Anagrams of roentgenograms
Word roentgenograms has
1675 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of roentgenograms.
- roentgeno-
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- gastronome
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noun,
a connoisseur of good food; gourmet; epicure.
- mortgagors
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noun,
a person who mortgages property.
- mangosteen
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noun,
the juicy, edible fruit of an East Indian tree, Garcinia mangostana.
- astronomer
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noun,
an expert in astronomy; a scientific observer of the celestial bodies.
- strong-arm
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adjective,
using, involving, or threatening the use of physical force or violence to gain an objective:
- segregator
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noun,
an instrument for collecting the urine excreted by one kidney only.
- greenrooms
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noun,
a lounge in a theater, broadcasting studio, or the like, for use by performers when they are not onstage, on camera, etc.
- Montenegro
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noun,
a republic in S Europe since 2006: formerly a constituent republic of Yugoslavia, in the SW part (1918–2006); an independent kingdom 1878–1918. 6333 sq. mi. (13,812 sq. km). Capital: Podgorica.
- stereogram
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noun,
a diagram or picture representing objects in a way to give the impression of solidity.
- mortgagees
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noun,
a person to whom property is mortgaged.
- greenroom
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noun,
a lounge in a theater, broadcasting studio, or the like, for use by performers when they are not onstage, on camera, etc.
- agrements
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noun,
Music. ornament (def 9).
- resnatron
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noun,
a tetrode with the grid connected to form a drift space for the electrons, formerly used to generate high power at very high frequency.
- grantsmen
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noun,
an expert in grantsmanship.
- on-stream
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adverb,
in or into regular operation, especially as part of a system, assembly line, or the like:
- resonator
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noun,
anything that resonates.
- nanometer
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noun,
one billionth of a meter. Abbreviation: nm.
- magnetron
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noun,
a two-element vacuum tube in which the flow of electrons is under the influence of an external magnetic field, used to generate extremely short radio waves.
- roentgens
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noun,
Wilhelm Konrad [wil-helm kon-rad;; German vil-helm kawn-raht] /ˈwɪl hɛlm ˈkɒn ræd;; German ˈvɪl hɛlm ˈkɔn rɑt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1923, German physicist: discoverer of x-rays 1895; Nobel prize 1901.
- magnetons
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noun,
a unit of magnetic moment, used in measuring the magnetic moment of atomic and subatomic particles.
- Orangemen
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noun,
a member of a secret society formed in the north of Ireland in 1795, having as its object the maintenance and political ascendancy of Protestantism.
- merganser
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noun,
any of several fish-eating diving ducks of the subfamily Merginae, having a narrow bill hooked at the tip and serrated at the edges.
- Armstrong
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noun,
(Daniel) Louis ("Satchmo") 1900–71, U.S. jazz trumpeter and bandleader.
- monoester
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noun,
a single esterified polybasic acid.
- Morganton
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noun,
a town in central North Carolina.
- rotenones
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noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous heterocyclic compound, C 23 H 22 O 6 , obtained from derris root: used chiefly as the active ingredient of certain insecticides and in medicine in the treatment of chiggers and scabies.
- mortgagee
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noun,
a person to whom property is mortgaged.
- anterooms
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noun,
a room that admits to a larger room.
- oogametes
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noun,
one of a pair of structurally dissimilar gametes, the female gamete being large and nonmotile and the male gamete being small and motile.
- sonometer
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noun,
audiometer.
- mortgagor
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noun,
a person who mortgages property.
- gangrenes
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noun,
necrosis or death of soft tissue due to obstructed circulation, usually followed by decomposition and putrefaction.
- gasometer
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noun,
an apparatus for measuring and storing gas in a laboratory.
- strongman
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noun,
a person who performs remarkable feats of strength, as in a circus.
- orometers
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noun,
an aneroid barometer with a scale giving elevations above sea level, used to determine land-surface altitudes.
- strongmen
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noun,
a person who performs remarkable feats of strength, as in a circus.
- ornaments
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noun,
an accessory, article, or detail used to beautify the appearance of something to which it is added or of which it is a part:
- generator
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noun,
a machine that converts one form of energy into another, especially mechanical energy into electrical energy, as a dynamo, or electrical energy into sound, as an acoustic generator.
- Sergeant
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noun,
a noncommissioned army officer of a rank above that of corporal.
- garrotes
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noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- tea-rose
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noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- tonnages
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noun,
the capacity of a merchant vessel, expressed either in units of weight, as deadweight tons, or of volume, as gross tons.
- segreant
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adjective,
(of a griffin) rampant.
- gangster
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noun,
a member of a gang of criminals, especially a racketeer.
- Monstera
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noun,
any of various tropical American climbing plants belonging to the genus Monstera, of the arum family, especially M. deliciosa, having split or perforated leaves and often grown as a houseplant.
- montages
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noun,
the technique of combining in a single composition pictorial elements from various sources, as parts of different photographs or fragments of printing, either to give the illusion that the elements belonged together originally or to allow each element to retain its separate identity as a means of adding interest or meaning to the composition.
Compare collage (def 1).
- monteros
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noun,
a Spanish hunter's cap, round in shape and having an earflap.
- montanes
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noun,
the lower vegetation belt on mountains.
- megarons
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noun,
a building or semi-independent unit of a building, generally used as a living apartment and typically having a square or broadly rectangular principal chamber with a porch, often of columns in antis, and sometimes an antichamber or other small compartments.
- Montrose
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noun,
James Graham, Marquis of, 1612–50, Scottish supporter of Charles I.
- argento-
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- moorages
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noun,
a place for mooring.
- sea-room
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noun,
unobstructed space at sea in which a vessel can be easily maneuvered or navigated.
- gangrene
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noun,
necrosis or death of soft tissue due to obstructed circulation, usually followed by decomposition and putrefaction.
- mortgage
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noun,
a conveyance of an interest in property as security for the repayment of money borrowed.
- gamester
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noun,
a gambler.
- estrogen
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noun,
any of several major female sex hormones produced primarily by the ovarian follicles of female mammals, capable of inducing estrus, developing and maintaining secondary female sex characteristics, and preparing the uterus for the reception of a fertilized egg: used, especially in synthetic form, as a component of oral contraceptives, in certain cancer treatments, and in other therapies.
- estrange
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verb (used with object),
to turn away in feeling or affection; make unfriendly or hostile; alienate the affections of:
- estragon
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noun,
tarragon.
- antrorse
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adjective,
bent or directed forward or upward.
- megatons
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noun,
one million tons.
- grangers
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noun,
Northwestern U.S. a farmer.
- Masorete
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noun,
one of the writers or compilers of the Masorah.
- stonemen
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noun,
a stonecutter or stoneworker.
- sororate
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noun,
subsequent or concurrent marriage with a wife's sister.
- grantors
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noun,
a person or organization that makes a grant.
- Sorrento
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noun,
a seaport in SW Italy, on the Bay of Naples: resort; cathedral; ancient ruins.
- geronto-
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- Grasmere
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noun,
a lake in Westmoreland, in NW England. 1 mile (1.6 km) long.
- greatens
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verb (used with object),
to make greater; enlarge; increase.
- germano-
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- Georgann
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noun,
a female given name.
- Stoneman
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noun,
a stonecutter or stoneworker.
- grograms
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noun,
a coarse fabric of silk, of silk and mohair or wool, or of wool, formerly in use.
- sonorant
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noun,
a voiced sound that is less sonorous than a vowel but more sonorous than a stop or fricative and that may occur as either a sonant or a consonant, as (l, r, m, n, y, w).
- 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.
- margents
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noun,
margin.
- sonogram
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noun,
the visual image produced by reflected sound waves in a diagnostic ultrasound examination.
- sonarmen
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noun,
a petty officer who operates and maintains sonar.
- reagents
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noun,
a substance that, because of the reactions it causes, is used in analysis and synthesis.
- magneto-
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- magneton
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noun,
a unit of magnetic moment, used in measuring the magnetic moment of atomic and subatomic particles.
- gemstone
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noun,
a precious or semiprecious stone that can be cut and polished for use as a gem.
- Stranger
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noun,
a person with whom one has had no personal acquaintance:
- streamer
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noun,
something that streams:
- magnetos
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noun,
a small electric generator with an armature that rotates in a magnetic field provided by permanent magnets, as a generator supplying ignition current for certain types of internal combustion engines or a hand-operated generator for telephone signaling.
- engorges
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verb (used with or without object),
to swallow greedily; glut or gorge.
