Anagrams of reincarnations
Word reincarnations has
1804 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of reincarnations.
- reincarnation
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noun,
the belief that the soul, upon death of the body, comes back to earth in another body or form.
- incinerators
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noun,
a furnace or apparatus for burning trash, garbage, etc., to ashes.
- cartonniers
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noun,
an ornamental box for papers, usually for placing on a desk.
- Incarnation
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noun,
an incarnate being or form.
- incinerator
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noun,
a furnace or apparatus for burning trash, garbage, etc., to ashes.
- cartonnier
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noun,
an ornamental box for papers, usually for placing on a desk.
- cannonries
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noun,
a discharge of artillery.
- narrations
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noun,
something narrated; an account, story, or narrative.
- incarnates
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adjective,
embodied in flesh; given a bodily, especially a human, form:
- contraries
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noun,
something that is contrary or opposite:
- air-to-air
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adverb,
from one aircraft, missile, or the like, to another while in flight:
- insectaria
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noun,
a place in which a collection of living insects is kept, as in a zoo.
- cinerarias
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noun,
any of several horticultural varieties of a composite plant, Senecio hybridus, of the Canary Islands, having clusters of flowers with white, blue, purple, red, or variegated rays.
- carnations
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noun,
any of numerous cultivated varieties of the clove pink, Dianthus caryophyllus, having long-stalked, fragrant, usually double flowers in a variety of colors: the state flower of Ohio.
- criterions
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noun,
a standard of judgment or criticism; a rule or principle for evaluating or testing something.
- containers
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noun,
anything that contains or can contain something, as a carton, box, crate, or can.
- carnitine
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noun,
a dipolar compound that occurs in muscle and liver and is involved in the transport of fatty acids across the inner mitochondrial membrane.
- incretion
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noun,
a substance, as a hormone, that is secreted internally.
- nicotines
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noun,
a colorless, oily, water-soluble, highly toxic, liquid alkaloid, C 10 H 14 N 2 , found in tobacco and valued as an insecticide.
- criterion
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noun,
a standard of judgment or criticism; a rule or principle for evaluating or testing something.
- re-strain
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verb (used with or without object),
to strain again.
- Cartesian
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noun,
a follower of Cartesian thought.
- Nicotiana
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Nicotiana, of the nightshade family, especially one grown for its ornamental value, as flowering tobacco.
- inerratic
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adjective,
not erratic or wandering; fixed:
- innocents
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noun,
an innocent person.
- Rosinante
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noun,
the old, worn horse of Don Quixote.
- incarnate
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adjective,
embodied in flesh; given a bodily, especially a human, form:
- anti-icer
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noun,
a device used to prevent the forming of ice, as on an airplane propeller.
- one-a-cat
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noun,
one old cat.
- Toscanini
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noun,
Arturo [ahr-too r-oh;; Italian ahr-too-raw] /ɑrˈtʊər oʊ;; Italian ɑrˈtu rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1867–1957, Italian orchestra conductor, in the U.S. after 1928.
- tornarias
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noun,
the ciliated, free-swimming larva of certain hemichordates.
- certosina
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noun,
a technique of inlaying light-colored material, as bone, ivory, metal, or pale wood, in elaborate designs on a dark ground.
- santonica
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noun,
the dried flower heads of any of several species of wormwood, belonging to the genus Artemisia, used as a vermifuge.
- Cineraria
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noun,
any of several horticultural varieties of a composite plant, Senecio hybridus, of the Canary Islands, having clusters of flowers with white, blue, purple, red, or variegated rays.
- cinerator
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noun,
an incinerator.
- actinians
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noun,
any sea anemone.
- antinoise
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adjective,
designed to reduce or ban excessively loud sound, as of jet engines or traffic:
- cast-iron
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noun,
an alloy of iron, carbon, and other elements, cast as a soft and strong, or as a hard and brittle, iron, depending on the mixture and methods of molding.
- Rocinante
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noun,
Rosinante.
- caseation
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noun,
Pathology. transformation of tissue into a soft cheeselike mass, as in tuberculosis.
- transenna
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noun,
(in early Christian architecture) an openwork screen of stone or metal enclosing a shrine.
- transonic
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adjective,
close to the speed of propagation of sound; moving at 700–780 miles per hour (1127–1255 km/h) at sea level.
- inactions
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noun,
absence of action; idleness.
- tarriance
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noun,
delay.
- Carnation
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noun,
any of numerous cultivated varieties of the clove pink, Dianthus caryophyllus, having long-stalked, fragrant, usually double flowers in a variety of colors: the state flower of Ohio.
- insertion
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noun,
the act of inserting:
- Trinacria
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noun,
an ancient name of Sicily.
- Nestorian
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noun,
one of a sect of followers of Nestorius who denied the hypostatic union and were represented as maintaining the existence of two distinct persons in Christ.
- narration
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noun,
something narrated; an account, story, or narrative.
- ascertain
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verb (used with object),
to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine:
- resnatron
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noun,
a tetrode with the grid connected to form a drift space for the electrons, formerly used to generate high power at very high frequency.
- serration
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noun,
serrated condition or form.
- container
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noun,
anything that contains or can contain something, as a carton, box, crate, or can.
