Anagrams of reservation
Word reservation has
1234 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of reservation.
- serration
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noun,
serrated condition or form.
- reorients
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adjective,
Rare. rising anew.
- overtires
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verb (used with or without object),
to tire to the point of exhaustion; tire out.
- inverters
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noun,
a person or thing that inverts.
- re-strain
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verb (used with or without object),
to strain again.
- taverners
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noun,
the owner of a tavern.
- invertors
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noun,
any muscle that turns a limb or part inward.
- invertase
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noun,
an enzyme, occurring in yeast and in the digestive juices of animals, that causes the inversion of cane sugar into invert sugar.
- retainers
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noun,
a person or thing that retains.
- renovates
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adjective,
Archaic. renovated.
- reversion
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noun,
the act of turning something the reverse way.
- overrates
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verb (used with object),
to rate or appraise too highly; overestimate:
- ternaries
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noun,
a group of three.
- veratrine
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noun,
a white or grayish-white, slightly water-soluble, poisonous mixture of alkaloids obtained by extraction from the seeds of the sabadilla: formerly used in medicine as a counterirritant in the treatment of rheumatism and neuralgia.
- arrestive
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adjective,
tending to arrest or take hold of the attention, interest, etc.
- sea-rover
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noun,
a pirate.
- arenites
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noun,
psammite.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- antrorse
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adjective,
bent or directed forward or upward.
- sirvente
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noun,
a medieval poem or song of heroic or satirical character, as composed by a troubadour.
- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- versiera
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noun,
witch of Agnesi.
- anterior
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adjective,
situated before or at the front of; fore (opposed to posterior).
- tea-rose
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noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- varistor
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noun,
a resistor whose resistance automatically varies in proportion to the voltage of the current through it.
- Taverner
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noun,
the owner of a tavern.
- restrain
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verb (used with object),
to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress:
- terranes
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noun,
any rock formation or series of formations or the area in which a particular formation or group of rocks is predominant.
- arterio-
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- arteries
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noun,
Anatomy. a blood vessel that conveys blood from the heart to any part of the body.
- overtire
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verb (used with or without object),
to tire to the point of exhaustion; tire out.
- retainer
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noun,
a person or thing that retains.
- Oresteia
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noun,
a trilogy of tragic dramas (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus, consisting of the Agamemnon, the Choëphori, and the Eumenides.
- strainer
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noun,
a person or thing that strains.
- arsenite
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- overrate
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verb (used with object),
to rate or appraise too highly; overestimate:
- retrains
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verb (used with object),
to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
- rotaries
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noun,
a rotary device or machine.
- resonate
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verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- overeats
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verb (used with object),
to eat more than is good for (oneself):
- serotine
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- eversion
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noun,
a turning or being turned outward or inside out.
- invertor
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noun,
any muscle that turns a limb or part inward.
- trainers
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noun,
a person or thing that trains.
- evertors
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noun,
a muscle that turns a part toward the outside.
- rentiers
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noun,
a person who has a fixed income, as from lands or bonds.
- inverter
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noun,
a person or thing that inverts.
- reorient
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adjective,
Rare. rising anew.
- aversion
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noun,
a strong feeling of dislike, opposition, repugnance, or antipathy (usually followed by to):
- servitor
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noun,
a person who is in or at the service of another; attendant.
- renovate
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adjective,
Archaic. renovated.
- votaries
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noun,
a person who is bound by solemn religious vows, as a monk or a nun.
- traverse
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noun,
the act of passing across, over, or through.
- Averroes
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noun,
1126?–98, Arab philosopher in Spain.
- introrse
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adjective,
turned or facing inward, as anthers that open toward the gynoecium.
- verniers
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noun,
Also, vernier scale. a small, movable, graduated scale running parallel to the fixed graduated scale of a sextant, theodolite, barometer, etc., and used for measuring a fractional part of one of the divisions of the fixed scale.
- naivetes
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noun,
the quality or state of being naive; natural or artless simplicity.
- 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.
- terrines
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noun,
a casserole dish made of pottery.
- resinate
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- oversea
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noun,
(used with a singular verb) countries or territories across the sea or ocean.
- rations
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noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- Vereins
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noun,
a union, association, or society.
- overset
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noun,
the act or fact of oversetting; upset; overturn.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- 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.
- Avertin
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- Steiner
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noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- stearo-
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- earnest
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noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- ventro-
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- Venetia
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noun,
an ancient district in NE Italy: later a Roman province bounded by the Alps, the Po River, and the Adriatic Sea.
- sterno-
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- stereo-
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- Ventris
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noun,
Michael George Francis, 1922–56, English architect and linguist.
