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- counter-ion
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noun,
an ion in solution that associates itself with an ion of opposite charge on the surface of a member of a solute.
- mucoprotein
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noun,
a protein that yields carbohydrates as well as amino acids on hydrolysis.
- precaution
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noun,
a measure taken in advance to avert possible evil or to secure good results.
- numeration
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noun,
an act or instance of or the process or result of numbering or counting.
- counterman
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noun,
a person who waits on customers from behind a counter, as in a cafeteria.
- monoacetin
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noun,
acetin.
- importance
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noun,
the quality or state of being important; consequence; significance.
- Pontocaine
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- near-point
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noun,
the point nearest the eye at which an object is clearly focused on the retina when accommodation of the eye is at a maximum.
- pronation
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noun,
rotation of the hand or forearm so that the surface of the palm is facing downward or toward the back (opposed to supination).
- prominent
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adjective,
standing out so as to be seen easily; conspicuous; particularly noticeable:
- Cupertino
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noun,
a town in W California.
- preatomic
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adjective,
of or relating to the period of history preceding the atomic age.
- epuration
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noun,
a purification or purge, as of government officials considered disloyal or treacherous.
- companero
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noun,
(in the southwestern U.S.) a male companion or partner.
- manticore
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noun,
a legendary monster with a man's head, horns, a lion's body, and the tail of a dragon or, sometimes, a scorpion.
- companion
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noun,
a person who is frequently in the company of, associates with, or accompanies another:
- Neptunian
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adjective,
pertaining to Neptune or the sea.
- pronounce
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verb (used with object),
to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
- Comintern
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noun,
Third International.
- Princeton
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noun,
a borough in central New Jersey: battle 1777.
- pontonier
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noun,
an officer or soldier in charge of bridge equipment or the construction of pontoon bridges.
- microtone
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noun,
any musical interval smaller than a semitone, specifically, a quarter tone.
- protamine
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noun,
any of a group of arginine-rich, strongly basic proteins that are not coagulated by heat, occurring primarily in the sperm of fish.
- mucronate
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adjective,
having an abruptly projecting point, as a feather or leaf.
- monacetin
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noun,
acetin.
- runcinate
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adjective,
(of a leaf) pinnately incised, with the lobes or teeth curved backward.
- operation
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noun,
an act or instance, process, or manner of functioning or operating.
- crenation
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noun,
a rounded projection or tooth, as on the margin of a leaf.
- announcer
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noun,
a person who announces, especially one who introduces programs, presents news items, reads advertisements, and does other similar assignments over radio or television.
- coumarone
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noun,
a colorless liquid, C 8 H 6 O 7 , derived from a naphtha distilled from coal tar: used chiefly in the synthesis of coumarone resins.
- prenotion
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noun,
a preconception.
- pre-Incan
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adjective,
of or relating to the period preceding the Incan empire in Peru.
- Cointreau
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- centurion
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noun,
(in the ancient Roman army) the commander of a century.
- Rocinante
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noun,
Rosinante.
- pneumono-
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- pneumato-
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- compotier
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noun,
compote (def 2).
- container
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noun,
anything that contains or can contain something, as a carton, box, crate, or can.
- protonema
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noun,
a primary, usually filamentous structure produced by the germination of the spore in mosses and certain related plants, and from which the leafy plant which bears the sexual organs arises as a lateral or terminal shoot.
- importune
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adjective,
importunate.
- neuration
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noun,
venation, as of an insect's wings.
- recaption
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noun,
the taking back without violence of one's property or a member of one's family or household unlawfully in the possession or custody of another.
- pneumatic
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noun,
a pneumatic tire.
- component
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noun,
a constituent part; element; ingredient.
- autonomic
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adjective,
autonomous.
- uncertain
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adjective,
not definitely ascertainable or fixed, as in time of occurrence, number, dimensions, or quality.
- pneumonia
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noun,
inflammation of the lungs with congestion.
- Maintenon
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noun,
Marquise de (Françoise d'Aubigné) 1635–1719, second wife of Louis XIV.
- pneumonic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or affecting the lungs; pulmonary.
- neutrino
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noun,
any of the massless or nearly massless electrically neutral leptons. There is a distinct kind of neutrino associated with each of the massive leptons.
- noumenon
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noun,
the object, itself inaccessible to experience, to which a phenomenon is referred for the basis or cause of its sense content.
- continuo
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noun,
a keyboard accompanying part consisting originally of a figured bass, which in modern scores is usually realized, and serving to provide or fill out the harmonic texture.
- continue
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verb (used with object),
to go on with or persist in:
- coumarin
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noun,
a fragrant crystalline substance, C 9 H 6 O 2 , obtained from the tonka bean, sweet clover, and certain other plants or prepared synthetically, used chiefly in soaps and perfumery.
- contemp.
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- announce
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verb (used with object),
to make known publicly or officially; proclaim; give notice of:
- counter-
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- Nuneaton
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noun,
a town in Warwickshire, central England, E of Birmingham.
- ruminate
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verb (used with object),
to chew again or over and over.
- nonprint
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adjective,
of, relating to, or consisting of other than printed matter:
- noontime
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noun,
noon; noontide; noonday:
- Mountain
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noun,
a natural elevation of the earth's surface rising more or less abruptly to a summit, and attaining an altitude greater than that of a hill, usually greater than 2000 feet (610 meters).
- Conneaut
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noun,
a city in NE Ohio.
- Couperin
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noun,
François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1668–1733, French composer.
- ptomaine
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noun,
any of a class of foul-smelling nitrogenous substances produced by bacteria during putrefaction of animal or plant protein: formerly thought to be toxic.
- courante
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noun,
a dance dating back to the 17th century and characterized by a running or gliding step.
- conation
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noun,
the part of mental life having to do with striving, including desire and volition.
- nominate
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adjective,
having a particular name.
- apocrine
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adjective,
of or relating to certain glands whose secretions are acted upon by bacteria to produce the characteristic odor of perspiration (distinguished from eccrine).
- ruminant
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noun,
any even-toed, hoofed mammal of the suborder Ruminantia, being comprised of cloven-hoofed, cud-chewing quadrupeds, and including, besides domestic cattle, bison, buffalo, deer, antelopes, giraffes, camels, and chevrotains.
- routeman
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noun,
a person who works in a specified area or covers a specific route, as a mail carrier or truckdriver.
- pronotum
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noun,
the dorsal sclerite of the prothorax of an insect.
- no-count
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adjective, noun,
no-account.
- 11-point
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- Romanite
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noun,
a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- romantic
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noun,
a romantic person.
- muricate
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adjective,
covered with short, sharp points.
- nocturia
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noun,
a condition in which one often wakes up during the night to urinate.
- re-count
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noun,
a second or additional count, as of votes in an election.
- coronate
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adjective,
having or wearing a crown, coronet, or the like.
- nocturne
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noun,
a piece appropriate to the night or evening.
- remotion
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noun,
the act of removing; removal.
- antinome
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noun,
something that is contradictory or opposite to another; a logical contradiction.
- apterium
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noun,
one of the featherless portions of the skin of a bird.
- neurotic
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noun,
a neurotic person.
- coronium
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noun,
a hypothetical element once thought to exist because certain spectral lines in the emission spectrum of the solar corona could not be identified by known elements. These lines were subsequently found to be emitted by certain highly ionized metals.
- copremia
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noun,
poisoning due to the presence of fecal matter in the blood.
- nunation
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noun,
the doubling, in writing, of the final vowel symbol to indicate the addition, in speech, of the indefinite suffix n to certain nouns.
- anteroom
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noun,
a room that admits to a larger room.
- atropine
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noun,
a poisonous crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from belladonna and other plants of the nightshade family, that prevents the response of various body structures to certain types of nerve stimulation: used chiefly to relieve spasms, to lessen secretions, and, topically, to dilate the pupil of the eye.
- reaction
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noun,
a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- procaine
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noun,
a compound, C 13 H 20 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly as a local and spinal anesthetic.
- Cameroun
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noun,
Cameroon (def 1).
- computer
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noun,
a programmable electronic device designed to accept data, perform prescribed mathematical and logical operations at high speed, and display the results of these operations. Mainframes, desktop and laptop computers, tablets, and smartphones are some of the different types of computers.
Compare analog computer, digital computer.
- Cernauti
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noun,
a city in SW Ukraine, on the Prut River: formerly in Romania.
- intonaco
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noun,
(formerly in fresco painting) the last and finest coat of plaster, usually applied in sections and painted while still damp with colors ground in water or a lime-water mixture.
- Touraine
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noun,
a former province in W France. Capital: Tours.
- pentomic
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adjective,
pertaining to or characterizing the organization of an army division into five groups, each with supporting units, geared to maneuver in keeping with the requirements of atomic warfare.
- cumarone
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noun,
coumarone.
- trainmen
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noun,
a member of the crew that operates a railroad train, usually an assistant to the conductor, such as a brakeman or flagman.
- impacter
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noun,
a person or thing that impacts.
- Martinon
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noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1910–76, French violinist, conductor, and composer.
- tropaion
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noun,
a tropaeum, especially in Greece.
- Maronite
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noun,
a member of a body of Uniates living chiefly in Lebanon, who maintain a Syriac liturgy and a married clergy, and who are governed by the patriarch of Antioch.
- troponin
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noun,
a protein of muscle tissue that binds calcium ions and is involved in contraction.
- Penutian
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noun,
a group of American Indian language families of central and coastal California, including Wintu, Maidu, Yokuts, Miwok, and Costanoan, thought to be descendants of a single protolanguage spoken at a remote period.
- trunnion
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noun,
either of the two cylindrical projections on a cannon, one on each side for supporting the cannon on its carriage.
- Pecorino
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noun,
a dry, hard Italian cheese made of ewe's milk, especially Romano.
- Poincare
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noun,
Jules Henri [zhyl ahn-ree] /ʒül ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1854–1912, French mathematician.
- Turcoman
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noun,
Turkoman.
- manicure
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noun,
a cosmetic treatment of the hands and fingernails, including trimming and polishing of the nails and removing cuticles.