- constrain
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verb (used with object),
to force, compel, or oblige:
- canonries
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noun,
the office or benefice of a canon.
- sectarian
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noun,
a member of a sect.
- creations
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- craniates
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noun,
a craniate animal.
- seriation
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noun,
the arrangement of a collection of artifacts into a chronological sequence.
- intension
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noun,
intensification; increase in degree.
- crenation
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noun,
a rounded projection or tooth, as on the margin of a leaf.
- senorita
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- Socinian
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noun,
a follower of Faustus and Laelius Socinus who rejected a number of traditional Christian doctrines, as the Trinity, the divinity of Christ, and original sin, and who held that Christ was miraculously begotten and that salvation will be granted to those who adopt Christ's virtues.
- ternions
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Sicanian
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adjective,
Sicilian.
- iranians
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noun,
a subbranch of the Indo-European family of languages, including especially Persian, Pashto, Avestan, and Kurdish.
- Anniston
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noun,
a city in E Alabama.
- rotaries
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noun,
a rotary device or machine.
- seatrain
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noun,
a ship for the transportation of loaded railroad cars.
- santonin
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noun,
a crystalline compound, C 15 H 18 O 3 , the active principle of santonica.
- erratics
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noun,
an erratic or eccentric person.
- soricine
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adjective,
of or resembling the shrews.
- ocarinas
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noun,
a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
- Estonian
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noun,
a member of a Finnish people inhabiting Estonia, Livonia, and other districts of Russia.
- anterior
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adjective,
situated before or at the front of; fore (opposed to posterior).
- Santeria
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noun,
(sometimes lowercase) a religion merging the worship of Yoruba deities with veneration of Roman Catholic saints: practiced in Cuba and spread to other parts of the Caribbean and to the U.S. by Cuban emigrés.
- caterans
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noun,
(formerly) a freebooter or marauder of the Scottish Highlands.
- Estancia
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noun,
(in Spanish America) a landed estate or a cattle ranch.
- sanction
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noun,
authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- tornaria
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noun,
the ciliated, free-swimming larva of certain hemichordates.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- sonatina
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noun,
a short or simplified sonata.
- Serratia
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noun,
a genus of rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria that are saprophytic on decaying plant or animal materials.
- Iscariot
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noun,
the surname of Judas, the betrayer of Jesus. Mark 3:19; 14:10, 11.
- Torrance
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noun,
a city in SW California, SW of Los Angeles.
- Caterina
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noun,
a female given name, form of Catherine.
- inaction
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noun,
absence of action; idleness.
- Canaries
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noun,
any of several Old World finches of the genus Serinus, especially S. canaria (common canary) native to the Canary Islands and often kept as a pet, in the wild being greenish with brown streaks above and yellow below and in domesticated varieties usually bright yellow or pale yellow.
- carrions
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noun,
dead and putrefying flesh.
- instance
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noun,
a case or occurrence of anything:
- innocent
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noun,
an innocent person.
- inertias
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- cantoris
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adjective,
of or relating to the gospel or liturgical north side of a church (opposed to decani).
- carinate
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adjective,
Zoology, Botany. formed with a carina; keellike.
- intarsia
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noun,
an art or technique of decorating a surface with inlaid patterns, especially of wood mosaic, developed during the Renaissance.
- scenario
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noun,
an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- nicotine
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noun,
a colorless, oily, water-soluble, highly toxic, liquid alkaloid, C 10 H 14 N 2 , found in tobacco and valued as an insecticide.
- cantinas
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noun,
a saloon; bar.
- inerrant
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adjective,
free from error; infallible.
- Rotarian
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noun,
a member of a Rotary Club.
- Interior
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noun,
the internal or inner part; inside.
- carotins
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noun,
carotene.
- canotier
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noun,
a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- Ioannina
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noun,
a city in NW Greece.
- arterio-
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- incienso
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noun,
a shrubby, composite desert plant, Encelia farinosa, of the southwestern U.S., having silvery leaves and clusters of yellow flowers.
- arcanist
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noun,
a person professing special secret knowledge concerning ceramics, especially concerning the making of porcelain.
- Artesian
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adjective,
noting, pertaining to, or characteristic of an artesian well.
- canonist
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noun,
a person who is a specialist in canon law.
- nonaries
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noun,
a number in a nonary system.
- Scranton
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noun,
William Warren, 1917–2011, U.S. politician.
- intrans.
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- aoristic
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adjective,
Grammar. pertaining to the aorist.
- canister
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noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- introrse
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adjective,
turned or facing inward, as anthers that open toward the gynoecium.
- narrates
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verb (used with object),
to give an account or tell the story of (events, experiences, etc.).
- antrorse
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adjective,
bent or directed forward or upward.
- sirenian
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noun,
an aquatic, herbivorous mammal of the order Sirenia, including the manatee and dugong.
- restrain
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verb (used with object),
to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress:
- Saarinen
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noun,
Eero [air-oh] /ˈɛər oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1910–61, U.S. architect, born in Finland.
- tricorns
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noun,
Also, tricorne. a hat with the brim turned up on three sides.
- rarities
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noun,
something rare, unusual, or uncommon:
- trainers
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noun,
a person or thing that trains.