- ventri-
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- venters
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
the abdomen or belly.
a bellylike cavity or concavity.
a bellylike protuberance.
- Ventose
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noun,
(in the French Revolutionary calendar) the sixth month of the year, extending from February 19 to March 20.
- overran
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noun,
an act or instance of overrunning.
- terrane
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noun,
any rock formation or series of formations or the area in which a particular formation or group of rocks is predominant.
- Eastern
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adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- Trainer
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noun,
a person or thing that trains.
- naivete
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noun,
the quality or state of being naive; natural or artless simplicity.
- 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.
- 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.
- etesian
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adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- Torenia
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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.
- ironers
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noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- Torrens
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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.
- trainee
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noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- evasion
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noun,
an act or instance of escaping, avoiding, or shirking something:
- terrine
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noun,
a casserole dish made of pottery.
- trienes
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- inverts
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noun,
a person or thing that is inverted.
- evertor
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noun,
a muscle that turns a part toward the outside.
- inverse
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noun,
an inverted state or condition.
- Treviso
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noun,
a city in NE Italy.
- Trevino
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noun,
Lee ("Super Mex") born 1939, U.S. golfer.
- treason
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noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- travois
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noun,
a transport device, formerly used by the Plains Indians, consisting of two poles joined by a frame and drawn by an animal.
- natives
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noun,
Sometimes Offensive. one of the people indigenous to a place or country, especially as distinguished from strangers, foreigners, colonizers, etc.:
- terries
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noun,
the loop formed by the pile of a fabric when left uncut.
- overeat
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verb (used with object),
to eat more than is good for (oneself):
- tarsier
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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.
- overate
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verb,
simple past tense of overeat.
- ovaries
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the female gonad or reproductive gland, in which the ova and the hormones that regulate female secondary sex characteristics develop.
- orients
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Oriente
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noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- entero-
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- entires
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- tarries
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noun,
a stay; sojourn.
- entries
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noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- enviers
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noun,
a person who feels envy.
- trovers
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noun,
an action for the recovery of the value of personal property wrongfully converted by another to his or her own use.
- veritas
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noun,
truth.
- erasion
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noun,
the act of erasing.
- 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.
- 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.
- tensive
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adjective,
stretching or straining.
- Eritrea
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noun,
a republic in NE Africa, on the Red Sea: Italian colony 1890–1941; province of Ethiopia 1962–93; independent since 1993. 47,076 sq. mi. (121,927 sq. km). Capital: Asmara.
- erosive
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adjective,
serving to erode; causing erosion.
- nervate
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adjective,
(of leaves) having veins.
- terrain
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noun,
a tract of land, especially as considered with reference to its natural features, military advantages, etc.
- veriest
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adverb,
in a high degree; extremely; exceedingly:
- Travers
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noun,
P(amela) L. 1899–1996, Australian writer, especially of children's stories, in England.
- verites
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noun,
truth; truthfulness.
- serrate
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adjective,
Chiefly Biology. notched on the edge like a saw:
- arenite
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noun,
psammite.
- versine
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noun,
versed sine.
- veteran
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noun,
a person who has had long service or experience in an occupation, office, or the like:
- arenose
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adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- version
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noun,
a particular account of some matter, as from one person or source, contrasted with some other account:
- 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.
- restore
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verb (used with object),
to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish:
- arteri-
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- arseno-
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- versant
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noun,
a slope of a mountain or mountain chain.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- snorter
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noun,
a person or thing that snorts.
- retires
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noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- retrain
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verb (used with object),
to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- servant
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noun,
a person employed by another, especially to perform domestic duties.
- Aretino
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noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- Servite
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noun,
a member of an order of mendicant friars, founded in Florence in 1233, engaged in fostering devotion to the Virgin Mary.
- reverts
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noun,
a person or thing that reverts.
- re-sort
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verb (used with object),
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- restive
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adjective,
impatient of control, restraint, or delay, as persons; restless; uneasy.
- 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.
- Sievert
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noun,
the standard unit in the International System of Units (SI) of dose equivalent having the same biological effect as one joule of x-rays per kilogram of recipient mass (or one gray):
Abbreviation: Sv.
- atonies
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noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- Anteros
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- antero-
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- seriate
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adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- Vorster
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noun,
Balthazar Johannes, 1915–83, South African political leader: prime minister 1966–78; president 1978–79.
- roseate
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adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- aristo-
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- roaster
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noun,
a contrivance for roasting something, as an oven, a pan for roasting meat, or a machine for roasting coffee beans.
- roister
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verb (used without object),
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- Vernier
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noun,
Also, vernier scale. a small, movable, graduated scale running parallel to the fixed graduated scale of a sextant, theodolite, barometer, etc., and used for measuring a fractional part of one of the divisions of the fixed scale.