- acromion
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noun,
the outward end of the spine of the scapula or shoulder blade.
- uncinate
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adjective,
hooked; bent at the end like a hook.
- innocent
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noun,
an innocent person.
- iron-man
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noun,
a person, as a worker or athlete, of great physical endurance who can be depended upon to perform a given task or job tirelessly.
- intercom
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noun,
an intercommunication system.
- canotier
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noun,
a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- outrance
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noun,
the utmost extremity.
- Capriote
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Capri.
- open-air
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noun,
the outdoors.
- Teucrian
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noun,
one of the ancient Trojans.
- eruption
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noun,
an issuing forth suddenly and violently; outburst; outbreak.
- monocarp
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noun,
a plant that dies after having once borne fruit.
- picaroon
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noun,
a rogue, vagabond, thief, or brigand.
- Creation
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- operatic
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noun,
Usually, operatics. (used with a singular or plural verb)
the technique or method of producing or staging operas.
exaggerated or melodramatic behavior, often thought to be characteristic of operatic acting.
- no-trump
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noun,
the declaration to play a no-trump contract.
- temporo-
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- ornament
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noun,
an accessory, article, or detail used to beautify the appearance of something to which it is added or of which it is a part:
- Monteria
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noun,
a city in N Colombia.
- Minotaur
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a monster, the offspring of Pasiphaë and the Cretan bull, that had the head of a bull on the body of a man: housed in the Cretan Labyrinth, it was fed on human flesh until Theseus, helped by Ariadne, killed it.
- Cameroon
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noun,
Also, Cameroun. Official name United Republic of Cameroon. an independent republic in W Africa: formed 1960 by the French trusteeship of Cameroun; Southern Cameroons incorporated as a self-governing province 1961. 183,350 sq. mi. (474,877 sq. km). Capital: Yaoundé.
- Minorcan
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Minorca.
- orpiment
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noun,
a mineral, arsenic trisulfide, As 2 S 3 , found usually in soft, yellow, foliated masses, used as a pigment.
- Crompton
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noun,
Samuel, 1753–1827, English inventor of the spinning mule.
- Cinnamon
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noun,
the aromatic inner bark of any of several East Indian trees belonging to the genus Cinnamonum, of the laurel family, especially the bark of C. zeylanicum (Ceylon cinnamon) used as a spice, or that of C. loureirii (Saigon cinnamon) used in medicine as a cordial and carminative.
- portance
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noun,
bearing; behavior.
- monocrat
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noun,
a person favoring monocracy.
- centro-
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- centri-
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- comport
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noun,
Obsolete. comportment.
- pertain
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verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- compote
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noun,
fruit stewed or cooked in a syrup, usually served as a dessert.
- centimo
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noun,
the 100th part of the monetary units of various countries, as Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Paraguay, and Venezuela.
- Permian
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noun,
Geology. the Permian Period or System.
- compute
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noun,
computation:
- Petunia
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noun,
any garden plant belonging to the genus Petunia, of the nightshade family, native to tropical America, having funnel-shaped flowers of various colors.
- cartoon
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noun,
a sketch or drawing, usually humorous, as in a newspaper or periodical, symbolizing, satirizing, or caricaturing some action, subject, or person of popular interest.
- pennant
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noun,
a long, tapering flag or burgee of distinctive form and special significance, borne on naval or other vessels and used in signaling or for identification.
- caution
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noun,
alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness:
- Compton
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noun,
Arthur Holly [hol-ee] /ˈhɒl i/ (Show IPA), 1892–1962, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1927.
- centaur
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a race of monsters having the head, trunk, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse.
- omicron
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noun,
the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet (O, o).
- centrum
-
noun,
a center.
- Painter
-
noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- Oneonta
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noun,
a city in E central New York.
- Ontario
-
noun,
a province in S Canada, bordering on the Great Lakes. 412,582 sq. mi. (1,068,585 sq. km). Capital: Toronto.
- operant
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noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- oration
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noun,
a formal public speech, especially one delivered on a special occasion, as on an anniversary, at a funeral, or at academic exercises.
- come-on
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noun,
inducement; lure.
- outcome
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noun,
a final product or end result; consequence; issue.
- outcrop
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noun,
Geology.
a cropping out, as of a stratum or vein at the surface of the earth.
the exposed portion of such a stratum or vein.
- outpace
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verb (used with object),
to surpass or exceed, as in speed, development, or performance:
- outrace
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verb (used with object),
to race or run faster than:
- Comorin
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noun,
Cape, a cape on the S tip of India, extending into the Indian Ocean.
- nourice
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noun,
a nurse.
- pannier
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noun,
a basket, especially a large one, for carrying goods, provisions, etc.
- certain
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Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- one-man
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adjective,
of or relating to, or operated, performed, or used by one person:
- parotic
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adjective,
situated about or near the ear.
- cerato-
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- Patmore
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noun,
Coventry (Kersey Dighton) [kov-uh n-tree kur-zee dahyt-n,, duhv-uh n‐] /ˈkɒv ən tri ˈkɜr zi ˈdaɪt n,, ˈdʌv ən‐/ (Show IPA), 1823–96, English poet and essayist.
- compar.
-
- patroon
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noun,
a person who held an estate in land with certain manorial privileges granted under the old Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey.
- compare
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noun,
comparison:
- compart
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verb (used with object),
to separate or mark out in parts; subdivide.
- ceriman
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noun,
a climbing, tropical American plant, Monstera deliciosa, of the arum family, characterized by cordlike, aerial roots and large, perforated leaves.
- natrium
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noun,
(formerly) sodium.
- Comtian
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noun,
a follower of the philosophy of Auguste Comte.
- cumarin
-
noun,
coumarin.
- manroot
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noun,
man-of-the-earth.
- manrope
-
noun,
a rope placed at the side of a gangway, ladder, or the like, to serve as a rail.
- curtain
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noun,
a hanging piece of fabric used to shut out the light from a window, adorn a room, increase privacy, etc.
- Marcion
-
noun,
a.d. c100–c160, Christian Gnostic.
- Marconi
-
noun,
Guglielmo [goo-lyel-maw] /guˈlyɛl mɔ/ (Show IPA), Marchese, 1874–1937, Italian electrical engineer and inventor, especially in the field of wireless telegraphy: Nobel Prize in physics 1909.
- cuprite
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noun,
a mineral, cuprous oxide, Cu 2 O, occurring in red crystals and brown to black granular masses: an ore of copper.
- Martinu
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noun,
Bohuslav [baw-hoo-slahf] /ˈbɔ hʊˌslɑf/ (Show IPA), 1890–1959, Czech composer.
- Utopian
-
noun,
an inhabitant of Utopia.
- Maurice
-
noun,
German Moritz. 1521–53, German general: elector of Saxony 1547–53.
- Manitou
-
noun,
(among the Algonquian Indians) a supernatural being that controls nature; a spirit, deity, or object that possesses supernatural power.
- Menorca
-
noun,
Minorca.
- mention
-
noun,
a direct or incidental reference; a mentioning:
- Mercian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Mercia.
- crumpet
-
noun,
a round soft unsweetened bread resembling a muffin, cooked on a griddle or the like, and often toasted.
- meropia
-
noun,
partial blindness.
- metopic
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adjective,
of or relating to the forehead; frontal.
- crouton
-
noun,
a small piece of fried or toasted bread, sometimes seasoned, used as a garnish for soups, salads, and other dishes.
- Crotone
-
noun,
a city in S Italy; ancient Greek colony.
- minaret
-
noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- mannite
-
noun,
mannitol.
- Manipur
-
noun,
a state in NE India between Assam and Burma. 8620 sq. mi. (22,326 sq. km). Capital: Imphal.
- Moncton
-
noun,
a city in SE New Brunswick, in E Canada.
- encomia
-
noun,
a formal expression of high praise; eulogy:
- erotica
-
noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- Etonian
-
noun,
a person who is or has been a pupil at Eton College.
- Eunomia
-
noun,
one of the Horae: the personification of order.
- Euratom
-
noun,
an organization formed in 1957, comprising France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy, and West Germany, for coordinated action in developing and marketing their nuclear resources.
- eutocia
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noun,
normal childbirth.
- Eutopia
-
noun,
a place in which human society, natural conditions, etc., are so ideally perfect that there is complete contentment.
- entrain
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verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- entopic
-
adjective,
being or occurring in the usual place.
- entomo-
-
- enation
-
noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- maintop
-
noun,
a platform at the head of the lower mainmast.
- incomer
-
noun,
a person who comes in.
- Emporia
-
noun,
a city in E Kansas.
- inconnu
-
noun,
a person who is unknown; stranger.
- emotion
-
noun,
an affective state of consciousness in which joy, sorrow, fear, hate, or the like, is experienced, as distinguished from cognitive and volitional states of consciousness.
- ectopia
-
noun,
the usually congenital displacement of an organ or part.
- ionomer
-
noun,
any of a class of plastics that because of its ionic bonding action is capable of conducting electric current.
- Ipomoea
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Ipomoea, of the morning glory family, certain species of which are cultivated for their large, showy flowers.
- Ironton
-
noun,
a city in S Ohio, on the Ohio River.
- mainour
-
noun,
a stolen article found on the person of or near the thief:
- Minorca
-
noun,
Spanish Menorca. one of the Balearic Islands, in the W Mediterranean. 271 sq. mi. (700 sq. km).
- moneran
-
noun,
any organism of the kingdom Monera.
- Noricum
-
noun,
an ancient Roman province in central Europe, roughly corresponding to the part of Austria south of the Danube.
- neutron
-
noun,
an elementary particle having no charge, mass slightly greater than that of a proton, and spin of ½: a constituent of the nuclei of all atoms except those of hydrogen. Symbol: n.
- coranto
-
noun,
courante.
- carotin
-
noun,
carotene.
- nematic
-
adjective,
noting a mesomorphic state in which the arrangement of the molecules is linear.