- cinerins
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noun,
either of two oily, liquid compounds, C 20 H 28 O 3 or C 21 H 28 O 5 , used as insecticides.
- Aaronite
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noun,
one of the priestly descendants of Aaron.
- crannies
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noun,
a small, narrow opening in a wall, rock, etc.; chink; crevice; fissure:
- Cranston
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noun,
a city in E Rhode Island, near Providence.
- air-core
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adjective,
having a nonmagnetic core, as one of fiber or plastic, encircled by a coil (air-core coil) or containing one or more such coils:
- strainer
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noun,
a person or thing that strains.
- acarines
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noun,
any of numerous arachnids of the order Acarina, comprising the mites and ticks.
- raincoat
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noun,
a waterproof or water-repellent coat worn as protection against rain.
- contains
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verb (used with object),
to hold or include within its volume or area:
- retrains
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verb (used with object),
to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
- cisterna
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noun,
cistern (def 2).
- citrines
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noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- craniate
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noun,
a craniate animal.
- aerators
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noun,
an apparatus for aerating water or other fluids.
- aconites
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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.
- Creation
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- recision
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noun,
an act of canceling or voiding; cancellation.
- Croatian
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noun,
a Croat.
- coniines
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noun,
a volatile, highly poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 17 N, constituting the active principle of the poison hemlock.
- triennia
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noun,
a period of three years.
- criteria
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noun,
a standard of judgment or criticism; a rule or principle for evaluating or testing something.
- reaction
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noun,
a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- actinian
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noun,
any sea anemone.
- actinias
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noun,
a sea anemone, especially of the genus Actinia.
- actinons
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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.
- Anacreon
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noun,
c570–c480 b.c, Greek writer, especially of love poems and drinking songs.
- crinites
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- rosarian
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noun,
a person who is fond of, develops, or cultivates roses.
- ancestor
-
noun,
a person from whom one is descended; forebear; progenitor.
- Cerritos
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noun,
a city in SW California.
- Erastian
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noun,
an advocate of Erastianism.
- entrains
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verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- resonant
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noun,
Phonetics. a vowel or a voiced consonant or semivowel that is neither a stop nor an affricate, as, in English, (m, ng, n, l, r, y, w).
- ancients
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noun,
a person who lived in ancient times.
- Roseanna
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noun,
a female given name.
- enations
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noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- cretins
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- isation
-
- cratons
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noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- cortina
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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.
- interns
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noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- atresia
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noun,
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
- canters
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noun,
an easy gallop.
- cantina
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noun,
a saloon; bar.
- cornets
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noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- connate
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adjective,
existing in a person or thing from birth or origin; inborn:
- intens.
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- coniine
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noun,
a volatile, highly poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 17 N, constituting the active principle of the poison hemlock.
- Creator
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noun,
a person or thing that creates.
- crinite
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- sericin
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noun,
a gelatinous organic compound that holds the two strands of natural silk together.
- consent
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noun,
permission, approval, or agreement; compliance; acquiescence:
- Serrano
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noun,
a small, green or reddish, extremely hot chili pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum annuum used in cooking.
- atonics
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noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- insnare
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verb (used with object),
ensnare.
- atonies
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noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- tannins
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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)
- Iranian
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noun,
a subbranch of the Indo-European family of languages, including especially Persian, Pashto, Avestan, and Kurdish.
- conster
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verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- Insecta
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noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- Cainite
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noun,
a member of a Gnostic sect that exalted Cain and regarded the God of the Old Testament as responsible for evil.
- cranio-
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- Costain
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noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- ternion
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- irenics
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noun,
the branch of theology dealing with the promotion of peace and conciliation among Christian churches.
Compare polemics (def 2).
- contras
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- terrain
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noun,
a tract of land, especially as considered with reference to its natural features, military advantages, etc.
- Setaria
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noun,
any grass of the genus Setaria, having a dense panicle, grown for forage.
- contra-
-
- ironers
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noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- canines
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noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- constr.
-
- craters
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noun,
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- ironies
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noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- ironist
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noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- corneas
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noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- intones
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verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- corners
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noun,
the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
- contain
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verb (used with object),
to hold or include within its volume or area:
- Sinatra
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noun,
Frank (Francis Albert) 1915–98, U.S. singer and actor.
- tanrecs
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noun,
tenrec.
- intines
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noun,
the inner coat of a spore, especially a pollen grain.
- introns
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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.
- erotics
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- Tarasco
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noun,
Tarascan.
- cateran
-
noun,
(formerly) a freebooter or marauder of the Scottish Highlands.
- Icarian
-
noun,
an inhabitant of Icaria.
- tension
-
noun,
the act of stretching or straining.
- cinerin
-
noun,
either of two oily, liquid compounds, C 20 H 28 O 3 or C 21 H 28 O 5 , used as insecticides.
- iatrics
-
- Sno-Cat
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- snorter
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noun,
a person or thing that snorts.
- stearo-
-
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- stearic
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adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- sonance
-
noun,
the condition or quality of being sonant.
- enation
-
noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- Etonian
-
noun,
a person who is or has been a pupil at Eton College.
- encinas
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noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- sirenic
-
adjective,
of or characteristic of a siren; melodious, tempting, or alluring.