- senator
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noun,
a member of a senate.
- rentier
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noun,
a person who has a fixed income, as from lands or bonds.
- Nestor
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noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- Sarton
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noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- toe-in
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noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- rostra
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noun,
a plural of rostrum.
- tisane
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noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- servo-
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- tineas
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noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- santir
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noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Santee
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noun,
a city in SW California.
- Severn
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noun,
a river in Great Britain, flowing from central Wales through W England into the Bristol Channel. 210 miles (338 km) long.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- Naoise
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noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- Terris
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noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Nereis
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noun,
clamworm.
- Sierra
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noun,
a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
- native
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noun,
Sometimes Offensive. one of the people indigenous to a place or country, especially as distinguished from strangers, foreigners, colonizers, etc.:
- sinter
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- rovers
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noun,
a person who roves; wanderer.
- terras
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noun,
earth; land.
- sevier
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noun,
John, 1745–1815, U.S. Revolutionary War soldier and politician: first governor of Tennessee.
- navies
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noun,
the whole body of warships and auxiliaries belonging to a country or ruler.
- ternes
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noun,
terne metal.
- trans.
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- toners
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noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- intra-
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- invert
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noun,
a person or thing that is inverted.
- invars
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- transe
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noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- intros
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noun,
an introduction.
- Senior
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noun,
a person who is older than another.
- intro.
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- inters
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verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- seiner
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noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- inter.
-
- instr.
-
- Senora
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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.
- instar
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noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- Serena
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noun,
a female given name.
- insert
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- Senate
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noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- 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;
- Sartre
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noun,
Jean-Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ˈpɔl/ (Show IPA), 1905–80, French philosopher, novelist, and dramatist: declined 1964 Nobel Prize in literature.
- satire
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noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- Tories
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noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- 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.
- ironer
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noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- Servia
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noun,
former name of Serbia.
- sateen
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noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- Server
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noun,
a person who serves.
- trains
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noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Seaver
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noun,
(George) Thomas ("Tom"; "Tom Terrific") born 1944, U.S. baseball pitcher.
- Nevers
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Nièvre, in central France, on the Loire River: Romanesque church.
- satori
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noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- invest
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verb (used with object),
to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
- Savior
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noun,
a person who saves, rescues, or delivers:
- Savoie
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noun,
a department in E France. 2389 sq. mi. (6185 sq. km). Capital: Chambéry.
- seater
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noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- roster
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noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- sirree
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noun,
(used as an intensive with no or yes):
- Rosita
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noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- reseat
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verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- stiver
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noun,
Also, stuiver. a former nickel coin of the Netherlands, equal to five Dutch cents.
- Stevin
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noun,
Simon [see-mawn] /ˈsi mɔn/ (Show IPA), 1548–1620, Dutch mathematician and physicist.
- revers
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noun,
a part of a garment turned back to show the lining or facing, as a lapel.
- Stevia
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noun,
a South American perennial shrub, Stevia rebaudiana, having small, white flowers and sweet-tasting leaves.
- retro-
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- retire
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noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- retina
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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.
- retain
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Reston
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noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- Steven
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noun,
a male given name.
- ovines
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adjective,
pertaining to, of the nature of, or like sheep.
- Sterne
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noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- steno-
-
- resort
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noun,
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
- sortie
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noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- Stover
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noun,
coarse roughage used as feed for livestock.
- Soviet
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noun,
(before the revolution) any governmental council.
(after the revolution) a local council, originally elected only by manual workers, with certain powers of local administration.
(after the revolution) a higher council elected by a local council, being part of a hierarchy of soviets culminating in the Supreme Soviet.
- ravins
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verb (used with or without object), noun,
raven2 .
- reason
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noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- Ravens
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noun,
any of several large, corvine birds having lustrous, black plumage and a loud, harsh call, especially Corvus corax, of the New and Old Worlds.
- Reiner
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noun,
Fritz, 1888–1963, Hungarian conductor in the U.S.
- sovran
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noun, adjective,
sovereign.
- ration
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noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- Renoir
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1894–1979, French film director and writer.
- renvoi
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noun,
the expulsion by a government of an alien, especially a foreign diplomat, from the country.
- ratine
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- renter
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noun,
a person or organization that holds, or has the use of, property by payment of rent.
- raters
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noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- starve
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verb (used with object),
to cause to starve; kill, weaken, or reduce by lack of food.
- rentes
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noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- raster
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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.
- 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.
- Strain
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- Rosina
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noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- tenias
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noun,
taenia.
