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Word resections has
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- secretions
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noun,
(in a cell or gland) the act or process of separating, elaborating, and releasing a substance that fulfills some function within the organism or undergoes excretion.
- recession
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noun,
the act of receding or withdrawing.
- secretins
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noun,
a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- resection
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noun,
Surveying. a technique of ascertaining the location of a point by taking bearings from the point on two other points of known location.
- serotines
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- neoterics
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noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- secretion
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noun,
(in a cell or gland) the act or process of separating, elaborating, and releasing a substance that fulfills some function within the organism or undergoes excretion.
- sections
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noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- isostere
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noun,
Chemistry. a compound isosteric with one or more other compounds.
- Ericsson
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noun,
John, 1803–89, Swedish engineer and inventor; in the U.S. after 1839.
- crosstie
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noun,
Railroads. a tie.
- serotine
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- coesites
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noun,
a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.
- scienter
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noun,
a mental state in which one has knowledge that one’s action, statement, etc., is wrong, deceptive, or illegal: often used as a standard of guilt:
- esoteric
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adjective,
understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite:
- sentries
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noun,
a soldier stationed at a place to stand guard and prevent the passage of unauthorized persons, watch for fires, etc., especially a sentinel stationed at a pass, gate, opening in a defense work, or the like.
- essonite
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noun,
Mineralogy. a variety of grossularite garnet.
- estrones
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- cistrons
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noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- centesis
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noun,
a puncture or perforation.
- secretin
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noun,
a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- erection
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noun,
the act of erecting.
- seicento
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noun,
the 17th century, with reference to the Italian art or literature of that period.
- necrosis
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noun,
death of a circumscribed portion of animal or plant tissue.
- neoteric
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noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- necroses
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noun,
death of a circumscribed portion of animal or plant tissue.
- cosines
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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.
- Oscines
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noun,
an oscine bird.
- entero-
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- sereins
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noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- corsets
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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.
- estrins
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noun,
estrone.
- estrone
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- tensors
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noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- sterno-
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- tierces
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noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- entices
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verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- Screens
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noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- stereo-
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- screeno
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noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) (formerly) bingo played in a movie theater.
- constr.
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- conster
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verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- consist
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noun,
Railroads.
the rolling stock, exclusive of the locomotive, making up a train.
a record made of this rolling stock.
- enteric
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noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- Steiner
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noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- serines
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noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- encores
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noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- resects
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verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- cornets
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noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- secerns
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verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- stoners
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noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- entires
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- Teniers
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noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- Ossetic
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noun,
the Indo-European, Iranian language of the Ossets.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- Ericson
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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).
- Oriente
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noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- section
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noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- orients
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- secrets
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noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- tenrecs
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noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- entries
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noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- orceins
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noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- costers
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noun,
costermonger.
- cronies
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noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- crinose
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adjective,
hairy.
- cretins
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- erotics
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- stories
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noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- cresset
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noun,
a metal cup or basket often mounted on a pole or suspended from above, containing oil, pitch, a rope steeped in rosin, etc., burned as a light or beacon.
- tocsins
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noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- recites
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verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- coterie
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noun,
a group of people who associate closely.
- escorts
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noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- Orestes
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noun,
Classical Mythology. the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and the brother of Electra and Iphigenia: he avenged the murder of Agamemnon by killing Clytemenestra and her lover, Aegisthus, then was pursued by the Furies until saved by Athena.
- seiners
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noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- coesite
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noun,
a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.
- necrose
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verb (used with or without object),
to affect or be affected with necrosis.
- censors
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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.
- sincere
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adjective,
free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest:
- centres
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noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- censers
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noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- centri-
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- norites
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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.
- trienes
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- sorites
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noun,
a form of argument having several premises and one conclusion, capable of being resolved into a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each of which is a premise of the next.
- centro-
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- scoters
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noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- cenotes
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noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- cession
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noun,
act of ceding, as by treaty.
- inserts
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- sinters
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- soirees
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noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- nestors
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noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- trioses
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noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- resents
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verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- cerises
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adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- incests
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noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- citrons
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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.
- notices
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noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- noetics
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noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- incross
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noun,
a mating between organisms that are both homozygous for the same allele.
- cistron
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noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- cistern
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noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- Orense
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noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- snorts
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noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- Ernest
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noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- irones
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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.
- orcein
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noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- nocti-
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- noctis
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adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- soiree
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noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- nitro-
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- eosins
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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.