- snot-rag
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noun,
a handkerchief.
- grantees
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noun,
the receiver of a grant.
- gasogene
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noun,
gazogene.
- mesotron
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noun,
(no longer in technical use) meson.
- tearooms
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noun,
a room or shop where tea and other refreshments are served to customers.
- orometer
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noun,
an aneroid barometer with a scale giving elevations above sea level, used to determine land-surface altitudes.
- neonates
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noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- regrates
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verb (used with object),
to buy up (grain, provisions, etc.) in order to sell again at a profit in or near the same market.
- rootages
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noun,
the act of taking root.
- nest-egg
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noun,
money saved and held in reserve for emergencies, retirement, etc.
- remanent
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adjective,
remaining; left behind.
- remaster
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verb (used with object),
to make a new master tape or record from an old master tape, usually to improve the fidelity of an old recording.
- anemones
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noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Anemone, of the buttercup family, having petallike sepals and including several wild species with white flowers as well as others cultivated for their showy flowers in a variety of colors.
- ornament
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noun,
an accessory, article, or detail used to beautify the appearance of something to which it is added or of which it is a part:
- Angstrom
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noun,
a unit of length, equal to one tenth of a millimicron, or one ten millionth of a millimeter, primarily used to express electromagnetic wavelengths. Symbol: Å; Abbreviation: A.
- organons
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noun,
an instrument of thought or knowledge.
- Norseman
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noun,
Northman.
- norsemen
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noun,
Northman.
- Roentgen
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noun,
Wilhelm Konrad [wil-helm kon-rad;; German vil-helm kawn-raht] /ˈwɪl hɛlm ˈkɒn ræd;; German ˈvɪl hɛlm ˈkɔn rɑt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1923, German physicist: discoverer of x-rays 1895; Nobel prize 1901.
- oreganos
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noun,
an aromatic herb, Origanum vulgare, of the mint family, having leaves used as seasoning in cooking.
- resonate
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verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- resonant
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noun,
Phonetics. a vowel or a voiced consonant or semivowel that is neither a stop nor an affricate, as, in English, (m, ng, n, l, r, y, w).
- agrement
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noun,
Music. ornament (def 9).
- regorges
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verb (used with object),
to disgorge; cast up again.
- oogamete
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noun,
one of a pair of structurally dissimilar gametes, the female gamete being large and nonmotile and the male gamete being small and motile.
- negatons
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noun,
(not in technical use) electron (def 1).
- Ansermet
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noun,
Ernest [er-nest] /ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1883–1969, Swiss symphony orchestra conductor.
- Nanterre
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Hauts-de-Seine, in N France: W suburb of Paris.
- anteroom
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noun,
a room that admits to a larger room.
- rotenone
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noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous heterocyclic compound, C 23 H 22 O 6 , obtained from derris root: used chiefly as the active ingredient of certain insecticides and in medicine in the treatment of chiggers and scabies.
- Rosemont
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noun,
a town in central California, near Sacramento.
- rearmost
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adjective,
farthest in the rear; last.
- organon
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noun,
an instrument of thought or knowledge.
- sterno-
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- germane
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adjective,
closely or significantly related; relevant; pertinent:
- gerents
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noun,
a ruler or manager.
- Georges
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noun,
a figure of St. George killing the dragon, especially one forming part of the insignia of the Order of the Garter.
- stereo-
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- stearo-
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- steamer
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noun,
something propelled or operated by steam, as a steamship.
- gnomons
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noun,
the raised part of a sundial that casts the shadow; a style.
- reamers
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noun,
any of various rotary tools, with helical or straight flutes, for finishing or enlarging holes drilled in metal.
- ratoons
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noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- organo-
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- gannets
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noun,
any large, web-footed, seabird of the family Sulidae, having a sharply pointed bill, long wings, and a wedge-shaped tail, noted for its plunging dives for fish.
- orgeats
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noun,
a syrup or drink made originally from barley but later from almonds, prepared with sugar and an extract of orange flowers.
- gorgets
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noun,
a patch on the throat of a bird or other animal, distinguished by its color, texture, etc.
- gorgons
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noun,
Classical Mythology. any of three sister monsters commonly represented as having snakes for hair, wings, brazen claws, and eyes that turned anyone looking into them to stone. Medusa, the only mortal Gorgon, was beheaded by Perseus.
- gosmore
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noun,
cat's-ear.
- remotes
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noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- gragers
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noun,
a noise-making device, typically a small container filled with pellets and fitted with a handle, used by children each time Haman's name is said during the traditional reading of the Book of Esther on Purim.
- Gramont
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noun,
Philibert [fee-lee-ber] /fi liˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), Comte de, 1621–1707, French courtier, soldier, and adventurer.
- germens
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noun,
a germ.
- Granger
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noun,
Northwestern U.S. a farmer.
- oregano
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noun,
an aromatic herb, Origanum vulgare, of the mint family, having leaves used as seasoning in cooking.
- granges
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noun,
Chiefly British. a country house or large farmhouse with its various farm buildings (usually in house names):
- grantee
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noun,
the receiver of a grant.
- rennets
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noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- tearoom
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noun,
a room or shop where tea and other refreshments are served to customers.
- grantor
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noun,
a person or organization that makes a grant.
- stagger
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verb (used without object),
to walk, move, or stand unsteadily.
- genseng
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noun,
ginseng.
- Gentoos
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noun,
a Hindu.
- gangers
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noun,
a foreman of a gang of laborers.
- regorge
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verb (used with object),
to disgorge; cast up again.
- regnant
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adjective,
reigning; ruling (usually used following the noun it modifies):
- regrate
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verb (used with object),
to buy up (grain, provisions, etc.) in order to sell again at a profit in or near the same market.
- gargets
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noun,
Veterinary Pathology. inflammation of the udder of a cow; bovine mastitis.
- garment
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noun,
any article of clothing:
- garners
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noun,
a granary or grain bin.
- garnets
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noun,
any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
- Garonne
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noun,
a river in SW France, flowing NW from the Pyrenees to the Gironde River. 350 miles (565 km) long.
- garotes
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noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- garrets
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noun,
an attic, usually a small, wretched one.
- reggaes
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noun,
a style of Jamaican popular music blending blues, calypso, and rock-'n'-roll, characterized by a strong syncopated rhythm and lyrics of social protest.
- garrote
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noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- rangers
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noun,
forest ranger.
- regrets
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noun,
a sense of loss, disappointment, dissatisfaction, etc.
- osteoma
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noun,
a benign tumor composed of osseous tissue.
- 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.
- gameto-
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- gastro-
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- gametes
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noun,
a mature sexual reproductive cell, as a sperm or egg, that unites with another cell to form a new organism.
- Rangoon
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noun,
former name of Yangon.
- remnant
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noun,
a remaining, usually small part, quantity, number, or the like.
- onstage
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adverb,
on or onto the stage (opposed to offstage): .
- Orontes
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noun,
a river in W Asia, flowing N from Lebanon through NW Syria and then SW past Antioch, Turkey, to the Mediterranean. 250 miles (405 km) long.
- strange
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adverb,
in a strange manner.
- gearset
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noun,
a combination of gears that mesh to provide a particular gear ratio.
- storage
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noun,
the act of storing; state or fact of being stored:
- remoras
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noun,
any of several fishes of the family Echeneididae, having on the top of the head a sucking disk by which they can attach themselves to sharks, turtles, ships, and other moving objects.
- remorse
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noun,
deep and painful regret for wrongdoing; compunction.
- Gennaro
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noun,
San [san;; Italian sahn] /sæn;; Italian sɑn/ (Show IPA), Januarius.
- genomes
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noun,
a full set of chromosomes; all the inheritable traits of an organism.
- gatemen
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noun,
a gatekeeper.
- Sargent
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noun,
Sir (Harold) Malcolm (Watts) 1895–1967, English conductor.
- Oneonta
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noun,
a city in E central New York.
- senator
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noun,
a member of a senate.
- mongers
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noun,
a person who is involved with something in a petty or contemptible way (usually used in combination):
- moneran
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noun,
any organism of the kingdom Monera.
- Rosanne
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noun,
a female given name.
- segment
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noun,
one of the parts into which something naturally separates or is divided; a division, portion, or section:
- neonate
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noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- rooters
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noun,
a person, animal, or thing that roots, as with the snout.
- metages
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noun,
the official measurement of contents or weight.
