Anagrams of retardation
Word retardation has
766 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of retardation.
- attainder
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noun,
the legal consequence of judgment of death or outlawry for treason or felony, involving the loss of all civil rights.
- antitrade
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noun,
antitrades, westerly winds lying above the trade winds in the tropics.
- retardant
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noun,
any substance capable of reducing the speed of a given reaction.
- antidote
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noun,
a medicine or other remedy for counteracting the effects of poison, disease, etc.
- trade-in
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noun,
goods given in whole or, usually, part payment of a purchase:
- ordinate
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noun,
Mathematics. (in plane Cartesian coordinates) the y-coordinate of a point: its distance from the x-axis measured parallel to the y-axis.
- anterior
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adjective,
situated before or at the front of; fore (opposed to posterior).
- Aaronite
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noun,
one of the priestly descendants of Aaron.
- retirant
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noun,
retiree.
- tornaria
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noun,
the ciliated, free-swimming larva of certain hemichordates.
- Triratna
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noun,
the three components of Buddhism, which are the Buddha, or teacher, the dharma, or teaching, and the Sangha, or priesthood.
- intorted
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adjective,
twisted inwardly about an axis or fixed point; curled; wound:
- arterio-
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- deration
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verb (used with object),
to discontinue the rationing of (something).
- traditor
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noun,
an early Christian who betrayed other Christians at the time of the Roman persecutions.
- radiator
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noun,
a person or thing that radiates.
- teratoid
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adjective,
resembling a monster.
- Rodentia
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noun,
the order comprising the rodents.
- tentoria
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noun,
Anatomy. an extension of one of the membranes covering the cerebrum which, with the transverse fissure, separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum.
- Rotarian
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noun,
a member of a Rotary Club.
- antero-
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- iterant
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adjective,
characterized by repetition; repeating.
- torrent
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noun,
a stream of water flowing with great rapidity and violence.
- narrate
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verb (used with object),
to give an account or tell the story of (events, experiences, etc.).
- aneroid
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noun,
aneroid barometer.
- 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.
- natator
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noun,
a swimmer.
- Andorra
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noun,
a republic in the E Pyrenees between France and Spain, under the joint suzerainty of France and the Spanish Bishop of Urgel. 191 sq. mi. (495 sq. km).
- Trainer
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noun,
a person or thing that trains.
- radiate
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adjective,
radiating from a center.
- airdate
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noun,
the date of a broadcast or scheduled broadcast.
- araneid
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noun,
a member of the order Araneae (Araneida), comprising the spiders.
- arteri-
-
- Aretino
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noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- tertian
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noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- tartare
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adjective,
(especially of fish) finely chopped and served raw (used postpositively):
- tartine
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noun,
a fancy French open-faced sandwich topped with spreadable ingredients.
- Dionaea
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noun,
the Venus's-flytrap.
- Detroit
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noun,
a city in SE Michigan, on the Detroit River.
- detrain
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verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- terrain
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noun,
a tract of land, especially as considered with reference to its natural features, military advantages, etc.
- retrain
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verb (used with object),
to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
- 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.
- danaite
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noun,
a variety of arsenopyrite having cobalt in place of some of the iron.
- Aterian
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adjective,
of or indicating a Middle Paleolithic industry of northwestern Africa and the Sahara, characterized by the production of tanged points and bifacially worked leaf-shaped points of varying sizes.
- tranter
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noun,
a peddler, hawker, or carrier using a horse and cart.
- intreat
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verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- arnatto
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noun,
annatto (def 2).
- arietta
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noun,
a short aria.
- Ariadne
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a daughter of Minos and Pasiphaë who gave Theseus the thread by which he escaped from the labyrinth: deserted by Theseus on Naxos, she became the bride of Dionysus.
- traitor
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noun,
a person who betrays another, a cause, or any trust.
- Taranto
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noun,
Ancient Tarentum. a fortified seaport in SE Italy, on the Gulf of Taranto: founded by the Greeks in the 8th century b.c.; naval base.