- nitres
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noun,
niter.
- entire
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- enter-
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- Nestor
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noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- Nereis
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noun,
clamworm.
- sirens
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- enters
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Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- entice
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verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- Neisse
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noun,
a river in N Europe, flowing N from the NW Czech Republic along part of the boundary between Germany and Poland to the Oder River. 145 miles (233 km) long.
- necro-
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- snores
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noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- seines
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noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- tenrec
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noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- Sister
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noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- sinter
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Orient
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- sneers
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noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- niters
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- erects
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adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- Senior
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noun,
a person who is older than another.
- sonics
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noun,
the branch of science that deals with the practical applications of sound.
- Strine
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noun,
Australian English.
- series
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noun,
a group or a number of related or similar things, events, etc., arranged or occurring in temporal, spatial, or other order or succession; sequence.
- esters
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noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- estocs
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noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- Estrin
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noun,
estrone.
- instr.
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- insets
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noun,
something inserted; insert.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- insert
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- Sterne
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noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- steric
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adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- serein
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noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- steres
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- Enrico
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noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- insect
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noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- steno-
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- notice
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noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- steins
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noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- serine
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noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- steers
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noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- incest
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noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- sterns
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noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- inter.
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- erotic
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- noises
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noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- noesis
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noun,
(in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
- senors
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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.
- Noetic
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adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- serins
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noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- setose
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adjective,
covered with setae or bristles; bristly.
- stores
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noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Stones
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noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- escent
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- escort
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noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- essoin
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noun,
(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
- setons
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noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- sortie
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noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- intros
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noun,
an introduction.
- stoner
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noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- sensor
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noun,
a mechanical device sensitive to light, temperature, radiation level, or the like, that transmits a signal to a measuring or control instrument.
- stoics
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noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- intro.
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- norite
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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.
- inters
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verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- stenos
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noun,
a stenographer.
- ternes
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noun,
terne metal.
- enosis
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noun,
a movement for securing the political union of Greece and Cyprus.
- rentes
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noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- resist
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noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- torses
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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.
- resets
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noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- Citron
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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.
- C-note
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noun,
See C (def 11).
- Tories
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noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- resent
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verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- resect
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verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- screen
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noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- conies
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noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- tenses
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noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- contes
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plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- treens
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noun,
treenware.
- contr.
-
- screes
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noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- CORNET
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noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- scries
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verb (used without object),
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- corses
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noun,
corpse.
- corset
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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.
- reests
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verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- Cortes
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noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- secern
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verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- rectos
-
- recti-
-
- Reston
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noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- Scoter
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noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- cosies
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noun,
a padded covering for a teapot, chocolate pot, etc., to retain the heat.
- centi-
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- trones
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noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- rosins
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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.
- triose
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noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- rosets
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noun,
resin; rosin.
- trines
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- cenote
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- scents
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noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- censer
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noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- censes
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verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- censor
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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.
- Center
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noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- centos
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noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- scorns
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- centr-
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- Centre
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noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- scions
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noun,
a descendant.
- triens
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noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- scones
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- cerise
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adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- scores
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noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- certes
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adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- rinses
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noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- cosets
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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.
- sirees
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noun,
sirree.
- tierce
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noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- ossein
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noun,
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- oscine
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noun,
an oscine bird.
- terces
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noun,
tierce (def 3).
- recess
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noun,
temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity.
- crests
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Recent
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noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- Ecorse
-
noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- Nessie
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noun,
Loch Ness monster.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- osiers
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Crosse
-
noun,
a long-handled racket used in the game of lacrosse.
- 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.
- cteno-
-
- cossie
-
noun,
a bathing suit; bathers.
- Enesco
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1955, Romanian violinist, composer, and conductor: teacher of Yehudi Menuhin.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Tessin
-
noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- Tessie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- cosset
-
noun,
a lamb brought up without its dam; pet lamb.
- cross-
-
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- ecesis
-
noun,
the establishment of an immigrant plant in a new environment.
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- encore
-
noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- noct-
-
- seers
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Sices
-
noun,
syce.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- nests
-
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.
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- 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.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Sino-
-
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitr-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- sines
-
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.
- sect.
-
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- reni-
-
- secos
-
noun,
sekos.
- sero-
-
- 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.
- Recit
-
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- sense
-
noun,
any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body:
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- 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.
- rect.
-
- Seric
-
- Seres
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- 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.
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- oste-
-
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- 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.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- Scot.