- nemato-
-
- mergers
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noun,
a statutory combination of two or more corporations by the transfer of the properties to one surviving corporation.
- rootage
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noun,
the act of taking root.
- menages
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noun,
a domestic establishment; household.
- 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.
- megaton
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noun,
one million tons.
- rooster
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noun,
the male of domestic fowl and certain game birds; cock.
- megaron
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noun,
a building or semi-independent unit of a building, generally used as a living apartment and typically having a square or broadly rectangular principal chamber with a porch, often of columns in antis, and sometimes an antichamber or other small compartments.
- mongoes
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noun,
mungo.
- monster
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noun,
a legendary animal combining features of animal and human form or having the forms of various animals in combination, as a centaur, griffin, or sphinx.
- smarten
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Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- neatens
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verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- naggers
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noun,
nag1 (def 5).
- reagent
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noun,
a substance that, because of the reactions it causes, is used in analysis and synthesis.
- mortars
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noun,
a receptacle of hard material, having a bowl-shaped cavity in which substances are reduced to powder with a pestle.
- morgens
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noun,
a unit of land measure equal to about two acres (0.8 hectare), formerly in use in Holland and the Dutch colonies and still used in South Africa.
- natrons
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noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- moreens
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noun,
a heavy fabric of wool, or wool and cotton, with a ribbed face and a moiré finish, used for curtains, petticoats, etc.
- moorage
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noun,
a place for mooring.
- Negroes
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noun,
Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, especially those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
- moonset
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noun,
the setting of the moon below the horizon.
- roseate
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adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- negates
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verb (used with object),
to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of:
- montero
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noun,
a Spanish hunter's cap, round in shape and having an earflap.
- negaton
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noun,
(not in technical use) electron (def 1).
- montane
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noun,
the lower vegetation belt on mountains.
- montage
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noun,
the technique of combining in a single composition pictorial elements from various sources, as parts of different photographs or fragments of printing, either to give the illusion that the elements belonged together originally or to allow each element to retain its separate identity as a means of adding interest or meaning to the composition.
Compare collage (def 1).
- serrate
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adjective,
Chiefly Biology. notched on the edge like a saw:
- Smeaton
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noun,
John, 1724–92, English engineer.
- graters
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noun,
a person or thing that grates.
- restore
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verb (used with object),
to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish:
- roemers
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noun,
a German wineglass having a body with a globular top and a cylindrical bottom often decorated with prunts, supported by a conical foot.
- magnet-
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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.
- somato-
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- someone
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pronoun,
some person; somebody.
- oarsmen
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noun,
a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.
- re-sort
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verb (used with object),
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- magnets
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noun,
a body, as a piece of iron or steel, that possesses the property of attracting certain substances, as iron.
- 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.
- grogram
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noun,
a coarse fabric of silk, of silk and mohair or wool, or of wool, formerly in use.
- one-man
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adjective,
of or relating to, or operated, performed, or used by one person:
- one-one
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adjective,
one-to-one (def 1).
- Greater
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noun,
a person who has achieved importance or distinction in a field:
- greaten
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verb (used with object),
to make greater; enlarge; increase.
- greaser
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noun,
a person or thing that greases.
- normans
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noun,
a member of that branch of the Northmen or Scandinavians who in the 10th century conquered Normandy.
- romanos
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- matrons
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noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- margent
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noun,
margin.
- roomers
-
noun,
a person who lives in a rented room; lodger.
- Martens
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noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- Marston
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noun,
John, c1575–1634, English dramatist and satirical poet.
- marrons
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noun,
a large European chestnut, especially as used in cookery: candied or preserved in syrup.
- maroons
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) any of a group of blacks, descended from fugitive slaves of the 17th and 18th centuries, living in the West Indies and Guiana, especially in mountainous areas.
- Rontgen
-
noun,
Julius [yoo-lee-uh s] /ˈyu li əs/ (Show IPA), 1855–1932, Dutch pianist, conductor, and composer; born in Germany.
- Marengo
-
noun,
a village in Piedmont, in NW Italy: Napoleon defeated the Austrians 1800.
- snorter
-
noun,
a person or thing that snorts.
- manroot
-
noun,
man-of-the-earth.
- mannose
-
noun,
a hexose, C 6 H 12 O 6 , obtained from the hydrolysis of the ivory nut and yielding mannitol upon reduction.
- nonages
-
noun,
the period of legal minority, or of an age below 21.
- Manners
-
noun,
a way of doing, being done, or happening; mode of action, occurrence, etc.:
- nonegos
-
noun,
anything not considered to be the ego or conscious self; a thing external to the mind.
- mangoes
-
noun,
the oblong, sweet fruit of a tropical tree, Mangifera indica, of the cashew family, eaten ripe, or preserved or pickled.
- maneges
-
noun,
the art of training and riding horses.
- onagers
-
noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- maestro
-
noun,
an eminent composer, teacher, or conductor of music:
- trogons
-
noun,
any of several brilliantly colored birds of the family Trogonidae, especially of the genus Trogon, of tropical and subtropical regions of the New World.
- entero-
-
- tongmen
-
noun,
a member of a Chinese tong.
- antero-
-
- Emerson
-
noun,
Ralph Waldo [wawl-doh,, wol-] /ˈwɔl doʊ,, ˈwɒl-/ (Show IPA), 1803–82, U.S. essayist and poet.
- to-name
-
noun,
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
- termers
-
noun,
a person who is serving a term, especially in prison (usually used in combination):
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- agnomen
-
noun,
an additional, fourth name given to a person by the ancient Romans in allusion to some achievement or other circumstance, as “Africanus” in “Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus.”.
Compare cognomen (def 3).
- arenose
-
adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- termors
-
noun,
a person who has an estate for a term of years or for life.
- Torrens
-
noun,
Lake, a salt lake in Australia, in E South Australia. 130 miles (210 km) long; 2400 sq. mi. (6220 sq. km); 25 feet (8 meters) below sea level.
- Eastern
-
adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- entomo-
-
- enteron
-
noun,
the alimentary canal; the digestive tract.
- Torreon
-
noun,
a city in N Mexico.
- anemone
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Anemone, of the buttercup family, having petallike sepals and including several wild species with white flowers as well as others cultivated for their showy flowers in a variety of colors.
- ensnare
-
verb (used with object),
to capture in, or involve as in, a snare:
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- enroots
-
verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- enamors
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- enrages
-
verb (used with object),
to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate:
- tonners
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- armrest
-
noun,
a projecting, often padded support for the forearm, as at the side of a chair or sofa or between seats in a theater, car, or airplane.
- terrane
-
noun,
any rock formation or series of formations or the area in which a particular formation or group of rocks is predominant.
- engrams
-
noun,
a presumed encoding in neural tissue that provides a physical basis for the persistence of memory; a memory trace.
- amongst
-
preposition,
among.
- tenners
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- engorge
-
verb (used with or without object),
to swallow greedily; glut or gorge.
- engages
-
adjective,
choosing to involve oneself in or commit oneself to something:
- tongman
-
noun,
a member of a Chinese tong.
- arseno-
-
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- toreros
-
noun,
a bullfighter, especially a matador.
- transom
-
noun,
a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it.
- argents
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- tonemes
-
noun,
a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language:
- ergates
-
noun,
a worker ant.
- agreges
-
noun,
a degree awarded by a French university, based on a competitive examination given by the state and qualifying the recipient for the highest teaching positions in a lycée or for the rank of professor in a school of law or medicine.
- tonnage
-
noun,
the capacity of a merchant vessel, expressed either in units of weight, as deadweight tons, or of volume, as gross tons.
- grease
-
noun,
the melted or rendered fat of animals, especially when in a soft state.
- onager
-
noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- ergots
-
noun,
Plant Pathology.
a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, especially C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body.
the sclerotial body itself.
- grates
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- Sarnen
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Obwalden, in central Switzerland, E of Bern.
- 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.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- Antons
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- Sennar
-
noun,
a region in the E Sudan between the White and Blue Nile rivers, S of Khartoum: a former kingdom.
- stager
-
noun,
a person of experience in some profession, way of life, etc.
- Greats
-
- roemer
-
noun,
a German wineglass having a body with a globular top and a cylindrical bottom often decorated with prunts, supported by a conical foot.
- Gorgon
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of three sister monsters commonly represented as having snakes for hair, wings, brazen claws, and eyes that turned anyone looking into them to stone. Medusa, the only mortal Gorgon, was beheaded by Perseus.