- entrain
-
verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- certain
-
Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- cations
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noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- stannic
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adjective,
of or containing tin, especially in the tetravalent state.
- Estonia
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noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- Ericson
-
noun,
Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- erratic
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noun,
an erratic or eccentric person.
- erratas
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noun,
plural of erratum.
- centri-
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- cerato-
-
- eristic
-
noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- erotica
-
noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- Caserta
-
noun,
a city in S Italy, near Naples.
- tarsier
-
noun,
a small, arboreal, nocturnal primate of the genus Tarsius, of Indonesia and the Philippines, having a long thin tail, very large immobile eyes, and prominent pads on the fingers and toes: all populations are dwindling.
- inertia
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- cronies
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noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- crinose
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adjective,
hairy.
- carinas
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noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- caritas
-
noun,
charity.
- Croatia
-
noun,
a republic in SE Europe: includes the historical regions of Dalmatia, Istria, and Slavonia; formerly a part of Yugoslavia. 21,835 sq. mi. (56,555 sq. km) Capital: Zagreb.
- coaster
-
noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- centro-
-
- coarser
-
adjective,
of or relating to a topology on a topological space whose open sets are included among the open sets of a second specified topology on the space.
- carnets
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noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- carnies
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noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- coarsen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become coarse.
- carnose
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adjective,
of or relating to flesh; fleshy.
- incites
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- carotin
-
noun,
carotene.
- incisor
-
noun,
any of the four anterior teeth in each jaw, used for cutting and gnawing.
- sterno-
-
- carreta
-
noun,
a simple two-wheeled oxcart.
- carrion
-
noun,
dead and putrefying flesh.
- crosier
-
noun,
a ceremonial staff carried by a bishop or an abbot, hooked at one end like a shepherd's crook.
- citrons
-
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.
- citrins
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- citrine
-
noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- carters
-
noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- cistron
-
noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- Cartier
-
noun,
Sir George Étienne [zhawrzh ey-tyen] /ʒɔrʒ eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1814–73, Canadian political leader: prime minister 1857–62, defense minister 1867–73.
- cistern
-
noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- tarries
-
noun,
a stay; sojourn.
- cirrose
-
adjective,
having a cirrus or cirri.
- cirrate
-
adjective,
having cirri.
- Aterian
-
adjective,
of or indicating a Middle Paleolithic industry of northwestern Africa and the Sahara, characterized by the production of tanged points and bifacially worked leaf-shaped points of varying sizes.
- corsair
-
noun,
a fast ship used for piracy.
- Antares
-
noun,
a red supergiant star of the first magnitude in the constellation Scorpius.
- Nicosia
-
noun,
a city on and the capital of Cyprus, in the central part.
- 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.
- noetics
-
noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- rancors
-
noun,
bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
- satanic
-
adjective,
of Satan.
- aerator
-
noun,
an apparatus for aerating water or other fluids.
- Tonnies
-
noun,
Ferdinand [fer-dee-nahnt] /ˈfɛr diˌnɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1855–1936, German sociologist.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- Niteroi
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in SE Brazil.
- aeonian
-
adjective,
eternal; everlasting.
- ninnies
-
noun,
a fool or simpleton.
- scanner
-
noun,
a person or thing that scans.
- tonners
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- aristo-
-
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- Roscian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- arnicas
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- tricorn
-
noun,
Also, tricorne. a hat with the brim turned up on three sides.
- Nicaean
-
adjective,
Nicene.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- Scarron
-
noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1610–60, French novelist, dramatist, and poet.
- niacins
-
noun,
nicotinic acid.
- reactor
-
noun,
a person or thing that reacts or undergoes reaction.
- 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-
-
- Actinia
-
noun,
a sea anemone, especially of the genus Actinia.
- neritic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the region of water lying directly above the sublittoral zone of the sea bottom.
- Rainier
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic peak in W Washington, in the Cascade Range. 14,408 feet (4392 meters).
- norites
-
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.
- arseno-
-
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- oneiric
-
adjective,
of or relating to dreams.
- Toscana
-
noun,
Italian name of Tuscany.
- rosaria
-
noun,
a rose garden.
- orceins
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- Rosanne
-
noun,
a female given name.
- octanes
-
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.
- Torrens
-
noun,
Lake, a salt lake in Australia, in E South Australia. 130 miles (210 km) long; 2400 sq. mi. (6220 sq. km); 25 feet (8 meters) below sea level.
- anconas
-
noun,
an altarpiece, usually consisting of a painted panel or panels, reliefs, or statues set in an elaborate frame.
- Oceania
-
noun,
the islands of the central and S Pacific, including Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and traditionally Australasia. About 3,450,000 sq. mi. (8,935,500 sq. km).
- anoints
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- ocarina
-
noun,
a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
- ancient
-
noun,
a person who lived in ancient times.
- tracers
-
noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- Sarcina
-
noun,
any of several spherical, saprophytic bacteria of the genus Sarcina, having a cuboidal cell arrangement.
- anatine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the family Anatidae, comprising the swans, geese, and ducks.
- Ansonia
-
noun,
a city in SW Connecticut.