- Norris
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noun,
Charles Gilman, 1881–1945, U.S. novelist and editor.
- ravine
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noun,
a narrow steep-sided valley commonly eroded by running water.
- 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.
- norias
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noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- tensor
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noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- Rivera
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noun,
Diego [dye-gaw] /ˈdyɛ gɔ/ (Show IPA), 1886–1957, Mexican painter.
- Nivose
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noun,
(in the French Revolutionary calendar) the fourth month of the year, extending from December 21 to January 19.
- nitro-
-
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- rivets
-
noun,
a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
- tavern
-
noun,
a place where liquors are sold to be consumed on the premises.
- revert
-
noun,
a person or thing that reverts.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- strive
-
verb (used without object),
to exert oneself vigorously; try hard:
- strove
-
verb,
simple past tense of strive.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- revest
-
verb (used with object),
to vest (a person) again, as with ownership or office; reinvest; reinstate.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- tarso-
-
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- revets
-
verb (used with object),
to face, as an embankment, with masonry or other material.
- revise
-
noun,
an act of revising.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- soever
-
adverb,
at all; in any case; of any kind; in any way (used with generalizing force after who, what, when, where, how, any, all, etc., sometimes separated by intervening words):
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- Anvers
-
noun,
French name of Antwerp.
- troves
-
noun,
a collection of objects.
- trover
-
noun,
an action for the recovery of the value of personal property wrongfully converted by another to his or her own use.
- envies
-
noun,
a feeling of discontent or covetousness with regard to another's advantages, success, possessions, etc.
- Ervine
-
noun,
St. John Greer [greer] /grɪər/ (Show IPA), 1883–1971, Irish dramatist and novelist.
- envier
-
noun,
a person who feels envy.
- 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.
- 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.
- vetoes
-
noun,
the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- varies
-
verb (used with object),
to change or alter, as in form, appearance, character, or substance:
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- verite
-
noun,
truth; truthfulness.
- viator
-
noun,
a wayfarer; traveler.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- aniso-
-
- Averno
-
noun,
a crater lake in S Italy, near Naples and the Tyrrhenian Sea, thought by ancients to be the entrance to the underworld.
- enters
-
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:
- enter-
-
- vario-
-
- Verner
-
noun,
Karl Adolph [kahrl ah-dolf] /kɑrl ˈɑ dɒlf/ (Show IPA), 1846–96, Danish linguist.
- averts
-
verb (used with object),
to turn away or aside:
- verset
-
noun,
Prosody. a brief verse, especially from Scripture.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- arsen-
-
- Erivan
-
noun,
Yerevan.
- Vanier
-
noun,
Georges P [jawrj;; French zhawrzh] /dʒɔrdʒ;; French ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1888–1967, Canadian soldier and diplomat: governor-general 1959–67.
- arrive
-
noun,
a person who has swiftly gained wealth, status, success, or fame.
- Varese
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, NW of Milan.
- arrest
-
noun,
the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- Erevan
-
noun,
Yerevan.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- Vernet
-
noun,
Claude Joseph [klohd zhaw-zef] /kloʊd ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1714–89, French painter.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- eraser
-
noun,
a device, as a piece of rubber or cloth, for erasing marks made with pen, pencil, chalk, etc.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- Verona
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- errant
-
adjective,
deviating from the regular or proper course; erring; straying.
- astro-
-
- varier
-
noun,
a person or thing that varies.
- astron
-
- averse
-
adjective,
having a strong feeling of opposition, antipathy, repugnance, etc.; opposed:
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- Trevor
-
noun,
William (William Trevor Cox) born 1928, Irish short-story writer and novelist.
- avoir.
-
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- aeron.
-
- ventr-
-
- everts
-
noun,
Chris(tine Marie) born 1954, U.S. tennis player.
- venter
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
the abdomen or belly.
a bellylike cavity or concavity.
a bellylike protuberance.
- evites
-
verb (used with object),
to avoid; shun.
- venose
-
adjective,
having many or prominent veins.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- veenas
-
noun,
vina.
- Venite
-
noun,
the 95th Psalm (94th in the Vulgate and Douay), used as a canticle at matins or morning prayers.
- Travis
-
noun,
William Barret, 1809–36, U.S. soldier: commander during the battle of the Alamo.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- iatro-
-
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- voters
-
noun,
a person who votes.
- treasr
-
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- Veneti
-
noun,
Also, Venetia. Also called Veneto [ve-ne-taw] /ˈvɛ nɛ tɔ/ (Show IPA). a region in NE Italy. 7095 sq. mi. (18,375 sq. km).
- vireos
-
noun,
any of several small, insectivorous American birds of the family Vireonidae, having the plumage usually olive-green or gray above and white or yellow below.