- radiant
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noun,
a point or object from which rays proceed.
- trident
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noun,
a three-pronged instrument or weapon.
- Trianda
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noun,
a town on the Greek island of Rhodes, in the Aegean Sea: built on the site of ancient Ialysus.
- nitrate
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- tritone
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noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- aerator
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noun,
an apparatus for aerating water or other fluids.
- Trianta
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noun,
Trianda.
- tinter
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noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- Idaean
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adjective,
of, pertaining to, associated with, or inhabiting Mount Ida in Asia Minor or Crete.
- 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.
- ordain
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verb (used with object),
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- retort
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noun,
a severe, incisive, or witty reply, especially one that counters a first speaker's statement, argument, etc.
- iatro-
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- Danite
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noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- triode
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noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- retro-
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- Darien
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noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
- tinder
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noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- tirade
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noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- Dairen
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noun,
former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
- Darren
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noun,
a male given name.
- Indore
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noun,
a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh.
- toe-in
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noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- intoed
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adjective,
having inwardly turned toes.
- inter.
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- Renard
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noun,
Reynard.
- inroad
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noun,
a damaging or serious encroachment:
- Renata
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noun,
a female given name.
- attain
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verb (used with object),
to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain:
- ideata
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noun,
(in epistemology) the object of knowledge as known by the mind.
Compare datum (def 3).
- attend
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verb (used with object),
to be present at:
- attire
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noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- radian
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noun,
the measure of a central angle subtending an arc equal in length to the radius: equal to 57.2958°. Abbreviation: rad.
- Renoir
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noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1894–1979, French film director and writer.
- attorn
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verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- retain
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- retard
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noun,
a slowing down, diminution, or hindrance, as in a machine.
- darner
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noun,
a person or thing that darns.
- Ritter
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noun,
a knight.
- darter
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noun,
a person or thing that darts or moves swiftly.
- dinero
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noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- Dottie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Dorothea and Dorothy.
- Dorian
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noun,
a member of a people who entered Greece about the 12th century b.c., conquered the Peloponnesus, and destroyed the Mycenaean culture: one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Aeolian (def 2), Ionian (def 3).
- Dorati
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noun,
Antal [ahn-tahl;; Hungarian on-tol] /ˈɑn tɑl;; Hungarian ˈɒn tɒl/ (Show IPA), 1906–1988, Hungarian conductor, in the U.S.
- Tantra
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noun,
(italics) Hinduism. any of several books of esoteric doctrine regarding rituals, disciplines, meditation, etc., composed in the form of dialogues between Shiva and his Shakti; Agama.
- donate
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verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- Tartan
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noun,
a woolen or worsted cloth woven with stripes of different colors and widths crossing at right angles, worn chiefly by the Scottish Highlanders, each clan having its own distinctive plaid.
- Tartar
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noun,
Dentistry. calculus (def 3).
- Odetta
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noun,
(Odetta Holmes) 1930–2008, U.S. folk singer.
- doater
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noun,
doter.
- taenia
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noun,
Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
- rotter
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noun,
a thoroughly bad, worthless, or objectionable person.
- rotten
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adjective,
decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
- rotate
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adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- Oneida
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noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- editor
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noun,
a person having managerial and sometimes policy-making responsibility related to the writing, compilation, and revision of content for a publishing firm or for a newspaper, magazine, or other publication:
- rident
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adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Triton
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noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- tetrad
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noun,
a group of four.
- tetra-
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- errata
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noun,
plural of erratum.
- errant
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adjective,
deviating from the regular or proper course; erring; straying.
- errand
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noun,
a short and quick trip to accomplish a specific purpose, as to buy something, deliver a package, or convey a message, often for someone else.
- roadie
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noun,
a member of a crew for a traveling group of musicians or other entertainers, whose work usually includes the setting up of equipment.
- denti-
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- notate
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verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- Derain
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noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
- detain
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verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- 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.
- rodent
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noun,
a rodent mammal.
- Oradea
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noun,
a city in NW Romania.
