CIM
-
- Cym
-
- CYO
-
- CIP
-
- Sup
-
noun,
a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- CMA
-
- CMD
-
- CNM
-
- CNN
-
- CNO
-
- USA
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- UAE
-
- UAM
-
- Coy
-
adjective,
artfully or affectedly shy or reserved; slyly hesitant; coquettish.
- UDC
-
- Amy
-
noun,
a vial of amyl nitrate.
- udo
-
noun,
a plant, Aralia cordata, of the ginseng family, cultivated, especially in Japan and China, for its edible shoots.
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- Ume
-
noun,
a river in N Sweden, flowing SE from the W border to the Gulf of Bothnia. Aabout 285 miles (460 km) long.
- ump
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
umpire.
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- mud
-
noun,
wet, soft earth or earthy matter, as on the ground after rain, at the bottom of a pond, or along the banks of a river; mire.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- pus
-
noun,
a yellow-white, more or less viscid substance produced by suppuration and found in abscesses, sores, etc., consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are suspended.
- IUS
-
- Me.
-
- OCS
-
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- Md.
-
- Mc-
-
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- MM.
-
- Yup
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- yum
-
interjection,
yum-yum.
- ium
-
- OEM
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- oic
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- OCD
-
- IUD
-
- Oc.
-
- NUM
-
- Nun
-
noun,
a woman member of a religious order, especially one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- MSC
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- OED
-
- Mo.
-
- op.
-
- OSA
-
- OSD
-
- OAP
-
- OAS
-
- OAU
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- oid
-
- Oys
-
noun,
a grandchild.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- ine
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- yod
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- IOC
-
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- OPM
-
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- ose
-
- OPA
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- in.
-
- imu
-
noun,
a usually large, covered cooking pit in which food is cooked by means of heated stones.
- OSP
-
- oud
-
noun,
a musical instrument of the Middle East and northern Africa belonging to the lute family.
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- yon
-
pronoun,
that or those yonder.
- ons
-
- Om.
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ise
-
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- IPS
-
- ONI
-
- IPO
-
- IPM
-
- IPA
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- you
-
noun,
something or someone closely identified with or resembling the person addressed:
- IOU
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- MAD
-
noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- NSU
-
- Pa.
-
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- mom
-
noun,
mother1 .
- MOI
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- MNS
-
- MNE
-
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- MNA
-
- MME
-
- NDE
-
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- NEC
-
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- Nay
-
noun,
a denial or refusal.
- Ney
-
noun,
Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA), Duke of Elchingen [el-khing-uh n] /ˈɛl xɪŋ ən/ (Show IPA), 1769–1815, French revolutionary and Napoleonic military leader: marshal of France 1805–15.
- MUP
-
- mum
-
noun,
chrysanthemum.
- MSN
-
- MSM
-
- MSI
-
- MSE
-
- MSD
-
- MSA
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- MPE
-
- MPA
-
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- NCO
-
- NYC
-
- NAD
-
- MOP
-
noun,
a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- MIP
-
- NSC
-
- Mdm
-
plural,
Madam.
- NNP
-
- NOC
-
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- MCI
-
- NMU
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- MAP
-
noun,
a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation:
- Mao
-
- Mam
-
noun,
British Informal. mother.
- NOP
-
- May
-
noun,
a maiden.
- NSA
-
- NNE
-
- NMI
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- Nye
-
noun,
Edgar Wilson ("Bill Nye") 1850–96, U.S. humorist.
- NES
-
- NIA
-
- NYA
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- MIM
-
noun,
the twenty-fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- MIE
-
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- my-
-
- mi.
-
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- NYP
-
- MEP
-
- yis
-
noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- 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 = .
- pc.
-
- PIO
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ed.
-
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- ECM
-
- ECA
-
- ec-
-
- ean
-
- EdM
-
abbreviation,
electronic dance music: a range of genres of electronic music often played in nightclubs and characterized by a strong danceable beat:
- EAM
-
- ead
-
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- ea.
-
- EOM
-
- eo-
-
- piu
-
adverb,
more:
- EDC
-
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- POC
-
- en-
-
- Ep.
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- PID
-
- pie
-
noun,
a baked food having a filling of fruit, meat, pudding, etc., prepared in a pastry-lined pan or dish and often topped with a pastry crust:
- pye
-
noun,
pie4 .