- Evarts
-
noun,
William Maxwell, 1818–1901, U.S. lawyer and statesman.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- triers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Verein
-
noun,
a union, association, or society.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- Steve
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Steven or Stephen.
- 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.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- avens
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Geum, of the rose family, having yellow, white, or red flowers.
- stave
-
noun,
one of the thin, narrow, shaped pieces of wood that form the sides of a cask, tub, or similar vessel.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- ster.
-
- 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.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- Raven
-
noun,
any of several large, corvine birds having lustrous, black plumage and a loud, harsh call, especially Corvus corax, of the New and Old Worlds.
- verse
-
noun,
(not in technical use) a stanza.
- astr.
-
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- ovine
-
adjective,
pertaining to, of the nature of, or like sheep.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- avers
-
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- Starr
-
noun,
Belle (Myra Belle Shirley) 1848–89, U.S. outlaw and folk hero.
- arvos
-
noun,
afternoon.
- rater
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- Oveta
-
noun,
a female given name.
- avert
-
verb (used with object),
to turn away or aside:
- verso
-
noun,
a left-hand page of an open book or manuscript (opposed to recto).
- 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.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- Srta.
-
- 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.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- ative
-
- reive
-
verb (used with or without object),
to rob; plunder.
- vents
-
noun,
an opening, as in a wall, serving as an outlet for air, smoke, fumes, or the like.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- ation
-
- reni-
-
- Reave
-
verb (used with object),
to take away by or as by force; plunder; rob.
- 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.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Verna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rears
-
- restr
-
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Verne
-
noun,
Jules [joolz;; French zhyl] /dʒulz;; French ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1828–1905, French novelist.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- 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).
- aviso
-
noun,
a boat used especially for carrying dispatches; dispatch boat.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- ravin
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
raven2 .
- rares
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- revet
-
verb (used with object),
to face, as an embankment, with masonry or other material.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- vinos
-
noun,
wine; specifically, red Italian wine, as chianti.
- vino-
-
- 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.
- Sarre
-
noun,
French name of Saar.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- vinas
-
noun,
a musical stringed instrument of India, made of rosewood or ebony, consisting of a long, hollow, fretted stick to which one, two, or three gourds are attached to increase the resonance.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- sanit
-
- seti-
-
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- anis-
-
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- seven
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 6 plus 1.
- sever
-
verb (used with object),
to separate (a part) from the whole, as by cutting or the like.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Viren
-
noun,
Lasse [lahs-se] /ˈlɑs sɛ/ (Show IPA), born 1949, Finnish distance runner.
- 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.
- roves
-
noun,
an act or instance of roving.
- aeri-
-
- 30-30
-
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- votes
-
noun,
a formal expression of opinion or choice, either positive or negative, made by an individual or body of individuals.
- 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.
- voter
-
noun,
a person who votes.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- 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.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- sero-
-
- Serov
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, E of the Ural Mountains.
- vireo
-
noun,
any of several small, insectivorous American birds of the family Vireonidae, having the plumage usually olive-green or gray above and white or yellow below.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- 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.
- aero-
-
- VISTA
-
noun,
a view or prospect, especially one seen through a long, narrow avenue or passage, as between rows of trees or houses.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- visor
-
noun,
Armor.
(on a close helmet) a piece having slits or holes for vision, situated above and pivoted with a beaver or a ventail and beaver.
a similar piece of plate having holes or slits for vision and breathing, attached to or used with any of various other helmets, as the armet, sallet, basinet, or helm.
- savor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
- savin
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus sabina, of Europe and Asia.
- viron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- serve
-
noun,
the act, manner, or right of serving, as in tennis.
- sieve
-
noun,
an instrument with a meshed or perforated bottom, used for separating coarse from fine parts of loose matter, for straining liquids, etc., especially one with a circular frame and fine meshes or perforations.
- Rover
-
noun,
a person who roves; wanderer.
- verst
-
noun,
a Russian measure of distance equivalent to 3500 feet or 0.6629 mile or 1.067 kilometers.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- riser
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- 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.
- soave
-
noun,
a dry, white wine from Verona, Italy.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- River
-
noun,
a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- overt
-
adjective,
open to view or knowledge; not concealed or secret:
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- veter
-
- Vesta
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of the hearth, worshiped in a temple containing an altar on which a sacred fire was kept burning by the vestal virgins: identified with the Greek Hestia.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- arris
-
noun,
a sharp ridge, as between adjoining channels of a Doric column.
- verts
-
noun,
English Forest Law.
vegetation bearing green leaves in a forest and capable of serving as a cover for deer.
the right to cut such vegetation.