- goners
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- senega
-
noun,
the dried root of a milkwort, Polygala senega, of the eastern U.S., used as an expectorant and diuretic.
- Sooner
-
noun,
a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
- Gretna
-
noun,
a city in SE Louisiana, near New Orleans.
- Renton
-
noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- Rogers
-
noun,
Bernard, 1893–1968, U.S. composer.
- gregos
-
noun,
a short, hooded coat of thick, coarse fabric, originally worn in the eastern Mediterranean countries.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Merton
-
noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- sennet
-
noun,
any of several small barracudas, as Sphyraena borealis (northern sennet) ranging along the eastern coast of North and Central America.
- greets
-
verb (used with object),
to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
- Serang
-
noun,
Ceram.
- greens
-
noun,
a color intermediate in the spectrum between yellow and blue, an effect of light with a wavelength between 500 and 570 nm; found in nature as the color of most grasses and leaves while growing, of some fruits while ripening, and of the sea.
- agron.
-
- motors
-
noun,
a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- arrest
-
noun,
the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- grater
-
noun,
a person or thing that grates.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- grager
-
noun,
a noise-making device, typically a small container filled with pellets and fitted with a handle, used by children each time Haman's name is said during the traditional reading of the Book of Esther on Purim.
- metros
-
noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- termer
-
noun,
a person who is serving a term, especially in prison (usually used in combination):
- Gorgas
-
noun,
William Crawford, 1854–1920, U.S. physician and epidemiologist: chief sanitary officer of the Panama Canal 1904–13; surgeon general of the U.S. Army 1914–18.
- me-too
-
adjective,
Slang. characterized by or involving me-tooism:
- Sartre
-
noun,
Jean-Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ˈpɔl/ (Show IPA), 1905–80, French philosopher, novelist, and dramatist: declined 1964 Nobel Prize in literature.
- omegas
-
noun,
the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet (Ω, ω).
- Gorton
-
noun,
John Grey, 1911–2002, Australian political leader: prime minister 1968–71.
- metro-
-
- Gorges
-
noun,
a narrow cleft with steep, rocky walls, especially one through which a stream runs.
- gorget
-
noun,
a patch on the throat of a bird or other animal, distinguished by its color, texture, etc.
- Egesta
-
noun,
matter egested from the body, as excrement or other waste.
- ameers
-
noun,
emir.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- termor
-
noun,
a person who has an estate for a term of years or for life.
- metage
-
noun,
the official measurement of contents or weight.
- omenta
-
noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- resort
-
noun,
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- sarong
-
noun,
a loose-fitting skirtlike garment formed by wrapping a strip of cloth around the lower part of the body, worn by both men and women in the Malay Archipelago and certain islands of the Pacific Ocean.
- Grants
-
noun,
a town in W New Mexico.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- 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.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- meters
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- meteor
-
noun,
Astronomy.
a meteoroid that has entered the earth's atmosphere.
a transient fiery streak in the sky produced by a meteoroid passing through the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or bolide.
- retro-
-
- grano-
-
- Oenone
-
noun,
a nymph of Mount Ida who was the wife of Paris, but was deserted by him for Helen.
- retems
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- Grange
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a country house or large farmhouse with its various farm buildings (usually in house names):
- trans.
-
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- grooms
-
noun,
a bridegroom.
- groans
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- astro-
-
- rooter
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that roots, as with the snout.
- Nantes
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
- Tongas
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in India.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- anenst
-
preposition,
anent (def 2).
- netman
-
noun,
a tennis player.
- netmen
-
noun,
a tennis player.
- astron
-
- Margot
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- Mannes
-
noun,
Leopold Damrosch, 1899–1964, U.S. composer and chemist.
- toneme
-
noun,
a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language:
- manner
-
noun,
a way of doing, being done, or happening; mode of action, occurrence, etc.:
- anemo-
-
- mangos
-
noun,
the oblong, sweet fruit of a tropical tree, Mangifera indica, of the cashew family, eaten ripe, or preserved or pickled.
- roomer
-
noun,
a person who lives in a rented room; lodger.
- manges
-
noun,
any of various skin diseases caused by parasitic mites, affecting animals and sometimes humans and characterized by loss of hair and scabby eruptions.
- marges
-
noun,
margin; edge.
- Nernst
-
noun,
Walther Herman [vahl-tuh r her-mahn] /ˈvɑl tər ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1941, German physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1920.
- menage
-
noun,
a domestic establishment; household.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- matron
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- neaten
-
verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- negate
-
verb (used with object),
to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of:
- roster
-
noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- masto-
-
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- rostra
-
noun,
a plural of rostrum.
- maroon
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) any of a group of blacks, descended from fugitive slaves of the 17th and 18th centuries, living in the West Indies and Guiana, especially in mountainous areas.
- Negros
-
noun,
an island of the central Philippines. 5043 sq. mi. (13,061 sq. km).
- nemat-
-
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- natron
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- Angers
-
noun,
a city in and capital of Maine-et-Loire, in W France.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- Marron
-
noun,
a large European chestnut, especially as used in cookery: candied or preserved in syrup.
- Tongan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Tonga.
- manger
-
noun,
a box or trough in a stable or barn from which horses or cattle eat.
- torose
-
adjective,
Botany. cylindrical, with swellings or constrictions at intervals; knobbed.
- groats
-
noun,
hulled grain, as wheat or oats, broken into fragments.
- Sontag
-
noun,
Susan, 1933–2004, U.S. critic, novelist, and essayist.
- sonnet
-
noun,
Prosody. a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being in the strict or Italian form divided into a major group of 8 lines (the octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet), and in a common English form into 3 quatrains followed by a couplet.
- terras
-
noun,
earth; land.
- Sonoma
-
noun,
a town in W California: center of wine-producing region.
- Sanger
-
noun,
Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1958.
- Sonora
-
noun,
a state in NW Mexico. 70,484 sq. mi. (182,555 sq. km). Capital: Hermosillo.
- Groton
-
noun,
a city in SE Connecticut.
- eagers
-
noun,
eagre.
- Groote
-
noun,
Gerhard [Dutch khey-rahrt;; English gair-hahrt] /Dutch ˈxeɪ rɑrt;; English ˈgɛər hɑrt/ (Show IPA), (Gerardus Magnus) 1340–84, Dutch religious reformer, educator, and author: founder of the order of Brethren of the Common Life.
- Romans
-
noun,
an Epistle of the New Testament, written by Paul to the Christian community in Rome. Abbreviation: Rom.
- Norman
-
noun,
a member of that branch of the Northmen or Scandinavians who in the 10th century conquered Normandy.
- torero
-
noun,
a bullfighter, especially a matador.
- merger
-
noun,
a statutory combination of two or more corporations by the transfer of the properties to one surviving corporation.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- merges
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to combine or coalesce; unite.
- eagres
-
noun,
a tidal bore or flood.
- Norton
-
noun,
Charles Eliot, 1827–1908, U.S. scholar.
- Noreen
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish diminutive of Nora.
- sagger
-
noun,
a box or case made of refractory baked clay in which the finer ceramic wares are enclosed and protected while baking.
- manege
-
noun,
the art of training and riding horses.
- maggot
-
noun,
a soft-bodied, legless larva of certain flies.
- magots
-
noun,
Barbary ape.
- rotors
-
noun,
Electricity. a rotating member of a machine.
Compare stator (def 1).
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- nonage
-
noun,
the period of legal minority, or of an age below 21.
- sermon
-
noun,
a discourse for the purpose of religious instruction or exhortation, especially one based on a text of Scripture and delivered by a member of the clergy as part of a religious service.
- romeos
-
noun,
the romantic lover of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
- nonego
-
noun,
anything not considered to be the ego or conscious self; a thing external to the mind.
- nagger
-
noun,
nag1 (def 5).
- sonant
-
noun,
a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant).
- Mentes
-
noun,
(in the Odyssey) a captain of the Taphians. Athena assumed his form when she urged Telemachus to search for Odysseus.
- nonets
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- Menton
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean: winter resort.
- MAeroE
-
- somat-
-
- Mentor
-
noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- no-one
-
pronoun,
no person; not anyone; nobody:
- arsen-
-
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- stamen
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- agrege
-
noun,
a degree awarded by a French university, based on a competitive examination given by the state and qualifying the recipient for the highest teaching positions in a lycée or for the rank of professor in a school of law or medicine.
- ganger
-
noun,
a foreman of a gang of laborers.