- terat-
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- adeno-
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- aroint
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verb (imperative),
begone:
- adient
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adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- torrid
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adjective,
subject to parching or burning heat, especially of the sun, as a geographical area:
- ratton
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noun,
a rat.
- ironer
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noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- Orinda
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noun,
a town in W California.
- ardent
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adjective,
having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent:
- Rattan
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noun,
Also called rattan palm. any of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus or allied genera.
- adren-
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- adreno
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- ratite
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noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- ration
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noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- Adrian
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noun,
Edgar Douglas, 1889–1977, English physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1932.
- Radnor
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noun,
a town in SE Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.
- ratine
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- adroit
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adjective,
expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body.
- natter
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noun,
a conversation; chat.
- antiar
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noun,
the upas tree.
- ornate
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adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- Andrea
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noun,
a male or female given name, Latinized form of Andrew.
- Andria
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noun,
a city in Apulia, S Italy.
- andro-
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- trader
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noun,
a person who trades; a merchant or businessperson.
- raider
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noun,
a person or thing that raids.
- Arendt
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noun,
Hannah, 1906–75, U.S. author, political scientist, and teacher, born in Germany.
- ratter
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noun,
a person, animal, or thing that catches rats, as a terrier or a cat.
- nitro-
-
- adnate
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adjective,
grown fast to something; congenitally attached.
- arride
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verb (used with object),
to be agreeable or pleasing to.
- arrant
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adjective,
downright; thorough; unmitigated; notorious:
- intra-
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- orenda
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noun,
a supernatural force believed by the Iroquois Indians to be present, in varying degrees, in all objects or persons, and to be the spiritual force by which human accomplishment is attained or accounted for.
- intro.
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- dorter
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noun,
a dormitory, especially in a monastery.
- iodate
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- Trento
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noun,
Italian name of Trent.
- aeron.
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- Orient
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- anatto
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noun,
annatto.
- Adonai
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noun,
Hebrew. a title of reverence for God, serving also as a substitute pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton.
- radio-
-
- Ariane
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noun,
Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
- tanto
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adverb,
(of a musical direction) too much; so much.
- Eaton
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noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- Niort
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- droit
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noun,
a legal right or claim.
- Rodin
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noun,
(François) Auguste (René) [frahn-swa oh-gyst ruh-ney] /frɑ̃ˈswa oʊˈgüst rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1840–1917, French sculptor.
- ronde
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noun,
a typeface imitative of upright, somewhat angular, handwriting.
- Orrin
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noun,
a male given name.
- edit.
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- noted
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noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Edina
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noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- oidea
-
- radon
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noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- Natta
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noun,
Giulio [joo-lyaw] /ˈdʒu lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1903–79, Italian chemist and engineer: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1963.
- rotte
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noun,
rote2 .
- Drina
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noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing N along the part of the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Sava River at Belgrade, Serbia. 285 miles (459 km) long.
- drone
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noun,
the male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no honey.
- RADAR
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noun,
Electronics. a device for determining the presence and location of an object by measuring the time for the echo of a radio wave to return from it and the direction from which it returns.
- Otter
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noun,
any of several aquatic, furbearing, weasellike mammals of the genus Lutra and related genera, having webbed feet and a long, slightly flattened tail.
- Taine
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noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- oater
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noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- ottar
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noun,
attar (def 1).
- Taino
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noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Drain
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noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- Tanta
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noun,
a city in N Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- taint
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noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- drear
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adjective,
dreary.
- Taira
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noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- drier
-
noun,
a person or thing that dries.
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- 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.
- endo-
-
- irade
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noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- retd.
-
- reata
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noun,
riata.
- nitre
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noun,
niter.
- order
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noun,
an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- ideo-
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- irate
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adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Iran.
-
- Redan
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noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- orate
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verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Indo-
-
- ordn.
-
- redia
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noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- Redon
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noun,
Odilon [ohd-l-on;; French aw-dee-lawn] /ˈoʊd lˌɒn;; French ɔ diˈlɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1840–1916, French painter and etcher.