- nemato-
-
- cop-out
-
noun,
an act or instance of copping out; reneging; evasion:
- Neumann
-
noun,
Saint John Nepomucene [nuh-pom-uh-seen] /nəˈpɒm əˌsin/ (Show IPA), 1811–60, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman and educator, born in the Austrian Empire: canonized 1977.
- neuroma
-
noun,
a tumor formed of nerve tissue.
- neutro-
-
- Ninurta
-
noun,
a Sumerian and Babylonian hero god.
- muriate
-
noun,
(not in scientific use) any chloride, especially potassium chloride, KCl, used as a fertilizer.
- coontie
-
noun,
either of two arrowroots, Zamia integrifolia or Z. floridana, of Florida, having a short trunk, pinnate leaves, and cones: Z. floridana is an endangered species.
- nocturn
-
noun,
the office of matins, consisting of nine psalms and either three or nine lessons.
- contra-
-
- contour
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noun,
the outline of a figure or body; the edge or line that defines or bounds a shape or object.
- contemn
-
verb (used with object),
to treat or regard with disdain, scorn, or contempt.
- contain
-
verb (used with object),
to hold or include within its volume or area:
- noniron
-
adjective,
drip-dry.
- connote
-
verb (used with object),
to signify or suggest (certain meanings, ideas, etc.) in addition to the explicit or primary meaning:
- connate
-
adjective,
existing in a person or thing from birth or origin; inborn:
- coremia
-
noun,
the fruiting bodies of certain fungi, consisting of a loosely bound bundle of conidiophores.
- cornute
-
adjective,
cornuted.
- monitor
-
noun,
(especially formerly) a student appointed to assist in the conduct of a class or school, as to help take attendance or keep order.
- moraine
-
noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- Cremona
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, on the Po River.
- monnion
-
noun,
spaulder.
- montane
-
noun,
the lower vegetation belt on mountains.
- cranium
-
noun,
the skull of a vertebrate.
- craniom
-
- cranio-
-
- crampon
-
noun,
a spiked iron plate worn on boots or shoes for aid in climbing or to prevent slipping on ice, snow, etc.
- montero
-
noun,
a Spanish hunter's cap, round in shape and having an earflap.
- monuron
-
noun,
a white crystalline solid, C 9 H 11 ClN 2 O, used as a herbicide, especially for broad-leaved plants.
- morceau
-
noun,
piece; morsel.
- cornuto
-
noun,
a cuckold.
- mortice
-
noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- courant
-
noun,
courante.
- motoric
-
adjective,
motor (def 11).
- mounter
-
noun,
a person or thing that mounts.
- Mountie
-
noun,
a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
- Cortona
-
noun,
Pietro da [pye-traw dah] /ˈpyɛ trɔ dɑ/ (Show IPA), (Pietro Berrettini) 1596–1669, Italian painter and architect.
- cortina
-
noun,
a weblike, often evanescent veil covering the gills or hanging from the cap edge of certain mushrooms, particularly those of genus Cortinarius, and sometimes persisting as a ring or remnant of fibrils around the mushroom stalk.
- munnion
-
noun,
a mullion or muntin.
- coronet
-
noun,
a small crown.
- picrate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- pantoum
-
noun,
a Malay verse form consisting of an indefinite number of quatrains with the second and fourth lines of each quatrain repeated as the first and third lines of the following one.
- picture
-
noun,
a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.:
- rinceau
-
noun,
an ornamental foliate or floral motif.
- remount
-
noun,
a fresh horse or supply of fresh horses.
- repaint
-
noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- apricot
-
noun,
the downy, yellow, sometimes rosy fruit, somewhat resembling a small peach, of the tree Prunus armeniaca.
- apomict
-
noun,
an organism produced by apomixis.
- Reunion
-
noun,
the act of uniting again.
- Riemann
-
noun,
Georg Friedrich Bernhard [gey-awrk free-drikh bern-hahrt] /geɪˈɔrk ˈfri drɪx ˈbɛrn hɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1826–66, German mathematician.
- Romaine
-
noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- Romance
-
noun,
a novel, movie, or genre of popular fiction in which characters fall in love or begin a romantic relationship (often used attributively):
- Romanic
-
noun,
romance1 (def 9).
- romaunt
-
noun,
a romantic tale or poem; romance.
- Antoine
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1943, French theatrical director, manager, and critic.
- anticum
-
noun,
pronaos.
- routine
-
noun,
a customary or regular course of procedure.
- ruction
-
noun,
a disturbance, quarrel, or row.
- remnant
-
noun,
a remaining, usually small part, quantity, number, or the like.
- recount
-
noun,
a second or additional count, as of votes in an election.
- ruinate
-
adjective,
ruined.
- protein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- procto-
-
- promote
-
verb (used with object),
to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further:
- pronate
-
verb (used with object),
to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
- pronota
-
noun,
the dorsal sclerite of the prothorax of an insect.
- pronoun
-
noun,
any member of a small class of words found in many languages that are used as replacements or substitutes for nouns and noun phrases, and that have very general reference, as I, you, he, this, who, what. Pronouns are sometimes formally distinguished from nouns, as in English by the existence of special objective forms, as him for he or me for I, and by nonoccurrence with an article or adjective.
- protean
-
adjective,
readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- Protium
-
noun,
the lightest and most common isotope of hydrogen. Symbol: H 1.
- rampion
-
noun,
a European bellflower, Campanula rapunculus, having an edible white tuberous root used in Europe for salad.
- auction
-
noun,
Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
- pterion
-
noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- pteroma
-
noun,
pteron.
- Puritan
-
noun,
a member of a group of Protestants that arose in the 16th century within the Church of England, demanding the simplification of doctrine and worship, and greater strictness in religious discipline: during part of the 17th century the Puritans became a powerful political party.
- putamen
-
noun,
Botany. a hard or stony endocarp, as a peach stone.
- raiment
-
noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- rainout
-
noun,
a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.
- antero-
-
- anomite
-
noun,
a variety of mica, similar to biotite but differing in optical orientation.
- Cameron
-
noun,
Julia Margaret, 1815–79, English photographer, born in India.
- unction
-
noun,
an act of anointing, especially as a medical treatment or religious rite.
- Tourane
-
noun,
former name of Danang.
- Tournai
-
noun,
a city in W Belgium, on the Scheldt River.
- tropine
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- trounce
-
verb (used with object),
to beat severely; thrash.
- actinon
-
noun,
a chemically inert, gaseous, short-lived isotope of radon that is a member of the actinium series. Symbol: An; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 219.
- actino-
-
- unicorn
-
noun,
a mythical creature resembling a horse, with a single horn in the center of its forehead: often symbolic of chastity or purity.
- Torenia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- unmiter
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive of a miter; depose from the rank of a bishop.
- aconite
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- unmitre
-
verb (used with object),
unmiter.
- acetoin
-
noun,
a yellowish, pleasant-smelling liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , obtained from various carbohydrates, as glucose, by fermentation: used chiefly in the manufacture of flavors and essences.
- uranite
-
noun,
any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.
- urinate
-
verb (used without object),
to pass or discharge urine.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- touraco
-
noun,
any of several large, brightly colored birds of the family Musophagidae, of Africa, having a helmetlike crest.
- tonneau
-
noun,
a rear part or compartment of an automobile body, containing seats for passengers.
- Tampico
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Tamaulipas, in E Mexico.
- tempura
-
noun,
seafood or vegetables dipped in batter and deep-fried.
- tampion
-
noun,
a plug or stopper placed in the muzzle of a piece of ordnance when not in use, to keep out dampness and dust.
- Aneurin
-
noun,
thiamine.
- taproom
-
noun,
a barroom, especially in an inn or hotel; bar.
- taurine
-
noun,
a neutral crystalline substance, C 2 H 7 NO 3 S, obtained from bile.
- tearoom
-
noun,
a room or shop where tea and other refreshments are served to customers.
- ancient
-
noun,
a person who lived in ancient times.
- ternion
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- tone-up
-
noun,
an exercise for toning up one's body.
- Amorite
-
noun,
a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. II Sam. 12:26–31.
- amorino
-
noun,
a putto represented as an infant cupid.
- tinamou
-
noun,
any of several birds of the family Tinamidae, of South and Central America, related to the ratite birds but superficially resembling the gallinaceous birds.
- amniote
-
noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- tin-pan
-
adjective,
harsh, tinny, or clanging; noisy.
- Tompion
-
noun,
tampion.
- to-name
-
noun,
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
- primate
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
- rootcap
-
noun,
the loose mass of epidermal cells covering the apex of most roots, serving to protect the meristematic cells behind it.
- caption
-
noun,
a title or explanation for a picture or illustration, especially in a magazine.
- Pontian
-
noun,
pope a.d. 230–235.
- portico
-
noun,
a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch.
- Carmine
-
noun,
a crimson or purplish-red color.
- porcino
-
noun,
Usually, porcini. cep.
- pinetum
-
noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- porcine
-
adjective,
of or relating to swine.
- pinnace
-
noun,
a light sailing ship, especially one formerly used in attendance on a larger ship.
- Pontine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the pons.
- Pontiac
-
noun,
c1720–69, North American Indian, chief of the Ottawa tribe: commander during the Pontiac War 1763–64.
- portion
-
noun,
a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it:
- ponceau
-
noun,
a vivid red to reddish-orange color.
- pinnate
-
adjective,
resembling a feather, as in construction or arrangement; having parts arranged on each side of a common axis:
- cantrip
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a magic spell; trick by sorcery.
- pintano
-
noun,
sergeant major (def 3).
- pointer
-
noun,
a person or thing that points.
- pneumo-
-
- caprine
-
adjective,
of or relating to goats.
- campout
-
noun,
a camping out of a group.
- capture
-
noun,
the act of capturing.
- potamic
-
adjective,
of or relating to rivers.
- Campion
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genera Lychnis and Silene, having white, pink, or reddish flowers.
- Potomac
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from the Allegheny Mountains in West Virginia, along the boundary between Maryland and Virginia to the Chesapeake Bay. 287 miles (460 km) long.
- Pimento
-
noun,
pimiento.
- Mercia
-
noun,
an early English kingdom in central Britain.