- osteo-
-
- Tagore
-
noun,
Sir Rabindranath [ruh-been-druh-naht] /rəˈbin drəˌnɑt/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, Indian poet: Nobel prize 1913.
- gannet
-
noun,
any large, web-footed, seabird of the family Sulidae, having a sharply pointed bill, long wings, and a wedge-shaped tail, noted for its plunging dives for fish.
- 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:
- aeron.
-
- Ganges
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from the Himalayas in N India into the Bay of Bengal: sacred to Hindus. 1550 miles (2495 km) long.
- Monnet
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1888–1979, French economist: originator of the European Common Market.
- regret
-
noun,
a sense of loss, disappointment, dissatisfaction, etc.
- mongos
-
noun,
mungo.
- morose
-
adjective,
gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
- Tromso
-
noun,
a seaport in N Norway.
- Monroe
-
noun,
Harriet, 1861?–1936, U.S. editor and poet.
- gamete
-
noun,
a mature sexual reproductive cell, as a sperm or egg, that unites with another cell to form a new organism.
- gamet-
-
- tegmen
-
noun,
a cover, covering, or integument.
- 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.
- enter-
-
- garget
-
noun,
Veterinary Pathology. inflammation of the udder of a cow; bovine mastitis.
- regent
-
noun,
a person who exercises the ruling power in a kingdom during the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.
- stroma
-
noun,
Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- monger
-
noun,
a person who is involved with something in a petty or contemptible way (usually used in combination):
- gastr-
-
- Gaston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Strega
-
- engram
-
noun,
a presumed encoding in neural tissue that provides a physical basis for the persistence of memory; a memory trace.
- gasmen
-
noun,
a person who works for a company that sells or distributes household gas, especially a person who goes from building to building reading gas meters to determine what charge is to be billed.
- Garter
-
noun,
Also called, British, sock suspender, suspender. an article of clothing for holding up a stocking or sock, usually an elastic band around the leg or an elastic strap hanging from a girdle or other undergarment.
- armors
-
noun,
any covering worn as a defense against weapons.
- Tenner
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- mortar
-
noun,
a receptacle of hard material, having a bowl-shaped cavity in which substances are reduced to powder with a pestle.
- Garret
-
noun,
an attic, usually a small, wretched one.
- enrage
-
verb (used with object),
to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate:
- garote
-
noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- enroot
-
verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- Garnet
-
noun,
any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
- Garner
-
noun,
a granary or grain bin.
- reggae
-
noun,
a style of Jamaican popular music blending blues, calypso, and rock-'n'-roll, characterized by a strong syncopated rhythm and lyrics of social protest.
- gagmen
-
noun,
a person who writes comic material for public performers.
- remans
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- errant
-
adjective,
deviating from the regular or proper course; erring; straying.
- Ransom
-
noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- Morgan
-
noun,
one of a breed of light carriage and saddle horses descended from the stallion Justin Morgan.
- teamer
-
noun,
a teamster.
- rearms
-
verb (used with object),
to arm again.
- ergate
-
noun,
a worker ant.
- Moreen
-
noun,
a heavy fabric of wool, or wool and cotton, with a ribbed face and a moiré finish, used for curtains, petticoats, etc.
- raster
-
noun,
Television. a pattern of scanning lines covering the area upon which the image is projected in the cathode-ray tube or liquid-crystal display of a television set or other screen.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- 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.
- eroto-
-
- Tsonga
-
noun,
a Bantu language spoken in Mozambique, Zambia, and South Africa.
- raters
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- Argent
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- reamer
-
noun,
any of various rotary tools, with helical or straight flutes, for finishing or enlarging holes drilled in metal.
- ratoon
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- tarso-
-
- ranges
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- etrogs
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- tangos
-
noun,
a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- morons
-
noun,
Informal. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment:
- Tanner
-
noun,
a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.
- ragmen
-
noun,
a person who gathers or deals in rag.
- seamen
-
noun,
a person skilled in seamanship.
- tonnes
-
noun,
metric ton.
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- argots
-
noun,
a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
- argons
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- targes
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- ramose
-
adjective,
having many branches.
- ramson
-
noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- Morgen
-
noun,
a unit of land measure equal to about two acres (0.8 hectare), formerly in use in Holland and the Dutch colonies and still used in South Africa.
- Ranger
-
noun,
forest ranger.
- eraser
-
noun,
a device, as a piece of rubber or cloth, for erasing marks made with pen, pencil, chalk, etc.
- engage
-
adjective,
choosing to involve oneself in or commit oneself to something:
- Strong
-
Idioms,
come on strong, Slang. to behave in an aggressive, ardent, or flamboyant manner:
- gators
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- treasr
-
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- orator
-
noun,
a person who delivers an oration; a public speaker, especially one of great eloquence:
- egrets
-
noun,
any of several usually white herons that grow long, graceful plumes during the breeding season, as Egretta garzetta (little egret) of the Old World.
- Gerome
-
noun,
Jean Léon [zhahn ley-awn] /ʒɑ̃ leɪˈɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1824–1904, French painter and sculptor.
- germen
-
noun,
a germ.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- German
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Germany.
- tenson
-
noun,
a Provençal poem taking the form of a dialogue or debate between two rival troubadours.
- Gesner
-
noun,
Konrad von [kon-rad von;; German kawn-raht fuh n] /ˈkɒn ræd vɒn;; German ˈkɔn rɑt fən/ (Show IPA), 1516–65, Swiss naturalist.
- gerent
-
noun,
a ruler or manager.
- seggar
-
noun, verb (used with object),
sagger.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- remote
-
noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- George
-
noun,
a figure of St. George killing the dragon, especially one forming part of the insignia of the Order of the Garter.
- mogote
-
noun,
a residual hillock of limestone, honeycombed with cavities.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Morton
-
noun,
Jelly Roll (Ferdinand Morton) 1885–1941, U.S. jazz pianist, composer, and band leader.
- orgasm
-
noun,
the physical and emotional sensation experienced at the peak of sexual excitation, usually resulting from stimulation of the sexual organ and usually accompanied in the male by ejaculation.
- rennet
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- agrees
-
verb (used with object),
to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause):
- renter
-
noun,
a person or organization that holds, or has the use of, property by payment of rent.
- goatee
-
noun,
a man's beard trimmed to a tuft or point on the chin.
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- gnomon
-
noun,
the raised part of a sundial that casts the shadow; a style.
- gnomes
-
noun,
(in folklore) one of a species of diminutive beings, usually described as shriveled little old men, that inhabit the interior of the earth and act as guardians of its treasures; troll.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- Rennes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Ille-et-Vilaine, in NW France: former capital of Brittany; scene of trial of Alfred Dreyfus, 1899.
- Remsen
-
noun,
Ira, 1846–1927, U.S. chemist and educator.
- Semang
-
noun,
a member of a Negrito people of the Malay Peninsula.
- eggers
-
noun,
tent caterpillar.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- Orange
-
noun,
a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- stego-
-
- steno-
-
- orangs
-
noun,
orangutan.
- Moerae
-
plural noun,
the Fates.
- aggros
-
noun,
aggressiveness, especially that of an urban youth gang or gang member.
- Oregon
-
noun,
a state in the NW United States, on the Pacific coast. 96,981 sq. mi. (251,180 sq. km). Capital: Salem.
Abbreviation: Oreg., Ore., OR (for use with zip code).
- meager
-
adjective,
deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty; inadequate:
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- genets
-
noun,
any small, Old World carnivore of the genus Genetta, especially G. genetta, having spotted sides and a ringed tail.
- Monera
-
noun,
a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and have a nutritional mode of absorption, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.
- enamor
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- genera
-
noun,
a plural of genus.
- orgeat
-
noun,
a syrup or drink made originally from barley but later from almonds, prepared with sugar and an extract of orange flowers.
- genome
-
noun,
a full set of chromosomes; all the inheritable traits of an organism.
- gemots
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a legislative or judicial assembly.
- orogen
-
noun,
an extensive belt of rocks deformed by orogeny, associated in places with plutonic and metamorphic rocks.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- tremor
-
noun,
involuntary shaking of the body or limbs, as from disease, fear, weakness, or excitement; a fit of trembling.
- remora
-
noun,
any of several fishes of the family Echeneididae, having on the top of the head a sucking disk by which they can attach themselves to sharks, turtles, ships, and other moving objects.