-
- seise
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- SCOTS
-
noun,
Also called Scottish. the English language as spoken in Scotland.
Compare Scots Gaelic.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- seti-
-
- noses
-
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.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- 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.
- icons
-
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- cress
-
noun,
any of various plants of the mustard family, especially the watercress, having pungent-tasting leaves often used for salad and as a garnish.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- costs
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- 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.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- 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.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- crit.
-
- cores
-
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- 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.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- ento-
-
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- 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.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- econ.
-
- 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.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- cert.
-
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- cero-
-
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- 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: ¢.
- cent.
-
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- 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.
- 30-30
-
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- cont.
-
- 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.
- Const
-
- Cons.
-
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- 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.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cists
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- 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.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- cine-
-
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- teno-
-
- ecto-
-
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- incor
-
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- Estes
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- ster.
-
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- snots
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- incr.
-
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- 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.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- sones
-
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.
- 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.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- inst.
-
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- intr.
-
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- Essen
-
noun,
a city in W Germany: the chief city of the Ruhr River valley.
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- 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.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- 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.
- sito-
-
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- tron
-
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Soni
-
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- sics
-
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).
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- scr.
-
- 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.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- tri-
-
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- sci.
-
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- 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.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- 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.
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- 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.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- tion
-
- str.
-
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- ter.
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- SCSI
-
noun,
a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- ten.
-
- sers
-
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).
- Secs
-
noun,
second2 (def 2).
- sec.
-
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Ste.
-
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- 1080
-
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- etc.
-
- int.
-
- ins.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- Inc.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ice.
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- 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.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- 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.
- est.
-
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- eso-
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- ESIS
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- 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.
- Ire.
-
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- 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-
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nor.
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- 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.
- 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.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- 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.
- neo-
-
- NCTE
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- ISSN
-
- iso-
-
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- cir.
-
- Con.
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cit.
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cis-
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Cor.
-
- Ceto
-
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- cet-
-
- cess
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- CERN
-
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- cene
-
- cen.
-
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- 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.
- 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.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- ect-
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Ens.
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- ence
-
- enc.
-
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- EEOC
-
- eco-
-
- 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.
- cts.
-
- ctr.
-
- Cres
-
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- 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:
- coss
-
noun,
kos.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Cort
-
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- 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 = .
- 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.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- 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.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- 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.
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- 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.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- 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.
- 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.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- rit.
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Oct.
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- osis
-
- OEEC
-
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- Ont.
-
- EEO
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ec-
-
- eir
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- eo-
-
- EEC
-
- NRC
-
- SCS
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- nr.
-
- Esc
-
- ERT
-
- RCS
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- Re.
-
- TCS
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- RCN
-
- EIS
-
- RCT
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOE
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- ene
-
- en-
-
- se-
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- 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.
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSS
-
- CEO
-
- RSE
-
- Rs.
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ct.
-
- CIE
-
- cs.
-
- Tro
-
- cr.
-
- 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.
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- 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.
- So.
-
- SRO
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- 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.
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- cte
-
- CST
-
- CSR
-
- CSO
-
- CRT
-
- CRS
-
- 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.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- sc.
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- CNS
-
- CNO
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROI
-
- tr.
-
- OTS
-
- ese
-
- ESR
-
- ISR
-
- ONI
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- NCO
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ONR
-
- ite
-
- ITC
-
- ist
-
- ons
-
- ise
-
- ne-
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- IRC
-
- Ir.
-
- IOT
-
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- NEC
-
- ior
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- NSC
-
- Oc.
-
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- OTC
-
- OCR
-
- OCS
-
- 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).
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NOC
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- oic
-
- 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).
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- 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:
- OIr
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- NES
-
- OIt
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- 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.
- IRO
-
- 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 = .
- ics
-
- SSR
-
- SST
-
- St.
-
- in.
-
- ier
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- io-
-
- ETS
-
- SSI
-
- ETR
-
- ETO
-
- OSS
-
- ot-
-
- ote
-
- STI
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- SSN
-
- ose
-
- SSE
-
- ine
-
- IOC
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- SSC
-
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Sr.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- TSS
-
- ss.
-
- SRS
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- T1
-
- ee
-
- O.
-
- EI
-
- CE
-
- SN
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- RC
-
- N.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- t.
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- TC
-
- R.
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- TN
-
- NC
-
- RI
-
- RN
-
- 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.
- i.
-
- ic
-
- NI
-
- RO
-
- S.
-