- eroto-
-
- Mentor
-
noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- Menton
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean: winter resort.
- Torino
-
noun,
Turin.
- matron
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- toucan
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, fruit-eating birds of the family Ramphastidae, of tropical America, having a very large bill.
- meacon
-
verb (used with object),
to give false signals to (electronic navigational equipment), as by means of a radio transmitter.
- McNair
-
noun,
Lesley James, 1883–1944, U.S. army officer.
- Utopia
-
noun,
an imaginary island described in Sir Thomas More's Utopia (1516) as enjoying perfection in law, politics, etc.
- utero-
-
- mature
-
adjective,
complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms:
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- Peoria
-
noun,
a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
- pinner
-
noun,
a person or thing that pins.
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- matri-
-
- trepan
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- Triune
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- trompe
-
noun,
Metallurgy. a device formerly used for inducing a blast of air upon the hearth of a forge by means of a current of falling water.
- tropic
-
noun,
Geography.
either of two corresponding parallels of latitude on the terrestrial globe, one (tropic of Cancer) about 23½° N, and the other (tropic of Capricorn) about 23½° S of the equator, being the boundaries of the Torrid Zone.
the tropics, the regions lying between and near these parallels of latitude; the Torrid Zone and neighboring regions.
- maroon
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) any of a group of blacks, descended from fugitive slaves of the 17th and 18th centuries, living in the West Indies and Guiana, especially in mountainous areas.
- urino-
-
- picro-
-
- Marion
-
noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- Marino
-
noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- topmen
-
noun,
a person stationed for duty in a top.
- topman
-
noun,
a person stationed for duty in a top.
- Merino
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- pectin
-
noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- Monnet
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1888–1979, French economist: originator of the European Common Market.
- tinman
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- Monica
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Moneta
-
noun,
Ernesto Teodoro [er-ne-staw te-aw-daw-raw] /ɛrˈnɛ stɔ ˌtɛ ɔˈdɔ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1833–1918, Italian journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- tinmen
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- Monera
-
noun,
a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and have a nutritional mode of absorption, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.
- pitmen
-
noun,
a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
- Monaco
-
noun,
a principality on the Mediterranean coast, bordering SE France. ½ sq. mi. (1.3 sq. km).
- tinner
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- minute
-
noun,
the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
- minuet
-
noun,
a slow, stately dance in triple meter, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Penman
-
noun,
a person who writes or copies; scribe; copyist.
- toecap
-
noun,
a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
- permit
-
noun,
an authoritative or official certificate of permission; license:
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Minoan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of ancient Crete.
- Pitman
-
noun,
a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- micron
-
noun,
Also called micrometer. the millionth part of a meter. Symbol: μ, mu.
- micro-
-
- pennon
-
noun,
a distinctive flag in any of various forms, as tapering, triangular, or swallow-tailed, formerly one borne on the lance of a knight.
- metro-
-
- metric
-
noun,
Often, metrics. a standard for measuring or evaluating something, especially one that uses figures or statistics:
- penta-
-
- tonner
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- me-too
-
adjective,
Slang. characterized by or involving me-tooism:
- Merton
-
noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- tropo-
-
- Europa
-
noun,
Also, Europe. Classical Mythology. a sister of Cadmus who was abducted by Zeus in the form of a bull and taken to Crete, where she bore him Rhadamanthus, Minos, and Sarpedon.
- Marcie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marcia.
- unroot
-
verb (used with object),
to uproot.
- intone
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- petro-
-
- intern
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- picaro
-
noun,
a rogue or vagabond.
- inter.
-
- inpour
-
verb (used with or without object),
to pour in.
- unmoor
-
verb (used with object),
to loose (a vessel) from moorings or anchorage.
- innate
-
adjective,
existing in one from birth; inborn; native:
- iatro-
-
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- unrent
-
adjective,
not rent; not torn, disturbed, pained, or the like:
- unripe
-
adjective,
not ripe; immature; not fully developed:
- pineta
-
noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- income
-
noun,
the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
- intro.
-
- incept
-
verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- impute
-
verb (used with object),
to attribute or ascribe:
- impure
-
adjective,
not pure; mixed with extraneous matter, especially of an inferior or contaminating nature:
- uproot
-
verb (used with object),
to pull out by or as if by the roots:
- uptear
-
verb (used with object),
to wrench or tear out by or as if by the roots or foundations; destroy.
- uptime
-
noun,
the time during which a machine or piece of equipment, as a computer, is operating or can be operated.
- import
-
noun,
something that is imported from abroad; an imported commodity or article.
- iceman
-
noun,
a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.
- impone
-
verb (used with object),
to wager; stake.
- imper.
-
- uptorn
-
verb,
past participle of uptear.
- impart
-
verb (used with object),
to make known; tell; relate; disclose:
- icono-
-
- uranic
-
adjective,
of or containing uranium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- intra-
-
- intron
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- IMPACT
-
noun,
the striking of one thing against another; forceful contact; collision:
- uremic
-
adjective,
pertaining to uremia.
- Maputo
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Mozambique, on Delagoa Bay.
- manure
-
noun,
excrement, especially of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer.
- troupe
-
noun,
a company, band, or group of singers, actors, or other performers, especially one that travels about.
- Truman
-
noun,
Elizabeth Virginia Wallace ("Bess") 1885–1982, U.S. First Lady 1945–53 (wife of Harry S Truman).
- mantic
-
adjective,
of or relating to divination.
- Tumaco
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Colombia.
- uretic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or occurring in the urine.
- Tunica
-
noun,
a tunic.
- turaco
-
noun,
touraco.
- peanut
-
noun,
the pod or the enclosed edible seed of the plant, Arachis hypogaea, of the legume family: the pod is forced underground in growing, where it ripens.
- manner
-
noun,
a way of doing, being done, or happening; mode of action, occurrence, etc.:
- turco-
-
- turion
-
noun,
a small shoot, as of asparagus or certain aquatic plants, from which a new plant can develop.
- manioc
-
noun,
cassava.
- inturn
-
noun,
an inward turn or curve around an axis or fixed point.
- pernio
-
noun,
chilblain.
- uremia
-
noun,
a condition resulting from the retention in the blood of constituents normally excreted in the urine.
- turnip
-
noun,
the thick, fleshy, edible root of either of two plants of the mustard family, the white-fleshed Brassica rapa rapifera or the yellow-fleshed rutabaga.
- urano-
-
- Turpin
-
noun,
Ben, 1874–1940, U.S. silent-film comedian.
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- macron
-
noun,
a horizontal line used as a diacritic over a vowel to indicate that it has a long sound or other specified pronunciation, as (ā) in fate (fāt).
- macro-
-
- Maceio
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Alagoas, in E Brazil.
- umpire
-
noun,
a person selected to rule on the plays in a game.
- Pinero
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- Uniate
-
noun,
a member of an Eastern church that is in union with the Roman Catholic Church, acknowledges the Roman pope as supreme in matters of faith, but maintains its own liturgy, discipline, and rite.
- ionone
-
noun,
a light-yellow to colorless, slightly water-soluble liquid that is either one or a mixture of two unsaturated ketones having the formula C 13 H 20 O, used chiefly in perfumery.
- Petain
-
noun,
Henri Philippe Omer [ahn-ree fee-leep aw-mer] /ɑ̃ˈri fiˈlip ɔˈmɛr/ (Show IPA), 1856–1951, marshal of France: premier of the Vichy government 1940–44.
- Mannie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Emanuel.
- pounce
-
noun,
the claw or talon of a bird of prey.
- Timour
-
noun,
Tamerlane.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- Portia
-
noun,
the heroine of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, who, in one scene, disguises herself as a lawyer.
- Putnam
-
noun,
Herbert, 1861–1955, U.S. librarian: headed Library of Congress 1899–1939.
- no-par
-
adjective,
without par or face value:
- put-on
-
noun,
an act or instance of putting someone on.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- no-one
-
pronoun,
no person; not anyone; nobody:
- racoon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- orpine
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- porion
-
noun,
the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
- noncom
-
noun,
a noncommissioned officer.
- rapine
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- Nomura
-
noun,
Kichisaburo [kee-chee-sah-boo-raw] /ˈki tʃiˈsɑ buˈrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1877–1964, Japanese diplomat.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- purine
-
noun,
a white, crystalline compound, C 5 H 4 N 4 , from which is derived a group of compounds including uric acid, xanthine, and caffeine.
- ratoon
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- outman
-
verb (used with object),
to surpass in manpower.
- recoup
-
noun,
an act of recouping.
- recti-
-
- nocti-
-
- rectum
-
noun,
the comparatively straight, terminal section of the intestine, ending in the anus.
- nocent
-
adjective,
harmful; injurious.
- nitro-
-
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- outran
-
verb,
simple past tense of outrun.
- rennin
-
noun,
a coagulating enzyme occurring in the gastric juice of the calf, forming the active principle of rennet and able to curdle milk.
- Norman
-
noun,
a member of that branch of the Northmen or Scandinavians who in the 10th century conquered Normandy.
- Norton
-
noun,
Charles Eliot, 1827–1908, U.S. scholar.
- neuron
-
noun,
Cell Biology. a specialized, impulse-conducting cell that is the functional unit of the nervous system, consisting of the cell body and its processes, the axon and dendrites.
- opiate
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- pouter
-
noun,
a person who pouts.
- prance
-
noun,
the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
- omenta
-
noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- precut
-
adjective,
cut to a specific shape or size before being assembled or used:
- octroi
-
noun,
(formerly especially in France and Italy) a local tax levied on certain articles, such as foodstuffs, on their entry into a city.
- octane
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- nutria
-
noun,
the coypu.
- potion
-
noun,
a drink or draft, especially one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers:
- nuncio
-
noun,
a diplomatic representative of the pope at a foreign court or capital: equal in status to an ambassador.
- Prince
-
noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- pro-am
-
noun,
any sporting event in which professionals play with amateurs.
- numina
-
noun,
plural of numen.
- operon
-
noun,
a set of two or more adjacent cistrons whose transcription is under the coordinated control of a promoter, an operator, and a regulator gene.