- Moneta
-
noun,
Ernesto Teodoro [er-ne-staw te-aw-daw-raw] /ɛrˈnɛ stɔ ˌtɛ ɔˈdɔ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1833–1918, Italian journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- trogon
-
noun,
any of several brilliantly colored birds of the family Trogonidae, especially of the genus Trogon, of tropical and subtropical regions of the New World.
- genoas
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- stooge
-
noun,
an entertainer who feeds lines to the main comedian and usually serves as the butt of his or her jokes.
- tenons
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- Gentoo
-
noun,
a Hindu.
- aggers
-
noun,
Also called double tide. Oceanography.
a high tide in which the water rises to a certain level, recedes, then rises again.
a low tide in which the water recedes to a certain level, rises slightly, then recedes again.
- ormers
-
noun,
an abalone, Haliotis tuberculata, living in waters of the Channel Islands.
- tonner
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- emotes
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- MSEnt
-
- ante-
-
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- toons
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- moron
-
noun,
Informal. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment:
- 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.
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- moton
-
noun,
besague.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- Msgr.
-
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- moots
-
noun,
an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
- nears
-
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- naso-
-
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Sarre
-
noun,
French name of Saar.
- morns
-
noun,
morning.
- moror
-
noun,
maror.
- sargo
-
noun,
a silvery grunt, Anisotremus davidsonii, inhabiting waters off the coasts of California and Mexico, having blackish markings and yellowish fins.
- areo-
-
- nano-
-
- rotor
-
noun,
Electricity. a rotating member of a machine.
Compare stator (def 1).
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- 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.
- 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.
- Sango
-
noun,
a Niger-Congo language of the Adamawa-Eastern branch, used as a lingua franca in the Central African Republic.
- Names
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- Sarge
-
noun,
sergeant.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- motor
-
noun,
a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- MOTOS
-
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Moros
-
noun,
a child of Nyx, and the personification of fate.
- ergot
-
noun,
Plant Pathology.
a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, especially C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body.
the sclerotial body itself.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- Orson
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- agent
-
noun,
a person or business authorized to act on another's behalf:
- agers
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- agger
-
noun,
Also called double tide. Oceanography.
a high tide in which the water rises to a certain level, recedes, then rises again.
a low tide in which the water recedes to a certain level, rises slightly, then recedes again.
- ormer
-
noun,
an abalone, Haliotis tuberculata, living in waters of the Channel Islands.
- aggro
-
noun,
aggressiveness, especially that of an urban youth gang or gang member.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- Agnes
-
noun,
Saint, a.d. 292?–304? Roman Catholic child martyr.
- Oreg.
-
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- 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.
- Orang
-
noun,
orangutan.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- renga
-
noun,
linked verse.
- agone
-
adverb, adjective,
ago.
- treas
-
- agree
-
verb (used with object),
to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause):
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- onto-
-
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- agro-
-
- Onega
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in the NW Russian Federation in Europe: second largest lake in Europe. 3764 sq. mi. (9750 sq. km).
- 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.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- Osage
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of western Missouri, now living in northern Oklahoma.
- Regt.
-
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- 30-30
-
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rater
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- reams
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- rearm
-
verb (used with object),
to arm again.
- rares
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- rears
-
- 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.
- Range
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Ramon
-
noun,
any of several tropical American trees belonging to the genus Brosimum, of the mulberry family, the leaves of which are used as forage, especially B. alicastrum, which bears the breadnut.
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- Ramee
-
noun,
Louise de la ("Ouida") 1839–1908, English novelist.
- rages
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- Regan
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.
Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
- Reger
-
noun,
Max [mahks] /mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1873–1916, German composer and pianist.
- regma
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of three or more carpels that separate from the axis at maturity.
- 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.
- 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.
- trogs
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- aero-
-
- oste-
-
- osmo-
-
- omega
-
noun,
the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet (Ω, ω).
- ameer
-
noun,
emir.
- anon.
-
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- nones
-
noun,
the fifth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the ninth hour of the day (or 3 p.m.).
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- nona-
-
- nomo-
-
- nomes
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- nomen
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the second name of a citizen, indicating his gens, as “Gaius Julius Caesar.”.
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- Ronan
-
noun,
a king who killed his son, Mael Fothartaigh, after his wife had falsely accused the boy of attempting to seduce her, and who was himself killed by the children of Mael Fothartaigh.
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- no-go
-
adjective,
inoperative; canceled:
- noggs
-
noun,
a shave for shaping dowels and handles.
- rooms
-
noun,
a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts:
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- Romeo
-
noun,
the romantic lover of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- neons
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- anger
-
noun,
a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
- nemos
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- Nemea
-
noun,
a valley in SE Greece, in ancient Argolis.
- angor
-
noun,
extreme distress or mental anguish, usually of physical origin.
- Neman
-
noun,
a river rising in central Byelorussia (Belarus), flowing W through Lithuania into the Baltic. 582 miles (937 km) long.
- angst
-
noun,
a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.
- Negro
-
noun,
Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, especially those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- annot
-
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- no-no
-
noun,
anything that is forbidden or not advisable, as because of being improper or unsafe:
- ogres
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- Amer.
-
- ogees
-
noun,
a double curve, resembling the letter S, formed by the union of a concave and a convex line.
- restr
-
- ogams
-
noun,
ogham.
- retem
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- roars
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- moose
-
noun,
a large, long-headed mammal, Alces alces, of the deer family, having circumpolar distribution in the Northern Hemisphere, the male of which has enormous palmate antlers.
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- noons
-
noun,
midday.
- 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.
- noto-
-
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- among
-
preposition,
in, into, or through the midst of; in association or connection with; surrounded by:
- Roger
-
noun,
a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “fame” and “spear.”.
- noso-
-
- Roget
-
noun,
Peter Mark, 1779–1869, English physician and author of a thesaurus.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- Norge
-
noun,
Norwegian name of Norway.
- noose
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- meta-
-
- 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.
- gorge
-
noun,
a narrow cleft with steep, rocky walls, especially one through which a stream runs.
- Srta.
-
- goons
-
noun,
Informal. a hired hoodlum or thug.
- goose
-
noun,
any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- Goren
-
noun,
Charles Henry, 1901–91, U.S authority and writer on contract bridge.
- gores
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- egest
-
verb (used with object),
to discharge, as from the body; void (opposed to ingest).
- gono-
-
- gorse
-
noun,
any spiny shrub of the genus Ulex, of the legume family, native to the Old World, especially U. europaeus, having rudimentary leaves and yellow flowers and growing in waste places and sandy soil.
- egers
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- gotra
-
noun,
a Hindu clan tracing its paternal lineage from a common ancestor, usually a saint or sage.
- gram.
-
- grams
-
noun,
a metric unit of mass or weight equal to 15.432 grains; one thousandth of a kilogram. Abbreviation: g.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- STAGE
-
noun,
a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- gonne
-
noun,
Maud ("Irish Joan of Arc") 1865–1953, Irish political activist and actress, born in England.
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- goers
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- gnome
-
noun,
(in folklore) one of a species of diminutive beings, usually described as shriveled little old men, that inhabit the interior of the earth and act as guardians of its treasures; troll.
- egger
-
noun,
tent caterpillar.
- Starr
-
noun,
Belle (Myra Belle Shirley) 1848–89, U.S. outlaw and folk hero.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- stang
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- gonna
-
- go-go
-
adverb,
as much as you like; to your heart's content; galore:
- gogos
-
noun,
à gogo.
- Gomer
-
noun,
an undesirable hospital patient.
- term.
-
- Stagg
-
noun,
Amos Alonzo, 1862–1965, U.S. football coach.
- goner
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- grans
-
noun,
grandmother.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- groma
-
noun,
an instrument having a cruciform wooden frame with a plumb line at the end of each arm, used for laying out lines at right angles to existing lines.
- groom
-
noun,
a bridegroom.
- Groot
-
noun,
Huig [Dutch hoikh] /Dutch hɔɪx/ (Show IPA), de [duh] /də/ (Show IPA), or van [vahn] /vɑn/ (Show IPA), Hugo Grotius.
- Grote
-
noun,
George, 1794–1871, English historian.
- grots
-
noun,
a grotto.
- eager
-
noun,
eagre.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- eagre
-
noun,
a tidal bore or flood.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- Mages
-
noun,
a magician.
- togas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- grogs
-
noun,
a mixture of rum and water, often flavored with lemon, sugar, and spices and sometimes served hot.
- groat
-
noun,
a silver coin of England, equal to four pennies, issued from 1279 to 1662.