- antenna
-
noun,
a conductor by which electromagnetic waves are sent out or received, consisting commonly of a wire or set of wires; aerial.
- antero-
-
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- notices
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- antiars
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- Trainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that trains.
- Saracen
-
noun,
History/Historical. a member of any of the nomadic tribes on the Syrian borders of the Roman Empire.
- roister
-
verb (used without object),
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- Antoine
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1943, French theatrical director, manager, and critic.
- roaster
-
noun,
a contrivance for roasting something, as an oven, a pan for roasting meat, or a machine for roasting coffee beans.
- Antonia
-
noun,
a female given name: derived from Antonius.
- nectars
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- Nicetas
-
noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- Actaeon
-
noun,
a hunter who, for having seen Diana bathing, was changed by her into a stag and was torn to pieces by his own hounds.
- trocars
-
noun,
a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
- scrinia
-
noun,
a cylindrical container used in ancient Rome to hold papyrus rolls.
- nascent
-
adjective,
beginning to exist or develop:
- acetins
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- narrate
-
verb (used with object),
to give an account or tell the story of (events, experiences, etc.).
- narcose
-
adjective,
characterized by stupor; stuporous.
- acarine
-
noun,
any of numerous arachnids of the order Acarina, comprising the mites and ticks.
- Aaronic
-
adjective,
of or relating to Aaron.
- retrain
-
verb (used with object),
to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
- Asiatic
-
noun,
an Asian person.
- asinine
-
adjective,
foolish, unintelligent, or silly; stupid:
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- nannies
-
noun,
a person, usually with special training, employed to care for children in a household.
- nancies
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Meurthe-et-Moselle, in NE France: battles 1477, 1914, 1944.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Astaire
-
noun,
Fred, 1899–1987, U.S. dancer and actor.
- section
-
noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- tinners
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- re-sort
-
verb (used with object),
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- tsarina
-
noun,
czarina.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- 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.
- rennins
-
noun,
a coagulating enzyme occurring in the gastric juice of the calf, forming the active principle of rennet and able to curdle milk.
- acrasin
-
noun,
a chemotactic substance, identical with cAMP, secreted by myxamebas of cellular slime molds and attracting other myxamebas to aggregate and form a pseudoplasmodium.
- recants
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- 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.
- artisan
-
noun,
a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
- natrons
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- Artesia
-
noun,
a city in S California.
- arteri-
-
- rectos
-
- Ronnie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- tannic
-
adjective,
Chemistry. of, relating to, or derived from tan or tannin.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- Renton
-
noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- criers
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- Tanner
-
noun,
a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- Crania
-
noun,
the skull of a vertebrate.
- steno-
-
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- COSINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- Tanoan
-
noun,
an American Indian language family of which the three surviving languages are spoken in several pueblos, including Taos, in northern New Mexico near the Rio Grande.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- reatas
-
noun,
riata.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- eonian
-
adjective,
aeonian.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- Encina
-
noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- 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)
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- resort
-
noun,
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- 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.
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- recti-
-
- ricins
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- raster
-
noun,
Television. a pattern of scanning lines covering the area upon which the image is projected in the cathode-ray tube or liquid-crystal display of a television set or other screen.
- renins
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- ratans
-
noun,
rattan.
- raters
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- crores
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- Renata
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tainan
-
noun,
a city in SW Taiwan.
- retro-
-
- Cronin
-
noun,
A(rchibald) J(oseph) 1896–1981, Scottish novelist and physician in the U.S.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- Rector
-
noun,
a member of the clergy in charge of a parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- cteno-
-
- Renoir
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1894–1979, French film director and writer.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- racers
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- riatas
-
noun,
a lariat.
- taenia
-
noun,
Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- rennin
-
noun,
a coagulating enzyme occurring in the gastric juice of the calf, forming the active principle of rennet and able to curdle milk.
- raisin
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- ricers
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- rancor
-
noun,
bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
- Crater
-
noun,
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- Itasca
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N Minnesota: one of the sources of the Mississippi River.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- intro.
-
- nasion
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- intra-
-
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- intone
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- 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:
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- intine
-
noun,
the inner coat of a spore, especially a pollen grain.
- natron
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- intern
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- inter.
-
- NASCAR
-
noun,
National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- necro-
-
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- Nernst
-
noun,
Walther Herman [vahl-tuh r her-mahn] /ˈvɑl tər ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1941, German physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1920.
- instr.
-
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- scato-
-
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- niacin
-
noun,
nicotinic acid.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- insect
-
noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- insane
-
adjective,
not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- 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.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- Nicaea
-
noun,
an ancient city in NW Asia Minor: Nicene Creed formulated here a.d.
- irones
-
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.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- sennit
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- Sennar
-
noun,
a region in the E Sudan between the White and Blue Nile rivers, S of Khartoum: a former kingdom.
- isatin
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- ironic
-
adjective,
using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; containing or exemplifying irony:
- nances
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- ironer
-
noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- irenic
-
adjective,
tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- Nansen
-
noun,
Fridtjof [frit-yof] /ˈfrɪt yɒf/ (Show IPA), 1861–1930, Norwegian arctic explorer, zoologist, and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1922.