- 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.
- riven
-
verb,
a past participle of rive.
- rivet
-
noun,
a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
- Sino-
-
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- 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.
- ante-
-
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- anti-
-
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- 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.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- areo-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- 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.
- roars
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- sito-
-
- Sivan
-
noun,
the ninth month of the Jewish calendar.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Vener
-
noun,
Vänern.
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- 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.
- terr.
-
- Terra
-
noun,
earth; land.
- Neiva
-
noun,
a city in W Colombia.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- nears
-
- ErvIn
-
noun,
Samuel James, Jr ("Sam") 1896–1985, U.S. jurist and politician: senator 1954–74.
- trove
-
noun,
a collection of objects.
- nerve
-
noun,
one or more bundles of fibers forming part of a system that conveys impulses of sensation, motion, etc., between the brain or spinal cord and other parts of the body.
- 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.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- 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.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- naso-
-
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- 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.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- 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 .
- Nerva
-
noun,
Marcus Cocceius [kok-see-yuh s] /kɒkˈsi yəs/ (Show IPA), a.d. 32?–98, emperor of Rome 96–98.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- Vanir
-
noun,
a race of gods, first in conflict with the Aesir, later allied with them. They function as fertility divinities and include Njord, Frey, and Freyja.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- tera-
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- nitr-
-
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- erron
-
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- nieve
-
noun,
Archaic Northern British and Scot. Dialect. a clenched or closed hand; fist.
- 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.
- vairs
-
noun,
a fur much used for lining and trimming garments in the 13th and 14th centuries, generally assumed to have been that of a variety of squirrel with a gray back and white belly.
Compare miniver (def 1).
- Nevis
-
noun,
one of the Leeward Islands, in the E West Indies: part of St. Kitts-Nevis; formerly a British colony. 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).
Compare St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- never
-
Idioms,
never mind, don't bother; don't concern yourself.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- naive
-
adjective,
having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Evita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Eva.
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- Evans
-
noun,
Sir Arthur John, 1851–1941, English archaeologist.
- evase
-
adjective,
widened at the top, as a vase or chimney flue.
- invt.
-
- evens
-
- event
-
noun,
something that happens or is regarded as happening; an occurrence, especially one of some importance.
- Evers
-
noun,
(James) Charles, born 1922, U.S. civil-rights leader.
- Evert
-
noun,
Chris(tine Marie) born 1954, U.S. tennis player.
- evite
-
verb (used with object),
to avoid; shun.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- Evora
-
noun,
a city in central Portugal: Roman ruins; cathedral.
- Invar
-
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- intr.
-
- IATSE
-
- trave
-
noun,
a crossbeam.
- treas
-
- inst.
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- tonia
-
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- 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.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- 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.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Iran.
-
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- veni-
-
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- ento-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- stove
-
noun,
a portable or fixed apparatus that furnishes heat for warmth, cooking, etc., commonly using coal, oil, gas, wood, or electricity as a source of power.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- veena
-
noun,
vina.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- veers
-
noun,
a change of direction, position, course, etc.:
- 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.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- vaso-
-
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- orris
-
noun,
an iris, Iris germanica florentina, having a fragrant rootstock.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- Orrin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Varro
-
noun,
Marcus Terentius [tuh-ren-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /təˈrɛn ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), c116–27? b.c, Roman scholar and author.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- 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.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- veins
-
noun,
one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- novas
-
noun,
a star that suddenly becomes thousands of times brighter and then gradually fades to its original intensity.
- ovate
-
adjective,
egg-shaped.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Novia
-
noun,
a fiancée or bride.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- over-
-
- teno-
-
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- overs
-
noun,
an amount in excess or addition; extra.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- tears
-
- vari-
-
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- VAST
-
noun,
Literary. an immense or boundless expanse or space.
- Vera
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Russian word meaning “faith.”.
- vein
-
noun,
one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
- vas-
-
- Ven.
-
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Seve
-
noun,
the characteristic flavor and body of a wine.
- Vina
-
noun,
a musical stringed instrument of India, made of rosewood or ebony, consisting of a long, hollow, fretted stick to which one, two, or three gourds are attached to increase the resonance.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- vase
-
noun,
a vessel, as of glass, porcelain, earthenware, or metal, usually higher than it is wide, used chiefly to hold cut flowers or for decoration.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- 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.
- VINE
-
noun,
any plant having a long, slender stem that trails or creeps on the ground or climbs by winding itself about a support or holding fast with tendrils or claspers.
- visa
-
noun,
an endorsement issued by an authorized representative of a country and marked in a passport, permitting the passport holder to enter, travel through, or reside in that country for a specified amount of time, for the purpose of tourism, education, employment, etc.