- Indra
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noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- oread
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noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- irone
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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.
- riant
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adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- noria
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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.
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- naira
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noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- ento-
-
- Naida
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noun,
a female given name.
- naiad
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. any of a class of nymphs presiding over rivers and springs.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- Nader
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noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- intr.
-
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- NORAD
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noun,
a joint U.S.-Canadian air force command responsible for detecting aircraft and space vehicles deemed a threat to the continental airspace.
- nitr-
-
- rater
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noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- erron
-
- Rider
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noun,
a person who rides a horse or other animal, a bicycle, etc.
- ratio
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noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- reni-
-
- oaten
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adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- TREAT
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noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- ation
-
- titre
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noun,
titer.
- anat.
-
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- atria
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- attar
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noun,
Also, atar, athar, ottar, otto. a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- atto-
-
- tread
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noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tiran
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noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Trent
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noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- Danae
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noun,
a daughter of the king of Argos and mother, by Zeus disguised as a shower of gold, of Perseus.
- Danai
-
plural noun,
the Argives.
- Dania
-
noun,
a town in S Florida.
- danio
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- Dante
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noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- aero-
-
- Dario
-
noun,
Rubén [roo-ven] /ruˈvɛn/ (Show IPA), (Félix Rubén García Sarmiento) 1867–1916, Nicaraguan poet and diplomat.
- andor
-
conjunction,
(used to imply that either or both of the things mentioned may be affected or involved):
- andr-
-
- aeri-
-
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- Torte
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- anti-
-
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- A-one
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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.
- aorta
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- anoia
-
noun,
extreme mental deficiency.
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- ardor
-
noun,
great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion:
- anode
-
noun,
the electrode or terminal by which current enters an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- toti-
-
- areo-
-
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Andre
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- Arndt
-
noun,
Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- tonia
-
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- aroid
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Arran
-
noun,
an island in SW Scotland, in the Firth of Clyde. 166 sq. mi. (430 sq. km).
- tardo
-
adjective,
slow (used as a musical direction).
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- ante-
-
- Aedon
-
noun,
a daughter of Pandareus who mistakenly killed her son. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a nightingale.
- oared
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- Aaron
-
noun,
the older brother of Moses, usually regarded as the first high priest of the Hebrews. Ex. 28; 40:13–16.
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- teno-
-
- Troad
-
noun,
The, a region in NW Asia Minor surrounding ancient Troy.
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Ditto
-
noun,
the aforesaid; the above; the same (used in accounts, lists, etc., to avoid repetition). Symbol: ″. Abbreviation: do.
Compare ditto mark.
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- tera-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Tatar
-
noun,
a member of a modern Turkic people living in the Tatar Autonomous Republic and adjacent regions of eastern European Russia and in widely scattered communities in western Siberia and central Asia.
- ta-ta
-
interjection,
goodbye.
- 30-30
-
- Donar
-
noun,
the god of thunder, corresponding to Thor.
- tarot
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- DORAN
-
noun,
an electronic device for determining range and assisting navigation, employing the principle of the Doppler effect.
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- Dione
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- Adore
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- Teton
-
noun,
the westernmost branch of the Dakota Indians.
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- Terra
-
noun,
earth; land.
- adorn
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- dent.
-
- aden-
-
- terr.
-
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Diana
-
noun,
(Princess of Wales; Lady Diana Spencer) 1961–97, former wife of Charles, Prince of Wales.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- Oder
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the NE Czech Republic, N through SW Poland and along the border between Germany and Poland into the Baltic. 562 miles (905 km) long.
- trid
-
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- orra
-
adjective,
not regular or scheduled; odd:
- Ont.
-
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- 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).
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- tron
-
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- orad
-
adverb,
toward the mouth or the oral region.
- trod
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- tRNA
-
- rad.
-
- tri-
-
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- trit
-
- ord.
-
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- ter.
-
- 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:
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- road
-
noun,
a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- roar
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- rode
-
noun,
a rope by which a boat is anchored.
- 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.
- Rodi
-
noun,
Italian name of Rhodes.