- Grant
-
noun,
something granted, as a privilege or right, a sum of money, or a tract of land:
- terr.
-
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- sorgo
-
noun,
any of several varieties of sorghum grown chiefly for the sweet juice yielded by the stems, used in making sugar and syrup and also for fodder.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- grate
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- 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.
- Green
-
noun,
a color intermediate in the spectrum between yellow and blue, an effect of light with a wavelength between 500 and 570 nm; found in nature as the color of most grasses and leaves while growing, of some fruits while ripening, and of the sea.
- moors
-
noun,
a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
- Terra
-
noun,
earth; land.
- Greer
-
noun,
Germaine, born 1939, Australian feminist and writer.
- grees
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- greet
-
verb (used with object),
to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
- grego
-
noun,
a short, hooded coat of thick, coarse fabric, originally worn in the eastern Mediterranean countries.
- Soong
-
noun,
Charles Jones, 1866–1918, Chinese merchant (father of Ai-ling, Ch'ing-ling, Mei-ling, and Tse-ven Soong).
- Greta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- gnars
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- magot
-
noun,
Barbary ape.
- gages
-
noun,
something, as a glove, thrown down by a medieval knight in token of challenge to combat.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- etrog
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- targe
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- tangs
-
- tango
-
noun,
a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- 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.
- gamer
-
noun,
a person who plays games, especially computer or video games.
- games
-
noun,
an amusement or pastime:
- Temne
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Sierra Leone.
- gamo-
-
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- ento-
-
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tegea
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Arcadia, Greece.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- erron
-
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- teems
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- 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.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- tears
-
- ergo-
-
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- esrog
-
noun,
etrog.
- 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 .
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- Gaons
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- Tenn.
-
- G-man
-
noun,
an agent for the FBI.
- Gerar
-
noun,
an ancient city in Palestine, near the Mediterranean: now an archaeological site in Israel.
- stome
-
- geog.
-
- geom.
-
- emote
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- stoma
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- stge.
-
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- EGRET
-
noun,
any of several usually white herons that grow long, graceful plumes during the breeding season, as Egretta garzetta (little egret) of the Old World.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- geste
-
noun,
gest.
- tera-
-
- ster.
-
- getas
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- gents
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- teno-
-
- engr.
-
- gater
-
noun,
gator.
- Gates
-
noun,
Horatio, 1728–1806, American Revolutionary general, born in England.
- gator
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- enema
-
noun,
the injection of a fluid into the rectum to cause a bowel movement.
- gears
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- Storm
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- genro
-
noun,
any of the unofficial elder statesmen of Japan who influenced the government c1875–1940.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- gemot
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a legislative or judicial assembly.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- Genet
-
noun,
any small, Old World carnivore of the genus Genetta, especially G. genetta, having spotted sides and a ringed tail.
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- Genoa
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- genre
-
noun,
a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like:
- Magog
-
noun,
a people descended from Japheth. Gen. 10:2; Ezek. 38, 39.
Compare Gog and Magog.
- groan
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- meno-
-
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- mega-
-
- meets
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- Segre
-
noun,
Emilio [uh-mee-lee-oh,, uh-meel-yoh;; Italian e-mee-lyaw] /əˈmi liˌoʊ,, əˈmil yoʊ;; Italian ɛˈmi lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1989, U.S. physicist, born in Italy: Nobel prize 1959.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- mogos
-
noun,
a stone hatchet used by the Aborigines.
- Tonga
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in India.
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- asgmt
-
- matr-
-
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- segno
-
noun,
a sign.
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- arrgt
-
- mast-
-
- Monge
-
noun,
Gaspard [gas-par] /gasˈpar/ (Show IPA), Comte de Péluse [pey-lyz] /peɪˈlüz/ (Show IPA), 1746–1818, French mathematician.
- Mason
-
noun,
a person whose trade is building with units of various natural or artificial mineral products, as stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or tiles, usually with the use of mortar or cement as a bonding agent.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- Mongo
-
noun,
mungo.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Megan
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Meges
-
noun,
a nephew of Odysseus who commanded the Epeans in the Trojan War.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- metr-
-
- meso-
-
- mesne
-
adjective,
intermediate or intervening.
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- Meroe
-
noun,
a ruined city in Sudan, on the Nile, NE of Khartoum: a capital of ancient Ethiopia that was destroyed a.d. c350.
- mero-
-
- merge
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to combine or coalesce; unite.
- tongs
-
noun,
any of various implements consisting of two arms hinged, pivoted, or otherwise fastened together, for seizing, holding, or lifting something (usually used with pair of).
- meres
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- meter
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- metes
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- 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.
- 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.
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- Serge
-
noun,
a twilled worsted or woolen fabric used especially for clothing.
- semen
-
noun,
the viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- mense
-
noun,
propriety; discretion.
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- sero-
-
- Menes
-
noun,
flourished c3200 b.c, traditionally the unifier and 1st king of Egypt: founder of the 1st dynasty.
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- manor
-
noun,
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- marg.
-
- astr.
-
- Armen
-
- snoot
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- argot
-
noun,
a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- Monte
-
noun,
Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Manon
-
noun,
an opera (1884) by Jules Massenet.
- Mont.
-
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- Mango
-
noun,
the oblong, sweet fruit of a tropical tree, Mangifera indica, of the cashew family, eaten ripe, or preserved or pickled.
- argon
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- tono-
-
- moons
-
noun,
the earth's natural satellite, orbiting the earth at a mean distance of 238,857 miles (384,393 km) and having a diameter of 2160 miles (3476 km).
- mange
-
noun,
any of various skin diseases caused by parasitic mites, affecting animals and sometimes humans and characterized by loss of hair and scabby eruptions.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- atmo-
-
- Moore
-
noun,
Archibald Lee ("Archie") 1913–1998, U.S. boxer.
- Marge
-
noun,
margin; edge.
- Argos
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis: a powerful rival of Sparta, Athens, and Corinth.
- meson
-
noun,
Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- mono-
-
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- monos
-
noun,
infectious mononucleosis.
- segar
-
noun,
cigar.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- armor
-
noun,
any covering worn as a defense against weapons.
- maror
-
noun,
a portion of horseradish or other bitter herb that is eaten at the Seder meal on Passover.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- str.
-
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- trog
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- Sat.
-
- tRNA
-
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- sego
-
noun,
sego lily.
- Seem
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- toom
-
adjective,
empty; vacant.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- 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.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- regr
-
- 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.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- 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.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- 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.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- regs
-
noun,
Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- ten.
-
- Sem.
-
- 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.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- tegs
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- Reg.
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- 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.
- seme
-
adjective,
covered with many small, identical figures.
- tron
-
- RONA
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- Rom.
-
- snog
-
verb (used without object),
to kiss and cuddle.
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- roar
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- RNAS
-
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- 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.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- 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.
- togs
-
noun,
a coat.
- Togo
-
noun,
Heihachiro [hey-hah-chee-raw] /ˈheɪ hɑˈtʃi rɔ/ (Show IPA), Marquis, 1847–1934, Japanese admiral.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- toga
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- Song
-
noun,
a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- room
-
noun,
a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts:
- 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.
- 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.
- snag
-
noun,
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Sam.
-
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Sage
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- sago
-
noun,
a starchy foodstuff derived from the soft interior of the trunk of various palms and cycads, used in making puddings.
- ter.
-
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- stg.
-
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- 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.
- Sang
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- tonn
-
- Ste.
-
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- SRAM
-
- 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.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- smog
-
noun,
smoke or other atmospheric pollutants combined with fog in an unhealthy or irritating mixture.
- tong
-
noun,
tongs.
- Sra.
-
- Stag
-
noun,
an adult male deer.
- 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.
- 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.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Tasm
-
- mtg.
-
- gats
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- Gage
-
noun,
something, as a glove, thrown down by a medieval knight in token of challenge to combat.
- Eger
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- mtge
-
- eggs
-
noun,
the roundish reproductive body produced by the female of certain animals, as birds and most reptiles, consisting of an ovum and its envelope of albumen, jelly, membranes, egg case, or shell, according to species.
- gate
-
noun,
a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- egos
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- MSgt
-
- gras
-
- emes
-
noun,
friend.
- MSEE
-
- EMet
-
- MSAE
-
- mRNA
-
- gags
-
noun,
something put into a person's mouth to prevent speech, shouting, etc.
- gree
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- Greg
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gregory.
- gres
-
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- gro.
-
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- Eng.