- nuance
-
noun,
a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc.
- optime
-
noun,
(formerly at Cambridge University, England) a student taking second or third honors in the mathematical tripos.
Compare wrangler (def 2).
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- option
-
noun,
the power or right of choosing.
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- proto-
-
- Proton
-
noun,
a positively charged elementary particle that is a fundamental constituent of all atomic nuclei. It is the lightest and most stable baryon, having a charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron, a spin of ½, and a mass of 1.673 × 10− 27 kg. Symbol: P.
- ptero-
-
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- pteron
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- pumice
-
noun,
Also called pumice stone. a porous or spongy form of volcanic glass, used as an abrasive.
- Noumea
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of New Caledonia, on the SW coast.
- punner
-
noun,
a person who puns; punster.
- punnet
-
noun,
a small container or basket for strawberries or other fruit.
- notion
-
noun,
a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something:
- Renton
-
noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- Pontic
-
noun,
an artificial tooth in a bridge.
- Timaru
-
noun,
a seaport on the E coast of South Island, in S New Zealand.
- patron
-
noun,
a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- run-in
-
noun,
a quarrel; argument.
- run-on
-
noun,
run-on matter.
- tamper
-
noun,
a person or thing that tamps.
- patine
-
noun,
patina.
- pointe
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- tampon
-
noun,
a plug of cotton or the like for insertion into an orifice, wound, etc., chiefly for absorbing blood or stopping hemorrhages.
- tampur
-
noun,
tambura.
- Tanner
-
noun,
a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.
- tannic
-
adjective,
Chemistry. of, relating to, or derived from tan or tannin.
- tannin
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of a group of astringent vegetable principles or compounds, chiefly complex glucosides of catechol and pyrogallol, as the reddish compound that gives the tanning properties to oak bark or the whitish compound that occurs in large quantities in nutgalls (common tannin, tannic acid)
- motion
-
noun,
the action or process of moving or of changing place or position; movement.
- patri-
-
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- Morton
-
noun,
Jelly Roll (Ferdinand Morton) 1885–1941, U.S. jazz pianist, composer, and band leader.
- Moroni
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of the Comoros.
- parton
-
noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- morion
-
noun,
an open helmet of the 16th and early 17th centuries, worn by common soldiers and usually having a flat or turned-down brim and a crest from front to back.
- Moreau
-
noun,
Gustave [gys-tav] /güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1826–98, French painter.
- tarpon
-
noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- poetic
-
noun,
poetics.
- moonie
-
noun,
a member or follower of the Unification Church.
- tauro-
-
- teacup
-
noun,
a cup in which tea is served, usually of small or moderate size.
- one-up
-
adverb,
Printing. with only one reproduction of a form per sheet or on a given sheet:
- Temuco
-
noun,
a city in S Chile.
- tenaim
-
noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- tenpin
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) a form of bowling, played with ten wooden pins at which a ball is bowled to knock them down.
- Monroe
-
noun,
Harriet, 1861?–1936, U.S. editor and poet.
- pneuma
-
noun,
the vital spirit; the soul.
- tie-up
-
noun,
a temporary stoppage or slowing of business, traffic, telephone service, etc., as due to a strike, storm, or accident.
- Mouton
-
noun,
sheepskin that has been processed to resemble another fur, especially seal or beaver.
- Poitou
-
noun,
a region and former province in W France.
- neuro-
-
- Pomona
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of the fruit of trees.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- netman
-
noun,
a tennis player.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- Paiute
-
noun,
a member of a group of North American Indians of the Uto-Aztecan family dwelling in California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona.
- nepman
-
noun,
(in the Soviet Union) a person who engaged briefly in private enterprise during the New Economic Policy of the 1920s.
- panier
-
noun,
pannier.
- pantie
-
noun,
panties.
- nemat-
-
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- necro-
-
- Romaic
-
noun,
demotic (def 5).
- panto-
-
- Nature
-
noun,
the material world, especially as surrounding humankind and existing independently of human activities.
- natron
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- nation
-
noun,
a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own:
- pomace
-
noun,
the pulpy residue from apples or similar fruit after crushing and pressing, as in cider making.
- Pictor
-
noun,
the Painter, a southern constellation between Dorado and Carina.
- Muncie
-
noun,
a city in E Indiana.
- munite
-
verb (used with object),
to fortify.
- Pareto
-
noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- Munroe
-
noun,
Charles Edward, 1849–1938, U.S. chemist.
- muntin
-
noun,
Also called sash bar. a bar for holding the edges of window panes within a sash.
- Parent
-
noun,
a father or a mother.
- Murcia
-
noun,
a city in SE Spain.
- narco-
-
- roomie
-
noun,
roommate.
- Ronnie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- ronion
-
noun,
ronyon.
- pantun
-
noun,
pantoum.
- murine
-
noun,
a murine rodent.
- Napier
-
noun,
neper.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- pronto
-
adverb,
promptly; quickly.
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- Connie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Constance.
- curate
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- cupro-
-
- anoint
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- cunner
-
noun,
a small wrasse, Tautogolabrus adspersus, common in North Atlantic coastal waters of the U.S.
- Conant
-
noun,
James Bryant, 1893–1978, U.S. chemist and educator: president of Harvard University 1933–53.
- Conium
-
noun,
the poison hemlock, Conium maculatum.
- Canute
-
noun,
a.d. 994?–1035, Danish king of England 1017–35; of Denmark 1018–35; and of Norway 1028–35.
- arpent
-
noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- anemic
-
adjective,
Pathology. suffering from anemia.
- actin-
-
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- Connor
-
noun,
Ralph (Charles William Gordon) 1860–1937, Canadian novelist and clergyman.
- Actium
-
noun,
a promontory in NW ancient Greece: Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian and Agrippa in a naval battle near here in 31 b.c.
- Conroe
-
noun,
a town in E Texas.
- Cantor
-
noun,
the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
- contin
-
- cteno-
-
- 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.
- curite
-
noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- acumen
-
noun,
keen insight; shrewdness:
- amino-
-
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- Citron
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- Carpet
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- aceto-
-
- acetum
-
noun,
a preparation having vinegar or dilute acetic acid as the solvent.
- Carnot
-
noun,
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
- 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.
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- acmite
-
noun,
a rare pyroxene mineral, sodium-ferric iron silicate, NaFe(Si 2 O 6), found in feldspathoid rocks.
- Capote
-
noun,
a long cloak with a hood.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- Carmen
-
noun,
Ciudad del Carmen.
- coeno-
-
- cut-in
-
noun,
Movies. a still, as of a scene or an object, inserted in a film and interrupting the action or continuity:
- comate
-
noun,
a mate or companion.
- captor
-
noun,
a person who has captured a person or thing.
- Curtin
-
noun,
John, 1885–1945, Australian statesman: prime minister 1941–45.
- armpit
-
noun,
the hollow under the arm at the shoulder; axilla.
- Canton
-
noun,
a small territorial district, especially one of the states of the Swiss confederation.
- contr.
-
- cinema
-
noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- corium
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. dermis.
- aecium
-
noun,
the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
- Crimea
-
noun,
the, a peninsula in SE Ukraine, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- crepon
-
noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- atomic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resulting from, or using atoms, atomic energy, or atomic bombs:
- corona
-
noun,
a white or colored circle or set of concentric circles of light seen around a luminous body, especially around the sun or moon.
- atopic
-
adjective,
of or relating to atopy.
- aeron.
-
- atrium
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- Coruna
-
noun,
La Coruña.
- couter
-
noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- coupon
-
noun,
a portion of a certificate, ticket, label, advertisement, or the like, set off from the main body by dotted lines or the like to emphasize its separability, entitling the holder to something, as a gift or discount, or for use as an order blank, a contest entry form, etc.
- auntie
-
noun,
Informal. aunt.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- copter
-
noun,
helicopter.
- conure
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed New World parrots, especially of the genus Aratinga, certain species of which are kept as pets.
- Croton
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical plants constituting the genus Croton, of the spurge family, several species of which, as C. tiglium, have important medicinal properties.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- cooner
-
noun,
coon dog.
- cannot
-
verb,
a form of ·can not.
- anemo-
-
- croute
-
noun,
crust.
- Cannon
-
noun,
a mounted gun for firing heavy projectiles; a gun, howitzer, or mortar.
- canner
-
noun,
a person who cans meat, fruit, etc., for preservation.
- Cooper
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs casks, barrels, etc.
- canine
-
noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- copro-
-
- Cronin
-
noun,
A(rchibald) J(oseph) 1896–1981, Scottish novelist and physician in the U.S.
- Cooter
-
noun,
Chiefly Southern U.S. any of several large aquatic turtles of the southern U.S. and northern Mexico.
- cootie
-
noun,
a louse, especially one affecting humans, as the body louse, head louse, or pubic louse.
- camper
-
noun,
a person who camps out for recreation, especially in the wilderness.
- copier
-
noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- camote
-
noun,
batata.
- camion
-
noun,
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
- Crinum
-
noun,
any of the tropical and subtropical bulbous plants constituting the genus Crinum, of the amaryllis family, usually having umbels of large, showy flowers.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- carpo-
-
- Capone
-
noun,
Al(phonse) ("Scarface") 1899–1947, U.S. gangster and Prohibition-era bootlegger, probably born in Italy.
- Aomori
-
noun,
a seaport on N Honshu, in N Japan.
- catnip
-
noun,
a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.
- Cetura
-
noun,
Keturah.
- enamor
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- cartop
-
adjective,
of a size and shape suitable for carrying on the top of an automobile.
- apercu
-
noun,
a hasty glance; a glimpse.
- amount
-
noun,
the sum total of two or more quantities or sums; aggregate.
- centr-
-
- eonian
-
adjective,
aeonian.
- encamp
-
verb (used with object),
to make into a camp.
- Encina
-
noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- centi-
-
- cerat-
-
- centum
-
noun,
one hundred.
- enrapt
-
adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- emptor
-
noun,
(especially in legal usage) a person who purchases or contracts to purchase; buyer.