- RONA
-
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- 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.
- tent
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- ten.
-
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- 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.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- 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.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- tort
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- 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.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- 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.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- redo
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Todt
-
noun,
Fritz [frits] /frɪts/ (Show IPA), 1891–1942, German military engineer.
- 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.
- toad
-
noun,
any of various tailless amphibians that are close relatives of the frogs in the order Anura and that typically have dry, warty skin and are terrestrial or semiterrestrial in habit.
Compare frog1 (def 1).
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- 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.
- Tit.
-
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tion
-
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Rida
-
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- 1080
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- 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.
- int.
-
- 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.
- iod-
-
- ator
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- 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.
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Ire.
-
- Dino
-
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- att.
-
- Irra
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of pestilence.
- attn
-
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- Dior
-
noun,
Christian [kris-chuh n;; French krees-tyahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; French krisˈtyɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1905–57, French fashion designer.
- art.
-
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- arr.
-
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- dir.
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- Nada
-
noun,
nothing; zero; none:
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- IndE
-
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- DATA
-
noun,
a plural of datum.
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- Den.
-
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- dato
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- end-
-
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- Ind.
-
- dia-
-
- inae
-
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- EDTA
-
- Din.
-
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- Dana
-
noun,
Danu.
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- idae
-
- dat.
-
- IATA
-
- iana
-
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- IAEA
-
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- Aida
-
noun,
(italics) an opera (1871) by Giuseppe Verdi.
- aet.
-
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- aer-
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Nor.
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nord
-
noun,
a department in N France. 2229 sq. mi. (5770 sq. km). Capital: Lille.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- not-
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- 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.
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Dona
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- adat
-
noun,
the native law traditional in Indonesia.
- Adar
-
noun,
the sixth month of the Jewish calendar.
- NTIA
-
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- Dora
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift.”.
- DORE
-
noun,
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
- Dorr
-
noun,
dor1 .
- Dort
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- NOAA
-
- NIRA
-
- ano-
-
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- Arad
-
noun,
a city in W Romania, on the Mures River.
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- 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.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- ant.
-
- neo-
-
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- anoa
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- der.
-
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- doer
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- AInd
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Aire
-
- 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.
- doat
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- DNA
-
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- di.
-
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- DET
-
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- Doi
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- DNR
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- 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.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AEA
-
- ae.
-
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- ADA
-
noun,
a programming language particularly suited to real-time applications: developed for use by the U.S. Department of Defense.
- tr.
-
- Aar
-
- AAE
-
- Ar.
-
- an.
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- Tro
-
- AIA
-
- ad-
-
- tra
-
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- do.
-
- DEA
-
- de-
-
- TIA
-
- TID
-
- 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.
- DAR
-
- DAE
-
- DOA
-
- TNT
-
- AOA
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ATA
-
- at.
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- 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.
- ard
-
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- aor
-
- Dr.
-
- rte
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- RDA
-
- NDE
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NAD
-
- NAA
-
- 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.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ite
-
- ITA
-
- REA
-
- NEA
-
- IRO
-
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- Ir.
-
- IOT
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- ine
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- in.
-
- 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.
- ier
-
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- ne-
-
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- ONR
-
- OED
-
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- ODT
-
- oid
-
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- NRA
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- nr.
-
- ONI
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Re.
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- NIA
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- 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:
- Rd.
-
- ide
-
- ior
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ean
-
- en-
-
- eir
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROI
-
- EDT
-
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- 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.
- ead
-
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- rt.
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- EAA
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ea.
-
- ETD
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- eo-
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- DRE
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ed.
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- RNR
-
- ETR
-
- id.
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- io-
-
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- ETO
-
- RNA
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- rnd
-
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- ROA
-
- ERT
-
- Ia.
-
- DT
-
noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- EI
-
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- O.
-
- AO
-
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- OA
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- T1
-
- D.
-
- R.
-
- ND
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- RO
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- RN
-
- RI
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- i.
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- DN
-
- TN
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- t.
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- TD
-
- NI
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TT
-