- Vent
-
noun,
an opening, as in a wall, serving as an outlet for air, smoke, fumes, or the like.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- vees
-
noun,
anything shaped like or suggesting a V .
- veer
-
noun,
a change of direction, position, course, etc.:
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- serv
-
- Veno
-
- tri-
-
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- VITA
-
noun,
curriculum vitae (def 1).
- str.
-
- trav
-
- 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.
- Vat.
-
- Vite
-
adverb,
briskly; lively.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Vito
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Vins
-
noun,
wine.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- 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.
- Ste.
-
- Vote
-
noun,
a formal expression of opinion or choice, either positive or negative, made by an individual or body of individuals.
- vise
-
noun,
any of various devices, usually having two jaws that may be brought together or separated by means of a screw, lever, or the like, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it.
- var.
-
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- 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.
- veto
-
noun,
the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
- Tver
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Moscow, on the Volga.
Formerly (1934–90) Kalinin.
- vars
-
noun,
a department in SE France. 2326 sq. mi. (6025 sq. km). Capital: Draguignan.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- vain
-
Idioms,
in vain,
without effect or avail; to no purpose:
in an improper or irreverent manner:
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- tavs
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- vair
-
noun,
a fur much used for lining and trimming garments in the 13th and 14th centuries, generally assumed to have been that of a variety of squirrel with a gray back and white belly.
Compare miniver (def 1).
- Vena
-
noun,
a vein.
- 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.
- 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
-
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- vet.
-
- 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.
- ten.
-
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- vest
-
noun,
a close-fitting, waist-length, sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, designed to be worn under a jacket.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Vane
-
noun,
weather vane.
- vert
-
noun,
English Forest Law.
vegetation bearing green leaves in a forest and capable of serving as a cover for deer.
the right to cut such vegetation.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- ter.
-
- vers
-
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Sra.
-
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- vin-
-
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Viet
-
noun,
South Vietnam, North Vietnam, or both.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- tRNA
-
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- vias
-
noun,
Architecture. a space between two mutules.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- tion
-
- TINA
-
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.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- tron
-
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- 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.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- vets
-
noun,
veterinarian.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Vern
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Vernon.
- Siva
-
noun,
Shiva.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- inv.
-
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Ave.
-
- Aves
-
noun,
a class of vertebrates comprising the birds.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Avis
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “bird.”.
- avn.
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Avon
-
noun,
a river in central England, flowing SE past Stratford-on-Avon to the Severn. 96 miles (155 km) long.
- avos
-
noun,
a money of account of Macao, the 100th part of a pataca.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- orra
-
adjective,
not regular or scheduled; odd:
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Ont.
-
- Ivan
-
noun,
iwan.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- 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.
- Ivar
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- 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.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Ives
-
noun,
Burl (Icle Ivanhoe) [burl ik-uh l] /bɜrl ˈɪk əl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1995, U.S. actor and folk singer.
- est.
-
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Arvo
-
noun,
afternoon.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- 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).
- 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.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- iso-
-
- ovi-
-
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- oven
-
noun,
a chamber or compartment, as in a stove, for baking, roasting, heating, drying, etc.
- eso-
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- 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.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- ator
-
- 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.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- 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).
- NIRA
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Neve
-
noun,
granular snow accumulated on high mountains and subsequently compacted into glacial ice.
- Neva
-
noun,
a river in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, flowing from Lake Ladoga through St. Petersburg into the Gulf of Finland: canalized for ships. 40 miles (65 km) long.
- Nev.
-
- 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.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- 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-
-
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- nave
-
noun,
the principal longitudinal area of a church, extending from the main entrance or narthex to the chancel, usually flanked by aisles of less height and breadth: generally used only by the congregation.
- nav.
-
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Nor.
-
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- eave
-
noun,
Usually, eaves. the overhanging lower edge of a roof.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Ivor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- NTIA
-
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Novi
-
noun,
a town in SE Michigan.
- Nova
-
noun,
a star that suddenly becomes thousands of times brighter and then gradually fades to its original intensity.
- Nov.
-
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- 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-
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- aet.
-
- Evan
-
noun,
a male given name, Welsh form of John.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Aire
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- rove
-
noun,
an act or instance of roving.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- 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.
- 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.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- RONA
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- 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.
- aer-
-
- 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 = .
- ano-
-
- int.
-
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- inae
-
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- 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.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- ins.
-
- Save
-
noun,
an act or instance of saving, especially in sports.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- 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.
- 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.
- Sat.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- 1080
-
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- ever
-
Idioms,
ever and again, now and then; from time to time.
Also, Literary, ever and anon.