- cerium
-
noun,
a steel-gray, ductile metallic element of the rare-earth group found only in combination. Symbol: Ce; atomic weight: 140.12; atomic number: 58.
- antrum
-
noun,
a cavity in a body organ, especially a bone.
- enroot
-
verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- entrap
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- neut.
-
- cert.
-
- Porto
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Oporto.
- coopt
-
verb (used with object),
to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
- Campo
-
noun,
(in South America) an extensive, nearly level grassland plain.
- Copan
-
noun,
Santa Rosa de Copán.
- cero-
-
- Penna
-
noun,
a contour feather, as distinguished from a down feather, plume, etc.
- copen
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- neur-
-
- coper
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- cent.
-
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- copr-
-
- copra
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- Penn.
-
- Nenni
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1980, Italian socialist leader and author.
- pareu
-
noun,
lavalava.
- pari-
-
- Neman
-
noun,
a river rising in central Byelorussia (Belarus), flowing W through Lithuania into the Baltic. 582 miles (937 km) long.
- Torun
-
noun,
a city in N Poland, on the Vistula.
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- Port.
-
- 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.
- Ponce
-
noun,
a pimp.
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- paint
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- Ceuta
-
noun,
a seaport and enclave of Spain in N Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar.
- Cant.
-
- 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.
- noct-
-
- coop.
-
- topo-
-
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- pant-
-
- poori
-
noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- Pamir
-
noun,
the, a mountainous region in central Asia, largely in Tajikistan, where the Hindu Kush, Tien Shan, and Himalaya mountain ranges converge: highest peaks, about 25,000 feet (7600 meters).
- co-op
-
noun,
a cooperative store, dwelling, program, etc.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- nitr-
-
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- prae-
-
- 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.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- panne
-
noun,
a soft, lustrous, lightweight velvet with flattened pile.
- Ninon
-
noun,
a sturdy chiffon or voile constructed in either plain or novelty weaves and generally used in the manufacture of women's garments, curtains, and drapery.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- 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.
- Munin
-
noun,
one of the two ravens of Odin that brought him news from the whole world.
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- proc.
-
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- munic
-
- patr-
-
- corpn
-
- mucor
-
noun,
any phycomycetous fungus of the genus Mucor, that forms a furry coating on foodstuffs and dead and decaying vegetable matter.
- Munro
-
noun,
Alice (Laidlaw) [leyd-law] /ˈleɪdˌlɔ/ (Show IPA), born 1931, Canadian short-story writer.
- corp.
-
- Corot
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste Camille [zhahn ba-teest ka-mee-yuh] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1796–1875, French painter.
- prion
-
noun,
any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- mucro
-
noun,
a short point projecting abruptly, as at the end of a leaf.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- Murat
-
noun,
Joachim [zhaw-a-keem] /ʒɔ aˈkim/ (Show IPA), 1767?–1815, French marshal: king of Naples 1808–15.
- tapir
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- Tromp
-
noun,
Cornelis [kawr-ney-lis] /kɔrˈneɪ lɪs/ (Show IPA), 1629–91, and his father, Maarten Harpertszoon [mahr-tuh n hahr-puh rt-sohn] /ˈmɑr tən ˈhɑr pərtˌsoʊn/ (Show IPA) 1597–1653, Dutch admirals.
- pron.
-
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- promo
-
noun,
promotion (def 5).
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- tripe
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- Prome
-
noun,
a city in central Burma, on the Irrawaddy River: location of several noted pagodas.
- muco-
-
- 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.
- Peano
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- prom.
-
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- proem
-
noun,
an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- 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.
- Paton
-
noun,
Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- Nance
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- prem.
-
- nano-
-
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- pret.
-
- part.
-
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- naut.
-
- conto
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- Namur
-
noun,
a province in S Belgium. 1413 sq. mi. (3660 sq. km).
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- cornu
-
noun,
a horn, especially a bony part that resembles a horn.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- Patmo
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands, off the SW coast of Asia Minor: St. John is supposed to have been exiled here (Rev. 1:9). 13 sq. mi. (34 sq. km).
- patio
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- Ceram
-
noun,
an island of the Moluccas in Indonesia, W of New Guinea. 7191 sq. mi. (18,625 sq. km).
- Primo
-
noun,
the part of a piano duet played on the upper half of the keyboard.
- prime
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- tramp
-
noun,
the act of tramping.
- prim.
-
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- Priam
-
noun,
a king of Troy, the son of Laomedon, husband of Hecuba, and father of Paris, Cassandra, Hector, Polyxena, and many others. He was killed during the capture of Troy.
- Tenn.
-
- nomen
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the second name of a citizen, indicating his gens, as “Gaius Julius Caesar.”.
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- nomo-
-
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Omuta
-
noun,
a seaport on W Kyushu, in SW Japan.
- Carme
-
noun,
a small natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
- Pinna
-
noun,
Botany. one of the primary divisions of a pinnate leaf.
- onco-
-
- peta-
-
- coapt
-
verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- onion
-
noun,
a plant, Allium cepa, of the amaryllis family, having an edible, succulent, pungent bulb.
- onium
-
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- Coamo
-
noun,
a city in S central Puerto Rico.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- omni-
-
- cine-
-
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- amin-
-
- octa-
-
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- octo-
-
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- Ancon
-
noun,
the elbow.
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- 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.
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- Pinta
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- Pinot
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- onto-
-
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- carpi
-
noun,
plural of carpus.
- opto-
-
- picot
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- pico-
-
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- AMORC
-
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- tempi
-
noun,
a plural of tempo.
- piano
-
noun,
a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
- Orion
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- TEMPO
-
noun,
Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
- petri
-
- optic
-
noun,
the eye.
- Piman
-
noun,
any of various groupings of Uto-Aztecan languages, of varying degrees of inclusiveness, comprising Pima and its closest relatives.
- Otomi
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of south-central Mexico.
- ounce
-
noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- temp.
-
- opera
-
noun,
an extended dramatic composition, in which all parts are sung to instrumental accompaniment, that usually includes arias, choruses, and recitatives, and that sometimes includes ballet.
Compare comic opera, grand opera.
- amour
-
noun,
a love affair.
- petr-
-
- Otaru
-
noun,
a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- carom
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- carp-
-
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- 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.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- AMICE
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- peri-
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Conn.
-
- caper
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- Capet
-
noun,
Hugh or Fr. Hugues [yg] /üg/ (Show IPA), a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.
- tera-
-
- taupe
-
noun,
a moderate to dark brownish gray, sometimes slightly tinged with purple, yellow, or green.
- Norco
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- poet.
-
- term.
-
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Conan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- noto-
-
- Comte
-
noun,
count2 .
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Tepic
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
- notum
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- cont.
-
- Ponca
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of northern Nebraska, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
- nona-
-
- nonce
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- pacer
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- no-no
-
noun,
anything that is forbidden or not advisable, as because of being improper or unsafe:
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- teno-
-
- non-U
-
adjective,
not characteristic of or appropriate to the upper class, especially of Great Britain:
- Conon
-
noun,
died a.d. 687, pope 686–687.
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- topic
-
noun,
a subject of conversation or discussion:
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Comr.
-
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Piura
-
noun,
a city in N Peru.
- outen
-
verb (used with object),
to turn off (a light) or extinguish (a fire).
- Nurmi
-
noun,
Paavo Johannes [pah-vaw yaw-hahn-nes] /ˈpɑ vɔ ˈyɔ hɑn nɛs/ (Show IPA), 1897–1973, Finnish athlete.
- Amer.
-
- Piute
-
noun,
Paiute.
- Cimon
-
noun,
507–499 b.c, Athenian military leader, naval commander, and statesman (son of Miltiades).
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- Comer
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- tonia
-
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- caput
-
noun,
any head or headlike expansion on a structure, as on a bone.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- Capt.
-
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- compt
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
count1 .
- auto.
-
- Taupo
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N New Zealand, in the central part of North Island: largest lake in New Zealand. About 234 sq. mi. (605 sq. km).
- compo
-
noun,
composition material.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- Peron
-
noun,
Eva Duarte de [ee-vuh dwahr-tey duh;; Spanish e-vah dwahr-te th e] /ˈi və ˈdwɑr teɪ də;; Spanish ˈɛ vɑ ˈdwɑr tɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1919–52, Argentine political figure (wife of Juan Perón).
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- Capon
-
noun,
a cockerel castrated to improve the flesh for use as food.
- capot
-
noun,
the taking by one player of all the tricks of a deal, as in piquet.
- tono-
-
- comp.
-
- pert.
-
- nuci-
-
- 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.
- numen
-
noun,
divine power or spirit; a deity, especially one presiding locally or believed to inhabit a particular object.
- Capri
-
noun,
an island in W Italy, in the Bay of Naples: grottoes; resort. 5½ sq. mi. (14 sq. km).
- comet
-
noun,
a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and gas that may form a tail that streams away from the sun.
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Auric
-
adjective,
of or containing gold in the trivalent state.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- 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.
- matr-
-
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- Marut
-
noun,
any of a group of storm gods, the offspring of Rudra.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- runic
-
adjective,
consisting of or set down in runes:
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- Maroc
-
noun,
French name of Morocco.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- rcpt.
-
- incr.
-
- curet
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- Upton
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “upper town.”.
- Curia
-
noun,
one of the political subdivisions of each of the three tribes of ancient Rome.
- Curie
-
noun,
a unit of activity of radioactive substances equivalent to 3.70 × 10 10 disintegrations per second: it is approximately the amount of activity produced by 1 gram of radium-226. Abbreviation: Ci.
- curio
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- 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.
- Manue
-
noun,
Manoah.
- Reaum
-
- recap
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- incur
-
verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- incor
-
- manor
-
noun,
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- meta-
-
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- cruet
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- mero-
-
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- crump
-
noun,
a crunching sound.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- Merci
-
interjection,
thank you.
- rept.
-
- tunic
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a coat worn as part of a military or other uniform.