- Nantes
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- sienna
-
noun,
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- Sierra
-
noun,
a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
- ionics
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- narco-
-
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- Ionian
-
noun,
a member of one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks who invaded the Greek mainland and, after the Dorian invasions, emigrated to the Aegean islands and the coast of Asia Minor.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Aeolian2 (def 2), Dorian1 (def 2).
- sinner
-
noun,
a person who sins; transgressor.
- innate
-
adjective,
existing in one from birth; inborn; native:
- Stacia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sacro-
-
- Icaria
-
noun,
Also, Ikaria. a Greek island in the Aegean Sea: a part of the Southern Sporades group. 99 sq. mi. (256 sq. km).
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- iatro-
-
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- iatric
-
adjective,
of or relating to a physician or medicine; medical.
- sonant
-
noun,
a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant).
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- sonata
-
noun,
a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys.
- sancta
-
noun,
a sacred or holy place.
- sonnet
-
noun,
Prosody. a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being in the strict or Italian form divided into a major group of 8 lines (the octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet), and in a common English form into 3 quatrains followed by a couplet.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- Norris
-
noun,
Charles Gilman, 1881–1945, U.S. novelist and editor.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Sorata
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Bolivia, in the Andes, near Lake Titicaca: two peaks, Ancohuma, 21,490 feet (6550 meters), and Illampu, 21,276 feet (6485 meters).
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- 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.
- errata
-
noun,
plural of erratum.
- errant
-
adjective,
deviating from the regular or proper course; erring; straying.
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- rostra
-
noun,
a plural of rostrum.
- roster
-
noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- sarco-
-
- 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.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- nocent
-
adjective,
harmful; injurious.
- Nicias
-
noun,
died 413 b.c, Athenian statesman and general.
- ninons
-
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.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- incorr
-
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- incite
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- nitons
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- nitric
-
adjective,
containing nitrogen, usually in the pentavalent state.
- nitro-
-
- incise
-
verb (used with object),
to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
- nocti-
-
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- Sartre
-
noun,
Jean-Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ˈpɔl/ (Show IPA), 1905–80, French philosopher, novelist, and dramatist: declined 1964 Nobel Prize in literature.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- nonces
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- nonets
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- Sarnia
-
noun,
a port in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on the S shore of Lake Huron, on the St. Clair River, across from Port Huron, Michigan.
- Sarnen
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Obwalden, in central Switzerland, E of Bern.
- inanes
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Isaian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of Isaiah or of the book of the Bible bearing his name.
- Cannon
-
noun,
a mounted gun for firing heavy projectiles; a gun, howitzer, or mortar.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- casita
-
noun,
a small crude dwelling forming part of a shantytown inhabited by Mexican laborers in the southwestern U.S.
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- ansate
-
adjective,
having a handle or handlelike part.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- tenson
-
noun,
a Provençal poem taking the form of a dialogue or debate between two rival troubadours.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Carter
-
noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- carrot
-
noun,
a plant, Daucus carota, of the parsley family, having pinnately decompound leaves and umbels of small white or yellow flowers, in its wild form a widespread, familiar weed, and in cultivation valued for its edible root.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- Carrie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- antiar
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- Carnot
-
noun,
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Carina
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- Antons
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- Carian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Caria.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- anoint
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- centr-
-
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- cerat-
-
- tracer
-
noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- Ancona
-
noun,
an altarpiece, usually consisting of a painted panel or panels, reliefs, or statues set in an elaborate frame.
- tennis
-
noun,
a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with rackets, in which a ball is driven back and forth over a low net that divides the court in half.
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- centi-
-
- anenst
-
preposition,
anent (def 2).
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- censor
-
noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- tenons
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- aniso-
-
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- catena
-
noun,
a chain or connected series, especially of extracts from the writings of the fathers of the Christian church.
- Catano
-
noun,
a city in NE Puerto Rico, SW of San Juan.
- Annona
-
noun,
any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Annona, native to tropical America, and grown for their edible fruits.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- tonner
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- arnica
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- arrant
-
adjective,
downright; thorough; unmitigated; notorious:
- arrest
-
noun,
the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- arsen-
-
- tinner
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- tiaras
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- astron
-
- astro-
-
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Asante
-
noun,
Ashanti.
- Corrie
-
noun,
a circular hollow in the side of a hill or mountain.
- asonia
-
noun,
tone deafness.
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Ticino
-
noun,
a canton in S Switzerland. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Bellinzona.
- Arista
-
noun,
Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
- carats
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- Cannes
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean Sea: resort; annual film festival.
- aortas
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- 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.
- Canton
-
noun,
a small territorial district, especially one of the states of the Swiss confederation.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- cantar
-
noun,
a poem consisting of four-line stanzas, each line having eight syllables.
- arcane
-
adjective,
known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric:
- Arcaro
-
noun,
Edward ("Eddie") 1916–97, U.S. jockey.
- cannot
-
verb,
a form of ·can not.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- canner
-
noun,
a person who cans meat, fruit, etc., for preservation.
- Terris
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- cannas
-
noun,
any of various tropical plants of the genus Canna, cultivated for their large, usually brightly colored leaves and showy flowers.
- Cannae
-
noun,
an ancient town in SE Italy: Hannibal defeated the Romans here 216 b.c.