- EMU
-
noun,
a large, flightless, ratite bird, Emu (Dromaius) novaehollandiae, of Australia, resembling the ostrich but smaller and having a feathered head and neck and rudimentary wings.
- EDP
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- pim
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- Pym
-
noun,
John, 1584–1643, English statesman.
- pd.
-
- EIS
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- POA
-
- Dun
-
noun,
a person, especially a creditor, who duns another.
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- DIU
-
noun,
part of the union territory of Daman and Diu (Goa, Daman, and Diu in 1961–87) in W India: a former Portuguese colony, comprising a small island and seaport at the extremity of Kathiawar peninsula.
- PSA
-
- PSC
-
- PSE
-
- DMS
-
- DMA
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PUC
-
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- DIP
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- PUD
-
noun,
pudding.
- dyn
-
- pun
-
noun,
the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words.
- DIY
-
- dye
-
noun,
a coloring material or matter.
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- DNA
-
- Doi
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- DSP
-
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- DUI
-
- POM
-
noun,
pommy.
- due
-
noun,
something that is due, owed, or naturally belongs to someone.
- Duc
-
noun,
duke.
- Du.
-
- DSA
-
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- DPS
-
- DPM
-
- DPI
-
- DPC
-
- DPA
-
- Dou
-
noun,
Gerard [gey-rahrt] /ˈgeɪ rɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1613–75, Dutch painter: pupil of Rembrandt.
- DOP
-
noun,
a tool for holding gemstones for cutting or polishing.
- EPA
-
- MCP
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- yes
-
noun,
an affirmative reply.
- Ia.
-
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- PAD
-
noun,
a cushionlike mass of soft material used for comfort, protection, or stuffing.
- icy
-
adjective,
made of, full of, or covered with ice:
- yad
-
noun,
a tapered, usually ornamented rod, usually of silver, with the tip of the tapered part forming a fist with the index finger extended, used by the reader of a scroll of the Torah as a place marker.
- Yam
-
noun,
the starchy, tuberous root of any of various climbing vines of the genus Dioscorea, cultivated for food in warm regions.
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- PAU
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, in SW France: winter resort.
- EPS
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- id.
-
- PCI
-
- yip
-
noun,
a sharp bark; yelp.
- Yao
-
noun,
Wade-Giles, Pinyin. a legendary emperor of China who, with his successor (Shun) was a paragon of good government.
- Yap
-
noun,
a sharp, shrill, or snappish bark; yelp.
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- IAS
-
- yas
-
noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Ps.
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- io-
-
- pm.
-
- PCS
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- yep
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- ESA
-
- Yeo
-
- Yen
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y.
- yea
-
noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- Esc
-
- pya
-
noun,
an aluminum coin of Burma, the 100th part of a kyat.
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- py-
-
- PCM
-
- ide
-
- ESU
-
- eu-
-
- Yid
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Jew.
- yds
-
- IDS
-
noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- ics
-
- IDP
-
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- Yin
-
noun,
See under yin and yang.
- yo
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation to get someone's attention, express excitement, greet someone, etc.)
- DN
-
- AO
-
- NP
-
- SN
-
- SA
-
- MU
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- P.
-
noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- SM
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- cy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Cyrus.
- DM
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- PU
-
- N.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NC
-
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- ND
-
- NI
-
- NY
-
- Yi
-
noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- OA
-
- S.
-
- ic
-
- YA
-
noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- sy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Seymour, Simon, or Silas.
- M.
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- ey
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- UC
-
- Y.
-
- i.
-
- O.
-
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- SU
-
- MP
-
- U.
-
- oy
-
noun,
a grandchild.
- MN
-
- EI
-
- ye
-
pronoun,
Archaic, except in some elevated or ecclesiastical prose Literary, or British Dialect.
(used nominatively as the plural of thou especially in rhetorical, didactic, or poetic contexts, in addressing a group of persons or things):
(used nominatively for the second person singular, especially in polite address):
(used objectively in the second person singular or plural):
- IP
-
- yd
-
noun,
a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one yard on each side; 0.8361 square meters. 2 , sq. yd. Abbreviation: yd.
- CM
-
- CE
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- YU
-
noun,
a legendary Chinese emperor who drained the land and made the mountains.
- Ud
-
- DP
-
- NM
-
- DC
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- UI
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- D.
-
- CU
-