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- uran-
-
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- meno-
-
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- Ramon
-
noun,
any of several tropical American trees belonging to the genus Brosimum, of the mulberry family, the leaves of which are used as forage, especially B. alicastrum, which bears the breadnut.
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- rutin
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- anti-
-
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- McRae
-
noun,
Carmen, 1920–94, U.S. jazz singer and songwriter.
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- Manon
-
noun,
an opera (1884) by Jules Massenet.
- ennui
-
noun,
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
- unman
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive of courage or fortitude; break down the manly spirit of:
- UNCIO
-
- econ.
-
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- acpt.
-
- reni-
-
- Union
-
noun,
the act of uniting two or more things.
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- Apure
-
noun,
a river flowing E from W Venezuela to the Orinoco. about 500 miles (805 km) long.
- inurn
-
verb (used with object),
to put into an urn, especially ashes after cremation.
- Unit.
-
- unite
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- rumen
-
noun,
the first stomach of ruminating animals, lying next to the reticulum.
- re-up
-
verb (used with or without object),
to reenlist.
- Apoc.
-
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- apron
-
noun,
a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- untie
-
verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- unrip
-
verb (used with object),
to undo by ripping; cut or tear open; rip; take apart or detach.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Iran.
-
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- unpen
-
verb (used with object),
to release from confinement.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- uncia
-
noun,
a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the 12th part of an as.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- recip
-
- rect.
-
- input
-
noun,
something that is put in.
- cutie
-
noun,
Informal. a charmingly attractive or cute person, especially a girl or a young woman (often used as a form of address):
- cutin
-
noun,
a transparent, waxy substance constituting, together with cellulose, the cuticle of plants.
- Recit
-
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- Armen
-
- manic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affected by mania.
- ante-
-
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- arium
-
- recpt
-
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- anon.
-
- Unami
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people, one of the Delaware group.
- Ecua.
-
- unapt
-
adjective,
not appropriate; unfit; unsuitable:
- unarm
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive or relieve of arms; disarm.
- acet-
-
- 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.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- areo-
-
- uncap
-
verb (used with object),
to remove a cap or cover from (a bottle, container, etc.).
- acro-
-
- Macon
-
noun,
Nathaniel, 1758–1837, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1801–07.
- ecto-
-
- macer
-
noun,
macebearer.
- intr.
-
- metic
-
noun,
an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.
- Merca
-
noun,
a city in S Somalia.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- crimp
-
noun,
the act of crimping.
- crape
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- anim.
-
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- eruct
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- mono-
-
- cream
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- erupt
-
verb (used with object),
to release violently; burst forth with:
Synonyms: vent.
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- monic
-
adjective,
(of a polynomial) having the coefficient of the term of highest degree equal to 1.
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- crim.
-
- crime
-
noun,
an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited.
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- Mont.
-
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- epact
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- metr-
-
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- truce
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- Ronco
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- Ronan
-
noun,
a king who killed his son, Mael Fothartaigh, after his wife had falsely accused the boy of attempting to seduce her, and who was himself killed by the children of Mael Fothartaigh.
- trump
-
noun,
Cards.
any playing card of a suit that for the time outranks the other suits, such a card being able to take any card of another suit.
Often, trumps. (used with a singular verb) the suit itself.
- Punan
-
noun,
a member of a food-gathering people living in the forests of interior Borneo.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- Utica
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- Monte
-
noun,
Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- troop
-
noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- mourn
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or express sorrow or grief over (misfortune, loss, or anything regretted); deplore.
- cumin
-
noun,
a small plant, Cuminum cyminum, of the parsley family, bearing aromatic, seedlike fruit, used in cookery and medicine.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- Count
-
noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- Prot.
-
- Mount
-
noun,
the act or a manner of mounting.
- coupe
-
noun,
Also, coupé. a closed, two-door car shorter than a sedan of the same model.
- motor
-
noun,
a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- moton
-
noun,
besague.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- Court
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- moron
-
noun,
Informal. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment:
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- trop-
-
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- trope
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- prune
-
noun,
a variety of plum that dries without spoiling.
- prunt
-
noun,
a small mass of glass fused to the body of a glass piece.
- EPROM
-
noun,
a memory chip whose contents can be erased by a mechanism using ultraviolet light and reprogrammed for other purposes.
- aero-
-
- pruta
-
noun,
prutah.
- Moore
-
noun,
Archibald Lee ("Archie") 1913–1998, U.S. boxer.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- aeri-
-
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- cramp
-
noun,
Often, cramps.
a sudden, involuntary, spasmodic contraction of a muscle or group of muscles, especially of the extremities, sometimes with severe pain.
a piercing pain in the abdomen.
an intermittent, painful contraction of structures of a wall containing involuntary muscle, as in biliary colic or in the uterine contractions of menstruation or of labor.
- 30-30
-
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- unpin
-
verb (used with object),
to remove pins from.
- Minn.
-
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- atmo-
-
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- crit.
-
- micra
-
noun,
a plural of micron.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- Minto
-
noun,
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond [el-ee-uh t-mur-ee-ki-nin-muh nd,, -muhr-ee-,, el-yuh t-] /ˈɛl i ətˈmɜr i kɪˈnɪn mənd,, -ˈmʌr i-,, ˈɛl yət-/ (Show IPA), 4th Earl of, 1845–1914, British colonial administrator: governor general of Canada 1898–1904; viceroy of India 1905–10.
- ation
-
- Minna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- croon
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- ento-
-
- Urena
-
noun,
any tropical plant or shrub belonging to the genus Urena, of the mallow family, having clusters of small, yellow flowers, especially U. lobata, which yields a useful bast fiber.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- MINCE
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- annot
-
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- acute
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- Euro-
-
- Urmia
-
noun,
Lake, a salt lake in NW Iran. About 2000 sq. mi. (5180 sq. km).
- Punic
-
noun,
the language of ancient Carthage, a form of late Phoenician.
- croup
-
noun,
any condition of the larynx or trachea characterized by a hoarse cough and difficult breathing.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- tumor
-
noun,
a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- 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.
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- Romeo
-
noun,
the romantic lover of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
- impar
-
adjective,
unpaired; azygous.
- Rouen
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- Purim
-
noun,
a Jewish festival celebrated on the 14th day of the month of Adar in commemoration of the deliverance of the Jews in Persia from destruction by Haman.
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- Rumi
-
noun,
Jalal ud-din [Persian jah-lahl ood-deen,, oo d-,, ja-] /Persian dʒɑˈlɑl udˈdin,, ʊd-,, dʒæ-/ (Show IPA), Jalal ud-din Rumi.
- per.
-
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- Perm
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- peat
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- rope
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- Rom.
-
- Apr.
-
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- cat.
-
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- rit.
-
- romp
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- RONA
-
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- cen.
-
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- ance
-
- PETN
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, explosive solid, C 5 H 8 N 4 O 12 , used chiefly as a high explosive and as a vasodilator in treating angina pectoris.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- room
-
noun,
a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts:
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- roup
-
noun,
any catarrhal inflammation of the eyes and nasal passages of poultry.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Pica
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- apo-
-
- Pen.
-
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- rpt.
-
- RIPE
-
adjective,
having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- Peru
-
noun,
Spanish Perú [pe-roo] /pɛˈru/ (Show IPA). a republic in W South America. 496,222 sq. mi. (1,285,215 sq. km). Capital: Lima.
- Pet.
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- ANTU
-
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Pict
-
noun,
a member of an ancient people of uncertain origin who inhabited parts of northern Britain, fought against the Romans, and in the 9th century a.d. united with the Scots.
- pot.
-
- pram
-
noun,
perambulator.
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- Punt
-
noun,
Football. a kick in which the ball is dropped and then kicked before it touches the ground.
Compare drop kick, place kick.
- pure
-
adjective,
free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter:
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Puri
-
noun,
poori.
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- pout
-
noun,
the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips.
- pour
-
noun,
the act of pouring.
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- 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.
- atic
-
- Pune
-
noun,
a city in W Maharashtra, W India, SE of Mumbai.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ann.
-
- Can.
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- porn
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- RCMP
-
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- tamp
-
verb (used with object),
to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes:
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- poon
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- aur-
-
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- Atum
-
noun,
a primeval god who by himself begot Shu and Tefnut: the original god of the Ennead.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- proa
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- Prut
-
noun,
a river in E Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine along the boundary between Moldavia (Moldova) and Romania into the Danube. 500 miles (800 km) long.
- pro-
-
- ator
-
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- prin
-
- prau
-
noun,
proa.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- puca
-
noun,
(in folklore) an Irish spirit, mischievous but not malevolent, corresponding to the English Puck.
- puce
-
noun,
a dark or brownish purple.
- puir
-
adjective,
poor.
- puma
-
noun,
cougar.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- prec
-
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- pre-
-
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- puna
-
noun,
a high, cold, arid plateau, as in the Peruvian Andes.
- poor
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Pier
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- Arm.
-
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Pire
-
noun,
Dominique Georges Henri [French daw-mee-neek zhawrzh ahn-ree] /French dɔ miˈnik ʒɔrʒ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Belgian priest: Nobel Peace Prize 1958.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- 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.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rump
-
noun,
the hind part of the body of an animal, as the hindquarters of a quadruped or sacral region of a bird.
- pint
-
noun,
a liquid and also dry measure of capacity, equal to one half of a liquid and dry quart respectively, approximately 35 cubic inches (0.473 liter). Abbreviation: pt, pt.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- ant.
-
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- 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.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- Rep.
-
- Pima
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- pnea
-
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- atm.
-
- 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.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- RAMP
-
noun,
a sloping surface connecting two levels; incline.
- art.
-
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Pomo
-
noun,
the postmodern movement; postmodernism.
- Rape
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- cap.
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- 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.
- ano-
-
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- 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.
- 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.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- taur
-
- aut-
-
- pat.
-
- poco
-
adverb,
somewhat; rather:
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- aer-
-
- Moon
-
noun,
the earth's natural satellite, orbiting the earth at a mean distance of 238,857 miles (384,393 km) and having a diameter of 2160 miles (3476 km).