- canine
-
noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- arecas
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- tonnes
-
noun,
metric ton.
- Ariane
-
noun,
Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
- Caesar
-
noun,
Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (or Caius) [key-uh s] /ˈkeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), Julius, c100–44 b.c, Roman general, statesman, and historian.
- terras
-
noun,
earth; land.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- trans.
-
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- actin-
-
- Connie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Constance.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- aeron.
-
- corers
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- tarsia
-
noun,
intarsia.
- trocar
-
noun,
a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
- contr.
-
- contin
-
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- cirro-
-
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- cities
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- citrin
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- aceto-
-
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Conant
-
noun,
James Bryant, 1893–1978, U.S. chemist and educator: president of Harvard University 1933–53.
- 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.
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- coatis
-
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.
- tronas
-
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.
- triers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- tarso-
-
- 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.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- treasr
-
- Corner
-
noun,
the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- noct-
-
- asco-
-
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Nasca
-
adjective,
Nazca.
- ASCII
-
noun,
a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- Areca
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- nitr-
-
- 30-30
-
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- naso-
-
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- nones
-
noun,
the fifth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the ninth hour of the day (or 3 p.m.).
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- 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.
- nonce
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- ASEAN
-
- nona-
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- acro-
-
- Recit
-
- restr
-
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Arcas
-
noun,
a son of Zeus and Callisto, the ancestor of the Arcadians who was set among the stars with his mother as the Little Bear and the Great Bear respectively.
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- rect.
-
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- areo-
-
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- neons
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- scat-
-
- Arran
-
noun,
an island in SW Scotland, in the Firth of Clyde. 166 sq. mi. (430 sq. km).
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- Arras
-
noun,
a rich tapestry.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- arris
-
noun,
a sharp ridge, as between adjoining channels of a Doric column.
- tonia
-
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Nenni
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1980, Italian socialist leader and author.
- 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.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- Scot.
-
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- nears
-
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- Aaron
-
noun,
the older brother of Moses, usually regarded as the first high priest of the Hebrews. Ex. 28; 40:13–16.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- acet-
-
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- 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.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- 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.
- Arica
-
noun,
a seaport in N Chile.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- reni-
-
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- acari
-
noun,
plural of acarus.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- treas
-
- Sarre
-
noun,
French name of Saar.
- anis-
-
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- rares
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- 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.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- aero-
-
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- aeri-
-
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- racer
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- roars
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- riser
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- oste-
-
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- 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.
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- orris
-
noun,
an iris, Iris germanica florentina, having a fragrant rootstock.
- Orrin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- riots
-
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.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- anat.
-
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Ancon
-
noun,
the elbow.
- annas
-
noun,
a former cupronickel coin of Pakistan, the 16th part of a rupee: last issued in 1960.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- aorta
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- ante-
-
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- anti-
-
- ricer
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- Saran
-
noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- sarc-
-
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- rears
-
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- 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.
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- ricin
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- rater
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- rotas
-
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.
- annot
-
- anoas
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- octa-
-
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- anoia
-
noun,
extreme mental deficiency.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- anon.
-
- sanit
-
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- aecia
-
noun,
the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- actos
-
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- IATSE
-
- sito-
-
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- crore
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- Iceni
-
noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- cata-
-
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- ician
-
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- init.
-
- inion
-
noun,
a point at the external occipital protuberance of the skull.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- econ.
-
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- incr.
-
- incor
-
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- icons
-
- tera-
-
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- crit.
-
- 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.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- cert.
-
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- ento-
-
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Starr
-
noun,
Belle (Myra Belle Shirley) 1848–89, U.S. outlaw and folk hero.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- 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.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- 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.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- ster.
-
- tears
-
- cine-
-
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- ecto-
-
- Cerro
-
noun,
a hill or peak.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Ceara
-
noun,
Fortaleza.
- Tenn.
-
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- teno-
-
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- cent.
-
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- erron
-
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- Srta.
-
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Cirri
-
noun,
a plural of cirrus.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- 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.
- 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.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- cero-
-
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- Caria
-
noun,
an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- Seric
-
- tanna
-
noun,
one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in Palestine during the 1st and 2nd centuries a.d., whose teachings are found chiefly in the Mishnah.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- istic
-
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- corer
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- Isiac
-
adjective,
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
- ation
-
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Isaac
-
noun,
a son of Abraham and Sarah, and father of Jacob. Gen. 21:1–4.
- sero-
-
- atria
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- Sino-
-
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- 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.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- cont.
-
- nanas
-
noun,
Chiefly Northeastern U.S. grandmother; grandma.
- corr.
-
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- nano-
-
- Nanna
-
noun,
the wife of Balder.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- corns
-
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.
- Nance
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- ition
-
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- sect.
-
- cores
-
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- astr.
-
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Terra
-
noun,
earth; land.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Canna
-
noun,
any of various tropical plants of the genus Canna, cultivated for their large, usually brightly colored leaves and showy flowers.
- intr.
-
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- 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.
- 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.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Cant.
-
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Conan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- inst.
-
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Caras
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- carat
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- crier
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- seti-
-
- Const
-
- terr.
-
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Iran.
-
- Cons.
-
- conns
-
noun,
responsibility for the steering of a ship.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Conn.