-
- engs
-
noun,
the symbol, ŋ, that, in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in the pronunciation alphabets of some dictionaries, represents the voiced velar nasal consonant indicated in English spelling by (ng), as in the pronunciations of cling [kling] /klɪŋ/ (Show IPA) and clink [klingk] /klɪŋk/ (Show IPA).
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- Moro
-
noun,
a member of any of the various tribes of Muslim Malays in the southern Philippines.
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- GOES
-
noun,
plural of go1 .
- ates
-
- neem
-
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- est.
-
- 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.
- ator
-
- Goat
-
noun,
any of numerous agile, hollow-horned ruminants of the genus Capra, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the sheep, found native in rocky and mountainous regions of the Old World, and widely distributed in domesticated varieties.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- 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.
- Goer
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- Gogo
-
noun,
à gogo.
- gon-
-
- Gone
-
noun,
the act of going:
- gong
-
noun,
a large bronze disk, of Asian origin, having an upturned rim, that produces a vibrant, hollow tone when struck, usually with a stick or hammer that has a padded head.
- gang
-
noun,
a group or band:
- goog
-
noun,
an egg.
- gams
-
noun,
a person's leg, especially an attractive female leg.
- goon
-
noun,
Informal. a hired hoodlum or thug.
- goos
-
noun,
a thick or sticky substance:
- game
-
noun,
an amusement or pastime:
- 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.
- Gore
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Ens.
-
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- meas
-
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Meng
-
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Mar.
-
- eso-
-
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- Man.
-
- mags
-
noun,
magazine.
- mage
-
noun,
a magician.
- mag.
-
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- men-
-
- ment
-
- moot
-
noun,
an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
- moas
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- moos
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- grog
-
noun,
a mixture of rum and water, often flavored with lemon, sugar, and spices and sometimes served hot.
- Moor
-
noun,
a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
- Moon
-
noun,
the earth's natural satellite, orbiting the earth at a mean distance of 238,857 miles (384,393 km) and having a diameter of 2160 miles (3476 km).
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- mong
-
noun,
mongrel, especially a mongrel dog.
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mon.
-
- mogs
-
noun,
moggy.
- mogo
-
noun,
a stone hatchet used by the Aborigines.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Gros
-
noun,
Antoine Jean [ahn-twan zhahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1771–1835, French painter.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- grot
-
noun,
a grotto.
- Mngr
-
- ergs
-
- MNAS
-
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- met.
-
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- mes-
-
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- mere
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- neo-
-
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- oro-
-
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- org.
-
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- Oona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- germ
-
noun,
a microorganism, especially when disease-producing; microbe.
- 1080
-
- Ont.
-
- orra
-
adjective,
not regular or scheduled; odd:
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- Gers
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- amt.
-
- Gert
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- neon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- ogre
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- agst
-
- Ger.
-
- Ogma
-
noun,
a god of poetry and eloquence and the inventor of the ogham letters: one of the Tuatha De Danann.
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- gear
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- gees
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- gast
-
verb (used with object),
to terrify or frighten.
- Gen.
-
- 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.
- aer-
-
- aet.
-
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- gene
-
noun,
the basic physical unit of heredity; a linear sequence of nucleotides along a segment of DNA that provides the coded instructions for synthesis of RNA, which, when translated into protein, leads to the expression of hereditary character.
- gens
-
noun,
a group of families in ancient Rome claiming descent from a common ancestor and united by a common name and common ancestral religious rites.
- Agee
-
noun,
James, 1909–55, U.S. author, scenarist, and film critic.
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- oto-
-
- ages
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- Gent
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- geo-
-
- agog
-
adverb,
in a state of eager desire; excitedly.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- Agon
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece) a contest in which prizes were awarded in any of a number of events, as athletics, drama, music, poetry, and painting.
- agr.
-
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- ann.
-
- gars
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- ogee
-
noun,
a double curve, resembling the letter S, formed by the union of a concave and a convex line.
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- ASME
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- not-
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- nos-
-
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nor.
-
- noon
-
noun,
midday.
- nong
-
noun,
a foolish, incompetent person.
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- non-
-
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- nom.
-
- nogs
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- nogg
-
noun,
a shave for shaping dowels and handles.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- gnat
-
noun,
any of certain small flies, especially the biting gnats or punkies of the family Ceratopogonidae, the midges of the family Chironomidae, and the black flies of the family Simuliidae.
- GNMA
-
- ASTM
-
- atm.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- 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.
- goas
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- 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.
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Arg.
-
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- Argo
-
noun,
Astronomy. a very large southern constellation, now divided into Vela, Carina, Puppis, and Pyxis, four separate constellations lying largely south of Canis Major.
- geta
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Arm.
-
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- 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.
- garg
-
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ant.
-
- arr.
-
- Gaon
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- gest
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- art.
-
- Gmat
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- ano-
-
- ogam
-
noun,
ogham.
- gets
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- GAO
-
noun,
a city in E Mali.
- Gat
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- GAR
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- Gag
-
noun,
something put into a person's mouth to prevent speech, shouting, etc.
- TAG
-
noun,
a piece or strip of strong paper, plastic, metal, leather, etc., for attaching by one end to something as a mark or label:
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- ETR
-
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Ga.
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- GAS
-
noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- ETS
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ETO
-
- REA
-
- ESR
-
- ase
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- aor
-
- 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.
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- ARS
-
- ASM
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ASN
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASR
-
- ast
-
- 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.
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- ANG
-
- AMS
-
- Eg.
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- TSE
-
- Am.
-
- ag-
-
- an.
-
- Ar.
-
- ae.
-
- age
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- tr.
-
- Tro
-
- AGM
-
- ago
-
adverb,
in past time; in the past:
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- Agt
-
- AME
-
- tra
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- tog
-
noun,
a coat.
- 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.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- EMT
-
- en-
-
- ene
-
- EOE
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- EMR
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- ese
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- eo-
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Tng
-
- TMO
-
- EOM
-
- TGN
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ea.
-
- egg
-
noun,
the roundish reproductive body produced by the female of certain animals, as birds and most reptiles, consisting of an ovum and its envelope of albumen, jelly, membranes, egg case, or shell, according to species.
- EAM
-
- ean
-
- 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.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EEG
-
- EEO
-
- EGO
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- Gee
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- nr.
-
- 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:
- NGO
-
noun,
1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
- NMR
-
- NNE
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- nog
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- ROG
-
- NRA
-
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- NSA
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- OSA
-
- OAO
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAS
-
- ROA
-
- NES
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- rt.
-
- SAG
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- SAE
-
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- GEM
-
noun,
a cut and polished precious stone or pearl fine enough for use in jewelry.
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- RSE
-
- NEA
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ne-
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- RNR
-
- RNA
-
- MTS
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- ose
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- OSO
-
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- OTS
-
- Re.
-
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- RMA
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- 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.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- OEM
-
- OEO
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- 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.
- OGO
-
- Om.
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- oo-
-
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- oon
-
- OOT
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- 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.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- GTO
-
- GTS
-
- Me.
-
- Mo.
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- Mao
-
- GSR
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- SMA
-
- Sgt
-
- Meg
-
noun,
a megabyte.
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- 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).
- gt.
-
- GSA
-
- MGT
-
- goo
-
noun,
a thick or sticky substance:
- STM
-
- Ges
-
- get
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- ggr
-
- GMT
-
- Goa
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- Gog
-
noun,
a chief prince of Meshech and Tubal who came from Magog. Ezek. 38–39.
- Sta
-
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- St.
-
- Gor
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- Sr.
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- got
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- Gr.
-
- gre
-
- MGr
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- MSG
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 5 H 8 NNaO 4 ⋅H 2 O, used to intensify the flavor of foods.
- MOG
-
noun,
moggy.
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- Mt.
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- MST
-
- MRA
-
- MOR
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- moo
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- MSN
-
- MRE
-
- MSA
-
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- mtn
-
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- MTO
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- MNS
-
- SAR
-
- MSE
-
- MNE
-
- MNA
-
- se-
-
- SM
-
- SG
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- GN
-
- R.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
-
- S.
-
- RN
-
- t.
-
- AO
-
- GG
-
- NG
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- 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.
- TG
-
- G.
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- MG
-
- NM
-
- O.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- OG
-
- OA
-
- N.
-
- SN
-
- RO
-
- rg
-
- TM
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ee
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- M.
-
- MN
-
- TN
-
- GM
-
- GO
-
noun,
the act of going:
- SA
-