- Ire.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- ARIS
-
- 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.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- 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.
- Rev.
-
- 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.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- arr.
-
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Ravi
-
noun,
a river in NW India and NE Pakistan, flowing from the Himlayas SW to the Chenab River: a headwater of the Indus River and one of the “five rivers” of the Punjab. 475 miles (764 km) long.
- rave
-
noun,
an act of raving.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- art.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- revs
-
noun,
a revolution (in an engine or the like).
- ant.
-
- rit.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- 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.
- riv.
-
- rive
-
verb (used with object),
to tear or rend apart:
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Irra
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of pestilence.
- ANSI
-
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- RNAS
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- ESR
-
- TSE
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- 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.
- io-
-
- ETR
-
- Va.
-
- TVA
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ETV
-
- vs.
-
- ese
-
- V-2
-
noun,
a liquid-fueled rocket used as a ballistic missile by the Germans, mainly against London, late in World War II.
- ERT
-
- ETS
-
- ESA
-
- Eve
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) the evening or the day before a holiday, church festival, or any date or event:
- ETO
-
- ERV
-
- V-1
-
noun,
a robot bomb developed by the Germans in World War II and launched from bases on the ground, chiefly against England.
- EVA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eve.
- Tro
-
- Avo
-
noun,
a money of account of Macao, the 100th part of a pataca.
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ase
-
- ARV
-
noun,
a variant of the AIDS virus. Abbreviation: ARV.
- ARS
-
- 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.
- aor
-
- Via
-
noun,
Architecture. a space between two mutules.
- vie
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to put forward in competition or rivalry.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- 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.
- VIR
-
noun,
husband (used chiefly in the legal phrase et vir).
- vis
-
noun,
strength; force; power.
- ASN
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ae.
-
- vo.
-
- VOA
-
- Von
-
preposition,
from; of (used in German and Austrian personal names, originally to indicate place of origin and later to indicate nobility):
- VOR
-
- av.
-
- Ar.
-
- an.
-
- Vt.
-
- Vte
-
- VTO
-
- ASI
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- VAN
-
noun,
the foremost or front division of an army, a fleet, or any group leading an advance or in position to lead an advance.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- 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
-
- env
-
- ene
-
- en-
-
- EIS
-
- Vee
-
noun,
anything shaped like or suggesting a V .
- eir
-
- EEO
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ASR
-
- ean
-
- ea.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- eo-
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- Ver
-
- Avi
-
- a-v
-
- ATV
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- at.
-
- ASV
-
- ast
-
- Ia.
-
- 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.
- IAS
-
- Re.
-
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- OTS
-
- ov-
-
- STI
-
- Ova
-
noun,
plural of ovum.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ose
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- 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.
- REA
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- ot-
-
- Orv
-
- St.
-
- ier
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- ONI
-
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- VTR
-
noun,
a device for recording television programs on magnetic tape for delayed transmission or for storage.
- SVR
-
- STV
-
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- Sta
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- RTS
-
- So.
-
- SRO
-
- SAE
-
- SAR
-
- RSE
-
- se-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- 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).
- RSV
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- Sr.
-
- RNA
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- 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.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- RNR
-
- RSA
-
- ROA
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROI
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Rs.
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- OIt
-
- OIr
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- NEA
-
- tr.
-
- ne-
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TIA
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Ir.
-
- IRO
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- 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:
- ISA
-
- Iva
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Iva, characterized by usually opposite leaves and inconspicuous greenish-yellow flowers.
- ITV
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- ITO
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noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- Tiv
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noun,
a member of an African people living N and S of the lower Benue River in E Nigeria.
- ise
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- toe
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noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ite
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- Tor
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noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ISR
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- ton
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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.
- ITA
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- ISV
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- NES
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- NIA
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- ior
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- OES
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noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OAT
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noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OAS
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- Tav
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noun,
the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- oar
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noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- in.
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- ina
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noun,
a female given name.
- OSA
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- ine
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- ion
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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 = .
- nit
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noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- tea
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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.
- Ios
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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.
- IOT
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- Noe
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noun,
Noah (def 1).
- nr.
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- tee
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noun,
the letter T or t.
- NRA
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- ist
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- tra
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- NSA
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- AI
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- IV
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noun,
an intravenous device for delivering electrolyte solutions, medicines, and nutrients.
- S.
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- i.
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- SA
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- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- AO
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- VN
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- RV
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- V.
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- SV
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- EV
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- OA
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
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- ee
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- O.
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- T1
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- t.
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- NV
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- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- RO
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- R.
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RI
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- RN
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- VR
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- VI
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- NI
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- N.
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- TV
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noun,
television.
- TN
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- SN
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.