-
- Canea
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Crete, on the W part.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Ionic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- str.
-
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- RIIA
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- tRNA
-
- tron
-
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- 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.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- 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.
- Sat.
-
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- 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.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- sec.
-
- scr.
-
- tion
-
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- sci.
-
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tonn
-
- 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.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- ter.
-
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- tri-
-
- RNAS
-
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- RONA
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- roar
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Sra.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Ste.
-
- ten.
-
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Torr
-
noun,
a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Saar
-
noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- 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.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- Soni
-
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- 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.
- 1080
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Cana
-
noun,
an ancient town in N Israel, in Galilee: scene of Jesus' first miracle. John 2:1, 11.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- ator
-
- iso-
-
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- Irra
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of pestilence.
- 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.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Ire.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Can.
-
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- 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.
- int.
-
- Casa
-
noun,
a house.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- INRI
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- 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.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Carr
-
noun,
John Dickson, 1906–77, U.S. mystery writer.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Cara
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- itis
-
- atic
-
- Inc.
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- 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.
- neo-
-
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- NCTE
-
- ates
-
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- NACA
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Nana
-
noun,
Chiefly Northeastern U.S. grandmother; grandma.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- NCAA
-
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- 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.
- 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.
- inae
-
- NIRA
-
- ect-
-
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Con.
-
- Ens.
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- enc.
-
- 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.
- Cor.
-
- eco-
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- ctr.
-
- cts.
-
- Cres
-
- crat
-
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- Cort
-
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- cet-
-
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- cat.
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ice.
-
- ICAO
-
- 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.
- IATA
-
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- cen.
-
- iana
-
- IAEA
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- CERN
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- cit.
-
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- cis-
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cir.
-
- eso-
-
- est.
-
- Ceto
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- etc.
-
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- ano-
-
- anoa
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- ANSI
-
- ant.
-
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- 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.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- 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.
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- Anna
-
noun,
a former cupronickel coin of Pakistan, the 16th part of a rupee: last issued in 1960.
- ann.
-
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Ont.
-
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- AISI
-
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- orra
-
adjective,
not regular or scheduled; odd:
- acea
-
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Anas
-
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- ance
-
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Oct.
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- acr-
-
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- Aras
-
noun,
Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- not-
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- nos-
-
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nor.
-
- non-
-
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- 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.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- aer-
-
- art.
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- NOAA
-
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- asc-
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- arca
-
noun,
a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- aet.
-
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- ARIS
-
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- NTIA
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- arr.
-
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Acta
-
plural noun,
official records, as of acts, deeds, proceedings, transactions, or the like.
- Aire
-
- CNO
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- CNN
-
- ACS
-
- ae.
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- CNS
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- CSR
-
- TSI
-
- CSO
-
- CSA
-
- CRT
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- CRS
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- TSE
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ac-
-
- AIA
-
- an.
-
- Ar.
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- AAE
-
- Aar
-
- Tro
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- AEA
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- AEC
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- TIA
-
- Co.
-
- 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.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- ca.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- 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.
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- ATC
-
- ATA
-
- aor
-
- at.
-
- ast
-
- ASR
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ARS
-
- ASN
-
- CTA
-
- ASI
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ase
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- cr.
-
- CIE
-
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- TCA
-
- TCS
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- CIA
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- AIC
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- CEO
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- CEA
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- cs.
-
- 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.
- ANC
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- CAI
-
- CAA
-
- AOA
-
- ct.
-
- CST
-
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- cte
-
- SAE
-
- NSA
-
- NSC
-
- Oc.
-
- OSA
-
- OTC
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- 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.
- OAS
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- NRA
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- SAA
-
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- NRC
-
- nr.
-
- RSA
-
- NEA
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- NAA
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ne-
-
- NEC
-
- SAR
-
- NES
-
- 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:
- NIA
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- sc.
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NNE
-
- NOC
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- RSE
-
- Rs.
-
- NCO
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- OTS
-
- RCS
-
- ROA
-
- RNR
-
- Re.
-
- RNA
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ote
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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.
- RCA
-
- RCN
-
- RCT
-
- REA
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- OTA
-
- OCR
-
- ONI
-
- OCS
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- oic
-
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONR
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ons
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- 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.
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ose
-
- ot-
-
- ROI
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- se-
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- ea.
-
- ESR
-
- ETO
-
- ETR
-
- ean
-
- ETS
-
- EAA
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- ESA
-
- ics
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- io-
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Ia.
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- Esc
-
- ERT
-
- eat
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noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- eon
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noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- STI
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ear
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noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ECA
-
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- en-
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- Sr.
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- eo-
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ist
-
- IRO
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- ise
-
- ISR
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- ier
-
- ITA
-
- ITC
-
- ite
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- IRC
-
- ec-
-
- Ir.
-
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- in.
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- IOT
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- ior
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- 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 = .
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- IOC
-
- ine
-
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- AO
-
- RN
-
- EI
-
- t.
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RI
-
- T1
-
- NC
-
- RO
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- N.
-
- NI
-
- CE
-
- 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.
- TN
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- O.
-
- OA
-
- RC
-
- SN
-
- SA
-
- S.
-
- ic
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TC
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- R.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- i.
-