- Moor
-
noun,
a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
- moot
-
noun,
an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
- mope
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- MOpt
-
- aet.
-
- crat
-
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- Moro
-
noun,
a member of any of the various tribes of Muslim Malays in the southern Philippines.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- moue
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- coup
-
noun,
a highly successful, unexpected stroke, act, or move; a clever action or accomplishment.
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- mout
-
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- 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.
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- coma
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- Mon.
-
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Inc.
-
- inae
-
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- 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.
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- Coue
-
noun,
Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1857–1926, French psychotherapist.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- 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.
- IMCO
-
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- Ice.
-
- ICAO
-
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- uret
-
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- corm
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- uria
-
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- mute
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- Mure
-
noun,
Obsolete. a wall.
- tron
-
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- 1080
-
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- tRNA
-
- mRNA
-
- enc.
-
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- muc-
-
- Mura
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- Muir
-
noun,
Edwin, 1887–1959, English poet.
- Imp.
-
- mun.
-
- Muni
-
noun,
a municipal bond.
- Cort
-
- 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.
- tri-
-
- AIME
-
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- min.
-
- uric
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Man.
-
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- upon
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- eco-
-
- Umea
-
noun,
a city in NE Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- cute
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- Curt
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Curtis.
- ect-
-
- Manu
-
noun,
the progenitor and lawgiver of the human race.
- curn
-
noun,
a grain.
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- Mar.
-
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- maco
-
noun,
an Egyptian cotton, used especially in the manufacture of hosiery and undergarments.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- Ire.
-
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- 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.
- Earp
-
noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- uni-
-
- acr-
-
- unco
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- Mac-
-
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- MARC
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- met.
-
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- menu
-
noun,
a list of the dishes served at a meal; bill of fare:
- MEPA
-
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- crut
-
noun,
crud (def 1).
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- tuna
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- ment
-
- Emp.
-
- tump
-
noun,
a small mound, hill, or rise of ground.
- 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.
- Mic.
-
- 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.
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- Tupi
-
noun,
a member of any of several related Indian peoples living in the valleys of various Brazilian rivers, especially the Amazon.
- ctr.
-
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- Maui
-
noun,
an island in central Hawaii. 728 sq. mi. (1886 sq. km).
- cur.
-
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- cunt
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- int.
-
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- 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.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- Maun
-
auxiliary verb,
must1 .
- men-
-
- emia
-
- MCPO
-
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- NCTE
-
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- tion
-
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- 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.
- Cnut
-
noun,
Canute.
- OPer
-
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- opia
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Cmon
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- epit
-
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- cit.
-
- Oona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- 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.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- etc.
-
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- epi-
-
- Ont.
-
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- cir.
-
- Oct.
-
- CERN
-
- Pan.
-
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- Ceto
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- cet-
-
- par.
-
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- pato
-
noun,
an Argentine game played by two teams of four on horseback, resembling a cross between polo and basketball, using a ball with six large leather handles, the object of which is to place or throw the ball through the opponent's net that hangs from a 9 feet (2.7 meters) high pole.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Paur
-
noun,
Emil [ey-meel] /ˈeɪ mil/ (Show IPA), 1855–1932, Austrian violinist and conductor.
- ten.
-
- Amur
-
noun,
a river in E Asia, forming most of the boundary between N Manchuria and the SE Russian Federation, flowing into the Sea of Okhotsk. About 2700 miles (4350 km) long.
- pct.
-
- pam.
-
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- out-
-
- oro-
-
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- oto-
-
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- PACT
-
noun,
an agreement, covenant, or compact:
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- amp.
-
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- ter.
-
- amt.
-
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- Com.
-
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- coom
-
noun,
soot; coal dust; smut.
- NIRA
-
- 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).
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Eur.
-
- coon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- nom.
-
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- noon
-
noun,
midday.
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Nor.
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Aire
-
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Cor.
-
- Copt
-
noun,
a member of the Coptic Church.
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- neo-
-
- 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.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Cope
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- coot
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- non-
-
- uro-
-
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- NTIA
-
- toom
-
adjective,
empty; vacant.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- nunc
-
adverb,
now.
- come
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. semen.
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- tonn
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- OAPC
-
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- top-
-
- Como
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N Italy, in Lombardy. 35 miles (56 km) long; 56 sq. mi. (145 sq. km).
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- 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.
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- not-
-
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- 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.
- Con.
-
- uti
-
- up-
-
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- rte
-
- ure
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- rt.
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- UPI
-
- ac-
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- UPC
-
- ur-
-
- Am.
-
- UTC
-
- AUC
-
- RUM
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- ap-
-
- RPM
-
- Ar.
-
- an.
-
- RPO
-
- AIC
-
- unp
-
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- Tpr
-
- TPN
-
- TPM
-
- TPI
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AMC
-
- AME
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- TCA
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- TMO
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TIA
-
- AMU
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Tro
-
- UNO
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- ACP
-
- Une
-
- unc
-
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- UMT
-
- ump
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
umpire.
- Ume
-
noun,
a river in N Sweden, flowing SE from the W border to the Gulf of Bothnia. Aabout 285 miles (460 km) long.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- UIT
-
- UCR
-
- UAM
-
- UAE
-
- UAR
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- tup
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- tum
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- tue
-
- Tu.
-
- ae.
-
- AEC
-
- trp
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- ANC
-
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- EPT
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- CPO
-
- CPM
-
- CPI
-
- CPA
-
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- MPA
-
- MRA
-
- MOR
-
- MRE
-
- MRI
-
- MRP
-
- Mt.
-
- MTI
-
- mtn
-
- MTO
-
- CPR
-
- 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.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- CRT
-
- CRP
-
- mi.
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MIE
-
- MIP
-
- MIT
-
- CPU
-
- MNA
-
- MNE
-
- 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.
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MOI
-
- moo
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- MTP
-
- MUP
-
- CTA
-
- NOP
-
- NMR
-
- NMU
-
- NNE
-
- NNP
-
- NOC
-
- ROP
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NPR
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Npt
-
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- NRC
-
- NUM
-
- Nun
-
noun,
a woman member of a religious order, especially one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- Oc.
-
- NMI
-
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- Mur
-
noun,
a river in S central Austria, NE Slovenia, and N Croatia, flowing NE and SE to the Drava River. 300 miles (483 km) long.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- mut
-
noun,
mutt.
- NCO
-
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- ne-
-
- 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.
- NEA
-
- NEC
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- NIA
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- cru
-
noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- MEP
-
- OTC
-
- ECM
-
- EMT
-
- EMR
-
- ine
-
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- eir
-
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- IOC
-
- in.
-
- 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 = .
- ECA
-
- ec-
-
- ior
-
- IOT
-
- IOU
-
- IPA
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- imu
-
noun,
a usually large, covered cooking pit in which food is cooked by means of heated stones.
- IPO
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ERP
-
- ERT
-
- ETO
-
- ETR
-
- eu-
-
- EPA
-
- Ep.
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- 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.
- ITU
-
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ier
-
- en-
-
- IPM
-
- ipr
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- 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.
- eo-
-
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- Mao
-
- 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:
- 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.
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- cum
-
noun,
come (def 24).
- MCI
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- MCP
-
- MCR
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- cte
-
- EOM
-
- ea.
-
- Ir.
-
- ium
-
- IRC
-
- IRO
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ITA
-
- ITC
-
- ite
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- Mc-
-
- EAM
-
- Me.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Mo.
-
- 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.
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ean
-
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- op.
-
- COO
-
noun,
a cooing sound.
- ROA
-
- Co.
-
- PRC
-
- 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.
- CAI
-
- ct.
-
- cr.
-
- cp.
-
- 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.
- POR
-
- ca.
-
- AUM
-
noun,
Om.
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- ATP
-
- PUC
-
- 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.
- put
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noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- PRA
-
- POM
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noun,
pommy.
- RCP
-
- PIO
-
- CEA
-
- PIA
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noun,
a female given name.
- PIC
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noun,
a movie.
- pie
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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:
- pim
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plural,
personal information manager.
- PIN
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noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- pir
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noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- poi
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noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- PIT
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noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- CAR
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noun,
an automobile.
- piu
-
adverb,
more:
- PMT
-
- OAO
-
- POC
-
- POE
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noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- RAM
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noun,
a male sheep.
- Re.
-
- PCM
-
- MPE
-
- RIM
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noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- rin
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- rm.
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plural,
ream.
- RMC
-
- RNA
-
- ROC
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noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- ret
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verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- ROE
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noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROI
-
- APE
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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
-
- AOU
-
- aor
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- 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.
- Ria
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noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- RMA
-
- ATC
-
- Rae
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noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- at.
-
- Rai
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noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- ARU
-
- RAN
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noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- ARE
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noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- ARP
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noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- RCA
-
- RCN
-
- RCT
-
- REA
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- POA
-
- PCI
-
- CNN
-
- o-o
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noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- oon
-
- OOT
-
- OPA
-
- ope
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adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- CNO
-
- CNM
-
- ONR
-
- OPM
-
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- CMA
-
- PAU
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, in SW France: winter resort.
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- oo-
-
- ONI
-
- ORT
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noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- OEM
-
- OAP
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OAU
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OCR
-
- OEO
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- oic
-
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- Om.
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- CIP
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- pc.
-
- ote
-
- Pa.
-
- CIA
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- CIE
-
- CIM
-
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- pm.
-
- Pr.
-
- prn
-
- PTO
-
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- pt.
-
- ot-
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- OTA
-
- CEO
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- AO
-
- TC
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- TN
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- AU
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plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- 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.
- i.
-
- O.
-
- ic
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- MN
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- 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.
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- RU
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- RO
-
- RP
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- CM
-
- CU
-
- TM
-
- M.
-
- EI
-
- N.
-
- CE
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NC
-
- NI
-
- PU
-
- NP
-
- UI
-
- MP
-
- R.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- RC
-
- NM
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- t.
-
- T1
-
- IP
-
- U.
-
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- RN
-
- TP
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- MU
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).
- RI
-
- UC
-
- OA
-